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Weekly Flylady Thread 9th May 2011

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  • nicki_2
    nicki_2 Posts: 7,321 Forumite
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    Evening all.

    Having a break while tea cooks & I update my list.

    This week:
    Colour my hair
    Dye DD's jeans
    Write Toots list - part 1 listed below.
    Ironing until its gone

    Toots list:
    • Computer based:
      1. Sync phone (sort out music on it so I don't have multiple versions of the same song!)
      2. Change SO online for rent
      3. Update SO/DD on finance spreadsheet
    • Kitchen
      1. De-mold ceiling
      2. Clean out undersink cupboard
      3. Inventory food/cleaning supplies
      4. Try making a cake in the BM
    • Livingroom
      1. Shorten both pairs of curtains
      2. Clean the floor (including the hall) properly
      3. Clean rug
      4. Put down/patch together new anti-slip mats
    • Bathroom
      1. Scrub floor properly
      2. Empty/replace de-humidifier
    • Bedrooms
      1. Sort through L's clothes and get rid of worn/too small stuff while she's not here to stop me ;)
      2. Clear out under my bed, sort & replace :o
    • Sewing jobs:
      1. DD's trousers x 5
      2. Leggings - stitch seam
      3. Top - shorten straps
      4. Curtains x 2
    • Outside
      1. Clean windows
      2. Sweep front (fix brush first - head keeps coming off it :mad:)
      3. Weed/clear flowerbeds
    • Work
      1. Accounts - sort out breakdown
      2. Tax return - read letter properly & register
      3. Fliers for new books (check addresses)
      4. Make contact cards for all customers so I have their details to hand
      5. Put contacts into phone (so I know who is texting me ;))
      6. Organise Calender (marking on dates and trying to work out a timetable to maximise my income ;))
    • Paperwork
      1. Tax credits renewal form
      2. Phone up about BTWB evidence - I'd rather not post them 4 x 8 sheets of paper as evidence if I can send less:eek:
      3. Filing

    Monday - Kitchen and dining room
    Level One
    Level Two
    Wash windows
    Level Three
    Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
    Mop the floor

    Extras
    1. Thoroughly clean the cupboard under the sink!
    2. Run the WM through a clean cycle
    Tuesday - Bathroom and study!!
    Level One

    Level Two
    Level Three
    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
    1. Dust all the electricals.. carefully.. don't want any frazzled flybodies
    2. Binbag dance
    Thursday - Master bedroom and Landing
    Level One

    Level Two
    Wash windows
    Level Three
    Binbag dance
    HHI
    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
    4. Make sure those smoke alarms are working!!! (do not set fire to anything.. just press the button!!)
    Friday - Brats rooms, spare rooms or wherever!
    Level One
    Binbag dance!
    half hour YOU time!
    Level Two
    remake bed
    Level Three
    Wash the windows
    Deweb, dust and destickify the room!
    Extras
    1. Empty all the bins!
    2. Wipe over all the paintwork
    Off to check on the TD which is now beeping at me. I seem to spend my days dealing with beeping appliances of one form or another. :o:wave:
    Creeping back in for accountability after falling off the wagon in 2016.
    Need to get back to old style in modern ways, watching the pennies and getting stuff done!
  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 14,341 Forumite
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    edited 13 May 2011 at 4:57PM
    I'm the worst flylady ever!

    I thought I had that honour, as I really don't do anything as such except for the weekends when I do the lot in one go!:D

    My ebay money is ear marked for my flight ticket

    Shopping done
    Cat fed
    It seems I am going out to eat tonight, with OH, so best go and get ready.

    Back later
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  • valli i remember the pinning the devil thing, and it worked.
    Please do not confuse me with other gratefulsforhelp. x
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,584 Forumite
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    well I know it was a flylady 'older' than me who also pins...

    anyhoo

    done friday errands
    cleaned bathroom and kitchen
    just counted - we have MORE compujters than people in Vallitowers now - PC 2 laptops i book little tiny laptop (works but no-one uses it because the hinge is snapped)

    oooo

    and I'm on the i book now, learning (no delete bujtton hence typos) when I should be making the beds.

    DD is at her friends for tea - spur of the moment. However she has failed to tell me whether she;s at her friend's dad's or mum's - the couple with the most civilised divorce - they have shared care - each child (girl and boy) has a bedrrom at each parents...and I'm goping out tonight

    erm anyone got a mac? anyone intitiate me into copy and paste please?
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Valli wrote: »
    well I know it was a flylady 'older' than me who also pins...

    Well that rules out 99% lol :p
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    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
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  • Maxonian
    Maxonian Posts: 651 Forumite
    Valli wrote: »
    erm anyone got a mac? anyone intitiate me into copy and paste please?

    Use the apple key instead of ctrl. so apple c- apple v

    add my DH as a facebook friend - he's a whizz :-) :rotfl:

    we have macs here - i have a mini he has a book thing

    I'm not very techno savvy but I get by

    Have only managed the kitchen today.

    DH has phoned and says he wants curry out so will dinner keep. HELL YES :D
    Just gona get changed. This is where I wish I was uptodate with the ironing :mad:
    Laters
    x
    Yesterday is history
    Tomorrow is a mystery
    Today is a gift
    That's why we call it 'The Present'
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,225 Forumite
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    Valli wrote: »
    erm anyone got a mac?

    You'll need it - looks like lots of rain heading your way :p :rotfl:

    I cooked salmon with HM hollondaise and HG salad - very colourful :)

    We're all off out to see a famous stand-up at our local little theatre soon, then maybe a drink in the vbar with friends who also have tickets :beer:

    See you all tomorrow :A
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,584 Forumite
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    edited 13 May 2011 at 5:54PM
    pigpen wrote: »
    Well that rules out 99% lol :p
    i meant older than me in flylady years:p:p:p:p

    dd is clearly training for MI5

    she is drip feeding me information on a need-to-know basis...she's finally told me which part of ~Valliland she.s sleeping in

    this friend of hers she met at playschool - I love that my kids have such fabulous longstanmding friendships - we moved about when we were kids so that didn'y happen for me though my mum has a friend she's know for almost all her life!


    ah ctrl...

    i am a mouse addict and right and left click - this feels most odd! I cant even copy and paste on a pc wothout a mouse...
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Valli wrote: »
    i meant older than me in flylady years:p:p:p:p..

    lol.. That rules out 98.5 % then :p

    I have folded 6 loads of washing, refed the TD and OH did the DW
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • LameWolf
    LameWolf Posts: 11,238 Forumite
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    magicgirl wrote: »
    I am finding it so hard to keep on top of the place while dh is home though.

    I don't know why i just can't work around him but it seems near enough impossible.
    *Nods understandingly* I have this problem when Mr LW is working from home. I don't know why; his desk is at one end of the lounge, and he sits at it with his work laptop, and just gets on with what he has to do, and other than him wanting endless cups of tea, I wouldn't know he was there.:A Oh, and for practical reasons, we have our main meal at lunchtime on those days.;) But still, I get zip done when he's here. <insert shruggy smilie>

    He's literally just got in (late shift today) and bless him, he's nuking the l/o lasagne for our dins because I'm still feeling rough. :A
    If your dog thinks you're the best, don't seek a second opinion.;)
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