Flylady Challenge - New Year, New You

kezia

ok, so far today
made and left dough to rise
one load of washing
quick clean of bathroom
good hoover around living room and hallway
dusted wooden stairs
dusted and wiped around downstairs
washed up, wipes surfaces and mopped.

Flat still looks remarkably tidy from yesterday so I am feeling in a good mood today Just gearing up to go to Tescos.

Bennifred

Well done, everyone, you are all doing so well!:beer:
I'm not having such a good day - woke up after a very restless night feeling extremely sluggish and lethargic so have only managed to put BM on, couple of loads of washing and quick vacuum round downstairs. OH is about to drag me out for a walk - I'm not that keen as it looks very blowy out there and is threatening rain but maybe I'll feel better after, so here goes. Back on track tomorrow, I hope!
Keep up the good work, all! (moggins - HELP!:o )

moggins

That's it, the washing basket is empty!

One load gone into the tumble dryer, some gone onto the airer, I'm still stuck on where to put these boxes of goodies left over from christmas as the cupboards are still full too. The freezer is emptying gradually but the cupboards are not. I may revise tonights meals to try and empty the cupboards a little. The dining room is tidy now apart from these boxes which are preventing me getting to the tree too

Frugal_Fox

I discovered Flylady in 2003, and have been flapping and not flapping for a while now. I did make myself a control journal - but found it didn't work well for me. I can be the procrastination queen - and I kept having to 'redo' bits and therefore 'couldn't start' until it was 'done'. Last autumn I made a chart to go on my fridge with the weekly and monthly jobs on it - it gets highlighted everytime a task is done and its easy to see what needs to be done and what has already been achieved. I haven't kept to it much over December as I was away - however my chart for January is up. :T

I don't have a hallway or dining room either - so just the cupboards for me today then! Or not...

Actually - I'm in my Zone 1 which is the living room areas, and switch plates are cleaned, I've cleaned out the fireplace and relaid for fire tonight. I've dusted the living room skirting boards - can't vacuum under furniture as DH is sleeping as is on nights. Plants are in the shower drying off, having been fertilised also. Tea is done - HM leek & potato soup from yesterday. Don't have a BM, so January's task is to 'learn to bake bread' - but am getting a SC on Friday. Still have a bit of Mondays home blessing to do - cleaning mirrors! However ironing - of which there is a big scary pile is taking priority. Daugher (8) is washing up after lunch (my DW broke the wednesday before Christmas, quote of £160 to repair it!!!! So currently doing without till I decide whether to have it fixed - or buy a new one - much as I hate 'throwaway society'), Son is drawing pictures for the Thank you cards.

Pollybear

I've cooked and cleared up lunch now and then vacuumed downstairs. Didn't need it before but the cats just had a "funny five minutes" and there was quantities of white fur everywhere!

Ladygrim

:T

moggins wrote:

Don't worry if you cannot follow this plan exactly, just do what you can where you can but the closer you can follow it the more you will accomplish and be closer to being organised and stress free.

SHINE THAT SINK - I am going back to basics for the first task of the year........

Thanks Moggins

I have printed out your quote from yesterday and am off to put it into action. Just what I need for a new start.:o


Its now 15:07
So far I have:-
1. Cleaned the sink (never seen it so shiny!!)
2. Thrown away 27 items (and a few more to boots!)
3. Cleaned the hotspot (admittedly it was my side of the sideboard - but every little helps)
4. Done some papwerwork - mainly printed blank 'To Do' and shopping lists ready for me to complie a schedule

Still to do:-
Tidy, polish and hoover the main room.

Gonna have a cup of tea first though.

How am I doing so far????

18:00

All done!!!!

Im tired and my back hurts, but inside Im GLOWING!!

Now I can just sit back and relax!

Until tomorrow ........:T

Sunny_Angel

:hello: Hi gang,:hello:

Well after a successful start yesterday, today looks like another good day.
Had a new friend around this am for a cuppa and it amazed me how ready for guests the house was!!:T

Todays list:

Hallway, Done
Stairs and landingDone
Dining rm Done
Strip, wash,dry, iron, and remake our bed. Done
2loads washing,Done
ironing,Done
Dinner in slow cookerDone
Peel spuds, carrots and prepare leeks. Done
Bin out,Done
Buy some coal,Done
Empty ashes and lay fire for tonight,Done
Buy brothers birthday card and pressie for tomorrow. (no idea what to get hence so late. ) Still no idea will have to have a look around in the am

Before anymore of this can be done though i really need to eat some lunch...
then some more flying;)

peony40

Hi, just got back in from work and am reading MSE while having my lunch.

After lunch my plans are to do:

Hoover hall, stairs and landing plus kitchen.

Washing & more ironing. (I am on my last black sack of items needing to be washed :j )

Need to put the BM on.

Soda crystal the plugholes and outside drain.

Wrap up SIL birthday present and try and find birthday card.

Mics_chick

Bennifred wrote:

Well done, everyone, you are all doing so well!:beer:
I'm not having such a good day - woke up after a very restless night feeling extremely sluggish and lethargic so have only managed to put BM on, couple of loads of washing and quick vacuum round downstairs. OH is about to drag me out for a walk - I'm not that keen as it looks very blowy out there and is threatening rain but maybe I'll feel better after, so here goes. Back on track tomorrow, I hope!
Keep up the good work, all! (moggins - HELP!:o )

Bennifred you sound EXACTLY how I feel but I've done Sweet FA apart from being glued to MSE so you're doing a darn sight better than me :T

Anyway better get on with something other than procrastination!!!

Can't do Moggins flylady plan yet because my [STRIKE]dumping areas[/STRIKE] hotspots are any surface including floor in every room!! :eek: So got to clear that in living-room / hall / kitchen before any floors can be cleaned or surfaces reached easily!! So I'm off to get on with it and nudge OH to give me a hand... hopefully!

pipkin71

Hi all - busy day today. So far I have

Ran the vacuum over three flights of stairs, hall and landings [we live in a town house]
Scrubbed main bathroom from top to bottom
Cleaned and sorted food cupboard, art cupboard and games cupboard
One load in the washing machine
Week's shopping done and put away
One bag of clutter sent to charity shop
Dinner's in the SC

Still to do - sort all the book cases / video cabinets / CD racks on the landings [asbestos is being removed from the stairs on Friday so all these need removing]

Sink will be shiny again once dinner is over and done with

Regards
Pipkin xxx