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Weekly Flylady Thread 21st June 2010
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Afternoon all,
I'm going to do a HHC at 12.20 if anyone wants to join me?0 -
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mudders I just knew you were neglecting my lovely stripes - you bad mummy person:rotfl: - wooof woooofity woof warf wuff woof woof woof woof wooooooooooooooooof!!!!:D:D loosely translated for those of you who cant speak spotty dog - dont worry i will be there to rescue you when my wee legs have recovered! sending you loads of cuddles and hugs xx:D
ooooooooh I just remembered I had arranged to emmigrate today or was it become a nun - anyway sorry G&B:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Valli come on honey bunch - get a grip and get those reports done so you can relax for the rest of the weekend.
have watered the poor dry garden - hung outr a load of washing and done bacon for my lunch - almost got the DW filled so that can go on after lunch - just clearing the table in the kitchen so that i can get it cleaned and put clean cloth on after cleaner has been - oh and have emptied and cleaned the kitchen bin.
back to the grind:rotfl:
toots xxPeace will be mine
could do better - must try harder
Live each day as if its your last
DFW Nerd #1000 Proud to be dealing with my debts
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Kick the onerous task into touch list THEN I can fly (notice I am using flying as a reward/incentive here!)
[STRIKE]Reports x 5[/STRIKE]
reports x 5
Reports x 5
Reports x 5
Reports x 5
E mail reports
Then I will construct a new listy-poo!
head thumping - time for lunchDon't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily DickinsonJanice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
Friday ~ Childrens/Spare rooms All done :j:D0
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Newlywed:- my partner was the same but over the past few of being on the injured list he's soon changed his tune. Just stay on strike i would the lazy gets:mad:
mubdbath :- brilliants about your ds, 6 weeks and counting:T wow great weightloss.
Mummyof5:- your dd is shocking, you did the right thing ignoring her though. Hope things work out soon for you x
Jojo - my eldest tried that with me before after seeing his friends do it to there mothers (he's 10), i said the same thing to him and he hasn't tried it since. He's knows darn well not to try it with me. I'm short but scary.
pen-pen - brilliant news on the insurance front!!!
Well my front room is looking very clean, OH decided to hang out a load of washing and take kids to school . While i was told not to move or he'll prod my knee.
Another scary thing happened, he asked me gulp to make a list of jobs for him to do :eek: i think my OH has been abducted my aliens or something.
Right going to do a bit more paperwork.
Piggers get those forms printed out!!!0 -
forms are having to wait.. I have 2 more arrived in the post I need to do.. one needs to be in by the 30th!!! and I can't find my child benefit letter :eek: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
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Hi,
In my HHC i
Washed up
S & S kitchen
Cleaned bin lid
Cleaned bathroom mirror
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Level Three
[STRIKE]Oven and hob degrotting! [/STRIKE]
Extras- 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!
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear floors of guff and stuff
Wipe down tiles in bathroom..[/STRIKE] defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks[/STRIKE]
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
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Extras[STRIKE]Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
[/STRIKE]Utility Room
Tidy
S & S
Sweep & mop
Wednesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Vacuum sofas!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort out coats, shoes and bags
[STRIKE]Clean any electricals.. don't be frazzling yourselves though![/STRIKE]
Level Three
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
Extras- Catch up on some calls/emails
- [STRIKE]Wipe the windows in these areas[/STRIKE]
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Clean lightshade. And remove dead insects
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
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.
Extras
- Clear a box of clutter from the landing
- Make any necessary phone calls
Level One
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!!
Level Two
Drag the stuff from under the beds and place it in it's proper homes!
Level Three
Vacuum the floor
deweb and fluff the room
clean the windows
Extras- 15 minutes filing!
Extras
Ebay
Sort Ds2's toys
Finish painting cabinets etc
Sort out sewing machine
Take up curtains
Sort car boot stuff
Clean car
Put summer duvets on 2/3 done
Wash & vac pack winter duvets
Get form signed & posted
Fill green bag there's a little bit in there
Deal with post almost done
Take sunglasses & calculator back to shop
Take carrier bags to be recycled
Sort bath toys & bleach / chuck
Clear top of FF
Put 2 bags of books on swap sites
Sort bathroom stuff
Get OH to take 1 cabinet
Wrap & post 1 book
I'm going to do another HHC at 1.00.0 -
gunsandbanjos - pleased the sickness has stopped and hope you are feeling better soon.
soappie - lovely chicks. I wish I had space to keep some.
mumto5 - Congratulations to your son.
mummyyof5 - Thinking of you and hope you get it sorted out with your daughter soon. I have a teenage daughter and really don't know what I would do if she ever hit me. Big hugs to you.
As for flying this week, as I said before, I have been sorting out the spare/play room most of the week as my dd wants to move into it. Managed to sort 5 binbag loads for the charity shops and have handed them in, a bag for dd youth club jumble sale, given some stuff to neighbour's dd and filled two binbags of rubbish.
Have also done lots of batch cooking for the freezer. DD is off to Germany with the school on Sunday so my dh and I will be off to the caravan for a few days.:j
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
[/STRIKE]Empty the Pan cupboard!! Sort those oven trays, tighten handles on pans.
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, [/STRIKE]clean out any spills or grots in there!
Wipe dining table.. (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
- HHI .. bit of a catch up!!
- 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!
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
[STRIKE]Clear any clutter from desk[/STRIKE]
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
[STRIKE]Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry
[/STRIKE]
Extras- [STRIKE]Wipe[/STRIKE] the skirtings, [STRIKE]door[/STRIKE] 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
- [/STRIKE]replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
Level One
[STRIKE]Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors[/STRIKE] and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
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!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC [STRIKE]in the hallway.. vacuum floors[/STRIKE]/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling those broken umbrellas and junk mail!
Change any dead lightbulbs!
Extras- [STRIKE]
- Catch up on some calls/emails
- Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
- [/STRIKE]Clean fires/behind radiators
- Wipe the windows in these areas
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers[/STRIKE].
[STRIKE]Fling open the window and let in the summer!
[/STRIKE]Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Clean lightshade. And remove dead insects
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
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!!
[STRIKE]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
- Clear a box of clutter from the landing
- Make any necessary phone calls
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear the floor
[/STRIKE]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!!
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
[/STRIKE]deweb and fluff the room
clean the windows
Extras- 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
- 15 minutes filing!
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Afternoon all
Work done for the day
DS2 off school sick
PenPen - glad things are turning out positive after such a horrid experience. Can I ask who you insure with? Don't forget to up your security as like the others said they will be back for the new things in about 6 weeks.
I've set the wm
Going to have some lunch
do my dailies
make some soup for DS2 for later
If I've time I'll do paperwork or dusting after that - it is too hot to do much else!The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair0
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