Weekly Flylady Thread 31st January 2011

lauradora

hi there flyers
had a busy week this week, had handfasting at home so house has been very tidy
got to tie up lots of loose ends tomorrow though including fridays list

Goodnight all see you tomorrow xx

furball

Valli . Anyine sold/bought curtains on e bay?
I bought some Laura Ashley curtains for the bargain price of £45 on buy it now,:D (a same size identical pair went for £143, so very pleased) I paid £10 delivery and was happy with the price. They were 80" wide and 90" long and fully lined. I bought some interlined ones 2 years ago (fleece lining inbetween curtain and lining) and paid £16 postage cos they weighed a ton. HTH

seafarers_wife

my list for tomorrow, handt realised the time so going to go do my face and go to bed.


dailies every day
strip and make bed
put out recycling on thursday - bloomin forgot and missed recycling, not impressed as wont bin it so going to have loads on the kitchen table now till 2 weeks time
exfoliate & mask (put twice as needs done twice a week)
email car people and ask for names, addresses, and car reg.
email photographer with list of photos i want
send cheque for balance of cars
sort out ironing for ironing lady - sunday
clean out cat tray
pick up order from next
hand deliver invite

dailies
wash dishes
feed & water cat
showered and dressed for me
morning & evening skincare routine
open curtains every day so im not hibernating
drink 3 liters of liquid a day

Apts
beautition - tuesday 2.15

Triker

lauradora wrote: »

hi there flyers
had a busy week this week, had handfasting at home so house has been very tidy
got to tie up lots of loose ends tomorrow though including fridays list

Goodnight all see you tomorrow xx

Oooh congratulations xxxxx:T

Dustykitten

serena wrote: »

:hello:Hi to all my flylady friends!! I have had a really busy week, and haven't had a chance to pop in at all - I've missed you!

Same here, really busy with loads going on but all well.

Must get to bed now as it's DS3's birthday tomorrow (I'm expecting tears with DH being away).

Sorry I've not read most of the thread but belated Happy Birthday for any I've missed and love and hugs for The Jellies and The Nixies xx

hex2

Dusty - hope he has a good day anyway.
Helen - thinking of you and yours. Scarily expensive, your mum may be able to get a grant? My MIL had problems as we paid the deposit so needs looking into up front.
Paulies nixie - thinking of you too
Mumof2 - hope you are feeling better this morning
Triker-love the avatar

First job this morning is to clear DS2s bed. DH is away, loudly windy outside and things keep crashing out of his bed

JennyJewell

Morning all
Sorry I haven't been on here at all - am turning back into a lurker I have been keeping things tidy but not so great this week. Went to see Russell Howard on Wednesday night - he was fab Was off work yesterday with DS1 - both of us had upset tummies as so did DH Feeling better now and will be going to work
Have been giving my sons a job a day to do with bedroom so today's will be stripping the bed when they get up and I shall put it in the wash
Small list for this morning -
Wipe dishes
Put washing on
Feed animals
Shower
Kids shower
Kids breakfast
Iron clothes
Tidy living room
Hoover
Dust and polish
Clear breakfast bar
Ok will add more tonight
Off to get ready now, hope you all have a lovely day
Jen x

JennyJewell

Big, big hugs to Helen jelly and paulies_nixie xx

Happy belated birtday wishes to jinky, jjef, mumto5, sockdrawer and pigpen's dad
Happy Birthday wishes to Dustykitten's son
Jenny x

EllieA_3

EllieA wrote: »

Ok having been told off for not sticking to flylady's like i planned last october and continuing to live in utter Chaos. No let me correct that grubby and getting grubbier Chaos.

I'm starting today.. not next monday like i keep thinking.. today.

Now i've just got home wolfed down a bowl of stew from the slow cooker and im looking at the list. Do you think it's a good enough start to just do the things in red? I guess that will take about an hour or so?

I just don't want to be lazy and have a huge amount of work to do around the house because frankly it's gross!!! but at the same time i'm knackered from work

Thursday ~ Bathroom, WC and Study
Level One
Declutter and vacuum/mop floors in these rooms!
Set pc to declutter cache and defrag while you scrub the fixtures and fitting in the bathroom/wc.
Level Two
Polish screens (microfibre cloth and a dab of white vinegar brings them up a treat) and mirrors and glass shelves.
Shine taps and shower rails and radiators
Remove 10 dead/unused links from your favourites and clear out some of your inbox!
Level Three
Remove all dirty laundry/smelly soft furnishings to the wash basket
Replace bathmats/shower curtains/sponges and toothbrushes that are manky
Declutter and wipe the desk.. do any filing you find on there! (well a half job the desk is huge i don't think i can do it all tonight)

Also will it really work?? my house is a disaster will doing the daily jobs really make much difference in the short/long term for a house in a real mess or do i need tougher action to begin with?

Ok reporting back on yesterday

I managed my list and even did a few bits and bob's that wheren't on it in the bathroom, i still have a very very cluttered bathroom shelving unit which i didn't touch

However i did clean off the around the side of the both and window sill throwing away all the empty bottles that where living there and while i mopped the floor i cleaned the skirts and all around the back of the sink and toilet as well as finally threw away the 50 empty loo rolls that where breeding on the floor.

I Know it's only a small victory and it was always going to be the easiest room to manage but it was such a nice feeling walking in there this morning and seeing it as something other than a health hazard.

:j:j

I also sat down and made a meal plan, i've fallen out of the habit and it's costing me a fortune in food, so i sat down and did a list of meals using the food i have and found out i have enough for about 30 days.

Feeling abit more in control now thankyou all :T:T

cyclingyorkie

EllieA wrote: »

Ok having been told off for not sticking to flylady's like i planned last october and continuing to live in utter Chaos. No let me correct that grubby and getting grubbier Chaos.

I'm starting today.. not next monday like i keep thinking.. today.

Now i've just got home wolfed down a bowl of stew from the slow cooker and im looking at the list. Do you think it's a good enough start to just do the things in red? I guess that will take about an hour or so?

I just don't want to be lazy and have a huge amount of work to do around the house because frankly it's gross!!! but at the same time i'm knackered from work

Thursday ~ Bathroom, WC and Study
Level One
Declutter and vacuum/mop floors in these rooms!
Set pc to declutter cache and defrag while you scrub the fixtures and fitting in the bathroom/wc.
Level Two
Polish screens (microfibre cloth and a dab of white vinegar brings them up a treat) and mirrors and glass shelves.
Shine taps and shower rails and radiators
Remove 10 dead/unused links from your favourites and clear out some of your inbox!
Level Three
Remove all dirty laundry/smelly soft furnishings to the wash basket
Replace bathmats/shower curtains/sponges and toothbrushes that are manky
Declutter and wipe the desk.. do any filing you find on there! (well a half job the desk is huge i don't think i can do it all tonight)

Also will it really work?? my house is a disaster will doing the daily jobs really make much difference in the short/long term for a house in a real mess or do i need tougher action to begin with?

Realistically your house did not descend into chaos overnight - so you can't expect to turn it round overnight either....

Since the start of the year I have made a few changes - 1 is that one load of washing goes through every evening and is on the radiators before I go to bed. The second load is in the machine and primed with detergent - OH gets up at 5 and all he has to do is hit the start button - and it's ready for me at 6am.

So sometimes half of the previous days washing is ironed (and because I put it neatly on the rads the ironing is reduced) before the kids get up!:j:j:jwhich is great,

The knock on effect is that having changed most of the beds this week all the bedding is now clean, ironed and put away!:T:T

So the knock on effect is growing - snowballing if you would.... I had time to do a thorough clean of the kitchen floor on Monday...and now the kitchen sink is clear when I go to bed (I hated coming down to washing up in a bowl of mucky water!)

I've been here for ages....... but I think I've turned a corner - but stick with the doing little things - you will begin to see an improvement!

Hope this helps!