Weekly Flylady Thread 4th January 2010

greenbee

Amanda65 wrote: »

PS - feel as though one of the daily tasks should be keeping up with this thread

Actually, one of the dailies should be switching off the PC and NOT keeping up with the thread

Friend has been and delivered my walking poles, shopping bags and biscuit tin back... and also brought me my birthday present - a pair of gaiters so I have no excuses for not going out in the snow again (apart from the fact that it's getting cold and dark now, so it'll have to wait until tomorrow). It's a pity, as my step count today is abysmal. I think I'd better switch the heating on now, so I can do some of the things that need doing rather than reading the paper

rach

Mumof2 wrote: »

Greenbee, forgot to say but I have some lovely thermal trousers (got 3 pairs and I'm living in them at the moment!) - they're all Craghoppers; I have 1 pair of Kiwi winter lined and 2 pairs of Pika winter lined and they come in long length too (essential for me cos I'm tall!). I prefer the Pika as they're cut lower and have more pockets. I think I'm right in saying they're on sale in the Craghoppers website for £22.50 each. Just thought you'd be interested.

ooooh, I'll definitely go and look for some of those! Need to see how well my size 14 craghoppers fit or whether to get a 16. I will need to shorten them :rolleyes: even short are too long!

kazmeister wrote: »

Have manged a trek down to aldi today to get essentials for this week - only NO MILK and that was at 11 - they'd only been open an hour. Still I have 1 in the freezer. Really pleased as I only spent £16, if it had been a usual weekend and I'd taken the car to either there or Mr T it would have been anywhere between £40 and £80. So if you want to keep your grocery shopping down - WALK

I do this quite often - using a basket in the shop is a good one too

AnW'sMum wrote: »

I am struggling to keep up with the thread (being nosey I hate skimming ) but skimming is becoming the norm here at the moment.

Can I make a suggestion?

To try and keep posts a bit shorter how about people deleting things from the list once they are done, then we don't have reams and reams of the same list with different bits crossed out. It will be easier to see which bits people are leaving til last, could be that they are more time consuming or some of the less popular jobs.

Also with the sheer volume of posts we need to make it easier for toots to spot when stars are required so a reminder for all to post in bold and red when a particular day is complete.

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very sensible!!!

I have done quite a lot more on my list and DH is doing some as we speak so I'll get deleting

greenbee

AnW'sMum wrote: »

Can I make a suggestion?

To try and keep posts a bit shorter how about people deleting things from the list once they are done, then we don't have reams and reams of the same list with different bits crossed out. It will be easier to see which bits people are leaving til last, could be that they are more time consuming or some of the less popular jobs.

Also with the sheer volume of posts we need to make it easier for toots to spot when stars are required so a reminder for all to post in bold and red when a particular day is complete.

We are a friendly bunch and the support here is second to none but I am concerned that it is getting diluted by the number of posts and newbies will be frightened away by the size of the thread.

If we can all try to make sure there is some flying mentioned in each post (keeping chat for the weekend) then there is no harm in tacking on our jubilations, commiserations, rants or other news we want to share.

Agreed - maybe we need some instructions on thread etiquette in the first few posts as a reminder to older flyers as well as to help new ones!

A reminder about the multi-quote facility would also be useful, and also letting people know that they can edit the posts that they quote so that only the bit they need is included in them.

OK... I really am off this time...

froddington

List update. Toots - stars for Monday, Tuesday and Friday please

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area - DONE!!

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing! - DONE!!

Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs

Level Two
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!

Level Three
Dust and deweb all those corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc

Thursday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms

Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc

Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!

Level Three
Clean 2 windows

Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area - DONE!!

My one-a-day (or 7-a-weekend!!) list
- [STRIKE]Post x 1[/STRIKE] and collect parcel
- [STRIKE]Sort present box[/STRIKE]
- Book MOT
- [STRIKE]Money into mortgage[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Sort ebay box[/STRIKE]
- Look for cooker
- Car checks

xx_Jo_xx

Coffee table built, toad in the hole in the oven, child decluttered updtairs, trying to summon up the motivation to do the ironing..... :mad:

toochoosey

Have been doing a few bits and bobs so will find me list and see if I can cross off the last few bits.....or have 1 last HHC........

rach

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
Clean the hob[/s] and oven
Level Three
Extras

1. Sort recipe books/files

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Strip wash and replace the bedding!
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!?
Extras

1. Dust and deweb
2. Shine 2 lightshades!

Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
Thursday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One

Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Extra Task List

1. Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle

Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
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

toottifrootti

AnW'sMum wrote: »

Can I make a suggestion?

To try and keep posts a bit shorter how about people deleting things from the list once they are done, then we don't have reams and reams of the same list with different bits crossed out. It will be easier to see which bits people are leaving til last, could be that they are more time consuming or some of the less popular jobs.
great idea!!:T
Also with the sheer volume of posts we need to make it easier for toots to spot when stars are required so a reminder for all to post in bold and red when a particular day is complete.

great suggestions AnW'sMum -re the stars if you look at 'rule 3' on POST 3 I have asked for just that - it a pity that a lot of more people dont do it.:rolleyes:

greenbee wrote: »

and also letting people know that they can edit the posts that they quote so that only the bit they need is included in them.

this is included in the welcome pm I send out but does anybody really read it i ask myself - how many times do new people ask what does HHI or HHC stand for or whats a fling boogie? they are all told in their pm to read the first post where all the abbreviations. I have to say that it gets very disheartening when questions are asked that I have specifically made sure are answerd in advance IYKWIM:rotfl:

I am seriously considering revising the welcome pm as although a percentage really appreciate it I think it could be handled better.

sorry that turned into a rant and there's more to come - its the way i feel today.
toots xx

lil_me

Froddy sorry wasn't saying you would think it shouldn't happen, sorry if that is the way it came across. I was more commenting on systems & suggestions for change. Another suggestion was to make summer hols shorter and Christmas longer but there was bad snow in February last year. I do wonder if after the cold spell goes it'll just be forgotten again & not discussed. We volunteered to help clear DS1s school but they refused for H&S reasons which I thought was a bit silly. Hope you get plenty of helpers.

We now have curtains at the back door, DP put them up as soon as he got in rather than waiting for the others to arrive. We've got these https://www.dunelm-mill.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10551&catalogId=11100&productId=47874&summaryOnly=true&bct=basket then shorter ones ordered for the window next to the door & 2 in the living room. Across the dining room window/door they will match as the top decorated piece stays the same. Must remember to get some form of tie backs, I thought they would have been included. I am more shock that he agreed to them as they have flowers and sequins on, never been known :rotfl:

Well every forecast here is different, brilliant may aswell not bother looking at them.

Poohbear pleased you managed to get out, well done that farmer!!

toottifrootti

Upset flylady here....
I didnt sleep at all well last night and was very upset......so

MrsChaos wrote: »

I need to look into this, too. I don't really have the time to get involved in more than one thread, and I value this one too much to give it up. Also, I've often disliked the tone of posts on other boards.

Thats exactly how i feel MrsChaos but as I am in the minority it seems I will have to find a way round it.

I would however like to point out that I was not asking for the debt reviewing type task to become a regular item.......

toottifrootti wrote: »

piggers thats brilliant:T:T you are the best debt buster I know - an real inspiration - maybe you should put something on the lists each month about reviewing debt payments or something just to keep us that have debts looking at them and trying to find ways of getting them down - ooooooooooooooooooooooh I have just found something else to add to my list - i will have a personal challenge to pay of a debt using ebay

I was asking for a reminder .....but its probably my fault for not expressing myself clearly as usual that has caused the confusion......pigpen sometimes has things on the extras list like reviewing spreadsheets, apply for tax credits, do tax returns - where would the harm be in having review any debt payments - the extras are just that ...extras and if they dont apply then you dont have to do them - its just the same as getting school bags ready for school after holidays - it has nothing to do with making out houses look nice but is a very important item for a lot of you.

just because some of the flyers dont have jobs, husbands, children, spare rooms, utility rooms, gardens, pets, conservatories, debts, cars, holidays it doesnt make them any less of a flylady - we just have to ignore /delete the items that dont apply to us
-and some of us are not lucky enough to have no money worries beacause of our own stupidity of getting into debt ( and I refer to myself here) or through sheer hardship at home.
being in debt or having next to no money has a very big bearing on how we feel about our homes and how we look after it - its a vicious circle because you cant afford to make it better without money so you get down and then when you are down you dont want to fly so I think the occassional 'extra' to remind those of us who need to look at our finances would not be asking too much.

soappie wrote: »

In many ways, in my view, this is an escapist thread. It allows us to concentrate on our homes and making them nice for ourselves and our families, if we have any, regardless of any financial miseries we may or may not have. I personally would like to keep it that way.

pigpen wrote: »

Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it!

pigpen wrote: »

IHow about.. trying a new hobby or refinding the love of an old one? Is that too off-topic? Learning about something new? research, knitting, sewing, dance.. whatever.. just something individual. I would like to get back into knitting tbh, I've done very little since Tiddles was about 2 and I really enjoyed doing my yuletide gnome.

I am shooting myself in the foot now by higlighting these first 2 quotes but I dont think the idea of adding in a hobby is part of housework IMHO - I am all for hobbies and crafts and there are loads of threads relating to this - in my mind the whole idea of the thread is to get the house organised and tidier so that we have the time to go and do these things. I for one would not enjoy doing a hobby if it is was on the list and I still had housework that needed doing but I know quite a few people on the thread who would rather sit and do their hobby rather than housework. perhaps the 'me-time' that pigpen sometimes gives us could be suggested as relaxation time and we do craft, hobby, facial, nails, hair or whatever we fancy - maybe an hour would be more suitable and as an extra - but not every week - I do not feel that HHK (half hour knitting) as was previously suggested is part and parcel of housework.

having looked at my own personal lists I see that a lot of things are not flying related as set out in pigpen's first few lines of welcome which I will now find another way of dealing with - it will save you all moaning about my lists -it did help me to have my own weekly list there in front of me but I will just do it on paper now I think.
mind you a huge percentage of you never read them or you would have noticed that I was away last week.I was in hospital for pre-arranged treatment for my muscles from last tuesday - I got home today. The treatment went easier than usual - it was slightly different so I will see how this week goes and if it has made any difference.

ok I am off to catch up on the rest of the thread
toots xx