Weekly Flylady Thread 4th October 2010

juliejim

Morning All

Happy Birthday to cally-c and Shysarah - hope you both have a great day!

DS ended up at the doctor's last night but after waiting 2 hours was told it was just a viral infection so no use going.

Af has arrived this morning so that doesn't bear well for me getting a lot done today - I usually feel knackered. Got loads to do though so we'll see how it goes. Mr T's coming at lunchtime so that'll be another job as well.

I suppose I ought to make a start really!

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue

MrsChaos

Good morning everyone

Happy birthday to shy sarah and cally-c. Hope you have a lovely day.
That's great news, sockdrawer. You've worked really hard to pay the cards off and that's definitely worth mentioning on here. Hoping to get there, too, in the not too distant future.

Sunday plans for the Chaos household:
laundry x ? (lots, anyway, and the nice weather hasn't materialised yet)
tea (must put pork in SC soon)
HW with DS2
school work
go to local shopping centre (need wiper blades, hoping to find MIL's b.day present and some new slippers for me - have vouchers - also top-up shop from Mr M's)
some baking (may need to go back to farm for more eggs)

OK, I've got to p.35 of memory girl's thread and I've decided to set myself my own 100 day challenge. I'm starting tomorrow and finishing on 18th January (or 31st December, if I want to start the next one with the new year). I will post any flying-related progress on here, but I'm mainly doing this for myself and the kids. I will probably need to break the list down further/be more detailed and add timescales, but this is it so far:
Health
Choose, start and maintain a form of exercise
lose 21 lbs
Financial
Save/make £1200 (emergency fund, start of holiday fund, contingency fund)
House
Declutter/clean each room and make a list of jobs for that room in the process
Relationships
get in touch with a different person (friend/family) each week
Attitude
Find and read ‘the secret’
What do I want to do
weekly pamper session
Family
Spend some quality time with DS2 each day (and DS1, if he's home)
Eat at table every day as soon as it’s possible
Find low/no cost things to do at weekends with DSs and do them

I've probably missed things out, but this is more than enough for my first challenge. I suspect that there will be more to follow. The declutter/clean really has to be finished by Christmas, so we can enjoy the holiday properly. I have seven rooms and the stairs to do, and 10 weeks to go. Best get on with today's list, then.

Have a lovely Sunday, everyone.
xxx

sockdrawer

pigpen wrote: »

though I'd LOVE a ferret.. however much they honk..

Pigpen- this twin thing's getting spooky as... We sadly lost our beloved ferrets to old age in the spring, and haven't quite got round to replacing them yet. They are wonderful animals, intelligent, curious, friendly, and, if handled kindly from birth, gentle wonderful companions. I've found they don't honk too much (but I may be used to it). They just smell a bit musky. Have to differ on the dog thing though, wouldn't be without our wee labrador for the world

TAG

Wednesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and top of any cupboards!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort out coats, shoes and bags
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork
Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. Wipe the windows in these areas

Normal Daily Household Chores!!!!
Mop kitchen floor.
S+S downstairs toilet.
Mop front doorstep.
Tidy living room and put any stuff upstairs.
Wipe over PC desk + keep free from clutter.
Tidy bedrooms and make beds.
Bring dirty washing downstairs.
Do 2 loads of washing.
Tidy and S+S bathroom.
Hoover d/s toilet/hallway/kitchen/living room/dining room + stairs
Hoover bedrooms/landing and bathroom.
Sort clean washing + put clothes away.
Keep ironing together (x15)
Walk Sweep. (delegate if needed)
Do poop patrol.

sockdrawer

HHC 10 o'clock anyone?

vanilla

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
mop the floor
Extras

1. Empty and wash out bins
2. Wipe/defluff blinds/curtains etc

Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom and landing
Level Three
Tidy the linen cupboard
Extras

1. Organise christmas projects

Wednesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level two
Clean any glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Extras

1. Clean switches and sockets.. Stock up on light bulbs and candles in this weeks shop!

Thursday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
Level One
mop all these floors
Level two
scrub the tiles.. paying particular attention to yellowed grout.. toothbrush and bleach works well!
Wash blinds etc
Extras

1. HHI
2. Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever.. an email or letter or whatever!
3. Delete some unwanted links from your favourites//bookmarks

Friday - childrens rooms and spare room
Level one
Make half an hour to do something for yourself!
Level Two
Wash windows
Level Three
tidy the cupboards /drawers of clothes
Extras

1. Dust the curtain poles etc
2. HHI

My List
Fill in DD's wall.
Put at least 10 things on ebay by Sunday.
Meassure hall and get a price for flooring.
Fill out form and post.
Get buttons for DS2's coat and sew on.
Get hedges cut back.
Powerwash the back as path is really slippy.
Price lining for front hall curtains.

MrsChaos

sockdrawer wrote: »

HHC 10 o'clock anyone?

I'm in. Need to do a few bits in the kitchen, now that the SC is on.

sockdrawer

Ok, I'm on de-gibbling. Ready, Steady, GO!

Pollybear

Morning all

I've got a load of washing out on the line but so far it's just as dull as yesterday and that load didn't dry either. Had to put the heating on last night to finish that off, but we were cold too.

Prepared all the veg for dinner, both DDs are coming today.

Tidied round and that's about it so far.

Hope everyone's OK.

fedupandskint

sockdrawer wrote: »

I know it's not flylady... but I have to tell someone, as DH is still asleep after last night's wedding..... I've just paid off (decluttered?) the last of our credit card debts, and we now owe nothing on credit cards, and I'm really really chuffed. Had to tell someone! Hope you don't mind x

Well done!

I look forward to reporting that too

I'm keep putting this to the back of my mind and tackling the many ones I have

I'm about to C+P Mrs C's post and add it onto my fledgling diary to remind me of things to tackle