Weekly Flylady Thread 29th June 2009

pigpen

hex2 wrote: »

A request for help please people! I have a mild problem with flies - normal black buzzy flies that keep on coming in the house. I think mostly because the back door is always open for the motley collection of animals. Kitchen is the first room so the congregate in there which is pretty grim. I don't like fly spray - not least because the cats eat the dead flys. Last year I ended up with one of those 'charmingly retro' (or just plain hideous depending on your view point) dangly strip things over the door. It did reduce the problem, and kept the chickens out to some degree but just looked awful.

I invested today in some fly papers as a long shot, but I wondered if there was anything smelly that would ward them off like the spider/conkers thing we had before? Any ideas please. I did search but couldn't find a thread.

eucalyptus oil sprayed around the door frame and get a long net curtain and hang that instead of those hideous useless strip things ... it works so much better.. right from the top to just off the floor

skintscotslass

Evening all :wave:

Just caught up on the thread, have been AWOL getting this wedding cake sorted. I'm sooooo tired now. Roll on Friday when I am off for a long weekend. Cant even have an early night as DD is due back from her London trip. She's had such a fab time

Happy birthday sexy and bestest job vibes for you xx

Thanks to my goldfish like memory, I cant remember anything else!

Will lie on the settee with my new Torey Haden book and wait to hear from DD. Oh and catch up with Wimbledon. Havent seen any since Monday night.

Hugs all round xx

kazwookie

Burnt sausages tonight, via OH on the BBQ!

Watered plants

flybabybunting

Good Evening All,

Just checking in to up date my list, it's been so hot today - I've been working up a sweat!

Right I think I'll:

Wash the dishes
S/S Kitchen
Mop the bathroom & kitchen floor
Nice cool shower

My list so far:

Magnificent Monday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Extras

:j DONE :j

Twinkly Tuesday ~ Bathroom, Loo & Cruddy Study
Level One
Mop the floors!!
Level Two
Level Three
Extras

NEARLY THERE!!:D

Weird Wednesday ~ Crabby kitchen!
Level One
Empty and wash out the bin.. make it smell sweet!
Level Two
Wipe kickboards
Mop the floor
Level Three
Scrub out the fridge.. incorporate those 'slightly wilting' things into your meal plan!
Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth?
Extras

1. Wash out the vacuum cleaner.. wash those filters and let it dry thoroughly before reassembling
2. Wash the windows if they need it

Mudbath

Hiya Tootles, good to see you back!

{Mudbath grumbles to Pigpen about how mean tootles is not letting us count guinea pig and rabbit poos...grumble, grumble, life is so unfair, rant, rave}

Agree with everything you say tootles...honest!

DD starts a cycle course at school tomorrow. She had a file she had to complete before she starts the course. She was given the file 5 weeks ago. I've reminded her one a week. Has she done any? No, not until to night! She's spent from 3.30 and is still doing it now. I think she's just learnt a lesson in time management!!!

House quite tidy. I've melted. Early night with fan on all night! Just going to do a quick 'children put everything of yours away right now' challenge. The winner won't get yelled at :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:xx

froddington

List updated!

Magnificent Monday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!

Level One
Declutter the flat surfaces.. even if you scoop it all into a box to deal with later!

Level Two
Vacuum the floors, stairs and sofas etc
Wipe any marks off the walls and paintwork
Dust and deweb! inc light fittings!

Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move
[STRIKE]Declutter the hallway [/STRIKE]and wipe over all the paintwork! Inc doors!

Twinkly Tuesday ~ Bathroom, Loo & Cruddy Study

Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter[/STRIKE] and mop the floors!!

Level Two
Scrub the tub & tiles, basin and bowls!
Polish monitors, and all other glass things
Degrot the keyboard mouse etc.

Level Three
Dust and deweb

Weird Wednesday ~ Crabby kitchen!

Vacuum the floor

Level Three
Sort and wipe a cupboard..

My one-a-day (or 7-a-weekend!!) list
- Finish 5 reports - 1 done
- Update ipod
- Sort blue box
- [STRIKE]Pay CC[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Money into mortgage[/STRIKE]
- Pack bag for Friday night (Take That!!)
- Car checks

Dustykitten

hex2 wrote: »

my ankle really hurts now, time for good old rest and elevation I think.

Just what I'm about to do, mine has disappeared since I played tennis in the garden with the kids.

Just getting some crisps and the hand sewing and then sitting down.

froddington

Have skimmed through the thread - sorry if I missed anyone!

sexymouse - Happy Birthday and hoping for good news tomorrow

GnB - that's VERY generous for LO's teacher; I wouldn't expect parents to spend anywhere near that much (if anything at all)

rach - so glad you're free!!!!

fedup - hugs; glad work are being so good to you

I now HAVE to finish my reports before I get into trouble :rolleyes: ..................

juliejim

Off to bed now with my book.

See you in the morning

Night all

Jue

Penelope_Penguin

Magnificent Monday ~ Living room, hall and stairs! ALL DONE

Twinkly Tuesday ~ Bathroom, Loo & Study

Level One
Declutter and mop the floors!!
[STRIKE]Gather up laundry
[/STRIKE]Level Two
[STRIKE]Scrub the tub & tiles, basin and bowls!
[/STRIKE]Polish monitors, and all other glass things
Degrot the keyboard mouse etc. remember the bacteria in greater quantities than on the loo... BLEURGH!!
Defrag comp. while doing some scrubbing.. run a virun/spyware scan too if it hasn't been done in a while
Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Remove rubbish and empty bins and make a note of what you DO NOT need to buy.. we are using what we have!!
[/STRIKE]Wash any bath mats, shower curtain, cushions blinds etc that are in need!


Extras

[*][STRIKE]Sort a hotspot![/STRIKE]
[*]Wipe any shelves and reorder them.. do not put back what doesn't live there!
[*]Wash out the bins.. inside and out!
[*]Drag out the desk and declutter/vacuum under and behind it.. dust the pc case before putting it back!
Weird Wednesday ~ kitchen!
Level One - done :j
Level Two
Wipe all appliances.. large and small
Wipe over units and kickboards
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Sort and wipe a cupboard.. throw away all those germ harbouring chipped plates and mugs!
Scrub out the fridge.. incorporate those 'slightly wilting' things into your meal plan!
[STRIKE]Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth?


[/STRIKE]Extras

1. Wipe over the oven and hob