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Weekly Flylady Thread 18th October 2010

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  • sparkleworld
    sparkleworld Posts: 342 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 18 October 2010 at 9:28PM
    Right I'm armed with a peppermint tea and timer 30 mins set so will look through thread and then edit this post with my list and comments
    Does this count as a HHC??:D

    Grrr only got to post 46 so will come back later- jeez 30 mins ain't long on here is it!


    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Sweep and mop floor
    [/STRIKE]
    This is the first time I have been able to do it the same day as the kitchen -I usually have to leave it until the next morning- so either my house is getting cleaner or I am getting quicker- whchever one it is I'm still happy:j
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Empty and clean out fridge.. use up those almost past their best things and fling anything furry or icky!!
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Wipe units and appliances
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Clean table and replace cloth if necessary
    [/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wipe hob and make oven shelves shiny again!
    [/STRIKE]
    Empty and wash out bins
    Run appliances through a clean cycle and [STRIKE]make sure filters and detergent drawers are clean




    [/STRIKE]
    Extras
    1. [STRIKE]
    2. Wash windows
    3. [/STRIKE][STRIKE]Dust and deweb.. we have loads of spiders looking for new homes at the moment! [/STRIKE]they'll be back tomorrow though but with all their mates:mad:
    4. [STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE] (will tackle this during the soap run- makes it less of a chore!)
    5. [STRIKE]
    6. Throw away/rehome10 things from each room in the house!! [/STRIKE]WIP -Will do ten with each room I clean as we go through the week.
    Woohoo!:j
    Also stripped DS bed washed bedding and dried it- will iron during hhI challenge later.
    Hoovered behind his bed - wasn't grotty at all:eek:
    febreezed and remade bed and hoovered
    Left a bright yellow duster placed prominantly over his TV -he will have to move it to watch it!:rotfl:( hopefully he will move it all around the room)

    Defragged PC in the dining room as it hasn't been done since Feb10:o
    All updates checked and installed- Hoovered it out and now its runnng much quieter:D all this was done whilst cleaninn the kitchen so will try and make this a task to do weekly whilst cleaning kitchen ...yeah right......:p half term next week I wont get near it........

    Put draught excluder on front room door - its not really draughty mor of an annoying rattle when you shut the door- Rattle now gone.

    Whilst waiting for DD to finally emerge from school rang a nice lady about some manure :o
    Booked hair appointment for trim during half term


    Thats it for now gonna finish catching up with the thread now

    Tea is homemade pasta with choritzo sausage so nice 'n' easy :T

    Good luck all who are setting their own personal challenges
  • Natty68
    Natty68 Posts: 3,487 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 18 October 2010 at 11:44AM
    Morning campers, count me in this week :) Thank you to FCC for keeping us all in check, it is so appreciated and I can tell you my DH loves having a nice clean and tidy house, and a semi-sane wife..lol

    Well not a lot going on here I'm afraid, it's blooming freezing and I am trying so hard
    NOT to put the central heating on, although at this rate I might have to put it on when I sit down to watch the t.v. later on, otherwise my tootsies might turn into freezer blocks.:eek:

    No sign of any of my birds in the garden this morning, I think they sneaked in when I wasn't looking..lol. The animals are all in strategic places around the house, I do notice they seem to be on the hot pipework under the floorboards!! They aren't daft!!


    Oh gods it's cold - I might have to resort to doing some ironing so I can keep warm..lol. OMG that is serious..lol


    Loving the idea of the 30 day plan and the 100 day plan, might have to have a look at these.


    Can I possibly be smug and say I have my pressies all done for DH, I didn't realise I had got them all until I went to list what I had bought for him. The only thing I have to order is the Kindle from Amazon, but will get that next month so that I don't have it here too early. This is the first year mind you that I am actually up straight with pressies
    :) Now all I have to get are the gifts for friends that I normally buy for each year. I must admit it does help not having any family to buy for..:o DH will get his family their presents when he has a week off in December :)

    Love and hugs to everyone, especially
    LL, Toots and Diva xx

    Ok on with my lists:


    Normal Daily Household Chores!!! - Shamlessly stolenborrowed from TAG!!!

    Mop kitchen floor.

    Tidy living room and put any stuff upstairs.
    Tidy main bedroom and make bed including putting on throw.
    Tidy and S+S bathroom.
    Hoover d/s/Porch/kitchen/living room/dining room + stairs
    Hoover bedrooms/landing and bathroom.
    Wash load x 2
    Sort clean washing + put clothes away.
    Keep ironing together (x15)
    Do poop patrol.
    Deadhead pinks and violas in box out the front.
    Feed birds
    Update "budget book" with receipts etc..
    Check emails
    Check and update MSE Flylady thread :)

    Additional extras:
    Vets visit with friends cat.


    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area

    Level One

    Clear and wipe work surfaces
    Sweep and mop floor
    Level Two

    Empty and clean out fridge.. use up those almost past their best things and fling anything furry or icky!!
    Wipe units and appliances
    Clean table and replace cloth if necessary
    Level Three

    Wipe hob and make oven shelves shiny again!
    Empty and wash out bins
    Run appliances through a clean cycle and make sure filters and detergent drawers are clean
    Extras
    1. Wash windows
    2. Dust and deweb.. we have loads of spiders looking for new homes at the moment!
    3. HHI
    4. Throw away/rehome/sell 10 things from each room in the house!!
    Mortgage Free as of 20.9.17
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  • vanilla
    vanilla Posts: 3,277 Forumite
    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
    Level One
    Sweep and mop floor

    Extras
    1. Dust and deweb.. we have loads of spiders looking for new homes at the moment!
    2. Throw away/rehome/sell 10 things from each room in the house!!
    Kitchen now looking loads better and hubby about to lit the fire. WM on and i really need to sort the back hall.

    MissH sounds like a good tip, i think i'll be trying that tonight. Hubby snores like a pig and if i'm not asleep before him it's awful. Plus he sleeps with ear phones in and i can hear them going.:mad:
    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 :j
  • rachelet
    rachelet Posts: 264 Forumite
    How did you get on Tag?

    In my second HHC I managed to:
    Finish sweeping my bedroom
    Take clothes upstairs and managed to put them away instead of just leaving in the correct rooms
    Sweep kitchen and hallway
    Moved some boxes of toys out of my bedroom into one of the kids bedrooms for them to sort out another time (makes my room look much better!)
    Also scrubbed the wire racks from the oven. I didn't realise they were supposed to be silver :eek: Not completely clean but so much better!

    Having lunch next I think as tummy is rumbling!
    DD1 born May 2002, DD2 born Dec 2005, DS born Dec 2008. Baby due May 2010! TEAM PINK!!

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  • Willow92
    Willow92 Posts: 2,186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I get home from college at 5 so I don't have much time in the evening before everyone comes home.
    Savings £8,865.22 £/15,000 Aiming to save enough for a house deposit.
  • msgnomey
    msgnomey Posts: 1,613 Forumite
    Well I have decided to brave having a bath, hope I can get out again!!!!!
    Go hopefully into each new day, enjoy something from every day no matter how small, you never know when it will be your last
  • Had a cheeky lie in this morning and at work for 12.30, still managed to get a fair bit done and the rest will get done after work.

    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area

    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Sweep [/STRIKE]and mop floor
    Level Two
    Empty and clean out fridge.. use up those almost past their best things and fling anything furry or icky!!
    [STRIKE]Wipe units and appliances[/STRIKE]
    Clean table and replace cloth if necessary
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wipe hob and make oven shelves shiny again![/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Empty and wash out bins[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Run appliances through a clean cycle and make sure filters and detergent drawers are clean[/STRIKE]
    Extras
    1. Wash windows
    2. Dust and deweb.. we have loads of spiders looking for new homes at the moment!
    3. HHI
    4. Throw away/rehome/sell 10 things from each room in the house!!
    [STRIKE]Call Council
    Call Santander re: online credit card service
    Re-set up 18185 service to try and avoid silly phone bills next month :eek:
    Load of washing done and on the line before work
    [/STRIKE]
  • embb
    embb Posts: 3,118 Forumite
    K, think I've done most of the list now, just about to phone Beamish and pray they've got tickets left, I may have left it too late (nothing new there then lol)

    make beds
    S&S kitchen
    tidy LR
    fill out school form
    fill out feedback form for council
    get lovefilm ready to post
    check online bank
    source blu ray film for eldests birthday
    pack-ups
    go to Asda
    post office
    post letters
    butchers

    work- 2 hrs
    tidy dining table (again) it's so become my dumping ground
    sort tea

    phone for Halloween tickets at Beamish
  • You are very welcome MissH.
    Just think if I had not found this thread, all that veg would have gone to waste.

    Mollie
  • ok in my HHC

    wiped the cupboards and front of washer and fridge
    shoved a load of bread in the bm
    wiped the window sill
    organised the fridge (made small shopping list) as it was wiped over yesterday
    found the cat (had been locked in spare room)

    now just off to look at bread flour as costco bound this weekend so will be able to drop by asda as well.

    also if flour hasnt been opened does it "really" go off? im using flour that had best before jan 10 to make my loaf of bread. it looked ok and didnt have any bits in it, but saying that i dont know what a weevil? looks like.

    seafarers xx
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