Weekly Flylady Thread 18th April 2011

toottifrootti

evening everyone
been another lovely day - hazy but warm

kazwookie wrote: »

Works fire alarm sorted

Monday weigh in:- lost 4.5lbs this week,:j a total now of 36.5lbs, :j half way there............blood test tomorrow..............:j

WOW!! thats brilliant kazw (((hugs)))
pavlovs dog - nice to see you had the sense to come back where we can help you - you will get there - please dont stress
MrsChaos have a chat when you are out and not going to get disturbed by DS1 or Dh and see if there is anything troubling him? Maybe just needing reassurance? not my area of expertise I am afraid but I know there will be lots of lovely advice coming your way - huge (((hugs))) for you both
valli great chance to get their rooms done - you will be so busy you wont notice they are gone (((hugs))) good luck with the ebay - and well done with the sofa payments xx
magicgirl (((hugs))) what a difficult time - what about disposable bed pads/changing mats dotted about and try to keep the cat on them - not very attractive but better than you cleaning up all the time - might work if it was the same place?
lamewolf Be proud of yourself for getting the handover done. I know its hard honey but you have to learn to put these things behind you - you have done the handover and thats it - what does it matter what they think its of no consequence - forget yesterday and move on - you are just making your self ill and thats not good - the meeting was fine - believe me - if it wasnt the AM or these people would have been on the phone several times already - its done - finished - bury it and look forward to the next woofy lodger!!! (((hugs)))
Dragon take it easy - loads of painfree vibes to you
happierdays (((hugs))) yes a family conference is needed and sort out who does what - you all live there so all should help keep it tidy IMHO
ginger girl nice to see you - jump in!
cat4772 wow thats some work you have done :T- both of you - well done but remember to rest as well
froddy good to see you back safely and that you enjoyed yourself xx have you had a delivery from me?

Update on the AnW crew - they were at Washington NT, had a picnic - went to Angel of the north, have been shopping and enjoying themselves.

I have had a busyish day but mostly admin type stuff - will update my list later.

I think you have all done loads and should be well pleased with your efforts.

toots xx

toottifrootti

here we go again............I hope this week wont be quite so manic:eek::rotfl: well I can dream can't I?

as well as whats deleted I have done dailies, 2 x WM, spoke to Sol re sale of flat and sorted out some bits in shed.

Monday
[STRIKE]do phone calls in diary [/STRIKE]
must prepare eBay stuff
filing unlikely unless I start from scratch (will think about that one)[STRIKE]go to flat for boiler service[/STRIKE]
unpack 2 boxes or bags
try to tidy spare room a bit
[STRIKE] funeral 11.15 (depending on boiler service)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] evening service[/STRIKE]
phone to get stuff uplifted to saleroom -might not need to
write and post Easter cards
[STRIKE]text richard re F/freezr[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] must get in touch with plumber [/STRIKE] coming tues
[STRIKE] chase up missing delivery[/STRIKE] coming wed
[STRIKE] and gardener[/STRIKE] coming tues
[STRIKE] start tidying garden if waiting on engineer[/STRIKE]
prepare talk for wed evening and email to C

Tuesday
eBay prep
filing
unpack 2 lots
put delivery away
evening service
Mother appearing
meet with plumber
gardener 10.00 at flat
LL coming at 1 to cut grass and fix bath panel and clean out garage hopefully
make phone calls that couldnt be done today
chase up bed raiser fitting


Wednesday
prayer group
morning service
evening service
eBay prep
filing
sort something
put away delivery

Thursday
assisted shopping - need Easter eggs
& skip run & visit flat for odds left in shed
ebay prep
filing
evening service
haircut
eyebrow threadin
Jenny here

Friday
Good Friday service 10.00
eBay prep
filing maybe/

Saturday
help with childrens activites for Easter at Cathedral 10-12
evening service

Sunday
Easter morning service
eBay
possible DB SiL & brood

Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Level Two
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the porch - vacuum floor wipe paintwork, clean out meter cupboard

Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
3. Clean fires/behind radiators

Toots' list.............

1. filing[STRIKE]= job for March:eek:[/STRIKE] well it looks like this is an April job or even May!!!!
2. purge files - some done
   
3. Gather insurance documents
4. Gather important papers for solicitor/DB/flat & put in new file
5. Gather papers for selling flat
6. Passport - fill in form, take to PO and submit - (need £85)
7. declutter and eBay the stuff to get the money for painters bill/heater for LR/ tumble dryer/ trip switch repair/ debts /passport £85/outside plumbing repairs/
8. Wash the vacuum cleaner innards and filters.. do not reassemble until completely dry!!
9. [STRIKE] go and look for fire for LR [/STRIKE] not needed now
   
10. sell and payout F's eBay stuff WIP
11. charge ewbank - cant find charger still cant find it
12. find and label all chargers
13. do contacts list for DB- 1 list doneWIP
    
14. get emergency contact numbers for emergency box on top shelf
    
15. clean screen
    
16. clean printer and see if fixable
    
17. clean tower on outside
18. do a Valli on the inside!
    
19. [STRIKE] and clean carpet in cupboard[/STRIKE]
20. wipe skirtings in cupboard
21. get skirtings in cupboard re-filled
22. get crack on wall checked and refilled and painted.
23. Clean keyboard -yeuch!
24. Clean keyboard shelf
25. empty white box in cupboard
26. [STRIKE] clean marks off LR carpet[/STRIKE]
27. get skirtings refilled in LR
28. scrub fingermarks from door
29. water and re-pot plants
30. dispose of books from 1st bookcase
31. dispose of books from 2nd bookcase
32. clean radiator in LR
33. repair burn hole on settee cushion
34. polish leather chair
35. get remote for leather chair repaired
36. wash voiles in LR
37. clean blind in K
38. scrub tiles
39. fill in grout where missing (K)
40. re-fill skirtings where needed
41. clean radiator K
42. Clean blind in bathroom
43. Fix blind cords in bathroom or replace
44. remove broken shower curtain hooks from rail
45. take off shower drain cover and clean underneath
46. clean radiator bathroom
47. repaint scuffs/chips radiator in bathroom
48. wash wall from ceiling downwards
49. clean ceiling light
    
50. find home for velvet curtain from BR
51. get rid of blanket box
    
52. sort through boxes of photos
53. polish up briefcase and use for papers for DB/solicitor
54. shred stuff in briefcase
    
55. register exercise bike for guarantee
56. fill and polish C o D
57. get skirtings re-filled where needed
58. clean radiator BR
59. clean radiator in hall
60. cover bleach marks on runner
61. lift hall runner and clean floor
62. re-fill skirtings where needed
63. refill around coving on hall ceiling
64. sweep/vacuum floor cupboard
    
65. clean small steps
66. clean all sockets
67. clean all door handles
68. get bulb changed on outside light not sure about this - intermittently working!
69. open window and clean track & check locks in each room
70. get all 3 wheelie bins cleaned
71. [STRIKE]get rid of old broken bin [/STRIKE]-might go on thursday
    
72. clean and cover garden chairs
73. clean and cover garden table
74. get drainpipe repaired
75. sort horrible smell
76. clean any jewelery needed
77. put all jewelery in new jewelery box
78. get garden parasol repaired or replaced
79. get rid of washing machine
    

will need to add a few more now but this is the original updated - more will come off as it gets tarted up for selling.


(started with 205)


head down and batter on:rotfl:
toots xx

1_step_closer

Helloooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :T

Hope you are all well? I am good, been busy as per normal and it got to Thursday last week before I even realised. I blitzed the main bedroom yesterday and got rid of 1 black bag of rubbish and 2 charity bags of clothes, some books and some old vases. Just got to take them to the charity shop.

I'll be lurking and posting now and then over the next few weeks.............got SD problems. Nothing major compared to some of what you lovely people go through but its enough!!!

Flying today:

1 x washing
Trimmed (ok hacked) the front hedge both sides so neighbour should be pleased, mowed front lawn, killed a few weeds, admired the teeeny flowers on my holly, chatted to my nice neighbour (we shared some bacon crisps).
Then cooked tea, fed dogs and cleaned the hob and sides. Oh and S&S bathroom.

Not too shabby!

Gonna do my banking now..............thats my frog for today but I only worked out what frogs were 30 mins ago...........:o

laters.............

1 step closer

Dorastar

A little flying but mainly getting ready for tomorrow - lunches made, clothes ready, and most importantly egg competition entry finished - so have also decluttered a box full of cardboard, foil, paint and cereal to create "Eggs-terminate" a dalek and doctor who scene complete with eggs. Just got to help ds create his easter bonet tomorrow night!

Am going to try to get downstairs looking reasonable before dh comes home around 10ish.

MrsChaos

Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort out shoes and bags..
Clean any electricals.. don't be frazzling yourselves though!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling junk mail!

Extras

1. Clean fires/behind radiators
2. Wipe the windows in these areas

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Declutter the floor!!
Strip bedding, wash and replace.. air the duvet while it is naked!
Level Two
Tidy up a chest of drawers.. fling anything that is unloved.
Vacuum floors!
Clear a box of stuff.. put it in its proper homes or get rid!
Level Three
Empty bins and do a mad 5 minutes filling the binbag!
Polish any mirrors or glass.. inc. dirty windows!
Extras

1. 15 minutes filing/shredding
2. Catch up with an old friend/relative you've not spoken to in a while
3. Tidy up the linen cupboard.. throw away anything unused/past its best
4. HH-something gardening

Plan for the week (not necessarily in that order):
laundry - just waiting for last few bits from DS2 - still waiting, but done [STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] 4 more loads
make DS1 tidy space at bottom of loft stairs - WIP
school stuff - WIP
HW with DS2
car stuff - can't do anything until friend is back on Wednesday
bake a cake or two
[STRIKE]sort through DS2's clothes to see what he still needs [/STRIKE]
bake twinks for friend's son on Tue
sort Mt Everest-sized filing mountain
put away non-iron clothes
cat to vet's Tue 5pm

I don't feel I've achieved much. Going to settle down with some marking once I've loaded the DW with tea stuff and made a cuppa.

sammiell

Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Level Two
Level Three


Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Clean fires/behind radiators
3. Wipe the windows in these areas

im in and im done not read anything will have a go tommorrow i want to do a few hours in the garden tomorrow both flower and veg so have really cracked on today samx

pollyskettle

Hello all. Been a while I hope you are all well. I shall be half in, half lurking this week.

Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
[STRIKE] Open the windows and turn on some music![/STRIKE]
Vacuum floors and sofas!
[STRIKE] Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
[STRIKE] Sort out coats, shoes and bags.. can those winter coats be washed and put away/charity shopped/ebayed?[/STRIKE]
Clean any electricals.. don't be frazzling yourselves though!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
[STRIKE] HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling those broken umbrellas and junk mail! [/STRIKE]

Extras

1. [STRIKE]Catch up on some calls/emails [/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it! [/STRIKE]
3. Clean fires/behind radiators
4. Wipe the windows in these areas

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
[STRIKE] Declutter the floor!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Strip bedding, wash and replace.. air the duvet while it is naked![/STRIKE]
Level Two
Tidy up a chest of drawers.. fling anything that is unloved.
Vacuum floors!
Clear a box of stuff.. put it in its proper homes or get rid!
Level Three
[STRIKE] Empty bins and do a mad 5 minutes filling the binbag![/STRIKE]
Polish any mirrors or glass.. inc. dirty windows!
Wash any nets/curtains that are in need!
Extras

1. 15 minutes filing/shredding
2. Catch up with an old friend/relative you've not spoken to in a while
3. [STRIKE]Tidy up the linen cupboard.. throw away anything unused/past its best[/STRIKE]
4. HH-something..

1_step_closer

Update:

Done banking
Bought car tax online
Got vouchers totalling £4.41 from A5da and their 10% comparison thingy....................woohoo! :j


Well chuffed

Night all

1 step closer x

Craftyscholar

toottifrootti wrote: »

evening everyone
been another lovely day - hazy but warm
toots xx

Glad you had warm, toots, we started with haar then got sunshine, but cold wind.
virtual hugs LW, I'm happy with hugs, but not from strangers. I am sure that however you think the meeting went, they went away happy.
Garden bin out, emptied and returned.
Washing put away.

Got OU assignment back think I have just found my frog.

Valli

Dustykitten wrote: »

Valli hope the kids have a fab time. Which part of the US are they going to? Is it a school thing?

It's a school trip. they fly to San Francisco and are planning to see Alcatraz, Las vegas, Yosemite, Grand canyon, Hollywood and more...
Flight out was delayed. They're in the air as I type so I won't be in bed anytime soom

LameWolf wrote: »

Valli the loft ladder takes 2 men to install, and you have to convert your loft hatch to a hinged one that swings down. Mr LW did this without too much difficulty.

He says the ladder flexes a little when you go up, but it's perfectly safe. The only wee down side we've found is that because it goes right up into the hatch, you don't have as large an aperture to put stuff up and down; apparently, you can push the ladder backwards out of the way to move larger items - I'm not 100% sure how it works at this point.

We need to see about getting our cases down at some point soon (hopefully this week) so I'll report back when we've done this, as this will potentially be the most difficult thing we have to move.

But it does mean no more ladder gymnastics to haul himself up into the loft, which was the whole idea of the exercise.:o

I already have a hinged drop down door but I am watching your experience with interest

I have been a walk - Moss Valley (and I passed you-know-who's messy church) with my friend THEN came home and spent 4 hours working in the back garden, mowing, strimming, weeding and digging. It has occurred to me to keep my safety goggles in the shed (where the strimmer lives) instead of in the toolbox as they are most often worn when strimming (I am a very good girl - I've been hit with strimmed stones before - I don't need one in an eye) so I am achey and tired but attempting to stay awake untils the Vallikids are on Terra Firma.

(DD was a late addition to the trip after they opened it up to her year - hence the vigorous e baying)