Weekly Flylady Thread 13th July 2009

greenbee

Talking of holidays... SS, are you going down to Devon again this year? If so, I'll try to get down when you're there and meet up.

Went to the gym... I have lost half a stone in the last three weeks! Not the stone in a month I was aiming for, but not bad!

Went to work... went out to lunch... I am seriously unmotivated, and am going to try to avoid going into the office once I've completed the mid-year reviews. For some reason the guy who is taking over from me thinks that I and the others who don't have jobs are going to continue to work as hard as we did previously... I think he might come from a different planet to me... and I'm not quite sure that he's cut out to be a people manager if that's what he thinks!

No flying yet today... but I'm planning it

Update on FB for those of you following the discussion... suggestions welcome!

Valli

Hello all

Happy Belated Birthday GYSEZZ

Chunky she looks gorgeous

Helen Jelly try the DFW boards for inspiration (Or Pigpen) - you say you are making minimum payments - be careful because that wont reduce the debt. But ask on there - and (((hugs))) because it is all so wearing...

Carlsberggal our very own one-woman property boom! Wow!

You're all fantastic - I cannot tell you how brilliant it is to share news and to know that people you have never met are wishing you well

*mwah*

Now I shall go clean my grubby lounge...

BHE

Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone - I'm looking forward to getting started on this properly!

Gratefulforhelp - According to the flylady site, a control journal is like housework manual that you build up slowly. Mine won't be as elaborate as the one demostrated on flylady though, it'll be a much simpler version.

Valli

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.. throw away all those germ harbouring chipped plates and mugs!
Thoroughly clean the fridge
Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth?

Extras

1. Run appliances through a clean cycle
2. Wash the windows if they need it
3. Clean/descale a small appliance.. shake the crumbs from the toaster.. defuzz the kettle... de-mank the microwave
4. Scrub out the oven and hob

Twinkly Tuesday ~ Living room, hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter the floors
Declutter the flat surfaces above the floor!!
Level Two
dust and deweb
Vacuum and mop
Wipe over the sofas, or any marks off them
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Wipe and water plants
Wipe over any cabinets/electricals get rid of those stick finger prints!

Extras

1. Wash windows if they need it
2. Wipe any grubby paintwork/marks off walls/doors
3. Polish any metal (brasses or silver!)/glass
4. Empty and sort a cupboard or drawer

Wednesday Woes ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Strip the bed and wash sheets.. replace them BEFORE BEDTIME!
Declutter the floor of clothing, shoes, junk etc
Level Two
Declutter the flat surfaces.. even if you just spend 15 minutes trying to find a deeply buried place!
binbag dance
Vacuum all the floors!
Level Three
Sort through a cupboard.. airing cupboard if it needs it but any other will do IF the AC doesn't need it..:p!
Wash any other soft furnishings
wipe paintwork
Extras

1. list 5 things to get rid of!
2. 15 minutes filing
3. make those important calls you've been putting off!

List of 5

hum

1 - Get offered fab new job
2 - Write heartfelt resignation letter
3 - Buy fizzy plonk to celebrate
4 - [STRIKE]Send friend Get well soon post-op type card[/STRIKE]
5 - Accept offer of fab new job

kazwookie

Evening

Bin back in
Hoovering done
Bath and shower cleaned
Toilets cleaned

Hugs all round xx

rosieben

BHE wrote: »

... do you need a yahoo address in order to sign up for FlyLady emails?

There's no such thing as a silly question! You can sign up with any email address. There are a lot of emails from the flylady site but you can choose to have just one daily update or no emails at all. I found the site too American and the reminders came at the wrong time for UK. I tried the uk yahoo flying group but the emails were still coming at strange hours so I gave up on them. I recommend this thread instead!

mumofjusttwo

I agree with you rosieben.

i found that although the idea of the emails was great they didn't really work for me. They are very set for example Friday maybe day to clean your bag out (mine needs doing!!)and I like that we have a little variety on this thread and some new things that get added etc.

The fifteen minutes slots were good but I like having a list of things you can look at in the morning and see what I can attempt and mixc it round if suits.

THank Pigpen for arrange it all and toots for the star/heart incentive

soappie

Has anyone - Neveah perhaps - heard from Hollyh today - I was just wondering how she was.

BHE

rosieben wrote: »

There's no such thing as a silly question! You can sign up with any email address. There are a lot of emails from the flylady site but you can choose to have just one daily update or no emails at all. I found the site too American and the reminders came at the wrong time for UK. I tried the uk yahoo flying group but the emails were still coming at strange hours so I gave up on them. I recommend this thread instead!

Thank you

BlimusOreilly

Haven't been able to go online all of today as our computer was hit by a virus last night and we took it in to be cleared today. It cost nearly £60 to get it wiped clean :eek:

I feel in such a better mood now that I can get onto this thread and have a look at my list. I must be addicted - it's only been a few hours

Wednesday Woes ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Level Two
Declutter the flat surfaces.. even if you just spend 15 minutes trying to find a deeply buried place!
Vacuum all the floors!
Level Three
Extras
list 5 things to get rid of!
15 minutes filing

5 things to do this week
1. wash the car
2.
3.
4. clear out mini greenhouse and put away - done!!
5.tidy out shed