Weekly Flylady Thread 21st November 2011

ajmoney

My list is starting to look very long :eek: had a long day at work yesterday but should be back just after lunch today so I will try and get a lot more done then.

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe the work surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust any flat surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe out the fridge and check the drain hole - mine overflowed this week[/STRIKE]
Level three
[STRIKE]Clean the kitchen sink and drains[/STRIKE]

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Level 3
Clean the mantel or coffee table, re home things that don’t belong here
Wipe all the remote controls/phones

Wednesday – Study or kids rooms – doesn’t apply to you then clean some windows I'm substituting the music room
Level 1
HH putting stuff away
Level 2
Clear and Hoover floor
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
Level 3
Wipe computer keyboard and mouse, clean the screen
Run a virus scan or defrag
Declutter misson:
Despite the promises decades ago that we were heading for a paperless world it doesn’t seem to have arrived! Today declutter paperwork, from files, intrays, magazines etc. Do you still have the receipts from last Christmas stuffed in a drawer? Leaflets for places you will never visit; recipes you will never make get rid of it all.


Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area if you didn’t do it yesterday
Level 1
Clean floors in these rooms
Level 2
Clean baths, sinks and toilets
Level 3
Clean the shower screen
Wash the wall tiles
Wipe window ledges

Personal Challenges

Monday Pollyanna Day DONE

Tuesday Go outside Day DONE

Wednesday Health Check
When life is busy it is easy to forget to keep an eye on your own health but it is so important. So today I want those breasts checked ladies and I can think of no excuses.


Thursday Feet glorious Feet
Feet work so hard and so unloved. Today exercise yours. How high can you lift your toes? Can you lift individual toes? Keeping your feet on the floor try to move your big toes towards each other. Use a spare rolling pin or tennis ball to massage the soles of your feet. Can you pick up small items like beanbags with your feet? Get the kids involved too.
Treat them to a soak and moisturise (your feet not the kids). Foot treat products make great gifts.

Preparing for Christmas Challenges

Monday dates ALL DONE

Tuesday outfits ALL DONE

Wednesday season of goodwill and forgiveness
Simple one today for you all, I want you to forgive yourself for something you have done in the past (distant or more recent). It can be a bad decision you made, something you said, something you didn’t do. Stop it being in your head. Accept that you are human, you made a mistake and you completely forgive yourself for it. Now enjoy your day.


Thursday Festive Food
Although stir up Sunday has just passed it’s not too late to make a pudding or a cake. My fantastic pudding recipe can be made just a week in advance. Have you got all the recipes and ingredients you need for any festive dishes? Cake boards and decorations to hand? Chocolate Yule logs are fun for kids and those who love chocolate.

toochoosey

Ok, I need to polish, dust, and put the hoover round before going to Mums and doing it all again there!!!! HHC starting now..............xx

wendywitch

Up late again this morning, DD2 left late for school and DD1 has decided not to go in this morning. It's not something I encourage but she's having trouble with the ex boyfriend and some girls and their boyfriends at school and she's so down.
She has agreed to help get the store of Christmas presents down from the attic so I can go through them. I have a list but it's not the same as seeing the things
I had a call from witness care yesterday, the XH has pleaded guilty so there won't be a trial now. He's still on remarnd 'til the 29th when he will be sentenced but because he's already been in so long they'll probably just release him.

My lists are still rather long and I still haven't done any study but still can't get motivated


Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Two
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains

Declutter Mission

Sort through tuppawear. Do you really need all those empty pots? Are you missing lids?

Personal Challenges

Monday Pollyanna Day

Tuesday Go outside Day

Wednesday Health Check
All appointments up to date. Thinking about the 3 of us starting back on the vitamins and evening primrose

Thursday Feet glorious Feet
Had our feet nibbled by fish for DD1's birthday so feet are feeling good

Preparing for Christmas Challenges

Monday dates

Tuesday outfits

Wednesday season of goodwill and forgiveness
This is a hard one, I'll work on it.

Thursday Festive Food
We might make a cake at the weekend and I'll ask the girls if they're like to make a chocolate yule log for Christmas


Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Level 3
Clean the mantel or coffee table, re home things that don’t belong here
15 minutes on a hotspot

Declutter Mission:


Wednesday – Study or kids rooms – doesn’t apply to you then clean some windows
Level 1
HH putting stuff away
Level 2
Clear and Hoover floor
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
Change a child’s bed
Level 3
[STRIKE]Wipe computer keyboard and mouse, clean the screen
Run a virus scan or defrag
Change any pet bedding that needs it[/STRIKE]

Declutter misson:

Leaflets binned, paperwork and recipts shredded

Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area if you didn’t do it yesterday
Level 1
Clean floors in these rooms
Level 2
Clean baths, sinks and toilets
[STRIKE]Clear any clutter from desk [/STRIKE] No desk but shredding all done and paperwork filed
[STRIKE]Give any bath toys a good sort and put them through the DW, bin any yucky ones [/STRIKE] No bath toys lol too big for all that :rotfl:
Level 3
Clean the shower screen or wash the curtain
Wash the wall tiles
Wipe window ledges

Declutter mission:

Sort through all the pots of pens and pencils, test they work (kids can help) and bin any that don’t, sharpen any pencils that need it.
Will get DD2 to do this, she likes doing it

Dustykitten

Morning all

On a bit of a go slow this morning as DS3 was bed hopping and DS1 is ill again.

Quillion wrote: »

Having a baby in January lol

I did think that but wasn't sure if my memory was correct. I hope it's been going well.

toochoosey wrote: »

Yule log thing. How early can we make that???

Only a couple of days before really but you could probably make it and freeze it ok.

HHC sorting my desk and hoping for some energy to start the flying at 10

Christmasshopper

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop the floor[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wipe the work surfaces[/STRIKE]
Dust any flat surfaces
[STRIKE]Wipe out the fridge and check the drain hole - mine overflowed this week[/STRIKE]
Level three
[STRIKE]Clean the kitchen sink and drains
Empty and clean out your bins[/STRIKE]
Polish the table

Declutter Mission

Sort through tuppawear. Do you really need all those empty pots? Are you missing lids?

Tuesday -[STRIKE] Living Room[/STRIKE], Hall and Stairs,
Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum through the living room[/STRIKE], hall and stairs
Level 2
HHI
Give your cushions a good bash outside (exercise those bingo wings)

Level 3
[STRIKE]Clean the mantel or coffee table, re home things that don’t belong here[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]15 minutes on a hotspot[/STRIKE]
Wipe all the remote controls/phones

Declutter Mission:

[STRIKE]Sort through all the clothes hangers in wardrobes, ironing basket etc. Do you have more hangers than clothes? Get rid of any you do not need.
[/STRIKE]
Wednesday – Study or kids rooms – doesn’t apply to you then clean some windows
Level 1
[STRIKE]HH putting stuff away[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Clear and Hoover floor[/STRIKE]
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
Change a child’s bed
Level 3
Wipe computer keyboard and mouse, clean the screen
Run a virus scan or defrag
Change any pet bedding that needs it


My extra jobs today:
1) stick down that loose bit of wallpaper in the hall
2)[STRIKE] fill those screw holes in the bathroom wall[/STRIKE]
3) touch up the scuffed paintwork before it gets worse.

Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area if you didn’t do it yesterday
Level 1
Clean floors in these rooms
Level 2
Clean baths, sinks and toilets
Clear any clutter from desk
Give any bath toys a good sort and put them through the DW, bin any yucky ones N/A
Level 3
Clean the shower screen or wash the curtain
[STRIKE]Wash the wall tiles[/STRIKE]
Wipe window ledges
[STRIKE]sand rough bits on wall and touch up paint[/STRIKE]
replace grubby light-pull cords
clean bathroom window
[STRIKE]vacuum extractor fan[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]clean pipes behind the toilet
wipe skirting boards
[STRIKE]polish mirrors
clean lightshade[/STRIKE]
Declutter mission:

Sort through all the pots of pens and pencils, test they work (kids can help) and bin any that don’t, sharpen any pencils that need it.

My extra jobs for today are to make sure my funeral clothes are ready to wear. Make sure I have black tights. Clean shoes. Remember to collect flowers...must remember to collect flowers!

Natty68

Cannot get motivated this morning, seem to have a lot going on but not if you get what I mean.

Today my list is only little:

• Hospital for chest xray to hopefully see that the pneumonia hasn't left any lasting damage, and that my ribs are healing.
• Asda for flowers for mum
• Crematorium for a chat with mum and place flowers on the plot - can't believe it has been 5 years.
• Take friend to Asda later this afternoon - she needs cheering up as I had to take her 15 yr old cat to the vets last night and he was sadly put down due to being in so much pain from a humungous growth in his stomach. I stayed with him while the vet did his stuff as sadly she couldn't do it. It's more poignant for me as she got the cat from my mum when he was a kitten. And as today is her anniversary it brought it home to me that I have lost a link to my mum..

Unfortunately regarding one of the challenges I cannot forgive,but my therapy is teaching me how to have acceptance. We compromised on the not forgiving and changed it to acceptance. Can I please have this instead of forgiving Dusty..xxx

Anyway enough of this maudlin stuff..

Ok off to have shower then write a very hard letter to a someone.

Hugs to everyone, will be back later this morning/afternoon xxx

toochoosey

Thanks Dusty x

Dusting, polishing and hoovering done

Going to have 5 mins now and then off to Mums.

Wendy, I know how you feel re the studying, I have 3 assignments to get done in a fortnight. 1 I have done but needs tweeking, 1 needs to be finished an the third is just about started!!! Hope you manage to get some done xx

Dustykitten

Natty big hugs for you, you can have an extra star for being so brave. Chin up hun x

dancemum

I'm off to my Mums to see if I can shake off the nasty BD which is hanging around. I don't want to be alone. DS2 back in school for now.

laundry done

gratefulforhelp_2

Morning all, can I crawl back in, please?

I can't reconcile being lazy about housework with being stressed by the state of the place.

Dusty thanks for the list - love the declutter mission.

natty saw your post on f/b. Hugs and love.