Weekly Flylady Thread 31st October 2011

vanilla

Morning all, our electric has been off and on all morning..:mad: I have a chicken in the sc so i really hope it stays on now. MrA due soon so thats one less thing to think about. Need to ring and cancel hotel for the wedding next week, no point us staying for £120 when we can be home in an hour (plus that £120 would get me 24 bags of coal ) :money:

Right i best go make a start on the lists..

jackywhizz

Morning everyone. Haven't caught up with the thread - may do so later.

Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains


Monday the clock have gone back summer is officially over
I know it is sad that summer is gone but we don’t want to keep tripping over flip flops on the kitchen floor to remind us of that. Today gather up all summer footwear, hats and lightweight jackets. Get rid of any that won’t be needed next year. Put the rest away checking that they are clean and shoes are washed, polished and reheeled if necessary – you will thank me for this when we get our first warm day next spring. Replace with gloves, scarves, woolly hats, boots and winter coasts. Check they fit and everybody is kitted out for the cold days which will be here soon.

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
[STRIKE]Level 1[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe[/STRIKE]
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Level 3
Clean the mantel or coffee table, re home things that don’t belong here
Wipe and water plants
Vacuum or wipe the sofas

Declutter Mission:

Sort through all the DVDs, games, CDs etc and see which can be rehomed or sold. Check all the right discs are in their cases. Dust the area and replace them all. Get the family to help and try to get input of ideas for presents, ie somebody saying I love this film – is there a new/similar one out?

Tuesday Do it different Day
I have hung the washing on the line in a back to front order -should have gone the whole hog and done the alternating peg colours(i have red and black) - will do that with the next load:rotfl:
Dusty please may I have a star for this one


Tuesday see the light
In case of power cuts make sure you have candles and matches, torches and batteries stored in an easy to get to place – no good rummaging in the back of a cupboard in the dark! Light a candle and hold it around the doors and windows to see where your insulation is lacking (ie where the flame gets blown) – please take care! If you have lots of candles then why not light one tonight in memory of all those no longer with us for All Souls Day.

LameWolf

Thanks for including me in the Challenges even though I'm only doing maintenance Flying on the "normal" stuff, Dusty.:beer:

Wow, I got my Monday stars!:D And I'm sure I didn't post enough to warrant them - not to worry, I can put that right now.;)

Mr LW did, in the end, get his Treat - but I'm saying no more than that it was very MSE.:rotfl:

Wooly scarves etc were sorted and tidied some weeks back, as I've been needing to use them a fair bit already! One thing I have done is put a scarf in the car, for those days when I realise, whilst we're out, that there's a bloomin' draught down my neck and nothing I can do about it. I already keep a baseball-type cap in the car, for emergency use (mainly to keep the sun off my head in summer, but it keeps rain off, too).

I've put my sandals away in the boot-rack in the wardrobe, so that I have room for boots on the one that's "to hand" in the bedroom, and my black sandals were reheeled only the other week. All Mr LW's footwear is OK at present, as is the rest of mine.:o Tbh, I rarely wear out shoes, as I go most places in the wheelchair, but the heel bits on the black sandals had broken somehow, and needed replacing.:o

OK, so for Tuesday's challenges.... we're actually having a Do It Differently week; instead of the normal Flying lists, we're going to tackle a bit of the Toots list (Mr LW is cleaning and sharpening the lawnmower in the kitchen as I type):D and we're also having our main meal at lunchtime this week, instead of in the evenings.

Regarding candles, matches and torches.... I have torches in the kitchen cupboard and in my bedside drawer, easily accessible (ie I can lay hands on them unerringly in the dark), and there's one in the car, too. And they all work!;) There's also a couple of wind-up lamps in the kitchen cupboard. I've a whole chest full of candles, as they're something I use a lot of in any case - large candles, tapers, tea-lights - you name it! And we have matches in the kitchen drawer and some on my 'puter desk, plus we have three of those little gas lighter thingies, as well as Auntie Clarice's old cigarette lighter, that was given to me as a keepsake when she passed away (I used to smoke in those days).

So I reckon we're covered for today!:T

Dustykitten

OMG how can taking one window out create so much brick dust. Entire downstairs (4 rooms plus the hall and shower room all covered.

furball

Update
Level 1+2+3 Done that includes all the blooming conservatory windows.
Declutter done
Winter challenge sorted and also brought throws downstairs to snuggle with.
Yesterdays Winter challenge sorted. Coats for DS2 +DD3 sorted online lol (can you tell i want snowmen)

Thankyou Mudders, i only smoke outside, moreso in the evening and hate going out in the rain so i am determined not to give in this time. I can vape my ecig inside without missing any knitting time or tv time and i don't get wet and cold, oh and i don't smell of ciggies either.

pigpen

Kitchen mopped
DW, TD and WMs on
All 4 of us fed
Solicitor phoned... useless twonks havent chased KHs solicior who is competely useess and not sent the house papers back when he signed them in July!!!
Pumpkins in recycling due to furriness :eek:

off to do some vacuuming.. and Oh can pick up some cushions and throws in the middle room and bring wash baskets down for me.. it is drying outside weather at the moment!!

away to add draught tape to the back door and upstairs single glazed windows, vacuum through downstairs and pack the babys bag for going to drs later..

My life is so exciting how I manage not to wet myself at least 5 times a day is beyond me!

seafarers_wife

DH been and decluttered a docs apt, and has made a dentist apt for tomorrow at 12, so im thinking he can treat me to lunch out tomorrow. have also decluttered my monthly meter reads and DH is horrified at the cost of both the gas and electric, but doesnt realise we have had extra people here the past month so extra showers, extra washing machine etc all add up and same with him being home and using the xbox etc.

list update

Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs - DH to do
Level 2
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Declutter Mission: Done

Challenges
Tuesday Do it different Day - Done - I got dressed before having breakfast when usually I will have breakfast, do some flying and then get showered and dressed.

Tuesday see the light - Done - all candels and lighters and torches are easily accessaable. main candles on mantle with long click lighter and spare matches in junk drawer in kitchen. Curtains up at all the windows and doors so no real drafts other than those needed for ventillation.

My Extras that must be done today!
curtains hemed!

adamantine

deleted then its done!

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Level Two
Level three

Declutter Mission
ALL DONE!


Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3

Declutter Mission:

ALL DONE! (minus the getting someone to help part. just me here today!

ive also
cleaned the fish tank
stripped kids beds
WMx1
tea in SC
FINISHED CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!

pigpen

Im just finishing my christmas shopping too.. want some Wii and DS games and a laptop and an ipod and a bunch of sweets and smellies then I have done the children and can start on the family.. I am buying 1 sister a bookcase lol.. but it requires a trip to Ikea so I need at least £300 available lol

adamantine

Personal Challenges:starmod:

Monday Trick or Treat
DONE!

Tuesday Do it different Day
DONE! I usually hoover towards the kitchen and back door, today i started at the backdoor and hoovered in.

Preparing for Winter Challenges:snow_grin

Monday the clock have gone back summer is officially over
DONE!

Tuesday see the light
DONE!