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Weekly Flylady Thread 30th November 2009
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40th week! THOU SHALT BOAST ABOUT THINE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, but only in special Spylady invisible ink ;-)
Monday- Living room, hall and stairs
Level one ~ done :j
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
[/STRIKE]Sort coats and shoes and bags
Level Three ~ done :j
Extras- Binbag dance..
Level One ~ done :j
[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!
Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
[/STRIKE]Sort through and clean out one cupboard
[STRIKE]Clean the oven and hob.. [/STRIKE]:D
Extras- Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
- Wash the windows
- Drag out a large appliance or 2 and clean behind and under it
- [STRIKE]Dust and Deweb[/STRIKE]
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip wash [/STRIKE]and replace bedding!
Declutter and vacuum the floor!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sort and stash any presents you have lying about.. clear the floordrobe!
[/STRIKE]Clear a box of stuff away
[STRIKE]Binbag dance
[/STRIKE]Level Three
Clear away any stuff on the top of cupboards/chest of drawers/dressing tables etc.
[STRIKE]Sort the airing cupboard/linen store/towel cupboard.. is there anything past its best? PDSA/animal charities often are desperate for such things!
Dust and deweb and wipe the paintwork
[/STRIKE]Extras- Ring someone you love who you've not spoken to in a while!
- Write up the christmas cards and get them ready to post!
:T Pen Pen's List :T
- prepare Football accounts
- order cables
- sort credit card slips
- tidy out handbag
- actions from Scouts meeting - most done
- pay cheque into bank
- crochet flowers for DD's headband
- pay football money into the bank
- pay Scout money into the bank
- update Greenmetropolis list
- update LoveFilm list
- syphon cider :beer:

Pen Pen's Festive list 

- [STRIKE]print card list [/STRIKE](US 10 Dec; Europe 11 Dec; parcels 18 Dec)
- write cards
- buy stamps
- prepare gift list
- check what I already have in the gift box

- [STRIKE]weigh out and soak fruit for cake[/STRIKE]now soaking in brandy :beer:
- [STRIKE]weigh out ingredients for pudding - steaming as I type [/STRIKE]:beer:
- weigh out fruit for mincemat
- make Nigella's chilli jam
- [STRIKE]order turkey [/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]order John Rutter CD
- [/STRIKE]order from Thorntons :beer:
- clean silver
- wash table mats
- Start wrapping presents!!!! If you haven't already!
- plan Christmas Eve party
:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
Just about to do some ironing as I was washing overnight as DD desperately needs clean PE kit following cross counrty...Wooohooo just checked lotto and we won a tenner on Saturday and won £75 on PBs this month :j
BUT just out of interest AnWs how much were your QUO tickets? Any chance your own 'special angel' covered the cost there?Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
I've had a very stressful day and I feel absolutely shattered - I just want to collapse on the settee really. I had plans to do loads but I don't think I will be doing - mind you AF isn't helping either.NST #10 Steps 7K 2/30 10K 2/12 5 a day 3/30 NSD 0/20
MBNA £55000 -
I try to keep Mondays free and do the bulk of my laundry and housework then-finishing with the ironing while listening to the radio at 5 o'clock.The rest of the week I just do a quick dust , hoover and wash the kitchen floor if I have time.0
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(((hugs Jue)))
always hectic this time of year in our line of work...
(says she who spent the ENTIRE morning practising 7 songs because 'we' perform on Saturday and I'm not in now...)
JUST 7!Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip wash and replace bedding!
Declutter and vacuum the floor!
Level Two
Sort and stash any presents you have lying about.. clear the floordrobe!
Clear a box of stuff away
Binbag dance
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Clear away any stuff on the top of cupboards/chest of drawers/dressing tables etc.
Sort the airing cupboard/linen store/towel cupboard.. is there anything past its best? PDSA/animal charities often are desperate for such things!
Dust and deweb and wipe the paintwork
[/STRIKE]
Gold star for me please!!
It's my first ever one!!!:j
Extras- Ring someone you love who you've not spoken to in a while!
- Write up the christmas cards and get them ready to post!
- HHI
- Wrap more pressies!!
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Hi all
Hope everyone is OK? Sending loads of hugs to anyone who needs one.
Well, today has been busy, but I have managed to do the following:
Tuesday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
[STRIKE]Find and wipe the worksurfaces[/STRIKE] Don't know about anyone else, but I find that this is like painting the Forth Road Bridge....as soon as you've finished you've got to start again....
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] Thoroughly cleaned the dishwasher (yes, I know it's a big appliance and all....but it really needed doing)
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort through and clean out one cupboard[/STRIKE] Did 3 (!!), baking cupboard, food cupboard and cleaning products cupboard
[STRIKE]Clean the oven and hob..
[/STRIKE]
Extras- Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
- Wash the windows
- Drag out a large appliance or 2 and clean behind and under it
- Dust and Deweb
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip wash and replace bedding![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Declutter[/STRIKE] and vacuum the floor!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sort and stash any presents you have lying about.. clear the floordrobe![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear a box of stuff away[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Binbag dance[/STRIKE] Loads of junk, bits of paper, fluff, etc, etc gone
Level Three
Clear away any stuff on the top of cupboards/chest of drawers/dressing tables etc.
Sort the airing cupboard/linen store/towel cupboard.. is there anything past its best? PDSA/animal charities often are desperate for such things!
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb and wipe the paintwork[/STRIKE]
Extras- Ring someone you love who you've not spoken to in a while!
- Write up the christmas cards and get them ready to post! Starting tomorrow
- [STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE] Did this yesterday
- Wrap more pressies!! Starting tomorrow
Hope everyone has a great evening. Me, I'm off to do some knitting (once I've done the evening dailies).
Take care all
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Hugs Juliejim - if you're body is telling you to put your feet up and do nothing then do that (but don't tell the others I said that!!).
This is the first year our school isn't doing a Christmas play. They're having carols instead. I've really noticed how the children aren't as tired. Great idea!
Nothing done of list but presents sorted about two thirds wrapped. I now know I don't need to panic buy anything else - yeah!!!! Mind you, i've done none of the list today so will do some of that in a hhc 630 till 7.
I really need to stop putting off investigating the hamster. Infact, DD is out 6 till 7 so i'll go have a little look then. Not a good job! xx0 -
Good evening everyone :beer: I've cycled home which kept me warm, but I'm now ffffff-reezing
DD has pinched my slippers, too :mad:
I'll be Flying after supper, then tomorrow morning :Thellsbells45 wrote: »Just to let you know have applied to join facebook group * is name.
have had some fun with santa TV and sent one to DD2 - 11 she sat there grinning slapping her fore head and told me I'd lost the plot.
DD1 - Thought it was hilarious
And little sis killed herself laughing..... now who else can I send them to..........
I've deleted this post, I'm sure you don;t want the world to know who you are IRL
I bet we all think that we're in a cosy little Flylady bubble, but you just don;t know who's watching :eek:Dustykitten wrote: »Hellsbells - do you really want everybody on the internet to be able to know your real identity? If not then please amend your previous post. When you make a friend request you can add a message on facebook with your user name on here.
Thanks, Dusty :A
Penny. x:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0
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