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Weekly Flylady Thread 4th January 2010
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Anyone want to join me for a HHC at 1210?ilovefreegle.org - give it away don't throw it away0
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ruthiejane wrote: »Anyone want to join me for a HHC at 1210?
I have laundry to sort out and put away:o
But that means lots of stairs climbing:A:heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls0 -
At last a room is completed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
DONE!!! :j:j:j
onto the bedroom next, then finish off the kitchen
Onwards and upwards :rotfl:
final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550 -
I'll join the HHC a bit lateNST #10 Steps 7K 2/30 10K 2/12 5 a day 3/30 NSD 0/20
MBNA £55000 -
I am studying, trying to get stuff done so I can have a chill out day tomorrow. I will be doing a bit of flying too as OHs brother is coming back to stay tonight, hopefully just for 1 night this time!!
Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
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!?
Extras- Dust and deweb
- Shine 2 lightshades!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Extras- polish and dust all the electricals!
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Extra Task List- Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
- HHI
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear any clutter from desk[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, shower curtains etc[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles[/STRIKE]
FRIDAY DONE STAR PLEASE TOOTS
MFW 2025 No. 7 £1130/£1200
MFiT-T7 No. 6 £2873.51/£30,0000 -
afternoon all,
Didnt manage on yesterday so hope all are okay and coping with the cold/snow.
Toots -can i have a star for kids rooms please
pigpen - re next weeks list I like Valli's comments i need to organise paperwork for the kids, sort out the cars, sort out ebay stuff, and sort out some kind of money spreadsheet for beginners - everyone i have tried so far i have given up with - if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to PM me
Weekend list -
find the bottom of the ironing pile
school clothes for Monday
drop DD1 at friends for sleepover
dog food
post last of the girls thank yous
study - first two question to be done
think thats all, will try a post a pic later of our burn which has more or less frozen - spoke to a neighbour who has been here 60 years and he has never seen that before just shows how cold it has been.0 -
When I went to see mum yesterday she was in fine form the best Ive seen her for ages. Wanting me to ring DD and DB so she could talk to them in her way. It was a lovely visit as she laughed a lot. Went to my voluntary job but finished early. Have cleared the paths back and front this morning as we have had more snow. One load of washing done.
Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area ALL DONELevel One
[STRIKE]Clear floors of guff and stuff[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]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]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc[/STRIKE]
s[STRIKE]weep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles[/STRIKE]
Extras- [STRIKE]Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms [/STRIKE]
- Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
- Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
- If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
jojo Hugs.
Quillion Glad to hear DH still has his job. Hugs.
ajmoney Hugs
angie Hope your cat is ok and DH.
Toots Hope you are ok and keeping warm. Hugs.
LadyL Thinking of you. hugs.0 -
In that HHC I've cleaned the bath and wiped the tiles around it, cleared the floor in the (very scary) spare room, dusted and vacuumed the spare room, wiped the keyboard, phone, sockets etc and found a collapsing shooe box full of felt pens and coloured pencils.
I'm going to have some lunch, then check which pens work. Then offer the remaing pens and pencils, the old sofa, and some other bits on Freegle.My weekend list now looks like this.
Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
Level Two
Clean the hob and oven
Clean out the fridge..
Level Three
Clean and wipe the table,
Clean out the under sink cupboard.. new year, new cleaning products!
Wipe over the units and large appliances
Thursday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!![/STRIKE]
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! We don't keep the spare bed made up as the cats sleep on it, but I'll strip off what's there, turn and vacuum the mattress
Wash the curtains!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe/floordrobe!
Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, don't forget the outside![/STRIKE]
Clear any clutter from desk
[STRIKE]Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats,
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins! [/STRIKE]
Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles
Extras- Empty a cupboard and clean it out
- If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
- Photo on H
- Put away clean washing
- Something on eBay
- List a book
- Online banking
- trampoline
- Order birdseed
- Post book
- List stuff on Freegle
- [STRIKE]Clear out car ready for garage to take[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Move furniture ready for cabinet arriving[/STRIKE]
- Email Pauline
- [STRIKE]Put stuff away in dolls house cabinet[/STRIKE], and take photo for FB
ilovefreegle.org - give it away don't throw it away0 -
OK, well, I got most of Monday done on Monday, ten had to go back to work on Tuesday and simultaneously came don with a nasty cold, so i'm working through as much of this weeks list today as I can and will just come back to this post and cross it off when done. Wonder how far i'll get!
I really admire lots of you for keeping on top of this on a daily basis. We only have a one bed flat and honestly, it's always a tip. I spend half my weekends moving clutter from one place to the next. Ove rthe net couple of years we are going ot buy a bigger house, so I really need to get a grip on tidying and cleaning so a house doesn''t become massively unmaneagable. SO im trying ot get some good habits here lol :rotfl:
Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter and wipe those worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sweep [/STRIKE]and mop the floor
Level Two
clean blinds/curtains
[STRIKE]Clean the hob[/STRIKE] and oven
Clean out the fridge..
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
[STRIKE]Wipe over the units and large appliances[/STRIKE]
Extras- wash windows
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Sort recipe books/files
[/STRIKE]- [STRIKE]Wipe over all the small appliances[/STRIKE]
Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Strip wash and replace the bedding!
Declutter the floor.. laundry gone, shoes gone.. etc
Level Two
Clear a box of stuff from the landing.
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- Wash windows
- Dust and deweb
- Shine 2 lightshades!
- Straighten a shelf of books or ornaments..
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Sort coats and shoes and bags
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- Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
- Wash any soft furnishing that need it
- polish and dust all the electricals!
- Binbag dance..
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- Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
- Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
- HHI
- 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!
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- Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
- Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
- Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
- If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
I'll have some cheese please, bob.0 -
If it's not there it's been done!:D
Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
:j:j:jALL DONE TOOTS!!!:j:j:j
Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
:j:j:jALL DONE TOOTS!!!:j:j:j
Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
vacuum
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Wipe and water plants
Extras- Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
- Wash any soft furnishing that need it
- polish and dust all the electricals!
:j:j:jALL DONE TOOTS!!!:j:j:j
Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
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