Weekly Flylady Thread 27th September 2010

Natty68

Phew am sweating away here..lol. And it looks like I haven't done a lot in my HHC, but here's what I have done:

• Brought the washing in from outside - hmm some of it's not dry so will have to hang on airer
• Dusted everything that can be dusted in the living room
• Thrown away various bits in a semi binbag dance - binbag is attached to me while dusting..lol
• Tried to get my weather station transmittor to talk to the actual weather unit - no go, even tried fresh batteries twice and they were duracell..
• Washed up pet bowls
• Rung MIL to see how she is after yesterday's appt - she's fine
• Did a paper recycle dash
• Run a defrag on computer

Hmm looking at that it does look like a lot

How did you get on onestep?

Going to have my lunch then do another HHC at 2pm if anyone fancies joining me

xx_Jo_xx

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Check through the jars and cans and see what has been there forever and can be flung or needs to be used this week!!
Sort baking ingredients.. what needs binning what needs restocking and what can you use up this week?

Extras

1. Empty and wash out bins
2. Sort through mugs and crockery.. fling the cracked and chipped bacteria breeding grounds!
3. wash windows
4. Thoroughly clean out 1 cupboard

Tuesday ~ Bathroom and study..
Level One
Clean bath, loo, shower.. etc etc.. you get the idea..
Level Two
Mop
Wipe the desk keyboard monitor etc..
15 minutes filing
Level Three
Clean doors
Clean radiators/fires in these rooms

Extras

1. Wash windows and sills
2. Wipe over sofas & chairs in these rooms
3. Clean paintwork

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and landing
Level One
Declutter floor and floordrobe
Strip wash and replace bedding
Level Two
Vacuum Floors
Dust and Deweb
Binbag dance
Level Three
Tidy the linen cupboard
Wipe down the paintwork
Tidy away and shoes or books that are strewn about

Extras

1. Find some bits to send to charity shop/recycle
2. Wash windows
3. Wash any curtains etc that need it
4. Sort through your make up and smellies.. are there any that can be rehomed/chucked?

Thursday ~ Living room, hall and stairs
Level One
Level Two
Wipe all the paintwork in the hall and stairs
Level Three
Sort coats, shoes and bags into their proper places.. are any outgrown? need replacing?.. and get rid of summer ones no longer needed!
Extras

1. HHI
2. Declutter and make pretty the under stair cupboard/space
3. binbag dance

Friday ~ Childrens/Spare room
Level One
Declutter floor
Level Two
Vacuum floor
Sort a box of toys or junk
Rehome/bin 5 items
Level three
Dust, deweb and wipe away sticky grots
Straighten the shelves.. replace all the stuff thtat shouldn't be there
Tidy the clothes cupboards

Extras

1. HH-garden tidying!
2. 15 minutes filing
3. Wipe doors and paintwork
4. Wash windows

Pollybear

Having looked at my rotary washing line listing even more to the side than usual, I took the washing back off and investigated. The metal pole was cracking and I think another day would have seen all my washing on the ground! Taking off that bit left the line too short for stuff like bedding so we've been to B&Q and got a new one. By the time that was in the ground it had started to rain so all my washing is round the house again. At least it's not all in the mud! And I'm ready for the next dry day. Whenever that may be.....

MrsChaos

Hello!!!

I had a quick look at the thread last night, but was too tired to post. It's been a really crazy week, with everyone working stupid hours until Thursday afternoon. Then it was a struggle to get through Friday. On top of having our 'visitors' at work I started with a cold on Tuesday night and I'm now feeling really awful. Have stuck my head over a bowl of hot water with vapo rub already (thanks, short bird) and will repeat the process later. I'm really wheezy and have no energy whatsoever. All I've done in the house all week is sorting food and running the DW. It's so frustrating, as I managed to talk to DH last weekend and I had a plan for all of us to do a little bit every day. I'm not even sure I'll manage to organise it for next week.

Achieved today so far:
DW run, emptied and re-loaded
WM on
cleared on top of TD
breakfast x3
lunch x1
rubbish x2 out

Must do's (in 15min sessions):
HW with DS2
kitchen worktops, hob and sink
tea
slowly reduce Mt Washmore (will use TD, despite nice weather, 'cos it's easier)
rest, rest and more rest

I'm hoping that if I take it really easy today, I'll start feeling better tomorrow.

Sending hugs and posi-vibes to everyone in need (including Sally).
xxx

kazwookie

Found some thing to eat

Next lot of dry washing folded
Next lot in WM
Another bed stripped and remade
Cat played with, he chased his toy about for 5 mins or so, now sleeping in the sun!

seafarers_wife

I quit flying for the remainder of the weekend.

ive done most of the stuff thsi week i just cant be bothered anymore. the house is much tidier and is pretty clean so the hoover is being put away and the living room and hall floor can stay manky and get done next week.

sorry ladies for letting the side down

toochoosey

seafarers wife....don't piut yourself down...you have done great.....remember babysteps xx

Dustykitten

330g/12oz plain flour
2tsp baking powder
110g/4oz butter
75g/3oz white vegetabel fat
100g/4oz caster suger
1 large egg, beaten
semi-skimmed milk
3lb cooking apples
100g/40z light brown sugar
1-2 tsp ground spice

Sift flour and baking powder
rub in fats
stir in caster sugar
mix in the egg to form a stiff dough adding a little milk if required
chill dough for at least an hour

Use 2/3 of pastry to line a greased, loose bottomed deep 8" tin
You can bake blind at this point, I don't as you don't need to with an AGA

Peel, core and slice the apples and mix them with the brown sugar and spice. Fill the case with the apples - I go right to the top of the case.
Roll out the last 1/3 of pastry to make a lid, seal the edges and brush the top with milk.

Bake for about 40 mins (190/375/gas 5) until golden brown and cooked through.

Leave to cool in the tin for 30 minutes before removing. Serve in wedges warm or cold with cream, or greek yogurt.


I'm making Italian apple cake today (with windfall eaters - if it is nice I'll share that later)

To the garden for me for an hour now.

hex2

seafarers_wife wrote: »

sorry ladies for letting the side down

:T I think you need a hard won rest after the amount of stuff you have shifted this week.

I have made pizza and popcorn for the boys, instant popularity for very little effort. They are having to share a big bowl as the breakfast ones are still not washed - hint, hint.

ETA - looks lovely Dusty and anything that uses 3lbs of apples up gets my vote. I still have a large tree of cookers to use up.

pigpen

I have folded 2 loads washing
hung up 2 loads of washing
filled half a binbag of rubbish
Added more to the nursery/charity shop/rags bags
Dragged mess into the middle of the backroom floor so it is visible at least
Found the third bracket for the curtain pole in the middle room so that can go back up later.. so I must wash the curtains.. and hem them..

OH gone to tesco
DD1 taken DD2 into town so DD1 can spend her £190 and DD2 can carry the shopping.

Boys supposedly tidying the middle room but I am fededing the baby so not standing over them so that won't be getting done.

DD3 filling basket with dirty washing and changing her wet bedding
DD4 and DD5 supposedly picking up toys from downstairs.. but again as I am not standing over them it is unlikely to be getting done.

I want the whole downstairs tidied today and vacuumed.. it isn't too huge a task really.. but I need to deflea it all. I can them focus on the kitchen and set the children to degunging their pits!