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Weekly Flylady Thread 10th May 2010

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  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 18,076 Forumite
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    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Level One
    Level Two
    Wipe units and large appliances
    Give one small appliance a good clean!
    Straighten the shelf of cookbooks! one done, 2 to go (and they need doing)
    Level Three
    Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
    Clean through the cupboard
    S&S fridge

    Extras
    1. Tidy up all the window sills! one done, one to go
    Tuesday - Master bedroom and landing
    Level One
    replace with clean the bedsheets and duvet cover
    sort out your stash of slap.. what is past its best? Unworn? worn out?
    Level Two
    Clear the floor of clutter.. the landing too!
    Wash the windows
    15 minutes floordrobe clearance
    Level Three
    Clear out one cupboard/wardrobe that needs it
    Turn and vacuum the mattress
    Dust all those spider webs away.. I don't care if they are your halloween decorations!

    Extras - Pick a few!
    1. Fill a binbag for charity shop!
    2. Wash any curtains/duvets/cushions that need doing! spare duvet needs to go to cleaners next weekend when i'm back
    Wednesday - spare rooms
    Level One
    Clear away anything that isn't in it's place I'm packing in there thanks...

    Level Two
    Vacuum the floor
    Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
    Level Three
    Clean 2 windows
    Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season! This is an ongoing exercise ;)
    Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

    Extras
    1. Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
    2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
    3. HHI- this will probably have to wait till I get back, but at least the laundry basket will be pretty much empty!
    4. Mid week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend! have a charity bag to fill for my walk...
    Thursday - Bathroom and Study
    Level One
    Clear the floors of clutter
    [STRIKE] Open the windows and air the rooms[/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    Clean/vacuum the floors
    Shine the bath
    ,basins etc
    Twinkle the tiles
    Level three
    Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
    declutter the pc desk
    Sparkle the mirrors and windows in these rooms

    Extras
    1. Binbag dance
    2. Throw out/get rid of 3 things from every room in your house!!
    3. 15 minutes filing
    4. HHG.. if your garden is already beautiful go out and enjoy it for half an hour!! Mowed... still need to plant some stuff before I go...
    Friday ~ Living room, Hall, Stairs and Porch!
    Level One

    Tidy away the coats and bags and shoes etc have a dry cleaning voucher for coats, so need to remember to take them in next week too :D
    Level Two

    Level Three
    straighten any books/CDs/DVDs etc on shelves
    Guess I'd better get on with it. I now have nice tidy nails, and I've had a couple of layers of gel puton the damaged one, in the hope that I can make it through the week without it breaking :cool:

    The sooner the housework is done, the sooner I can get my presentation sorted :o
  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 18,076 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Quiet here today...

    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Level One
    Level Two
    Wipe units and large appliances
    Give one small appliance a good clean!
    Straighten the shelf of cookbooks! one done, 2 to go (and they need doing)
    Level Three
    Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
    Clean through the cupboard
    S&S fridge

    Extras
    1. Tidy up all the window sills! one done, one to go
    Tuesday - Master bedroom and landing
    Level One
    replace with clean the bedsheets and duvet cover
    sort out your stash of slap.. what is past its best? Unworn? worn out?
    Level Two
    [STRIKE] Clear the floor of clutter.. the landing too![/STRIKE]
    Wash the windows
    [STRIKE] 15 minutes floordrobe clearance[/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    Clear out one cupboard/wardrobe that needs it
    Turn and vacuum the mattress
    [STRIKE] Dust all those spider webs away.. I don't care if they are your halloween decorations![/STRIKE]

    Extras - Pick a few!
    1. Fill a binbag for charity shop!
    2. Wash any curtains/duvets/cushions that need doing! spare duvet needs to go to cleaners next weekend when i'm back
    Wednesday - spare rooms
    Level One
    Clear away anything that isn't in it's place I'm packing in there thanks...

    Level Two
    [STRIKE] Vacuum the floor[/STRIKE]
    Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
    Level Three
    Clean 2 windows
    Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season! This is an ongoing exercise ;)
    Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

    Extras
    1. Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
    2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
    3. HHI- this will probably have to wait till I get back, but at least the laundry basket will be pretty much empty!
    4. Mid week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend! have a charity bag to fill for my walk...
    Thursday - Bathroom and Study
    Level One
    [STRIKE] Clear the floors of clutter[/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    [STRIKE] Clean/vacuum the floors[/STRIKE]
    Shine the bath,basins etc
    Twinkle the tiles
    Level three
    Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
    declutter the pc desk
    Sparkle the mirrors and windows in these rooms

    Extras
    1. [STRIKE]Binbag dance [/STRIKE]
    2. Throw out/get rid of 3 things from every room in your house!!
    3. 15 minutes filing
    4. HHG.. if your garden is already beautiful go out and enjoy it for half an hour!! Mowed... still need to plant some stuff before I go...
    Friday ~ Living room, Hall, Stairs and Porch!
    Level One

    Tidy away the coats and bags and shoes etc have a dry cleaning voucher for coats, so need to remember to take them in next week too :D
    Level Two

    Level Three
    straighten any books/CDs/DVDs etc on shelves

    Need to wash the upstairs floors now I've removed the layer of hair/dust/grime...
  • hex2
    hex2 Posts: 4,736 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Done :D
    Tuesday - Master bedroom and landing
    Level One

    Level Two
    Clear the floor of clutter.. the landing too!
    Wash the windows
    Level Three
    Clear out one cupboard/wardrobe that needs it
    Turn and vacuum the mattress
    Dust all those spider webs away.. I don't care if they are your halloween decorations!

    Wednesday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
    Level One
    Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
    Level Two
    Vacuum the floor
    Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
    turn and vacuum mattresses!!
    Level Three
    Clean 2 windows
    Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
    Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

    Thursday - Bathroom and Study
    All done :D

    Friday ~ Living room, Hall, Stairs and Porch!

    Tidy the understair cupboard

    More than I thought done :T

    We gardened this morning, and went for a walk this afternoon which takes me to 107k steps since Monday :D. The new hens are finally laying so I have a made a swiss roll and a cappuchino cake whilst the chicken roasts for dinner.

    Still to do, supervision of small and medium sized boy homework :cool: and the ironing for next week :(.
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need' Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • serena
    serena Posts: 2,387 Forumite
    I'm here avoiding planning...:cool:

    Although I have translated a powerpoint on prepositions from French into Spanish, and managed the animation with only a little bit of expert consultation from DS1. This is a lot more exciting than it sounds, as I have little black mice flying in from all over the place into, onto, behind, in front and next to all sorts of furniture (we did furniture last week...)

    I had to do coffees after church this morning, which I only disciovered at about 9.30, just in time, messed up the arrangements fopr the rest of the day though.

    Found out last week that we are having an OFSTED style visit from the advisory service, next Wednesday, my birthday, and I'll probably be observed twice. Oh joy. I've been told I need really stunning and sparkly lesson plans - which has resulted in two sleepless nights, and a complete disappearance of my imagination. It's bad timing as it's the last lesson before the break, and I usually do a fun lesson, usually based on something cultural -like Easter - and involvng chocolate, or cake or both.;) Actually, I think chocoate will have to feature somwewhere.
    It is never too late to become what you were always intended to be
  • Hugs, serena you can do it!

    Got to the bottom of the ironing hill, not so much a mountain this week.
    Please do not confuse me with other gratefulsforhelp. x
  • Jassa
    Jassa Posts: 355 Forumite
    Hi :j

    Friday ~ Living room, Hall, Stairs and Porch!ALL DONE

    Thanks to Pigpen for leaving this until last this week - living room has looked great for the weekend - especially when friends popped round.

    Welcome back to those who have been on their travels and good luck to those about to set off.

    Mountain of ironing to do.... I'll check to see if there is anything on TV later on to keep me company.

    Mrs B - hugs to you, hope you are OK.

    Jx
    I could give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter!
    Shoe love is true love
    Debt-free 21/12/09 and determined to stay that way - still DF 09/10/17
  • AnW'sMum
    AnW'sMum Posts: 4,416 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Still catching up with you all

    Just printed 97 pages :eek: of instructions for W so he can combine two if his lego kits. Fortunately I printed them in booklet form so I 'only' used 25 sheets of paper! First time I have tried the booklet printing option on the printer and I am mightily impressed :D just hope W is equally impressed!!!!!

    Seems a lot of peeps are in need of hugs so feel free to take one next time you are passing.

    ETA been thinking about hols this year and the need to recruit helpers with getting the awning set up! Will keep you posted.
    Official Mascot and Chief Cheerleader for the 'Mortgage Free in Three' Gang :D
  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 18,076 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 16 May 2010 at 5:17PM
    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Level One
    Level Two
    Wipe units and large appliances
    Give one small appliance a good clean!
    Straighten the shelf of cookbooks! one done, 2 to go (and they need doing)
    Level Three
    Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
    Clean through the cupboard
    S&S fridge

    Extras
    1. Tidy up all the window sills! one done, one to go
    Tuesday - Master bedroom and landing
    Level One
    replace with clean the bedsheets and duvet cover
    sort out your stash of slap.. what is past its best? Unworn? worn out?
    Level Two
    Level Three
    Clear out one cupboard/wardrobe that needs it
    Turn and vacuum the mattress

    Extras - Pick a few!
    1. Fill a binbag for charity shop!
    2. Wash any curtains/duvets/cushions that need doing! spare duvet needs to go to cleaners next weekend when i'm back
    Wednesday - spare rooms
    Level One
    Clear away anything that isn't in it's place I'm packing in there thanks...

    Level Two
    [strike]Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!![/strike
    Level Three
    Clean 2 windows
    Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season! This is an ongoing exercise ;)
    [strike]Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors[/strike]

    Extras

    1. [STRIKE]Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames! [/STRIKE]
    2. HHI- this will probably have to wait till I get back, but at least the laundry basket will be pretty much empty!
    3. Mid week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend! have a charity bag to fill for my walk...
    Thursday - Bathroom and Study
    Level One
    Level Two
    Shine the bath,basins etc
    Twinkle the tiles
    Level three
    [STRIKE]Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
    declutter the pc desk[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE] Sparkle the mirrors in these rooms[/STRIKE] and the pictures and window sills

    Extras

    1. Throw out/get rid of 3 things from every room in your house!!
    2. [STRIKE]15 minutes filing [/STRIKE]
    3. HHG.. if your garden is already beautiful go out and enjoy it for half an hour!! Mowed... still need to plant some stuff before I go...
    Friday ~ Living room, Hall, Stairs and Porch!
    Level One

    Tidy away the coats and bags and shoes etc have a dry cleaning voucher for coats, so need to remember to take them in next week too :D
    Level Two

    Level Three
    straighten any books/CDs/DVDs etc on shelves
  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 14,338 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 16 May 2010 at 5:26PM
    AnW'sMum wrote: »
    Still catching up with you all

    Just printed 97 pages :eek: of instructions for W so he can combine two if his lego kits. Fortunately I printed them in booklet form so I 'only' used 25 sheets of paper! First time I have tried the booklet printing option on the printer and I am mightily impressed :D just hope W is equally impressed!!!!!

    Seems a lot of peeps are in need of hugs so feel free to take one next time you are passing.

    ETA been thinking about hols this year and the need to recruit helpers with getting the awning set up! Will keep you posted.

    As the Minster for Transport, I feel it is my duty to offer my help if you are in my direction, or that of Norfolk , then I can combine a trip!! :D

    Mount ironmore has been vaporised!! :D

    More plants potted on, I think it is about to rain again
    Breast Cancer Now 100 miles October 2022 100 / 100miles
    D- Day 80km June 2024 80/80km (10.06.24 all done)
    Diabetic UK 1 million steps July 2024 to complete by end Sept 2024. 1,001,066/ 1,000,000 (20.09.24 all done)
    Breast Cancer Now 100 miles 1st May 2025 (18.05.2025 all done)
    Diabetic UK 1 million steps July 2025 to complete by end Sept 2025. 1,006,489 / 1,000,000 (10.09.25 all done)
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  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,561 Forumite
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    all ironing done

    horrible put-off job done
    I promised myself I could iron when I had done it;)
    I could win a prize for procrastination, me...
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
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