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Weekly Flylady Thread 3 May 2010

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  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 14,316 Forumite
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    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" :p 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

    Vanilla+fruity+cake+Indri+2.JPG

    Penny x


    Wey hey welcome back pen Pen 3.gif

    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.

    Not done much flying, brought wheelie bin back in from its 6.30am empty.
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  • gratefulforhelp_2
    gratefulforhelp_2 Posts: 9,286 Forumite
    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. x
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,242 Forumite
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    kazwookie wrote: »
    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:
  • carol22_2
    carol22_2 Posts: 650 Forumite
    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!

    xxx
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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    edited 6 May 2010 at 9:15AM
    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:p

    Finding me a list.. brushing the wig and off to B&Q for wallpaper!
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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    edited 6 May 2010 at 9:16AM
    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 6/6/14
    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.)
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  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    edited 6 May 2010 at 9:26AM
    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
    1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
    2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
    3. If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
    4. Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • Oooooh, where are you - Fife, Sheffield, Whitney or Barking :eek::eek::eek::eek: :)
    pigpen wrote: »
    Oh she if definitely barking.. have you read some of her posts??? :p:p:p:p:p

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    I'm not so tired & not so desperate..... mainly thanks to MSE :D so just call me Notso.....
    Yes, I'm juggling and I might drop some.... but at least I'm trying ;)
    SPC5 1710 :j
  • Emma133
    Emma133 Posts: 364 Forumite
    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
    1. Freshen up any soft furnishings
    2. Wipe the woodwork in these areas
    Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Level Three
    clean oven and hob!


    Extras
    1. Wipe down all the paintwork
    Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
    Level 1
    Check smoke alarms are working
    Level 2
    Level 3
    Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!


    Extras
    1. Clean windows in these rooms
    2. Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..
    Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    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
    1. Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
    2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
    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
  • Choccybix
    Choccybix Posts: 214 Forumite
    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 ^^^ :o

    Plenty of flying to be done today tho, so HHC at 9.30 anyone?
    I need direction to perfection...
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