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Weekly Flylady Thread 21st March 2011
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Very tired today, back from work at 2 this morning :eek: I was expecting to do everything today as I have long days for the rest of the week but found out yesterday that I have Friday off
I am going to catch up on my decluttering etc and then do Thursday's and Friday's on Friday 
Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level Two
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras- Wipe woodwork in the living room/s
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Wash windows
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Sort through a box or bag of stuff you've not looked at in months.. I am certain you don't need most of it
Extras- Wipe grotty paintwork.. touch up any bits that are looking shabby
Level One
Sweep and mop floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe units and appliances..[/STRIKE] Did this in a 5 min challenge on Monday
Empty and wash out bins
Level Three
Scrub manky marks off walls and tiles
Empty and clean out pan and crockery cupboards.. fling chipped and cracked stuff
Extras- Binbag dance
- [STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE] All done
- [STRIKE]Clean out fridge[/STRIKE]
- Wipe over oven and hob!
Write letters to grandparents 1 done
Pay cheque in for OH
Fill out census
5 min declutter challenge
Living Room T W T F
Kitchen T W T F
Main Bedroom M T W T F
Spare Room M T W T F
Garden M T W T F
My Toots List
Get OH to sort my boots out for work
Fix kitchen drawer
Sell old mobiles or give away
Sort out landing cupboard
Sort through vacuum packed stuff under our bed
Dispose of old laptop
Put shelving in spare room cupboard for storing books
Find a home for the microwave
Persuade OH to get rid of junk in box on landing
Get a new lightshade for spare room
Decide what to do with PC
Get someone in to deep clean oven so we can keep on top of it
Buy chest of drawers for landing
Re-organise clothing and storage upstairs for OH
Find garment bags for my long dresses
Declutter the shed
Put flooring down in hall
Put doors on cupboard in hall
Change bath and sink taps overMFW 2025 No. 7 £1931.07/£2700
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Very successful day out yesterday, but I am really struggling to wind up the elastic this morning.
However I need to -
Empty my bag
Find the new bus timetables
Bring the recycling box and bag back in and recycle the old ones
Put the two birthday cards I got with my birthday and address books - better idea - write the cards then put address book away0 -
Craftyscholar wrote: »However I need to -
Empty my bag
I'm sure I'm not the only one who will chuckle at this :rotfl:
HHC at 9.30 if anyone wants to join inMFW 2025 No. 7 £1931.07/£2700
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I swear to god I am going to scream. STILL NO RECORD ON THE SYSTEM OF MY HB/CTB CLAIM, only been a month now!
A month since I handed in the extra details they needed, I did it online:heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls0 -
paulies ~Be calm and pass~ for your friend
Need to put the ironing away - I think I hate this bit as much as actually ironing the bl~~dy stuff!
That is my nemesis as well wwhich is probably the reason I leave the ironing for ages!
aj count me in at 9.30, just having a :coffee: before I start.Official Mascot and Chief Cheerleader for the 'Mortgage Free in Three' Gang
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Nixie- lots of calming and good luck coming your friends way.
Ajmoney- I'l join you in the 9:30 HHC"Let your boat of life be light, pack only what you need- A homely home and simple pleasures,one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and someone who loves you, a cat, a dog, a pipe or two enough to eat, enough to wear and a little more than enough to drink, as thirst is a dangerous thing" Jerome k. Jerome0 -
What a beautiful morning

Quite a productive morning before work
Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One[STRIKE]
Remove clutter from floors, chairs
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors you can see and sofas[/STRIKE]
Open the windows and let in some fresh air [/STRIKE]
Level Two
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces, including the dust magnet that is the TV/stand
Level Three
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Declutter the floor
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
[STRIKE]Sweep[/STRIKE] and mop floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..
Empty and wash out bins
Clear and wipe table.. clean cloth!
Extras:
[STRIKE]
1 x load washing hung on the line
Bleach Loo
Wash up dinner things
Packed lunches x 3
Ironing x 1 load
Unblock sink and bath
[/STRIKE]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:)0 -
level 1 completed, aim is to get to level 3 and xtras, including a bit of gardening.0
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Morning all,
After Ds2 being absolutely fine all day yesterday he threw up last night in bed. :eek: It was everywhere so the wm has been on overdrive. He's feeling a lot better today and is playing quietly with his toys.
So far today i have
Stripped my bed
Collected laundry
Wm x 2
Put 3 loads of washing on the line
Sorted rabbits
1 x school run
Popped to the Co op
Put shopping away
I'm going to finish my coffee, finish my dailies and then get some work done.
My list now
Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level Three
muck out manky pets!
Extras- Wipe woodwork in the living room/s
- Sort spreadsheets/finances/meal plans etc
- 15 minutes filing
Level 1
Declutter the floor
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen.
[/STRIKE]Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Wash windows and nets/curtains
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Sort through a box or bag of stuff you've not looked at in months.. I am certain you don't need most of it
Extras
- Binbag dance
- Finalise the easter plan.. have you got craft bit to make bonnets? When is your parade? Eggs bought?
- Binbag dance! Yes 2.. maybe do one for charity shop and 1 for the bin?
- Wipe grotty paintwork.. touch up any bits that are looking shabby
Level One
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floor
[/STRIKE]Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..
[STRIKE]Empty and wash out bins
[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Scrub manky marks off walls and tiles
Empty and clean out pan and crockery cupboards.. fling chipped and cracked stuff
[STRIKE]Clear window sills of gibble!
[/STRIKE]Extras- [STRIKE]
- Binbag dance
- [/STRIKE]HHI
- [STRIKE]
- Clean out fridge
- [/STRIKE]Wipe over oven and hob!
Paperwork
Ebay x 5
Toy corner
Book eye test
Sort floordrobe
Reshuffle chests of drawers
Get OH to get rid of cabinet
Tidy & sweep path etc
Sort Ds2's toys
Take stuff to CS
Query CT bill0 -
Off we go guysMFW 2025 No. 7 £1931.07/£2700
MFiT-T7 No. 6 £4868.07/£30,0000
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