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Weekly Flylady Thread 5th July 2010

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  • toottifrootti
    toottifrootti Posts: 6,427 Forumite
    ready steady go.............
    Peace 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

  • Dustykitten
    Dustykitten Posts: 16,507 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Managed to bake the cake and soup is cooking.

    Feeling even grimmer now so I'll get a bit more paperwork done.
    The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair
  • Eltee12
    Eltee12 Posts: 768 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    Morning All

    am enjoying my flyladying - think the cloud of depression is lifting. Hurrah!


    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
    Level One - DONE!
    Level Two
    Clear out a cupboard.. or those drawers you have stuffed full of junk!
    [STRIKE]Wipe and replace small appliances.. Clean one thoroughly![/STRIKE]DONE two - Kettle & toaster :)
    [STRIKE]Sort your medicine cupboard.. do you need to stock up on anything? Hayfever meds? plasters? bite cream? [/STRIKE]DONE
    Level Three DONE


    Extras
    1. HHI
    2. [STRIKE]quick wipe over the hob and oven [/STRIKE]DONE
    3. Defrost the freezer if that needs doing.. shouldn't take long in this weather!
    4. Binbag dance
    Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
    Level 1 - DONE!

    Level 2
    Dusting, even if around everything
    Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
    Clear the mantel and only put back the items which are supposed to be there.. and that doesn't include letters, keys or other treasure!
    Level 3
    Open a drawer.. sort the junk within!
    [STRIKE]15 minutes sort of the junk on the landing![/STRIKE]DONE
    [STRIKE]
    Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself[/STRIKE]DONE
    Check the smoke alarms




    Extras
    1. [STRIKE]sort shoes and coats and bags! [/STRIKE]DONE
    2. Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
    3. Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
    4. [STRIKE]Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it[/STRIKE] DONE

    Wednesday - childrens rooms and spare rooms
    Level One - DONE
    Level Two
    Vacuum the floor
    Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
    Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
    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



    Extras
    1. Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
    2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
    3. HHI
    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!
    Thursday ~ Bedroom & Landing
    Level One - DONE!
    Level Two - DONE!


    Extras
    1. 15 minutes filing!
    2. binbag dance
    3. [STRIKE]Clean the windows[/STRIKE] DONE!
    4. [STRIKE]15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome! [/STRIKE]DONE!
    Eltee's Extras this week


    [STRIKE]Wash our bedroom nets, curtains and pelmet-thingy.
    [/STRIKE][STRIKE]Wash junk room and bathroom curtains etc.
    [/STRIKE][STRIKE]clean windows, sills etc. of above rooms whilst nets etc being washed! [/STRIKE]
    DONE! DONE! and DONE!

    Sooooooooo




    Eltee's Extra Extra's for rest of week:
    • put lurking winter clothes into bags
    • put bags of lurking winter clothes into loft
    • chuck out [STRIKE]11[/STRIKE] 10 items of old, sad, not-fit-for-purpose-or-charity clothing, due to recent acquisition of new clothes (bought in sale of course)
    2018 AFD 23/240
    2018 CCC #11 £38.40/£250
    Mortgage-free since 2013

    Debt-free since Nov 2017
  • Apologies for my bout of self pity last night and thanks to those who jollied me out of it especially toots xxx

    Today I have been out for coffee with a friend and had a wander round town with her and it really helped lift my mood.

    On a flying front bacause I have been out I have done sod all and do you know what I dont give a stuff:rotfl:
    The bedroom will still be there tomorrow:D
    You learn to love to live
    You fight and you forgive
    You face the darkest night
    Just live before you die
  • toochoosey
    toochoosey Posts: 7,371 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Soooo tired, work done, lunch scoffed, TD on again. Need to sort out some dry stuff. Got a party to take DD to later and would rather not stay...me and another mum are going to try and get from there and pick them up when it finishes.......got lots to do but the legs are not co-operating......will see how I feel about 2:30....xx
  • toottifrootti
    toottifrootti Posts: 6,427 Forumite
    Dusty (((hugs))) hope you feel better soon
    longtermlurker glad you are feel brighter today

    In my HHc
    I emptied a bookcase and cleaned the bookcase
    I moved stuff from where the bookcase is going to be
    dusted the skirtings there and hoovered the space
    took in the washing

    trying to decided if i will stick with my origial re-arrangemnt or try the new idea I have come up with:rotfl:

    toots xx
    Peace 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

  • Sunnygirl_2
    Sunnygirl_2 Posts: 978 Forumite
    Sunnygirl hhhmmm...no housework ...pink nails..... I dont know about that:rotfl: there are such things as marigolds!!!!:rotfl:

    Ok, maybe some light flying then. But not until later...I'm having a late lunch then a shower before my spray tan later on. So best get eating or I'll never be done for the school run.

    How did your HHC go Toots?

    ETA: Crossed posts with you...you did really good on your HHC...I have having to clear my bookcase, everything gets dumped on there and it takes ages.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 8 July 2010 at 1:45PM
    DD1's bank account opened and EMA form posted.. 1 form less!!!

    I just need my mother to come write some blarb on the DLA forms for the girls and I can post those.. and I need to print a couple more pages for the family fund forms and that can go too..

    See.. I am getting through them.. slowly!!!

    2 more loads of washing in..
    2 empty baskets brought upstairs
    4 loads folded ready to put away off the line and another 2 loads hung out.

    OH paired some socks and wiped the table

    Children are tidying the front room when they get in..
    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.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • vanilla
    vanilla Posts: 3,277 Forumite
    Help......... DD has spilt black ink on her cream carpet last night :mad: She didn't say until now, how would i get it off?
    Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough.
    And things go wrong no matter what I do.
    Now and then it seems that life is just too much.
    But you've got the love I need to see me through.
    :j :j
  • LameWolf
    LameWolf Posts: 11,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 8 July 2010 at 2:19PM
    Thursday ~ Bedroom & Landing
    Level One
    Open the window and air the room
    Done
    Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash.. replace well before bedtime!
    Done (Saturday as always)
    Level Two
    Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet
    Done (see above)
    Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
    No floordrobe. Oh, alright, there were 2 sarong clips that needed to be put away in the box. *rolleyes*
    Find 10 things to get rid of!..
    N/A – There ain't no more to get rid of.
    Level Three
    Vacuum the landing and bedroom..
    Done (Mr LW)Sort the airing cupboard/linen store/towels etc.. make it all neat and tidy! Done – it's now kept sorted and tidy as we use things from thereRemove some dust mammoths and wipe over the paintwork All dusted, and all paintwork I can get to wiped down.
    Extras

    1. 15 minutes filing! All up to date
    2. binbag dance Still no need.
    3. Clean the windows Done
    4. 15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome! No landing, so no landing gibble, but 15 mins sorting and homing souvenir booklets etc from holiday.
    Afternoon all.

    Another easy day for me today, as the bedroom seems to now stay pretty tidy.

    Longtermlurker another non-ironer here. Mr LW does his work shirts and trousers for the week and any hankies that have been washed on a Sunday, and if there's anything of mine that wants an iron, he does that too.:A But 90% of our stuff never sees the iron at all. In fact, whenever Piggers puts HHI on the list, I do HHWii instead!
    Oh, and on the Fluffy Mules front..... I'm more than willing to give anyone who wants it a boot up the bum with my Goblin Kickers.:p

    Apart from getting done what needed doing in the bedroom, I've got another load of washing dried and into the airing cupboard, done a few online surveys, and pre-ordered “Going Postal” on DVD and the forthcoming Terry Pratchett book “I Shall Wear Midnight”. Well, I figured it was good use of the Amazon vouchers I'd earned, as Mr LW will definitely want both of these.:D

    Have also decluttered a piece of the carrot'n'orange cake. Naughty I know, but when Mr LW cut a piece to take for his lunch today, he informed me he'd cut a piece for me to have, too. So it'd be churlish not to eat it now, wouldn't it?;)

    Pasta with cheese sauce for dins tonight – I'm still erring on the side of soft foods – and I think we'll use up some banananananas for pud.:D

    ((((HUGS)))) and posi-vibes wherever needed - I suppose I'd better go and declutter some calories on the Wii now.:o
    If your dog thinks you're the best, don't seek a second opinion.;)
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