Weekly Flylady Thread 29th November 2010

vanilla

Greenbee and kazw big hugs.
Nicky hope you get it sorted soon. My sisters pump went on saturday and only got fixed last night.

I've managed very little today so far. My sister has told me she's not working again since before halloween . I've thought for awhile she's been out of work but not this long. Her hubby doesn't know and he's expecting a months wage in the account today. So sister has took out a loan for 28 days (i did tell her she's mad and just to tell him the truth but she won't tell him). Not sure what i can do to help, i've tried before but it doesn't sink in.

Right suppose i should go do something....

vanilla

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, stairs!
Level One
Clear and vacuum floors and sofas!
Dust and deweb
Level Two
Wipe and water plants
De-fingerprint glass, screens, windows etc
Extras

1. Wipe window sills and catches.. check they are locked!
2. Wipe remotes .. they cannot be any cleaner than our germ riddled keyboard!

Wednesday ~ Bedroom, Landing..
Level one
replace with clean bedding
Level two
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on the landing
Dust and deweb.. don't forget to do the lightshade
Polish windows and mirrors and any other glass/mirror
Level Three
Have you written christmas cards yet??? Go finish them off!

Thursday - Bathroom, Loo & Study
Level Two
Wash windows
Vacuum/mop all floors
Level three
Clean the bath/shower/loo's/basins etc
Scrub down the tiles
Extras

1. Delete 50 unwanted emails
2. Write and post christmas cards!!

Friday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
replace bedding
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Level Two
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed!
Straighten the toy boxes and shelves
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Extras

1. List 1 item to sell ..

Best make a start.

ajmoney

Popped to OHs school with him earlier so he could sort some stuff out. His dad came out of hospital yesterday so we visited him on the way back, he seems a lot better now, thankfully. Meant to be going to a house party later but no trains are running here so not sure if we will get there. In fact Scotrail aren't running anything north of Edinburgh, hence not going to the Christmas markets in the end.

The powers that be have decided that it is not safe for us to travel to Cumbria on Sunday so I am off until Monday. Going to concentrate on downstairs tomorrow, upstairs on Sunday and hopefully have an organised house by the end of it and maybe some stars.

Has anyone had any post? Saw a mail van earlier but haven't seen anything for days.

My list for this week

Anything in bold from Pigpen's list
Take stuff to charity shop
Finish Christmas shopping 2 left to get
Look for storage boxes for OHs records See if these will fit in the gramophone cabinet
Sort stuff from bed and floor in RoD and try and find permanent homes for them Bed stuff sorted and either put away or piled up to do later

Monday ~ Kitchen
Level Three
dust and deweb!
Clean through a cupboard
Extras

1. Clean the oven
2. Wipe down all the paintwork
3. Clean sockets and switches

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, stairs!
Level One
vacuum floors and sofas!
Dust and deweb
Level Two
Pile up the hotspots and deal with their contents
Wipe and water plants
De-fingerprint glass, screens, windows etc
Clear and wipe firesurround
Extras

1. Wipe hand rails and ALL the doorknobs/handles
2. Wipe ALL light switches and plug sockets
3. Wipe window sills and catches.. check they are locked!
4. Wipe remotes .. they cannot be any cleaner than our germ riddled keyboard!

Wednesday ~ Bedroom, Landing..
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on the landing
Dust and deweb.. don't forget to do the lightshade
Polish windows and mirrors and any other glass/mirror
Level Three
Fill a binbag of stuff to leave the house.. be it rubbish or clothing or bedding..
Extras

1. Dust behind radiators.. sock on a stick!
2. Pile up the hotspots, or at least some of them and deal with it all

Thursday - Bathroom, Loo & Study
Level One
Dejunk pc desk!
Level Two
Wash windows
Wipe all paintwork
Vacuum/mop all floors
Level three
Clean the bath/shower/loo's/basins etc
Wipe the cup rings and dust off the desk
Scrub down the tiles
Extras

1. post christmas cards!!

Friday ~ spare room!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Make appointments for your christmas hair do, nail fix, hairy part waxed, fake tan.. whatever you need to do!
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard.. any cupboard, could even be a kitchen one!
Straighten the toy boxes and shelves
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe sticky grotmarks from the walls, doors and paintwork
Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. Put up your decs!!!!!!!!! lol... Will do when visitors have gone on the 12th

seafarers_wife

Woohoo, i have snowmen on the first page of the thread

Toots, can I now have a wednesday snowman please?

Pigpen - if you keep that up, you will have all 5 snowmen done this week :j

lots of love hugs and spoons and men are idiots vibes to those that want them!

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Level Two
Give one small appliance a good clean! - george forman to do
Extras
Clean sockets and switches
Dust and deweb
Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, stairs!
Level One
Clear and vacuum floors and sofas!
Dust and deweb
Extras
Wipe hand rails and ALL the doorknobs/handles
Wipe ALL light switches and plug sockets
Wipe remotes .. they cannot be any cleaner than our germ riddled keyboard!
Wednesday ~ Bedroom, Landing..
Extras
Dust behind radiators.. sock on a stick!
Pile up the hotspots, or at least some of them and deal with it all
Thursday - Bathroom, Loo & Study
Extras
Binbag dance
Write and post christmas cards!!
Friday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Extras
Binbag dance

froddington

I briefly saw an orange glow in the sky earlier and the sky itself turned blue for a bit! Shame it didn't do enough to melt the ice rink that is on the pavement and road outside my house!

MrsC - Happy Birthday!

greenbee - hugs; you know where I am if you want to talk / scream / shout / etc.! x

kazw - hugs for you too x

All furries have been cleaned out, towels and bath mats washed, washing up done and kitchen S & S, and bits and bobs of sorting and tidying done.

Will update list and see if I have made any sort of dent in it!

kazwookie

Last load in wm
TD still on the go
Cat has ventured out!

Nicki~ wrap up very well if you have no heating, and keep on the phone at them, forget flying till you have it sorted.

Vanilla~ try to get your sister to tell her hubby the truth, it'll be easier in the long run.

Pigpen~photo of over dressed tree please!!!

Roasted a piece of duck for me tonight, ages since I have had duck, just sorting out what to eat with it.

MrsChaos

Greenbee - don't know what to say! Hope it all sorts itself and you'll feel better soon, too. Surely your OH must have realised by now that you are worth sticking it out for. Want to share my choc stash?

Kazw - What everyone else has said. OH's family are way out of order, taking advantage of you when it suits them. I hope he's going to be a bit more sensitive in the future.

Nicki - What a nightmare. Keeping my fingers crossed that it's going to be sorted soon.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes and cakes. It's been an ok sort of day so far. DS1 has filled 4 CDs with music for me and DH got me some nice silver earrings with Whitby jet - one of my favourites. Had a chance to talk some stuff through with my GP and a mooch around our small town centre with DS2 (co-op, baker's, papershop, Jack Fulton's and cheap bits-and-bobs shop). Treated myself to a nice christmassy mug for 99p.
Can you make rice pudding with risotto rice? (Sorry if that's a bit random.)

Also, the dining table is clear. I still need to scrub it and clear/clean behind it and under it, but there's progress. Just going to see friends down the road, then on with the clear-up. DS2's toys after the table is finished.

toottifrootti

afternoon all,
more snow and freezing temp - minus 8

Triker thanks for asking honey - yes feeling a bit restricted but nought i can do about it - plenty more like me! Unfortunately my neighbours dont bother about anybody but them selves - there are a few elderly around here and they must be struggling.:(
and well done to you and Dippy for helping others :A:A:T:T

MrsChaos Happy :bdaycake:Birthday - glad you have the day off!
greenbee - glad OH is on his way- now you can talk face to face and sort things out - I think its obvious that you both feel very strongly about each other by what you are saying and you both just need to try to be considerate of each others position - i know that sounds very trite and obvious but sometimes we just need reminded of these things - i hope you work things out - dont even think about splitting up as you will regret trying to work through it together - thats what couples do remembeber - they work together and try to find compromises for whatever situation is causing the problem. I would seriously re-consider your trip - Edinburgh has been very bad - airport has been shut several times - Loch Lomond would be a no-no!!! (((hugs)))

Kazw (((hugs))) - silly man he should have realised it would be rubbing salt in! and even more (((hugs)))
maybemischief well done you for battling into work - I really appreciate the efforts my carers have put in to get here - some are walking miles! I would be very firm and polite with your clients and not let them moan! Point out that yes you maybe late but at least they are getting a carer!
nicki keep nagging at them - you have a child thats not well and need heat

well done to the pigpen household!!!
vanilla (((hugs))) oh dear your sister is being silly and just making things worse for herself - I hope you dont get pulled into the deception.
ajmoney thank goodness they have seen sense - good to hear OH's Dad is home - I hope he is much better - we have not had mail either - apparently .....wait for it........ the posties are not allowed out to deliver for health and safety issues! They are reporting for work so I guess some sorting of their own stuff ready for delivery will be getting done but they have had to clear their yards with shovels while they are not allowed to deliver!


loads of (((hugs))) for everyone - seems the weather, the month, families, money, health and all sorts are giving you a hard time so I hope it will soon pass.


I wont bore you with my crappy day it is nothing compared to what you guys are going through.


toots xx

toottifrootti

eBay free listing day 4th and 5th DEc - but you cant use turbo lister.

ajmoney

toottifrootti wrote: »

ajmoney thank goodness they have seen sense - good to hear OH's Dad is home - I hope he is much better - we have not had mail either - apparently .....wait for it........ the posties are not allowed out to deliver for health and safety issues! They are reporting for work so I guess some sorting of their own stuff ready for delivery will be getting done but they have had to clear their yards with shovels while they are not allowed to deliver!

I am going to try calling the sorting office, they may let me go and pick up our mail, we are waiting for some vouchers and until they arrive we can't sort a lot of Christmas stuff out.