Weekly Flylady Thread 21st March 2011

ScarlettsMum

Hi everyone,

I'm feeling a bit bluh today so feel free to ignore me. It's always Fridays when I feel like this - I look back on the week and see just how completely useless I am.

How can I be at home all day everyday and get so little done. How on earth am I going to manage when I have to go back to work in July! House looks like a bomb site - I'm too embarassed to post lists of what I've not managed to achieve. Still haven't managed to find a childminder don't even know where else to look - not going back to work really isn't an option so I need to find one.

It makes me cringe when you talk about HHI - we do have an iron - somewhere, but neither OH or I have used one since we moved in together (six years ago now!)

Must try to get baby to nap and then do something - anything to make it look like I'm getting somewhere

ScarlettsMum

sammiell

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





Extras

1. Wipe woodwork in the living room/s
2. Wash any smelly soft furnishings
3. Sort spreadsheets/finances/meal plans etc
4. 15 minutes filing

Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Declutter the floor
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Wash windows and nets/curtains
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen
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 One
Sweep and mop floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..
Empty and wash out bins
Clear and wipe table.. clean cloth!
Level Three
Scrub manky marks off walls and tiles
Empty and clean out pan and crockery cupboards.. fling chipped and cracked stuff
Clear window sills of gibble!



Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI
3. Clean out fridge
4. Wipe over oven and hob!

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!
wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing
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

• HHI..
• 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
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

right back from work so id better get on with it feel really tired this week but i must get this house in order

ajmoney

ScarlettsMum wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I'm feeling a bit bluh today so feel free to ignore me. It's always Fridays when I feel like this - I look back on the week and see just how completely useless I am.

How can I be at home all day everyday and get so little done. How on earth am I going to manage when I have to go back to work in July! House looks like a bomb site - I'm too embarassed to post lists of what I've not managed to achieve. Still haven't managed to find a childminder don't even know where else to look - not going back to work really isn't an option so I need to find one.

It makes me cringe when you talk about HHI - we do have an iron - somewhere, but neither OH or I have used one since we moved in together (six years ago now!)

Must try to get baby to nap and then do something - anything to make it look like I'm getting somewhere

ScarlettsMum

I only manage to do so much as there are only 2 of us, we have a VERY small house and I have spent ages decluttering. You are a mum and that is a full time job in itself so don't put yourself down. July is ages away so don't fret about the flying for then. Why not try to put things away just for 5 minutes? I started my 5 minute decluttering challenges 3 weeks ago because half an hour was boring me and it is amazing what you can do in such a short speace of time. If you manage to go to bed with no washing up, can wipe round the bathroom once a day and empty the bins then I would say that is progress. Just do Pigpen's level 1s for now as I promise it really does get easier. I am sure some of the mums on here will let you know how they get round it. I may be ticking everything off the lists but the house still seems a tip with OHs clutter which he pretends isn't there :rotfl:

short_bird

ajmoney wrote: »

Off on my own then which is probably safer. I am going to tackle the stuff under our bed so if I don't return send in the search party :rotfl:

OK, if you haven't checked in by 5pm, they'll be there with the St Bernards and the brandy barrel (other alcoholic beverages are available on request.):D

I will be flying on my return from the Post Office as I need to post an Amazon sale - another item out!

Meanwhile, I will not be available for anything Saturday evening as it is the last 2 episodes of "The Killing". It's a Danish murder mystery that has kept me busy every Saturday for the previous 9 weeks.:cool:

ajmoney

Right I am having a break cos my back is killing me from lifting all the stuff from under the bed. At least I know I can pull it out and just vacuum for now, apart from spare bedding there are just a few bits of clothing in there that I love but need to lose a few pounds before I can wear them again!

Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level Two
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
[STRIKE]Clean windows[/STRIKE]

Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 3
[STRIKE]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[/STRIKE]

Thursday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Level Two
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles.

Extras

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

Friday ~ spare rooms
Level One
Spend half an hour on YOU..

Extras

1. [STRIKE]Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area![/STRIKE] There really is nothing to fling now so I am getting rid of this
2. Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or if you have the bug today you could do both! 1 room done

My list
Write letters to grandparents 1 done
Pay cheque in for OH
Fill out census

5 min declutter challenge
Living Room
Kitchen
Main Bedroom
Spare Room F
Garden M T W T F

My Toots List

Get OH to sort my boots out for work
Fix kitchen drawer We can't open the drawer now so needs doing ASAP
Sell old mobiles or give away
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 over

Lunch now then I will try and do my 25 min garden decluttering before shower and bathroom cleaning.

sammiell

Scarlettsmum Hugs and calm down ..... we were all the same when we started here Baby steps as Toots will tell you there are many sayings Rome wasnt built in a day, slowly slowly catchy monkey etc they all mean the same thing a little bit at a time post your list and even if you cross of 2 things its 2 things you wouldnt have done well all help you give us a shout if you want to do a HHC when babe is asleep my house is a tip !!!!!

pigpen

ScarlettsMum wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I'm feeling a bit bluh today so feel free to ignore me. It's always Fridays when I feel like this - I look back on the week and see just how completely useless I am.

How can I be at home all day everyday and get so little done. How on earth am I going to manage when I have to go back to work in July! House looks like a bomb site - I'm too embarassed to post lists of what I've not managed to achieve. Still haven't managed to find a childminder don't even know where else to look - not going back to work really isn't an option so I need to find one.

It makes me cringe when you talk about HHI - we do have an iron - somewhere, but neither OH or I have used one since we moved in together (six years ago now!)

Must try to get baby to nap and then do something - anything to make it look like I'm getting somewhere

ScarlettsMum

this week I have done..

The tesco shop I have been putting off for 2 weeks.
I have done 9 loads of washing and got it all hung out.. the last lot has been out 3 days so far
The rubbish/recycling/composting is out.. only because the baby has had the runs and the composting stinks so it has to go out.
I cooked dinner every night.
I whizzed the vacuum over the front room on Monday.. and that's it.. the sum total of my cleaning this week!

I haven't ironed a thing for years.. Actually, I gave my iron away a few months ago.. I dusted it before I handed it over..

I made OH take a binbag of odd socks off me and throw it in the bin because I had had it cluttering the hallway for.. 2 YEARS!!!!

Do you feel better now?

happierdaystocome

Good afternoon all

JulieJim good luck at the hospital

Lamewolf You are not being unreasonable by expecting to have resonable notice for meeting the people to hand over paperwork and the district manager need to realise that some people with less dedication would have just arranged to have the paperwork sent on to the new volunteers.
I also think that the person who wants to charge you for recovering the chairs has a bit of a cheek. I hope your able to et it sorted without too much fuss.

Scarlettes mum Instead of looking at what you havent achieved remember what you have done, looking after a baby is a big job in its self. Start off small and remeber there are two adults living in your house and OH needs to get involved in the flying as well.


Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Done

Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Done

Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Done

Thursday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Done
Extras
HHI..
Clear a hotspot
Friday ~ Childrens rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Spend half an hour on YOU..
Level Three
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Kids can do this themselves later
Extras

1. Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or if you have the bug today you could do both

I got up and got DS sorted for school this morning and OMG is he slow and I can understand why OH who normally has the joy of this task ends up getting frustarted with him.

vanilla

Tip run done, been to doctors, lifted meds and cooked lunch. DD's curtains arrived today so i'll see about putting them up next. I might even go and lift the single bed tonight. At least then i can go through her wardrobe and move it into her room. I'll just see how i get on.......

Boys room is a complete tip so they'll be tiding it before they even think of going out to play.

Right where's me curtain track...

Mudbath

Eeek...where did this week go?

Hope everyone is ok, hugs to you all.

I've not followed lists but i've been busy chucking stuff, cleaning, working and generally not having much time to pop in and say hello. Must try harder!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend xx