Weekly Flylady Thread 24th January 2011

Lenza_Quidditch

Hi All - well the week is rattling by here. I decided last week that my exercise/walk should be done first before house because I kept getting distracted and leaving it too late to go out for long. So Monday I went out straight after breakfast and upped it to 5 miles. I was quite chuffed to make it (hills involved) and was pretty fast. However, I sat down and just felt sleepy so apart from washing/cooking did nothing til the evening when I emptied my wardrobe and sorted it out. Lots of stuff that I want to fit into again (none of it valuable, just nice:D) - we live in hope:)... Tuesday, I was shattered and didn't do much of anything at all apart from washing. Yesterday, everyone was out for a change, so I blitzed the lists and changed sheets, remade the beds - even washed my hair (which involves 3 dripping wigs hanging round the living room). My nails were wrecked in the process, so had to cut them - how do people have long, manicured nails and do their own housework?!? All this because, today, I am going out :j (it's been a while!) Before I do, I am going to clean out the oven :eek: Just hope I can keep the energy up all day - couldn't sleep last night for ages - just wide awake for no good reason - maybe I really am that excited

Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining areas
Tuesday ~ Bathroom & Toilet
Wednesday ~ Study and bathroom/wc
Thursday ~ Living/Family/Reception room Have worked round the pile of guitars and stuff that's in there til the rest of the office is decluttered.

Mumof2 wrote: »

DS1 isn't at college tomorrow so I will ask him to help but getting him out of bed is like moving a moutain.

- I've got two like that - but that's OK cos my Mum helpfully told them that I was the same at their age :cool::)

See you later
Lenza

Valli

greenbee wrote: »

Nooo.... then they'll just make more baby spiders :eek:

We had ivy on the house when we first moves in here, on a kitchen 'extension' (well they knocked through into the coal place) and I used to have MILLIONS of baby spiders webbing away in my kitchen. They could only make little webs so my notice board was very popular.
Ripeed down the ivy - spiders are a thing of the past. Funnily enough the former lady of the house HATED spiders too

Anyway while other flyers were flying in North derbyshire so was I and I have a sparkly clean bathroom and a clean car. The car was in dire need as I last washed it the day befores a foot-and-a-half of snow was dumped on us.

Chewed the fat with my mum who has brought me the results of phase one of loft clear to e bay. She has been watching bargain hunt so SOME items were removed cos she thinks they're valuable;)
Just having a :coffee: then I shall crack on

%$^&^$%$^&T^ (swears in shock)

something I have on ebay which I almost BINNED has been bid up to over £6.00! 11 bids!

*clunk* (falls off chair)

Mrs_B

Unscheduled floor mopping session in the kitchen this morning - I did say to DH yesterday that I thought the WM was leaking - but because the puddle was in front of the sink not the WM the source was not found. This morning he informed me he was just off to work and that water was pouring out of the kitchen cupboard. :mad: And boy, doesn't water just spread!

It's coming back out of the thingy where the hose pipe sits in the pipe to the outside (you can tell I'm technical, can't you), so joy of joys, tonight I will have to peer at it and try to work out if it's blocked (presumably) and if so how to unblock it. And clean out the kitchen cupboard. It's either that or wait until Monday which is the first chance DH will have to look at it.

Managed to get all my charity stuff (for now) - including rags, deposited at appropriate shops. Just have two bundles of duvets in the back of the car to offload at the homeless place this afternoon on my way home. Then I need to create more filled bags. :T

Trying to decide "what" to do this weekend. A choice of returning to RoD #1 or doing some dot to dots. If someone had said a month ago I'd be planning such things for the weekend I would have been :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

pollyskettle

Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining areas
Level One
mop floors

Wednesday ~ Study and bathroom/wc:j
Level Three
[STRIKE] Clean chairs[/STRIKE]

Thursday ~ Living/Family/Reception room :j
Level One
[STRIKE] [STRIKE]Declutter and [/STRIKE]vacuum floor![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE] Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. [/STRIKE]

Start of extras list (in no particular order, but ready to add to and C&P later in the week )

1. Sort fabric boxes - made a start
   
2. [STRIKE] List big freezer contents[/STRIKE]
3. Write letters - Hotpoint, School Transport.....
4. List major appliances, date of purchase, supplier, insurance expiry date and file - made a start
   
5. Sewing pile - made a start
   
6. [STRIKE] Ironing pile - half done[/STRIKE]
7. Make linings for baskets - made a start
8. [STRIKE]Monthly Sainsburys order - made a start[/STRIKE]
9. Blind for bathroom
10. Blind for WC
11. Blind for girls room
12. Fix son's curtain track
13. Fix kitchen blind
14. Lining for laundry basket
15. Daughters passport - [STRIKE]waiting for form[/STRIKE] - waiting for birth certificate
    
16. Fix crochet throw
17. Photo album for old pictures - ordered
18. Cushion inners - dunelm?
19. Hooks for doors - qty?
20. Order pet food PaH - dog food ordered will do cats next week
21. Laminator
22. Take up 1 x skirt and 2 x trousers
    

pipersky

Hi all

Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining areas - ALL DONE :j

Tuesday ~ Bathroom & Toilet
Level One..
mop the bathroom floor
Level Two
shine the taps!
Clean shower/bath/loo/basin/bidet etc
Level Three
Wipe and defluff radiator.. in front and behind
Polish mirrors
Extras

1. Disinfect the toilet brush.. they are disgusting things!

Wednesday ~ Study and bathroom/wc
Level One
Clean bath/shower/loo/sink
Level Two
Level Three
Scrub tiles

Extras

1. Shine mirrors
2. Clean radiators

Thursday ~ Living/Family/Reception room
Level One
Level Two
Wipe sticky grubby marks from walls and paintwork
Level Three
Polish any glass.. screens, pictures, ornaments mirrors etc
Extras

1. Wipe and water any plants
2. Vacuum fluff from behind the radiator

LittleMissHappy_2

Really am going to get some flying done today........am going right now to hoover and dust / clean lr............HHC now if anyone wants to join me....:D

Mrs_Toast

I will join you LittleMissHappy for a HHC. Just put DS down for a nap and don't know how long I've got so Benny Hill music going on in my head.:rotfl:

pigpen

Lenza_Quidditch wrote: »

My nails were wrecked in the process, so had to cut them - how do people have long, manicured nails and do their own housework?!?

We get an acrylic coating to make them stronger and more durable and have a repaint every week!!

paulies_nixie

ARRGHHHH the neighbour is driving me loopy. He's hanging his new 42 inch screen TV on the internal ajoining wall. The drilling is doing my HEAD IN. how many holes does it need? And why must the mutts bark every time?? :mad:

ahh well I've done me exercise - who knew I had 50 mins of Pilates in me??

Spider has vanished before he could be re-located. Hmmm will have to keep an eye out for him. I dont mind the spider babies dont mind them at all really, except I dont want him climbing in me nose or mouth at night when I'm snooooring :eek: he'd really prefer it in the garage, he could protect my home dried chorizo experiment :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Okay lets see

Thursday ~ Living/Family/Reception room
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter and vacuum floor![/STRIKE] Urgh already looks like it needs re-doing - husky fluff season
[STRIKE]Wipe sticky grubby marks from sofas[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe sticky grubby marks from walls and paintwork[/STRIKE] Had a go but only paint is gonna fix a lot of that
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture you can safely move..[/STRIKE]
Wash any smelly soft furnishings (this may include pets and OH's) No beagle washing :rotfl::rotfl:apart from that it's all the softies we got
Level Three
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe firesurround..[/STRIKE] No fire place, sorted round the telly (wish we had a fireplace)
[STRIKE]Decant all the miscellaneous papers and bits into a box[/STRIKE] okay it's not a box, it's a "To sort" pile that DH will be confronted with when he gets in
[STRIKE]Polish any glass.. screens, pictures, ornaments mirrors etc
[/STRIKE] finished off the surfaces I didnt do yesterday

Extras
[STRIKE]
[/STRIKE][STRIKE] Wipe and water any plants
[/STRIKE] none
[STRIKE]
[/STRIKE][STRIKE] Vacuum fluff from the fire and behind the radiator[/STRIKE]Been done on one, but the other is hidden behind the sofa, not much chance unless DH wants to help when he gets home

1. [STRIKE]Sort through the box of miscellaneous belongings[/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]Binbag dance[/STRIKE]Followed up with recycle bag dance

Need to take out the trash and empty the hoover. And then the kitchen looks like the cupboards exploded... best sort that out really whilst I'm doing okay

LameWolf

Hi all.
Nattyt Do housework in shoes? ROFPMSL I should think not!:eek: I don't wear anything on my feet at home, and if the weather's warm enough, not when I go out, either (can get away with this in a wheelchair).;)

Cyclingyorkie ouchy-ouch; poor OH; that sounds extremely unpleasant I hope his poor thumb isn't too 'orribly painful. I must admit, I don't much care for the sound of "something he hasn't told you". (((HUGS))) and posi-vibes.

I'm doing fairly well today (probably because I did some of the lounge tasks yesterday);) and will try and get ahead with the bedroom in a bit, on the assumption that it'll be tomorrow's room. I also dusted what I could get to in the [STRIKE]temporary toolshed[/STRIKE] spare room, while I had the duster-onna-stick in my hand.;)

Dilly Doglet is due to arrive some time between 09:30 and 10:00 tomorrow morning, so I don't anticipate getting much housework done between then and Sunday evening, when she goes home.:D

New bathroom door has been picked up off the kitchen floor and is leaning against the wall, pending being hung tonight, so I can move freely around the kitchen again.:D

Updated listy:
Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining areas
Level One COMPLETE
Level Two COMPLETE
Level Three
Wipe table and replace cloth if necessary Deferred til I can access it, later in week Done
Wipe and replace all small appliances
Extras

1. Get rid of the webs and dust Deferred til I can get to it all Done
2. Wipe stainless steel so it is free from finger pints (baby oil for shining is good apparently!)

Tuesday ~ Bathroom & Toilet
ALL DONE
Wednesday ~ Study and bathroom/wc
ALL DONE

Thursday ~ Living/Family/Reception room
Level One
Declutter and vacuum floor! Done by Mr LW
Wipe sticky grubby marks from sofas Done
Level Two
Wipe sticky grubby marks from walls and paintwork Done
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. Done by Mr LW
Wash any smelly soft furnishings (this may include pets and OH's) Deferred til doors all finished. Although I did wash OH this morning......:rotfl:
Level Three
Clear and wipe firesurround.. Done
Decant all the miscellaneous papers and bits into a box N/A; I try to get everything put away as it appears. There's a wee tray of filing in the spare room, but only because the remaining door (which is actually for the spare room) is blocking access to the files.
Polish any glass.. screens, pictures, ornaments mirrors etc
Extras

1. Wipe and water any plants N/A
2. Vacuum fluff from the fire and behind the radiator Done
3. Sort through the box of miscellaneous belongings N/A – there isn't one!
4. Binbag dance