Weekly Flylady Thread 26th October 2009

3tabbycats

Hi all!
Hope you're all having a good Sunday, I've done lots of batch cooking this morning ready to portion for the freezer & made bread rolls for lunches this week. The washing machine & tumbler have been going for what seems hours this weekend & there are only the 2 of us!

I'm as ever behind on the thread, I always start off with good intentions but by about Wednesday or Thursday I'm generally too far behind to catch up, I did skim the last couple of pages tho & saw LL and Toots were back! Hugs to you both.

Planning on chilling on the sofa for a bit now..!

Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Clear and wipe window sills, and any electricals and picture frames etc
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..

Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing
Level One
Level Two
Vacuum floors
Sort through one cupboard of clothing
Level Three

Wednesday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Clear a sticky dishevelled cupboard
Level Three

Thursday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard.. any cupboard, could even be a kitchen one!
Level Three
Dust and deweb

Friday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Clean the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone electrocuted!!

gratefulforhelp_2

Psyching myself up to tackle the ironing mountain. Been for a lovely walk, the weather has bucked up no end.

kazwookie you can have my ironing if you like!

toochoosey

Have done more than half the ironing and lost all get up and go now so going to chill for a bit while OH cooks dinner. DD is upstairs sorting toys from under the bed and wiping the skirtings under there......tis costing me 50p but will be something else off the list....will go inspect in 30 mins...............

sexymouse

Wednesday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors (delegated to OH)
Level Two
Level Three
Clean the oven (delegated to OH)
clean door seals, filters and detergent drawers!
Thursday ~ spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
15 minutes filing
Extras

1. [STRIKE]Mark and record rising stars assessment[/STRIKE]
2. Make maths resources
3. Change sheets
4. [STRIKE]Wash hair[/STRIKE]
5. Paint nails
6. Get stuff packed for school (including lunch box)
7. Chill out online

kazwookie

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

kazwookie you can have my ironing if you like!

Errrr, :rotfl: no thanks!

I'm hunting for the xmas cards, being very MS I know I bought some in the sales, and I've put them away safe, only trouble is I cannot remember where, I've look in the wardrobes, chest of drawers, with the decorations, with the xmas paper, not found them yet. I also know they are not anywhere pigpen's lists take us on a regular basis.

I have a feeling they might be in my office, so I'll look tomorrow when I go there...

Chicken is cooking.

msgnomey

Just spent 20 mins with DD on the phone crying...why is she so far away when she needs a hug (NI)

got lost to do but no impetus now

greenbee

MrsChaos wrote: »

Bookcases - mine are in the LR and our bedroom - the kids have their own, but DS1's is bursting at the seems already, and it's not small. A good friend had lots of bookcases dotted along her upstairs landing, which was rather long and had lots of nooks and crannys to fill. Do you have a cupboard under your stairs?

I have two large floor to ceiling bookcases (one in the sitting room, one in the study), I also have a small bookcase in the sitting room, a couple of shelves & part of the window sill in the kitchen, a wall of bookshelves in the downstairs loo, and some books on the shelves in the study where I keep files... My landing is miniscule, and under the stairs has a wine rack and a chest of drawers with bags/scarves/hats & gym kit in it - and the dining table leaves behind it - this is where I used to have the other bookcase, but I needed the extra storage, and it looks much nicer! I don't really want books in the bedroom as I try to keep as little as possible in there, so I really need to look hard at the landing & spare room to see if I can find some small shelves to put in one or the other.

MrsChaos wrote: »

The things that don't fit into the filing system - is it because of their size/shape, or do they just not fit the categories? You could get a nice box. I've got one for leaflets about places to go.

They currently include... magazine clippings of things that I want to get round to ordering for the house (stair runners, stair rope, frosting film for windows), the catalogues I might want to order from, post-it notes, calculator, sticky labels, lymgym, micropore, spare overdoor hook... actually, going through this most of them can be put somewhere sensible Thanks :T

MrsChaos wrote: »

I know what you mean about work related things, but I find that as soon as I have taken something to work, I need it at home. Maybe give it another week or so until you can be sure what you need and where?

Not sure any of this helps, but I had a bit of time while eating lunch...

Thanks, that's great... I'll take things in to work as I know I need them, and if I find that I then need them at home I'll bring them back.

Desk is now half clear, so I need to focus on dealing with the odds & ends once and for all.

Back again later...

sazzy6

I am waiting for next weeks list to join properly but just thought I'd post my weekends achievements!

Totally gutted the kitchen. cleaned and de-cluttered, 1 large box on freecycle and was collected today. Going to a girl heading into her first flat.

LilySue

MsGnomey ((hugs))

Well it's been a funny old half term,but I have done a little bit of flying, here are my lists

:
Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum said decluttered floors![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]declutter and dust the mantle putting back only what should be there[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe the sofas if needed
Wipe and water plants, dust and deweb[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Clear and wipe window sills, and any electricals and picture frames etc
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..

Extras

1. [STRIKE]HHI [/STRIKE]
2. Check all the winter coats are clean and ready to wear.. and put away all the summer ones! Polish your wellies!!
3. binbag dance
4. Wash any windows that have been neglected

Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Strip bedding, wash sheets and remake the bed.. BEFORE BEDTIME![/STRIKE]!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE]
Tidy away floordrobe/chairdrobe and top of chest of drawersdrobe!
Sort through one cupboard of clothing
Level Three
Sort out the airing cupboard or linen cupboard.. wha t can go? What do you need to keep?
wash any curtains/nets that need it

Wednesday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
[STRIKE]Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge![/STRIKE]
Clear a sticky dishevelled cupboard
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary[/STRIKE].
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
Clean the oven and hob..

Extras [STRIKE]Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
[/STRIKE]Thursday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
[STRIKE]Declutter and vacuum the floor[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard.. any cupboard, could even be a kitchen one!
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed!
[STRIKE]Straighten the toy boxes and shelves[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that need it.. or the duvet!
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb[/STRIKE]
Wipe sticky grotmarks from the walls, doors and paintwork

Friday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Clear clutter from floo[/STRIKE]r
[STRIKE]Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment the pc while doing this (programs.. accessories..system tools.. defragment!.. if you do the disc cleanup as well it clear all the cookies and temporary files too.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/STRIKE]
Clean the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone



Ooh excitement I am kind of close to a star for Friday....off to be competitive with my vacuum cleaner :eek:

gratefulforhelp_2

HI done. Can actually get into laundry room now.