Weekly Flylady Thread 4th January 2010

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Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Morning!

DD1 hates me.

She didn't roll in until gone 10pm last night when she was expected at 5 to look after DD2 whilst I went to OU tutorial. It was cancelled at the last minute, but she didn't know that. Then she hid outside with the BF and when I kept asking her to come in, she deliberately drooled over him some more. Any more exhibitionist and she would have been able to sell a film of it.

Informed her when she eventually disengaged from his body that she was needed to look after DD2 today whilst I go to doctors. The look in her eyes told me all I needed to know. I didn't need the 'I'm 17 not 7 and I'm the only adult here and if you ground me I'm gone' stuff usually squealed as she stamps her feet, but only ever when she has the BF standing behind her. I am officially scum in her eyes.

Told her to go to bed and keep out of my sight. (the alternative would have been smacking her in the face, which appealing though it seems is rather illegal and could quite possibly have set me off onto the road of killing her). Serves me right for never raising a hand to her when she was little.

I didn't sleep much. Too angry with her.

She crept out the door at 6.55am.

She's been vile (when not totally absent) since she came back from her father's on Monday after the Christmas break.

Think she is trying to manufacture a huge row so she can 'run away' and a) go to a big drunken party this weekend which I never agreed to because she had been rude to me b) stay with boyfriend forever and ever and ever and ever and ever.

So much for me being nice to him when he had problems with his parents.

And the lump hasn't miraculously disappeared overnight.

Meh.

*******
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Morning
jo if she's already being a PITA and not doing what you ask her to. Ignore her and don't rise to any of the bait she attempts to wind you up with. Hard I know and it's a bit of a long haul but that's what I've done and it does work. If she doesn't get a 'negative' reaction from you then what's the point in trying to?

If feel for you though. Teenage girls are evil at times. Even more so when a BF is on the scene. Mines 19 and when she's nice she's great but when she sticks in those teenage 'evils' grrrrrrrrr she's horrid.:mad::mad:

On a flying front and speaking of teenagers ...I have spent an hour cleaning up the shed and conservatory after DD1's rabbit. On my hands and knees with a dustpan and brush cos Miss Tag has left the broom in the garden somewhere which is now under 6 inches of snow:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

God knows when she last 'properly' cleaned out the hutch. It stinks and so does the conservatory of rabbit wee:mad::mad: I can't disinfect it though cos it's so cold so I've cleaned it out as best I can, put cat litter and a few bumbles in a tray in the shed and I hope she wees and bumbles in that. Will have to tackle the hutch and underneath it properly when the weather improves I think! Or sling it out and start again might be a better idea? Till then she's got the run of the shed as it's warmer for her. Do you know I don't even know how I ended up with the flippin thing:rolleyes:

Apart from that Miss and Master Tag have been decluttered to school:j:j The house looks like a tornado has been through it:rolleyes::rolleyes: but I did do some ironing before school:D:D:D

Of to find my list.

xx_Jo_xx

hi all - just looking for my list

Love n hugs all round xx

sexymouse

Have spoken to LadyL on the phone, and she is ok. Her power went off again yesterday, which is why she hasn't posted. I'm off to Mr T and to deliver to a few neighbours and to LadyL, and have a chat to her. OH has decluttered the car of ice, and I'm going to drive very carefully. Lots of cars have been in and out of our road ok, so hopefully when I get to the main roads, they will be ok too.

sexymouse xx

toochoosey

jojo, hugs hun, I'm dreading those times....but liking your style re the washing and as for feeding the fox....love it!!!! And good luck at the doca xx

Dusty, Thats terrible and agree with Pigpens advice xx

Diva, hugs for you, Tris and puddy cat xx

Hope I remembered all I wanted to say......need to find a list...........

hollyh

Morning all,

I need to get showered and dressed before i make a start. Not having to do the school run is making me lazy:rolleyes:.

Thursday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
[STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! [/STRIKE]
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Wash the curtains!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe/floordrobe!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry
Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles

My Extras

1. Fill in K form
2. Update scrapbook
3. Clean out car
4. get OH to put them in attic
5. Put airer back on landing
6. Update spending spreadsheet / End of month accounts / Jan budget
   
7. Deal with paperwork
8. Sort Xmas cupboard & wrapping paper bag
9. Get food waste bags
   
10. Book dentist
11. Rubbish & recycling in
12. Rebook Drs

joeyjimbles

Hello all,
Well I managed to de-clutter another drawer in the COD that hasn't been sorted since way before we moved house 5 years ago. I've found some little tiles that I think were spacers in the last houses' bathroom - I seem to remember having to buy more because I'd lost them! Grrr.

Ok - so I've got the proper Thursday list to do today as I did bathrooms/office yesterday and was properly proud of myself til OH came home and spotted the hoover in the bedroom and proceeded to hoover. I fear I may be getting over-protective about my new found fly-lady habit because I asked him what he was doing, then why he felt the need when it had only been done the day before - instead of the more rational be grateful and say nothing. To be fair he is very good at cleaning/tidying so I shouldn't complain but he does tend to think that its only really been properly done if he does it - and as that tends to happen only at 6am on weekends and requires much praise and fuss I would prefer to avoid it all together. Sorry - over-sharing over.

Friday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
[STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!!
[/STRIKE]Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Wash the curtains!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe/floordrobe!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors


Extra Task List

1. [STRIKE]Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle [/STRIKE]
2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
3. End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

My list - make pizza bases, make cake, WM, DW, washup, ironing, sort socks (ugh),[STRIKE] S&S kitchen, S&S b/rms, quicktidy LR & Snug, make Beds, empy HWB,[/STRIKE], sort 1 drwr COD (2/5), bank chq/pennies,

toochoosey

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Extras

1. Wash windows
2. Dust and deweb
3. Shine 2 lightshades!

Thursday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms

Level Two
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Wash the curtains!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

1. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
2. HHI

Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Level Three
Collect all the dirty laundry
Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles
Extras

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
3. If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it

SummerMoon

Morning all, done nothing this morning except put a load of washing in. Off to find bedroom lists and see what needs done!!
Hope to get most of it done today.

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
Level One
Level Two
Level Three


Extras

1. wash windows
2. Sort recipe books/files

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Strip wash and replace the bedding!
Level Two
Vacuum and turn the mattress
Vacuum the floors
Level Three
Clear and tidy the top of a wardrobe/COD and replace only what is necessary.. surely you don't need it all!?
Wash curtains/blinds that are in need.


Extras

1. Wash windows
2. Dust and deweb
3. Shine 2 lightshades!
4. Straighten a shelf of books or ornaments..

Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Sort coats and shoes and bags
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc


Extras

1. polish and dust all the electricals!
2. Binbag dance..

Thursday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!!
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Wash the curtains!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows

Extra Task List

1. Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
3. End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three

sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles

Extras

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
3. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
4. If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it

nopot2pin

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
Level One
[STRIKE] Declutter and wipe those worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Two
clean blinds/curtains
[STRIKE]Clean the hob[/STRIKE] and oven
[STRIKE] Clean out the fridge..[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE] Clean and wipe the table, replace the cloth if necessary[/STRIKE]Clean out the under sink cupboard.. new year, new cleaning products!
Dust and deweb
Wipe over the units and large appliances



Extras

1. wash windows
2. Declutter the tops of the wall units
3. Sort recipe books/files
4. Wipe over all the small appliances

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Strip wash and replace the bedding!
[STRIKE] Declutter the floor.. laundry gone, shoes gone.. etc[/STRIKE]Level Two
Vacuum and turn the mattress
Vacuum the floors
Level Three
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe.. is there anything past its best that can go live elsewhere?
Clear and tidy the top of a wardrobe/COD and replace only what is necessary.. surely you don't need it all!?
Wash curtains/blinds that are in need.


Extras

1. Wash windows
2. Dust and deweb
3. Shine 2 lightshades!
4. Straighten a shelf of books or ornaments..

Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
[STRIKE]Clear floors of clutter [/STRIKE]and vacuum them
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!
Level Two
[STRIKE] Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Sort coats and shoes and bags[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Clear mantel and put back only what should be up there!
Wipe and water plants



Extras

1. Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. polish and dust all the electricals!
4. [STRIKE]Binbag dance.[/STRIKE]

Thursday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!!
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Wash the curtains!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe/floordrobe!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors



Extra Task List

1. Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
3. HHI
4. End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry
Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles


Extras

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
3. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
4. If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it

Own extra's

1. Gloss woodwork in bathroom - mask area forgotten about last week first :rolleyes:
2. Fix wee bit of skirting in kitchen.
3. Bottle chardonnay wine
4. Bottle rhubarb and raspberry wine
5. Rack wine that needs it... 2 lots to do
6. Start preparing spare room to be decorated. (It wont be this week - but I dont want to take it off my list iykwim)
7. Check car tyres
8. Hoover out car
9. Upload CD's onto ipod
10. Go to the gym 4 times - Been 5 times this week :j
11. Lose 2pounds:rotfl::rotfl:

Just an updated list for me... no real flying done, as have been busy at work.

I think I will have to do the 2 day "Fly Valli Fly" as well Jinky :rotfl::rotfl:

I will have to start when I get back... off to the reflexologist now

cosmomo

Morning all! After putting the kids on Ebay (can't face the teenage years after all your tales of terror) I'm going to tackle the PC desk - should only take 10mins, but didn't do it yesterday so have undeserved star at the moment. After that I shall tentatively poke my head around the kids rooms doors and try not to shriek too loudly:eek:.

Can't decide whether to hike down to the main road and catch a bus to the nearest supermarket. It's either that or no fruit and veg for the duration...Will think whilst flying:D