Weekly Flylady Thread 4th May 2009

OddjobKIA

my holiday snaps from easter are on my facebook account

xx_Jo_xx

Hi all!!

Ive done the lounge, the kitchen, the bathroom, the halls, littleys room and the garden!!! (which especially deserves a star, but we dont have a list for it!) :T Only the spare room and my room to go.....which was done, until I started clearing out drawers :rolleyes:

Took little one to football this morning and got chatting to the only other mum who was there this week. Ive seen her a few times and shes really nice. She said the other mums go out on nights out from time to time and asked if id like to go along!! Woo hoo, i feel a new social circle coming on.....which is all good.

My garden and house are back looking terrific - well my bedroom could be better, the stuff im sorting through is in piles in there......but its definately getting there!

Little one has a new little friend over for tea from school. so all in all we've all got loads of new pals.

Im also so glad Ive stuck at the gym, and kept going. Maybe I might find my own 'Dave'! :rotfl:

Im going to hopefully get back to the gym tomorrow, and at this precise moment in time, I dont even care about Monday! Honestly, I would walk in and give him a big smile and say hi! (He'll be expecting me to be moody and not talk to him or make eye contact.....which is likely to be what I will do :rotfl:)

But in all honesty - I feel great!! I so hope I feel like this on Monday!!!! And for a long time after xxx

Am off to check out my list, see what I still have to do

MWAH xx

xx_Jo_xx

Magnificent Monday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level Two
Ebay 5 items
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers - am going through one of my make up drawers! :eek: .......still :rolleyes:

Tuesday twinkles! - Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Level three

Winkly Wednesday - Kitchen and dining roomLevel Two
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!

Extras

1. Thoroughly clean the cupboard under the sink!
2. Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
3. Clean all the filters and door seals etc
4. Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!

Thursday - Bathroom & Spare Room
Level One
Level Two
Wash the windows
Level Three
Wash bedding and soft furnishings that need doing
Dust and deweb

Extras

1. Scrub the radiators
2. Wash the paintwork

TO DO LIST - General jobs that I need to get round to!!

• Pressure wash path and decking
• Photo ebay stuff and list to sell
• Paint living room wall
• Sort through cupboard under stairs.....get rid of everything!!
• HHI
• Set up new direct debit for council tax
• Plant tomatoes in grow bag
• Wash car (have hoovered!)
• Clean glass and mirrors in car too.
• Buy Fence Paint and Decking Oil
• Buy LONGER bamboo cane....stupid sunflowers. :rolleyes:

greenbee

Princess_Jane wrote: »

And the best bit is we're never here! Both work two jobs, 60 hour weeks etc.

The cats must have a cannabis farm in the loft.

It's worth checking... if they have, get them to pay the bill from the profits . Do you want to borrow my plug-in electricity monitor so that you can work out what's causing the problem? Or is it the gas?

I've been promising to do this for ages (I have miniscule energy bills!), so here's some tips, starting with the obvious (but you might not all be aware of all of them) and working up to the things that make smaller differences.

Heating

• If you have storage heating... sorry, it's going to be expensive. If you have a 2-rate system (economy 7 or economy 10) meter, check that the system is set up correctly, heating up during the overnight period. Set the temperature low and it should last into the evening
• Electric radiators/convection/fan heaters are expensive to run, so keep to a minimum
• If you have central heating, check whether you have radiator and room thermostats, and have your boiler serviced regularly
• Close doors to rooms that aren't used much, and switch heating off in them.
• Work out what's a sensible heat for your house and set your thermostat accordingly. In winter you will need to wear a jumper in the house - maybe two if you're sitting doing nothing!
• If you're lucky enough to have a system where you can programme different temperatures at different times of day and in different zones, then take the time to get it right
• If you just have a basic control panel, then set the heating to come on early enough to warm the house up so you can get up and out in comfort. If you're working long/unpredictable hours, don't set it to come on in the evening, just switch it on manually when you get home if you need it - and remind yourself to switch it off before bed. Otherwise, keep adjusting the start time through the year as the seasons change to fit your working pattern. Set it to switch off half an hour before your usual bedtime
• Kitchens and bathrooms should be warmest. Living rooms next, then childrens' bedrooms, then adult bedrooms.
• Have seasonal bedding so that you are warm enough without having heating in the bedroom at night
• Wear shoes or slippers in the house - cold feet will make you feel cold (when I'm working from home in winter I wear thermals, fleeces, sheepskin boots, hat, fingerless gloves, scarf & a down jacket )
• Drink hot drinks/eat hot food in cold weather to keep your core body temperature up
• Check for draughts and use DIY draught-proofing to reduce this (lots of stuff at the DIY stores)
• If you don't have double glazing, use the cling-film stuff or layer blinds behind curtains (this can be as effective as secondary glazing)
• Thick curtains with thermal linings where possible, including any external doors (or doors to unheated garages/porches/utility rooms)
• reflective foil/panels behind radiators (and clean the radiators :rolleyes:) on external walls. Dark paint behind radiators on internal walls.
• lag pipes that run against external walls/through unused rooms. Every time there is a floorboard up in this house I lag yet more pipes!

Hot water

• Take time to work out how long this needs to be on for, and at what temperature for you to get the hot water you need
• Try not to use it on and off throughout the day - this cools it down. Wait and do the washing up in one go (better still... use the dishwasher )
• If you do your laundry at 40 degrees and below, then it's probably not worth having the hot fill on the WM, so use cold fill only
• You'll know which taps are furthest from the tank and take longest for the hot water to get to. Try not to use these as much, as they'll draw off enough hot water to fill the pipe which will then get cold
• If the hot water tank is warm to the touch, and you're not getting the benefit of it in an airing cupboard, then put a secondary insulating jacket on it

General

• Switch of lights/radios/TVs etc when you're not in the room (not on standby, OFF!)
• Use a laptop rather than a PC, and make sure that you optimise the power settings (so that it hibernates when not used for e.g. 5 minutes)
• Switch off peripherals (printer, scanner etc) unless you're using them
• Switch any electronic equipment off at the mains unless you have evidence that there is no current drawn when you think it is off... there may be a transformer in the power supply unit, or a little bit of electronic something that is drawing power.
• If your oven/microwave/DW/WM has a clock/display, switch off at the mains when not in use
• Energy saving lightbulbs (the spiral ones give decent light, although the dimmable ones are expensive). Try to replace halogens (unfortunately this can be an expensive exercise)
• Check your loft insulation. If you've got less than about 10", get more - and if you can't do it all at once, work from the outside in. Bear in mind that you need to lag the pipes in the roof and the cold water tank if your loft is well insulated... it'll get cold up there!
• If snow settles in the winter, look round outside to see where heat may be leaking from the house.
• Sign up to imeasure and join the money saving carbon club. You need to read your meters weekly and you'll soon get an idea of what you're using and how it compares to other people

I'm sure I'll have missed a few things, but this keeps my bills to an average of £20/month... feel free to ask questions.

greenbee

As its still cold and miserable, which is making me tired, I'm going to retire to the sofa to eat chocolate and read. Hopefully I'll have a bit more energy later ... there's a lot still to do here

Winkly Wednesday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Level Two
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Mop the floor

Extras

1. Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!

Thursday - Bathroom & Study
Level One
Level Two
Wash the windows
Level Three
HHI
Wash any soft furnishings that need doing
Clear the pc desk

Extras

1. Sort out your coat pockets and handbag
2. Scrub the radiators
3. Wash the paintwork
4. Deweb and dust and demould these rooms!

Friday - catch-up
Level 1
[STRIKE]Tip run... & pack up freecycle stuff
[/STRIKE]Clean car inside and out
Level 2
Clear floor and surfaces in utility room
Wipe surfaces
Clean window
Level 3
Clean microwave
Wash skirtings and doors
HHI

Extras
1. [STRIKE]List more freecycle stuff[/STRIKE]
2. Sort books for St Cross sale
3. Update CV
4. 2 job applications submitted

Flylady_Flower

Hi everyone! :hello:

I've been missing in action all week - had a show home to do and it's been manic (14 hour day yesterday!!!:eek:) but back in the land of the [STRIKE]half dead[/STRIKE] :rolleyes: living now so am aiming to catch up this weekend (well, maybe... )

Hope everyone is well - any [STRIKE]gossip[/STRIKE] news I should know about?

mOZzy wrote: »

i really need to get up and get on with tidying the house - we've got another viewing at 4.30 :rolleyes:
we actually had an offer earlier today but again 25k below our already reduced reduced reduced asking price and all because of that stupid lowered stamp duty :mad: - people won't offer above it

Mozzy, how much does the stamp duty work out at? (I've just worked out to these? upto £250k - max £2,500, up to £500k - max £15,000, over £500k 4% of ?) What about offering that back, like a cash back to the buyer AFTER the sale has gone through if you can afford it (should work out cheaper than dropping £25k but I know you need as much as poss for the move) as long as they pay the full asking price? That way, they have cash after they've moved in, sort of putting it on their mortgage in a way? Not sure how it will work, I know solicitors or your EA may know more about it? Anyway, just a thought.

Will try to catch up with everyone else later - need to sort out the office for DD as stuff everywhere at the moment... :rolleyes2:undecided

Princess_Jane

Thanks greenbee, at a loss TBH, as we have thermo radiators and complex heating system thanks to OH which controls temp throughout the day in each room etc etc.

All energy saving lighbulbs, cavity wall insulation done six months ago, stuff switched off at wall, WM at 30.

hmpf.

Triker

Hi all, spoke to Pigpen earlier, she is in agony with her back and leaning over the laptop and indeed sitting, is too painful at the mo but she assures me she'll be online laters.;)

Also wanted me to say THANK YOU to whomever sent her the lovely flowers this morning. Much appreciated.x


Right of for a shower.

Done precisely nack all today.:rotfl:

AnW'sMum

Hi everyone :wave:

Been MIA due to work and then swimming lessons for A & W this morning. Just skim read the thread.

Huge congratulations to vanilla on Rhys' safe arrival, off to the sub bench with toots and quillion, you all need to take it easy

Pigpen I hope your back problems ease up soon.

General hugs and best wishes all round to you all

Can't stop long now as W wants to play lego car racers on here! I am off out with old school friends tonight, no idea how many people are going so it should be fun as I have not seen a lot of people from school for years.

ladybirdintheuk

Here we go... i feel like I've been really busy, but there isn't much more crossed off the list. I've also been to the supermarket, dropped DH at the pub, sang lots of nursery rhymes and generally distracted baby from the noisy tile cutter in the kitchen.

My Dailys.
[STRIKE]
washing up
s&s worksurfaces and hob
[/STRIKE]
dry washing away, [strike]wet washing out, dirty washing in machine[/strike]
10 min challenge in lr
[STRIKE]empty any full bins[/STRIKE]
My Extras
sort out baby photo album
sort out wedding photo album (I think this has been on my extras list since I started flying!)
[strike]sort out airing cupboard [/strike]
Magnificent Monday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed turned vacuumed other side and redress bed
Level Two
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Level Three
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!

Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. Binbag for charity
3. Sort out your own shoes and bags.. can any be rehomed?

Tuesday twinkles! - Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter[/STRIKE] and vacuum!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Wash windows
dust and deweb!.. don't forget furry skirtings!
Level three
Wash any soft furnishings that need doing
Sort through coats n bags n shoes etc

Extras

1. Sort through a handbag
2. Sort through a cupboard or drawer of junk
3. 29 fling boogie...

Winkly Wednesday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!

Extras

1. Thoroughly clean the cupboard under the sink!
2. Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
3. Clean all the filters and door seals etc

Thursday - Bathroom & Study
Level One
Level Two
[strike]Scrub loos [/strike]
Wash the windows
Wash floors
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that need doing
Clear the pc desk

Extras

1. Sort out your coat pockets and handbag
2. Scrub the radiators
3. Wash the paintwork
4. Deweb and dust and demould these rooms!

My kids room list (short because this is all that needs doing, and I've got enough to be getting on with ):
hoover Izzys room