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Weekly Flylady Thread 14th March 2011

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  • Dustykitten
    Dustykitten Posts: 16,507 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Morning all
    Pollybear wrote: »
    Hope your knees are better Dusty.

    They are fine thanks, just my thighs hurt when I bend down. I really must exercise more.

    Spent far too long chatting at school so chasing my tail now. Off to do HHC on my dailies and make a cuppa.
    The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair
  • LE3
    LE3 Posts: 612 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    Level One
    [STRIKE] Clean floors in these rooms [/STRIKE]
    Wipe down tiles in bathroom..
    [STRIKE]defragment your pc while doing this.[/STRIKE] in progress!
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks[/STRIKE] .. shine the taps with a toothbrush - I don't have an old toothbrush at this time so not doing this!
    Clear any clutter from desk - in progress!
    [STRIKE]Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!![/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats[/STRIKE] (in the washing machine!), [STRIKE]clean blind [/STRIKE]
    Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
    Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
    [STRIKE] Collect all the dirty laundry [/STRIKE] I do this daily :)
    Extras
    1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
    Don't need to do #2/3/4 as empties get flung as soon as they are empty, I don't have any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need replacing & there is no clutter spot in my bathroom :):j
  • Eltee12
    Eltee12 Posts: 768 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!


    Eltee Virtual Kick applied to you backside

    Thank you HDTC - ow ow ow - must get act together!
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  • stressedoutmumof1
    stressedoutmumof1 Posts: 1,483 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 16 March 2011 at 12:15PM
    Morning flyers :)

    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Level One
    [STRIKE]
    Sweep and mop floor
    [/STRIKE][STRIKE]Clear and wipe worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Empty bin[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Wash up dinner items[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Make packed lunches[/STRIKE]

    Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
    Level One
    [STRIKE]remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Open the windows and let in some fresh air
    [/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Dust those flat fluffy surfaces




    [/STRIKE]
    Extras
    • [STRIKE]
    • 3 piles of ironing
    • [/STRIKE]
    Mega pleased I am keeping on top of what I'm aiming for :T

    After work today I will.......


    Wednesday ~ Bathroom

    Level One
    Clean floors in these rooms
    Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
    Level Two
    Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
    Level Three
    Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required * currently sitting in a bath full of bleach :D
    Collect all the dirty laundry


    Extras2 piles of ironing

    Wish me luck :)
    Squares knitted for my throw ~ 90 (yes!!! I have finally finished it :rotfl: )
    Squares made for my patchwork quilt ~ 80 (only the "actual" quilting to do now :rotfl:)
  • LilySue
    LilySue Posts: 343 Forumite
    Reluctant to ask for a Christmas tree as I rarely hang in here on these threads, but I do need to fly....................

    Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
    [/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
    [/STRIKE]
    Clear any clutter from desk
    Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
    Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
    [/STRIKE]
    Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
    [STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry

    [/STRIKE]
    Extras
    1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
    2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
    3. replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
    4. clear a clutter spot in the bathroom and make it clean and decluttered!
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    LilySue wrote: »
    Reluctant to ask for a Christmas tree as I rarely hang in here on these threads, but I do need to fly...............



    then have a lurker tree.. :xmastree: you've been here before.. you can check out but never leave.. Hotel California this :p
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • Love that song! wm on, dw on, kitchen s and s'd. DD2 not quite murdered yet...bin emptied.
    Please do not confuse me with other gratefulsforhelp. x
  • Did some - took an hour. Didn't even get to the limescaley shower door - but did the taps with a toothbrush & cleaned the outside of the washing machine. Feels neverending - like trying to climb Mt Everest in dance pumps.
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    edited 16 March 2011 at 3:01PM
    cat4772 wrote: »
    as this pregnancy progresses I'm going to find it increasingly difficult :(
    Another baby?:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

    Toots~ so sorry to hear about your friend :sad::grouphug:


    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Level One
    Sweep and mop floor

    Level Two
    clean blinds:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Level Three
    Scrub out the fridge


    Tuesday ~ Living room and Hallway

    Level Three
    Clean windows
    Extras

    • Clean out your handbag.. how many receipts??
    • 15 minutes filing
    Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    Level One
    Clean floors in these rooms
    Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.

    Level Two
    Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
    Clear any clutter from desk
    Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
    Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
    Level Three
    Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
    Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required

    Extras
    1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms


    My Toots list:

    1. text LL about the heating-again! he is going to chase them up:cool: he texted yesterday asking for boiler details.....so he obviously hasnt done a thing about it yet:mad::mad:
    2. phone BB provider to get them on the case re moving I have let them know about the phoneline appointment change:D
    3. phone BG to report new tenant
    4. chase BT about phone line now going in at the weekend:j
    5. find ladders
    6. remove candle soot stain properly:rotfl:
    7. move stuff in cupboard up to top shelves out the way
    8. bring tubs from flat to Grans
    9. find hammer
    10. hang mirror properly
    11. buy a decent dust pan
    12. fill out spending diary
    13. and diet and exercise diary
    14. drink more water everyday
    15. ninja steal a bin and cover in my stickers:D
    16. chase up HB and CTB phoned again someone is going to phone me back...they said that the other day as well!!
    17. measure kitchen windows re blinds
    18. scrub the close stairs~ they are minging
    19. finish moving important stuff up to flat
    20. photograph EVERYTHING I dont use or need and EBAY it
    21. make lots of money:D:rotfl:
    I love my job:j:j
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • pipersky
    pipersky Posts: 954 Forumite
    Hello everyone :)

    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room - DONE
    Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
    Level One
    Level Two
    Wipe and water neglected plants
    Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
    Level Three
    Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
    Extras
    Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs & wipe front door.. inside and out!

    Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    Level One
    Clean floors in these rooms
    Wipe down tiles in bathroom

    Level Two
    Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
    Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
    Level Three
    Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
    Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
    Extras
    Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
    Part time GCer, NSDer, Comper and (Bad)Flylady :o
    A big shot is just a little shot that kept shooting ...
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