Weekly Flylady Thread 20th July 2009

gunsandbanjos

Evening, house is just about back to normal now. It looked like a tornado had hit it with all the stuff from LO's room all over the place.

Sorry you didnt get the job Valli, it is their loss:A

Jo - what a nightmare:eek: Really hope you get paid.

Well done Toochoosey, a pass is a pass:j

Need to go hang up the washing and do the dishes.

witchypoo

It's been a day out day today, took the kids to Teignmouth for charity shops tour (they loved that, not!) and got a nice new (to me) cream enamel bread bin - better shape than our current one (rectangular instead of the circular one I have) so that matches our cream enamel kettle (another charity shop find I posted about several weeks ago!) Anyway pleased with that, and hubby found a book he wanted. Bought chip lunch in a greasy spoon caf! (yum!) and later got coffee choux buns to have at home. We're all too full to eat dinner now, so we just bought fresh tomatoes in case we fancy sandwiches later...
Soo.. no housework really done today except stripped the bed and put a load of washing in when I returned. I've just merrily spent two hours catching up online with all my various interests/forums.
Will try harder tonight/tomorrow! I plan to get to bed straight after Psychoville and then get up at 7am cos I am meeting my brother at midday!

1. Mow grass with rechargable strimmer if dry enough..
2. Upload turbolisted items to eBay (check is there a cheap listing day soon?)
3. Get growbags for tomato plants, stat!
4. [STRIKE]Write meal plan/grocery list and stick to it [/STRIKE]
5. Work out the finances

Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!
Level Two
Sweep and mop the floor
Tuesday Terrors! ~ Bathroom of Doom and Cruddy Study and Lost Landing!
Level Three
Clear a box of clutter from the landing and a hotspot from the study
Wednesday Wishy-washy ~ Living Room, Hallway and Stairs
Level Three
rehome anything that shouldnt be there!
Wash any soft furnishings
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
Put away all the toiletries and make-up left lying about
Extras

1. Put away all the shoes
2. Tidy a shelf or drawer

tootifruities

Stuff done to 943

methekidsandthecat

Evening everyone - not had time to catch up yet but GT or should I say more likable DD wishes me to post the list that shows what she and her brother have helped me to do....... so I will comply......


Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
Empty and wash out the bin.. make it smell sweet!
Level Two
Wipe all appliances.. large and small
[STRIKE]Wipe over units and kickboards[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sweep[/STRIKE] and mop the floor
Level Three
Sort and organise all the drawers in these rooms!..
Thoroughly clean the fridge
Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth

Extras

1. Clean filters and doorseals!
2. Wash the windows if they need it
3. Clean/descale a small appliance.. [STRIKE]shake the crumbs from the toaster[/STRIKE].. defuzz the kettle...
   
4. [STRIKE]Scrub out the oven and hob[/STRIKE]

Tuesday Terrors! ~ Bathroom of Doom and Cruddy Study and Lost Landing!
Level One
Declutter all the floors!
Empty all the bins
Level Two
Set computer to defrag then clean the bath and loo and tiles and [STRIKE]basins and toilets [/STRIKE]
Polish the pc/lappy
Level Three
Clear a box of clutter from the landing and a hotspot from the study
Vacuum/mop all the floors
Wipe over and dusty paintwork

Extras

1. Wash out the bins after emptying
2. binbag dance in these areas
3. Wash any windows in these areas that are in need

[STRIKE]Catch up on a couple of phone calls! (tax credits tax credits ra-ra-ra!!!)
[/STRIKE]

1. [STRIKE]Clear and clean window sills in this area[/STRIKE]

Wednesday Wishy-washy ~ Living Room, Hallway and Stairs
Level One
Declutter floors.. in all these areas!
Sort through the coats and bags and shoes.. who needs what for winter and back to school? What can you fling?
Level Two
Clear the mantle and a hotspot and replace only what should be there!
[STRIKE]Wipe and water any plants and dust and deweb![/STRIKE]
Vacuum the floors!
Level Three
Empty a cupboard or drawer and fling all that is no longer needed and rehome anything that shouldnt be there!
Wash any soft furnishings
wipe all the paintwork and all the doors!

Extras

1. Wash the windows if they need it
2. Binbag dance.. fling that rubbish!
3. Polish any mirrors and pictures and glassware
4. replace any dead lightbulbs in the house.. and test those smoke alarms!!

Thrilling Thursday ~ Master bedroom!
Level One
Declutter the floor and vacuum it!
Empty the bin and take ALL the dirty laundry to be washed!
Level Two
Strip the bedding wash and replace... BEFORE bedtime!!!
Vacuum and turn mattress if it hasn't been done in a while
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
Extras

1. Wash windows
2. Wash any other soft furnishings.. curtains etc
3. Put away all the shoes
4. Tidy a shelf or drawer

Well it is better than we usually are at this point in the week. I am going to phone Mum as there is a 2 bed bungalow on the website that they can bid on so I will need to do this for them. I will try to find tax credit details after tea whch is in cooking.

Me

elf06

Well thats me taken the loaf out the SC and fingers crossed it looks ok :shocked: As for the flying I havent updated my list since yesterday but have deff made some progress and it now looks like this -

Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!

ALL DONE!!

Tuesday Terrors! ~ Bathroom of Doom and Cruddy Study and Lost Landing!

ALL DONE!!


Wednesday Wishy-washy ~ Living Room, Hallway and Stairs

ALL DONE

Thrilling Thursday ~ Master bedroom!
Level One
Declutter the floor and vacuum it!
[STRIKE]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]
[STRIKE]Vacuum and turn mattress if it hasn't been done in a while[/STRIKE]
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
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb[/STRIKE]
Sort through your underwear and get rid of the dead stuff!
[STRIKE]Put away all the toiletries and make-up left lying about[/STRIKE]
Extras
Wash windows
Wash any other soft furnishings.. curtains etc
[STRIKE]Put away all the shoes [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Tidy a shelf or drawer[/STRIKE]
　
　
my weekly challenge 5 will be -
[STRIKE]1) clear computer desk (getting difficult to type theres that much rubbish)[/STRIKE]
2) Get things ready to go to local tip/dump
[STRIKE]3) Clear out bottom of hall cupboard[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]4) Clean sofa cushion (non machine washable[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]5) Sort recipe books and find them a place to live[/STRIKE]

So by my reconing I need another star x 1 and heart x 1 please xxx

Better go and see if tomorrows list is up and what needs doing cos I am out all day tomorrow (working)
　

soappie

Jo - big, big hugs love. That's awful! I have everything crossed that your wages get paid. I'm sure you can get a certain amount of help from the state in such circumstances - oh, I see wise words have been added by gratefulfor.... do go in tomorrow and polish the paperclips but spend the time surreptitiously surfing the net for a new job xxx

Valli - hugs about the job. I think you're right not to complain.You'll only end up with a black mark against your name. How sweet about the 5p. Putting on my Pollyanna face, the reason you didn't get it is because there's a better one around the corner.

Though it put me in mind of a job I interviewed for a few years ago w in academia, I was 10 years older than the other applicants. Typical education establishment interview, you all sit in the room and are called in one by one. One of the questions I was asked was what could I bring to the job that others couldn't. Quick as a flash, I said 'maturity'. They ended up making me an offer. I turned it down in the end though for a better one. I saw it advertised a week or so later with a note 'previous applicants need not apply' or some such. How times change!

Tooch - well done on your exam results!

I have been busy this afternoon. Have almost done the bedroom stuff but not quite. Have also been foraging for food and have spoken at length to my sis about her wedding which isn't that far away now! Next week's job is finding a bridesmaid style dress to wear. We have discussed colours and options.

It's also been rather like the Bronx here this afternoon. I don't think there's been a quarter of an hour go by since noon without some sort of emergency siren going off. We had the Police helicopter up circling about for half an hour or so about 2pm. Then about 5pm the air ambulence flew overhead - obviously on its way home after dropping off at the hospital.

I am also rather miffed with the kids it's been do they, don't they, do they want dinner all afternoon. I still have no idea! I shall do a stir fry now I think and hope that at least one other person is hungry!

Triker

Hi all, still feel horrible, shaky and in loads of pain, joints especially elbows. Anyway I strapped up the worst one and got on with it.

WM X 3

TD X 2

Washing rehung out twice.

Kitchen floor swept

Dirty pans and plates scraped

Bin emptied

Pots and pans that won't go in dishwasher done by hand by my DD's.:T

DW x 1

TD relocated.

Some stuff put away

Shampoo, conditioner and handwash located and taken upstairs.

2 large baskets of washing sorted, folded and distributed by my two lovely DD's again :T

Hardly slept last night but thought it best to get on with the day.

Went to work and there was a huge parade of soldiers and bands, couldn't watch as started getting too emotional as a dear friend was found recently and we'd been hoping for a couple of years that he'd be found safe and well, sadly this was not the case and I found it too much. I thought the sight of me blubbing uncontrollably might upset some of the little kids who were there, so I left, just as they closed down the road.:o


Took youngest DD for some tests at hospital, thankfully we have nothing to worry about and she was extremely brave when she was examined. So I'm very, very proud of her.:T

Thats me, hope all ok, will catch up later. xxx

Triker

Jinky I have to ask, what's with all the suggestive mouth avatars.....you appear to have an oral fixation !!

thifty

Jo sorry to hear about your job, hope you get some good advice re redundancy pay.
valli- sorry to hear your news too, have been reading on fb now i am approved!
Jellie yes i'm a secondary school teacher, am very jealous to hear of all these presents being given out to our primary friends!
Dh is shouting me for takeaway so will return soon to post my list

serena

Hugs for Triker - you sound like you've had a really tough day.

Best wishes for Jo.

Jellie - yup, quite a few teachers on here, some primary, some secondary - off the top of my head, sexymouse, froddington, valli, mrsgnomey, vivw, and me - I'm secondary French. (With apologies to those teachers that I've missed off this list!)

soappie - I have earned another heart please!! I have finished clearing the unwanted pots of plants and weeds from the terrace and swept as well. I still need to find homes for the 20-30 plants I've decided to keep, but that can wait for another week. Thank you very much for the recipes.

dusty - I cut back all the geraniums in the front garden, and did all the 'brown-bitting' - removing all the dead stuff to make it look fresher. Then, I dug over the blank bit of the sunny border, and planted some new things to brighten it up. let's hope the slugs and snails give them a chance.

I'm determined to clear the rest of the kitchen hotspot tomorrow, as well as make the boys shovel out their room. If there's going to be an ebay challenge next week, then that'll be delegated to DS1 who's a whizzkid with ebay.