Weekly Flylady Thread 29th March 2010

Sarah2490

Hi all,

Hope you are all well?? I have missed flying and catching up on the latest goings on/gossip

The house move is now over (thank god, it was a nightmare) I am now living out of cardboard boxex and it is driving me crazy! On the pluss side the house has new flooring, has been newly decorated and the best bit . . . . my dad bought me a new oven I am off to Ikea tomorrow to solve alll my storage needs and then I can finish unpacking

My internet doesn't get plugger in till the 10th (sneaked on at work to post this shhhhhhhhhh) so I will not be flying untill then

froddington

List update

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room

Level One
Sweep and mop floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces

Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..

Level Three
Scrub manky marks off walls and tiles.. scrub that greasy grout!
Clear window sills of gibble and wipe them
Clear out the under sink cupboard.. fling what you don't need/use.

Extras
HHI

Tuesday ~ Living room/family room or other reception room!

Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floors!

Level Two
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move!
Dust and deweb.. make sure you do light fittings and bulbs!
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!!
Wipe grubby paintwork

Compulsory Extra..

I want to see at least 2 things that are fabulous in our life right now!!

1. It's the Easter holidays and I have 19 days off work!
2. I'm going to be working at the Reading Festival in August and I'm going away to Belfast with my daddy in less than 2 weeks

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area

Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks

Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard and mouse and your house phone

Level Three
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone electrocuted!

Compulsory Extra..

Turn on your favourite song and sing REALLY loudly along with it! .. I don't care if you all sound like strangled cats.. I want you to sing for me! I find it really lifts a cloudy mood!

soappie

Dustykitten wrote: »

Soappie - have BG arrived yet? I gave in and put the heat on for an hour this morning. It has been off for a couple of weeks. Off to collect a car load of logs from a freecycle lady later.
.

He's just this minute left. And I have put the oven on to get some heat going. He has to order a new fan because it has finally burnt out. But, the pollyanna bit is that at least it went last night and not tonight. It means someone will be out tomorrow afternoon to fix it. If I'd called them today, they would not have come out with the new one until Tuesday.

I shall phone NN in a bit and ask to use her bath this evening. I'm going to dig some beef out of the freezer in a moment and rustle up a casserole that can be v. slowly cooked in the oven to at least keep the kitchen warm.

And Frodders, I have the bottom half of an old, draughty, high ceiling house which backs onto 100 acres of parkland so there's no shelter from the cold winds at the back. Currently, it's only14 degrees C indoors. Not as cold as it was when it broke down just before Christmas, but not warm enough really for sitting.

I shall do some flying now to keep warm.

greenbee wrote: »

I'm afraid the news from Sandy isn't good. I'm not sure what it is, as she hasn't been clear, but I suspect that she's not ready to put it in writing yet.

Huge hugs to Sandy and her family. Can you send her my love please Greenbee?

hollyh

Afternoon all,

Massive hugs for Sandy, i'm sorry the news isn't good, i'll be thinking of you.

We've been shopping and Ds1 has spent some of his money. We've also been to McD's. Ds2 wants to go in the garden :eek: it's blowing a gale out there. I do need to clean out the bunnies so he can have a play while i do that. Then i suppose i'd better do the bathroom list.

Tuesday ~ Living room/family room or other reception room!
Extras

1. Finish/do a small DIY job

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!! (baby wipes are fantastic for this!!)
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important).. And your house phone.. they must be just as vile..
Level Three
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clean the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone electrocuted!
Extras

• Sort through those half empty bottles or ones with only a dribble left and decant into one bottle and recycle the rest!!
• Wash your bathroom mats etc
• Spend 15 minutes shining mirrors and picture frames

Compulsory Extra..



Turn on your favourite song and sing REALLY loudly along with it! .. I don't care if you all sound like strangled cats.. I want you to sing for me! I find it really lifts a cloudy mood!

My Extras

Ebay
Sort Ds2's toys
Sort paperwork I've almost finished this just 2 more things to file
Get compost from garden centre
Repot leeks
Finish weeding path
Clear ironing basket
Move rabbit stuff to Wendy house, leaving a small amount in the utility room
Sort toy corner
Update freezer inventory
Secure top of rabbit run
Clean out rabbits
Empty all bins
Rubbish & recycling out
Put dates on calender

greenbee

soappie wrote: »

Huge hugs to Sandy and her family. Can you send her my love please Greenbee?

Of course I will.

She's been in touch again. Obviously having huge problems (understandably) coming to terms with what's happening, and possibly finding it easier to talk to strangers than to people she knows. I'll keeping sending your messages through as hopefully they will at least distract her and make her feel less lonely.

poohbear59

greenbee wrote: »

Of course I will.

She's been in touch again. Obviously having huge problems (understandably) coming to terms with what's happening, and possibly finding it easier to talk to strangers than to people she knows. I'll keeping sending your messages through as hopefully they will at least distract her and make her feel less lonely.

Please send her my love too. And thank you for keeping us up to date too.

Mumof2_2

So sorry to hear about Sandy - sending my love to her. Many thanks Greenbee for the updates. I have to say that following my stroke if ever I have anything not quite right I get round to the GPs and after having 2 kids all my dignity is gone anyhow so I'm not worried about where the problem is!!!

LW, please don't climb into a pit of depression honey; as said before, we're all different in what we want and just because you're female doesn't mean you have to want children.

Soappie, really pleased you'll get sorted tomorrow afternoon - it would have been horrible to wait until Tuesday. Your house sounds lovely with 100 acres of parkland - want a Jack Russell to walk around?!!!

Ishtar, let us know when you've made your GP appointment - if we don't hear we'll give you little reminders!

Carlsberggal, sorry you're having a CBA day - not good are they. You'll soon be home.

Onestep, enjoy the chickens! Once you've got them you may feel different about having them for eggs and meat - may just be eggs! Mind you, DH says once ours stop laying they'll be in the slow cooker and I don't think he's joking

Time to finish my cup of tea and fetch DD and then won't get any peace until April 19th (back to school date). Oh how I love the holidays :eek:

Lady-Liberty

greenbee wrote: »

I was wondering whether one of the flyladies who is in a similar position (you know who you are) might be willing to talk to her about coping strategies and the support available. She's clearly having a hard time holding things together, and I can't begin to imagine how she feels, although I know some of you know only too well.

greenbee If you think I can be any help I'll PM you my number?

Give Sandy my love.....

xx

Vodafone

seafarers_wife wrote: »

:j STAR please Toots my bathroom is all sparkly and shiney. Loving flylady is its taking a couple of mins less than it did last week to do it! Just need to keep it up.

My bedroom is next on the agenda. Heres my list for this evening after work/tomorrow before work. some of it doesnt really apply as i change my bedding on a monday, so going to need to do bedroom list on a monday in future

Master bedroom & landing
Level 1
[STRIKE]Check fire alarms are working[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]DVDs put away[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
15 minutes floordrobe clearance (might need a lot longer)
[/STRIKE]Level 3
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
Clothes away or moved into spare room to sort
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean windows[/STRIKE]







Dailies

• Binbag dance
• Make bed
• Open windows
• Clean out litter tray
• S&S kitchen
• S&S Bathroom
• point and track through weight watchers

Weekly Extras

Clean Car (take it to the car wash)
Hoover car
filing
shredding
glass recycling

Extras in General

Top back to shop
Vodaphone complaint letter to post
[STRIKE]HMRC cheque - write and post by WEDNESDAY[/STRIKE]
sort and chuck/charity shop gibble in boxes under beds and in loft
buy beans for bean bag
buy xbox game oh wants
huge pile of shredding - do this weekend
huge pile of filling - do this weekend
sort and chuck old make up.
chuck old coathangers
[STRIKE]recycle piles of carrier bags[/STRIKE]
book car its mot
book cat in vets for bits to be cut off
get out in garden and pull up the weeds
buy and plant some pretty new flowers
pull back ivy thats growing in front garden

Hi seafarers_wife

Our lists are frighteningly similar! (except for the bit about the cat and the letter!;))

I noticed in your list you mention you have a complaint letter to send to us.

I'd really like to help you resolve any issues on your account (and tick something off your to do list!) If you'd like me to take a look at your account and help, feel free to send me an email from here with a link to this thread and your username. Make sure when you email to include the code WRT135 in the subject line so that it routes straight to my team.

Best of luck with the rest of your list!

Kirsty
Web Relations Team
Vodafone UK

soappie

Mumof2 wrote: »

Soappie, really pleased you'll get sorted tomorrow afternoon - it would have been horrible to wait until Tuesday. Your house sounds lovely with 100 acres of parkland - want a Jack Russell to walk around?!!!

Thanks for the offer Mumof2, but I don't think BB would take kindly to another dog (unless, perhaps, it was a puppy).

Beef out the freezer and defrosting in the MW. NN phoned and bath booked for about 6pm. I feel I shall be having an early night!