Weekly Flylady Thread 6th June 2011

xx_Jo_xx

toottifrootti wrote: »

Jo honey I dont know - I am sure you have thought about the down-sizing but just in case.....

what if you have another child? - Not for the foreseeable... Flat will only be for me and DS for now.
where do friends or your Mum sleep when they come to stay - my uncle and sis can put them up (this has just been added to my PRO list :D) - I gave the spare bed to my sister anyway when she moved out, so there is nowhere here for her to sleep except the blowup bed, which would still be an option.
Is the bedroom big enough if S wants someone to sleep-over - S bedroom would be bigger than he has now, so there would room for his friends to stay in that room with him, instead of moving them into the spare room...
What about OH? - he is going to have to relocate in the next 12 months so we are delaying moving in together now to avoid potentially having to move LO school twice - new place is just for me and S until such times as we relocate altogether.
Is there plenty storage? There is less...I would have no stairs, so no cupboard under there to hoard junk... Plus no garage or attic... which is also full of crapola - but more kitchen cabinets, and fitted wardrobes in the bedrooms and two cupboards in the hall which are the equivalent of the airing cupboard I have now.
what if you fancy having a BBQ? - we never have BBQs at mine anyway cos the garden is a hill - Its the reason I dont want a garden anymore - its all work for nothing! We always have BBQs at my friends and dinner at mine - that arrangement suits and can remain..
You will need to have a serious declutter or you will be in the same muddle in a smaller place if you follow my drift - you need to downsize the amount of furniture - I know - Ive already started on it, Im thinking of keeping the basic furniture and selling the rest.
think of all the things that are in the spare room and the garage - can you do without them or where will they go? Garage has the TD and Freezers which are fitted in the kitchen I am moving too.... so they can be sold - most other stuff in the garage is old toys and other detrius which can be sold/tipped... Its a permanent work in progress... the only thing is our bikes - I dont have a solution for those yet.
i quite agree that we expand to fit our surroundings - it def sounds as if the upkeep will be a lot less for you and therefore you should be able to keep it in order a lot easier and hopefully it will be cheaper upkeep as well - although there may be a maintenance charge? No maintenece charges, cheaper rent, hopefully cheaper to run...

Angel I am sure you will make the right decision and if its rented and it doesnt work then you can move cant you?
(((hugs)))

I think I just need longer to declutter - this house is a big job! Im not sure I can gut it in four weeks and move that quickly.... or am i procrastinating??

There is a LOT of !!!!!!.... I dont know - Im off to bed to think about it... I think Ill take some Black sacks with me and make a start just in case..

Thanks Toots - as always your an angel xxx

Valli

The fact, xx_Jo_xx, that you can counter EVERY argument of Toots suggests that the flat would be a good move. IF you don't use the garden you have...

My question would be have you got anywhere to hang a line?

But a year paying out less rent (and having lower running costs) would give you a chance to build a little nest-egg. Always a plus IMO

And you'd have fewer rooms to dust...

toottifrootti

Jo if its what you really want then you will manage it - i moved from the flat to here in 2weeks and that was from viewing to moving in!!! You just need to focus on moving and everything else will have to take a back seat - could you overlap the 2 places to give you more time?

see you all tomorrow

pigpen

No word from seafarers today??????? Hope all went well with your scan chicky..

TD on
Crips, choc and tea decluttered.
toys put in bucket

1 ebay item to parcel

mOZzy_2

morning :wave:

eveyrone's been so busy - well done :T
got my car back so we have more time in the morning and don't have to rush about!! - well, 7 more minutes then i'll have to make a start

had a really nice tidy clean kitchen yesterday ... key word "yesterday" ... sigh

to do:
get kids dressed and washed (dd brush her teeth before (!) getting dressed! she always gets it everywhere)
myself
lunchboxes
kids to school
gym
weigh in

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Level Two
Level Three

Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe over sticky sofas.
Level 2
Clean mirrors and other glass things that are meant to be shiny!
Level 3


Procrastination - list:
clean out car
build book shelf
get coat stand
write letter to uk bank
decritter fridge
sort garden toys
drop empty bottles at bottle bank (finally checked opening times and will do once i have my car back)
swap toys
drop dd's 'old' clothes at friends house
tidy hall cupboard

toottifrootti

this week now looks like this ......
Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Do items 1 and 8 from your frog list!!!
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances and kickboards
Level Three
Wipe the table... clean cloth if necessary
Extras
Thoroughly clean the inside of the unit doors!


Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe over sticky sofas.
Froggy items 2 and 6
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Clean mirrors and other glass things that are meant to be shiny!
Level 3
Clean any fluffy electricals and defluff behind the radiators!
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extras
clear a hotspot or 3!
Clean light shades/fittings and lamps
Clean a window or two.

Wednesday ~ Bedroom
Level One
froggy list items 3 and 9
Level Two
Find 10 things to get rid of!..
Level Three
Vacuum the bedroom..
wipe over the light shades
Extras
Clean the windows
15 minutes sort out of gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome

Frog List

1. sort phone wires in SR
2. fill in council form
3. fill in IS form
4. email shirley
5. move pc
6. ebay postcards - WIP
7. do budget
8. do changes of address to family
9. do changes of email and phone number to family
10. clean electric cupboard

Monday

[STRIKE] speak to solicitor [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] chase up martin for cathedral [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] get rent paid
run off paperwork for meeting tomorrow
Jenny's stuff [/STRIKE]
filing
[STRIKE] phone OT for a step
check flat for mail
deal with post
water plants outside [/STRIKE]
deadhead flowers
[STRIKE] collect prescription from last week [/STRIKE]
Tuesday
ebay
[STRIKE] Jenny's stuff[/STRIKE]
filing
[STRIKE] vestry meeting 7pm [/STRIKE]
Wednesday
Dietician
prayer group/morning service/ put notice up about bottle tops
make hair appointment for 25/6
go to Solicitor's office
Jenny's stuff
filing
Thursday
assisted shopping - Dn's birthday presie to be bought, wrapped and posted/ bank cheque/
get net for strawbs /look for outfit/ cheap plants
Jenny's stuff
filing
Friday
DN late morning
OT calling with paperwork to sign
Jenny's stuff
filing
Saturday
Jenny's fair
filing
Sunday
Church
packed lunch to make

June
finish filing
use 100 free listings 16/84
read and return [STRIKE]4 [/STRIKE] 2 books to Celia
read and return 2 books to Chris
do stuff for Jenny 5/12
bucket list
cathedral investment broker meeting
take over paperwork from R

head down and batter on:rotfl:
toots xx

Pernicious

Hello :wave:

Not doing too bad, need to catch up on my frog list though now that I have made one!


Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
Do items 1 and 8 from your frog list!!! - Done number 1 now
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances and kickboards
Thoroughly clean out and defrost the freezer... if it will help do an inventory and work what you can into your meal plan for the week!
Level Three
Wipe the table... clean cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the oven and hob.. pop off the knobs and soak them if you can.
Extras

1. Thoroughly clean the inside of the unit doors!
   
2. Scrub out all the bins.. recycling and compost ones in particular!
   
3. Wipe any sticky grotty marks off the walls
   
4. clean blinds/curtains

Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas [/STRIKE]
Wipe over sticky sofas. - Can't do this as they're not sticky
Froggy items 2 and 6 - Done number 2...
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dusting, even if around everything [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/STRIKE]
Clean mirrors and other glass things that are meant to be shiny!
Level 3
Wipe paintworks and any grubby marks off walls etc
Clean any fluffy electricals and defluff behind the radiators!
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extras

1. clear a hotspot or 3!
2. Clean light shades/fittings and lamps
3. Clean a window or two.
4. Wash any smelly soft furnishings!

Frog list

1. [STRIKE]Wedding spreadsheet - go through budget again[/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]Clean up floordrobe[/STRIKE]
3. Declutter wardrobe
4. Declutter desk
5. Empty car
6. Vacuum car
7. Change mats in car
8. Ebay!
9. Sort financial paperwork
10. Clean fridge

LameWolf

uropachild wrote: »

Well, tomorrow i am going to work in 15 minute incriments. I think i read it on one of the flylady emails if i remember rightly... I will set my kitchen timer to 15 minutes and start in one room, moving on to the next room when the beeper goes and restarting the clock. Hopefully this will make me do more because i won't feel like i have a massive task ahead of me. Plus, i bet you can get more done in just 15 minutes than you think you can! Anyone else fancy joining me to try it?

Welcome to the QHC Club!:rotfl: I'm a long-time advocate of the Quarter Hour Challenge; it works for me - now all I have to do is stop pushing myself to continue for a second QHC when my poor aching bones are begging for a rest!:rotfl:

Strawberry Jam has been made this evening - it's yummy! :T

mOZzy_2

done:
get kids dressed and washed
myself
lunchboxes
kids to school
gym
weigh in
assessment 6 :j

to do:
send assessment 6
get washing in (IF it's dry)
tidy kitchen


weekly weigh in and i've lost 0.3kg :j (0.67lbs)
still going in the right direction! miracle with all that rubbish i am eating at the moment ... must be this cold weather :cool:




Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Level Two
Level Three

Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe over sticky sofas.
Level 2
Clean mirrors and other glass things that are meant to be shiny!
Level 3

Wednesday ~ Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash.. replace well before bedtime!
Level Two
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!..
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere..
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades


Procrastination - list:
clean out car
build book shelf
get coat stand
write letter to uk bank
decritter fridge
sort garden toys
drop empty bottles at bottle bank (finally checked opening times and will do once i have my car back)
swap toys
drop dd's 'old' clothes at friends house
tidy hall cupboard


baby steps ...

juliejim

Morning All

Early start at work for me today due to our visitors. Everyone send posi-vibes please over the next 2 days. Going to strip my bed now as I think I must have been sharing it for the last couple of nights as I'm covered in bites.

Greenbee - hope all goes well today

Seafarer's - hope the scan went well.

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue