Weekly Flylady Thread 26th April 2010

toottifrootti

pigpen wrote: »

Toots.. you can't ground AnWs-ma.. she needs kicking into the air so she can fly.. she is already grounded!! That is the problem!

pigpen ok I will unground her and give her a kick start instead?
glad you had witnesses to his latest outburst - make a not of the time day date place names subject etc - in case you need to refer back to it and remind them. what a pain and as you say he will use it against you and OH but hopefully DS's version of the accident will be enough for SS if they come.

jinky sorry to hear Gran has broken her hip - I hope they get it mended and her back on her feet asap (((hugs))) to you and her.
LadyL good to see you honey even with a mushy brain -at least you still make sense!!!! take it easy. loads of love and special hugs, xxxxx
MrsChaos huge (((hugs))) you know where I am xx
hex that sounds fabulous - we will of course expect piccies - if the snug is anything to go by it will be brilliant and we will all be drooling!!!!
Kazw oh yes a volcanologist - i lookes at that but there was a lot of travellimg around the worls and i was too scared to do it - idiot person!!!!!
Dusty well done on the loft clearing - Dusty's plan is doing well me thinks!!!:D

ok did not get anything much done this afternoon as i fell asleep:mad:

not impressed!

ok I am off to change ID pigpen and await the new thread.

toots xx

kazmeister

Still plodding on although not much is being achieved from the list

plenty of nagging DD though who had 2 1/2 hours this afternnoon supposedly clearing her room and had achieved zilcho. Now I go up every 10 mins courtesy of the timer with a new job to do each time

Sorry to hear about your gran jinky
sexy the dress is gorgeous, glad you chose to have straps though, bustier types alone are just so unoriginal these days. The straps will change the neckline completely, bet you cant wait now though.

To everyone else - well done on the decluttering - I guess one day I will get around to it :rotfl:

Big hugs where required xxx

MrsChaos

Final update - a lot left, but I'm pleased with our bedroom. See you all in the morning. x

Dusty - DS1 will be 16 on Wed and DS2 6 three weeks after that.

Monday~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and large appliances
Give one small appliance a good clean!
Scrub the oven and hob
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Extras

1. Slop out the fridge..
2. Scrub the tiles

Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Dust the fluffy electricals
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Pile all hotspots into one heap and sort through it all.. File/shred as appropriate
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Wipe sofas and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. sort those coats and shoes and mess!
Extras

1. Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
2. Wash windows so the springy sunshine can get in..
3. Wipe the woodwork in these areas

Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level Three
Remove anything that should be elsewhere and all the hotspots!!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades
Extras

1. Clean the windows

Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clean baths/shower, toilets, don't forget under the rim! and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
clean blind/curtains
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. and delete 10 dead/unused links from your favourites!
Clean shower screen
Extras

• Wipe the paintwork in these rooms
• Clean the radiators in these rooms
• Wash the windows in these rooms.. and shine the mirrors

Friday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Level Three
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extras

• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
• End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house
• half an hour in the garden clearing the mess

JennyJewell

JennyJewell wrote: »

Morning all
Hmm - didn't do too bad yesterday but not as much as I hoped Have to get going again today
Did do 4 loads of washing yesterday am drying last load now Started cleaning the cooker - couldn't believe the state of it, shocking :eek: So now in process of finishing it :j
Here's my list for today

[STRIKE]Shower (I smell,lol)![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Shop - cat food, new gloves,cloths, white vinegar, etc[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Breakfast for boys[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Feed dogs, cat and chicken[/STRIKE]
De-clutter kitchen
[STRIKE]Hoover kitchen floor
Mop kitchen floor[/STRIKE]
Clean windowsills, breakfast bar and surfaces
Tidy living room
[STRIKE]Hoover living room[/STRIKE]
Polish
Tablecloth on table
Buy flowers for table?
[STRIKE]Cook dinner
[/STRIKE]Clean bathroom
3 loads of washing /
Dry washing /
Iron washing?
De-clutter bedroom
Hoover bedroom
Clean windowsills and surfaces
Make it look lovely for when hubby comes home tomorrow

Ok, think I've got enough here,lol!
Will see how it goes
Have a lovely Sunday everyone
Jenny x

And I have had visitors since late afternoon - they went about 20 mins ago so going to crack on Have also finished cleaning my oven - looks lovely now Have de-cluttered a fridge, (and I mean actually de-cluttered fridge out of my kitchen,lol) and replaced with nearly new one

Also need to cook late tea
Jen x

pigpen

Oops.. I forgot it was Sunday...

*dashes off to do fred* (lucky fred lol)

Mumto5

I have decluttered 19 Cigarettes and a lighter from DD1's handbag. I asked her 10 days ago if she was smoking and she promised me she wasn't.

She has several friends who smoke and whenever she comes in stinking of smoke it's Carl, abi, suzy etc. comes out of her mouth.

We've had a busy day, football in the freezing cold this morning. DS2 won 1-0. Taking DD1 to work and painting the DS3 and DD2's bedroom (Pigpen you've inspired me!) DH picked her up at 4pm and she said she was going out for a walk at 5.15 and I was immediately suspicious. She was gone half an hour and came in and went straight to her room. When they were eating tea I went into her room to declutter the cups and glasses and the cigs were sitting there on the top of her bag. My reasoning is as she says she doesn't smoke then she can't ask where they have gone. In addition to this she has borrowed £40 from DH and I am livid to think that it is being spent on Cigs.

Was I right to confiscate the Cigs? What is more important the fact that she lied to me last week or that fact that she is borrowing money to smoke?

Oh yes and my flying today....

4 x W/M including sopping wet football kit!
Ss kitchen x 3 today - how much mess can one family make!!!

pigpen

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funfairprincess

Mumto5 wrote: »

I have decluttered 19 Cigarettes and a lighter from DD1's handbag. I asked her 10 days ago if she was smoking and she promised me she wasn't.

She has several friends who smoke and whenever she comes in stinking of smoke it's Carl, abi, suzy etc. comes out of her mouth.

We've had a busy day, football in the freezing cold this morning. DS2 won 1-0. Taking DD1 to work and painting the DS3 and DD2's bedroom (Pigpen you've inspired me!) DH picked her up at 4pm and she said she was going out for a walk at 5.15 and I was immediately suspicious. She was gone half an hour and came in and went straight to her room. When they were eating tea I went into her room to declutter the cups and glasses and the cigs were sitting there on the top of her bag. My reasoning is as she says she doesn't smoke then she can't ask where they have gone. In addition to this she has borrowed £40 from DH and I am livid to think that it is being spent on Cigs.

Was I right to confiscate the Cigs? What is more important the fact that she lied to me last week or that fact that she is borrowing money to smoke?

Oh yes and my flying today....

4 x W/M including sopping wet football kit!
Ss kitchen x 3 today - how much mess can one family make!!!

I don't know how old she is but if she smokes then taking the fags off her will only stop her smoking the ones you have. I had an agreement with my mum I never smoked in front of her and I didn't use my lunch money to buy my fags. She knew she couldn't stop me so she reminded me of the dangers then let me get on with it I suppose I would have been about 14 at the time. Now drink that was another matter cause she would have killed me for that her reasoning being I knew what I was doing when smoking but could be passed out somewhere with drink and in real danger. I suppose it depends you have to do what you feel is right for her and you.

Dustykitten

Mumto5 wrote: »

Was I right to confiscate the Cigs? What is more important the fact that she lied to me last week or that fact that she is borrowing money to smoke?

First of all deep breath
Second take a hug
Being lied to is horrid but I doubt there are many teenagers who would answer that one truefully.
What did she ask to borrow the money for? £40 is quite a lot in my book and I'd want to know what it was needed for if I was lending it.

So now the cat is out the bag. She knows you know. I'd play for time for a day or two and see if she says anything to you. It sounds as if she certainly can't afford to be smoking let alone the health side. Good luck x

hex2

Mumto5 - hugs for you, not easy to know what to do. It was a source of great annoyance to me that SS1 started smoking and DH didn't say a word. Now my DS's think it is a 'cool' thing to do becuase he started to do it in front of them , and we mostly fund his horrid habit cos he just smokes his dads. Now neither can give up unless the other does.

Does she have a job? Can you break it down into cost - and how long it takes her to earn that packet of fags? If nothing else I would ask her not to smoke in front of any of the others.