Weekly Flylady Thread 6th December 2010

pigpen

mumto5.. if it has a decent top coat on it will be fine.. mine are always painted and I never chip the polish!.. even when wallpapering etc.. I did wear it down on the skirting when fitting carpets though!

poohbear59

Well done Lil_me, soappie and Jassa !!!!!!!!

Not much flying done yet today but spending time with DS1 and DD And I am still snowed in !! We have an escape plan for tomorrow so I can go Christmas shopping.
I will update flying progress later.

nattyt

Hello all....i am sorry i've been awol!! Had a mini meltdown this week...stress.....and you can guess its a man..the ex to be precise! Didn't turn up at the weekend to see children and its had this terrible effect. Anyway won't bore with the details but on a positive note LOTS OF STARS PLEASE!!! I am up to date on the lists!! Yay! Haven't got time to catch upon thread so hope all is well in flylady world. xxx

Looby_-_Lou_2

Well this week hasn't really gone to plan as smallest daughter has been very poorly with chicken pox. She had scarlet fever last week and the Dr reckoned her weakened immunity has led to her being absolutely covered from head to toe in spots.

The fact it has been so cold has also meant we have camped out in the only warm room in the house leaving the chaos to itself elsewhere

The plus side is I have done loads of work for my "proper" job and crossed off quite a few things that have been sitting on my list for months. So hopefully I will actually be up to date with work when my elder daughter breaks up next Friday.

So on to today, my mother-in-law is baby sitting tonight so we can go to DD1's nativity. Therefore I am having a mad panic tidy and clean - bedrooms are now passable, kitchen is sparkling, play room is ok just need to sort out conservatory (which is really just an extension of the worlds smallest kitchen) and the living room which looks like an explosion in Hamleys.

Can't wait to go out tonight having been trapped indoors for nearly two weeks but wish it was my Mum and not the MIL babysitting.

Must do some ironing too or we're going to run out of clothes.

Wish me luck.

L-L

nicki_2

Afternoon all.

Haven't caught up with the thread as there's just too many posts!

Still waiting on the carpet fitters. They're stuck on a job ATM but will be here ASAP

Thur - Carpets coming FILL IN FORMS & Find letters for Dentist appoint.
Fri -Work, Dentist 4pm
Sat - Xmas decorations
Sun - Xmas shopping (anything not needed from town!)
Mon(13th) - Xmas shopping in town.

Decorating To-Do
- Paint doors in DD room - they need another coat at least. Cream over pink
- Paint my rooms walls. - Still need to do another coat, but it'll have to be dust sheets & masking tape job after the carpets are done :mad:
- Put up smoke alarm
- Remount Heating timer.

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Level Three
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..
Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
Level one
Clear the floor of clutter
Tidy the baubles and lights on the tree.. OR PUT UP YOUR TREE
Level two
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wash the windows
Level three
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
Sort coats, shoes and bags
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.
Wednesday - Master messroom! and landing
Level one
Strip the bedding and get it washed!
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!!
Level Two
Vacuum and turn the mattress, vacuum the landing and floor
Remake the bed
Clean the windows
Level Three
Wash any curtains/etc that are in need
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Fill a binbag for charity shop or the bin!
Thursday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Level One
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
Level Two
Wash windows
Clean curtains/blinds etc
Declutter floors
Level Three
Wash bathmats/shower curtain
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
Friday - children pits, spare rooms or just neglected spaces
Level One
Make half an hour for yourself
Change any dirty bedding that needs it!
Level Two
Vacuum through the rooms that need it
Wash any soft furnishings that require a wash
Collect any stinky laundry from about the place
Level Three
Clear out the toy boxes.. (or a box of guff)
Clean out any bins.. and do a binbag dance!!
Clear out a grotty cupboard!.. any cupboard so long as it is grotty!

Can't do the flying today as planned...I can't move in any of the downstairs rooms or the bathroom. I'll be able to wash up but ATM my hands are too cold to grip anything. I know the hot water would help, but my kitchen is freezing as well and I don't want to go dropping anything. Even with a hot drink I can't warm up so I'm going to hibernate under the quilt on the sofa

I will fly & do Xmas stuff tomorrow & over the weekend. DD is now desperate to get the tree etc done :rotfl: Also need to do cards, make/wrap pressies & finish my xmas shopping :eek: I really need to get my lists written so I'll do that now IF I can find a working pen & a pad lol:o

vanilla

Meeting done with the school and i'm so happy.:j:j:j:j:j
We have a plan, DD is to move into the heads classroom after christmas. That way she is away from one of the bullies and her sister ( there is one madam in the heads room but i don't think she'll do to much on her own). Plus she would be moving into that classroom next year anyway and the head can keep a good eye on her.

The head and teacher have both said they can't see any other way as this is going on too long and no matter what has been tried it hasn't worked. Plus if she is in with older ones she might mature abit.

Right less of my jumping about better go do some flying.

LameWolf

Just popping in on my lunch time-out to say Happy Birthday Juliejim. :beer:
*Wishes Pigpen was my mum, but that kinda wouldn't work cos I'm older than she is*:rotfl:

Mollina_Girl

vanilla wrote: »

Meeting done with the school and i'm so happy.:j:j:j:j:j
We have a plan, DD is to move into the heads classroom after christmas. That way she is away from one of the bullies and her sister ( there is one madam in the heads room but i don't think she'll do to much on her own). Plus she would be moving into that classroom next year anyway and the head can keep a good eye on her.

The head and teacher have both said they can't see any other way as this is going on too long and no matter what has been tried it hasn't worked. Plus if she is in with older ones she might mature abit.

Right less of my jumping about better go do some flying.

That's really good news. I hope things work out for her
xx

seafarers_wife

ok my ongoing list. my back is a lot better today so ive been to the supermarket, marks and sparks, next, pets at home, and got diesel as well.

now emailed oh and he is looking like he will be back by the 20th of Jan :j:j:j:j:j:j you have no idea how releived i am that he is back sooner rather than later as it means wedding plans are full throttle ahead.

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Level Three
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..
Extras
Wash the windows
Dust and Deweb
Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
Level two
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wash the windows
Level three
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.
Wednesday - Master messroom! and landing
Level Two
vacuum the landing and floor
Clean the windows
Level Three
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Extras
HHI
Thursday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Level One
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
Level Two
Wash windows and any chairs/sofas
Declutter floors
Level Three
Wash bathmats/shower curtain and furry bog hats
Extras
Post all the cards you need to post
Wrap all the presents for family/friends
Friday - children pits, spare rooms or just neglected spaces
Level Two
Vacuum through the rooms that need it
Level Three
Clear out the toy boxes.. (or a box of guff) .. Santa wants to fill them up.. but he can't if there is no space!
Clean out any bins.. and do a binbag dance!!

ajmoney

Hi gang. RANT ALERT! I'm feeling very flustered and stressed so I am taking 2 minutes to off load here, there is nothing you can do I just need to rant. Been having problems with an internal drain that has frozen and is thawing over our changing room at work. I am in charge of the building so rang through to get it seen to yesterday, they reported it as an emergency and were meant to see to it that day, they didn't! I rang at the end of the day and promised someone would be out this morning, they weren't but the water level had subsided so I was going to ring at lunchtime. By then the level had come back due to mild weather but the girls in that room didn't bother to tell me or mop it up they just ignored it. I then found out after putting a ban on any water use in that room that someone had turned the shower on this morning...to see if it worked. Of course it does FW it is the drain that doesn't. Anyway I rang back before I left work and no one can come out until tomorrow. However now it is leaking into the shower room downstairs very close to the lights and electrics. A team of guys have been set up to keep an eye on it including through the night. In the time it took for me to walk home it has got out of control, luckily someone is dealing with it for me while I am not there. I have tomorrow off but no need to go and sort that out, GRRR. RANT OVER

We have also been put on standby to shovel snow around med centres etc in Edinburgh as their council has asked for military assistance, why couldn't my local council have done that? I don't mind going only it will be around all this flood business and I am just too stressed out by that at the mo.

Anyway, my list which I would like to do tomorrow but can see the headless chicken thing happening on Saturday instead.

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
mop/vacuum the floors
Level Three
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven
Extras

1. Clean out the fridge
2. Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!
3. Dust and Deweb

Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
Level one
Tidy the baubles and lights on the tree.. OR PUT UP YOUR TREE (I have about a dozen baubles strewn about already.. thanks cats!) Sunday's job
Level two
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Level three
Wipe the sofas Will vacuum them instead
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.
Extras

1. Fill a binbag for charity shop Take binbag to charity shop
2. Finalise your christmas menu and shopping list Not sure what we are doing yet
3. Defluff and deweb these rooms

Wednesday - Master messroom! and landing
Level one
Strip the bedding and get it washed!
Level Two
Vacuum and turn the mattress, vacuum the landing and floor
Remake the bed
Clean the windows
Level Three
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Extras

1. HHI

Thursday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Level One
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
Level Two
Wash windows
Declutter floors
Level Three
Wash bathmats/shower curtain
Extras

1. Finalise those last minute presents you have to buy..
2. Post all the cards you need to post
3. Wrap all the presents for family/friends
4. Finalise shopping orders/lists for your christmas food shop.. remember shops are only closed for one day!!!!

Friday - spare rooms
Level One
Make half an hour for yourself
Change and dirty bedding that needs it!
Level Two
Vacuum through the rooms that need it
Level Three
Clean out any bins.. and do a binbag dance!!
Clear out a grotty cupboard!.. any cupboard so long as it is grotty!
Extras

1. Final final shopping lists 2 left to buy
2. Update remaining present lists
3. Wrap remaining presents
4. Make a timetable for christmas preparations.. turkey in.. turkey out.. etc