Weekly Flylady Thread 11th July 2011

buggalugs

Hi everyone, Pigpen its great to see you back to your old self, you were sounding decidedly down the other day. and I dareen't send hugs !! sheesh I value my life here
Anywhoo I wanted to leave a message for Lamewolf, I just want to say I was thinking of you and hope all went well.
The list was going really well until I decided to pull out a few weeds. now my back is agony. oh well, a couple of painkillers and I should be able to do things slowly
Have fun ladies

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debtfreebyxmas wrote: »

I think i will take some of your hints a write a list while i feed to I know exactly where to go and what to do instead of running aroun the kitchen like im searching for life saving medication lol

Well done debtfree on your first HHC.:T

If you go to the first page of this thread you will find a list of what to do on a each day. DON'T try and catch up this week as you'll tire yourself out and lose interest.

Just take baby steps to start with. Maybe concentrate on Level One for the remainder of the week in one or two rooms? Obviously do a bit more if you want too or feel like it.

And yes it is addictive once you get started;)

In my HHC I -

Clean the litter tray - I hate that job
Finished wiping down all the paint work and walls in the living room hallway and stairs
Hoovered the living room, hallway and kitchen - again
Cleared the landing ready for hoovering
Brought a load of stuff downstairs to sort what's to stay and what goes.

Just having a cuppa then I'll grab a sandwich and have a break for a bit.

LameWolf

chocolateteddy wrote: »

Lamewolf good luck tomorrow I have been needle phobic since I had a bad experience with a dracula of a blood nurse when I was 5. I only had to think about blood tests and my hands sweat. I too have to be laid down or I pass out. At one point I had to be taken to the nurse for blood tests(talking adult age here!) as I couldn't manage to physically go on my own. I remember a nice nurse going you'll be fine sat in that seat don't worry... next thing I remember was when I came round on the floor - I did warn her!! Strange though as my cat had kidney failure and I was taught to inject her every other night with fluids, the vet nurse was so good she helped me get over my fear of needles over a number of weeks and I was so proud that I was able to give my cat 6 months of quality life through the fluids before she passed away in march 2010. That said I still can't face blood tests and when I went in April just walking through the door of the local hospital made me break out in a sweat, but the nurse was brilliant - laid me down and left me there while she did some paperwork afterwards, only letting me sit up when I had laid there for a least 10 mins.

CT you've just described how I am, perfectly! Only having diabetic dogs as guests hasn't cured me - I only have to catch sight of the needle to go all wobbly. Luckily, Mr LW is happy to do their insulin "injeculations" as he calls them.;) Did I mention, he is one fantastic hubby??:happyhear Well done you, btw, for being able to give your cat an extra good 6 months.:o

Thank you all for your good wishes; I had a lovely nurse, who respected my request not to be given a running commentary on what she was doing.:D All went well - till we got outside. We were going down the ramp back to the car - probably foolishly, I hobbled on my sticks rather than use the wheelchair - and I just folded up in a little heap on the floor. :sad: Mr LW managed to get me to the car, and we put the passenger seat down flat while he got me home; and I'm afraid all I've done this morning is sleep on the sofa. No harm done though; and at least it's over.:o

pigpen wrote: »

Off to Ikea.. back later... skint.. knackered and probably incapable of walking!!!

*Must sweep crumbs from under spacebar!!

Oh.. and I am going in my slippers!

Have fun.... I have to admit, I've never set foot in Ikea! But I have gone round Tesco in bare feet on numerous occasions.;)

As to flying.... well, I'll just have to see what I can manage, as I still feel quite wobbly, and I must get the carrot'n'orange cake made some time today.;) I've gone through the lists to mark off what's already done and what's not needed:

Monday ~ Living room, hall and Stairs
Extras

1. Empty and sort a cupboard or drawer

Wednesday ~ Kitchen & dining area
Level one COMPLETE
Level Two
Wipe units, tables and appliances Partly done (table and trolley)
Clear and clean tops of freezer and fridge Done by Mr LW:A
Level Three
Degrot a small appliance
Chase a repair you have been wanting done for ages.. even if it is just nagging OH again! Sole of black sandal glued back into place

Extras

1. Clear and wipe window sills

Thursday ~ childrens room/spare room
Level One
Find the floor! 'Tis not lost! There's a lot of stores in there, but all tidy, in crates.:o
Strip, wash and replace bedding N/A
Level Two
drag gibble from under the bed.. fling the rubbish, make everything neat and orderly and vacuum before stuffing the necessary stuff back. N/A
Clear the tops of wardrobes and chests of drawers N/A – wardrobe has our suitcases stored on it, and nothing else, CoD is a shelf for box files.:o
Sort out a box or drawer of junk
Level Three
Wash curtains and windows if they need it N/A – they don't!;)
Wipe radiators and defluff down the back (coat hanger or stick with a sock on the end works wonders, I secure it with a hair bobble or rubber band)
Wipe away all the dust and grubby marks and sticky splodges
Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. 15 minutes filing N/A – it's up to date:p
3. HHI (or other HHC)
4. Rehome 5 items from the house (they can be charity shopped or binned or sold or freecycled.. your choice!) :idea: Bagged up used batteries to take to Boots on Saturday – we have to go into town for meds after Mr LW's visit to the doctor (nothing awful, just his 6-monthly meds review). I honestly have nowt else to go. *Shruggy smilie*
   

Friday ~ Master bedroom & landing
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding! Done Saturday; will be done again this Saturday (need Mr LW's assistance with this, hence it's a weekend task)
Clear the tops of at least 1 cupboard!
Spend a minimum of half an hour pampering yourself! Unsure if spending the morning sleeping after blood test on Thursday fulfils this item
Level Two
Clear floordrobe and vacuum No floordrobe; vacuuming done by Mr LW:A
Wash curtains and windows if required
Tidy up your random piles of shoes and handbags! N/A – shoes are all away tidy, and I only have one handbag, which is itself tidy.
Level Three
Clear the landing.. or spend a HHC on it improving it! N/A – we don't have a landing, and the hall is all tidy!
Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors.. both sides! don't forget the tops!
Dust and deweb and chase away those arachnids!
Extras

1. Clean out pets and wash smelly pet beds N/A
2. Clean fronts and backs of radiators
3. Wipe away any sticky marks from walls
4. Compose a 10 item frog list for next weeks thread! WIP – needs to be things I can manage unaided, as Mr LW is on standard hours all 5 days next week:o

wendywitch

I'm all over the place today, have been all week really I think it was partly because I hadn't heard if my XH was kept in prison on Friday (he has been thank God) and everyone has been hounding me about it and it has made me very uncomfortable.
I haven't done much flying this week and what I have done has been all over the place, as my list shows
I was meant to have the counsellor today but I cancelled, didn't feel much like it so I'm trying to get some flying done.
I've written a list of jobs for each DD to do which should help

Monday ~ Living room, hall and Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter all the floors[/STRIKE]
Declutter all the flat surfaces above the floor!!
Level Two
dust and deweb
Vacuum and mop
Wipe over the sofas, or any marks off them
Level Three

[STRIKE]Wash any soft furnishings that are in need[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]

Wipe and water plants


Wipe over any cabinets/electricals get rid of those stick finger prints!
[/STRIKE]



Extras

1. Wash windows if they need it
2. [STRIKE] Wipe any grubby paintwork/marks off walls/doors
   
3. Polish any metal (brasses or silver!)/glass [/STRIKE]
4. Empty and sort a cupboard or drawer

3 x WM
2 x DW
SORT OUT COOKING BOOKS

Tuesday ~ Bathroom and study (feel free to substitute other room)
Level One
Declutter and mop floors
[STRIKE]Remove mildewy mouldy bits[/STRIKE] Don't have any
Level Two
Clean bath/shower/loo/bidet/basins etc..
Empty out the bathroom cabinets, give them a good scrub and put back only the stuff you will use.. get rid of the rest!!!
Clean the radiators.
Level Three
[STRIKE]Declutter 100 useless emails and run defrag.. race the defrag.. [/STRIKE]clean those tiles!
Wash any grotty marks off walls and doors.. and the underside of the sink..
[STRIKE]Declutter the desk and make it all shiny.[/STRIKE] Don't have one


Extras

1. [STRIKE]
   
2. Wash shower curtains, bath mats, sticky sofas and fluffy blinds! [/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE] Don't have any
4. Tell someone you love that you love them.. someone you haven't told for a while.. so not the cat!.. even if you email or phone to tell them..
5. [STRIKE]Descale the shower head![/STRIKE] Doesn't need it

1 x WM
3 x TIP RUNS
MADE MUFFINS FOR MUM
SHOPPING

Wednesday ~ Kitchen & dining area
Level one
Sweep and mop!
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe units, tables and appliances
Wipe out fridge
Clear and clean tops of freezer and fridge[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Wipe over oven and hob
[STRIKE]Degrot a small appliance[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Chase a repair you have been wanting done for ages.. even if it is just nagging OH again![/STRIKE] Phoned the housing association AGAIN to chase up replacement window and loft insulation
[STRIKE]Gather up all the dirty laundry[/STRIKE]


Extras

1. [STRIKE] Clear and wipe window sills [/STRIKE]
   
2. [STRIKE]Wipe internal[/STRIKE] and back door.. [STRIKE]both sides![/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE] Clean out the microwave [/STRIKE]
4. HH-doin something you hate doing but needs to be done.. be that ironing, mending, exercise, gardening... get it done!

1 x WM
1 x DW

Thursday ~ childrens room/spare room
Level One
Find the floor!
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two
drag gibble from under the bed.. fling the rubbish, make everything neat and orderly and vacuum before stuffing the necessary stuff back.
Clear the tops of wardrobes and chests of drawers
Sort out a box or drawer of junk
Level Three
Wash curtains and windows if they need it
Wipe radiators and defluff down the back (coat hanger or stick with a sock on the end works wonders, I secure it with a hair bobble or rubber band)
Wipe away all the dust and grubby marks and sticky splodges

Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. 15 minutes filing
3. HHI (or other HHC)
4. Rehome 5 items from the house (they can be charity shopped or binned or sold or freecycled.. your choice!)

2 x WM
1 x DW

Friday ~ Master bedroom & landing
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding!
[STRIKE]Clear the tops of at least 1 cupboard![/STRIKE]
Spend a minimum of half an hour pampering yourself!
Level Two
Clear floordrobe and vacuum
Wash curtains and windows if required
[STRIKE]Tidy up your random piles of shoes and handbags![/STRIKE]Level Three
Clear the landing.. or spend a HHC on it improving it!
Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors.. both sides! don't forget the tops!
Dust and deweb and chase away those arachnids!

Extras

1. [STRIKE] Clean out pets and wash smelly pet beds [/STRIKE]
2. Clean fronts and backs of radiators
3. Wipe away any sticky marks fom walls
4. Compose a 10 item frog list for next weeks thread!

Goodintentions

Student finance stuff for me done :j Need to DH's now, but can't find his P11D :mad: I try so hard to keep all these things in the right place, but I can NEVER just lay my hands on everything I need without searching! I get so cross with myself And this is for tax year 2009-10!

I think I will clean the bathroom, and have some lunch (not necessarily in that order!) before I start my search.

sammiell

right that looks much better ive got a load of ironing to do but ill do that tonight i think i deserve a rest before i do some more party stuff im in need of a coffee:coffee::coffee::coffee:help yourselves
well done debtfree:T:T

debtfreebyxmas

In HHC.... cleaned boys bedroom, big job... ready for hoovering and bought a dirty washing down ready for reloading. next HHC for me 1.45 Thanks all

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Just received a cheque for £120!!!!! :j:j:j:

(cancelled a course that I had no chance of attending, not expecting anything, but got a letter in the post saying they had resold my place, so here was my money back!!!!)


That'll be going straight in the bank!!! (and straight out again, but hey......)


Must do some vacuuming later......Minion hasn't quite finished her pit yet for Friday night's sleepover. I WILL send the child back home if it isn't done.

knittingcathy

Good afternoon all, not done much this morning the kids have decided they didn't want to go to Funky dance much rather stay and play with their friends so have now put 3x WM and hung out sorted all washing into piles to be put away washed kids bedroom windows(didn't realise how bad they were until I started.) Having a coffee then going to clean out kitchen cupboard.

Talk soon.

toochoosey

Back from work, flung shoes in the bin....they fell apart!!!

Going to do burgers and wedges for dinner....the children had burger and chips with colesaw today and I really fancied it!! I have no colesaw (or money to buy any!!), but I have lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onions and carrots, so a side salad it will be!!

ETA, suppose I should find a list and see what I can be doing instead of sitting here praying Next will email me back today!!!

ETA(again)....Here it is............

Todailes
laundry, F
swish and swipe kitchen F S S
bathroom, F S S
ironing, F
making beds, F S S
vacuuming high traffic areas F S S
making meals T F S S

Ok here goes this week!

Wednesday ~ Kitchen & dining area
Level one
mop!
Level Two
Wipe out fridge
Level Three
Wipe over oven and hob

Thursday ~ childrens room/spare room

Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two
Sort out a box or drawer of junk
Level Three
Wash curtains and windows if they need it
Wipe radiators and defluff down the back (coat hanger or stick with a sock on the end works wonders, I secure it with a hair bobble or rubber band)

Extras

1. 15 minutes filing
2. HHI (or other HHC)
3. Rehome 5 items from the house (they can be charity shopped or binned or sold or freecycled.. your choice!)

Friday ~ Master bedroom & landing
Level Two
vacuum
Level Three
Clear the landing.. or spend a HHC on it improving it!
Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors.. both sides! don't forget the tops!
Dust and deweb and chase away those arachnids!

Extras

1. Clean fronts and backs of radiators
2. Compose a 10 item frog list for next weeks thread!