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Weekly Flylady Thread 3 May 2010
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Penelope_Penguin wrote: »Good morning everyone, and thank you for your warm welcome back :A With my laptop not having been on much in the last 2 weeks, my house is pretty tidy, so silver clouds and all that
DH is poorly today (bad cold onto his chest
) so he's "working from home"
We'll toddle down to the polling station later :j then it's choir tonight :j
I need to catch up with news, so hugs for you all :grouphug:
And cake for anyone's birthday I may have missed
Penny x
Wey hey welcome back pen Pen
Just to echo what everyone else has said, please stay, us flyladies will look after you and we have missed you.
I have been and voted, bluddy TV crew outside polling station in the car park, wanting to ask about voting etc, I gather there another 4 crews else where in town, only to be expected here, waiting for a very big wig to turn up and cast his vote. Talk about a media show! I excpect to see me on telly tonight :rotfl::rotfl:hair and make up please.
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Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Have decluttered my vote, really should be off work today as feel pants, but exams loom so here I am...
Please do not confuse me with other gratefulsforhelp. x0 -
I have been and voted, bluddy TV crew outside polling station in the car park, wanting to ask about voting etc, I gather there another 4 crews else where in town, only to be expected here, waiting for a very big wig to turn up and cast his vote.
Oooooh, where are you - Fife, Sheffield, Whitney or Barking :eek::eek::eek::eek::rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
Morning everyone
Just a quickie post, will be on properly tomorrow, exams went okay i think, although it's always hard to tell. Tidied up the living room and decluttering my vote this evening! It's my first time!
Penpen - glad to see you back and that cake looks deeeeelish!
Carlsberggal/gran/nan - glad you have heard from Danny, i hope you don't mind i lit a candle for him yesterday.
Toots - i hope you are taking it easy and recovering from your busy day!
I know quite a few people are having stressful/ difficult times at the moment, so hugs for everyone!
xxxChifundo Uzuri Siochain"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost" - JRR Tolkien~~ Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, but love leaves a memory no one can steal ~
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Penelope_Penguin wrote: »Oooooh, where are you - Fife, Sheffield, Whitney or Barking :eek::eek::eek::eek:
Oh she is definitely barking.. have you read some of her posts???:p:p:p:p
Finding me a list.. brushing the wig and off to B&Q for wallpaper!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
Thursdailies
WM
TD
DW
Laundry out, folded and away
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level Three
Wipe sofas and dusty places
Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Wipe out the fridge
Level Three
clean oven
Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Level Three
Wash your shower curtain
Wipe down tiles in bathroom..
sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
need to sort house and car insurance this week
Decorating
[STRIKE] Bedroom deboxed
Fake picture rail removed
Holes filled[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
room sanded..
Dust vacuumed
Skirting scrubbed[/STRIKE]and undercoated
Walls emulsioned
Carpet ordered and paid for and fitting arranged
Bedroom emptied inc manky minging rancid hideous 25 y/o carpet!
Carpet fitted
Bedroom refilled with ONLY things which are staying in here... the rest can be sorted through and flung/rehomed/stored as necessary!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
Welcome back Penny:j:j:j:j:j
L-L~ hope you are ok today :kisses3:
And Diva~ where are you with your purple posts?:o
Sure there was loads more I had to say:o
Had a long sleep last night, still unbroken though, so I am dog tired:(and still sniffing and sneezing with hayfever:mad:
So in all honesty my motivation is ZERO
Right listy~
Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Clean baths, and sinks
Level Two
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
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Extras- Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
- Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
- If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
- Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles
:heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls0 -
Penelope_Penguin wrote: »Oooooh, where are you - Fife, Sheffield, Whitney or Barking :eek::eek::eek::eek:Oh she if definitely barking.. have you read some of her posts???
:p:p:p:p
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I'm not so tired & not so desperate..... mainly thanks to MSEso just call me Notso.....
Yes, I'm juggling and I might drop some.... but at least I'm trying
SPC5 1710 :j0 -
updating
Daily routines/todailies
S&S kitchen F S S
S&S bathroom F S S
Laundry F S S
Ironing W T F S S
Hoover F S S
Meals W T F S S
Make Beds F S S
Feed Fish F S S
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Extras- Freshen up any soft furnishings
- Wipe the woodwork in these areas
Level Three
clean oven and hob!
Extras- Wipe down all the paintwork
Level 1
Check smoke alarms are working
Level 2
Level 3
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!
Extras- Clean windows in these rooms
- Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..
Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Extras- Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
- Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
- Video Camera footage to disc
- Paint lounge door
- sort out photos on discs & develop
- Clean up PC
- Understairs cupboard
- Loft
- Internet providers
- Ebay
Mum to 4 beautiful children
2011 Goals declutter the house :eek: decluttered 42 items :j0 -
Morning :wave:
Welcome back Penny and Jo :j:j
Carlsberggal Glad you heard from DS
(((hugs))) for Toots, Lady L and Diva
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway :j DONE :j
Tuesday ~ 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!
Wipe out the fridge and get rid of anything gross and slide the stuff that needs using now into your meal plan
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Clean through the cupboard full of food.. what needs using soon?
clean oven and hob!
Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!
Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Level Two
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
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Not been around much this week, which is why my list still looks like that ^^^
Plenty of flying to be done today tho, so HHC at 9.30 anyone?I need direction to perfection...0
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