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Weekly Flylady Thread 11th October 2010
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Lots of birthdays today - have just a little skim to find out
Hapy Birthday to Daughter of 5 and to Toots! Hopw you had a great day
off to find my list nowfinal unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550 -
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can
Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
CLEAN THE OVEN
Level Two
Wipe units, appliances and table
Clean out a cupboard.. any cupboard
Wipe all the place mats, coasters, chopping boards.. block for the knives etc
Level Three
Sweep and mop floors
HHI
Extras- Dust and deweb
- binbag dance
- Clear and wipe window sills
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- Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever
- Make a start on a craft project you've been wanting to do for ages!
Level One
Make half an hour for YOURSELF!!!
Extras- Clean out pets.. make appointments for any vaccinations they need!!
- Ring/email someone you love to tell them so.. we never tell people enough! and it is not possible to tell them too much!
Level One
Strip bedding, wash and replace.. and don't wait until bedtime!!
Level Two
Clear tops of chests of drawers
Clear floordrobe
Vacuum all visible carpet!!
Level Three
Clean radiator.. in front and behind!
Wipe down ALL the upstairs doors
My list for this week
Door handle to buy
Sort drainpipe out and either refit/repair/replace
Clear out guttering and fit gutterpillars
Get some wire netting for draincover
Clean behind butcher's block and wipe down unitfinal unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550 -
seafarers_wife wrote: »have jiggled my last days of holiday so i could come home early as i couldnt concentrate today. came home to an email from oh, he wants a contingency plan in place in case we cant get married in march,
Oh, honey, having a DH who works for a different oil company, I know soemthing of how you feel :A I don;t know the details of your situation, but has OH explained to his manager or HR how important it is that he have time off for his wedding?
Hope you get it sorted out for all of you:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Extras- Wipe the windows in these areas
Level Three
mop floors
S&S the fridge.. make use of all those bits that are getting icky
Extras- Clear and wipe window sills
Level One
Vacuum/mop all these floors
Thursday ~ Childrens Rooms!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor!
Strip and wash and replace stinky bedding
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Extras- Clean out pets.. make appointments for any vaccinations they need!!
Level One
Strip bedding, wash and replace.. and don't wait until bedtime!!
Level Two
Clear floordrobe
Vacuum all visible carpet!!
Own list for weekend.
Find hedge cutter.
Fill in holes in DD's room.
Fill in crack in hall.
[STRIKE]Get DS2's glasses fixed.[/STRIKE]
Pay for DD's glasses.
[STRIKE]Fill car up with fuel.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Spend an hour on the garden.[/STRIKE]
Spend an hour in veg patch.
See if worktop will fit in utility room.
Get food for weekend.
Ebay 10 items.
Put bed topper on bed.
Not going too bad, boys now home and getting changed for bed. Bathroom looking normal again, just need to do the floor but i'll wait until hubby has his bath.
Need to go clear our bed for tonight.Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough.And things go wrong no matter what I do.Now and then it seems that life is just too much.But you've got the love I need to see me through.:j :j0 -
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Diabetic UK 1 million steps July 2024 to complete by end Sept 2024. 1,001,066/ 1,000,000 (20.09.24 all done)
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Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Extras
]and stock up on batteries/wind up torch etc.. stuff for those winter power cuts
Wipe the windows in these areas
Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining
Level One
Level Two
Clean out a cupboard.. any cupboard
Level Three
mop floors
HHI
Extras
Dust and deweb
binbag dance
Clear and wipe window sills
Wednesday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
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!
Thursday ~ Childrens Rooms!
Level One
Strip and wash and replace stinky bedding - will do over weekend as too much to dry atm
Level Two
Sort through a box of toys/junk
Level Three
Extras
Make a list of 5 things you want done by the end of this half term
HHI
Friday ~ Master bedroom & Landing
Level One
Strip bedding, wash and replace.. and don't wait until bedtime!!
[STRIKE]Tidy your underwear.. fling all those laddered tights, holey socks and scraggy pants!![/STRIKE]
Level Two
Clear tops of chests of drawers
[STRIKE]Clear floordrobe
Vacuum all visible carpet!![/STRIKE]
Level Three
Clean radiator.. in front and behind!
[STRIKE]Wash curtains/nets[/STRIKE] Not needed
[STRIKE]Wipe down ALL the upstairs doors[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Empty all bins upstairs
Gather up all the washing upstairs
Tidy up all your shoes and boots.. do any of those summer ones need flinging?[/STRIKE]
Tidy out your purse and handbag!!!
My dailies/extras
S&S Living room [STRIKE]M T W T F [/STRIKE]S S
S&S Kitchen [STRIKE]M T W T F [/STRIKE]S S
Laundry away [STRIKE]M T W T[/STRIKE] F S S
Insulin Morn and Eve MM TT [STRIKE]W[/STRIKE]W TT FF SS SS
Sort kitchen cupboards and drawers [STRIKE]1[/STRIKE] 2 3 4
Sort drawers upstairs -started
HHE x3 1 2 3So, there are these boys,
They kinda stole my heart,
They call me Mummy
WW 37lb (2 STONE 9lbs! :j ) lost since July, 11tybillion to go...0 -
just checking and reading a bit of the 'fred
pants day
hot and sticky then cold, can't get it right
going to have a shower to freshen up before bedGo hopefully into each new day, enjoy something from every day no matter how small, you never know when it will be your last0 -
PenPen's Must Do By Monday List
- [STRIKE]download[/STRIKE] and print bank statements
- pack away the last of the camping stuff to the loft
- prune back roses in the front - 2 done; 2 more to do
- move cleamatis from the side to the trellis border
- line kitchen drawer
- collect prescriptions
- [STRIKE]order salami-making skins and spices [/STRIKE]:j
- check I have the best broadband deal
- check I have the best PAYG deal
- [STRIKE]pay newspaper bill
- [/STRIKE]empty ash pan
- [STRIKE]accounts for Scouts meeting (and send my apologies
)[/STRIKE] - meeting has been cancelled
- fill log basket
- return bank mandate
- pick and freeze sloes
- bag to charity shop
- tesco order
- update RISI swap as a problem (Thur)
- check football subs after 14/10/10
- pick tomatoes, cucumber, courgettes and compost plants - I picked a cucumber, 3 tomatoes and 6 courgettes today, so no need to compost just yet :T
- register Scouts bank mandate with updated details at bank
- dye sheet & towel
[*]make pancetta
[*]make salaimi
[*]prepare football accounts for AGM
[*]charity commission return for scouts (by 03/11 - but DO IT SOONER!)
[*]make offer to Humbs Scouts (once we have cheque banked)
[*]list books on Green Metropolis
[*]look at buying TV/DVD for upstairsswitch current account
[*]make raised pie when DH is home
[*]label some more photos
[*]ask DH if he want's the starburst on his windscreen mending
[*]clean kitchen scales
[*]arrange to collect Freecycled shed
[*]pay choir subs
:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 - [STRIKE]download[/STRIKE] and print bank statements
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mine eyes is sleepy.. I may need my nest.. just a couple of bills to pay first..LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0
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Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Extras
Binbag dance
Clean electricals and stock up on batteries/wind up torch etc.. stuff for those winter power cuts
Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining
Level One
Level Two
Clean out a cupboard.. any cupboard
Level Three
As requested by Shysarah.. in memory of her aunt can we all do a breast check?
Extras- Dust and deweb
- binbag dance
- Clear and wipe window sills
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Clear and tidy and sort a bookcase/shelves!
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc
Extras- 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!
Level One
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard of clothing
Sort through a box of toys/junk
Binbag dance
Level Three
Wipe away all sticky fingerprints and suchlike
Extras- Make a list of 5 things you want done by the end of this half term
- Ring/email someone you love to tell them so.. we never tell people enough! and it is not possible to tell them too much!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Clean radiator.. in front and behind!
Wash curtains/nets
Wipe down ALL the upstairs doors
Extras- Tidy up all your shoes and boots.. do any of those summer ones need flinging?
- Tidy out your purse and handbag!!!
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