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Weekly Flylady Thread 25th October 2010
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I'm in (from the side lines and on the sick list)
is it too early to go to bed???
need to take ABs at 10 so can't really go yet boo hooGo hopefully into each new day, enjoy something from every day no matter how small, you never know when it will be your last0 -
Can't do it without you now!
School hols means 2 hours more each day as I don't have to do the school run. Must, must, must get the ironing done.Save £1000 in a year... £19.28/£1000Miche0 -
2009????? :rotfl::rotfl:
Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter the floors
Vacuum decluttered floors!
Tidy coats and shoes, put summer ones away for next summer or in the bin or charity shop bag as required!
Level Two
declutter and dust the tops of any units and dust ornaments
Wipe the sofas if needed or wash covers as required
Wipe and water plants, dust and deweb
Declutter and wipe fire surround
Level Three
Check house for draughts and make a plan to plug them before it gets REALLY wintery cold!
Hang pictures/mirrors etc that you have had for AAAAGES and not got round to doing yet!
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..
Extras- HHI or HHC doing some task you ALWAYS put off!
- binbag dance
- Wipe the skirtings and window frames
- empty and wash out bins and fill coal/kindling baskets as required
Tidy the kitchen.
Load/unload/reload DW.
Wipe surfaces.
Empty and clean bin
Sweep + mop kitchen floor.
Maintain the shopping list.
Tidy main bedroom and make bed.
Tidy and S+S bathroom.
S&S LR
Hoover downstairs i.e. living room, hallway, bathroom, dining room and study.
S&S study, wipe over PC desk and try to keep free from clutter.
Today’s list!
Weekly things to do!!!!
Hoover bedrooms and landing.
Hoover stairs
Laundry to do - whenever!!!!
Bring dirty washing downstairs.
Do washing.
Sort clean washing + put clothes away.
Keep on top of ironing. – def WIP0 -
Im in yet again this week, will be going to get my list in a moment.
Im going to be aiming to finish all flylady lists this week so i can start next month with a sparkling house as ive got a wedding to go to mid month and dont want to be running round trying to tidy the night before setting off which is my usual habbit.
Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter the floors
Vacuum decluttered floors!
Tidy coats and shoes, put summer ones away for next summer or in the bin or charity shop bag as required!
Level Two
declutter and dust the tops of any units and dust ornaments
Wipe the sofas if needed or wash covers as required
Wipe and water plants, dust and deweb
Declutter and wipe fire surround
Level Three
Check house for draughts and make a plan to plug them before it gets REALLY wintery cold!
Hang pictures/mirrors etc that you have had for AAAAGES and not got round to doing yet!
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..
Extras- HHI or HHC doing some task you ALWAYS put off!
- binbag dance
- Wipe the skirtings and window frames
- empty and wash out bins and fill coal/kindling baskets as required
pick up cake
speak to gran about mixer - need to do next sunday - called didnt broach the subject. feel bad asking for money.
email full guest list to parents
get full addresses of guests
My random jobs
junk bag of rubbish from stairs and handbags
book cattery/speak to neighbor about watching cat
close abbey accounts as no longer used
register for call credit - waiting on lloyds getting in touch as prob with user id
update sentinal card protection - waiting on lloyds getting in touch as prob with user id
weeklies
load of whites
load of blacks
load of bedding
load of blacks
clean litter tray
bake/make something yummy and snacky at least once possibly twice a week.
booked apts
car - 1st november
waxing 15th november
Renewals
October
tv licence
December
Car insurance
car tax
January
Pet Insurance0 -
Right.. Beasts in bed.. now to build a list..
Boys room
DS2 CoD
DS3 CoD
Change bedding
dust and deweb
DD2's room
Hire JCB
Hire skip
Contract rentokill
Fix PC
Change bedding
Sort clothes
Make space!
Girls room
Declutter floor of toys and washing
Sort wardrobe and rehome it if at all possible!
DD3's CoD
DD4's CoD
DD5's CoD
*** IF the wardrobe is rehomed build bookcase and fill with the 5000 boxes of books from under beds
change everyones bedding
Landing
Clear top of DD1's CoD's
Restack remaining ebay stuff
Take ebay pics
Do ebay listings .. loads of shoes/trainers to go on!
Bathroom
Remove dolls house!
empty and remove drawers
sort cupboard
Clean floor/window/walls
Downstairs
Vacuum under all the furniture
Clear table in back room
Clear worksurface in kitchen.. it is very gradually being unearthed
Boudoir
hang 3 pics in my room
restack gibble in my room!
Sort through my clothes and underwear
change bedding
Miscellaneous stuff
1 bag to CS
hang 2 large mirrors
hang 2 posters
Ring chaps about my guttering being replaced while I have some pence and before the bedroom gets really wet again
Ring my uncle about fitting my kitchen blinds
Measure front and back doors for curtains..
Fix bolts on back door
Empty little shed of my stuff and box up KH's stuff and dismantle shed for him to take
POST MOTABILITY FORMS!!
Soak fruit for christmas cakes.. I am not doing huge ones this year but doing an assortment of tiny ones.. about muffin size
Clean upstairs windows
Make draught snakes for front, back and french doors
Make curtain linings for boys room and uput up their blind.
get heat reflective stuff behind radiator in boys room
get draught excluder tape on windows aand doors
Get quote for new windows in back room and DD2's room.. then save up!
Wire brush/fill holes in/sand front door .. this is my next prettifying task!
My main mission tomorrow is to fill the 2 wheelie bins!
Tuesday I am christmas shopping to get DS2 a new monitor for his computer as his main christmas present and find something big for DS3.. and I am getting a new router!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 -
I'm in,
having decluttered DD to the station, suitably stocked with extra food, as her Student Finance still hasn't come through.
Decluttered my Dad back to his flat, with 3 extra portions of Sunday lunch, (saves him cooking), 'cos he can't be bothered usually.
DW on.
Cats fed, (even if those little boys tell everyone that nobody feeds them).
Cuppa time. :cool:C.R.A.P.R.O.L.L.Z # 40 spanner supervisor.No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thought.Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten."l! ilyë yantë ranya nar vanwë"0 -
I'm in again this week. Thanks to the usual suspects for keeping me on the straight and narrow.
Will be tackling the list, plus some extras...- Finish stripping wallpaper in lounge
- Fill holes and ask OH to redrill for curtain pole. (There is a point to this, honest)
- Sort fruit for Christmas cake and soak
- Clean bathroom.
- Make a start on de-crudding DDs bedroom in time for the jolly fat man
- Go shopping with OH for an Eternity ring (yes! finally...:j)
Take care
D
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Phew.. Pleased it was not just me that noticed, was worried there I might get kicked off the fred and there is no way I could cope without you guys now..
Big Hugs to FCC :iloveyou: (yes i am brown nosing) :rotfl:
Anyway.. here is the list so far.. this will probably grow as the week grows, it normally does..
Others;
Inventory Freezer (didnt get it done last week bad me)
Continue OU Study and complete week 4 before Sunday
Post all 20+ eBay Parcels (Monday):rotfl: That will be fun in the post van
Attend Dentist check up and polish - Tuesday 10.15am
Attend, open and run support group on Tues eve
Chase CMHT appointment
Clean Litter Tray (Oh Joy)
Post Sick Note to work (Monday)
Cook One thing I have never done before
Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter the floors
Vacuum decluttered floors!
Tidy coats and shoes, put summer ones away for next summer or in the bin or charity shop bag as required!
Level Two
declutter and dust the tops of any units and dust ornaments
Wipe the sofas if needed or wash covers as required
Wipe and water plants, dust and deweb
Declutter and wipe fire surround
Level Three
Check house for draughts and make a plan to plug them before it gets REALLY wintery cold!
Hang pictures/mirrors etc that you have had for AAAAGES and not got round to doing yet!
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..
Extras
HHI or HHC doing some task you ALWAYS put off!
binbag dance
Wipe the skirtings and window frames
empty and wash out bins and fill coal/kindling baskets as required
Love, Cuddles and Spoons
S xGC 2011
Jan £43.45/£40.00 Feb £55.14/£55.00 Mar £64.88/£120
I MUST KEEP POSITIVE!!
:A Time you enjoyed wasting, was not wasted (John Lennon) :A0 -
My list - I will get this place sorted! Front room is a mess and the furries are not doing their bit to keep things tidy!!
Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter the floors
Vacuum decluttered floors!
Tidy coats and shoes
Level Two
declutter and dust the tops of any units and dust ornaments
Wipe the sofas if needed or wash covers as required
Level Three
Check house for draughts and make a plan to plug them before it gets REALLY wintery cold!
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..
Extras HHC doing some task you ALWAYS put off!
binbag dance
Wipe the skirtings and window frames
My 3-a-day list for home
- contact autoglass; contact garage; contact tax office
- repeat prescription; post x 6; pay CC
- filing; shredding; laminating
- sort trolley; sort clear box; sort school bag
- sort DVDs; sort present stash; book train tickets
- sort a bookcase; sort a bookcase; sort a bookcase
- update 101 list; cross stitch x 2; money + chq to bank
My 3-a-day list for school
- Assess planning; Literacy planning; Numeracy planning
- Science planning; RE planning; PSHE planning
- PE planning; Music planning; ICT planning
- History planning; DT planning; Food Tech planning
- Make PECS folders; Make PECS boards; Make Target cards
- Science development plan; Update framework; Sort folder
- Writing assessments; Sort ROAs; Update SaLT reports"There's only one way of life and that's your own" - Levellers
"I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night" - Bon Jovi0 -
Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter the floors
Vacuum decluttered floors!
Level Two
declutter and dust the tops of any units and dust ornaments
Wipe the sofas if needed or wash covers as required
Declutter and wipe fire surround
Level Three
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..
Extras- HHI or HHC doing some task you ALWAYS put off!
- binbag dance
- Wipe the skirtings and window frames
- empty and wash out bins and fill coal/kindling baskets as required
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
Sow winter salad
Tidy up the garden
Make Nigella Christmas Chutney
make tinned seville maramlade
Get compote ingredients
I'm in for the week ahead and the usual thanks to FCC
Setting myself the target of completing the list in 30mins tomorrow evening after workfinal unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550
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