Weekly Flylady Thread 9th May 2011

pigpen

My Toots list..

1. Buy hammer drill
2. [STRIKE]unblock bathroom loo[/STRIKE]
3. sort sink
4. tighten taps
5. 3 new props for clothes line
6. Demould Bathroom
7. Demould boys room and DDs2 room
8. [STRIKE]Grass seed..
   
9. [/STRIKE][STRIKE]Quote for bay roof .. £300 ish
   
10. Quote for gutter[/STRIKE]
11. Quote for new windows in DD2's room, Boys room and back room
12. Calculate cost for underfloor heating and new floor in back room Compare heating added to CH system vs electric (currently concrete floor with underlay and carpet and it is freezing)
13. Quote for plastering in girls room
14. [STRIKE]Shoes for Jacob[/STRIKE]
15. Empty and dismantle manky shed KH 'built'
16. Demand grandads drill from KH
17. Pay off Next account
18. Pay off Littlewoods account
19. £4000 in savings account... currently £3700..
20. Close various accounts that are still sending junk mail
21. [STRIKE]Make financial demands on my mother[/STRIKE].. I am scarier than bailiffs
22. [STRIKE]Demand money from Sis 3 and sis 4 for my mothers christmas present [/STRIKE]which sis 3 STILL hasn't given me any money for..
23. Repaint front room ceiling
24. Redecorate front room.. it is looking shabby and sad
25. Curtains tracks front room, [STRIKE]DD2's room[/STRIKE], Girls room
26. Decorate girls room
27. New bed for DD3
28. Replace childrens mattresses, duvets and pillows
29. Sort wardrobe in girls room
30. Refix 2 slates in kitchen
31. Kitchen blinds up
32. Repoint patio area (2 bags sharp sand 1/2 bag cement)
33. [STRIKE] Repaint fence and sheds
    
34. [/STRIKE]Tie up trees
35. replant hanging baskets
36. Pot the poor neglected honeysnuckle.. it looks sad
37. Trim my bush.. the snow killed it!
38. [STRIKE]New locks, back door, front door and french doors[/STRIKE]..
39. Glitter paint my room
40. save £700 for moving gas meter out of hallway.. I hate it where it is!
41. DD2's curtains made
42. [STRIKE]Light for fish tank
    
43. [/STRIKE]order new drawer and shelf front for freezer.
44. New filter for Henry (and the dog hair brush)
45. put coat hooks back up under stairs
46. Doors back on larder unit
47. Tiles for kitchen £400
48. Sort everyones wardrobes.. boys to do. girls done
49. Sort toys in loft
50. Point back wall

Penelope_Penguin

Solstice_Twilight wrote: »

We need a major declutter (I've actually just spotted a box of Christmas cards still out from December!) and to create a better routine to keep on top of things. Ideally, I'd like to have someone come in once a week to clean the kitchen and bathroom, and run the hoover around but with the way it is, I'd be ashamed to have someone come to the house!

Welcome :beer:

Can i suggest that you conquer the clutter first. You can't tidy it up, it only gets moved around - so fling, fling, fling :T

Secondly, of you can afford it, get your cleaner in now. Tidy up (or at least rid of clutter) one or 2 rooms, and let them start there. They'll have seen far worse, and cleaning is what they're paid for, so they won;t judge you

I've just ordered half a Berkshire pig for my freezer, to collect at the end of the month :j:j:j

outofmoney

Solstice_Twilight

If it helps I used to be a cleaner.

The house was a real mess each week, and the floor was covered in dog pee and poop as the owners couldn't be bothered to train their dogs. I also used to look after a couple of children. The family themselves were lovely but the house an absolute tip. They would leave all their clothes on the floor, including their dirty undies and any contraceptive used from the night before. I used to feel very sorry for their cleaner.

I'm sure a bit of clutter would be nothing!

pipersky

Yikes... very late this week Thanks to FCC as usual...

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Level Two
Clean oven
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
Extras

1. Thoroughly clean the cupboard under the sink!
2. Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
3. Clean all the filters and door seals etc
4. Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!.. and scrub the cat flap

Tuesday - Bathroom and study!!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Scrub the bath, shower, basins and loos
Scrub down the tiles
Extras

1. Clean the windows and mirrors
2. defrag the pc

Wednesday - Living room, hall, stairs and porch!
Level One
Level Two
Vacuum/sweep all the floors.. stairs too!
Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas
Level Three
Wash the windows
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!

Extras

bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip and wash bedding!
Level Two
Wash windows
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Sort out shoes and coats and bags! etc
Extras

1. Reorder and tidy a chest of drawers.. if there is anything to get rid of.. DO IT!!
2. List 5 things to sell..
3. Dust and deweb

Friday - Brats rooms, spare rooms or wherever!
Level One
Level Two
Strip and wash the bedding
vacuum and turn mattresses and remake
Drag all the junk from under the bed and place it all where it is meant to be!
Level Three
Wash the windows
Deweb, dust and destickify the room!
Straighten the cupboards of clothes!
Extras

1. Empty all the bins!
2. Wipe over all the paintwork
3. S&S the kitchen!

ajmoney

Logging off in a sec. Thanks for all the support over the last week, not sure if I will be on tomorrow, certainly not before the funeral anyway. You are all great and I am so glad for your support x

greenbee

Spare room is clean and tidy - had to sort it out as my dad is staying tonight... I've moved most of the clothes back into my wardrobe and drawers but am pretty convinced i won't need most of them... I wear about 2% of my wardrobe on a regular basis now I work from home!

Need to fill the DW, put more clothes away and go to bed.

Had to cook properly tonight as my dad was here... Can't believe how much washing up it makes!

Missus_Aka

Really good day flying day

House hoovered
Dishes washed
Surfaces Cleaned
Sitting room decluttered
Bedroom decluttered
Bed made up with new bedding
Bathroom wiped down
Bins taken out
Hallway decluttered

I go nuts with cleaning when i am stressed, and tbh just need to offload on you guys a bit if u dont mind.

Today my front door handle was shaking like someone was trying to open it (first thought someone is trying to break in) looked through keyhole its my grandad, opened the door and he just looked at me like he was surprised to see me, he walks in and couldnt get a word out, kept stammering and looking confused, asked if he was ok and he just looked at me blankly like he didnt understand what i was saying and stumbled a bit, tried to get him to stop and sit he wouldnt begged in fact....and he left, i had sick ds in the house sleeping so couldnt leave so i called up my uncle, mum and gran...mum lives a few mins away so got a cab and started driving around few mins later she found him and took him back to her house (bkground info:mum does not speak to her mum or brother, (my gran and uncle) so naturally given the circumstances i called my uncle and gran and told them he was there and they got in the car and went to my mums (not to go inside and stay but just to make sure my grandad was ok and wait for ambulance) phoned mum and told her and she flipped and said she had it under control and she was handling it and that they shouldnt come, i understand there are family issues but when there is an emergency i believe she should be civil and not as she did and put the phone down on my uncle and tell him not to call again, everyone should pull together, i told her that i didnt care about what problems they had but every1 should be there for grandad....so she put the phone down on me and flipped out. Anyway they are at the hospital awaiting tests, they said he seem ok now talking properly though he couldnt speak properly for an hour after he was at mine, i wish everyone could just pull together instead of thinking about old insignificant problems........so have been cleaning everything in my house (so much so that my hangers are all evenly spaced) this is what i do in crisis and i cant do anything to help, im kinda OCD normally (cleaning everything with bleach etc, using toothbrushes to clean) but stress makes it worse so today i have been really bad, even my son 3 picks up on it as whenever he goes to my mums house he says it stinks and its dirty (though to be honest its a normal standard but i cant stand being there as i just want to clean everything). I just need to know he is ok. Well sorry for the rant just needed to get it off my chest...........

Penelope_Penguin

Valli wrote: »

after LAST week Pen when I worked for FIVE WHOLE DAYS

Including the BH :eek: That's cruel and unusual punishment :rotfl:

ajmoney wrote: »

Logging off in a sec. Thanks for all the support over the last week, not sure if I will be on tomorrow, certainly not before the funeral anyway. You are all great and I am so glad for your support x

My thoughts will be with you tomorrow :A

seafarers_wife

AJ thoughts and prayers are with you for tomorrow xx

love hugs and some spare spoons to those that need em

my flying has come to an abrubt halt for the next few days, there is only so much i can delegate to OH, and as long as its very basic he will do it, but most of the deep cleaning is out of his depth so the house is going to have to stay a bit grubby for the time being.

i did way to much yesterday and now my back is in agony so im going to go total rest and only do the bare minimum i need to since i cant take my lovely painkillers at the moment. not sure the doc will let me have more cortisone injections either, thats something i will need to talk to the midwife about next week as if it continues like this then i will be signed off and that i dont want to happen.

Goodintentions

Pigpen (((big hugs))) I think I am very lucky that my ex has had nothing to do with my girls (now 19 & (nearly)16) for the last (nearly) 16 years!! Much simpler I did used to tell my eldest that daddy was 'busy' when she asked why he didn't come to see her. She knows him now, and has nothing to do with him (her choice ) Poor squidlies don't understand
Missus Aka - families!! :eek: (((big hugs))) for you aswell. I hope your grandad is ok.
Solstice_Twilight - Welcome!! you have come to the right place Baby steps, you will get there.

Well, i haven't done as much as I would have hoped. I am still waiting for my vac filter to completely dry, so no hoovering here. I did manage to check my 1st Aid Box (was on my list!), walk the dog, cook dinner and do a balance transfer from a card that has increased it's interest rate by over 10% in the last year or so! :mad:

Now, need to find my list...