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Weekly Flylady Thread 8th June 2009
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Went in the bathroom for a wash (showering later before work before ya'll think I'm a dutty mare) and have ended up cleaning it so a quick update
Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Level Two
Wash windows
Level Three
Extras
Thoroughly clean the cereal/baking
clean the lightshades
Wipe the inside doors.. inside.. and out!!
Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
wash the windows
Level 2
Level 3
Wipe light switches
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing and putting away not we have warmer weather!!
Extra Mission
Wash a pair of curtains, or some nets or a throw from a chair or bed
Those up for the 30 minute ironing challenge per day..
Wishy-Washy Wednesday - Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip and wash bedding!
Clear some floordrobe
Level Two
Clear landing floor.. or sort a hotspot out there!!
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Sort out one cupboard
Binbag dance
HHI
Extras
sort a box of gibble.. if there is anything to get rid of.. DO IT!!
List 5 things to sell..
Dust and deweb
Make sure those smoke alarms are working!!! (do not set fire to anything.. just press the button!!)
Thursday Scrubfest- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean & wash floors in these rooms[/STRIKE] DONE
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush[/STRIKE] DONE
Clear any clutter from desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
[STRIKE]Clean the windows in these rooms...[/STRIKE] DONE
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
[STRIKE]Replace sponges and toothbrushes that need doing!![/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Wipe down WOODWORK in bathroom[/STRIKE].. DONE
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
[STRIKE]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry[/STRIKE] JUST GOT TO GO UPSTAIRS AND COLLECT OURS REST IS COLLECTED
Extra mission: Take your pick!
[STRIKE]Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Fling all those empty bottles and tubes[/STRIKE] DONE
Binbag dance.... ready.. set.. go!!!!!!!!
[STRIKE]empty out the bathroom cabinet.. clean it.. fling what you don't need and stash the rest in a beautiful manner.. in alphabetical order please![/STRIKE] DONE - I THREW OUT 6 BOTTLES OF HAIRDYE BOTH BLONDE AND BROWN
Friday fun! - childrens rooms
Level One
Clear the floors in the childrens room.. throw out any broken toys and find some that are no longer needed that can be sent to charity shop or given away.
Drag everything out from under the bed too.. there is floor under there!!
Level Two
Change the childrens bedding/wash curtains
Vacuum mattress (after turning & wiping any waterproof sheets) and floors
Wash window
Level Three
Sort through a clothing cupboard.. anything outgrown?
Put any discs back in cases and books back on shelves etc
Dust.. lightshades, curtain poles, games consoles/PC's etc
Extras
Make sure coats and shoes and uniforms are ready for school and homework is all done so you can relax the weekend!
Wipe any sticky handprints and dirty marks off walls and doors
Wipe down the paintwork & radiators
Clean out any pets!
The beautiful squeakend list
Spend 15 minutes pairing up those nasty odd socks.. children are great at helping with these!!
HHI
Mend 2 things from your 'mend it' pile!!
spend at least an hour with your family... playing, reading or just watching a dvd and having a hug!
Work yourself to level 3 in your messiest room!!
15 minutes filing!
Wash and fling all the uniform bits ready for Monday. Clean lunch boxes.
Fill a binbag of things to get rid of.. charity/bin etc
15 minutes hotspot clearing
Write a cupboard inventory.. include the freezer and fridge.. then Mealplan for the week.
Bathroom done, going upstairs to collect rest of laundry, then sort that, put WM on then cuppa OH is going to make and crack on again.Mortgage, we're getting there with the end in sight £6587 07/23, otherwise free of the debt thanks to MSE help!0 -
I have about 4 months of the list to catch up on!!
That's nothing I have about 3 yrs worth to catch up on :eek::eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl:and you think I am kidding! Hence my dot to dot approach
And now I am off to take W for his swimming lesson having dispatched Miss A to her residential trip with school this morning
HUGS to everyone this morning
Oh and LL there is no such thing as using up your flylady vibes quota, did you not know they are like love and cuddles the more you give the more there are to give and receive
Have a good one girls (and boys, where the heck have they got to?) catch up later today.
TAKE IT STEADY TOOTSOfficial Mascot and Chief Cheerleader for the 'Mortgage Free in Three' Gang0 -
Morning all
Well I woke to sunshine so stripped the bed so I could put WM on after my shower.
We now have heavy cloud and the threat of rain.:mad:
I have been lurking all week, but apologise to anyone I miss.
Toots –:hello: hope you slept well in your own bed.
Pigpen – hugs for you all and healing vibes for Hazel
LilySue – I think there are several flyladies with experience of fighting councils, education authorities etc. who would be willing to offer help if needed.
L-L – hugs
SiannieLaz – If you did all that yesterday that is a very impressive ‘displacement activity’ Beats wandering round the internet which is mine.:o
Frodders – slow down. Hope the arm is easier this morning
Soappie – great news on the mortgage
MOF77 – Huge hugs and coping vibes coming your way.
Just worked out that I need to apply flylady principles to studying. I wasted too much time yesterday flitting between books. I need to work through one at a time noting the information I need.
OK :coffee:drunk. Must move and do something constructive.0 -
Morning all,
I really need to shift my backside after two days of doing the bare minimum my house has desended into CHAOS:rolleyes:.
We were supposed to be getting a rabbit today but Ds2 was naughty yesterday so i'm not sure we'll be getting it today now. He's been a little angel today though.
HHC 10.15 anyone?
Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Clear one hotspot, or just spend at least 5 minutes tackling it
Those up for the 30 minute ironing challenge per day.. that’s on your list too!!
Wishy-Washy Wednesday - Master bedroom and Landing
Level Two
Vacuum floors Will do when i do Kids rooms
Level Three
HHI
Extras- List 5 things to sell..
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Clean the windows in these rooms...
Level Three
Replace sponges and toothbrushes that need doing!!
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra mission: Take your pick!- Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
- Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
- Binbag dance.... ready.. set.. go!!!!!!!!
- empty out the bathroom cabinet.. clean it.. fling what you don't need and stash the rest in a beautiful manner.. in alphabetical order please!
- Tidy
- S & S
- Hoover & mop
Level One
Clear the floors in the childrens room.. throw out any broken toys and find some that are no longer needed that can be sent to charity shop or given away.
Drag everything out from under the bed too.. there is floor under there!!
Level Two
Vacuum floors
Wash window
Level Three
Sort through a clothing cupboard.. anything outgrown?
Dust.. lightshades, curtain poles, games consoles/PC's etc
Extras- Make sure coats and shoes and uniforms are ready for school and homework is all done so you can relax the weekend!
- Wipe down the paintwork & radiators
My Extras- Sort Ds1's & 2's books
- 7 items Ebay
- Sort Ds2's toys
- Sort bags of baby clothes I've sorted 2 bags and am in the process of washing the contents of the 3rd
- Buy more tshirts for transfers
- Update spending
- Take bags to Charity shop
- Find out when sponsor money needs to be in
- Clear out wendy house
- Weed borders I've almost finished this
- BB & wood chip borders
- Mow lawns
- Trim conifers I've started this
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Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room
All done
Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Done
Wishy-Washy Wednesday - Master bedroom and Landing
Vacuum floors
Thursday Scrubfest- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
hoover floors in these rooms
Friday fun! - childrens rooms
Level One
Clear the floors in the childrens room.. throw out any broken toys and find some that are no longer needed that can be sent to charity shop or given away.
Drag everything out from under the bed too.. there is floor under there!!
Level Two
Vacuum mattress (after turning & wiping any waterproof sheets) and floors
Wash window
Level Three
Dust.. lightshades, curtain poles, games consoles/PC's etc
Plenty to be getting on with but Soappie please may I have my first two stars for the week.
Holly - will join you for the HHC
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need' Marcus Tullius Cicero0 -
I'll join you hollyNST #10 Steps 7K 2/30 10K 2/12 5 a day 3/30 NSD 0/20
MBNA £55000 -
Bit late i was updating my list but off we go................0
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That's nothing I have about 3 yrs worth to catch up on :eek::eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl:and you think I am kidding! Hence my dot to dot approach
Ok.. so what I meant it I have done absolutely NOTHING for 4 months.. and before that it looked like a landfillLB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
Morning all. Have decluttered a hotspot, got the washing down and put wm and dw on. Off to do HHI.
Happy Saturday!Please do not confuse me with other gratefulsforhelp. x0 -
Hi,
It was a bit longer than HH as i wanted to get the living room hoovered before Ds2 got all his toys back out.
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Collected laundry
Wm x 1
Watered plants
Put college bag away
Put shopping away from yesterday
Emptied kitchen bins
Put dry dishes away
Washed up
S & S Kitchen
Tidied & Hoovered living room & passage
Washed Ds2 & cleaned his teeth
I'm going to do my online shop then i'll do another HHC.0
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