Weekly Flylady Thread 21st June 2010

gunsandbanjos

pigpen wrote: »

Tiddles ends up being carried... at 5.5 that isn't so easy any more.. and when she goes down.. Moomin at 7.5 (same size as tiddles though) wants to be up.. Her muscles in her back go into spasm leaving her in pain for days if she has to walk too far.

DD gets carried quite a bit too, at 6.5 i'm glad she is still little. She weighed herself on my scales yesterday, fully clothed including shoes and she was 2st 8:o She has dodgy hips, a wonky spine, an incompetent heart and fairly crappy lungs:cool: So i don't grudge carrying her sometimes, who needs to go to the gym when you have a higgledy piggledy child:p

Having a lazy day today, may do some ironing later if i can be faffed.

Hope you are ok Holly, there is a virus going round here at the moment which is knocking people for 6. I've felt shoddy for about 2 weeks now. Horrendous headaches, sore ears, swollen glands, been coughing for ages and totally lost my voice at the weekend, also incredibly tired for no real reason. A fair few of the mums at school have had it.

Hugs to all those in need, hope Lady L is enjoying Glastonbury:T

pigpen

Mine are both 3st4.. fully clothed and shod.. also weighed yesterday.. must have been the day for it.. My 5 year old is fairly average sizewise. I simply cannot cary them at the moment.. obviously .. and Tiddles has only been out of the pushchair since last October and it had a bit on the back Tiddles could be stood on.. this is why I think we have only just really noticed their walking is so restricted because they never had to do it before. KH wheels Tiddles to his on his bike and carries her home on his shoulders..

lemanie

Morning all,
DD and DS1 at home today, inset days so have made them help and we have managed this so far. Need to work now but will carry on later.

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One[STRIKE]
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Empty the Pan cupboard!! Sort those oven trays, tighten handles on pans[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep [/STRIKE]and mop floors
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table[/STRIKE].. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round.. lightshades need doing!
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Oven and hob degrotting!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Extras
Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms, and any other glass!
Dust/clean/wash any blinds or curtains
[STRIKE]HHI .. bit of a catch up!! [/STRIKE]
Sort your drawer of large cutlery things.. slotted spoons, spatulas.. clean out the drawer, flin the things you don't need/use and make it all neat and tidy!
Tuesday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear floors of guff and stuff[/STRIKE]
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! 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 [STRIKE]
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
[/STRIKE]sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
[STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry [/STRIKE]
Extras
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
wipe the tops of the cabinets and cupboards in therse rooms[STRIKE]
Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it [/STRIKE]
Wednesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One[STRIKE]
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort out coats, shoes and bags
Clean any electricals.. don't be frazzling yourselves though!
[/STRIKE]Level Three[STRIKE]
Check those smoke alarms!
[/STRIKE]Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
[STRIKE]HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling those broken umbrellas and junk mail!
Change any dead lightbulbs![/STRIKE]
Extras [STRIKE]
Catch up on some calls/emails
Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
Clean fires[/STRIKE]/behind radiators
[STRIKE]Wipe the windows in these areas
[/STRIKE]Thursday ~ Master bedroom & landing
Level 1
[STRIKE]Check fire alarms are working[/STRIKE]
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.[STRIKE]
Fling open the window and let in the spring!
[/STRIKE]Level 2
[STRIKE]Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..[/STRIKE]
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Clean lightshade. And remove dead insects
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/STRIKE]
Level 3 [STRIKE]
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of.. you WILL have nothing left lol!!
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
[/STRIKE]Extras
[STRIKE]grab a binbag and clear that clutter [/STRIKE]
Clean windows in these rooms [STRIKE]
Clear a box of clutter from the landing
Make any necessary phone calls
[/STRIKE]Friday ~ Childrens/Spare rooms
Level One[STRIKE]
Clear the floor
Spend at least half an hour doing something just for yourself.. a nice bath, a manicure.. just your time! Make that appointment to have your hair done!!
[/STRIKE]Level Two[STRIKE]
strip the beds and wash those sheets.. and any duvets that need doing
Drag the stuff from under the beds and place it in it's proper homes!
[/STRIKE]Level Three[STRIKE]
Vacuum the floor
deweb and fluff the room
[/STRIKE]clean the windows
Extras [STRIKE]
Wash any curtains/throws/cushions etc that need it
[/STRIKE]Wipe sticky marks from walls and doors
[STRIKE]Clean any tv's, pc's playstations in the room [/STRIKE]
15 minutes filing!

kassey

Thursday ~ Master bedroom & landing All done:j:D

mummyslittleboy

pigpen wrote: »

ooooohhh.. Cool... you can request bulky item collection from the council online... I've been putting it off for weeks so I didn't have to speak to a moron on the switchboard.. DONE ... in about 3 seconds!

I keep forgetting about the bulky item collection as we never ha that were we used to live and I usuallt get to the tip and then remember:o

Triker wrote: »

Mmmmm cutbacks are already happening re local authority services...don't be surprised folks if you find all those 'taken for granted' services disappearing.

Redundancies already announced in my L.A. I think my job is safe.:eek:

So already overworked and hard pressed and under appreciated L.A. workers will be under more pressure with fewer services...

On the plus side the banks are safe!!!!!!:mad:

Fingers crossed for you that your job is safe

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

DD gets carried quite a bit too, at 6.5 i'm glad she is still little. She weighed herself on my scales yesterday, fully clothed including shoes and she was 2st 8:o She has dodgy hips, a wonky spine, an incompetent heart and fairly crappy lungs:cool: So i don't grudge carrying her sometimes, who needs to go to the gym when you have a higgledy piggledy child:p

I can't carry DS further than down the stairs as my back is just constant agony due to the Scoliosis and EDS at the moment he is still in his pushchair which is to small but its the only way we can get out when we need to.All I can say is thank goodness for supermarkets home delivery:D

Ds picked up from development centre
S+S Kitchen
stairs decluttered:eek: DS had covered it in toys this morning:mad:
Windows all open its so hot again today
Having a coffee break then going to strip 2 beds Tidy DS's room and clean the bathroom well thats the plan

gunsandbanjos

mummyslittleboy wrote: »

I can't carry DS further than down the stairs as my back is just constant agony due to the Scoliosis and EDS at the moment he is still in his pushchair which is to small but its the only way we can get out when we need to.All I can say is thank goodness for supermarkets home delivery:D

Didn't realise you had scoliosis, that is a major part of my DD's problems. How does it affect you if you don't mind me asking? Is really interesting to know from an adult point of view, as where my DD is quite good, she can't always articulate how she feels properly.

hollyh

Hi,

I've done nothing today except school & nursery runs and feeding myself and Ds2. I'm going to do a HHC at 1.00 if anyone wants to join me?

Pollybear

Afternoon all

I've done the bathroom and toilet today. No washing (not enough for a load). I've also cut the front and back grass, edged it and swept up, after spraying insect repellent over myself. I don't want to be bitten again, my ankle is still swollen from last week. Seems to have worked.

I've also sat and cracked open the half bag of mixed nuts left from Christmas. I don't like nuts but I bought them for DH and I'm fed up of seeing them sitting on the side. Dated end of March! If he doesn't want them now they're all deshelled I'll give them to DD2 for her birdtable, she gets a squirrel visit too so I'm sure they'll go.

Hope everyone's OK, not caught right up yet.

mummyslittleboy

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Didn't realise you had scoliosis, that is a major part of my DD's problems. How does it affect you if you don't mind me asking? Is really interesting to know from an adult point of view, as where my DD is quite good, she can't always articulate how she feels properly.

I was only diagnosed with it in December last year and at the same time got told I have EDS,But have had constant back pain for about 9 years now(meds are rubbish) my back locks up a lot especially if i am in a bent over position for to long for example if DS is in the bath if i bend over the bath to get him out my back locks up so it can make life difficult but my eldest DD is a great help.

I was told if I don't change my lifestyle and start to pace myself I will end up in a wheelchair because of it but its not so easy to change your life with 3 kids

I have heard if it gets to bad when they are kids they can operate on it but not sure how bad it has to be for them to do that.

DS couldn't tell us if he was in pain and it can be so frustrating but its much easier now he can communicate with the makaton as he can tell us if it hurts anywere.

mummyslittleboy

hollyh wrote: »

Hi,

I've done nothing today except school & nursery runs and feeding myself and Ds2. I'm going to do a HHC at 1.00 if anyone wants to join me?

I will join you need to move myself of this chair or i will be welded to it:rotfl::rotfl: