Weekly Flylady Thread 4th January 2010

rach

greenbee wrote: »

Table for kitchen ordered. Just need to be brave and do the other online shopping. Somehow it always takes me ages. I feel it should be a quick way of shopping!

You probably know this anyway but go for good quality trousers - the cheap ones just make you sweaty! Mine are lowe alpine ones which I bought on a very rainly holiday in Ireland!!

And you also probably know this but I swear by Bridgedale socks...

Pollybear

Morning all

I've polished in the living room, and the computer desk, and vacuumed right through downstairs. One load of washing hanging round indoors. About to put the oven on to roast a chicken.

It's trying to snow but only tiny weeny little flakes, I want to clear the front path later because it's beginning to ice down but it's a bit early yet for a Sunday. The back path has stayed nice and clear though.

rach

Had a rather productive morning and have finally waxed the coffee table (this has been on my extras list for months :rolleyes:. The lounge now stinks so I'm hoping DH will stay in bed for a bit longer as I've got the window wide open to try and get rid of the smell!!

Here's how my list looks:

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

Extras

1. Sort recipe books/files
2. Wipe over all the small appliances

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

1. Dust and deweb
2. Shine 2 lightshades!

Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
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
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

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. If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it

greenbee

It turns out that I don't need log & kindling baskets, as one of the wicker magazine racks (I have 4!) will take the kindling, and I have a couple of water hyacinth storage baskets that aren't really being used which will fit a day or so's worth of logs. So that's some money saved - I just need to sort out a coal bucket, as the wooden wine box I keep it in at the moment is far too big for the room.

Forgot to put my pedometer on when I got up :rolleyes: and I've done quite a bit of up and down stairs so far today :mad:. I think I'd better have a shower and walk to the shop for a paper and a few bits and pieces (assuming that the siege mentality hasn't emptied the shop again :rolleyes:).

embb

Morning lovelies! :wave:

It's melting! :j Got up this morning and all that's left is the stuff we had at xmas, which is slushy if still very slippy, on the roads at least, going out to play today was in all day yesterday and it makes me twitch.

Just loaded the DW and S&S'd the kitchen, beef is out to defrost for the tea, need to make beds and get ready.

I liked the 5 things a week list, so I'm up for that whenever you feel the need to do it :T

soappie

rach wrote: »

I still need to take that photo for you!

No worries Rach, you can stand down. I forgot to tell you I took it myself when I went to my sister's hen night. I forced DDto tramp over Hungerford bridge when we got out of Waterloo and snapped the man myself.

Totally off topic, but then maybe not as he did clean up the London sewers! Here he is:

Sir Joseph William Bazelgette



Oh, and Dusty, I just wasted half an hour watching the birds in the garden. I actually had a pair of redwings and a mistle thrush visit. Never seen them in my garden before! I've now put out a dish of water for them.

greenbee

rach wrote: »

You probably know this anyway but go for good quality trousers - the cheap ones just make you sweaty! Mine are lowe alpine ones which I bought on a very rainly holiday in Ireland!!

And you also probably know this but I swear by Bridgedale socks...

Any tips gratefully received! I like Bridgedale socks too, and definitely need some thicker ones. I also need to think about thinner base layers - and decent jackets, as my midweight jacket is OK (but getting old... needs a wash and re-proof) but I don't have a lightweight one and am currently using an ancient (and very ugly!) ski jacket. Otherwise I just have a very, very elderly barbour.

I'm about to order sheepskin-lined walking boots and need to get some lightweight ones too (I like the look of the brasher Lithium GTX).

As you can see, I'll be spending quite a bit of money - I tend to do this. Not buy anything for ages, then do all the shopping one go! (I really, really want another pair of sheepskin boots, but need to lose weight and get some decent jeans first).

ETA - sheepskin-lined walking boots now ordered!

Better go and brave the outdoors now...

Dustykitten

Morning all

toochoosey wrote: »

Not sur if anyone still her but A QUESTION TO TEaCHERS(OR ANYONE IN THE KNOW), someone(sorry, can't remember!) was talking about the schools and their records due to schools closing and their attendance records.....anyway, what I want to know, as a parent, when we get the end of year reports, are these snow days taken as absent or do they reduce the no. of school days ???
TIA xx

AFAIK if the school is not open the days are not counted as school days so not on absence list. I am not sure of the protocol if the school is open but you can't get their due to bad weather - secondary printout has heaps of options so I'll take a look at one later.

Soappie that is a great way to spend time:D Not sure I've ever seen a mistle thrust - off to the RSPB website to see.

Greenbee - great change of use of items. Our woodstore is bare so DH needs to chop some wood (which is covered in snow) and restock it and hope it dries out soon.

Today:
clean bathroom
have a shower
waitrose shop (using £10 voucher)
drop boys at cinema, return item to TKMaxx
DH to do collection and cricket run
ironing tonight
finish bedroom

Dorastar

Got to concentrate on schoolwork today so dh is flying (well he has a list of jobs to do including dig out car and take pillow back to shop!) Haven't printed the list off here just given him the level 1 ideas then we can start on level 2 and 3s tomorrow and rest of this week.

Valli

soappie wrote: »

Sir Joseph William Bazelgette

He has a 'famous' descendant, too!

Hang on...

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