Weekly Flylady Thread 21st March 2011

cat_smith

pigpen gee thanks. Was going to try and use it up in France over Easter. Driving from here to the south of France with lots of dive kit and a hound. DH dives and I walk dog!

tootifruities

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pigpen

cat_smith wrote: »

pigpen gee thanks. Was going to try and use it up in France over Easter. Driving from here to the south of France with lots of dive kit and a hound. DH dives and I walk dog!

I am looking after your welfare.. we wouldn't want you slopping it on thinking it was protecting you when in fact it was acting like cooking oil and baking you!

juliebunny

Hello,
I'm so jealous of all the lists with loads of stuff crossed off but this week has been so manic, not gettng home till seven, then pets to muck out, me to get scrubbed up...blah...excuses....
However, I have managed to wash up every single night - it's a small success story but a start to help my motivation. The cats are impressed that they have their biscuits in a clean bowl every day now, poor things!!
Finally got a day off tomorrow, hoorah :j.
I've picked out a few realistic things from each day this week to do tomorrow - my baby cat is in the vet being speyed so I will be manically trying to keep busy until they call me to say she is ok...

What I like from the daily lists is the variety of items - sometimes I read items on the lists and go 'oh yeaaaah - that's a good idea' - washing my curtains - goodness, a pretty easy job that hasn't been done since last summer!

:):)

So my list:
Vet twice (drop off and pick up)
Muck out pets
Clear lounge tables/wipe surfaces
Wash curtains - bedroom and lounge/dining area
Floordrobe clearance
Bins

Then food shopping (booooorrring!)

Does anyone know if there is a meal planning thread? I hate cooking and some inspiration would be useful for quick and cheap meal ideas. I do want to learn to cook one of these days.

hollyh

Evening all,

Since my last post i have

Folded, brought in & put clean laundry away
Brought recycling bins in
Tidied small garden
Cleared drainer
Put rabbits to bed
Tidied living room & Ds1 hoovered
Washed up
S&S Kitchen

Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level Three
[STRIKE]muck out manky pets!
[/STRIKE]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. [STRIKE]
   
2. Binbag dance
3. [/STRIKE]Finalise the easter plan.. have you got craft bit to make bonnets? When is your parade? Eggs bought?
4. Binbag dance! Yes 2.. maybe do one for charity shop and 1 for the bin?
5. Wipe grotty paintwork.. touch up any bits that are looking shabby

Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level Three
Empty and clean out pan and crockery cupboards.. fling chipped and cracked stuff

Thursday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Level One
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
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
[STRIKE]Tidy & sweep path etc
[/STRIKE]Sort Ds2's toys
Take stuff to CS
[STRIKE]Query CT bill [/STRIKE]
Weed path
Online shop
Get new lawnmower

juliebunny

hollyh wrote: »

Evening all,

Since my last post i have

Put rabbits to bed

Ah that is cute

shell2001

Ok daily update to keep me on the straight narrow:D

Thursday ~ Study & bathrooms
Level One
Clear the clutter from study area
[STRIKE]
Ring someone you love just to tell them so.. we never do this enough!
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]
Vacuum the floors
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe down the tiles [/STRIKE]
Level Three
Clean the windows.
Extras
HHI..
Clear a hotspot
[STRIKE]
Degunge around the bottoms of the taps!
Wipe cupboards and polish mirrors!
[/STRIKE]Friday ~ anywhere
Level One
[STRIKE]Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see [/STRIKE]
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 WIP
Tidy the chests of clothes!
Extras
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!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area!
Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or if you have the bug today you could do both! ool
Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing

Got DD2's school assembly tomorrow pm so by the time I get home from work will be time to get back out again. I had a half hour blast in the kids room but it will look a complete mess again by the morning. Need to have a rethink in there and maybe padlock their wardrobe as I have picked another 5 items of clothing that have been worn for 10 mins and chucked on the floor:mad:.

DH is London tonight so billy no mates tonight - although 2 pickles have gone to sleep in my bed.

happierdaystocome

Mint1955 wrote: »

I have a 19 year and a 20 year old and both their bedrooms are a tip they have ruined the carpet with makeup and general carp and they are like pig sties with more clothes on the floor than in the wardrobes. Bins seem to be in the wrong place for the rubbish to land in them!!! Both seem to think its fine to live like that and I have got to the stage I give up expecting their “clean up” to be what I would call a clean up. DO I just shut the doors for a few years until they leave or go in and just get the rooms cleaned or carrying on arguing the toss? They will change sheets and towels when I present clean ones and every week on bin day present me with a carrier ofstuff and as long as I ask regularly not too much of my crockery lives with them full time but I would so love their rooms to be CLEAN AND TIDY.
Sheila

Mine are 15 and 12 and I go through fazes of shutting the door and ignoring it until the smell gets too bad as DD does not seem to realise that use sanitary produces should be disposed of at which point I go in a fumigate it. I have found that withholding pocket money to cover the cost of carpet cleaning very effective in getting DD to be more careful when applying make up;)

Not much flying done today but house still looks ok and should stay that way as OH and dogbot have gone up north to see the MIL and FIL, DS is going to stay with his dad and DD will be out with friends. So fingers crossed most room may be fine with a quick going over.

jinky67

cat_smith wrote: »

just as well we live in Scotland. In the past 3 years we've had 2 good weeks in May

oh come on, its not been THAT bad:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

AnW'sMum

Evening all

Had a lazy evening here, Miss A and I watched DIY SOS, the big build or something like that! Wow a whole house sorted, amaaaaaaaaaazing.

LittleMissHappy wrote: »

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!!!

Hope she had a good day, my niece is now officially a teen although she was born with teen attitude :rotfl: she was on good form tonight though so all was good.

We had birthday cake when we got there (more or less straight from work/after school club). When we got home at 7pm it was a tad too late to start messing cooking so we had marshmallows and melted choc for dinner :o:D:eek: Never been that bad before but hey ho it's ot every day your niece turns 13! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it