Weekly Flylady Thread 6th July 2009

toottifrootti

Toots List
Monday
Find out about cleaning help - whats the cost? Left a message
clean splashback
clean tiles around cooker
Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Empty and wash out the bin.. make it smell sweet!
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..
Thoroughly clean the oven and hob
Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth?
Extras
Wash any filters that need it.. don't forget the extractor hood!
Wash the windows if they need it
Clean/descale a small appliance.. shake the crumbs from the toaster.. defuzz the kettle...
Wash out the vacuum cleaner.. wash those filters and let it dry thoroughly before reassembling

The great declutter! and selling challenge - Monday 100 thing fling!!
15 minutes filing
Photograph 20 things you wish to sell!! (you can do more if you wish!!)
Upload pics to the computer!
Tuesday

Tuesday ~ Living Room/s, Hall,
Level one
Declutter the floors and flat surfaces
Empty and wash out wastepaper baskets etc
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum floors... or mop them.. whatever..
Wipe over any paintwork/doors etc
Level three
Vacuum under furniture you are able to move without injuring yourself
Do a BIIIIIIG declutter... toys gone, shoes gone, paperwork gone...
Extras
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust and dewebWash any windows that are in need

The Great Declutter and Selling challenge ~ Tuesday
List 5 things to sell/freecycle
60 in 60 ..
List 5 items for sale/rehoming!
Make sure details on paypal etc are up to date so you can accept payments! (guess who has 3 cards just expired!!)
Wednesday
present for niece - half done must finish and post
Wiggly Wednesday ~ Bathroom, Loo, Study
Level One
Level Two
Declutter and wipe the desk
Level Three
Wipe down any chairs/sofas etc
Extras
Wash windows if needed
Dust and deweb
Polish any glass/mirrors
Degrot the keyboard mouse etc. remember the bacteria in greater quantities than on the loo... BLEURGH!!
make a note of what you DO NOT need to buy.. we are using what we have!!
Drag out the desk and declutter/vacuum under and behind it.. dust the pc case before putting it back!

The Great Declutter and Selling challenge ~ Wednesday Binbag dance
[STRIKE] Fill a bag for charity! [/STRIKE]
List 5 items for sale/rehoming!
Make sure you have materials to package the items yo are needing to post

Thursday
Thursday ~ Master Bedroom
Level One
Strip the bedding and wash it
Turn and vacuum (if needed) the mattress.. then remake the bed.. don't leave it while bedtime!!!
Level Two
Declutter the floors
Sort through a box of junk from either of these places
Put away the floordrobe
Level Three
Dust & deweb all the fluffy places
Wipe over the radiators, paintwork bannister rails etc
Vacuum/mop all the floor..
Extras
Wash any curtains etc that need it
Put away all the shoes that are strewn about the place
The Great Declutter and Selling challenge ~ Thursday
Sort through the underwear.. yours or the childrens! Fling those greyed manky pants and holey socks!
Tea towels, hand towels and bath towels... fling those which are gross, manky or otherwise hidden at the back of the cupboard!... The local dog rescue places and PDSA are usually desperate!!
List 5 items for sale/rehoming!
Make sure the items are clean and ready to post
Find another item that can be freecycled!! (saves listing and posting time)
Friday
phone B&Q again
freecycler coming to collect in pm
[STRIKE] put out charity bag for collection[/STRIKE]
bin day
Friday Frenzy ~ /choose a room...
Level One
Declutter foor and vacuum it
Level Two
Wipe sticky marks from everything
Tidy toys/floordrobe into proper places
Level Three
binbag dance
HHI
Wash any curtains/toys that need it
Extras
around the house do..
60 in 60
HHC in a room that needs a quick spruce
Dust and Deweb and fluffy rooms
15 minutes filing!
The Great Declutter and Selling challenge ~ Friday
List 5 more things to be rehomed/sold
Fill a binbag.. you decide whether it is for charity/friend/bin/etc
List 5 items for sale/rehoming!
Find another item that can be freecycled!! (saves listing and posting time)

My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is....sort through emails and read/send/file/answer/delete as appropriate. [STRIKE]293 [/STRIKE] [STRIKE]277[/STRIKE] 261 emails in inbox at present. :eek:

ongoing extras to do
7 - finish knitting shrug thingy
38 - knit for a charity!
award stars
plus my dailies (where poss!!)
poundland -nonslip stuff
2 small wine for NOF
t-shirts
continue to put stuff away
water plants indoor and outdoor
get dust sheets from shed
[STRIKE] sew buttons on grey cargoes[/STRIKE]
mend navy shrug collar
sit in the sun
plant pansies
plant buzy lizzy
plant rosebush


'money and good health is coming easily to flypeople'

ok thats me new list to potter at today - and I will be good...honest:rotfl:

toots xx

pigpen

Jo.. my front room is a very similar colour just a deeper shade.. so yes I like it.. and my entire house is cream bar childrens rooms and the bathroom and kitchen which are both blue

school run time.. best find clothes!

rach

morning all

i have the day off today as we're heading up north to see family - including my gorgeous nephew! He's doing great by the way, almost 11lb now (he'll be 6 weeks old on sunday). my sister is also much better.

I couldn't sleep in and dh was snoring so i've cleaned the bathroom and put the towels in to wash. I've also just generally tidies round. I will quickly put the dyson round before we go and that will do for this week. DH did the kitchen last night - not quite flylady standard but not bad!

I need some plain yoghurt for my breakfast, I'll have to nip/send dh to the spar when he gets up (i'm still in pjs). must also water the plants and empty the bins. we're back very late monday as we are going to the opera straight after we get back.

Job has continued to be great. it will be busy but i don't mind that. i feel like a different person - my ideas and opinions are valued and i am trusted to get on with things

toottifrootti

greenbee hope you day goes to plan and you have a lovely time at the wedding - remmeber we want piccies of the cake, YOU and the happy couple!!!!
Rach have a lovely weekend and enjoy your cuddles with your nephew. Its so good to hear you happy about your work. (((hugs)))
toots xx

rach

soappie - just spotted the note about the flat. it's not too bad around there i don't think, depends whether you're talking about the road off or parallel to the high street. but you're right i think there is a community feel.

embb

Morning lovelies! :wave:

Congrats to msg well done! and congrats to soappies DIL :T

Rosepink you're doing so great on the steps and the weight loss :T

Jo the room looks lovely well done for doing it, I hate decorating so not looking forward to doing mine, I'd rather knock down walls lol

I've finally caught up with the thread and it's only taken me an hour and twenty mins :eek: done nowt except make cuppas and seen littley off to school. Luckily I've only 1 job today for 3 hrs so loads of time to potter about around here and I'm off all w/e too yay.

Plan to do a couple off the weekly challenge list (wherever it is) and today's list, plus dailies etc etc amen!

Friday Frenzy ~ child/spare/choose a room...
Level One
Declutter foor and vacuum it
Strip stinky bedding, wash and get back on the bed
Level Two
remove any laundry from the room
Wipe sticky marks from everything
Tidy toys/floordrobe into proper places
Level Three
binbag dance
HHI
Wash any curtains/toys that need it

Oh no just noticed the HHI on level 3, I don't do ironing usually *pouts* can't think of anything off the top of my head either to replace it....will have a thinkies.....and have no curtains/toys that need washing either. Will see what I can find.

New Weekly Challenge...

1. Clean all the inside windows in one hit.
2. Fill in littleys passport form
3. Get holiday form from school did this one yesterday toots.
4.
5. Cancel Credit Expert free trial

cally_c

Mornin' everyone...

froddington wrote: »

msg -
cally - who did you see?

We saw Thunder on their farewell tour, supported by the Quireboys. A great night, bit sad though, been a fan for 20 years!

toottifrootti wrote: »

Cally at least they are aware of it and monitoring it - try not to worry (too much!)

Thanks, I'm telling myself I'll worry about it in 6 months time if I need to! It helps that DD is ok with it.

TAG wrote: »

For those of you who watch Torchwood you will understand my next statement.........
'I am debating donating, voluntarily, my DD towards the 10% the 456 want'

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Glad your keys turned up eventually. Torchwood has been brilliant hasn't it? Looking forwards to tonight.

My list:
THURSDAY

FRIDAY

New Weekly Challenge...

Right you each have to think up 5 jobs you want to get done THIS WEEK.. not this century.. this WEEK!!
1) [STRIKE]pile of ironing[/STRIKE]
2) sort out wardrobe - ebay/freecycle/charity
3) weed garden
4)[STRIKE]buy fishfood (urgent!!)[/STRIKE]
5) [STRIKE]sort/label bookcrossing books[/STRIKE]

My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is.............. HH walking daily, [STRIKE]Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs[/STRIKE], Fri

rach

hope you all don't mind me jumping in on this, as some of you may know my last job was basically getting people walking more, and my new one is similar....so a few thoughts which may help you. Please feel free to ask me more and well done on motivating each other! I[m sure you've worked most of this out but i thought it might help all gathered in one place!

• step counters can be a great motivational tool, but remember that each brand will count slightly differently and some are better than others (not necessarily dependent on price). I would recommend the Silva brand
• I did offer before but if people want a free pack with a step counter and somewhere to log your steps over 12 weeks plus hints and tips let me know - it's one of the things my old job did and I can still access them. flower has one
• in terms of fixing them, need to be on your waistband, to the side not at the front, if you have a bit of a tummy you can put it slightly further back. the best thing to do is attach it, walk around the room for 100 steps and the counter should show anything from 94-104 (most of the good ones have a 6 step default thing where they don't start counting immediately)
• wear your counter every day for a week and record the steps each day. this gives you a baseline and you can try and up your count each week
• you've probably heard 10 000 steps banded around, don't worry about this initially, it's a lot for most people (it's around 3.5 - 4 miles). these steps include all the moving around you do in the house, as well as actual walks.
• most importantly, for good health we're recommended to do 30 mins of moderate intensity exercise on 5 days of the week. BRISK walking counts towards this - brisk is different for everyone and means you will feel slightly warmer and a bit out of breath - you can hold a conversation but not sing a song (this is called the 'talk test'). you can break the 30 mins into smaller chunks too if it helps (for me I walk 15 mins to and from the station each day and it's done). doing a 30 minute walk a day has loads of benefits and will up your step count!!

jinky67

cally_c wrote: »

We saw Thunder on their farewell tour, supported by the Quireboys. A great night, bit sad though, been a fan for 20 years!

I was listening to them this morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RprKusE4DF8

Craftyscholar

toottifrootti wrote: »

Hi Valli and Aunty - how are you both???

tootsxx

Morning toots
I'm up, washed, dressed, face on, breakfast being scoffed and intending to go into town for pedometer battery (no luck in local shops yesterday)
Woke to sunshine but getting cloudier by the minute:mad:

ANW'sMum - have a good day. Glad to see an employer recognising long service, but be prepared to be stared at by 'young ones' who think five years in a job is weird :rolleyes: