Eager Elephant's Effective Everyday Excursion ...

taxi73

I don't think men notice stuff that us women notice..lol....
My DH drives me nuts when he's looking for something in a cupboard..he says it'snot there..so I get up open the door and put my hand on the item straight away.

moo2moo

Nah its not just yours. All men are useless when it comes to laundry. I left the house at 7:30 yesterday leaving OH a note with 2 requests: medicine for the dog and laundry in the machine to hang out. I returned three hours later to find he had at least given the dog her medicine. When questiond about the laundry he claimed he thought I'd meant it as a joke. What can you do with a chap like that besides pureeing his hairy kiwis in a blender?

Eager_Elephant

I need some motivation now that I only work 2 days a week otherwise I spend too much time on t'internet so I have decided to join the flylady challenge.

Unfortunately I only started this today so already have 3 days to do.

This is the list so far, I have already deleted any that I don't need to do:

Monday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas
Clean the fire and surround. [/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move [/STRIKE]
Level 3
[STRIKE]Check smoke alarms[/STRIKE] I knew these worked because I burnt my food the other day!! :rotfl:
[STRIKE]27 fling boogie..[/STRIKE]
Extras
Catch up on filing, phonecalls or spreadsheet sorting!
[STRIKE]Clean a window or two. [/STRIKE]
Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Empty the cutlery drawer.. clean it out, wash the cutlery tray, chuck those baby spoons you don't use any more.. how many medicine spoons do you actually need? get rid of everything you don't use and make the drawer look nice again! [/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep[/STRIKE] and mop floors
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer and dishwasher filters need to be done too!! [/STRIKE]
Extras
Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
[STRIKE]Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk! [/STRIKE]
Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob.. mines gross.. you need to shame me into cleaning it!
HHI .. bit of a catch up!!
Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
Level Two
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Wash windows
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use
Extras
Sort through a box of junk fom the landing
Binbag dance
Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs!
HHI

So tomorrow I will do the master bedroom and whatever tomorrow's room is plus any odds and sods from the last few days list.

Plus tomorrow I must complete application form for General Catering Assistant, send off committee expenses and take relative to town for eye test.

Plus I must check my accounts to see whether CSA money has come in or whether I can pay anything to my debts.

EE

Eager_Elephant

Did my good deed for today and took relative to opticians appt and now I have been slapped with a £25 fine for having two tickets on display!! :eek:

I have asked for advice on the Parking Fines board so hopefully they can help.

EE

Eager_Elephant

So last week I managed to complete most of the Flylady tasks, DH even helped me on Saturday. Here's what my list looked like by Saturday:

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Empty the cutlery drawer.. clean it out, wash the cutlery tray, chuck those baby spoons you don't use any more.. how many medicine spoons do you actually need? get rid of everything you don't use and make the drawer look nice again!
[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Sweep [STRIKE]and mop floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there![/STRIKE]
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
[STRIKE]
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
[/STRIKE]Extras
[STRIKE] Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
[/STRIKE]Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob.. mines gross.. you need to shame me into cleaning it!
HHI .. bit of a catch up!!
Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip and wash sheets[/STRIKE]
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
Level Two
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance[/STRIKE]
Wash windows
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use
Extras
Sort through a box of junk fom the landing
Binbag dance
[STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs! [/STRIKE]
HHI
Thursday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter floors
Vacuum/mop all these floors[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Wipe keyboard/monitor etc.. [STRIKE]bath, basins, bog[/STRIKE].. the works!!
scrub the tiles.. paying particular attention to yellowed grout.
[STRIKE]Wash bath mats, shower curtains, net etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe paintwork on the landings[/STRIKE]
Friday ~ Childrens Rooms, Spare rooms Or just neglected spaces!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter and vacuum the floor!
Strip and wash and replace stinky bedding
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Clean out pets.. [/STRIKE]make appointments for any vaccinations they need!!

I finally feel like I am getting on top of things

EE

Eager_Elephant

Oh finances are looking on the up, had some MS money come in so have PADed that to Paypal - won't show until next months statement though. - £56.75.

CSA money has gone in, no acknowledgement for my letter yet but maybe they might wait 6 months as well to reply. :rotfl:

The only downside is that my car needs an oil change but DH says this should hopefully be less than £50. Will book in for after pay day.

Would appear DH's finances have taken a battering, he had no money to fill up the 4 x 4 he brought recently so I paid for it £75!!!!
His bank statements showed that he had wages of £1200 and outgoings of £2200 - guess this is the loan he got. He has paid out for an MOT, new tyres etc for the 4 x 4.
The thing is he can't carry on like that for ever so I think it is hitting home along with his weight issue (Macdonalds at lunch don't help the waist line or the finances :rotfl:)
He says he wants us to write a 10 year plan - I said I had done mine (will print off the first page of this thread) and wants mine to copy - ummm don't think it works like that :mad:
He talks about buying farms etc but appears to be spending willy nilly still.

Fathers Day was a success even though Amazon cocked up my order which did not go through until Friday. Ended up only having to pay £4 when I ordered 4 DVD's (3 for DH & 1 for my dad) as I had the £16 voucher from surveys. Got relative a small gift also.

EE

taxi73

Yuck to the parking ticket...

fathers day sounded reasonable..you did really well there for your money

That's a lot of housework done...well done

Eager_Elephant

Still trying to sort my parking ticket out, really need to get the appeal in by the end of the week.

Just came on for a rant really.

DH due to have procedure at hospital tomorrow so has to take medication to clear his bowels etc. So first of all he doesn't want to drink the solution he has to as he is worried about going to the toilet all day :mad:. He is only allowed plain pasta and plain chicken for lunch and clear soup for tea. So what does he do with the chicken - he fries it with garlic and then says it is ok because he has drained the fat :mad:

I will have to take him to hospital tomorrow - good job I have a day off. Luckily I have been to the library so have a good book to read.

Relative who lives with us is being so annoying :mad:. I'm sure he doesn't mean it but he tells jokes all the time which are now getting a bit boring. When I say jokes I mean riddles which I just don't get as it is normally songs from years ago. DH thinks it is funny but did say that his mum used to get annoyed about it to.

Then today he had all his letters sent here from when he sold his house, instead of changing his address he left them to go there. Now they have turned up here and he has missed an appt for his feet - he said not to worry they are better I'll just shred the letter. Well yes the feet are better but you still need a follow up and it looks like you have missed an appt.

Now he has decided he will ring them for an appt :mad:.

All this driving around is doing my head in - I didn't realise he would have so many appts.

His son's are twots, big argument over Fathers Day until youngest demanded (and everyone bowed down to him) that they would go for Chinese together. Relative was gone 5 hours, I was getting worried as he has to have his medication etc. Did think maybe they had kidnapped him :rotfl:

Right now going off to work out my balances, might cheer me up although I doubt it!!

EE

taxi73

Sorry to hear that you are having a bad time of it at the moment....you seem rushed off your feet.
Hope you can manage to get some de stress time.
Good luck to DH for his op tomorrow

Eager_Elephant

Balances as per statements:

Barclaycard - £7700.47
Amazon - £2293.47
Abbey - £776.25
Paypal - £483.41

Total - £11253.60

Reduction - £148.39 :T

As you can tell I am really pleased with the reduction this month.

Have already paid a further £56 off the Paypal card (mentioned above), statement due 6th of the month. Hope I can clear the Paypal card within the next few months although things will be tough as I have no expenses due for the next few months so my only income is wages, maintenance and child benefit. (I do get Tax Credits but that goes into an account to pay child care)

Forgot to say I posted off the application for General Catering Assistant, not sure when this would start as summer holidays nearly here but assume would be September.

Will ring about the cleaning jobs again today as cash in hand would be good.

EE