Weekly Flylady Thread 12th September 2011

missymoo81

well done pigpen you're doing well, will have a sneaky peak at tomorrows list, How long have you got until baby time hun? Been ages since I've had a chance to catch up with you.

missymoo81

oooh nooo not the dreaded bedroom, mine is more than a little bit messy definitely one of my rooms of doom! Mind you I guess it is as good a place to start as any!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Played tonight, which was fun as always - but managed to leave my iPod behind. Luckily, one of the others spotted it and realised it had to be mine (purple with purple skull candy headphones) and is looking after it for me until next week. Hope he doesn't hook it up to see what's on it. The poor, jazz loving little soul may have his tender ears melted by Archive, the Jam, the Who, Queens of the Stone Age, Pink Floyd, Rose Royce, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye and a whole lot of other things which certainly aren't jazz!

Minion has been presented with a letter from school informing me she has a compulsory school trip on Thursday and that I had to sign a form saying she was fit, well and healthy enough to take part in all activities. Oh, and pay them £8.50 immediately. :cool:


They got the consent form signed with an addendum giving details of what she has done and how she needs level surfaces and a rest from prolonged walking and standing. And the 'I enclose...' bit crossed through rather - firmly.

Oh, and the cervical cancer vaccine permission slip - which was shoved in my face with a 'You've GOT to sign THIS' from Minion. She is very keen to have it done - if I said no, I suspect she would have found out (having overheard discussions of Gillick competency when younger) how to get it done herself.

Just about to check for any horror left elsewhere in the house - but I think the large eight legged alien scooting past Minion earlier has distracted her and the splats from wreaking havoc.



Oh, I forgot - combed the lawn (raked out the thatch) and put some washing away (not all, but so what?), along with putting on a towel load at 3 million degrees.

kazwookie

Morning

Cat fed
Floors done
2 miles decluttered
Rubbish out
Cat at vets for annual jabs etc @ 2pm, best not tell him or he will vanish on me!!

Have a good day x

MrsChaos

Morning all

DS2 is going through a spell of waking up early (5.12 today) and scared of - well, everything and anything, really. He eventually came into our bed, but didn't go back to sleep. He'll have to have an early night tonight.

Going hunting for a list now.

empty DW delegated to DS1
dry blankets
dry rest of washing
[STRIKE]WM (towels) [/STRIKE]
dry towels
read with DS2
[STRIKE]DS2 packed lunch[/STRIKE]
tea
HHC in bedroom
[STRIKE]bath[/STRIKE]

This week's 7 (well, who's counting)
OH's forms
de-flea cat
DS1's job applications
school to-do list
set up calendar
follow up parking fine appeal
post letter and DS2's old jumpers
[STRIKE]update personal details with union[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] pay CC[/STRIKE]

seafarers_wife

quick update before i get dressed and head to work

Monday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Extra
Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
Clean a window or two.
Binbag dance
Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Vacuum the floors
Level Two
Declutter and wipe the bedside tables... or whatever area you use as a dumping ground!
Level Three
Dust and deweb.. don't forget the bedframe and light fitting!
Sort through a box of guff
Extras
wash any windows and sills
binbag dance
HHI.. and put it away!
Wipe any grotty paintwork!

Frogs
1. filing - saturday pm and sunday job this week
2. prepare house for winter (list on preping for winter thread)
3. install cat flap
5. more curtain things to be added to make them hang better
6. load all cds on computer and then copy to hard drive and then music magpie the oldies
7. put all dvds onto spreadsheet as bought duplicate today that didnt realise OH had
9. sort out my make up
10. sort out big outhouse - WIP till mum up to help with this
11. sort out christmas and birthday presents - move from cupboard to spare room and organise
12. find a space for my handbags
14. vacum pack spare pillows and feather bed so babys room cupboard clear. need help with this as need the hoover upstairs.
15. sort out coathangers for ironing lady
16. sort out spare bags/washing baskets in babys room
17. sort out carrier bags/bags for life in kitchen

sorting out stuff

1. chartity shop/clothes bank/shoe bank stuff in babys room thats already sorted
5. tesco carrier bag for life

juliejim

Morning All

SW this morning and then not sure. I did think about going into town but I may just leave it until tomorrow after my interview then I can get on with more jobs here.

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue

Natty68

Morning fellow flyers

Thank you to FCC for the lists et al, I’m a bit late joining in but I’m here


No sign of the breakfast birds at the moment, it might be too early for them. I know the doves and Woody are late risers around here, for some strange reason. Had a great tit in the garden the other day, he was having a lovely feast on something in the garden veg plot. I am waiting for my robin to make a meal of the sambucca berries on my sambucca bush. Poor thing usually gets slightly squiffy and starts having a go at all sorts of things he sees, from birds to twigs..lol


I really need to keep on track this week as I have to get the house nice and tidy for the weekend when we are off on hols for a week. I also have my friend coming in to sort my cats for me and I don’t want her to come into an untidy etc house. Although not a lot can be done about the litter that the little darlings like to chuck out and see who can chuck it the furthest down the stairs..lol

I was pleased with myself yesterday as I actually managed a frog.. Now don’t all pass out in shock..lol. I cleared out a very bit hotspot by my back door in the kitchen, for some reason it was the dumping ground for carrier bags, dog food/biscuits and other stuff.. It also didn’t help that I had found our little mouse, from outside, had managed to get in and had munched through the nearly empty dog mixer back. Luckily I don’t think it was indoors for too long, although not sure how it bypassed the rodent dooda in the kitchen. Anyway I did find out how it got to the hotspot, so I put the board on the bottom of the kitchen cupboard back properly, instead of just propping it up. Just checked now and the little blighter hasn’t made any reappearance anywhere overnight, in any of the cupboards on the sink side of the kitchen. Also it looks really nice and tidy in the corner now, and everything is put away in it’s proper place and the dog mix has a proper home now – albeit in a pink enamel laundry thingy. Sure that is not what I bought it for, thought I was going to put all my laundry cleaning stuff in it, but unfortunately it just got used as a dumping ground for all sorts..

Today I want to sort out the high food cupboards and get rid of what is past sell by dates etc..and tidy up so it looks really nice and neat. Don’t worry I won’t do too much, luckily the house is looking ok so won’t need a major flying expedition on it..

JoJo love the pics of the spats, isn’t it wonderful how they just take over the place as though we put soft things down just for them
Nixie, your dogs are absolutely gorgeous – your huskies are just adorable, and Toffee is gorgeous. Isn’t it funny how dogs react differently to the furminator? My Jet absolutely loves the furminator, he practically follows me around with the flea comb when I am doing the cats, then plonks in front of me as he knows the furminator is coming out for him. Oh the joys of have a Border collie crossed with a german shepherd, he has a rather fluffy undercoat on his hind quarters..lol Better not show this pic to OH he will want Toffee as he loves Beagles so much, he reakons they have such sad eyes
Seafarers is Jinks a dog or cat, for some reason I have him down as a dog, not sure why..lol?
Bonnie-bumpkin hope everything went okay at the Jobcentre yesterday and the woman wasn’t too bad. I’m not sure but can you ask for a new advisor if your present one is upsetting you? Good luck for the interview on Friday, you will have all the flyladies there with you encouraging you.
Sequeena he is absolutely gorgeous, thank you for sharing with us.

LW, what a lovely card. I am sure Mr Wolf will be so chuffed with it..:T
I do love the less busy cards when they are handmade - I love doing cards with decoupage, although must admit I haven’t done any for a while as I find it too hard to hold the precision scissors. I have compromised though and do my stitching, that way I can put it away for another day when the pain goes away. I am finding my hands are getting rather claw like at the moment as it hurts to bend my fingers. Keep forgetting that when the weather changes it affects the ME, have had really flexible fingers all holiday it’s a shock to the system when they start hurting..
Wow Piggers, is it near that time already? It doesn’t seem like yesterday when you was telling us about Dot..where does the time go?

Welcome to the newbies, and the returners


Monday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water plants
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. Sort through a handbag

Extra
Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Clean a window or two.
Binbag dance


Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Declutter the floor!
Vacuum the floors
Level Two
Clear the floordrobe!.. are there any summery things that are past their best that you can fling?
Level Three
Extras
wash any windows and sills
binbag dance
HHI.. and put it away!
Wipe any grotty paintwork!

Natty’s List:

• Shower/dress
• Meds
• Breakfast
• Wash up
• S&S bathroom
• Make bed
• Check emails
• Update budget book
• Update GC and NSD's threads
• Update food diary for last night - made a bit of a pig of myself yesterday as I ended up buying some cream cakes for supper. And I ate two..:eek: Plus I was in a picking mood for some reason..:( Must do better today
• Deadhead roses
• Deadhead rest of flowers
• Bedding wash load
• Hang wash load on line
• Washing x 1
• Check toms for more red ones - they are just starting to turn red now. They would wouldn't they, just as we are going away at the weekend and won't be able to pick them when they all ripen up
• Clean cat tray
• HHC
• HHI
• Chemist to pick up meds
• MSE list
• Defrost pasta for dinner tonight
  

wendywitch

Morning Ladies,

Not sure what I'm doing today. Had great ideas yesterday and reeled them off to DD1 - WALK :eek: to Dr to make appointments and drop old mags off, then down to the P.O and bank.
Then I woke up this morning remembering that XH is in court this morning and the woman from Oasis is going to phone so it looks like I'll have to hang around the house this today
Looks like the boyfriendish is avoiding me even though he said yesterday that he wasn't seems to only go online when he knows I won't be.
Going to try not to dwell on it as it'll only make my mood worse.
My bedroom isn't too bad at the mo so shouldn't take long although I won't sort my box of carp 'til DD1 is home or nothing will get chucked :rotfl:
I think I might start this years Christmas gifts today. As my aunts say I shouldn't buy for them but they still buy for me and my daughters we now do homemade gifts, the girls made calendars when they were little, we've done snowman soup, dustpan cookies. This year I'm knitting pound coin holder keyrings which we'll put with magnetic shopping lists and maybe a material bag, whether I make the bags remains to be seen :cool: could just buy some from Primark for £1.50 each

Monday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Extra
Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Vacuum the floors
Level Two
Strip and wash bedding and remake bed.. do you need the duvet back on yet?
ground!
Level Three
Polish any glass bits.. table tops, lamps, mirrors etc
Sort through a box of guff
Extras
binbag dance
HHI.. and put it away!
Wipe any grotty paintwork!

MummyEm

My list for the day


Dailies
[STRIKE]
Make beds + air bedrooms[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]WM[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]DW[/STRIKE]
Ebay x 3
Dinner make + defrost any for next day
Make Bread
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clothes folded/hang/away[/STRIKE]
S&S Kitchen


My extras for the week-

[STRIKE]UA
B [/STRIKE]
L
Clean the oven - big green frog this one!!
Sort out enormous hairy eyebrows
[STRIKE]Collect banners - and [/STRIKE]deliver/ put up
[STRIKE]scan shopping[/STRIKE]
Buy DD Waterproof trousers + wellies
Buy DS wellies
Ebay parcel - awaiting payment
Kitchen hotspot in progress!!
[STRIKE]Send email to volunteering charity re meeting I can't make
Text person re meeting I can't make[/STRIKE]
OU - 5 hours study
Get car ins renewal quotes finished and bought
Apply for 0% cc to stoozing car ins money

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Level Two
[STRIKE]Strip and wash bedding and [/STRIKE]remake bed.. do you need the duvet back on yet?
Level Three
Polish any glass bits.. table tops, lamps, mirrors etc
Sort through a box of guff
Extras
1. wash any windows and sills
2. binbag dance
4. Wipe any grotty paintwork!