Weekly Flylady Thread 18th October 2010

fedupandskint

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Sweep and mop floor
Level Two
Empty and clean out fridge
Wipe units and appliances
Clean table and replace cloth if necessary
Level Three
Wipe hob and make oven shelves shiny again!
Extras

1. Wash windows

Thank Crunchie it's Friday ~ Study and Bathroom
Level One
Declutter the floors!
Level Two
vacuum/mop floors
scrub the fixtures! polish the mirrors and taps
Level Three
Wipe over the desk and any chairs that are in these rooms


Sparkles list for this week
Sort drainpipe out and either refit/repair/replace
Clear out guttering and fit gutterpillars
Get some wire netting for draincover
buy paint for kitchen and door
plant bulbs and pansies
Sow winter salad
Tidy up the garden
Make Hearty Ale Chutney
Make Nigella Christmas Chutney
make tinned seville maramlade
Get compote ingredients
Get granola ingredients

Dustykitten

Life by the AGA

froddington

Hello!! I am here!! It's half term :j although the news about Pompey has dampened my spirits somewhat Scratch that - it looks like something could be sorted by tonight :j Fingers crossed (and everything else too!!)

Toots - I am gutted I missed your birthday Sooooo sorry :A Good to hear you had a nice day xx

Happy Birthday to everyone else who has celebrated over the last few weeks - hope you all had fun!

Welcome to all the newbies - hope you are settling in to the madhouse

I have skimmed through many pages of the thread but I know I will have missed things so apologies

carlsberggal - congrats to Danny and his GF

Mrs B - good to see you posting

Mumto5 and samiell - congrats on the jobs :T

Penpen - I would love to come and meet you all but it would have to be in the school holidays for me. Hope you have fun anyway x

valli - fab news

mudbath - glad it's positive news

L-L - great to see you posting more often Fingers crossed you're up for a short get together in the week :A

Love, hugs and spoons for all especially Toots and L-L :A xx

I am having a lazy weekend in an attempt to recharge (although I do need to clean out both lots of furries!) and then will be back in properly next week to sort out this tip

pigpen

Craftyscholar wrote: »

Hang on.
What happened to the grown-up oasis of calm you created??????

A baby and christmas!!!

Dustykitten wrote: »

Life by the AGA

Ah the hardship of being a cat! Mine are outside chasing leaves and Cracker is sulking because he got a foot up the behind for attacking Peaches. He glares at me through the kitchen window from the garden wall.

pigpen

Dusty.. he looks fabulous.. well done you..hope he enjoyed it!

Valli

toottifrootti wrote: »

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Valli glad puddy is ok - hope you have a great day in the mud!

back a bit earlier than usual and bathed...

I had a muddy bum cos I slipped... now have a new hi vis vest though - we get to keep them!

First couple of years we did this we got all sorts of junk out - trolleys, a wheelchairs once (honestly!) bikes and various bits of flung (dumped scrap)

Now, although there is rubbish (and TBH some of it blows across from the recycling bins near the shops when it's windy), very little big unnatural rubbish, but lots of blockages caused by fallen trees which then trap smaller trees/branches. Once again the storm dam (designed to keep flood on fields) was almost blocked by a tree, but a strong man shifted it!

Photo of me in said high vis vest will be on facebook when I have worked out how to rotate it!

sexymouse

Pleased to report that the onion soup was yummy! If anyone wants to make some, this is what I did.

1. Thinly slice about 6 small onions into rings.
2. Heat a large frying pan, or wok, and add some olive oil.
3. On a low heat, add the chopped onions, and sprinkle with a teaspoon of brown sugar.
4. Cook the onion for about 30 minutes until caramelised (stirring occasionally to prevent burning).
5. Make 2 pints of vegetable stock (I used value veg stock cubes).
6. Add the stock and a dried bayleaf to the onions.
7. Add about a teaspoon of soy sauce.
8. Simmer for 20 minutes.

This is like french onion soup (more like a broth consistency) - if you wanted to make the soup a bit thicker, you could add a couple of teaspoons of flour to the onions and cook for about 10 minutes before step 5. I had the soup on its own, but you could serve it with crusty bread with grilled cheese on top.

(This recipe serves 2.)

kazwookie

Back after several hours:-

All listies done
Wm finished
All clothes either dried, airing / waiting for ironing
74 items listed on ebay, some more to go but I'll do them tomorrow as I had enough after 3 hours, 2 already have bids!!!
Cut the grass and THAT was hard work as it got too long and was soaking wet
Pulled out bedding plants
Sorted out plant pots, and put some in the greenhouse for the winter, more to go tomorrow
Garden butterfly oranments in for the winter as well
Swept up some leaves
My council garden bin is now full.
Going to have a rest now

nattyt

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Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area
]Level One[/COLOR]
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floor[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[COLOR=purple[STRIKE]]Empty and clean out fridge.. use up those almost past their best things and fling anything furry or icky!![/STRIKE][/COLOR]
[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]
[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
[STRIKE]Wash windows[/STRIKE]
[COLOR=#800080[STRIKE]]Dust and deweb.. we have loads of spiders looking for new homes at the moment![/STRIKE][/COLOR]
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Throw away/rehome/sell 10 things from each room in the house!![/STRIKE]
Tuesday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum said decluttered floors![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]declutter and dust the mantle putting back only what should be there[/STRIKE]N/A but dusted shelves!!
[STRIKE]Wipe the sofas if needed[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants, dust and deweb[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Declutter and wipe coffee table/magazine rack if you have one![/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash any soft furnishings that are in need.. hang winter curtains/linings[/STRIKE]Couple of cushion covers gone in wash!
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe window sills, and any electricals and picture frames etc[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty and clear out a cupboard..[/STRIKE]
Extras
HHI
[STRIKE]binbag dance[/STRIKE]
Wipe the paintwork and bannisters
Wash any windows that have been neglected
[/LIST]Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Strip the bedding get it washed dried and the bed remade! Vacuum and turn mattress if it hasn't been done in a while![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]vacuum the floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Straighten a cupboard of clothing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty all the bins upstairs[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Tidy a box of 'stuff'[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Tidy up the floordrobe, inc. shoes bags and toiletries.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]dust and deweb[/STRIKE]

Extras

HHI (you will get to the bottom of it all this week!)
Wash windows
Binbag dance
Thursday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip , wash and replace bedding[[/STRIKE]/COLOR]
[STRIKE]Declutter and vacuum the floor[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sort through a cupboard.. any cupboard, could even be a kitchen one![/STRIKE]Completely blitzed every kitchen cupboard...wow that feels good!!!:rotfl:
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed! Did DD2 but need to do DS!!
[STRIKE]Straighten the toy boxes and shelves[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash any soft furnishings that need it.. or the duvet![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb[/STRIKE]
Wipe sticky grotmarks from the walls, doors and paintwork
Extras
[STRIKE]Binbag dance[/STRIKE]
HHI
[STRIKE]List 1 item to sell [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]sort the shoes, coats and bags![/STRIKE]
Thank Crunchie it's Friday ~ Study and Bathroom
Level One
[STRIKE]Spend half an hour doing something for yourself! Coffee with a friend, hair appointment... whatever[/STRIKE] This involved money, wine and naughty food!!
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]vacuum/mop floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]wash the bathmats/shower curtains or anything else that needs it[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]scrub the fixtures! polish the mirrors and taps[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Clean and sort a cupboard or shelf and recycle all those empties[/STRIKE]
dust and defrag the pc and declutter 50 unwanted emails and 5 links from your favourites. Just need to defrag
[STRIKE]Wipe over the desk and any chairs that are in these rooms[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]empty and wash out bins[/STRIKE]
HHI
[STRIKE]wipe doors and paintwork[/STRIKE]
wash any stinky pet beds.. or the pets themselves if you wish Thats DD1 job!!

Have had a mad one catching up today! Next week will stay on track as the difference it makes is unbelievable. My dad has finished decorating toilet and it looks AMAZING!! Tried to take pics but just keeps going fuzzy:(

Hope everyone well. xxx

Valli

look quick I'm deleting this soon!