Weekly Flylady Thread 8th August 2011

Pollybear

Morning all and welcome to the newbies

Much better day today and I've got a line of washing out.

I've completely cleaned the kitchen/diner, including inside all the cupboards which were beginning to look a bit muddly. Living room all done, also computer desk in hallway and vauumed all up the stairs.

Having a sit down now to let my back recover a bit. I'm hoping to go through bedroom drawers soon although I don't really think there's much to sort out.

euronorris

OK, here goes for me:

Monday - Oven and Living Room
Level One
Open the windows (if not peeing down! It keeps peeing down today) and turn on some music!
Cook dinner
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Clean oven
Wash dishes
Declutter the chairs, floor and top of any cupboards!
Stik washing on
Level Two
Put pile of clean clothes away
Fold cardboard for taking to recycling
Vacuum under any furniture you can
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors and stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT!
Empty and wash out vacuum cleaner.. don't forget filters! (wonders if we have anymore bags for the big vacuum.....)
Non House related
Book holiday time for home visit in September and November September requested, can't request November until after sister's next scan, she may have c-section, meaning can visit earlier.
Check and book flights for home visit in September and November


Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Binbag dance
3. Clean switches and sockets
4. Wipe the windows in these areas

Ok, that's a start.

My SIL recommended putting a bowl of water, with some lemon in it, in the microwave oven and turning up full until the water is boiling, as this will apparantly steam clean the inside. However, does anyone know if I need fresh lemons, or will lemon juice (the kind you get for pancakes) suffice? (cos, you know, I got the juice).

Now I just need to decide on what to have for dinner. Mmmmm.

seafarers_wife

ok i have

opened the living room windows
checked the smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarm
put a load of washing on the airer (its drizzling here at the mo)
tidied up paperwork and put in a pile to bring upstairs
spoke to edf to chase my final bill. they have 3 weeks or i go ape on them
emptied and loaded the dishwasher
wiped the kitchen sides down
made a cuppa

will start again in a bit, also want to get ahead of the lists today for some reason.

Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Level Two
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT!
Empty and wash out vacuum cleaner.. don't forget filters!
Extras
Catch up on some calls/emails - edf, scottish widows - edf done, still to do scottish widows
Binbag dance
Clean switches and sockets
Wipe the windows in these areas
Kitchen and Dining area
Level Two
Wipe all small appliances and replace
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe over large appliances and unit doors.. make sure insides are clean too
Level Three
Wipe table and replace cloth if necessary
Clean out the grotty fridge
S&S the hob & oven
Extras
clean filters and door seals of large appliances
Clean windows and sills as necessary
HHI
Run washing machines and DW through clean cycles

Frogs: lots of little ones for this week

1. close abbey accont
2. chase up builders quote
3. chase up phisio letter
4. shredding -WIP
5. filing
6. list to MIL about baby stuff still needing to be bought
7. tools from house into shed - half done - in box in spare room waiting for spare room to be finished
8. chase up scottish widows life insurance complaint
9. arrange weekend for my parents to come down and build/fix things
10. prepare house for winter (list on preping for winter thread)
11. install cat flap
12. make shopping list for groceries for next month/birthdays/chrsitmas
13. change cat details with vet
14. sort out socks and bin yucky ones
15. buy/find rug for living room floor
16. hang lightshade in bedroom and hall
17. more curtain things to be added to make them hang better.

Valli

euronorris

any lemon will do (or indeed lime) or just the water. Allow to boil then leave the door shut for a while

BUT READ THIS IT'S IMPORTANT

it is possible for water to super-heat in a microwave. This means it doesn't boil and gets hotter than boiling point. If you touch a vessel containing super-heated water it can then ALL boil instantaneously and will scald. The presence of a lemon wedge/slice would avoid this. Just allow it to cool if this happens. Don't touch it, don't open the microwave.

If you buy whoopsied lemons, and slice and freeze them for use in your G&T you will always have lemon available for micro cleaning

(Other liquids can also super-heat. I know about this cos I used to be a lab tech)


oooo my e bay buyer is sort of famous....

greent

Morning all (just!) Haven't read the thread yet - have been out with DS2 at swimming lessons.

Today may look like this

Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway (and maybe family room if I'm organised enough!)
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and top of any cupboards!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort out coats, shoes and bags
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
[STRIKE] Check those smoke alarms![/STRIKE]
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. [STRIKE]if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT! /STRIKE]Empty and wash out vacuum cleaner.. don't forget filters! (x2 vacuums!)

Extras

1. Catch up on some emails
2. Binbag dance
3. Clean switches and sockets
4. Wipe the windows in these areas
5. Eat a frog

FROGS:

1. Ebay listings - list 5 new things
2. Take pics for ebay
3. Book guinea pigs into boarding
4. Book travelodge for Oct
5. DH's July expenses
6. VAT return
7. In memorium thing for my dad
8. Sort DD's school bus pass
9. Balance NCT's accounts
10. Order name tags for children's uniforms

seafarers_wife

silly question:

does anyone know if i can freeze croissants? i bought a box of 12 from costco yesterday and would like them to last me a few weeks rather than the couple of days they usually do as ive put on weight the past couple of weeks (yes i know im ment to when pregnant) but its not through baby, its through eating crap and lots of it.

sammr85

I'm in this week, need to dig myself out my rut and get things back in order both with myself and my house!

Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and top of any cupboards!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort out coats, shoes and bags
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT!
Empty and wash out vacuum cleaner.. don't forget filters!
Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Binbag dance
3. Clean switches and sockets
4. Wipe the windows in these areas

bonnie_bumpkins

OK, in my HHC I did the following:

* De-cluttered the hall floor, desk, and little table.
* From hall, put everything in its place downstairs and left 3 neat little piles on the stairs (one per room) for when I next go up (if I went up during the HHC I would have got distracted and I had a plan...)
* Found a list of jokes for my Dad that I had been looking for, wrote a quick note and popped in envelope.
* Wrote two birthday cards for friends this week
* Found a peg (put it in pegbox), 2 pins (put in sewing box) a hairgrip of DD's (put in my hair) and one faux diamond earring there should have been 2 on the shelf...
* Looked at how mucky it was under the hall mat and put it back for now :rotfl:

Well I'm sure I did more, it doesn't look much, but I'm pretty pleased.

My list looks like this:
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music! ALL WINDOWS OPEN BUT NEIGHBOUR IS SITTING IN HER GARDEN (VERY CLOSE) AND WILL NOT APPRECIATE MUSIC!
Vacuum floors and sofas! FLOORS DONE BY DS (17) lol
Declutter the chairs, floor and top of any cupboards! I'VE MADE A START...
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort out coats, shoes and bags ALL DONE
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail! DONE.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT! N/A
Empty and wash out vacuum cleaner.. don't forget filters!
Extras
1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Binbag dance
3. Clean switches and sockets
4. Wipe the windows in these areas

Oooh, my strikethroughs have gone

I have a few little froggies and a couple of BIG SCARY ONES - will report back later.

BBx

LameWolf

Hello all; I'm in for a spot of very gentle fluttering this week (5 and 10 min challenges at most) because my lupus is giving me a very hard time just now.:( Thanks for the lists!:o

Valli many thanks for the info on super-heated liquids - I didn't know that!:eek: Luckily I always have slices of lemon in the freezer, as I have them in my tea in preference to milk.:o

I've given Louie a nice long walkies this morning (he'll take as many walks as he's offered!) and am just looking at the list - I think I'll post'n'delete again, so that I can better see what I still need to do.;)

May leave the smoke alarm test til tonight, when I can get Mr LW to take Louie out in the garden for a few minutes, as I know it'll start him off yapping if he's indoors when I test it.;) I can't believe he only has two more nights staying with us - it's gone very quickly!:o

Anyways - Listy:
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music! Windows yes, but I'll pass on the music, ta.:eek:
Vacuum floors and sofas! Done by Mr LW:A
Declutter the chairs, floor and top of any cupboards! N/A – there's no clutter!:p
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves! Done by Mr LW:A
Sort out coats, shoes and bags N/A – they're all away in their places:p
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT!
Empty and wash out vacuum cleaner.. don't forget filters! Done by Mr LW at weekend; it's a bagless Mr Dyson, and he cleans it after vacuuming the bungalow each weekend.:A
Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Binbag dance
3. Clean switches and sockets
4. Wipe the windows in these areas

Ooh, and Welcome to all our new fledgeling flyers!:beer:

Valli

seafarers_wife wrote: »

silly question:

does anyone know if i can freeze croissants? i bought a box of 12 from costco yesterday and would like them to last me a few weeks rather than the couple of days they usually do as ive put on weight the past couple of weeks (yes i know im ment to when pregnant) but its not through baby, its through eating crap and lots of it.

Yes you can (I do, frequently) They can be cooked straight from frozen and just give them a minute or two longer in the oven. DD breakfasted on frozen, whoopsied croissants today!