Weekly Flylady Thread 15th March 2010

toochoosey

Daily routines/todailies
laundry, T W T F S S
swish and swipe kitchen M T W T F S S
swish and swipe bathroom, M T W T F S S
ironing, M T W T F S S
making beds, T W T F S S
vacuuming high traffic areas, M T W T F S S
making meals M T W T F S S

Night-time routines ,
preparing clothes for the next day, M T W T F S S
making lunches, M T W T F S S
swish & swipes of the kitchen M T W T F S S
tidying the living room M T W T F S S

Ok here goes this week!

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Sweep and mop floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..
clean blinds/curtains
Clear and wipe table.. clean cloth!
Level Three
Scrub out the fridge
Clean oven and hob!
Clear window sills of gibble!


Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI
3. Wipe small appliances
4. Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash filters etc!

Ok, let's get this party started.....HHC at 9:45............


Righty then, here I go.................

mummyyof5

Ill join in again Toochoosey

pigpen

kazmeister wrote: »

First a quick question - can anyone tell me what to clean the screen with on our computer, DH will do his nut as he doesnt like anyone touching the screen and the light was shining on it ans loads of finger marks so I used a baby wipe. The whole thing smeared so I treied to clean it with spectacle wipes and it is no better. I have ti 630 tonight to get it clean!

dab of white vinegar and a microfibre cloth

stefejb

Morning all - I'm definitely in again.

Off w*rk today with a nasty ear infection but am trying not to have a Mum Sick Day! that's the opposite of Man-flu where you think - hang on I'm Home Alone for once - think I'll get all the curtains down for a wash.

carol22_2

Hi everyone

Thanks to Piggers, and all of the Toots's! I'm in again this week, going to try and fit some decluttering in too, but got 2 essays to write for next week so might disappear towards the end of the week.

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level Three
[STRIKE]Clean oven and hob![/STRIKE]
Extras
Binbag dance
Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash filters etc!

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[STRIKE]Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE] Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Extras

Master bedroom & landing - Thursday
Level 1
Level 2
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/STRIKE]
Level 3
[STRIKE]
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of..
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.[/STRIKE]
Extras
Sort through that linen cupboard!!

Friday ~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, books etc[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE] HHStudy
HHFiling[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Extras
Friday fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

liuhut

Hi all
Had a very poor week last week with only one star but somehow the house still looks OK??? Got loads of little jobs done but still more to do this week and even less time to do as have loads on at work and DD's school...oh well can only try!!

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Sweep and mop floor
Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..
clean blinds/curtains
Level Three
Scrub out the fridge
Clean oven and hob!
Clear window sills of gibble!
Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI
3. Wipe small appliances
4. Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash filters etc!

Also -
do the garden – got new mower so no excuse now!
write three letters to post home
do some batch cooking
Ring Car insurance

Sort new Shower head
meal plan
update spreadsheet with spends
keep on with DD's birthday shopping and party planning!

off to do the Ironing, have a good day everyone xxx

RuthG

Have read through the old thread and wanted to say a big thank you for all the kind words both on the forum and by PM and also for the birthday wishes.

My usual reaction to a crisis is that I decorate something - ie a room in the house. My eldest daughter left home under a cloud some years ago (we have made up since) and I decorated the bathroom; when we lost our youngest daughter, I decorated the living room; this time, I have our bedroom and the conservatory in mind.

It has been one hell of a few days. My mum had been in intensive care for a week and they had been talking about sending her back to the ward and then home. That was about 2nd or 3rd March. At that point, she started vomiting and had severe abdominal pain which even morphine did not take away. The symptoms were off and on, but by Tuesday (9th March) they were constant, so the decision was made that she should have surgery. It was absolutely the right decision. Withoput it, she would have died in agony; with it, she stood a chance, albeit a slim one.

They operated on Tuesday evening and the operation was a success. She had a perforated bowel and afterwards all her vitals were stable. On Wednesday, we (my eldest daughter and I) were going to have a day off. Mum was sedated and so we thought we would go shopping. However, we got a call telling us she was bleeding internally. Rushed back to the hospital. They took her for a second op at about lunch time on Wednesday. The good news was that the bleed was not as extensive as they had thought and the blood/wound was clotting. The bad news was that they found a further bowel perforation that was new since the day before. However, again she was stable and everything seemed fine.

Thursday morning, I rang the hospital and all was fine. About 11am, we popped into the hospital just to say hi (she was still sedated but they said she could hear us), just after the doctor had done his rounds. She was no longer stable. Her blood pressure was through the floor and her heart rate was through the roof (150-180 beats per minute). She was on the highest dose of everything they could give her to stabilise it all, but it was totally out of control and there was nothing more they could do. They continued until everyone who could be there was there (her brother was going to travel down from Liverpool to Sussex - he didnt in the end; well, he is 80! and my son was in the middle of exams and also in Liverpool, so he didnt come either) and then they withdrew the drug that was trying to keep her blood pressure up and turned the oxygen down to room saturation (it had been 70%). They also increased the pain killer and the sedative so she was totally unaware of what was happening.

She passed away 'peacefully' at about 5 to 3 in the afternoon, about an hour and 10 minutes after they had stopped supporting her blood pressure and oxygen. Cause of death, severe Raynaud's with underlying vasculitis.

I say 'peacefully' but how peaceful is it when you are surrounded by tubes, machines, bleeps, and all the bells and whistles under the sun??

Friday we stayed in the area until the evening, when we set off to come home. We decided to stop off in Bedford where I had grown up and stay overnight.

Saturday was my birthday. We drove out to the village where we had lived and then went for a walk so i could reminisce about my childhood and talk about my mum and what she was like while I grew up there.

SDunday, obviously mothers' day, so my OH and I abandonned any children we might have and took opurselves off to Windermere for a boat trip on the lake and dinner out.

Today, all I can do is cry and I want to scream 'I WANT MY MUMMY!!!!!' from every rooftop in the place - but there's not a lot of point really. She cant hear me any more. But I know she knows I love her and I will never forget her.

Bye Mum, love you loads and miss you forever.

Ruth

PS: I really want to change my name in here - what's the point of being called after a mountain?? I have asked but no-one has answered when I emailed - can anyone do anything about it? I would prefer to be RuthG.

AnW'sMum

Mmmm not much achieved there but I did pair socks, odd sock count of 15 now
clean clothes folded and put away
recycling put out for collection
couple of texts replied to (one via email)
sandwich toaster cleaned and cooling ready to put away

will do better this next HHC

83rachel

Hi everyone, i havent read back only this page.

BenW. My thoughts are with you, (((hugs)))

i will read the thread when i get back from the doctors,
Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One

Level Two


Level Three

Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI
3. Wipe small appliances
4. Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash filters etc!
5. blood test later
6. plant blackberries if you feel up to it

AnW'sMum

BenW wrote: »

Today, all I can do is cry and I want to scream 'I WANT MY MUMMY!!!!!' from every rooftop in the place - but there's not a lot of point really. She cant hear me any more. But I know she knows I love her and I will never forget her.

Oh Ruth I just don't know what to say to you other than heart felt ((HUGS)) It is true your mum can no longer hear you in this world but she definitely can hear you from where she has gone. As you know we are all here for you in any way that we can help, thank you for sharing the last few days with us.