Weekly Flylady Thread 30th August 2010

fedupandskint

Tuesday~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard and mouse
Level Three
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower curtain
Extras

• Wash your bathroom mats etc
• Sort a wardrobe or part of, a drawer or set of drawers making sure it has what needs to be in it and any 'extras' are put where they should be
• Spend 15 minutes shining mirrors and picture frames

Thursday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing. See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house!
Extras

1. Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
   
2. Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
   
3. Clean a window or two.
   
4. Get yourself a bag or box, go around collecting things that are not in the place they should be, then put them back where they should be, or better still give them to their owners to put away themselves

Friday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Remove and wash bed linen. replace before bedtime!!!
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Wash windows and nets/curtains
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
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

1. Binbag dance!
2. Wipe grotty paintwork
3. Wash windows

Looks like I'm going to be busy

I feel grotty as anything today with a virus, AF has arrived and all I want to do is get curled up and sleep

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day, better go a start swirling the blackberries around in some gin and top up tomorrow with more before this lot goes off. Yesterdays lot looks nice and purple and needs a shake today and will use the leftover gin for todays and buy a small bottle tomorrow to top up

Tomorrows plan is lots of WM and line drying, tackle some of the lists, do some chutney making and preserving

Have a good evening everyone

toochoosey

Sorry, got side-tracked earlier, then had a phone call....school run visits to make, food to be done, blah, blah.....but have got some things done......


Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean toilets and sinks
Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Level Three
Wipe down tiles in bathroom

Thursday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 2
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc



Extras

1. Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
   
2. Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself

Friday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Declutter the floor
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
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


Still a few things to be done tomorrow then.......xx

toochoosey

Hugs Fedupandskint xx
Hope the scan goes well Rach xx
Hope your arm is ok JJ xx
Valli, Hex2 and Pigpen, I have a black sofa and yellow lab and even though he is not allowed in the Lr, his hair seems to get everywhere!!!!
Welcome back to the fellow returnees xx
Well done to all the teachers for surviving the first day/s back xx

MrsChaos

Note to self: get somebody else to fling the mules, as this obviously hasn't worked. Our and DS2's beds are done and bedding washed, kids have been delegated to tidy up outside and I decluttered a 'Who do you think you are' on sky+. Tea is sorted and the kitchen still very tidy. DH not home yet - he normally finishes around 7. Not a lot, really...:( ETA Taken frozen soup out of freezer and put into bags, washed containers and put in more soup to freeze.

serena wrote: »

We haven't had much organised INSET, and have had plenty of time to really declutter our rooms, and work on Schemes of Work etc - we're introducing new courses for half of the groups we teach, so quite a lot to do. On top of that, all the school's computers and laptops have been upgraded to Windows 7, and they've introduced new software for our planners.

What a nightmare couple of days you've had. Well done on the planning, though. We only have one day on Monday and most of that will be organised. I spent 3 days in the first week gutting my room, but left most of the stuff on desks in the centre. Lots of filing to do. Just realised though that I can go in early on Monday, as DS1 is looking after DS2. That will be a 7am start, then.
ETA My traffic light diet book has arrived and it looks promising. As the house is being emptied of treats I'm getting ready to make a start.

fedupandskint wrote: »

I feel grotty as anything today with a virus, AF has arrived and all I want to do is get curled up and sleep
Tomorrows plan is lots of WM and line drying, tackle some of the lists, do some chutney making and preserving

Sorry you're feeling rough at the start of the weekend. You're doing really well with all the things you're making, though. Your shelves will be positively groaning.

pigpen

*throws mules and donkeys at Mrs C*

I got recipe out.. but left it in the kitchen.. will get it in a bit .. feeding fatwhack.. again

fedupandskint

MrsChaos wrote: »

Sorry you're feeling rough at the start of the weekend. You're doing really well with all the things you're making, though. Your shelves will be positively groaning.

Thanks MrsC

forgot about the blackberries until I read this - good job I did and rescued them from the fridge - just had to chuck a few mouldy ones out and popped the rest and 2 cooking apples into half the amount of gin - just need a small bottle to top up tomorrow. Yesterdays version has turned a gorgeous shade of purple

Tomorrow is runner bean pickle (first time I've made this one) and a late summer apricot and date chutney

Just making half versions of each eg 3-4 jars as I'm running out of jars

Might have a go at some Piccalilli this weekend if I have enough ingredients to use.

ETA - and make banana loaf and a BM loaf - DON'T FORGET and USE UP THOSE BLACK BANANAS!!!!

MrsChaos

Ouch! Thanks, pigpen - mules and donkeys duly received. Just realised that I probably won't have enough eggs for the cake, so I'll have to call at the farm tomorrow morning. Will make cereal bars and twinks tonight (mainly for the return journey from Manchester with two potentially hungry teens tomorrow night).

DH has accepted food, a cup of tea and a lift, but still couldn't manage a thank you. Good job the kids have better manners.

List for tonight:
bake cereal bars and twinks
plan route to Cricket Ground/Trafford Centre
spend at least 15 minutes putting clothes away (bruises from mules will remind me )

ETA Fedup - any idea where I could find small bottles for bottling rosehip syrup and similar? I could do with them being not much bigger than 125ml.

serena

MrsChaos wrote: »

Well done on the planning, though.

ETA My traffic light diet book has arrived and it looks promising. As the house is being emptied of treats I'm getting ready to make a start.

The 'well done' would be quite justified if I'd actually done any planning - I haven't!!:o We used to do our planner on Excel (which I loathed with a passion) and now we've been given One Note, and a template - it will be good I think once I've learned how to use it! The planning has been complicated by the publishers not actually being ready with the book we are introducing until March/April, so we have to cobble together a temp SoW for Year 9, and all the Spanish groups, until then... My room looks nice though!

Good luck with the diet book - I find it very easy to adapt to family life. I've been very good this week, and have also stuck to a 15 minute walk every day too.:D

Lame Wolf - I'm sorry - didn't mean to make you go pale green! He said he didn't think, just thumped the top of his arm. Anyway, he's made an appt with the chiropractor for Monday, and seems okay today - I haven't seen him, he's gone to a friend's.

Only really came back on to say - ta dah - I've done the bathroom!!:D

Mumto5

Valli wrote: »

I'm fairly sure Mumto5's trip to Harrods is an annual event (how long have I been a member of this thread...)

LOL who's been keeping tabs on me! :rotfl::rotfl:
I am going to continue it for as long as they still believe. I am nervous this year as I suspect some little oik will !!!!! DS1's bubble. My big uns all are so bewitched with the magic of Christmas that they know it's more than their life is worth to spoil it for the little ones.

LameWolf wrote: »

Ooh, Serena, that made me go all cold, the thought of putting his arm back into place himself.:( I hope the poor lad is OK.

Me too on both sentences!

I have tackled mount ironmore. 3 hours later it is now a challenging hill.....

DH got a takeaway on his way home as I was mountaineering (see above).

We are talking but he has already let me down again by forgetting that I am on a day out to London with some Mum's from DS3's class that has been booked since May. He has promised to take DS1 to Dagenham & Redbridge to watch the football. I pointed out to him that he would have to take all of them in the car. He asked why wouldn't I look after them? I was fuming as it's written on the calendar in the kitchen. I've put it in his paper, on-line diary and work diary and I've text messaged him the dates about 20 times. MEN DO NOT LISTEN OR READ:mad:

AnW'sMum

Evening all

Wooohooo it's Friday night and for once we weren't too late leaving work.

Just whizzed through to catch up here, kids back at school on Tuesday so a couple more days to make sure all is ready!

Mrs C what about old thoroughly washed out old medicine bottles eg calpol size ones.