Weekly Flylady Thread 14th September 2009

hex2

:hello:Toots, Lil Me and Fedupandskint

We appear to be watching James Bond judging by the noises. I am waiting for the kitten to come home before I slope off for a bath.

Greenbee - there are five bookcases in here, three in the playroom, one in the hall, and more upstairs. I can't wait till my bookcase corridoor is done which will give me another 20 metres or so of book shelves to fill. I have always wanted a library so this is the happy compromise. I removed a good ten books from the bathroom, and another ten from each side of the bed earlier. It breaks my heart that DS1 hates reading so much :rolleyes:. Clearly swapped at the hospital, although he is better than he was.

The only down side is that they do attract dust, and I get sidetracked when cleaning them.

My guilty pleasures are Jilly Cooper, and Georgette Heyer. What is on your junk reading shelf?

toottifrootti

Manic Monday ~ Living Room, Hall
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure hall especially is safe
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!)
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. Sort through a handbag

Extra

1. Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
2. Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
3. Clean a window or two.
4. Binbag dance

Twinkly Tuesday ~ Kitchen & Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE] Declutter worksurfaces
Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe worksurfaces [/STRIKE]and see if you can do those small appliances on the way round
Wipe fronts of units and large appliances
Run the large appliances through a clean cycle
Level Three
Clean out the fridge
[STRIKE] Wipe the hob and oven[/STRIKE]
Clean the table and replace cloth if needed

Extras

1. Wash windows
2. Clear and wipe all sills
3. [STRIKE] HHI[/STRIKE]

Wednesday ~ bathroom annd cruddy study

Level One
[STRIKE] Declutter floors
Mop or vacuum as appropriate[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE] Empty and wash out bins.. to make it worth while you should fill them first!
Scrub bath, tiles, shower head.. you all read the link I hope?!.. sinks toilets[/STRIKE] keyboards mouses etc...
[STRIKE]Defrag pc.. delete 50 unwanted emails [/STRIKE]and 10 dead/unused links
Level Three
Clear the desk of gibble and give it a dust as you dust and deweb the rooms
[STRIKE] Wash the shower curtain/baths mats etc if required
Shine any mirrors and clear mantels
[/STRIKE]
Extras

1. Wipe radiators, shelves and paintwork
2. Wash windows if needed
3. Clean any chairs in these rooms
4. 15 minutes filing & shredding

Thursday ~ Understair cupboard and master bedroom extras
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Tidy away all the stuff and books that are in the wrong places
Level Two
fill up bookcases with books from bedroom
Wash any other soft furnishings.. curtains etc
Sort through a chest of drawers.. dispose of anything that is outgrown, worn out
Level Three
Inventory Freezer
Wipe over paintwork
[STRIKE] Binbag dance![/STRIKE]
Extras

1. Wash windows and sills
2. Sort through one box or drawer filled with miscellaneous gibble.. from any room.. it just needs it!!
3. HHI

FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDAY! ~ Master bedroom
Level One
Declutter the floor!
Vacuum the floors
Level Two
Strip and wash bedding and remake bed.. do you need the duvet back on yet?
Clear the floordrobe!.. are there any summery things that are past their best that you can fling?
Declutter and wipe the bedside tables... or whatever area you use as a dumping ground!
Level Three
Dust and deweb.. don't forget the bedframe and light fitting!
Polish any glass bits.. table tops, lamps, mirrors etc
Sort through a box of guff
Extras

1. wash any windows and sills
2. binbag dance
3. HHI.. and put it away!
4. Wipe any grotty paintwork!

This week
[STRIKE] Friday (6-8pm)
food shopping - do a list and check freezer
Dunelm to look at curtains again[/STRIKE]

Anytime soon!
[STRIKE] email bruv[/STRIKE] - phoned him instead
[STRIKE] get and send birthday card to NOF[/STRIKE]
unpack holiday bags
sort out presies bought
do something about a light fitting or get a lampshade for now
ebay and amazon
try to find a gardener


toots xx

Mudbath

Lady-L - good news about your trip to Boston, a beautiful part of the world. Continually sending positive, healing vibes to you xx

Mrs_Beatson

greenbee wrote: »

I have to cull my books regularly as I've run out of room! Still, at least now I know I can offload them onto Mrs B in future!!

ohhhhhh pleaseeee DO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

greenbee

hex2 wrote: »

Greenbee - there are five bookcases in here, three in the playroom, one in the hall, and more upstairs. I can't wait till my bookcase corridoor is done which will give me another 20 metres or so of book shelves to fill. I have always wanted a library so this is the happy compromise. I removed a good ten books from the bathroom, and another ten from each side of the bed earlier. It breaks my heart that DS1 hates reading so much :rolleyes:. Clearly swapped at the hospital, although he is better than he was.

Boys tend to get into reading later than girls - I remember my mum being worried about my brother not liking reading (he was quite happy to be read to though!), but he reads lots now (and lots of different things).

hex2 wrote: »

The only down side is that they do attract dust, and I get sidetracked when cleaning them.

I haven't emptied and cleaned the bookshelves for ages...

hex2 wrote: »

My guilty pleasures are Jilly Cooper, and Georgette Heyer. What is on your junk reading shelf?

Erm... Jilly Cooper & Georgette Heyer and Fiona Walker, Donna Leon, Jennifer Crusie, Freya North & Katie Fforde (although I think I'm finally growing out of the last two), Jennifer Weiner, Louise & Tilly Bagshawe. There are others, but they're slightly more respectable!

I find that I can cull things when I realise that I've looked at them several times and haven't wanted to re-read them. I did mean to re-read Trollope's Palliser novels while I was between jobs, but somehow haven't got round to it :rolleyes:

I have far too many cookbooks, but do cull them regularly.

I'm currently reading lots of non-fiction on sustainability/consumerism etc.

I think it's bedtime now. I need to get up and finish downstairs (including putting the fire surround back on!) in the morning.

See you all tomorrow!

rach

some progress - did a chunk of the bathroom and kitchen earlier this evening! I WILL get through my list tomorrow!

Manic Monday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water plants
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. Sort through a handbag
Extras

1. Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
2. Clean a window or two.

Twinkly Tuesday ~ Kitchen & Dining Room
Level One
Declutter worksurfaces
Sweep and mop floors
Level Two
Wipe worksurfaces and see if you can do those small appliances on the way round
Wipe fronts of units and large appliances
Run the large appliances through a clean cycle not exactly a success!
Level Three
Clean out the fridge
Wipe the hob and oven
Clean the table and replace cloth if needed
Extras

1. Wash windows
2. Clear and wipe all sills

Wednesday ~ bathroom and cruddy study
Level One
Declutter floors
Mop or vacuum as appropriate
Level Two
Empty and wash out bins.. to make it worth while you should fill them first!
Scrub bath, tiles, shower head.. you all read the link I hope?!.. sinks toilets keyboards mouses etc...
Defrag pc.. delete 50 unwanted emails and 10 dead/unused links
Level Three
Clear the desk of gibble and give it a dust as you dust and deweb the rooms
Wash the shower curtain/baths mats etc if required
Shine any mirrors and clear mantels
Extras

1. Wipe radiators, shelves and paintwork
2. 15 minutes filing & shredding

Thursday ~ Spare room
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Tidy away all the boxes, books and guitars that are in the wrong places
Level Two
Strip and wash bedding and replace with clean.. vacuum and turn mattresses if needed
clean windowsill and pictures
Sort through a chest of drawers.. dispose of anything that is not needed
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe over the futon and paintwork
Binbag dance!
FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDAY! ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Declutter the floor!
Vacuum the floors
Level Two
Strip and wash bedding and remake bed.. do you need the duvet back on yet?
Clear the floordrobe!.. are there any summery things that are past their best that you can fling?
Declutter and wipe the bedside tables... or whatever area you use as a dumping ground!
Level Three
Dust and deweb.. don't forget the bedframe and light fitting!
Polish any glass bits.. table tops, lamps, mirrors etc
Sort through a box of guff
Extras

1. wash any windows and sills
2. Wipe any grotty paintwork!

my extras:
Sainsburys - complain charged wrong price for new top
package and send nephew's little prezzie
phone caroline
go through library recipe books and copy any recipes to keep
boots: tissues, painkillers, shower gel for dh
next week's mealplan & shopping list
post rental dvd back

rach

I love reading and books too, but I rarely buy books new, get most fiction through https://www.readitswapit.com these days or the library. My guilty pleasure is Jill Mansell. I've recently read some Kate Atkinson and am reading 'The Divide' at the moment, written by the guy who wrote the horse whisperer. We have loads of books though, a lot of theology and non-fiction that we'll never get rid of! Both DH and I were lucky enough to grow up in houses surrounded by books and with dads who read non-stop!

toochoosey

only got as far as toots post, #871 and wanted to say yes I was looking for extra income so that is good, will see sec, on Mon. so hopefully it will go ahead,Thanks xx

Have done a little in the kitchen and more washing but thats it, am going to look on the banking thread into A+L's £100 sign up deal, then catch up with the rest of the thread.....xx

toochoosey

Lil-me, are you still there......posted the othe other day about your search for left handed stuff.......did you get anything and was it any good? Thanks xx

hollyh

Evening all,

No Toots you haven't missed me i haven't done todays list yet. I went to meet the girls from college and came home with a headache and a dodgy tummy. I will be doing it tomorrow though.

I need to find my list, it's here somewhere.

Wednesday ~ bathroom annd cruddy study
Extras
15 minutes filing & shredding
Thursday ~ Kiddies rooms, Spare rooms or another neglected room
Extras
HHI
FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDAY! ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Declutter the floor!
Vacuum the floors
Level Two
[STRIKE]
remake bed.. do you need the duvet back on yet?
[/STRIKE]Clear the floordrobe!.. are there any summery things that are past their best that you can fling?
Declutter and wipe the bedside tables... or whatever area you use as a dumping ground!
Level Three
Dust and deweb.. don't forget the bedframe and light fitting!
Polish any glass bits.. table tops, lamps, mirrors etc
Sort through a box of guff
Extras
wash any windows and sills
binbag dance
HHI.. and put it away!
Extras
Go through files & shred 1 done
photograph & list contents of Ebay pile
Order xmas presents with vouchers
Mow & strim lawns
bank more change
Get Ds1 new trainers
Get battery for smoke alarm