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Weekly Flylady Thread 12th October 2009

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  • Eltee12
    Eltee12 Posts: 768 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    .....bit like yesterday - there is no list update:o Still feeling bleurrgh but have managed to get myself to work today. Only decluttering tonight will be of the fish n chip variety!


    for the weekend, aside from general tidying and moaning about my cold, I plan to:
    • Finish the great Summer/autumn/winter clothes declutter/changeover
    • Clear/declutter/dust/tidy/hoover our bedroom
    • Find the scrap bin cannister thing - last seen making its way up the garden in high winds - give it a clean & disinfect ready for use again
    • a number of HHIs to catch up on what I haven't been doing
    I wish you all a lurgy-free weekend....

    LT
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    Mortgage-free since 2013

    Debt-free since Nov 2017
  • lala1974
    lala1974 Posts: 424 Forumite
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    Friday Done!! Star please toots!!!! :j:j:j
    :);) AF since 10.04.11 :):D
    "Feel the fear and do it anyway" - Susan Jeffers
  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 14,282 Forumite
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    Thanks for the message kazwookie! Much appreciated. Maybe I wasn't quite happy with his diagnosis.....:D

    I think it was the shock of that word 'elderly'. I mean.... I always think of myself as about 32 or so....

    Not much older than the gorgeous, fit young man, really....:D:D:D

    Love MissH
    xxx

    In my mind I am still in my mid 30's!! I really don't know where the last 10 to 15 years have gone, I keep looking at my face and thinking am I really that old, and can I still get away with saying I'm 35!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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  • Mooooooooooooonday ~ Kitchen and Dining room!
    Level One ~ done :happyhear
    Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces.. and sink.. polish those taps!
    Sweep and mop floor
    Level Two
    Empty and clean out a cupboard.. fling all that is dead, mouldy or inedible.. and DD1 says all weevilly things too.. but I like them.. they are full of protein!
    Wipe units and cupboard fronts
    Wipe and replace all small appliances

    Level Three ~ done :happyhear
    Clean the oven and hob
    Clean out the fridge.. you do not need furry food!
    Dust and deweb.. and Wipe some paintwork

    Extras
    1. HHI
    2. Binbag dance
    3. wash out bins
    4. Wash the windows
    Tuesday ~ children’s rooms.
    Level One ~ done :happyhear
    Declutter the floors
    Strip the bedding get it washed dried and the beds remade!
    Level Two ~ done :happyhear
    vacuum the floors
    Straighten a cupboard of clothing
    Wipe the paintwork
    Level Three
    Tidy a box of 'stuff'
    binbag dance!
    dust and deweb
    Extras
    1. HHI
    2. Wash windows
    3. Fill a binbag for charity shop!
    4. Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!! (don't moan, I have 7!!)
    Wednesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs! ALL DONE hot.gif
    Level One ~ done :happyhear
    Declutter floors
    vacuum right through
    Level Two ~ done :happyhear
    Dust, deweb and defluff all those electrical appliances too!
    Wipe and water plants
    Wash sofas/covers and any soft furnishings that need it
    Level Three
    polish mirrors, glass and metals!
    Wipe radiators and paintwork

    15 minutes filing!
    Extras
    1. 32 fling boogie!
    2. HHI
    3. Sort through a drawer or cupboard
    4. Check window seals for any draughts and stop them up if necessary.. we will be draught free this winter!
    Thursday ~ Study, Landing, Porch and other neglected bits! ALL DONE hot.gif

    Level One ~ done :happyhear
    Declutter the floors in the study and landing
    Vacuum these areas!
    Level Two ~ done :happyhear
    Declutter and dejunk the porch.. this is where first impressions of your house are made!
    Sort through coats, bags, shoes etc.. are there any that can be flung? Who needs a new winter coat this year?
    Wash the front door and wipe paintwork!
    Level Three ~ done :happyhear
    Binbag dance!
    Wash any sofas/chairs in these areas
    Dust and deweb.. esp the porch!!

    Extras
    1. Wash any smelly pet bedding
    2. Wash any grubby windows
    3. List 5 things on ebay!/freecycle.. or just fling them to charity shop!
    4. Change the curtains to the thicker winter ones!
    Friday ~ Bathroom and Study
    Level One ~ done :happyhear
    declutter floors
    Scrub the bath, loo, basins, bidets, showers etc etc
    Level Two ~ done :happyhear
    Empty and wash out bins
    Scrub tiles and polish mirrors
    Vacuum/mop floors
    Level Three ~ done :happyhear
    Wipe chairs and sofas
    Wash shower curtains, bathmats etc
    Recycle the empties and decant dribbles

    Extras
    1. Clean out and tidy cupboards
    2. Replace and curly toothbrushes
    3. Shine the taps with one of the old ones
    4. Check all the smoke alarms.. don't forget all rooms with high sleepers in MUST have their own alarm in!
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • Good afternoon :beer: Bum - while I was awol earlier in the week, I was doing my lsits on Word; now I've pasted them over, all the formatting has gone :rolleyes: :mad: :o And my internet connection is reeeeeeeeeeeallly slooooooooooooooow :o

    DH, DD andI have had a lovely day in Sheffield - I waved to the Local Flyladies :A John Lewis relieved us of nearly £500 :eek: (wallpaper and a beautiful purple coruroy coat :D ).

    Off to finish my lists, before getting ready to go out for a meal with friends :T

    Penny. x
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • Natty68
    Natty68 Posts: 3,469 Forumite
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    Ugh is it me or is it getting colder? For some reason my house feels rather cold :( I am considering putting my heating on low, just to take the chill off the place, but I am trying so hard to hold on until 1st November.. Somehow I don't think I will be keeping to this if it gets any colder tonight..lol

    Picked up my Organised Mum order from the post office, I have the calender hanging up already. Have got the diary ready to change over a.s.a.p. as it's a 16 month one and started September. The budget book I am only looking at, thinking I might start it January 1st so that I keep a better check on my finances.

    Feeling rather blaa for some reason, so might curl up on the sofa and watch Midsummer Murders. Although I have to go out and get something for dinner as the game suet pud I defrosted t'other day is "off" - it is smelling out my fridge something rotten and is all squidgy when it should be hard :( And I was really looking forward to this too..oh well never mind.

    Flying wise I have tidied up the lounge, put clean fleeces on the sofa and the dog chair. Apart from that have done nothing.:rotfl:
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  • Mooooooooooooonday ~ Kitchen and Dining room!
    Level One
    Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces.. and sink.. polish those taps!
    Level Two
    Empty and clean out a cupboard..
    Wipe units and cupboard fronts
    Wipe and replace all small appliances
    Level Three
    Dust and deweb.. and Wipe some paintwork
    Tuesday ~ your own room!
    Level Two
    Straighten a cupboard of clothing
    Wipe the paintwork
    Level Three
    Tidy a box of 'stuff'
    binbag dance!
    Wednesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
    Level Two
    Wash sofas/covers and any soft furnishings that need it
    Level Three
    polish mirrors, glass and metals!
    Wipe radiators and paintwork
    15 minutes filing!
    Thursday ~ Study, Landing, Porch and other neglected bits!
    Level Two
    Wash the front door and wipe paintwork!
    Level Three
    Binbag dance!
    Wash any sofas/chairs in these areas
    Dust and deweb.. esp the porch!!
    Friday ~ Bathroom and Study
    Level One
    declutter floors
    Scrub the bath, loo, basins,
    Level Three
    Wash shower curtains, bathmats etc
  • Jassa
    Jassa Posts: 355 Forumite
    Hi :j
    Hope those with poorly heads soon feel better.

    Friday ~ Bathroom and Study ALL DONE!!!!!
    Level One

    [STRIKE]declutter floors
    Scrub the bath, loo, basins, bidets, showers etc etc[/STRIKE]

    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Empty and wash out bins
    Scrub tiles and polish mirrors
    Vacuum/mop floors[/STRIKE]

    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wipe chairs and sofas
    Wash shower curtains, bathmats etc[/STRIKE]
    Cleaned shower door
    [STRIKE]Recycle the empties and decant dribbles[/STRIKE] None - only allowing one of each out at a time so that we can use up spare shampoos, etc.

    Extras
    1. [STRIKE]Clean out and tidy cupboards [/STRIKE]
    2. Replace and curly toothbrushes
    3. Shine the taps with one of the old ones
    4. [STRIKE]Check all the smoke alarms.. don't forget all rooms with high sleepers in MUST have their own alarm in! [/STRIKE] Made toast at brekkers - that is the best way of testing them.
    Put brand new towels in the shower room.
    RoD is now a fab room to work in. Sorted out one cupboard in there last night and put stuff in (matching) labelled boxes on the shelves. Even DH can now figure where the envelopes are kept!

    DH just phoned to say he's stuck in Operation Stack (a Dover/M20 nightmare) so no idea what time he'll be back (it's taken us 5 hours to do a 45min journey in the past!). We're supposed to be going away for the weekend tonight - doubt he'll want to go back out tonight!

    Thanks to you all for helping me get my home back in some sort of order!

    J x
    I could give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter!
    Shoe love is true love
    Debt-free 21/12/09 and determined to stay that way - still DF 09/10/17
  • vanilla
    vanilla Posts: 3,277 Forumite
    Mooooooooooooonday ~ Kitchen and Dining room!
    Level One

    Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces.. and sink.. polish those taps!
    Sweep and mop floor
    Level Two
    Empty and clean out a cupboard.. fling all that is dead, mouldy or inedible.. and DD1 says all weevilly things too.. but I like them.. they are full of protein!
    Wipe units and cupboard fronts
    Wipe and replace all small appliances
    Level Three
    Clean the oven and hob
    Clean out the fridge.. you do not need furry food!
    Dust and deweb.. and Wipe some paintwork



    Extras
    1. HHI
    2. Binbag dance
    3. wash out bins
    4. Wash the windows
    Thursday ~ Study, Landing, Porch and other neglected bits!
    Level One
    Declutter the floors in the study and landing
    Vacuum these areas!
    Level Two
    Declutter and dejunk the porch.. this is where first impressions of your house are made!
    Sort through coats, bags, shoes etc.. are there any that can be flung? Who needs a new winter coat this year?
    Wash the front door and wipe paintwork!
    Level Three
    Binbag dance!
    Wash any sofas/chairs in these areas
    Dust and deweb.. esp the porch!!


    Extras
    1. Wash any smelly pet bedding
    2. Wash any grubby windows
    3. List 5 things on ebay!/freecycle.. or just fling them to charity shop!
    4. Change the curtains to the thicker winter ones!
    Friday ~ Bathroom and Study
    Level One
    declutter floors
    Scrub the bath, loo, basins, bidets, showers etc etc
    Level Two
    Empty and wash out bins
    Scrub tiles and polish mirrors
    Vacuum/mop floors
    Level Three
    Wipe chairs and sofas
    Wash shower curtains, bathmats etc
    Recycle the empties and decant dribbles
    Extras
    1. Clean out and tidy cupboards
    2. Replace and curly toothbrushes
    3. Shine the taps with one of the old ones
    4. Check all the smoke alarms.. don't forget all rooms with high sleepers in MUST have their own alarm in!
    OK this is what is left. I have 2x loads of washing done, dishes done and a bag full of clothes away to a freecycler.

    DS2 now lying up with a sore tummy and DD is now fine. I've decided to get on with things and forget about my tooth, have painkillers in and if it is still really bad by 7 then i'll head to the dentist in the hospital (30 flipping miles away).:mad:

    Right away i go....
    Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough.
    And things go wrong no matter what I do.
    Now and then it seems that life is just too much.
    But you've got the love I need to see me through.
    :j :j
  • Just a quick list update cos I need to get tea on the go.

    Hugs for all flyladies!

    Mooooooooooooonday ~ Kitchen and Dining room!
    Level One

    Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces.. and sink.. polish those taps!
    Sweep and mop floor
    Level Two
    Empty and clean out a cupboard.. fling all that is dead, mouldy or inedible.. and DD1 says all weevilly things too.. but I like them.. they are full of protein!
    Wipe units and cupboard fronts
    Wipe and replace all small appliances
    Level Three
    Clean the oven and hob
    Dust and deweb.. and Wipe some paintwork
    Extras
    wash out bins
    Wash the windows

    Tuesday ~ brats room.. if you have no brats do your own room!
    Level One
    Declutter the floors
    Strip the bedding get it washed dried and the beds remade!
    Level Two
    vacuum the floors
    Wipe the paintwork
    Level Three
    dust and deweb
    Extras
    Wash windows
    Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!! (don't moan, I have 7!!)

    Wednesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
    Level Two
    Dust, deweb and defluff all those electrical appliances to!
    Wipe and water plants
    Level Three
    polish mirrors, glass and metals!
    Wipe radiators and paintwork
    15 minutes filing!

    Thursday ~ Study, Landing, Porch and other neglected bits!
    Wash the front door and wipe paintwork!
    Level Three
    Dust and deweb.. esp the porch!!
    Extras
    1. Wash any smelly pet bedding
    2. Wash any grubby windows
    Friday ~ Bathroom and Study
    Level Two
    Empty and wash out bins
    Scrub tiles and polish mirrors
    Level Three
    Wash shower curtains, bathmats etc
    Extras
    Check all the smoke alarms.. don't forget all rooms with high sleepers in MUST have their own alarm in!
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