Weekly Flylady Thread 8th February 2010

KazLA

Monday~ Living room/family room or other reception room!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter and vacuum the floors!
[/STRIKE]Clean out a sideboard/bookcase/other storage - Any tips pls, I've been putting this off all week - just the thought of 'I don't know what to do with any of it, I may as well just leave it there, as there's no point taking it all out and putting it all back...'
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture you can safely move!
Dust and deweb.. Make sure smoke alarms are still in good order
Clean the sofas.. vacuum under/between/backs cushions.. turn them over for even wear if possible.
[/STRIKE]Level Three
Sort out magazine racks/piles of newspapers etc.. can any be recycled?
Clear and wipe window sill.. do not put back the clutter!
binbag dance


Extras

1. [STRIKE]Finish/do a small DIY job [/STRIKE]
2. Wash any soft furnishings that are ickified
3. Catch up on phonecalls.. to friends, family or nagging ones you have been naughtily putting off!!
4. wipe/wash/dust any ornaments

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining Mess
Level One
[STRIKE]Sweep, vacuum and mop floors
Declutter and wipe worksurfaces
Shine that stinky sink
[/STRIKE]Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe table replacing cloth if necessary.. I want to see pretty tables piles of mail and pens and goodness knows what else has to go!
[/STRIKE]Clear out a cupboard.. The one with baking supplies or the one with pans and plastic boxes.. GO!! Or you could, if you have one, clear the pantry!
Wipe and replace small appliances.. Clean one thoroughly!
Level Three
Wipe units and large appliances.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe the insides of all the cupboard doors!
Organise any cookery books.. Dusted, destickified and placed back tidily!
Dejunk window sills


Extras

1. [STRIKE]Wash/replace any scanky dishclothes/sponges etc [/STRIKE]
2. Throw out those bacteria breeding chipped mugs and plates etc
3. Sort out and restock medicine cupboards (I threw out loads from mine today )
4. Wash the brushes, mops, dustpans etc.. how gross do these get?

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
[STRIKE]Check smoke alarms are working
[/STRIKE]Remove bed linen and replace with fresh linen
[STRIKE]Declutter the floordrobe
[/STRIKE]Level 2
[STRIKE]Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs.. make sure to do the bed base.. mine was gross
[/STRIKE] Can someone confirm about the bed base, mine is just a divan, with drawers underneath, can't see anything to dust...Vacuum mattress before replacing fresh linen
15 minutes grotspot clearance
Level 3
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
[/STRIKE]Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Defluff and demuck woodwork... skirtings, window frames, door frames dados, picture rails etc


Extras

1. 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go grab a bag and clear that clutter
2. Air the duvet.. fling it over the line for half an hour if you can.. fly away bugs!
3. Clean windows in these rooms
4. Binbag dance to go to charity shop! Or just general rehoming!

Thursday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter floors
Vacuum/mop all these floors
[/STRIKE]Level Two
Wipe keyboard/monitor etc.. bath, basins, bog.. the works!!
Check bath sealant/grout.. does it need replacing? If so either do it or arrange for it to be done
Wash bath mats, shower curtains, net etc
Level Three
Wipe paintwork up the stairs.. it always looks so much nicer cleaned and vacuumed!
Clear and tidy and sort a bookcase/shelves!
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc


Extras

1. HHI
2. Catch up relevant phonecalls
3. Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever.. an email or letter or whatever!
4. Make a start on a craft project you've been wanting to do for ages!

Friday ~ Childrens Rooms, Spare rooms Or just neglected spaces!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter and vacuum the floor!
Strip and wash and replace stinky bedding
[/STRIKE]Make half an hour for YOURSELF!!!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sort through a cupboard of clothing
[/STRIKE] Feel really pleased with this one, lovely to be organised in there.Sort through a box of toys/junk
Binbag dance
Level Three
Tidy/straighten a bookcase/shelf unit
Wash any curtains/cushions etc that are in need
Dust and deweb

Extras

1. Make a list of 5 things you want done by the end of half term holidays..
2. HHI
3. Clean out pets.. make appointments for any vaccinations they need!!
4. Wipe away all sticky fingerprints and suchlike!

Not bad for week 1 and I am pleased that I have kept the kitchen clean all week, with all the surfaces completely clear - and got our clothes out the night before, done one wash load a day when needed - and managed to dry it on the airer, rather than trying to do 2-3 loads in a day and bunging it all in the tumble dryer!

Thanks for the motivation.

AnW'sMum

Evening all

Finally caught up with you all by skim reading v quickly!

Had a lazyish weekend for us, took some flowers to DH this morning. Miss A dropped his best Dad trophy cup by accident and broke i, she was so upset. Fortunately Nanan had some superglue and it should be as good as new.

Dinner cooking, fish fingers, curly chips, broccoli and peas for Miss A and W, spring rolls substituted for the fish fingers for me.

soappie

AnW'sMum wrote: »

Miss A dropped his best Dad trophy cup by accident and broke i, she was so upset. Fortunately Nanan had some superglue and it should be as good as new.

Hugs AnW's If the mug is fixable with superglue, then I'm sure Dad had a hand in it - just letting her (and you!) know he's keeping an eye on you These things happen at certain time for a reason

MrsChaos

The trip to costco went well - only bought one thing I hadn't planned to get(something sweet for after tea), and it wasn't expensive.
DS1 and DH have decluttered BBQ ribs (ready from costco,not HM:o ), which looked very nice.
DS2 is enjoying his crusty bread, pate and tomato soup. I'll have bread, salad and soup out of the freezer later (Madeira and mushroom, was in a bargain bag from MrM). We are a very awkward family to feed. Whenever we all have the same, at least one person puts up with something they don't really like.
I'm tired again and have a bit of a sinus headache. I'll see if it passes with pottering around, but will have a little nap later if it doesn't.
Looking forward to tomorrow's list, so I can start planning what I'm doing. DS1 is at school most of the day for revision sessions and DS2 will help/play with friend next door. DH is working in the shop at the bottom of our street tomorrow, so he'll be home for lunch and back early in the evening. We may even go to a small shopping centre nearby when he's finished work - DS2 needs new clothes. I'm hoping to get the bulk of the day's jobs done by dinner time, so we can go for a walk in the afternoon if it's nice.
See you all later.

AnW'sMum

Yep you are right soappie all fixed now and will be taken back later this week.

MIL must have been as there were other flowers there but there has been no contact to comment on the inscription. I did wonder how long before they would visit (claim to go every week but I have my doubts, not that is bothers me in the slightest)

pigpen

Ah.. the sound of modern slavery.. the boys are vacuuming the middle room.. they'll do a crap job but at least they are doing something helpful for a change rather than their usual seek and destroy mission!!

the girls did the hallway and landing

tootifruities

Are you doing the new thread shortly (i.e. in the next 15 minutes) please Piggers?

gratefulforhelp_2

soappie wrote: »

Hugs AnW's If the mug is fixable with superglue, then I'm sure Dad had a hand in it - just letting her (and you!) know he's keeping an eye on you These things happen at certain time for a reason

Lovely, what a wise thing to say.

AnW'sMum wrote: »

MIL must have been as there were other flowers there but there has been no contact to comment on the inscription. I did wonder how long before they would visit (claim to go every week but I have my doubts, not that is bothers me in the slightest)

Hmmpphh to her.

Ironing done, DDs bathed, film tonight. Watched a great one last night called "frozen river".

pigpen

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pigpen

tootifruities wrote: »

Are you doing the new thread shortly (i.e. in the next 15 minutes) please Piggers?

NO.. DON'T WANT TO.. :P

you can't make me!!