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Weekly Flylady Thread 25th October 2010

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  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    I stopped doing Flylady a while back and my house has suffered. Please take me back :D

    I'll be going for Level 1 all week unless inspiration really hits!
  • kassey
    kassey Posts: 1,523 Forumite
    Morning everyone
    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
    1. HHI or HHC doing some task you ALWAYS put off!
    2. binbag dance
    3. Wipe the skirtings and window frames
    4. empty and wash out bins and fill coal/kindling baskets as required
  • juliejim
    juliejim Posts: 7,944 Forumite
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    :wave: FF - welcome aboard!
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  • :xmastree: Morning all - I'm back! Was MIA for a month as I was abroad with dh and no kids (yeah!!) for 2 weeks so had to get house ready for my parents, spend 2 weeks away and then spend the next week working out where my mother put stuff!! My dish drainer was in the box of hockey sticks in the garage:D

    Will attempt level 1 and poss 2 whilst also trying to restore order to everything as well. Kids both off for half term - at least they're old enough to leave now as I have another part time job so will be out 4 days a week.

    So glad you didn't put the kitchen first, Pigpen, this week

    Off to load the DW before work - have a good day
    “the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. she never needed those wings.”
    Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
  • Dippypud
    Dippypud Posts: 1,927 Forumite
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    Good Morrow all,

    Hugs, spoons and sticks to those that need them,


    Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
    Level One
    Declutter the floors No chance, too many of DH gibble boxes.
    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 No plants.
    Declutter and wipe fire surround No fire or mantleshelf.
    Level Three
    Check house for draughts and make a plan to plug them before it gets REALLY wintery cold! Double glazing fitted, but keyholes let a draught through, how do you stop that?
    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.. These hide behind gibble boxes !!!

    Extras
    1. HHI or HHC doing some task you ALWAYS put off!
    2. binbag dance
    3. Wipe the skirtings and window frames
    4. empty and wash out bins and fill coal/kindling baskets as required
    Cats fed and tidied.

    OH and DS1 still asleep....ahhh
    On with the show
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    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"
  • vanilla
    vanilla Posts: 3,277 Forumite
    Morning all,
    I heard DD shouting out last night, thought she had got lost on the way to the toliet. When i went into her room and switched on the light she was standing on her bed facing the wall, hitting it. I asked her what she was doing and she had no idea, just said she had a bad dream and started crying. he couldn't remember the dream. I'm not sure if it's a bad dream or school playing on her mind.

    Kids nearly all ready then we'll go. *Please could i have some calm vibes for me and things to be sorted quickly for DD vibes.*
    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
  • Good morning all on this cold and frosty morning. The sun is out so I'm hoping for a nice day.

    Welcome to all newbies, I was a newbie last week and can't believe how much of a difference this "fred" has made.

    Calm vibes for Vanilla

    Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
    Level One
    [STRIKE]De clutter the floors
    [/STRIKE]
    Vacuum de cluttered floors!
    [STRIKE]Tidy coats and shoes, put summer ones away for next summer or in the bin or charity shop bag as required!
    [/STRIKE]
    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
    [STRIKE]De clutter [/STRIKE]and wipe fire surround
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Check house for draughts and make a plan to plug them before it gets REALLY wintery cold![/STRIKE] - D Glazed
    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
    1. HHI or HHC doing some task you ALWAYS put off!
    2. binbag dance
    3. Wipe the skirtings and window frames
    4. [STRIKE]empty and wash out bins and fill coal/kindling baskets as required [/STRIKE]– none to do, will clean windows instead
    Everyday things to do!!!!
    [STRIKE]Tidy the kitchen.[/STRIKE]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.

    With good intentions!!!!
    Defrost and clean freezer
    Make freezer inventory and put onto s/sheet
    Go through wardrobes and de clutter to c.shop
    Sort out under stairs cupboard
    [STRIKE]
    Menu plan for the week and do shopping list
    [/STRIKE]Try and work out how to sell on ebay
    Make curtain linings for dining room, front door and study
    Sort out ingredients for Christmas cake
    Write Christmas earlier this year!
    Write list of Christmas presents still to get
    Start to wrap Christmas presents and keep a list of what/who
    Buy 2011 diaries and calendar
    Tidy the garden up before winter
  • Dustykitten
    Dustykitten Posts: 16,507 Forumite
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    Morning all

    Blue sky and frost here so I'll leave putting the sheets on the line for a bit.

    Vanilla thinking of you and your DD and sending you both a hug

    Off to finish sorting the kitchen and then a shower and some warm clothes for the day.
    The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    edited 25 October 2010 at 9:18AM
    Oh Vanilla it must be awful for you and she is obviously very troubled... sending you a box of Piggy strops to use as required and a big bag of safe hugs for DD.. I hope you can get this awful situation sorted soon.

    Valli.. I was 8 and OH was 1

    Skinnylegs decided to get up at 8 this morning and poop in her vest so she is up and dressed!

    Not much noise from the rest of them but KH won't have put them to bed at a sensible time all weekend so they are shattered.. he needs to start being a LOT more responsible.. he didn't deflea Tiddles, he put them to bed stupidly late, he brought them back late, he spent a mealtime screaming at Tiddles and put her outside in the freezing cold when sh wouldn't stop crying.. unnecessarily crying probably.. but ignoring her noise shuts her up quicker than screaming at her..

    Anyway.. I have a list to find.. :D
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Half Term Squeak

    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 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
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