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Weekly Flylady Thread 16th August 2010
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Happy Birthday Rachel
Soappie - hope this week get easier for you.
Hugs to all
JueNST #10 Steps 7K 2/30 10K 2/12 5 a day 3/30 NSD 0/20
MBNA £55000 -
Wednesday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum/mop all these floors[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe keyboard/monitor etc.. bath, basins, bog.. the works!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]scrub the tiles.. paying particular attention to yellowed grout[/STRIKE].
Wash bath mats, shower curtains, net etc
Not completed this yet, but I have changed the bath mat (my WM did 3 loads already this morning and I was running out of places to put stuff to dry so they'll be washed tomorrow)
Oh can I ask - what's the net I'm to wash? I don't think I have one:cool: or where should I look:o??
It's only a game
~*~*~ We're only here to dream ~*~*~0 -
Hugs to you all, by the sounds of it, some of you have had a bad day, what with kids, OH's etcBreast Cancer Now 100 miles October 2022 100/100miles
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Tommy 10,000 steps challenge. 1st Nov 25 for 30 days .Sun, Sea0 -
Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level Two
Wipe small appliances and replace.. clean 1 to perfection.. - Gonna hoover out the bread maker
Level Three
Wipe over oven and hob and fridge.
Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms! - Remind DH to bring it in from the garage
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT! - Clean car seat ready to put on Freecycle
Extras- Catch up on some calls/emails
- Clean switches and sockets
Level One
Declutter floors - Sort bath toys
Vacuum/mop all these floors
Level Three
Wipe paintwork on the landings
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc
Thursday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Declutter the floor
Level 2
Wash windows and nets/curtains
Level 3
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Sort through a box or bag of stuff you've not looked at in months..
Extras- Make sure you are well on your way to having the new school wardrobe kitted out.. what else needs buying? labelling?
Level One
Clear the floor!!!
Level Three
tidy the cupboards /drawers of clothes
Sort through a box of toys/gibble
Extras- dust the light fittings/curtain poles etc
- HHC in a room that needs lots of attention!!
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i have managed to clear out some kitchen cupboards and have done some more sorting but am getting very tired and fed up. The more things you sort out, the more mess it seems to create but it will be easier in the long run. i work in term time and feel like all i do is work when i am on school holiday. tomorrow i am going out to Dunelm Mill for a mooch with my mum.
got a storage bench for the hall so hopefully once my 3 are back at school the clutter they create (i.e. hall obstacle course) could be stashed in the baskets.0 -
they have mooches in our Dunelm too

DD is making sterling progress restocking her room - and is, in the process decluttering mine:D:D:D:DDon't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
Have done the main bathroom, our en-suite and the downstairs loo. Very tired now.0
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Hello peeps
Back again - yesterday went from bad to worse so nothing else got done
so have resurrected my list and will add todays and then have a catch up (thread not flying
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Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean the sink[/STRIKE]!
Level Two
Wipe fronts of appliances and units.. kickboards too!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. clean 1 to perfection..
[STRIKE]Wipe table and replace cloth if needed[/STRIKE]
Level Three
HHI
[STRIKE]Tidy the undersink cupboard.. only put back what is supposed to be there!![/STRIKE] Hopefully the one next to it will count
Wipe over oven
Extras
Dejunk windowsills
Degunge deterrgent drawers, filters and doorseals!!!
Degrot tiles
[STRIKE]Empty and wash out bins[/STRIKE]!
Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows
Level Two
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
wipe paintwork,if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT!
Empty and wash out vacuum cleaner.. don't forget filters!
Extras
Catch up on some calls/emails
Binbag dance
Clean switches and sockets
Wipe the windows in these areas
Wednesday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
Level One
Declutter floors
Vacuum/mop all these floors
Level Two
Wipe keyboard/monitor etc.. bath, basins, bog.. the works!!
scrub the tiles.. paying particular attention to yellowed grout.
Wash bath mats, shower curtains, net etc
Level Three
Wipe paintwork on the landings
Clear and tidy and sort a bookcase/shelves!
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc
Extras
HHI
Catch up relevant phonecalls
Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever.. an email or letter or whatever!
Make a start on a craft project you've been wanting to do for ages!
Right will see what you all been up to before I check the budget for uniform shopping and shoes tomorrow!
Tomorrow
Get up early and do some flying as no work
Deposit French student at college
Exam results - fingers crossed for DS
DD to Dereham for school uniform
then poss to Norwich for shoes
Poss check out the big furniture sale for cabinets
Make appt for B12 injection
Post a lovely missy's shorts back to her that I should have done a week ago!Mortgage, paid off!0 -
lol I was reading about vanilla's naughty boy weeing where he shouldnt before this and then misread this as your DH weeing in your lavender bush - oopsgratefulforhelp wrote: »Last time I let DH weed, I could smell that he had "weeded" my lavender bush. I had to rifle through the compost heap to find the evidence as he denied it:rotfl:
ladyl huge hugs.
Are they worth anything - i have some from 30 years or more agoI've decided to sell the collections of First Day Covers (mine and my Dad's), as I haven't collected them for about 20 years.
It seems a bit brighter, so I'm off to get some fresh air for a while!
Massive hugs to Lady Liberty, MSD and the lovely Toot.
Good luck to all those with children expecting A level results tomorrow - fingers crossed for DS
Right I'm going to have an early night ready for an early morning, once I pull my finger out and check accounts!Mortgage, paid off!0 -
Hugs to you all, by the sounds of it, some of you have had a bad day, what with kids, OH's etc
Thank you sweetie, you don't know how much that means right now.kazmeister wrote: »Good luck to all those with children expecting A level results tomorrow
I second that and have everything crossed for the whole families tomorrow. xxThe birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair0
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