Weekly Flylady Thread 7th March 2011

Courgette

Just cleaned the LR and porch windows. O.M.F.G!:eek: that is all! :rotfl:

jjef

Afternoon all,

Count me in for this week, house is badly in need of some flying as it has been a bit neglected the last 10 days.
Thank you to all for their kind words and comments re FIL, funeral went well and was well attended we werent sure how many people would turn up but more than we could have hoped for.
I am going to post todays list but need to start in the kitchen first as it really does look like a bomb has hit, so will do a HHC there first and then make a start on the LR after.

Monday ~ Living room, reception rooms and hallway
Level One
Declutter and vacuum floors
Wash any soft furnishings and plump pillows and fluff throws
Level Two
Vacuum under sofa cushions and wipe away any gungy marks from walls and sofas
Tidy coats, bags and shoes
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
Level Three
Tidy Magazine rack
Dust and deweb
Check smoke alarms
Polish glass and electricals and firesurround
Extras

1. Wash windows and curtains
2. Beat rugs and doormats to rid them of muck
3. Clean smelly pets and their smelly bedding
4. Catch up on any important phone calls

Kitchen here I come.

vanilla

Monday ~ Living room, reception rooms and hallway
Level Two
List 2 things on ebay
Level Three
Fill in skirting with wood filler
Extras

1. Wash windows and curtains
2. Clean smelly pets and their smelly bedding

Kids all home and the meeting at school went really well, so i'm pleased for now. The main git was caught today red handed tormenting DD.

Need to now get the wood filler in and get the skirting sorted, i'm pleased with all thats been done today just hope i don't flop tomorrow. :rotfl:

Shysarah

Hello Flyladies,

Thank to FCC for the listies and fred.

Love n Hugs to all who need/want them.

Work is going well. Did a six hour shift today and have to admit I feel ever so tired now. However it is nearly 2hrs of driving too and I have to give myself a break its been 10 months since I was in work.

Back in again tomorrow for six hours then wed/thur off. Way I feeling now don't think I will do much flying tonight so I will try and get up to speed later in the week.
Had a good day yesterday tho done all the bits and bobs round the house and got all the study done for the week too.

Anyway, love, hugs n spoons all round
Sarah xx

shellysue

excellent news vanilla:j

and well done shysarah:T:T

finished work so off now to cook and then watch telly while polishing and finishing LR

BatOutOfhell

Help, I've got "Action for Children" coming on Friday and a house that looks like a bomb site.:eek:
Apart from the loo (obviously) what things/areas should I clean to make the place look reasonable?????
Don't know where to start and am in serious danger of doing absolutely nothing......:(

Ishtar

I'm in again this week. Things a bit up in the air at the moment and I seem to be unable to keep control of the piles of rubbish. I can't seem to get on top of it at all - perhaps the only option is to chuck it all on the lawn and set fire to it. Then again, there's only me who has hands that can actually pick things up and put them away. There's 4 of us living in this house and yet only one who does the cleaning. I think I'm going to go on strike!

On the plus side, I've done the menu plans, tesco shop and put away, 1 x WM and 1 x DW.

The drains have been rodded too - what a lovely job that was (thanks Dad for bringing your rods over!). Not something I want to repeat...EVER. It's definitely a weekly dose of something from now on.

I've managed, too, to do some of my morning dailies and I'm hoping to complete the evening ones. Just off to do the dinner now...

Hope everyone is OK? Haven't had a chance to catch up with the thread today....sending hugs, spoons, kicks in the rear as necessary.

Take care
D
x

hex2

BatOutOfhell wrote: »

Help, I've got "Action for Children" coming on Friday and a house that looks like a bomb site.:eek:
Apart from the loo (obviously) what things/areas should I clean to make the place look reasonable?????
Don't know where to start and am in serious danger of doing absolutely nothing......:(

Emergency clean. 15 minutes on each area, times 3 every hour, then 15 minutes off, couple of hours every day - move the bulk of stuff first, don't worry about detail. If you must black bag the bulk and hide it in your bedroom to sort later.

Dirty dishes, hoover, piles of junk removed. Clean all of the loo rather than just the seat. Consider using bicarb on the carpets if you have pets like me.

Use furniture polish/candles/coffee to make sure it smells clean.

Good luck!

toottifrootti

evening everyone
its been a nice bright day here

beemuzed nice to see you posting
embb cor I wouldnt like to get on the wrong side of you honey - I really do hope it goes ahead as you have been waiting too long - maybe a change of house would be good too - tricky! good luck anyway you deserve it.
nixie you have had a lot going on so you need to look after yourself - why not go to bed and catch up on the sleep that would at least help you feel stronger.
mudders nice to hear you have had a relaxing weekend (((hugs))) for you and stripes xx
jjef (((hugs))))
mummyroysof3 well done with your assignment - hope you now have heating
PenPen sorry I missed it earlier - I hope DS got on ok with his art and pleased with how he did. the sculpture sounds interesting:D
Mrs_B well done with your weekend catering - a new enterprise in the making:T:T:T the clearing up afterwards is no fun though!
Wilf thats great news about the kitchen and bathroom - is it all happening at once:eek: - well at least all the mess will be over and done with - good luck with the preparation.:T
Ishtar (((hugs))) get tough honey and deprive them of something until they help - dont give in - they should all be doing their bit - you are not a slave - every little job helps - give them specific jobs and build from there.
vanilla what goes around comes around:D well done with the painting

BatOutOfhell wrote: »

Help, I've got "Action for Children" coming on Friday and a house that looks like a bomb site.:eek:
Apart from the loo (obviously) what things/areas should I clean to make the place look reasonable?????
Don't know where to start and am in serious danger of doing absolutely nothing......:(

well it depends if you want to make a good impression or not??? are they inspecting the house? if not then you need to concentrate on the areas they will see - hall front room and loo possibly - and it depends on how much time you have - you can make it very presentable if you are not working between now and then - start with picking up and putting stuff away from the front room, and hall - 1st impressions are important so make sure there are not coats shoes bags etc lurking or that they are tidy - look at todays list -do what you can especially hoovering.

off to do welcome pm's

toots xx

BatOutOfhell

toottifrootti wrote: »

well it depends if you want to make a good impression or not??? are they inspecting the house? if not then you need to concentrate on the areas they will see - hall front room and loo possibly - and it depends on how much time you have - you can make it very presentable if you are not working between now and then - start with picking up and putting stuff away from the front room, and hall - 1st impressions are important so make sure there are not coats shoes bags etc lurking or that they are tidy - look at todays list -do what you can especially hoovering.
toots xx

Well they are coming to talk about helping my son, and I don't suppose that mine will be the worst house they have ever been in! I'm working every day now until Friday lunchtime and anything I tidy may well be untidied by small children before then.
Will have to concentrate on hoovering and dusting I think and then a massive bin bag dance just before they come round. Liked hex2's tip about hiding it in the bedroom - they won't be going in there!