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Weekly Flylady Thread 31st October 2011

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  • neff
    neff Posts: 18 Forumite
    Getting on top of things woo hoo - must get around to doing my frog and toots lists and "whispers" christmas lists :shhh:
    If its deleted it’s completed

    Monday - kitchen and dining room
    level one
    Level Two
    Level three
    Declutter Mission - Done

    Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
    Level 1
    Vacuum through the stairs
    Level 2
    Level 3
    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?


    Wednesday – Choose a room which never gets much attention
    mine and dd bedroom

    Level 1
    Level 2
    Level 3
    Declutter misson:

    Sort through any cupboard/drawer in this room and have a good fling. Did a kitchen cupboard and big box of odds and ends that has been moved from the table to the bench about 45 times

    Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    Level 1
    Clean floors in these rooms – husband put foot through it last night so eerrr! :eek:
    Level 2
    Clean baths, sinks and toilets
    Clear any clutter from desk
    Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
    Level 3
    Wash your bathroom mats and shower curtains etc – done on sunday
    HHI
    Clean the mirrors

    Declutter mission:

    Spend HH dealing with Paperwork, filing and shredding

    Personal Challenges
    Monday Trick or Treat
    Tuesday Do it different Day
    Wednesday Water Squeezes

    Thursday Shaker Day
    What do you think about whilst doing your flying? All the other things you need to do? Today I want you to act like a Shaker for just 15 minutes. Whilst doing some of your flying I want you to settle your mind solely to the task in hand. Take pride in what you do and satisfaction from seeing the limescale come of the taps and the shine appear.

    Preparing for Winter Challenges
    Monday the clock have gone back summer is officially over
    Tuesday see the light
    Wednesday Potions and Pills
    Thursday Car Prep
    Get your car ready for winter so that if you should get caught in the snow or break down you are prepared. here is a great guide for what you could do.
    No car? Give your freezer a good sort; do you have space for emergency bread and milk supplies. Are you low on anything? Could the freezer do with defrosting?
  • msgnomey
    msgnomey Posts: 1,613 Forumite
    well good evening all!!

    since getting from work at about 5 I have cooked tea, washed up, put away dishes, emptied bins, taken out recycling, folded clean laundry x2 loads, given DD her clean laundry (or it would still be on the sofa-I don't care where she puts it in her room- I can't see it!!)), straightened up in the LR, loaded wm x1, (I can hear it spinning so will be putting it into TD shortly!), popped next door to see in laws and their new kitchen work tops and sink (lovely!!) and now I am about to get ready for bed, shattered, worst night's sleep for ages last night zzzzzzzzzzzz night all

    Funfairprincess silver nitrate is what they use for over healing wounds
    Go hopefully into each new day, enjoy something from every day no matter how small, you never know when it will be your last
  • Hmmmm, I seem to be running generally a day behind - on the other hand, it's about a year ahead of my usual housekeeping practices so I'm more than chirpy with this flylady business!

    Monday - kitchen and dining room
    level one
    [STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
    [/STRIKE]Level Two
    [STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
    Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
    Wipe table and chairs
    [/STRIKE]Level three
    Clean the kitchen sink and drains
    Empty and clean out your bins!
    [STRIKE]Clean the[/STRIKE] oven & [STRIKE]hob[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
    [/STRIKE]
    Declutter Mission

    [STRIKE]Sort through your tea towels, table clothes, napkins etc and get rid of any you don’t like or use. Check you can find the one you want for Christmas Day whilst you are at it.[/STRIKE][STRIKE]

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

    Declutter Mission:

    [STRIKE]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?

    [/STRIKE]

    Wednesday – Choose a room which never gets much attention
    Maybe snug, kids bedroom, spare room, conservatory

    Level 1
    HH putting all the stuff away and rehoming items to other rooms
    Level 2
    Hoover or mop the floor
    [STRIKE]Deweb the ceilings Halloween is over[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
    Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
    [/STRIKE]Level 3
    Wipe the radiator
    Catch up on phone calls you should have made
    Clean the lights in this room

    Declutter misson:
    Sort through any cupboard/drawer in this room and have a good fling.
    Personal Challenge - Done (accompanied by some very strange facial expressions!!)
    Preparing for winter challenge - Done!

  • Monday - kitchen and dining room
    level one

    Clear and wipe work surfaces
    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
    Empty and clean out your bins!
    Clean the oven & hob

    Declutter Mission

    Sort through your tea towels, table clothes, napkins etc and get rid of any you don’t like or use. Check you can find the one you want for Christmas Day whilst you are at it.



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

    Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
    Level 2
    Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
    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?


    Wednesday – Choose a room which never gets much attention
    Maybe snug, kids bedroom, spare room, conservatory


    Level 1
    HH putting all the stuff away and rehoming items to other rooms
    Level 2
    Hoover or mop the floor
    Deweb the ceilings Halloween is over
    Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
    Level 3
    Wipe the radiator
    Catch up on phone calls you should have made
    Clean the lights in this room

    Declutter misson:

    Sort through any cupboard/drawer in this room and have a good fling.



    Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    Level 1

    Clean floors in these rooms
    Level 2
    Clean baths, sinks and toilets
    Clear any clutter from desk
    Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
    Level 3
    Wash your bathroom mats and shower curtains etc
    HHI
    Clean the mirrors

    Declutter mission:

    Spend HH dealing with Paperwork, filing and shredding

    hi all, i will be starting tommorrow. for this week, been abit hectic here i have a hole in my kitchen ceiling now due to damp and the ceiling falling down. :( ... hope everyone is well. hugs too those that need them. will catch up on the posts tommorrow as about to go to bed. night all xx
    (#80 save 12k in 2015) aim £10,000
    make £10 a day in 2015 £261/£4000
    emergency fund aim £100/£1000
    £1 a day for xmas 2015 £0/£365
    NSD feb 0/16
    feb GC £0/£120
  • kazmeister
    kazmeister Posts: 3,338 Forumite
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    Evening all. Long day, was hardly worth the 200 mile round trip for a 2 hour meeting As the second was cancelled but at least i got home early. Luckily dh got tea and all i managed to do was clear my plate :)

    Busy tomorrow and then dd and i have have hair appts tomorrow so hopefully Friday for flying.
    Hi Kaz how is your DS getting along at Uni?
    Thanks for asking. he's doing really well much happier this year now he's in a house with his mates. We're all coping better with it and even ds and dh are getting on better so things are looking up.
    Mortgage, we're getting there with the end in sight £6587 07/23, otherwise free of the debt thanks to MSE help!
  • Good evening :D

    I have done the declutter mission :) I managed to empty a small chest of drawers in the DR of toot - mainly for the recycling :j I need to decide what to do with it now :o I may rehome it in the summerhouse.

    I have also decluttered a long-overdue visit to the docs. I have had a sore shoulder for some time (about 2 years!) but it has been getting worse recently (well, in the last 6 months or so). Doctor pulled me about, and has told me to get it x-rayed. Told me to try Ibuprofen for 5 days(ish) and if that is no good to come back & get a steroid injection :eek: I don't like needles :( Shoulder is aching now, but I will take some painkillers before bed, so I can space them out properly tomorrow.

    DH at work (again). He actually spent the night here last night!! First time in a fortnight.

    Pelvic floor exercises still ongoing :) but i haven't sorted the medicines yet :(
    Dusty - do we still get stars if we complete the challenges later in the week? And also, i think I am missing one (or a snowman - can't remember) for Monday :o Thank you x
  • mummyyof5
    mummyyof5 Posts: 1,839 Forumite
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    DUSTY>>ALL TODAYS LIST AND CHALLENGES DONE...so need 2 more stars and snowmen pretty please xxxxx...honestly you dont want me to cry...its not a pretty sjght x

    also been shopping tonight and put it away.

    Done both DSs wraps.

    Dw emptied and refilled

    Bins out

    Going to do a quick tidy and do LOs pack up now

    Off to town tomorrow to pick up a couple of Xmas presents for DS2.......

    Love to all xx
    Feeding 6 Adults 1 Teen a 8 year old with hollow legs and a very fussy 5 year old. Also 3 cats and 3 fishies
    To include all Food,Toiletries and Petfood.
  • Triker
    Triker Posts: 7,247 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Have completed my own challenge (kind of) ....

    today I have made the bed and put the mattress cover on for winter. Replaced the sheet, emptied the bins from bathroom and bedrooms.

    Dismantled and put away gazebo and plastic sheets off the floor, now all tucked away in the shed.


    Rearranged the plant tables and outside chairs in readiness for the winds.

    Brought back downstairs all my ebay gibble, and found more in readiness for listing tomorrow.

    Found my online banking passwords again, which are on scraps of paper.

    Binned some more junk.

    Found some paperwork which I've been looking for...It was stashed where I thought it was which was a refreshing change.

    3 Loads washing done, one in dryer as I want my dressing gown for tonight. Hung some out over the banister.

    I'm now very tired, I had woke up feeling slightly better today but a quick look in the mirror told me different and I slowed down again this afternoon.

    Hopefully tomorrow I'll get my ebay mojo on and all will be well.
    DFW Nerd 267. DEBT FREE 11.06.08
    Stick to It by R.B. Stanfield
    It matters not if you try and fail,
    And fail, and try again; But it matters much if you try and fail, And fail to try again.
  • Natty68
    Natty68 Posts: 3,467 Forumite
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    Just popping in before I go to bed. Have not long been in from my little trip to A&E. After coming away with painkillers and told to rest/no heavy lifting etc I am taking myself off to bed to read my book.

    Luckily I did manage to get some flying done before my unprepared for trip..lol

    I managed to do the following:

    Meds
    Wash up
    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Washing x 2
    Hang washing on line outside and brought in too.
    Did prepare shepherds pie base but unfortunately that is in the fridge for tomorrows tea now. Ended up having fish and chips rather late due to hospital trip.
    HHI x 2
    Emptied bins in house

    Oh well I suppose resting will mean I get to do more stiching and emptying things while sitting down. LOL

    Hugs to everyone.xxx
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  • juliejim
    juliejim Posts: 7,944 Forumite
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    Morning All

    DH is home tonight as he is off tomorrow due to a hospital appointment so that'll make a change. I need to get dressed, empty and reload TD and WM, wash some dishes, make sandwiches, walk the dog and whatever else I get time for before work.

    Have a good day all

    Hugs

    Jue

    PS - Dusty - you owe me a snowman!
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