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Weekly Flylady Thread 3 May 2010

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  • Pollybear
    Pollybear Posts: 3,328 Forumite
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    That's not failure sock-knitter, that's success. You've done some washing and the ironing, well done :)
  • toochoosey
    toochoosey Posts: 7,371 Forumite
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    Daily routines/todailies
    laundry, W T F S S
    swish and swipe kitchen W T F S S
    bathroom, T W T F S S
    ironing, T W T F S S
    making beds, W T F S S
    vacuuming high traffic areas, W T F S S
    making meals W T F S S

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



    Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
    Level One
    Dust/polish grubby glass and mirrors and pictures.
    Level Two
    Pile all hotspots into one heap and sort through it all.. File/shred as appropriate
    Clean and defluff the fire.. arrange for chimneys to be swept if necessary and services!
    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!! Clear out handbags and schoolbags!
    Extras
    1. Freshen up any soft furnishings
    2. Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
    3. Wipe the woodwork in these areas
    Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Level One
    mop floor
    Level Two
    Give one small appliance a good clean!
    Wipe out the fridge and get rid of anything gross and slide the stuff that needs using now into your meal plan
    Level Three
    dust and deweb!
    Clean through the cupboard full of food.. what needs using soon?

    Extras
    1. Clean a hotspot.. even if that is the inside of the breadbin!
    2. Wipe down all the paintwork
    3. Wash the windows
    4. Clean any pet bedding/poo trays/stinky tanks etc
  • ajmoney
    ajmoney Posts: 6,470 Forumite
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    sock-knitter wrote: »
    well another failure day here, did a bit of ironing first thing and done one load of washing and that is it
    somebody please give me a big kick up the bum

    sk

    Ironing is a lot more than most do on here. Anyway don't feel bad, you are decluttering the washing and ironing so that you CAN fly
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  • Emma133
    Emma133 Posts: 364 Forumite
    Updating

    Daily routines/todailies
    S&S kitchen W T F S S
    S&S bathroom W T F S S
    Laundry W T F S S
    Ironing W T F S S
    Hoover W T F S S
    Meals W T F S S
    Make Beds W T F S S
    Feed Fish W T F S S

    Weeklies
    Tank

    Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
    Level Three
    Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!


    Extras
    1. Freshen up any soft furnishings
    2. Wipe the woodwork in these areas
    Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Level One
    mop floor
    Level Two
    Level Three
    clean oven and hob!

    Extras
    1. Wipe down all the paintwork
    whenever....getting smaller...then bigger...
    1. Video Camera footage to disc
    2. Paint lounge door
    3. sort out photos on discs & develop
    4. Clean up PC
    5. Understairs cupboard
    6. Loft
    7. Internet providers
    8. Ebay
    Emma x
    Mum to 4 beautiful children :D
    2011 Goals declutter the house :eek: decluttered 42 items :j
  • helen_jelly
    helen_jelly Posts: 2,982 Forumite
    Have taken out all my negative thoughts on the ironing - still some left to do but I have done loads so we have clothes to wear once more

    Helen x
    Projects made for craft fair - 40 :)
    1st fair on 13/4/14 :j
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Right...

    One wall in the bedroom....

    THIS....

    or THIS.... ????????
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  • newlywed
    newlywed Posts: 8,255 Forumite
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    edited 4 May 2010 at 5:04PM
    Hello, Can I jump in please? I'm trying to get back to the flylady habit. Years ago I bought sink reflections.... I still make my bed every day - but that's the only habit that ever stuck with me :o

    I've had too much "stinking thinking" recently as after being made redundant OH decided he was no longer going to do any cleaning at all as he was fed up of it! Anyway, since I'm still job seeking and he's got some work just now, I feel like I should be doing it rather than being stubborn. As flylady says I deserve a clean fresh loo! So I've signed up to the many flylady emails for some motivation.

    So far I have done:

    Monday:
    Made the bed
    10 minute dust of lounge
    10 minute hoover through
    10 minute tidy of lounge

    Went out for the afternoon and evening.

    Shined my sink
    Swished and swiped bathroom
    Dusted or cleaned the bits that annoy me in the bathroom each time I visited it

    Tuesday:
    Got dressed to my socks ;)
    Made the bed
    Tidied my underwear drawer and my t-shirt drawer
    Dusted my entrance way and hallway (as per flylady website)
    Washed all the hall walls down and door frames from grubby hand prints
    Washed the small entrance floor
    Washed the front door down
    Used a borrowed carpet cleaner to clean the hall carpet :eek: the water was gross!

    To do today:
    Dust and hoover the bedroom
    Wipe kitchen worktops down
    Swish and swipe
    Shine the sink
    working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?
  • helen_jelly
    helen_jelly Posts: 2,982 Forumite
    Pigpen - love them both - First one would look lovely in my LR and the second would go nicely in my BedR - if you could just pop out [in your condition] and get some for me that would be lovely - I'll pay you of course [when I've car booted all my carp!!] - lol
    Helen x
    Projects made for craft fair - 40 :)
    1st fair on 13/4/14 :j
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    helen_jelly wrote: »
    Pigpen - love them both - First one would look lovely in my LR and the second would go nicely in my BedR - if you could just pop out [in your condition] and get some for me that would be lovely - I'll pay you of course [when I've car booted all my carp!!] - lol
    Helen x

    Sure.. how many rolls? Would you like me to hang them for you too?
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • sock-knitter
    sock-knitter Posts: 1,630 Forumite
    pigpen, they are both lovely, but i prefer the first one
    sk
    loves to knit and crochet for others
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