Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd August 2010

michbright

Well, after my enthusiasm on Monday, I fell off the wagon a bit as I've had a rubbish week, to say the least.

However, I have managed to do two rooms this week :j

Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
[STRIKE]Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and a couple of shelves!![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Clean any fluffy electricals[/STRIKE]
Check when fires are due for servicing and make appointments for chimneys to be swept ready for winter.. order coal/oil for those who rely on it for heating etc.. I don't want anyone caught out!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!.. get fire brigade to come do a home check if you have none.. I want you all to be safe!
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT! Tidy coats/bags/shoes
Empty and wash out any bins


Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. Wipe the windows in these areas and clear sills
3. Wipe and water any plants
4. Sort a paperwork pile.. filing, shredding and organising bills to be paid!

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop the floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Clean the sink![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe fronts of appliances and units.. kickboards too!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. clean 1 to perfection..
Wipe table and replace cloth if needed[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Sort out the medicine box.. we are coming up to snot and grot season make sure you have plenty of drugs to keep you going!!
Tidy the drawers.. fling those bits of junk you hid in there!
[STRIKE]Wipe over oven and hob[/STRIKE] and fridge.


Extras

1. [STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]Run appliances through a clean cycle.. you could put dishcloths in for a good clean!! [/STRIKE]
3. Descale taps!
4. Empty and wash out bins!

Hopefully next week will see me do three rooms

Hellyboo

So far have:

Fed and dressed everyone
Cleaned and mopped bathroom - was disgusting, how can it get so bad in one week?
Tidied DS1s room
Sorted DS1s bookshelf
Sorted towels as they're kept on top of DS's wardrobe and it was a dumping ground
Sorted a load for the washing machine although it's not quite there yet

Going to do my kitchen dailies before lunch, and LR dailies later after I've sat down and done the menu plan and shopping list for the week - something I enjoy so it might relax me a bit, this money thing is stressing me out.

MrsChaos the bank has said providing the funds go in today they wont charge us the unplanned overdraft fee, but they can't give us an overdraft until then IYSWIM. And the funds should be cleared by now - OH is going to phone me shortly I hope. The whole thing has just been a major stress - I HATE things like this I'm such a finance-phobe. We're notoriously terrible with money, but lately have been so careful about not running out of money at the end of the month and making sure we have enough for essentials and emergencies, mainly due to me saying things can wait. If OH had his way he'd spend spend spend until we had to live on baked beans for half the month. I guess this isn't our fault, but I will be changing the date the rent goes out so it's a few days after payday from now on. The most annoying thing is that OH's boss was completely non-plussed and didn't care - until OH said he had no money for diesel to get into work...
The colic drops seem to have helped, thanks for asking. He was fairly well settled and slept from 7-2 last night, with a dream feed at 10, and then from 3-6ish this morning. Hopefully we can get him into a bit of a bedtime routine now, and get our evenings back!

Waiting nervously for a phone call now...

pigpen

Off to the big scary shops.. need to get the girls new underwear..

Sorted DD1's bag for college.. need to get one each for the 2 boys and DD2.. and some trainers for DS2..

Going for a sneaky cuppa while Freja has a 5 minute nap before she wakes up ravenous again.. then we are off.

Clothes sorted for the small pinks to take to KH's for their holiday..

MUST empty all the stinky bins tonight too.

I have £20 in tesco vouchers I said DD1 and DD2 could swap for £40 tesco vouchers and both refill their wardrobes.. so we are going to do that too.. DD2 wants some jeggings.. she is a little hefty so they won't look wonderful but she wants them and who am I to argue?!

JennyJewell

Afternoon all
Here's my list
[STRIKE]Breakfast[/STRIKE]
Iron Clothes
Shower & dress
Phone 2 friends
Phone 2 hostesses
Library - Printing
Text 2 friends
Take photo of wedding cards and tidy them away
[STRIKE]Hang hubby's washing out[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wash kids duvets[/STRIKE]
Bake cookies? (Baked chewy choc chip cookies for first time ever last night and were delicious )
Send 2 packs off
Give catalogue and order forms to 6 girls
Tidy living room
Hoover living room
Polish living room
Tidy front room
Hoover living room
Polish living room
Tidy Kitchen
Clear table
Dishes
Shiny sink
[STRIKE]Cold room[/STRIKE]
Clean bathroom
Set table sort books
[STRIKE]Cook dinner[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hang duvet covers on line[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Feed animals[/STRIKE]
Good grief I have loads to do in not much time! Best get to it
Jen x

Pollybear

Afternoon all

I've just damp wiped the living room and computer desk, wiped down in the kitchen, and vacuumed right through downstairs today. Not enough washing for a load but there will be tomorrow with my work stuff etc.

Hope everyone's OK.

LameWolf

Friday ~ Childrens Rooms, Spare rooms Or just neglected spaces!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor!Done by Mr LW
Strip and wash and replace stinky bedding N/A
Make half an hour for YOURSELF!!! Half an hour of “Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2” on the PS2 with Mr LW during his lunch break, as he's working from home today.
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard of clothing Shoes all tidied; summer sandals put in cupboard, more substantial shoes put out in boot rack.
Sort through a box of toys/junk All tidy; portable redring used for candle-making given a good clean.
Binbag dance Done
Level Three
Tidy/straighten a bookcase/shelf unit All tidy
Wash any curtains/cushions etc that are in need All OK
Dust and deweb Done
Extras

1. Make a list of 5 things you want done by the end of the holidays (or this half term if yours have already gone back to school!) N/A – no kids
2. HHI HHWii instead
3. Clean out pets.. make appointments for any vaccinations they need!! N/A – no dogs staying at present
4. Wipe away all sticky fingerprints and suchlike Done

I did a fair amount of today's list yesterday, as I have a busy and tiring time ahead of me when Mr LW knocks off work at 14:30. We have to do several errands in town, and finish up with a visit to Morries (deep joy....not). Mr LW has been fed pasta with cheese sauce, so he's happy.:D And I spent a fun 10 minutes scrubbing the skanky compost caddy, which seemed to have developed a fur coat on the inside._pale_ Nice and clean now, though.

serena

:hello:Afternon to all my flylady friends!!

The ground floor is spotless and decluttered.:D




The upstairs though is another matter....:cool::eek: as that is where I dumped all the stuff I wanted to hide from friend coming over for coffee - (DS1's headteacher) - don't want him thinking I'm a total shambles! Even though the year DS1 was ill, he saw me twice immediately after a twelve hour flight!

The weather here is really horrible -it's chilly and raining. I've no excuse not to get all the shifted bags sorted - except the stuff belonging to the boys which I've put in their room for them to do.

Actually, I have done petty well this week - I only have the bathroom left to do, and that could wait until tomorrow. I want the decluttering done before the dreaded start of term. I have two more things being collected by freecyclers this afternoon/evening - one of which is actually in the top of the garage roof, so I shall delegate that to my tall and energetic 16 year old(he's recovered from his over indulgence...)


Love and hugs, especially for toots, lady-liberty, and diva, but plenty spare for anyone else who'd like one!

dusty - PACK!!!:D

vanilla

Lunch on, appointment didn't go to plan so has been set up for another day.

My summer's day has left and been replaced with lots of rain. Washing line full to. :mad:

After lunch i'm gonna get the kitchen all sorted, every inch shall be cleaned. Might even make the kids help.

Craftyscholar

Looking for good things:)
Got sheets washed - hung outside - dried - ironed - before the rain started :j:j:j
(sorry vanilla)

roundtuit

Hello:wave:

I finished work at 5pm on Wednesday and I don't go back til 9am Thursday:)....by which time I'll be 50 years old!:beer:

The Employment Agency are now actively seeking alternative employment for me, as am I. In the meantime I'll take the 19 hours a week on offer and plod on until something comes up.

I can feel the black dog licking round my feet, but I'm using my coping strategies - one of which is to keep busy and push through the cba....because I know I'll feel better if I do.

I decluttered my DS to the railway station at 9am and he's gone to Hell for the day with his college pals. He asked would I please tell 'my' flyladies that he's tidied his room. He has you know...he's found the floor!!! there's a carpet in there....it's blue.

As for me today I've:

made my bed
WM x 1
delivered my church magazines
had a coffee with my DOD and DOM
had a coffee with my 88 year old godmother
had a coffee with my DB - who brought me a bunch of flowers and a card 'cause he's goin to be away for my birthday. Awwww. I gave him a hug - first time ever....and.... he hugged me back.:T (We didn't grow up in a huggy family IYKWIM).

So now I'm going to:

unload WM and sort laundry = hang on radiators etc
put out all rubbish/recycling
wash all pots

and listen to M People while I do it.

Thankyou for being there ladies. I haven't got my brain round how this thread works it's miracles. It is enough that it does.

Hugs to all

Dx