Weekly Flylady Thread 11th April 2011

MrsChaos

Morning all

I didn't spend any time online yesterday, other than researching directions to a wildlife park. DH's idea. :T We had a lovely time looking at lions, lemurs etc. Also called at a shopping centre on the way home to keep DH happy - I went a bit mad in the cadbury's factory shop. Then he went bowling while DS2 and I visited friends down the road for a cuppa. I fed the boys and myself and other than that just managed to declutter stuff from the sky+ box and finish my book.

Plan for today:
turf DS1 out of bed, as he's needed to look after DS2
hoover and tidy LR (won't take long)
one chicken in SC and the other in freezer
freeze chicken fillets
DW
strip beds, wash bedding, re-make beds
sort through dry laundry
spend a couple of hours or so at school
do stuff from lists
HW with DS2

After chilling yesterday I should have enough motivation and energy to get lots done today.

I've sorted e-mails and skimmed through the thread this morning, without remembering much. Looks like quite a few of you could do with hugs and spoons. x

ETA Runs to catch up with Maxonian to feed DS2, wake DS1 and get dressed.

Ishtar

You know it's bad when you've forgotten whether you've posted on the thread or not....I think I did....haven't got time to check. It's yet another 'feet don't touch the ground' week!!

Right, here's the listy - if it aint there it's done...

Monday ~ Kitchen/Dining area
Level One
Level Two
Scrub the fronts of units and large appliances
Wipe and replace the small appliances
Level Three
Clean out a cupboard..
Clean out the fridge!

Extras

1. Wipe over oven and hob

Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Wipe sofas and dusty places

Extras

1. Spend 15 minutes tackling a hotspot!!

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check smoke alarms are working
Remove bed linen and replace with fresh linen
Declutter the floordrobe
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing fresh linen
15 minutes grotspot 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
Defluff and demuck woodwork... skirtings, window frames, door frames dados, picture rails etc

Extras

1. 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go grab a bag and clear that clutter
2. Air the duvet.. fling it over the line for half an hour if you can.. fly away bugs!
3. Clean windows in these rooms

Thursday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Clear and tidy and sort a bookcase/shelves!
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc
Extras

1. HHI
2. Catch up relevant phonecalls
3. Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever.. an email or letter or whatever!
4. Make a start on a craft project you've been wanting to do for ages!

Friday ~ Childrens Rooms, Spare rooms Or just neglected spaces!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor!
Make half an hour for YOURSELF!!! Ha ha. Other people's jobs are so much more important (according to them)
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard of clothing
Sort through a box of toys/junk
Level Three
Tidy/straighten a bookcase/shelf unit
Dust and deweb
Extras

1. Make a list of 5 things you want done by the end of easter holidays..
2. HHI
3. Wipe away all sticky fingerprints and suchlike!

Have done 2 x WM, 1 x DW, 1 x BM (and probably going to bung a fruit loaf in there). Just heading out to the garden to do a couple of hours and keep the kids entertained. Need to wrap a parcel to send tomorrow, go and get some eggs and find a dark room to scream in.

Apart from that, doing OK.

Take care all
D
x

juliejim

Morning All

Happy Birthday Jenny

Been lying in bed finishing my book so only just up and dressed. Girls are now baking so DS wants me to bake something with him afterwards.

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue

Marm0set11

Good morning everyone!

So far I've changed the bedding and put the dirty stuff in the wm... and that's about it

Today is a busy day with uni work, I'm working on an oral history project with a friend so we are off to interview a couple of people this afternoon. At the moment I'm frantically researching and ignoring the dust all over the place...

So, today's list for when I get back this evening is going to be quite gentle:
dust living room/bedroom (have been neglecting this for weeks...)
vacuum all clear floors in the flat
and anything else I can think of that won't distract me from my work for too long!

Hope everyone has a lovely day

M x

Dustykitten

Mrs Chaos I'm glad you had a good day.

Soappie - I have no idea but didn't want to ignore you.

?Our window cleaning has gone up from £12 to £15 a time. We have little Georgian pains downstairs and flat replacements upstairs. 4 bed detached so quite a lot of windows but it seems a lot. Am I being mean. I am thinking of stopping and doing them myself/getting the kids to help (for cash probably). Feel bad as it is the guys business but I think they are being a bit greedy in such times. How much do you pay (bear in mind we are in the south east and everything is bl@@dy expensive here)

MrsChaos

Plan for today:
turf DS1 out of bed, as he's needed to look after DS2 - still in bed, but 'on-call'
hoover and [STRIKE]tidy LR[/STRIKE] (won't take long)
one chicken in SC and the other in freezer - both in bin as I waited too long
freeze chicken fillets
DW
strip beds, wash bedding, re-make beds
sort through dry laundry
spend a couple of hours or so at school - I have until 2 o'clock (if I ever get there)
do stuff from lists
HW with DS2
do car stuff (this is a MUST)

Not too bad, but I'm still not dressed. DS2 has eaten, but not much.

Dusty - 6 windows (1 with pretend lead strips stuck on) for just short of £5. £15 does seem excessive - could you reduce the frequency? We were asked if we wanted them doing fortnightly or monthly. Maybe your window cleaner would prefer £12 every month to £15 every 6-8 weeks.

ETA A friend's son was doing panto over Christmas and couldn't believe that even the prices at the local Argos were higher than they are here. How can that be justified.

juliejim

Cake's in the oven - they're now making smoothies - I think I may go and do a HHC in my bedroom out of the way.

HHC @ 10.45 anyone?

Maxonian

Sounds like a lovely day Mrs Chaos.

Oh my Dusty - that is a lot.

Ours went up to £8 from £6 last year when we added a small conservatory.
Our house is a small 3 bed detached. Leaded windows at the front in 3's so 3 panes downstairs, 3 panes upstairs and the bathroom and a small hall window.
Kitchen, patio, 2 beds at the back - utility on the side and a conservatory £8 every 4 weeks. It is the North though!

getting on with my chores slowly.........don't seem to be making much progress though

juliejim

Dustykitten wrote: »

Mrs Chaos I'm glad you had a good day.

Soappie - I have no idea but didn't want to ignore you.

?Our window cleaning has gone up from £12 to £15 a time. We have little Georgian pains downstairs and flat replacements upstairs. 4 bed detached so quite a lot of windows but it seems a lot. Am I being mean. I am thinking of stopping and doing them myself/getting the kids to help (for cash probably). Feel bad as it is the guys business but I think they are being a bit greedy in such times. How much do you pay (bear in mind we are in the south east and everything is bl@@dy expensive here)

I pay £3 for the front of the house or £7 if they do all of it - they can only do the back if I'm at home. But I do live in a 3 bed semi in Stoke!

vanilla

All clean clothes folded and put away. Bin with all odd socks has been emptied. Another wash load on and more dirty washing gathered up.

Dusty hope your DS3 is feeling better soon.

Rhys seems fine this morning so maybe it was a sleepy foot. :rotfl: