Weekly Flylady Thread 11th October 2010

Valli

DD is gutted that her dressing gown has only sold for £2.50 - well it's £2.50 more than I would have got had I charity shopped it. Found some more items so they are now advertised.

hex I like the dresser too - and I am much amused by the idea of you sorting out what he has sorted out and refining it further:rotfl:

It's cooling down now, so I am going to bring in the last of the washing.

hex2

Valli wrote: »

I am much amused by the idea of you sorting out what he has sorted out and refining it further:rotfl:

:rotfl:I am fairly ruthless these days, I wasn't when I started out on the thread all those years ago. This place taught me to bin or re-home stuff :cool: for which I am very grateful. Polly and Dusty may remember me hiding DH's 'stuff' in the old coal shed for six months before I binned it in the early days.

Sadly DH has taught the children to be attached to things, I had DS2 doing 'but I was going to hug it, and kiss it and call it George' over empty boxes this morning. mean mummy out them in the recycling anyway.

macpep1

Hi Everyone :wave:

I have had a busy day today, wee doggy went away around 12.30 and I have not stopped since then, kitchen gleaming, also done all the cupboards and kickboards whilst I was at it, done 3 loads of washing as well which has been dried in TD and dumped on the LR chair for later. Got dinner on now but need to muster up some energy to get my room done its only needing bed done, hoovered and polished but seriously CBA now!!

Hope you are all well, not had time to catch up, enjoy the rest of your Sunday everyone, special love and hugs to Lady-L, Toots & Diva x
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway - ALL DONE :j
Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Clean electricals and stock up on batteries/wind up torch etc.. stuff for those winter power cuts

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and DiningALL DONE :j:j

Extras

1. Dust and deweb
2. binbag dance

Wednesday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs! ALL DONE :j:j:j
Level One


Extras

1. Catch up relevant phonecalls
2. Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever.. an email or letter or whatever!
3. Make a start on a craft project you've been wanting to do for ages!

Thursday ~ Childrens Rooms! ALL DONE :j:j:j:j
Level One

Extras

1. Make a list of 5 things you want done by the end of this half term
2. HHI
3. Clean out pets.. make appointments for any vaccinations they need!!
4. Ring/email someone you love to tell them so.. we never tell people enough! and it is not possible to tell them too much!

Friday ~ Master bedroom & Landing
Level One
Strip bedding, wash and replace.. and don't wait until bedtime!!
Tidy your underwear.. fling all those laddered tights, holey socks and scraggy pants!!
Level Two
Vacuum all visible carpet!!
Level Three
Clean radiator.. in front and behind!
Wipe down ALL the upstairs doors
Extras

1. Empty all bins upstairs
2. Gather up all the washing upstairs
3. Tidy up all your shoes and boots.. do any of those summer ones need?
4. Tidy out your purse and handbag!!!

Valli

hex2 wrote: »

Sadly DH has taught the children to be attached to things, I had DS2 doing 'but I was going to hug it, and kiss it and call it George' over empty boxes this morning. mean mummy out them in the recycling anyway.

I still remember my lightbulb moment in that department with DD when she wanted to get rid of something and I said 'but you can't because XXXXX gave it to you' and then realised what I was teaching her - hence the rethink.

MrsChaos

A sunny Sunday here, too. I'll have to check on the washing in a moment, to see what can be sorted and what needs to be finished off in the TD. Bucking the trend here with a sunny back garden, even in winter.

A ham joint is roasting in the oven and I fitted some of MG's banana loaf in, too. Made pizza wheels (from a packet - I'm not too impressed, will see what DSs say) and done the bits of shopping. DS2 has spent the day playing with NN's daughter. I'm about to collect him to get on with homework. It's been a really peaceful Sunday and I should have everything ready for work and school in the morning. I even fitted in a little power nap earlier. Could do with another one, though, so might put the kettle on for a cuppa.

I've updated my 100 day challenge record and realised that some more detailed planning may be necessary, as I've not made enough progress. May try greenbee's strategy, but I'm still trying to visualise what the plan would look like. If it means that stuff gets done, it will be well worth the time spent planning.

See you all later. xxx

vanilla

DD's room has now been gutted, all junk gone.

Still to do in there.
Put rubbish out.
Wipe all units.
Strip bed and replace with new.
Hoover floor.

Have done.
DW been loaded and now on.
WM x 3
TD x 2
Kitchen table cleared.
Chicken stripped from dinner for toasties later.

greenbee

MrsChaos wrote: »

A sunny Sunday here, too. I'll have to check on the washing in a moment, to see what can be sorted and what needs to be finished off in the TD. Bucking the trend here with a sunny back garden, even in winter.

me too south facing back garden, although I need to prune the apple tree severely as I'd get a lot more sun if it was half the size!

MrsChaos wrote: »

I've updated my 100 day challenge record and realised that some more detailed planning may be necessary, as I've not made enough progress. May try greenbee's strategy, but I'm still trying to visualise what the plan would look like. If it means that stuff gets done, it will be well worth the time spent planning.

It's just a VAST piece of paper (A2) with 5 columns - a narrow one down the side with big numbers from 1-30, small numbers and a letter for the date and weekday (this helps... it's good to know both!). I then took my millions of lists and worked out what I could plan ahead (weight loss target is therefore showing at weekly intervals, as is mealplanning, exercise, work travel and deadlines). I then worked out any dependencies and put them in (so for work deadlines I added in some interim deadlines, and for travel marked when I needed to book it, when to check in, when to do expenses, when to pack etc). Phone calls I've put in at about one a day, and mostly that's working. House and garden stuff I've put little things on there, sometimes repeated e.g. edging the beds with paving blocks is going to be on every day until it is done (and I've just discovered that OH is MUCH better at this than me, so have stopped so he can inspect my efforts when he gets home!). I've also thought about which things I can do on my own, and which I need help with. OH is onboard with the plan, as he knows how stressed I am. He was sceptical about how much it would help, but played along last weekend and realised that it really does make a difference, as we're now achieving so much!

Lawn mowed. Lawnmower desparately needs a service. And the lawn need aerating and sanding as bits of it are very soggy.

Put down two edging bricks and decided quality control would probably not approve, so have abandoned the effort and will focus elsewhere (packing possibly... early start tomorrow remember!). Need to try to get some gardening done on Thursday (the only day we're going to be around this week, although I may get home in time to do a little on Tuesday.

Haven't been for either a walk or a run today, so I might wander up to the post box - not much, but it helps!

Maxonian

2 pairs of curtains taken down. 3 washed, 1 tumbled and rehung. Vacuumed under furniture in lounge/dining. vacuumed 2 sofas, 1 chair, 4 dining chairs. Pictures dusted, miror cleaned, wooden blinds dusted, vertical patio blinds painstakingly de cat haired. Cleaned behind 2 radiators :eek:. Patio cleaned, grass cut, bathroom done including grout. Absolutely knackered. Just need to iron a shirt and top for tomorrow.
DH did a lot of it with me!

Welcome Delicious.....

juliejim

Still going on DS's bedroom - not too much more to be done now - mainly putting stuff away. Also deflead DD which always take ages. Just grabbing a bite to eat.

gratefulforhelp_2

ironing done (did I say already?) and lawn mowed (DH). Place is vaguely habitable, DH has done the downstairs loo.