Weekly Flylady Thread 14th March 2011

pigpen

Ooh Toots lovely... What a horrid shock that must have been for you. If you need to offload.. you know where I am.. you just don't need all this right now do you At least she didn't suffer for a long drawn out time.

ARGH.. forgot to decutter large children to bed!!!!!!!!

I am going to declutter fridge (of a ham sandwich and a cream bun) and the freezer (of OH's half a vienetta!)

lostinrates

i've got sitting room, hall, landing and stairs done...but a bomb hit the kitchen in the meantime....I'll be in there again tomorrow.

nicki_2

Evening all.

Only quickly scanned the thread so not caught up properly. I've had a long & brain tiring day in work today so flying is basically off the cards for today. Every Tuesday is the same :rotfl: However yesterday I did loads of work in the kitchen, so much so this morning when I got downstairs I hugged my worktops as I was so pleased to see a clean kitchen :rotfl::rotfl: DD thinks I've lost it...she may be right

• [STRIKE]None iron stuff away[/STRIKE]
• Washing up - Mondays all cleared :DTodays will be done before I go to bed
• Update money
• OU companion
• Ironing
• [STRIKE]Asda - belt for DD & groceries. (LUNCHES)[/STRIKE]
• Work - flyers for books 6 & 7
• Bag & clothes ready for work tomorrow Mon night done, Tue to do!
• BM - bought a loaf instead - will do this at the weekend when I have more time.

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room DONE
Level Two
[STRIKE] clean blinds/curtains[/STRIKE] My blind is a pain so I cleaned the windows instead

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!

Now I've got an invoice to go through for tomorrow for my customers as there is quite a bit missing from my order this time as its out of stock I'll catch up with the flying on Thursday

vanilla

Since last post i've painted the ceiling and all walls. 1 more coat should do it, i hope.
Went to shop for dinner stuff.
Made dinner.
Helped with homeworks.
Washed and dryed school uniforms.
Got DD to pick wallpaper.
Unloaded and reloaded dw.
Went to school play, DS2 was brilliant and talked about sleeping on his creme egg. DS1 dragged me up for the chicken song plus actions, 10 mums all looking the ground to open up.
Made supper for kids.
Changed Rhys for bed.
Put kids to bed.

Now i'm grabbing something to eat and heading to bed, once my visitors havve left.

Toots i'm sorry to hear about your friend, big hugs honey.

skintbint_2

evening all - hugs to everyone who needs them!
didnt get much done today but will get up early and try and play catch up!
[STRIKE]
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace[/STRIKE] for once wasnt too bad!
[STRIKE]Open the windows and let in some fresh air[/STRIKE] o/h not happy - weather been really miserable so house was freezing when he came in from work
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE] and sofas
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc. - awaiting windolene!
[STRIKE]Vacuum hall[/STRIKE] and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!! o/h managed to do hall - better than nothing i suppose should be thankful for small mercies

Extras
Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs & wipe front door.. inside and out!
[STRIKE]Clean out your handbag.. how many receipts?[/STRIKE] managed purse as handbag bearable
15 minutes filing

sock bag - (have a black bag i throw all the socks into now its nearly overflowing!)
[STRIKE]2 x WM[/STRIKE]
10 items ironing.

away to fall into bed now be 6 before i know it, hope those with babes and bigger babes manage to get a decent nights sleep! catch you all in the morning to see what tomorrorw brings

cat_smith

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Sweep and mop floor
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe worksurfaces
[/STRIKE]Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..
clean blinds/curtains
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe table.. clean cloth!
[/STRIKE]Level Three
Scrub out the fridge
[STRIKE]Clean oven and hob!
Clear window sills of gibble!
[/STRIKE]


Extras

1. [STRIKE]Binbag dance
   
2. [/STRIKE]Wipe small appliances
3. Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash filters etc! IT DIED

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
[/STRIKE]Open the windows and let in some fresh air NO WAY - It's snowing
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Vacuum under the furniture you can move
[/STRIKE]Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
[STRIKE]Change any lightbulbs that need doing!
[/STRIKE]Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!


Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs & wipe front door.. inside and out!
• [STRIKE]
  
• Clean out your handbag.. how many receipts??
• [/STRIKE]15 minutes filing

onestep

toots ((hugs))

well, the kitchen is looking better
I've also:
tidied the snug, and the hall
spoken to DH on the phone
written an advert for work
investigated Olympic tickets
sorted out the pile of clean clothes
translated a haircut wishlist for mum

off to bed now - night all xx

Mumof2_2

Toots, lovely to have you back again my love, but so sorry to hear about your friend - big hugs to you.

I just wanted to say my little bit about flying for newbies or anyone finding it all a bit of a struggle. It is just so true that you only need to do a little bit to make a really big difference; I only spent an hour on the lounge and it looks transformed - sometimes I do this by setting my timer on my phone and doing it in 10 minute blocks if I'm finding it hard going and it gets done without you even realising!

Another thing is that one thing leads to another. I took the dog for a walk this afternoon and she rolled in fox poo, disgusting little ratbag she is. So I got her home and put her in the shower and washed her (bleugh). Of course the bath got dirty; so once she'd been blow dried I went and cleaned the bath. Then I thought the sink looked like it could do with a little wipe and before I knew it I was doing the toilet too and even the downstairs toilet of doom. Because I only did it last week it didn't take long to do at all.

Hope this helps someone who may be feeling a bit overwhelmed or just CBA!

Off to bed now, goodnight all x

sockdrawer

Toots, I'm so sorry to hear about that. Thoughts are with you and their family
Dancemum, hon, how worrying. I hope she's ok.

Ok,
Got Tuesday flying out of the way, done and dusted.
Also sorted out Eldest Daughter's SAAS (Student Award Agency for Scotland) stuff for 2009/2010, so she should be getting a bit more money through. It struck me as rather strange, and I don't know if it would anyone else (ie I might be being weird here....so, reality check here please ladies) I married hubby in April 2009, and she's estranged from her natural father (has been for over 10 years and SAAS have made no demands on him regarding student support) and suddenly, just because I marry hubby, hubby has to have his income assessed regarding eldest daughter (who is 22). Never mind that he is happy to take full responsibility for her, what if he hadn't been? It seems the household income is the issue, so this has implications if we have my retired father living with us (as may happen in the future) It seems a bit strange-It's not as if hubby's adopted her or anything.
Just musings
Also flew a little in the utility room that's going to be a crafts room (decluttered a computer and two bags of gibble), and swept the close.... it needs washed, but it's so wet here, it wouldn't dry at all.
ETA Mumof2 - what a lovely, inspirational, and very true post. x

Mrs_B

Mumof2 - don't forget the tomato ketchup - I'm told it works a treat.

Toots - very sorry to hear your news - unexpected always seems to be a real jolt

Have had a really, really tought couple of days at work - and already forecasting at least another half day of unpleasantness tomorrow morning, so my serious flying plans for this evening were completely out the window as I just arrived home feeling that I barely had the energy to drink my mug of tea ............... which had been made by DH!

Anyway, thanks to Mrs Dog deciding that she would regurgitate her dinner behind the settee (sorry if anyone is just settling down with a cream bun) I fetched out my lastest acquisition to my cleaning cupboard - Stardrops - and scrubbed down the offending area of carpet - and then decided that the bucket of sudsy water was too good to waste, so used the rest on the kitchen floor. Have moved onwards and upwards and sorted out the washing, airer, DW and WM. Still feeling generally wrecked so will be away to my bed before long.

Oh, and am trying to deal with one admin item in my basket every day - so decluttered a call to the Building Society on my way to work this morning - all sorted, notes made on the paperwork, and filed.

Off to write my listy for tomorrow - Pigpen's Wednesday list may have to wait until Saturday - it's my night out in a barn with Mr and Mrs Dog tomorrow night - and a couple of serious HHEs for me!