Weekly Flylady Thread 11th January 2010

greenbee

Car has been dug out... need to see whether it starts now! Also put lots of ash on the drive (well, I need to get rid of it somehow!)

Monday - Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt bodies!
Level Three
Sort out emergency box.. in case of power failures etc.. candles, matches/lighter/torch/batteries and emergency numbers.. plumber, gas, electric, water etc sign up for homecare contract of some kind...
Organise a bookshelf!


Extras

1. Wipe tops of downstairs door frames
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. polish and dust all the electricals!
4. Binbag dance..

Tuesday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Area
Level One
Wipe and replace small appliances
Declutter and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe units/appliances
Clear and wipe window sills.. do not put back the junk.. bin it!
Level Three
Tidy, clear and wipe the top of the fridge and freezer
Clean one small appliance thoroughly.. microwave, kettle, iron,
Clean appliance filters.. WM, DW, Kettle, Vacuum cleaner.. cooker hood..
Extras

1. Sharpen knives need to take them to the butcher to be reground.
   
2. [STRIKE]Order and organise the spices and sauces.[/STRIKE] already very carefully organised
3. [STRIKE]Sort the plastic boxes/tupperware [/STRIKE] bought new ones and tidied up last week
4. Medical box - restock and inventory. I'm sure a lot of us will have run out of the vitals the last few months! Do both first aid boxes

Need to find my extras sometime too... off to reflexology now.

phizzimum

managed to clean out the filters on the DW and TD but not sure about the WM...I started to undo what I thought was the filter and water started coming out. so I quickly tightened it up again but the water kept coming...not too much I suppose, enough to need 2 towels to mop it up. so I'm not sure if that's the filter or not? (it's at the bottom right of the machine, looks a bit like a petrol cap - does that sound right?) you can tell I've never declogged the filter on the WM before!

smartie12

Monday - Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
[STRIKE]Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them[/STRIKE]
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!/hobbies/SOAADFA
Level Two
Wipe sofas
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt bodies![/STRIKE] I moved 1 chair - is that ok? Not allowed to move anything else:p
Sort coats and shoes and bags
Level Three
[STRIKE]Sort out emergency box.. in case of power failures etc.. candles, matches/lighter/torch/batteries and emergency numbers.. plumber, gas, electric, water etc[/STRIKE]
Organise a bookshelf!
Check smoke alarms


Tuesday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Area
Level One
Wipe and replace small appliances
Declutter and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe units/appliances
Clear and wipe window sills.. do not put back the junk.. bin it!
Level Three
Tidy, clear and wipe the top of the fridge and freezer
Clean one small appliance thoroughly.. microwave, kettle, iron,
Clean appliance filters.. WM, DW, Kettle, Vacuum cleaner.. cooker hood..

Morning

Yesterday I also sorted some of my wardrobe (which I should of done at weekend:o) I will have do a bit of bedroom everyday as well to now make much needed space

Hugs if you need them:A

Jassa

Hi :j
I'm in again this week please. Thanks to Pigpen, Toots and Soappie for their hard work.
Monday - Living room, hall and stairsALL DONE!!
Level one
[STRIKE]Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!/hobbies/SOAADFA[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt bodies!
Sort coats and shoes and bags[/STRIKE]Cleaned some boots and shoes
Level Three
[STRIKE]Sort out emergency box.. in case of power failures etc.. candles, matches/lighter/torch/batteries and emergency numbers.. plumber, gas, electric, water etc[/STRIKE]I also have a GRAB BAG of important documents for when we have to evacuate the flats
[STRIKE]Organise a bookshelf!
Check smoke alarms[/STRIKE] Toast time!

Extras

1. Wipe tops of downstairs door frames DONE
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. polish and dust all the electricals! DONE
4. Binbag dance..

Tuesday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining AreaALL DONE!!
Level One
[STRIKE]Wipe and replace small appliances
Declutter and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors
Wipe units/appliances
Clear and wipe window sills.. do not put back the junk.. bin it![/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Tidy, clear and wipe the top of the fridge and freezer
Clean one small appliance thoroughly.. microwave, kettle, iron,
Clean appliance filters.. WM, DW, Kettle, Vacuum cleaner.. cooker hood.. [/STRIKE]
Extras

1. Sharpen knives DONE
2. Order and organise the spices and sauces.
3. Sort the plastic boxes/tupperware DONE - hate doing this but glad that I did and didn't take as long as I thought it would
4. Medical box - restock and inventory. I'm sure a lot of us will have run out of the vitals the last few months! Thanks to Pigpen for this - found I had no migraine tablets left!! :eek: Rarely use them but hate being without them. Why was there an opened pack of lettuce seeds in one of the medical boxes??? Also checked my little emergency kit in the car.

Belated birthday wishes to Rach and to anyone else celebrating. Hugs to those going through a rough time and feeling low. Welcome to all newbies - hope you love it here as much as I do.

Whoever it was with gardener DH - my sister's gardener does what has been suggested by the others - odd jobs around the house so gets paid the same as when he does the gardening (he also tidied up all her house plants).

Happy Flying to everyone.

Need to do HHE - does going round Debs sale count???

Jx

Mumof2_2

I've managed to do everything on the levels, apart from the filters which DH said he'd show me how to do. When I said I'd have a go he had a bit of a panicky look and said no, he'd better show me for the first time (can't think why he won't let me have a go :rolleyes:!)

I emptied the compost bin in the kitchen which I detest with a vengeance. I hate icky squidgy disgusting decomposing veg/fruit and I try to avoid it wherever possible BUT it was on the window sill which I was cleaning so I had to be very brave. Ugh, makes me shudder!!!

Just decluttered DS's old highchair (sold for £15 :T) and steriliser (£2) which I only just found on top of the fridge freezer that I cleaned only 15 mins ago so house is a bit more clutter free.

Going to do some typing work now but will be back.

phizzimum

mumof2 - if you put a folded sheet of newspaper, or a bit of cardboard in the bottom of your compost caddy it's not so yukky to empty. if you really hate it you could wrap the peelings in a bit of newspaper each time.

maybe I should have asked my DH about the filters before he left this morning too!

serena

Tuesday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Area Done!!:D:D:D Toots!!!!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three

I still have the washing machine filter, but the machine is on.

phizzimum - yes, it is the petrol cap lookalike on my machine too. I usually put a towel down, then something like an icecream tub or old baking tin, in case there's lots of water in there. Then I wash it out with hot water in the sink, or if it's really awful, give it to OH to do outside in a bucket. I also remove the powder dispenser drawer and give that a good scrub, and then wipe round the door seal - the machine I have now gets a puddle of water in the seal, and if it's left it smells horrible. If that sounds like I'm a superflylady - well, I'm not - I do it as rarely as pigpen lets me get away with...:p:rolleyes:

:coffee:Anyone?? Then I'm doing the cloakroom, and the livingroom....

pigpen

phizzimum wrote: »

managed to clean out the filters on the DW and TD but not sure about the WM...I started to undo what I thought was the filter and water started coming out. so I quickly tightened it up again but the water kept coming...not too much I suppose, enough to need 2 towels to mop it up. so I'm not sure if that's the filter or not? (it's at the bottom right of the machine, looks a bit like a petrol cap - does that sound right?) you can tell I've never declogged the filter on the WM before!

that's the one.. there won't be much more than a trickle of water in if that much is out already.. I use a towel from the wash basket and slop it straight into the machine once I'm done.

List for Tuesday

WM x1
TD
Fold and put away laundry
DW
Pay £100 mortgage
Sort HB info.. might take a while! Just 1 letter needed that is missing!
Pay £50 bank loan (just £50 arrears then thanks to KH)
Sort repayments for rent.. they can make do with £5 a month.. and if they don't want it they can take me to court.. and lose!
Letter for JS
Letter from JS to Solicitor
Post forms for windows
List 4 things on ebay (rounds it up to 30)
Ring tax credits to update income and if necessary adjust claim
Sort returns L/woods and Next
Food for dinner!!!

ALSO DONE!!

1 binbag rubbish from my pit.. I can walk from the door to the bed on carpet!
1 binbag & 4 rolls wallpaper for charity shop
DD1's mobile bill paid

cosmomo

Morning all (just)

Benw and Mumof2
Read the following in the paper this weekend (as one of 66 tips to de-stress) and am trying to follow it:
"It's important to think of men as welcome perks;) rather than the answer to anything in particular...once you have put aside the expectation and think of them more like entertaining visitors who help when they can, the stress melts away."
Have been trying to concentrate on not thinking DH is unwelcome visitor...:rotfl:

TooChoosey - can't believe you did that in 30 mins. :T Are you superhuman or is your kitchen superclean and tidy already?! Come an help me with mine will you?!

Right. Down to business. I'm flying off to start and HHC - anyone coming?

artydoll

Done my normal hoover through downstairs ,including dusting ,
dishes done
worktops wiped ,
cats dishes washed
cat litter done in outside loo ,
need to mop this floor today .
just wondering what to do for lunch ,something quick maybe bacon and eggs ,making my mouth water,lol
Hoping for Tesco delivery ,before the dreaded snow comes again,supposed to get up to 15 cms so the welsh news said.
I hate this snow with a vengence.