Weekly Flylady Thread 21st March 2011

cat4772

I feel like I got very little done yesterday because I didn't introduce the vacuum to any carpet, nor did the mop meet the bathroom or kitchen floor. However I have to look at what I DID manage to do:
I decluttered the sideboard and table top in the kitchen.
I even put a fresh table cloth on the table, set out the placemats and put the fruitbowl as a table centrepiece
I ran the duster over the walls and coving to pick up a few dusties
I set the WM going and hung the clean laundry to line dry.
I made a marmalade Madeira cake and a lemon Madeira cake (and kept the sink clean all day

Instead Piccolina and I spent most of the day outisde kicking a ball around, cheering when she slid down the big slide and doing silly mummy things!

I really MUST do HHI tonight else we'll be back to wearing winter clothes again:o love, hugs and spoons to all.

Cat.xx

WarriorPrincess

OK all you seasoned flypeople - how do you get the limescale marks off the glass door of the shower?

So far this morning I've given it 3 goings-over with Lime-Lite, which improved it a lot but still left it covered with a grey film of watermarks. Then I rubbed it with a half lemon that happened to be resting in the fridge awaiting de-cluttering after pancake day - the state of my fridge is a matter for another time! I'm not sure about this, but I think limescale is alkali & so might be disolved by acid - hence the lemon. Anyway that didn't really seem to work, but I might have taken it off too soon - so I've done it with the lemon again & I'm leaving it half an hour this time.

So how does anyone else do it? What products work?

hollyh

In that 15 mins i

Td for 10 mins

Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level Three
muck out manky pets!
Extras

1. Wipe woodwork in the living room/s
2. Sort spreadsheets/finances/meal plans etc
3. 15 minutes filing

Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Declutter the floor
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Wash windows and nets/curtains
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

1. Binbag dance
2. Finalise the easter plan.. have you got craft bit to make bonnets? When is your parade? Eggs bought?
3. Binbag dance! Yes 2.. maybe do one for charity shop and 1 for the bin?
4. Wipe grotty paintwork.. touch up any bits that are looking shabby

Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe units and appliances..
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Scrub manky marks off walls and tiles
[/STRIKE]Empty and clean out pan and crockery cupboards.. fling chipped and cracked stuff
Extras

1. [STRIKE]
   
2. Wipe over oven and hob! [/STRIKE]

Thursday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Level One
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Ring someone you love just to tell them so.. we never do this enough!
Level Two
Vacuum the floors
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Level Three
declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras

• Clear a hotspot
• Degunge around the bottoms of the taps!
• Wipe cupboards and polish mirrors!

Friday ~ Childrens rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend half an hour on YOU..
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Level Three
Drag all that junk out from under the bed and deal with it as required e.g. bin, put away, wash etc
Tidy the chests of clothes!
Extras

1. Fun one.. look in that medicine cupboard... is there anything you can fling? Is there anything you need to stock up on? Hayfever season and bite and sting season are both on their way! Sun cream? ... stop laughing!
2. Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area!
3. Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or if you have the bug today you could do both!
4. Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing

My Extras

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 bill

Dustykitten

dancemum wrote: »

I am slightly worried about myself. Yesterday whilst cleaning my parent's house I came across my mum's pinny tabard with pocket and I thought I must get one :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:

WarriorPrincess wrote: »

OK all you seasoned flypeople - how do you get the limescale marks off the glass door of the shower?

I live in a really hard water area. Each week I spray the area with neat white vinegar and leave for about 30 minutes. Then I respray with my window cleaning spray (1/10 white vinegar, 9/10th water and a dash of w-up liquid) and clean with an eco glass cloth. It works well but you need to keep on top of it. HTH

Mainly pottering but getting a fair bit done. Time for a cuppa and a snack

happierdaystocome

Good Morning all

Hugs/spoons to all who need or want them and get well soon vibes to all who are sick or whos LO's are sick.

Late start her this morning as I couldnt sleep last night as after yesterday I was in too much pain.

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

Plan for today is ironing this morning and take DD1 to register at the library this afternoon - in an attempt to curb her Amazon habit.....

I have this problem her and when ever I have tried to suggest DD use the library, she insists that they dont do the books she likes and she also has a fetish for owning the books

WarriorPriness I dip kitchen role in white vinegar and paper it on shower screen and leave for a few hour before removing. This normally does the trick for me.

Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Done

Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Done

Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Done

Thursday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Level Two
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Extras

HHI..
Clear a hotspot

Friday ~ Childrens rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend half an hour on YOU..
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Level Three
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Extras

1. Fun one.. look in that medicine cupboard... is there anything you can fling? Is there anything you need to stock up on? Hayfever season and bite and sting season are both on their way! Sun cream? ... stop laughing!
2. Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or if you have the bug today you could do both!

Not sure how much I'll get don today as I think I uses all todays spoons up yesterday by taking myself to the hospital but I am trying to push myself as work are wanting to know when Im coming back and although they are being proactive in getting on to me they have not been as proactive in getting the Occy health department to contact me.

Valli

cat4772 wrote: »

I feel like I got very little done yesterday because I didn't introduce the vacuum to any carpet, nor did the mop meet the bathroom or kitchen floor. However I have to look at what I DID manage to do:
I decluttered the sideboard and table top in the kitchen.
I even put a fresh table cloth on the table, set out the placemats and put the fruitbowl as a table centrepiece
I ran the duster over the walls and coving to pick up a few dusties
I set the WM going and hung the clean laundry to line dry.
I made a marmalade Madeira cake and a lemon Madeira cake (and kept the sink clean all day

Instead Piccolina and I spent most of the day outisde kicking a ball around, cheering when she slid down the big slide and doing silly mummy things!

I really MUST do HHI tonight else we'll be back to wearing winter clothes again:o love, hugs and spoons to all.

Cat.xx

I think you did great - LOADS done in the house - including nasty dusting jobs that are often consigned to spring cleaning sessions or not done at all; you made the house look like a home (fruit bowl etc. on table made gorgeous-sounding cakes AND did fun mummy things. Go you:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

I have COMPLETELY stripped my bed and everything is washed/in the machine/on the line at present, washed my new towels too.

In the process of admin (10 mins); have made soup, talked to mum (apparently we have Cornish antecedents (love of clotted cream and Cornwall explained) and consolided the East End connection (love of London and jellied eels explained, possibly also the 'at home' feeling whenever I'm down there.)

MOT booked; exhaust situation explained to little man.
Haircuts booked - not sending mongrels to the US of A
Sent AnW's work (well the head office) a scam e mail (for information)

tinkerbellsmum_2

i'm playing catch up today cause i couldn't be bothered yesterday decided to do bedrooms tommorrow cause my little one is messing them up quicker than i can tidy

Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs-done

Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
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

Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room - done

Thursday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms-done

Friday ~ Childrens rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend half an hour on YOU..
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Level Three
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Drag all that junk out from under the bed and deal with it as required e.g. bin, put away, wash etc
Tidy the chests of clothes!
Extras

1. Fun one.. look in that medicine cupboard... is there anything you can fling? Is there anything you need to stock up on? Hayfever season and bite and sting season are both on their way! Sun cream? ... stop laughing!
2. Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area!
3. Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or if you have the bug today you could do both!
4. Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing

shellysue

:hello:morning all

did a bit this morning, the house is looking reasonable, nice sun here so the patio door is open and the house is getting a bit of fresh air.

will do rest of bathroom at lunch break.

Warrior Princess, does your shower screen come off, mine sort of unhooks, I can then lay it flat and tip vinegar on it, tbh I use the cheap malt vinegar, and I have even been known to use the vinegar from the pickled onion jar, once the onions have been eaten:rotfl:Although I do keep wanting fish and chips while cleaning:rotfl:

LittleMissHappy_2

Morning (just)

Been out shopping this morning...I'm pottering rather than flying today as I got everything done yesterday. I think I mighty spend some time in the garden.

AnWsMum - It's my neices birthday today as well (4th) and we are all going to my sisters house after school Free dinner and no messing up of my house after school - very MSE and Flylady-ish!!!

Mumof2_2

Back in one piece - Pip got a lot of exercise but I didn't so won't do it that much! She's now asleep in her basket, bless.

Called my Mum so that's all today's jobs done. Going to get DS from pre-school shortly, have lunch and then we're out in the garden for the afternoon. I love being able to be a stay at home mum, although we're skint we're happy .