Weekly Flylady Thread 24th October 2011

greenbee

hex2 wrote: »

Rained on a few times here too.

Cleaning the dyson filters made a huge difference. Really clean carpets downstairs. I need to empty and fill the DW, and refill the WM. Must do the S&S of bathrooms too as DH has a visitor tomorrow. Cant do much about the thin layer of plaster dust over everything though. Is it bed time yet?

Reminder to self - create a new drain guard.

I have plaster dust too but no more hole in the ceiling :j one room is done :beer: but the landing and stairs need doing, then downstairs where he's just going to tidy it up, and then the other bedroom. Which is currently full of stuff that I need to move into the other room (remember I can't out anything on the landing, or in the hall AND I need to work. I might ask him to put it off until I get back from my next work trip.

Utility room is in bits. Floor has been levelled with a screed, which is now drying. Machinery is blocking access to all cupboards (it was blocking access to the freezer, but I've solved that as I need to eat). Plumbing is being done on Saturday morning, so hopefully I will have a washing machine, TD and DW soon after that. I need to clean the dryer hose outlet, dryer hose and backs of the machines before they go back in. My ancient WM still has a hot fill as well as cold, so hot washes are cheap using gas-heated water

During all this the cleaner managed to get the bathroom, my bedroom, the loo, the living room and accessible bits of the kitchen cleaned. Including the windows, the loo window frame as the blind is down and we emptied 3 bookcases, killed the spiders, cleaned the shelves and I've just finished putting the books back (having cleared out a few books and DVDs I no long want/need).

So despite all the work, the house is mostly clean. I need to rehome a pile of coats before I can go to bed, and I know I will have people annoying me in the house for the rest of this week and too much of next, but it's starting to come together!

More importantly, I managed to get out at lunch and have a cuddle with my day-old niece

... Oh... And I did some work...

seafarers_wife

just doing a list update and then im off to run a nice hot bath.

had a very nice day pottering and not doing much and saw the consultant who is being very nice to me and going to induce me around 38 weeks so no chance of a christmas baby for me, which means i can buy a cute tacky christmas outfit to dress baby in for future blackmail purposes

Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Vacuum said decluttered floors!
Level Two
declutter and dust the mantle putting back only what should be there
Wipe the sofas if needed
dust and deweb
Level Three
Clear and wipe window sills, and any electricals and picture frames etc
Extras
HHI
binbag dance
Wash any windows that have been neglected
Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing

Level One
Declutter floors
Strip bedding, wash sheets and remake the bed.. BEFORE BEDTIME!!
Level Two
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Sort through one box of junk!

Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room

Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Level Three
HHI
Clean the oven and hob..
Extras

Wash the windows
Binbag dance
clean door deals, filters and deterrgent drawers!
Thursday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
vacuum the floor
Level Two
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed!
Straighten the toy boxes and shelves
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe sticky grotmarks from the walls, doors and paintwork
Extras
Binbag dance
15 minutes filing

Friday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level Three
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clean the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone electrocuted!!
Extras

Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms

Dustykitten

Greenbee how close is your tank to your washer? My plumber told me that even my hot fill would only fill with cold due to the distance the water had to travel, the machine would have enough water before the hot came through.

Kitchen just about done for the night, one stubborn pan soaking.

Having HH on here then WM on and bed.

greenbee

Dustykitten wrote: »

Greenbee how close is your tank to your washer? My plumber told me that even my hot fill would only fill with cold due to the distance the water had to travel, the machine would have enough water before the hot came through.

Kitchen just about done for the night, one stubborn pan soaking.

Having HH on here then WM on and bed.

Thinking about the route the pipes take, about 15ft, but they are well lagged and usually full of hot water as when I'm washing I have usually run the tap next to the machine. And the hot water pressure is nearly as good at the mains pressure downstairs, so it should work out OK.

Hope you manage a nice early night dusty

froddington

Evening - just updating my list.

Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs

Level One
Declutter the floors
Vacuum said decluttered floors!

Level Two
declutter and dust the mantle putting back only what should be there
Wipe the sofas if needed

Level Three
Clear and wipe window sills, and any electricals and picture frames etc
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..

Extras
Wash any windows that have been neglected

Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing

Level One
Declutter floors
Strip bedding, wash sheets and remake the bed.. BEFORE BEDTIME!!

Level Two
Vacuum floors
Tidy away floordrobe/chairdrobe and top of chest of drawersdrobe!
Sort through one cupboard of clothing

Wednesday ~ Kitchen

Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces

Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!

Level Three
Clean the oven and hob..

Extras
Wash the windows

Thursday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!

Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor

Level Two
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed!

Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe sticky grotmarks from the walls, doors and paintwork

Extras
15 minutes filing

Friday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area

Level One
Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)

Level Two
Clean bath and sink
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc

Level Three
Wipe down tiles in bathroom...

mummyyof5

Hi all flying off piste this week as OH has a week off work.

Today we have emptied a car full of junk from loft and taken to tip:j:j...so how come you cant even tell we have been in there:(:(

OH fitted a new light fitting in DR

3loads of washing done

1 hotspot cleared in LR

new shed door and 2 windows fitted:j:j:j..not by us but they look so good.

swept out all little porch.

hoovered all downstairs

Did all ironing:D

Ds1 and Ds2 sorted through all their jumpers and t-shirts...some passed on and loads for charity shop..more fling:)

sorted out all Halloween costumes..more flung and rest sorted through.

OH is getting all xmas decorations down tomorrow so I can go through them when I get back from Toddlers.

Sure there was more but cant think what else right now

Loads of thanks to Pigpen for all the work you have put into thread for the last couple of years...hope you wont leave us totally I love your posts :p

Love to all xx

Sequeena

Monday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors
Vacuum said decluttered floors![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]declutter and dust the mantle putting back only what should be there
Wipe the sofas if needed[/STRIKE]
Wipe and water plants, dust and deweb
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe window sills, and any electricals and picture frames etc[/STRIKE]
Empty and clear out a cupboard or drawer..
Extras

1. HHI

[STRIKE]Check all the winter coats are clean and ready to wear.. and put away all the summer ones! Polish your wellies!!
binbag dance

[/STRIKE]

1. Wash any windows that have been neglected

Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter floors[/STRIKE]
Strip bedding, wash sheets and remake the bed.. BEFORE BEDTIME!!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE] well sort of, our hoover is giving up the ghost
[STRIKE]Tidy away floordrobe/chairdrobe and top of chest of drawersdrobe!
Sort through one cupboard of clothing[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Sort out the airing cupboard or linen cupboard.. wha t can go? What do you need to keep?
wash any curtains/nets that need it
Sort through one box of junk!
Extras

1. Do a small job you have been putting off forever

[STRIKE]check all the smoke alarms are working as they should!
Sort out the junk from your favourite/most used handbag!..
[/STRIKE] the pram bag was full of receipts

1. [STRIKE]Get rid of those receipts from 1982 from your purse! lol[/STRIKE]
2. Fill a binbag for charity shop (or the bin if you prefer!)

Not too bad considering how little I've done lately....

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Landing already perfect. My bedroom not so much, but it'll do for another couple of days.

Minion suitably physiotherapied for another fortnight.

She slept rather well on her new memory foam topper - and the physio says that not only does she approve totally of buying it, she's jealous

Continued to curry favour with her by buying single use hairdye for Halloween/Samhain - (and something a little less temporary for myself ), a bat charm for her mobile, another nose stud for myself and a new backpack for school as she wants to protect her back when carrying stuff. It's a gothic cat. And it has mp3 speakers built in. Silly money, but she can't use a cheapie as they break or dig into her back too easily.


She opted for a ding dinner (her name for cook/chill/microwave junk ), so all I have to do now is go downstairs once I have found my slippers (my feet are really cold for the first time this autumn) and cook my dinner.


She will be assisting with food shopping tomorrow. And the mountain of clothes on the TD WILL be leaving for the safety of her wardrobe.

adamantine

evening all. not worked off the lists today coz i had solicitors and a grumpy child but i cleaned the fishes and lost 3 in total today . my nitrogen cycle is taking longer to kick in than it should so im on daily water changes till it does and starving the fishies for a couple days. bird also got cleaned out. done a load of washing and ran out of washing liquid. i normally have one or 2 bottles spare but it seems i didnt buy any last time they were on offer and ive now used up my store so its a good job i didnt strip the beds today too coz then i would have washing piling up over my bedroom. Mr A has daz on special - a massive box for £4 so i might go back to powder and just hope that DS2 doesnt react to it.

ill try to get back on list tomorrow but ive to go to Mr A and into town for some bird seed. hope the weathers better tomorrow.

beahappy

started this yesterday and was rather pleased with myself. today did level one and two. sorted out another charity bag, one bedroom wardrobe and 3 kitchen cupboards. Any advice on how to keep on top of all housework when you work full time? thanks x