Weekly Flylady Thread 1st February 2010

cosmomo

Why can't I see avatars? I want to know what Mrs B looks like!

Mumof2 - Did your survey - agree with whoever it was that said do a fixed price for a bag of 20 items, that would really appeal to me. Personally I think life is too short to iron bedlinen - but that might change when I have more time!

Grateful & Rosepink - Yes, I will do the red and purple, I like it too. I'm going with a bunch of size 10s who all usually dress from Next...they are mostly wearing strapless chiffon numbers, so I think that's what has made me waver! DH will be wearing a kilt, so they may think him odd too!

CBA today. However, DH has made bread and done 2 loads of washing, so I ought to show willing really...I'll go and do a HHC and try and get my second star!

cosmomo

Mrs B - how could you change your avatar! now I'll never see it:p

Grateful - why don't you refuse all conjugals until DH sees a doctor. That might motivate him:rotfl:

greenbee

Mrs_Beatson wrote: »

Pigeon and chicken innards? I think I'll skip lunch with you this week GB if you don't mind!!:rotfl:

:p

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

I hope these builders are friends as well, otherwise you are being too kind to them! Mine get shown where the tea and coffee and biscuit tin are and thats it!

They are - I've known the father since I was 3 and he was 18. They come down from Norfolk for a week at a time and stay. It means they work pretty much 8 till 8, eat, sleep and start again the next day. They're arriving at 7am on Monday (so leaving around 4am!) so I expect they'll be asleep by the time I get in!

Just realised that I've got loads of mushrooms, so I'll make a mushroom risotto that they can reheat and have with spinach & peas. If they don't like mushrooms they'll have to have soup & cheese at lunch and cold lamb & pittas for supper...

Study tidy is going OK... Hopefully I'll get all my vases and quite a few of my cake tins in before I sort out the airbed.

Mrs_Beatson

cosmomo wrote: »

Mrs B - how could you change your avatar! now I'll never see it:p

Well apparently it was a lot like Gillian Anderson!!!:rotfl:
If you use FB you can see me!

I can't remember how you get to see avatars I never could until someone told me what to do and now I can't remember what they said!! D'oh
I'm sure someone clever will tell you in a while!


ETA although Ive recently had a clear out of "friends" on FB I seem to have lost a lot more that I didn't delete and I've noticed today that some of them are flyladies... so if you DID have me on FB and I'm not on your list anymore, feel free to add me back on!

fedupandskint

Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining areas
Level One
Sweep and mop floors
Declutter and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe ALL large appliances
Wipe and replace all small appliances
Level Three
Wash windows.. just insides remember.. though you can do outide too if you want to brave the freezingness
Clear and wipe out one appliance
Wipe table and replace cloth if necessary

Extras

1. Clean out pongy pets
2. Muck out the oven and hob
3. Wipe doors.. inside and out

Tuesday ~ Living room/family room or other reception room!
Level One
vacuum the floors!
Clean out the fire place.. vacuum dust and fluff and soot.. if you burn wood your chimneys may need sweeping!
Level Two
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move!
Dust and deweb.. make sure you do light fittings and bulbs! do picture rails and coving too if you possess it!
Clean the sofas.. vacuum under/between/backs cushions.. turn them over for even wear if possible.
Level Three
Wipe over all the fluffy electricals.. don't electrocute yourself please!!

Wednesday ~ Master bedroom
DONE!!!:j :j :j

Thursday ~ Bathroom, WC and Study
Level One
mop floors in these rooms!
Level Two
Shine taps and shower rails and radiators
Remove 10 dead/unused links from your favourites and clear out some of your inbox!

Friday ~ Everything else!
DONE!!!!! :j :j :j :j :j

cosmomo

Whoop:j I've done it! Enabled avatars! I love the cat with the melon on it's head! This thread has become so much more exciting!! It's nearly as fun as Facebook now!:D I must go back through all the post and see all the avatars!!

gratefulforhelp_2

cosmomo wrote: »

Mrs B - how could you change your avatar! now I'll never see it:p

Grateful - why don't you refuse all conjugals until DH sees a doctor. That might motivate him:rotfl:

funnily enough I am also a member of the "trying for a baby" thread, so might be self-defeating:rotfl:eta he promises to see the GP next week, and AnWsmum if you're here, I don't know the circs of you losing your DH, but hope I haven't upset you. Didn't think.

greenbee wrote: »

:p

They are - I've known the father since I was 3 and he was 18. They come down from Norfolk for a week at a time and stay. It means they work pretty much 8 till 8, eat, sleep and start again the next day. They're arriving at 7am on Monday (so leaving around 4am!) so I expect they'll be asleep by the time I get in!

That's good, they aren't going to go off on another job part-way through yours, then!

Mumof2_2

Do you mean this one Cosmomo?!!

greenbee

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

That's good, they aren't going to go off on another job part-way through yours, then!

Too right they aren't. They've got a longish list of stuff to do this time, and they're also going to give the whole place a thorough check so that we can plan in the rest of the stuff (decorating, painting outside of window frames, landscaping the garden etc)... hopefully for when I'm travelling . The only irritating thing is that they're hopeless at quoting and sending out bills... then again, I don't have to pay them till I've got the money (I tried to incentivise them by pointing out that it takes me 3 months to get the money out... didn't work... :rotfl:)

OK... must move. Lunch (smoked mackeral and couscous salad) has been eaten, and if I don't get on and do stuff I'll end up listening to any answers which makes me want to throw things at the radio

Penelope_Penguin

49th week! THOU SHALT BOAST ABOUT THINE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, but only in special Spylady invisible ink ;-)
Monday ~ DONE

Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. Wipe doors.. inside and out

Tuesday ~ DONE

Extras

1. Finish/do a small DIY job
2. Clean out a cupboard.. any cupboard
3. Wash those misty windows!

Wednesday ~ Master bedroom
Level One ~ done :j
Level Two ~ done :j
Level Three
[STRIKE]Do your pillows need replacing?
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Binbag dance[/STRIKE]
HHI

Extras

1. Empty and wash out all bins upstairs
2. Clear out a cupboard.. any cupboard.. or a very full drawer I guess
3. List 5 things to sell/giveaway
4. February meal planning and finances need doing/updating!!

Thursday ~ DONE
Level One ~done :j
Level Two ~ done :j
Level Three ~ done :j
[STRIKE]Remove all dirty laundry/smelly soft furnishings to the wash basket
Replace bathmats/shower curtains/sponges and toothbrushes that are manky
Declutter and wipe the desk.. do any filing you find on there![/STRIKE]

Extras

1. Clear and wipe and windows/french doors
2. Sort through CD/DVD shelves.. dust and fling any that are no longer of use!

Friday ~ Everything else!
Level One
Declutter floors in childrens rooms, hall, stairs and landing
Vacuum these floors
Level Two ~ done :j
[STRIKE]Strip some neglected sticky bedding
Sort through a box of toys/junk
Organise a chest of drawers/wardrobe[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Tidy up coats, bags and shoes.. throw away broken umbrellas!
[STRIKE]Wash some grubby curtains
[/STRIKE]Wipe paintwork in a room you've not done this in for some time


Extras

1. Clean fronts and backs of 2 radiators
2. Binbag dance
3. Straighten a bookcase.. the books not the actual furniture!
4. HHI