Flylady Challenge - Take 3

johnjp

DeniseNZ wrote:

Rushing in and rushing out again . . .

Work - where I am now - sigh;
[STRIKE]wrap[/STRIKE] and deliver MIL Christmas present (she's off to Australia tomorrow and is hoping to stay thru Christmas :j )
Call plumber;
Clean bathroom in case plumber comes;
Sort dinner;
Starting at the gym tonight, meet instructor at 7pm :eek:
Laundry;
Sleep


Hmm - will probably eat dinner in there somewhere as well!

Why clean the bathroom, the plumber will make it messy again!

Baileys_Babe

Daily:
WM load/run/empty
put away clean washing
DW load/run/empty (as often as neccesary)
make bed
prepare for next day
wash up/put away (anything that can not go in the DW)
Deal with emails
Deal with post (not Sunday)
Keep up with this thread

Thursday:
Contact friend who was being induced on Tuesday, now postponed until the weekend
Banking
Post office
Help look after 7 toddlers :eek:
Hoover d/stairs
Go to work for a rest (afternoon & evening)
Bake for children in need day


Weekend:
Fit draft excluder
Fit Curtain rail
Hang curtains
Reread house survey

Project ~ Spare room:
Empty stores from wardrobe
Refit rail to built in wardrobe
Remove free standing wardrobe
Reposition bed
Make bed
Sort book shelf
Sort boxes (0/37 sorted) - hopefully this will go up daily
Clean window
Choose curtains
Hang curtains
Find floor & hoover
Wash walls & skirting boards

DeniseNZ

Why clean the bathroom, the plumber will make it messy again!

Um - 'cos four boys use it . . . and it's yucky!!! LOL

roxy7699

its something one does, if ever a room is to be gone in by a stranger it gets dealt with first - i always tidy / prune the garden when my dad volunteers to help me mow the lawn!

DeniseNZ

That's dead right, Roxy

[STRIKE]Work - where I am now - sigh;
wrap and deliver MIL Christmas present (she's off to Australia tomorrow and is hoping to stay thru Christmas )
Call plumber;[/STRIKE]
Clean bathroom in case plumber comes;
[STRIKE]Sort dinner;[/STRIKE]
Starting at the gym tonight, meet instructor at 7pm
Laundry;
Sleep.

Plumber is coming tomorrow, so will give it a clean in the morning.

hex2

work today so no flying - I mostly like my work so no sympathy required.

It was good to go to bed with a virtuous glow knowing I had made a good start on the clearing out. Tonight I will start packing some of the books. Had a positive call from our EA last night to say our buyers have finally had the homebuyers back and are signing the contract today with a view to exchanging asap. Huge relief, as I was starting to fret that all this time and money will go into the purchase and then we will lose the sale.

Well done Punky - I wish I was any use at fixing things. I just make regular drinks and nice food for the workers.

Roxy/Denise - I am with you on that one. I hate unannounced visitors for that reason - hard to keep the only reception room clean when you have toddlers. New house has three so hopefully I can keep at least one clean.....

nicki_2

Spent yesterday Xmas shopping so I have all of my list (and some) to do today. Going to go and dig out the childgate NOW :rotfl:

vivw_2

Collecting jars [got through freecycle] and making some marmalade today. Chest infection still not completely gone so shall take it fairly easy as I'm going back to school Monday and I must be fit enough to withstand a whole day teaching
Sink still shining

Penelope_Penguin

Hello, all! I'm still around. I've been reading, and flying, but not posting. Things have just got too hectic at home.

Have local TV cameras here today to make a small film about Freecycle. So need to have a quick swish around, but don't feel nearly as daunted by the state of my home as I would have 6 months ago. They've asked that I make pasta on my brand new Freecycled pasta machine!

Edit, Punky, well done fixing the washing machine. Want to have a go with my laptop?

See you later, Penny. x

Sarahsaver

No pantry here either but what would have been when the house was built is now an utility room
Getting rid of a huge bag of French textbooks via freecycle
Going to the gym
I have also started a few new habits:
10 minutes of ironing a day
Not allowing myself to have my coffee (proper ground coffee) until I have emptied the dishwasher and put the washing in the drier in the morning.
Tidying the house from 2.30 until I leave to fetch the kids at 3
Taking the kids to the adventure playground after school - just next to school, they wear themselves out there and have largely been less inclined to make a mess at home
Paying the kids to do little jobs has worked at least with ds1, he has so far swept the hall, collected dirty laundry and fed the chickens. He's a star he even did what I do, he swept toys out of the door if they were in the hall. If they are unclaimed after a day they are binned.
Hubby has an in tray now so theres one less 'pile' in the kitchen:)

Hex 2 we have 2 'front rooms' and have one which is mainly the childrens' room and one is the 'grownups room' It is a privilege for the children to be in the grownups room, they have to ask, and there are no toys in the grownups room.
I have a weekly trawl of the front room floor and wayward toys which are left out of the box get the 'tidy it or bin it' treatment.