Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd January 2011

xx_Jo_xx

LittleMissHappy wrote: »

Everyone in my house loves fresh bread but you can also do dough for rolls, pizza bases etc plus make different cakes etc in it. I think it is worth it, but only if you have the room (you can make all of the stuff you make in a breadmaker by hand, really) HTH

Thanks for the replies, I know I can do it by hand, but I never seem to have the time for that and spend a lot on premade stuff from supermarkets which I grudge spending money on. The fact that its potentially money saving really depends on whether enough I get organised enough to use it!

Thanks

sockdrawer

Hi Everyone.
I've not managed to catch up with the list as I've been flying in in business areas today. Listy stuff tomorrow. It's certainly going to be easier once the children are back at school.... did I really used to home educate 4 children????
Going for a fred catch-up now, and will report back later.
Wednesday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
Level One
Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap
Clear desk of papers and junk.. give it a good wipe
Level Two
Wipe mouse, keyboard and polish screens while pc runs defrag.
Declutter 50 emails, 5 dead links and any unused programs.. make backup disc of pics etc.. just in case!
Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers
Level Three
Wash shower curtains/mat etc that are grotty
Clean paintwork and shine mirrors
Empty and wash out bins
Extras

1. Sort through that pile of hotspots!
2. Make room in the bathroom for your new christmas smellies! and get them installed
3. Clean radiators.. don't forget the back (sock on a stick/coat hanger!)
4. Get those christmas 'Thank you's' sent out!

lostinrates

lostinrates wrote: »

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
Level One[STRIKE]
Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap
Clear desk of papers and junk.. give it a good wipe[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]only because it got started yesterday. I have to go through the heap this afternoon while babysitting.[/STRIKE] Nochance: baby demanded my devotion all afternoon. I'm whacked from singing happy feet over and over and over again and waggling the baby about.
Level Two
Wipe mouse, keyboard and polish screens while pc runs defrag.
[STRIKE]Declutter 50 emails,[/STRIKE] Only another 2000 of clutter from a list I'ma member of but never get round to 5 dead links and any unused programs.. make backup disc of pics etc.. just in case!I can't do any of this...
[STRIKE]Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers[/STRIKE] Done. I love doing the bathroom....I light a candle while doing it and it is so easy...everything is designed to be cleaned.
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash mat etc that are grotty[/STRIKE] hurrah! A clean bathmat is lovely. I usually put a new one out on Fridays for DH coming home, does anyone else have family that try to turn the bathroom into a swimming pool?
[STRIKE]Clean paintwork and shine mirrors[/STRIKE] unrewarding job. Our bathroom is, tbh, fairly manky...but at least its as clean as possible but manky now.
[STRIKE]Empty and wash out bins[/STRIKE]
Extras

1. Sort through that pile of hotspots! Nope. And I know I'll regret that.
   
2. [STRIKE]Make room in the bathroom for your new christmas smellies! and get them installed[/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]Clean radiators.. don't forget the back (sock on a stick/coat hanger!)[/STRIKE]lots of washing fell down the back...they all got swiped pretty well that way

[STRIKE]

Get those christmas 'Thank you's' sent out!

[/STRIKE] just finished these.

pigpen

xx_Jo_xx wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, I know I can do it by hand, but I never seem to have the time for that and spend a lot on premade stuff from supermarkets which I grudge spending money on. The fact that its potentially money saving really depends on whether enough I get organised enough to use it!

Thanks

I love mine but am just too disorganised to load it so we eat plastic bread mostly.. but find the price of the BM you would like to buy (mine is a morphy richards and was about £60 after discount codes and quidco cashback!).. ingredients for a simple white loaf costs around 30-35p.. you spend maybe £1.20 on a shop loaf so say 90p more.. how many loaves would you have to make before breaking even??? I needed to do about 60/70 in mine.. I did use it more when the chcildren stayed packed lunch as I would mix the dough in the BM and make it into bread rolls on a Sunday to feed them all week.. I'd bake the rolls in the oven, slice them and freeze them in bags of 4 and get them out the day before they were needed.

Recycling out
Composting out
Bins emptied
WM's emptied
TD reloaded
DD1 sent to shop for bread and milk
Dinner done, eaten and cleared away

Baby much happier and shaking herself in the jumperoo.. though she isn't asking for food which is absolutely not like her!! She has not had a feed since about 1pm.. she has missed 2 maybe 3 feeds in that time. I'll force a feed on her shortly in case her blood sugar start dropping madly.. can't risk that!

1_step_closer

Helloo

Second day back at work and am shattered..........

Cadets last night as well..........hubby hoovred upstairs last night bless him.

When I got in I did the ironing and some washing..........and the banking............gonna feed hounds and do dishes......then go to bed.

Since I was ill my appetite returned with a vangence and I have eaten sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much I feel sluggish and yuk.

Body's way of gaining nutrients I suppose but a huge pan pf pasta and philly cheese wasnt such a good idea.

Greenbee hope everything turns out ok for you and have an awesome day tomorrpw!

1 step xx zzzzzzzzzzz

jools27_2

Evening all! Havent attempted lists yet, but was off yesterday and today, so all decorations down and packed away, living room, DD and DS's rooms blitzed, windows cleaned, beds changed and washing basket epty! Bit of a miracle, since OH is still off work, roll on Monday till I can declutter him off the couch, but at least DS went back to school today so no X-box assassinations to listen to today! Have made a huge vat of chicken soup and a monster pot of curry, so that will feed them for the next 2 days when I'm at work!

Maxonian

Hi,

Day 2 of work and i am shattered. haven't done any of the list.
Off out to a meeting soon, so will just have to get on with it after work tomorrow.
On the plus side, we've hardly sat down, so the LR is tidy!

x

Valli

pigpen wrote: »

Possiby a mad question..

Freja's godparents.. we are having 1 by proxy (he is in Oz travelling until June) OH's sister.. would it be highly inappropriate to have DD1 (she is 16) and maybe DS1 (19) as well??

I think it a lovely idea

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

So it is tidy or sleep on the hard floor tonight with nothing to keep her warm.

Oh I DO like your style

Perhaps this town ought to be renamed - eh Raphanius, Quillion, Cally C and Mummy of 5 - and other flyladies are not to far away?


Location: Chesterfield


tree down
cards down
decs down

*phew*

Now to haul the lot loftwards...

Mumof2_2

xx_Jo_xx wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, I know I can do it by hand, but I never seem to have the time for that and spend a lot on premade stuff from supermarkets which I grudge spending money on. The fact that its potentially money saving really depends on whether enough I get organised enough to use it!

Thanks

DH does all the bread making and sets it to finish at 7.30 so when we come down in the morning there's a lovely fresh bread smell! Once you get the hang of measuring it out it only takes 5 minutes. It works out cheaper than shop bread for us and is soooo much nicer. We've got 4 chickens too so for us nothing beats our own scrambled eggs on our own toast!

Missus_Aka

Update:

Hallway unit scrubbed
Hallway hoovered
Hallway Cupboard cleaned out and got rid of any junk
DS room tidied up of toys
DS room hoovered
Hallway skirting cleaned
One lot of washing folded & put away
Bedding in washing machine
Christmas decorations put away

Still more to do...probably crazy but i want it all done today so i can relax after will get it done in HHC x4 commencing @ 7.30

This is what i have left to do & i need the encouragement because i am starting to lag

Clean window & frame in DS room
Clean surfaces in DS room inc top of wardrobe
Clean under DS bed
Take xmas tree down & rebox
Clean double doors and frame in sitting room
Hoover sitting room
Clean all surfaces in sitting room
Sort out junk in hotspot of a sidetable
Clean skirting in bathroom, ds room, sitting room & kitchen
Clean window and frame in sitting room & kitchen
Clean doors in DS room, bathroom, sitting room, kitchen & hallway cupboard
Wash few dishes from lunch
Wipe down surfaces in kitchen
Shine sink
Clean kitchen floor
Clean sink, toilet & bath
Clean shower screen to get all those pesky water marks off
Clean bathroom floor
Clean bathroom surfaces