Weekly Flylady Thread 26th April 2010

beemuzed

I guess I'm a lurker too - try and post early in week and then tend to just get through what I can! I feel particularly virtuous at having done my ironing already as I couldn't sleep....but will feel awful later!!! Have just read Kazwookie's post properly - great minds eh?

Mum_on_a_mission_2

And I thought I'd woken up at silly o'clock?? :eek:

Well as I'm up and wide awake guess I'd better do something...desk & office are manky so HHC here I think..

..anyone joining me??:rotfl::rotfl:

Moam

Money_saving_Diva_2

Morning lovely flyladies,

SallyA and Binkythehorse - good to have you with us
Toots - Oh I rang my Dr on Thurs and Fri and will try again today.
Jinkypinks -
LadyL - Big hugs honey. Love you.
Natty - :wave:
Rosepink -If you are back - hope you had a great time
Mummyyof5 - sorry to hear about your brother, I hope it all goes well.
Lamewolf - Thank you hon
Mrs Chaos - I know you are using up some apples and this is my fave family recipe for apple cake that is a cinch to make.
Aunt Sallys Apple Cake

8oz self raising flour
4oz marg or butter
4oz castor sugar
8oz roughly chopped apples
4oz saltanas
juice of half a lemon (soak the apples in this once chopped)
2 med-large eggs
2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ginger

• Mix flour and marg til it resembles breadcrumbs.
• Add all other ingredients
• Let sit for 5 mins
• Grease tin
• Place in tin (push up bottom type if available but not vital)
• Cook at 180 degrees Gas mark 4 for 1 - 1 1/4 hrs or til a knife pulls out cleanly

Delicious hot as a pudding with custard (or clotted cream.. yumyumyum) or cold as a deliciously moist cake.

Have a list of people to ring an arm long so will actually post a list today. Can't cope with this nausea and vomiting any more.

Love to all and hope everyone has a good day. With love, light and

Diva.x

kassey

Morning everyone
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!
Descale irons, kettles, coffee makers etc
Clean through the pan cupboard and sort those plastic tubs!
Extras

1. Slop out the fridge..
2. Scrub the tiles
3. Pair up the odd socks!
4. Clean any pet bedding/poo trays/stinky tanks etc

Money_saving_Diva_2

:xmastree: for Binkythehorse (great name) so the powers that be notice you!!

Diva.x

Money_saving_Diva_2

So my list today is:

• Feed tadpoles.
• Answer/clear 30 mins of emails
• Ring Dr again
• Ring SW re S&T
• Ring Taunton hosp.
• Ring diabetic nurse
• Ring Homecare re Friday and Monday
• Brush the cat when she gets on the bed next to me.

Short and sweet again I am afraid!
Hope anyone feeling poorly feels better today.

Diva.x

MrsChaos

Morning all

That's quite a few early risers out there today. It took me a bit longer to get out of bed, but so far I have dried some washing, started WM with yet another load, emptied/re-loaded DW, put rubbish out and decluttered some breakfast. In the next 10 minutes I'll write a short note to DS2's teacher, sort some cheques for child minder/breakfast club/school dinners and then get the kids up. DS1 will be absolutely shattered after his DofE weekend, so that should be fun. Good job I don't mind a challenge.

Plan for afternoon/evening:
do some of the kitchen list
plant beans (and strawberries if possible)
laundry
find transport for playhouse for Saturday :eek:
work

Triker - thanks for the recipe. The cake looks yummy. ETA and thanks to Diva, too - think I might hunt around for some eating apples and make both!

Hope it's going to be a good week for everyone.

Natty68

Morning campers, I'm here although I would rather be wrapped up in my duvet and staying there until a good few months have disappeared..:o Nothing major I just wish I hadn't read the new policy thingy on long term IB and mental health proposals yesterday. I worked myself up into a bit of a mess yesterday morning while DH was out walking the dogs, even to the point where I wanted to self harm again (not good I know) and now I am paying for it big time.. It looks like I am rapid cycling quite badly - I am alternating between manically cleaning and then sitting doing nothing..or vegetating and crying. For those with bipolar you'll know what I am talking about Polkadot I keep meaning to PM you, will do that later when I feel a bit more in control, also do I have you on FB - I'm not sure.

Actually it's a good thing this cycling thingy as I do actually get a lot done. Yesterday we planted up the garden veg plot with cabbages, beetroot and some more cabbages..lol. Also the cloches went up too over them - good buy from the 99p shop these were. I also planted up all my herbs and flowers that were getting too big for their pots..went round like a mad thing and picked up all the carpe in the garden that the dogs had left - i.e. dead plant pots etc.. I managed to do a whole days worth of gardening in 2 hours - oops:cool: DH did pick up on what I was doing but he left me to it as he knew I wouldn't settle until I had got it done. I then went to bed at about 2pm for 4 hours and slept solidly. This morning I feel like I have been hauled through a hedge backwards and run over by a truck too.. Yet I am still feeling slightly manic, which I can't control for some reason. Anyway I took advantage of this feeling and cleaned my kitchen after DH went to work at 6am.. So I only have a couple of things to do on the list.. I think this afternoon I will be asleep on the sofa..lol

Sorry to dump this on you all, didn't know where else to turn as I have no mum or family to talk to (apart from DH).

Diva - hugs sweetie :T
Toots - hugs honey :A and thank you so much for my gold star :A
LL - extra special hugs for you honey:A

Welcome to the newbies, wow there are certainly a few more people on the list now..

Is FB down as I can't get onto there at all

Anyway onto lists..

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Scrub the oven and hob
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Clean through the pan cupboard and sort those plastic tubs!
Extras

1. Slop out the fridge..
2. Scrub the tiles
   
3. Pair up the odd socks!
4. Clean any pet bedding/poo trays/stinky tanks etc - have their fleeces to wash later

Natty's Extras

• Shower/dress/do hair
• Medication
• Breakfast
• Wash up
• Cream washing load
• Pet fleeces washing load - UGH!!
• Put clean clothes away
• Make bed
• Catalogue Yankee Candles - still on the list to do..
• Check Thompson and Morgan for the tomato plants that I need to order..
• Order above said plants
• Make appt to see Dr to talk about reinstating a CPN for me
• Ring Mental Health Unit to find out how long I have to wait for next therapy session - was put on waiting list 8 months ago.
• Walk dogs somewhere away from people

jackywhizz

Morning everyone. Thank you to our thread-running heroines.

Monday~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level Two
Scrub the oven and hob
Level Three
Clean through the pan cupboard and sort those plastic tubs!


Extras

1. Slop out the fridge..
2. Scrub the tiles
3. Clean any pet bedding/poo trays/stinky tanks etc

Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
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!
HHC in the hallway.. sort those coats and shoes and mess!! Can you wash and put away winter ones yet?
Extras

1. Freshen up any soft furnishings
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 Two
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere and all the hotspots!!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades

Extras

1. Wash any curtains that need doing
2. HHI
3. 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
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc whatever needs cleaning.
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. and delete 10 dead/unused links from your favourites!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect any stray laundry from upstairs.
Extras

• Wipe the paintwork in these rooms
• Clean the radiators in these rooms
• Wash the windows in these rooms.. and shine the mirrors
• HHI... a bit more gone!
• Do any toothbrushes/sponges etc need replacing?

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!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets & pillows need freshening up too!!
Level Three
Rummage ALL the junk from one shelf and sort through it..
Sort through a toybox chuck out all the things they don't need any more.. charity or freecycle or whatever.
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extras

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
• End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!
• half an hour in the garden clearing the mess and making it nice for spring to arrive.. the sooner your garden is nice the sooner it arrives! Honest!

My extras
4. check toilet & phone plumber


Binkythehorse - welcome

Diva - hugs hope your feel better soon - thanks for the recipe
Triker - thanks for your recipe too

rach

morning all

I was also up early (for me) at 6...feel like I could go back to bed now to be honest but meant to be working from home. Think I'll have to resort to a cup of tea to get me going.

DH has an early meeting so he set off just after 6, won't be back til 10.30pm or so as he's also got a late meeting. New bed for the spare room/study arrived just before 7 - i am trying to leave it alone so dh can put it together tomorrow...it's so tempting to do it though!

Plan today is some of the kitchen, some washing, including the new bedding i bought for the spare bed...plus lots of work. I am going over to my friends for 4.30 so will finish work about 3.30..this is perfect as i'll be starting early.

I have just counted up and I reckon I have about 70 working days (taking out 2 hols) before my maternity leave.