Flylady Challenge - Take 3

Chipps

carlih1 wrote:

Does anybody know how to change the flylady's time the posts come through as i get told to go to bed about 4 hours too late lol.
Carli

You can't change the times, but there is a UK list you can sign up to which sends them at a more reasonable hour! Mind you, yahoo are mucking my mail up at the moment & so I tend to get them at odd times anyway - if they come at all!!!!

joannasmum

Back from toddlers , dd eating lunch then going for a sleep heres what I did before we went out this morning.

1. Hang and Pin curtains
2. Sweep and mop all hard floors
3. Iron washing
4. Tidy airing cupboard
5. Sort mine and DH clothes for winter
6. Wash shower curtain
7. Peg out nappies Done
8. Wash dark load Done
9. Sort out blue basket and put away contents
10. Sort recycling

Will crack on as soon as DD is asleep.

carlih1

Chipps wrote:

You can't change the times, but there is a UK list you can sign up to which sends them at a more reasonable hour! Mind you, yahoo are mucking my mail up at the moment & so I tend to get them at odd times anyway - if they come at all!!!!

Don't suppose you have the link?

Ironing -in m,iddle of
Put on dishwasher and empty - done
Sort out SP2 on dd's pc - doing! Getting stuck on the way. lol.

Chipps

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FLYingInUnitedKingdom/

mrs_baggins

God!! i have just read the flylady thread for the first time and I just feel so sluttish!! I admit I hardly do anything!! oh dear! there are just the 2 of us now and we are both out at work all day during the week and must admit that when I get home i generally just laze about!Even worse to admit is that I dont do anyone else's ironing except my own. my hubby does his own . I do wash them though and fold them up (usually!) God it make me sound like I have a real pigsty of a house but I dont think it is. I am not the tidiest at putting my clothes away so do tend to stay where i took them off for a day or so till I get round to doing something about them. When I get home from work i make phones clals if I have to deal with anything , think about making some dinner and sometimes even get around to it. Its just the way we both are I suppose we are neither of us big eaters but I have been making an effort lately to actually cook something rather than snack or zap meals. I still feel guilty though as the only housekeeping i do apart from washing and washing up gets done ina couple of hours sometime at the weekend. Its no good I am a cra* housewife- I admit it!

carlih1

I feel awful too, i have only been doing medial tasks not routine tasks, and i have been decluttering etc. Have been rading a thread on here about organising your week, and it is starting to help, if i can draw up a rota???

joannasmum

Unfortunately the DD only slept for an hour, so I didnt get much done

1. Hang and Pin curtains
2. Sweep and mop all hard floors
3. Iron washing
4. Tidy airing cupboard
5. Sort mine and DH clothes for winter Done
6. Wash shower curtain Done
7. Peg out nappies Done
8. Wash dark load Done
9. Sort out blue basket and put away contents
10. Sort recycling Done

mrs-moneypenny

havent been on the puter for 4 days cos children needed it.

clean the fish tank out today it now looks spotless (poor things couldnt see, and i'd forgotten how many we had ) so it needed doing!!!
i must say now the tank is clean its totally improved the look of the lounge as well as being a much healthier environment for the fish

Made a start on ironing mountain yesterday i did 48 t shirts!!! still loads more to do. a friend came round while i was doing it and was going on about how wonderfully anthea folds t shirts but couldnt remember how to do it. it sounded facinating but we couldnt work out what to do i'd never seen it and shed forgotten so it was like the blind leading the blind LOL. does anyone know the method she was going on about please?

Penelope_Penguin

mrs-moneypenny wrote:

a friend came round while i was doing it and was going on about how wonderfully anthea folds t shirts but couldnt remember how to do it. it sounded facinating but we couldnt work out what to do i'd never seen it and shed forgotten so it was like the blind leading the blind LOL. does anyone know the method she was going on about please?

Morning, to Mrs MP and all other Flypeople!

Anthea's t-shirt folding trick looks impressive, but in my experience, falls apart at the back when you try to pick up the shirt. Try this, with a short-sleeved, collarless t-shirt (child's if you have one, or the smallest of yours) first, while you get the hang of it. You can then go advanced with long sleeved and collars!

Put the t-shirt face down on a flat surface. Fold about a third of each side in towasrds the middle. Fold in half from the bottom. Turn over - perfect!

I've been doing this for years. Not as impressive as Anthea's, I admit, but it works, and looks neat.

If you don't get the hang of this, PM me, and I'll post photos!

Penny. x

Penelope_Penguin

Hello, again!

Not been on for a couple of days, but now have my 5-day-weekend again, so will be "flying on gas"!

Mending - done
Clean hob and kettle - done
Dining room: clean window, sweep floor, clean fireplace (Zeebrite it), sort sideboard,
Clean grill
pack away camping kit;
clean out goldfish;
Change children’s beds - they did that :T
car for aircon and tyre repair – done(aircon needs another part, so will need to go in again next week)
bin to put out - done
wash school shirts - done
charity bag to be taken – put out but they didn’t come for it!
shopping list - done
boxes for understairs storage;
Empty Dyson, and give it a bit of TLC – it’s taken a hammering in the last few days!
Pick and dry beans
Pay window cleaner
make cherry jam;
hoover and dust front porch;
ironing;
Recycling from shed to car, for tip;
Make lemon curd;
Bag of raffle items to deliver;
mop kitchen floor;
clean loo floor, sink, loo;
Make plum and green tomato chutney;
clean microwave - was sparkly on Monday, but children made hot choc :eek:
watching the Mr BE vs Tigs chicken pie cook-off!

Friday – recycling bins to empty; our bedroom - change our bed (new duvet cover set!), dust chests, empty clothes from my wardrobe (some to charity bag, some to loft), clean windows, mirrors, sweep floor; hoover top of dining room bookshelves – DH will need to do this, as I’m not tall enough, I found!; wash school uniforms; Out for supper with friends – children to school disco (first one at high school for DS); wash school uniform; furniture being collected by charity shop, rearrange furniture; baking; clean basket from car

Saturday – swim club, Tesco shop, return library books, football home game; living room cleaning; empty shoe basket and polish shoes; takeaway and DVD with the children in the evening

Sunday DH back from China and Korea, so once he’s had a sleep, out on our bikes, then tea and buns in a café!


Paperwork - pay English Heritage membership - done; print internet banking statements; book theatre tickets; labels for 13 jars damson jam; Prepare PTA annual accounts; Pack away choral music; set up standing orders, 1 done, 1 to do; ring DD’s dancing school; pay for theatre tickets; get scanner working; get webcam working

Penny. X