Weekly Flylady Thread 25th April 2011

MrsChaos

Dustykitten wrote: »

Got a bit carried away on the ancestry site (free marriage data to celebrate the royal wedding). Tomorrow I shall have a sore neck, sore wrist and will want to do another entire family!

I got into this well over a year ago and subsribed to genes reunited. It's addictive, isn't it? I started on DH's family because I can't access German records on line. My grandad (mum's dad) had to produce a family tree which went back several generations, but I have little on my dad's side. I suppose that will be a retirement project. :rotfl:I haven't done any research for ages, though, as it's bottom of the list of priorities at the moment.

Thanks for all the advice on bedding. The new duvet was fine last night, so that's a good start (it is Egyption cotton, incidentally). We now need a lighter one so I can put this one away until autumn. The new sheet was nice, too (thread count of 200).

I'm going into town later with at least one DS. There's a bedding shop and a TK Maxx, so I'll have a look. We have a king size duvet on a double bed. Hope I find something I like and can afford, but at least I know now what to look for. Thanks, everyone (and soappie). DS1 has informed me that he needs cricket whites, so he may decide to join us.

Time for a list:
breakfast
bath/dressed
laundry (one to go out and at least 4 more waiting) - it's sunny!
DW
homework with DS2
school work
shopping in town (need a list because there's a lot to remember - DS1 will be 17 next Thu)
clean litter tray - cat can now stay in 'unsupervised' :j
library to renew books
post letter to bank
lunch
plan and cook tea
maybe clean LR window and front door (NN had house sandblasted the day after the window cleaner had been :eek:)

Time for food.

ETA I'm not concerned about ironing sheets as that's DH's job. So far we don't iron bedding, though.

lovecrafting

Easter Monday done
Do your dailies[/LEFT]
SOAADFA... it is Bank Holiday.. go.. 'holiday'..

[/COLOR][/COLOR]SURPRISE!

Tuesday~ Kitchen and Dining room done
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and large appliances
Give one small appliance a good clean!
Scrub the oven and hob
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Descale irons, kettles, coffee makers etc
Clean through the pan cupboard and sort those plastic tubs!

Extras

1. Slop out the fridge..
2. Scrub the tiles
3. Pair up the odd socks!
4. Clean any pet bedding/poo trays/stinky tanks etc

Wednesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Dust the fluffy electricals
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Pile all hotspots into one heap and sort through it all.. File/shred as appropriate
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
HHC in the hallway.. sort those coats and shoes and mess!! Can you wash and put away winter ones yet?

Extras

1. Freshen up any soft furnishings
2. Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
3. Wash windows so the springy sunshine can get in..
4. Wipe the woodwork in these areas

Thursday - Bedroom , landing, bathroom and spare/chimps rooms!
Level One
Open the windows and air the bedrooms
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash
Level Two
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Give the bathroom a speedy once over.. slop bleach down the loo, wipe over the sink/bath/shower pick up laundry.. no more than 15 minutes.. super quick.. GO!!
Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
Level Three
Declutter the desk and give it a wipe over
Rummage ALL the junk from one shelf and sort through it..
15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome!

Extras

1. Wash any curtains that need doing
2. HHI
3. Clean the windows
4. half an hour in the garden clearing the mess and making it nice for spring to arrive.. the sooner your garden is nice the sooner it arrives! Honest!

Friday..

Dailies
HHC in a room of your choice
Enjoy the extra day off![/QUOTE]

i need to catch up on thur, but i will do it today even if its level one

Dustykitten

Morning all

Everybody has a plan of action here so day should be smooth.

DS3 already away at Squash
DS2 to work on his coursework
DS1 to wash my car for a lift to cricket and then reffing tomorrow
DH to replay the patio slate tiles
Me Dailies, washing, town, gardening, more family research but being very restrained and leaving it until later.

MrsChaos

Time for a list:
[STRIKE]breakfast[/STRIKE]
bath/dressed
laundry (one to go out and at least 4 more waiting) - it's sunny!
DW
homework with DS2
school work
shopping in town (need a list because there's a lot to remember - DS1 will be 17 next Thu)
clean litter tray - cat can now stay in 'unsupervised' :j
library to renew books
post letter to bank
lunch
plan and cook tea
maybe clean LR window and front door (NN had house sandblasted the day after the window cleaner had been :eek:)
go to sports centre and confirm booking for DS2's footie party (and pay for his first swimming lessons :T)
phone SIL to change arrangements for birthday meal

I've had a go at updating my budget, but the bank holidays are playing havoc with internet banking, so I've done what I could and will have to leave it until mid-week, when everything should be up-to-date. It's an expensive month, with both DSs birthdays, DH's reunion, paying for the caravan for spring bank and the car repair.

MrsChaos

I've just ordered resources for DS1 to prepare for the driving theory test. :eek: When he's conscious I'll ask him if he'd like us to send off for his provisional licence as part of his birthday present, or whether he wants to save up for it.

kazwookie

Gardening:- weeded the paths, potted on some peppers / pansies, planted out the sweetpeas.

OH gone out on bike, it now has a new battery so that should solve the sudden dead battery.

Washing out on line, blowing well in the wind.

happierdaystocome

Good Morning late start here this morning

Just finnishing my coffee and catching up with the thread before I go and wake DD to come and walk the dog with me.

The house still looks reasonable so just the dailies and a HHI here today.

Maxonian

Morning all,

Had to take cat number 1 to the vets first thing. She has cystitis. She gets it every couple of years.

Also went into town to the library, and am now about to blitz the house, then gardening.
DH is vacuuming, and I am about to do the bathroom.
Catch you later
x

LittleMissMPB

Only joined you ladies yesterday so working on a bit of my own 'catch up' today before starting properly next week. So far I have oragnised all of DD's clothes and thrown out what doesn't fit, and amazed myself at how many clothes she actually has... 3 wash baskets still to put away and already her wardrobe drawers are full to bursting (single wardrobe with 3 drawers) and I need to go out to buy some more childsize coathangers as we have run out of the 'free' ones that come when you buy the clothes.

Also hoping to Get DS' clothes sorted as he has just outgrown his newborn size clothes and I need to see what we have in the 0-3m and 3-6m ready. I hope I have more than I think I do.

I did go nuts in the kitchen yesterday. All dishes done, and the sides were properly wiped down, anti-bac'd and DF got a telling off when he left breadcrumbs over it 15mins later. Still have the floor to clean in there and want to get the hoover out, but that will have to wait till DD is in bed as she is terrified of it.

Hope you are all having a good day, I am looking forward to getting the 'backlog' of housework cleared so I can work on the garden... I may take a before pic before I start on it. It really is horrible right now, been overgrown since we moved in in October. We only just realised most of the garden is patio and not grass....

happierdaystocome

DD kicked out of bed and dog has now been walked. DW unstacked and hoover put over downstairs. Just going to have a quick coffee and then Im off to shower and S&S the bathroom.