Flylady Challenge

MushyPeas

Moggins, planner sound far too organised! Great though

Quackers

moggins wrote:

My household manual would take a whole thread to explain it I think

1 ring binder

Split into 10 sections

Diary
Daily to do list
Goals
Special (christmas and birthday presents and projects)
Food (menu plans and shopping lists)
Cleaning (Zones and detailed cleaning plans)
Family (all school information, DH's work schedule and emergency contact info)
Personal
Holiday (Holiday schedules, ideas for days out and christmas countdown)
In the back are sticky labels, postcards and spare paper.

Have you considered medication?

I've just got in from work. I'm off to make a large mug of tea and then I'm going to start on this room! The comp room. It also houses a treadmill and a billion cardboard boxes which have birthday/christmas gifts and ebay stuff. Oh, and a drawer full of bills & lots of junk. This is where anything sellable will end up when i start each room so this seems the obvious place to start!

On a very nice note my husband called me at work & I told him what I was going to do and when I just got home he'd cleaned and tidied the dining room as his contribution :T He's luverly (sometimes)!

Glad

can I borrow him quackers


I'm going to join this please and I'll go to the front of the queue too

I often have a day off and decide to give the house a good clean but the sheer size of the job is so depressing I never finish

so a room a day is worth a try

to get the job done in a week I've decided to do as follows

Day 1
hall, stairs, landing, bathroom, porch and downstairs loo

Day 2
My bedroom and en suite

Day 3
DD and DS can be in charge of their own rooms, as long as they get done once a week, they can also tidy their den and one day a week I will do windows etc in those 3 rooms

Day 4
Kitchen and utility room

Day 5
Dining room and study
dining room is usually kept tidy so will be easy to do the study on the same day

Day 6
Lounge

Day 7
day off after a quick tidy

this sounds feasible to me

the days with the least amount to do can be on the days I'm sleeping most of the day after my night shifts

homersimpson_3

I started this today - the things which have been lost turned up and i've discovered other things have gone awol- it's taking longer than expected- i've been doing it for most of day and haven't finished one room yet!

Churchmouse

I'd like to join, please! No let's start by being honest, I need to join. I'm often full of good intentions, but like the morning mist they evaporate in the sun!!:o
I've got the tiniest house, but that doesn't make it any easier, in fact at times it's much worse. Just a couple of things out of place and it looks untidy, lots of bits and bobs around and it looks like I've been burgled:eek:
I need motivation, so any encouragement gratefully received!:D
Do I have to go to the front? Wouldn't it be better if the good ones were at the front, and the bad ones at the back, like when we were at school?:rotfl:

muddled_midget

Can I join in? I'm hopelessly undomesticated, to the point where I can't even see a job needs doing most of the time. But I have a couple of weeks before I start work and would love to have got the house nice and be able to keep on top of it by the time I start. Have copied down Moggins detailed cleaning lists for each room from the other thread, so at least I know what jobs I should be doing (dusting the skirting would never have occurred to me!)

My plan for this week is:

Monday: Kitchen, it's a state as per usual
Tuesday: Bathroom, sorted the airing cupboard today as couldn't find a clean sheet, so this shouldn't take too long
Wednesday: Lounge, lots to do, including a lot to Freecycle, charity shop or put in the loft, probably ought to try Ebay but I'm more concerned with getting rid of it quickly and easily than making money out of it!
Thursday: Our bedroom, same as the lounge...
Friday: Back room, currently used as dumping ground but I want to see if I can make it more usable

Hopefully I can either get OH motivated or convince him to stay out of my way...

Kazonline

Do I have to go to the front? Wouldn't it be better if the good ones were at the front, and the bad ones at the back, like when we were at school?

Lol, I certainly need to be at the back if that's the case!!! I had hoped to get a head start by doing some today..... Took a look around to get an idea of what I was going to do, came over all funny and had to have a lie down (which resulted in a 3 hour sleep:eek: )
However I have planned main meals for the rest of the week and cooked some in advance.

MURTLE your light is still green..... I hope your assignment is nearly complete Come on Murtle :T :you can do it :T :T :T

Kaz x

Quackers

OMG - I started

I have done the computer room.:D

I have done my ensuite (I even cleaned out the cupboard under the sink AND cleaned the shower base )

I've had a very quick declutter of the bedroom but will finish off and clean tomorrow

:j Wahey! :j

spud30

I need to join too !!!

I recently lost my job, and I sit here from dropping the kids off until I pick em up.

I do start a ickle part time job tomorrow, but I promise I will do a room.

Can I sit with Churchmouse on the back row? Will move forward as I get better at this tidying business x

Murtle

Kazonline wrote:

Lol, I certainly need to be at the back if that's the case!!! I had hoped to get a head start by doing some today..... Took a look around to get an idea of what I was going to do, came over all funny and had to have a lie down (which resulted in a 3 hour sleep:eek: )
However I have planned main meals for the rest of the week and cooked some in advance.

I like your idea of a three hour sleep, if I could find the bed but I thought I'd tidy all the clothes off the driers....guess where to....

MURTLE your light is still green..... I hope your assignment is nearly complete Come on Murtle :T :you can do it :T :T :T

Kaz x

oops, I'm still doing it, but am getting there have made good progress! I just wish it wasn't as dull as dish water, I even managed to bring a box of stuff out of the garage to tidy up - I really must be desperate, I have a house full of stuff to tidy up, but no I decide on the garage!!! Thanks for you support Kazonline, it's helping keep me motivated and I will complete it tonight! Thanks heaps x