Weekly Flylady Thread 20th July 2009

helen_jelly

"I have to admit that many of you have been a bit slapdash this week. So many of you have made a late run at the stars and stuff. The real Toots, I feel, would be disappointed in you and would probably have made a comment long before this.

The whole idea of the weekly lists is that they are done - or as much as possible is done - on the days they are posted. That way, the weekend is relatively free."

Sorry
Helen x


Let's see'f we can all do better next week people before the real Toots gets out of hospital.

hollyh

Evening all,

Soappie you're right, i'm one of the worst culprits for doing this and i hate having to play catch up at weekends. Only 3 days in college next week and then i'm off until i find a job ( hopefully September) so i should have no excuse.:o

Since my last post i have

Got dry washing in & folded x 2 Ds1 got 1 load in
Put wet washing out
Washed up x 2
Tidied & hoovered Living room Ds1 did
Let bunnys out for a run
Folded 3 baskets of clean washing & put away the stuff that doesn't need ironing
Remade Ds2's bed
Ordered days out tokens for when we go on holiday

Tuesday Terrors! ~ Bathroom of Doom and Cruddy Study and Lost Landing!
Level Two
Wipe over any chairs etc
Polish the pc/lappy
Level Three
Clear a hotspot from the study
Wipe over and dusty paintwork
Thrilling Thursday ~ Master bedroom!
Level One
Declutter the floor and vacuum it!
Level Two
Empty the wardrobe.. and put back ONLY the stuff you WILL wear and that fits.. no 'oh I'll fit in that one day'.. no 'I'll save that just in case' .. GET FLIPPING RID!!!
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Sort through your underwear and get rid of the dead stuff!
Put away all the toiletries and make-up left lying about
Frantic Friday ~ a bit of it all!!
Level Two
Find 20 things from each room to throw in the bin! B/Br/Kr/Mr
[STRIKE]Sort through the linen cupboard.. do you REALLY need it all?
[/STRIKE]Level Three
Sort through one cupboard of clothes and fling all that is no longer vital

Weekend Wist

find 25 things to ebay/sell/freecycle
photograph said items.. run updtes for turbolister or auctiva.. whatever you use
Wash any filthy windows
shine any mirrors
[STRIKE]Fill a binbag for charity shop
[/STRIKE]Sort through a toy box.. get rid of anything broken or outgrown
Clean out the car!!!!!

New Weekly Challenge...
Clear behind tv cabinet
Sort all Ds2's toys
5 Items Ebay

Hmm still a bit left of my lists i don't know if i'll manage it all tomorrow. We're going out in the afternoon to see some mini steam trains you can ride on. If it's sunny in the morning i'll get out in the garden and mow the lawns, if it's raining i'll sort Ds2's toys.

We had a lovely day today with Nev and her DD. We went to see the horse my Niece sponsors then we went to a big park so Ds2 could burn off the energy from all the cake he ate.

OH is moaning i was only supposed to be on here 5 mins ordering the day out tokens and i've been on ages:rolleyes:, i'll be back later.

froddington

Where is everyone No posts for 2 hours!!!!

I'm back and the sun has been out all day in Clapham bar a few cloudy moments

soappie wrote: »

Have an ice cream for me Frodders

I did, soappie, and I had one for me and [STRIKE]several [/STRIKE] one or two for others

MOAM - glad DS is doing well; hugs and prayers for you both

AnW - congrats to Miss A and W on their attendance and to you for getting them there :T We have one boy at our school who hasn't missed a day since we opened 3 years ago!

boddy - hugs and prayers for you, your friend and your neighbour; hope things improve

Wilf - hugs for the tonsils and congrats on the golf

Well I'm off to bed now so night all, sleep well x

xx_Jo_xx

Valli wrote: »

Jo could you not divert your freecycle into a car boot/yard sale to give you some 'mad' money?

I dont know - definitely something to think about....there are a lot of posts for car boot stuff on freecycle, so I could possibly sell other peoples tat and reap the benefits!!

soappie wrote: »

Well done Jo. The housing benefit is as important - I see Queen Waitrose has already mentioned it. What happens about your P45 in these circumstances? I hope they don't give it out including the pay you didn't receive. Do you have the tax man on your list to talk to? Have you told your parents yet?

I have no idea about the P45 to be honest....One of the first people i need to talk to on Monday is the administrators....they help with all of the forms to claim my pay, my redundancy and compensation which i am also entitled to as I didnt get any notice.

One of the questions i need to ask about is my p45. I couldnt do anything about the housing benefit online. I will ring them first thing on Monday.....they are at the top of the list!

I have told my mum and my sister, but not my dad yet. My little one was at my dads when I called, so I wasnt able to talk to him much as I dont really want the little one to know. He doesnt need to know these things.

Anyway - I am back from my friends where we went for dinner.....it was FAB!! we had the most fabulous food.

tootifruities wrote: »

Update to 1330.

I have to admit that many of you have been a bit slapdash this week. So many of you have made a late run at the stars and stuff. The real Toots, I feel, would be disappointed in you and would probably have made a comment long before this.

The whole idea of the weekly lists is that they are done - or as much as possible is done - on the days they are posted. That way, the weekend is relatively free.

Let's see'f we can all do better next week people before the real Toots gets out of hospital.

Sorry - I feel largely responsible for distracting everyone!!!!

Next week, I have no excuse for not flying - Monday will involve lots of calls and running around, but its not like i have anywork to do so theres no excuse for not keeping up!! :rotfl:

Thanks for all your messages - youre all so good to me, Im so lucky to have you all x

Princess_Jane

Thrilling Thursday ~ Master bedroom!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floor and vacuum it!
Empty the bin and take ALL the dirty laundry to be washed![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Strip the bedding wash and replace... BEFORE bedtime!!! [/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb[/STRIKE]



Extras

1. [STRIKE]Wash windows[/STRIKE]

Frantic Friday ~ dressing room
Level One
[STRIKE]Dust [/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Declutter & vacuum a floor.. preferably your messiest room! Has to be one you've not done this week [/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Fill a binbag for charity shop
[/STRIKE]


Extras[STRIKE]dust and deweb anywhere that needs it
Wash any grimy windows
Tidy out your handbag/s
Empty ALL the bins in the house!
[/STRIKE]

Our bedroom is usually the tidiest room in the house, so not much to do, thank god.

Worked at 2nd job tonight - a bit glum because was meant to be out for friend's birthday but I've finished too late to go out - back at main job at 8am.

Sometimes it feels like everyone else is out enjoying themselves while I graft.

Re not rolling lists over to the weekend - I wish I had the time to get everything done during the week..sometimes I leave the house at 7.15am and don't get back in until 9pm, brief re-acquaintance with fella before he goes to work, eat tea, make packed lunch, shower and bed. Rubbish.

Valli

LR done so another star plizz my saponificaceous one!

friend collected
wine collected
takeaway collected
wine drunk
takeaway eaten
all pots washed inc foil containers for recycling...
Valli drunk:D:D (a bit)
friend gone home in taxi

I don't know if that's a real word.! oh not faroff look what that oracle of wisdom has to say!

apparently I have promised to take DS DD and neice to Blackpool to go on the Pleasure Beach so offto look for codes...

Jo what I meant was (re the booting, which I hate) - just at the moment you need to draw in the drawbridge (even if you don'tmake a lot it's better than nothing) and cannot afford to be generous - so e bay and car boots are your friend right now as JS is not enough to live on although you should get rent paid so not all bad - I had a mortgage so it was a bit horrific when I was unemployed. On the plus side I decorated. We are here whn you want to vent.

rosepink1984

Valli wrote: »

LR done so another star plizz my saponificaceous one!

My first thought on seeing this word was: WhaWhohaa?

I wonder if we can change the meaning of Saponificaceous to something complimentary if we use it enough? It will stop meaning what ever it means (I'm so tired my brain actually could not take in the definition altho it registered that it was something to do with alcohol) - we could decide what we want it to mean, and constantly use it in that context until nobody knows it ever had another meaning.

In the context you used it in, I imagine it to mean sedulous, assiduous, diligent, and beautiful, someone who is beautifully diligent, or who performs tasks so well that everyone believes they are wonderful and they do things without ever grumbling, they are eternally gracious

Time for bed me thinks, night all

greenbee

Cake went down well. Had a lovely afternoon/evening out catching up with friends. Came home, put the DW on, cleaned the icing off the kitchen (it needs a proper clean tomorrow) and I'm just going to put the WM on a hot wash with cleaning cloths/tea towels in, and then I'm off to bed.

I need to catch up on exercise tomorrow, as the last few days have been pretty poor.

Jo - I'm glad you've had a nice time with your friends. It's important to make sure you don't spend all your time on your own thinking about the problems. You need a break somtimes. I'll try to spend a bit of time looking at your CV properly tomorrow.

Valli - why are you still flying at this time on a saturday night

I'm shattered, so I'm signing off until tomorrow!

Valli

it means (well it would were it a proper word) soap-like!

not flying just reporting in guv!

cos when I went to clean LR DS snuck in like a phantom and nabbed the PC

so IF and its a bigger if than that more like if I do kids rooms tomorrow I would get 5 stars! Oh and my room but I have flung
2 pairs ripped trousers
1 brown jewelry box (UG)
1 little rabbit ornament (grandma brought it from my sisters for DD but she doesn't want it so *FLING*

and obviously it would have been ill-mannered to report in while I had a guest. Although I probably owed much of my impetus to her imminent arrival as all rooms she might walk through needed SOMETHING doing.

elf06

Morning all - so heres my new shiny lovely updated list

Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!
DONE

Tuesday Terrors! ~ Bathroom of Doom and Cruddy Study and Lost Landing!
DONE
Wednesday Wishy-washy ~ Living Room, Hallway and Stairs
DONE
　
Thrilling Thursday ~ Master bedroom!
Level One
Declutter the floor and vacuum it!

Level Two
Empty the wardrobe.. and put back ONLY the stuff you WILL wear and that fits.. no 'oh I'll fit in that one day'.. no 'I'll save that just in case' .. GET FLIPPING RID!!!

Level Three
DONE
Extras
DONE
　
Frantic Friday ~ a bit of it all!!


DONE - ANOTHER STAR PLEASE SOAPPIE
　
Weekend Wist
DONE - ANOTHER STAR PLEASE SOAPPIE

　
my weekly challenge 5 will be -
DONE

Dont think I did too badly for my first week and as I have said time and time again - my bedroom is one giant hotspot so will take a while to get up to scratch!!:o
Wasnt about much last night as there was a fight outside my house last night and I ended up calling the police. Was peeking through a window for a while but when I saw a bottle/can being flung at someones head (and it hit him just above his eye) I decided enough was enough!!

Got work this morning :mad: (paying back some time I owe them from DS being ill) so wont be getting much done today.
So far have emptied WM (cant hang out as its peeing down), had shower and decluttered a cuppa but will report back tonight. Have a good day y'all........