Weekly Flylady Thread 21st November 2011

ajmoney

Mum_on_a_mission wrote: »

Now, am contemplating teaching DS (9 but with needs) a harsh lesson - he is being very defiant about tidying his room or even keeping it clean just now. I'm debating carrying out my threat of taking everything away that is on the floor and seeing if he notices or misses anything. He needs a calm clear environment to stay shall we say calm/happy and maybe shoving his room that way may reinforce this to him. Plus I may find and be able to takeaway the we shouldn't have items....

..cuppa whilst I ponder - only have 90 minutes before the school run.

Moam

I was normally quite good about keeping my room tidy but went through a CBA phase with it as a teenager, my mum put all my stuff in a bin liner in the middle of the floor...my room never got like that again!

Need to get flying but CBA, may look at doing the challenges first. I have been up since 4.45 for work so maybe I should allow myself some chill out time.

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Sweep and mop the floor

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
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 2
Hoover floor
Level 3
Wipe computer keyboard and mouse, clean the screen
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


Friday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Hoover the landing and bedroom
Level 2
Dust any pictures/photos
15 minutes of exercise or meditation, or just pondering
Level 3
Clean any shoes or boots which need it
Finish any outstanding jobs on your lists
Declutter mission:
Declutter anything from the landing which needs rehoming. Finish any declutter missions from earlier in the week or add your own declutter mission to inspire others.

Personal Challenges

Monday Pollyanna Day DONE

Tuesday Go outside Day DONE

Wednesday Health Check ALL DONE

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.


Friday Keep in Contact
Phone somebody you haven’t spoken to in ages and make their day. Don’t wait until Christmas to send a card asking how they are, do it in person. For those of you who will struggle with this go and read a bit of a board on here you have never visited. You don’t have to post.

Preparing for Christmas Challenges

Monday dates ALL DONE

Tuesday outfits ALL DONE

Wednesday season of goodwill and forgiveness ALL DONE

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.

Friday Festive Drinks
Have a think about drinks over the festive period. Mulled wine, Bucks Fizz, fruit cocktails, fizzy water and red cordial, prosecco? Try something new. Check any glasses you will need over the festive period are clean and sparkling

Mum_on_a_mission_2

thanks ladies, he has been warned repeatedly, and its now done !

Will report the results later...but lots of missing items found and scissors removed again,

School run time, laters,

Moam

ajmoney

Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of traditional German Christmas meals? I have looked online but just want to be sure. DH comes from a German background and I would like to honour his traditions and mine on Christmas eve seeing as this is the first Christmas we will have spent completely on our own. I have made a list of the stuff I know I definately need to make plus the extra baking I know he will want. I have a rough meal plan for the Christmas weekend and am going to sit down with DH tonight to see if we can decide when we are going to go visiting.

Going to try do some advert cleaning as I can't really be bothered.

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Sweep and mop the floor

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
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 2
Hoover floor
Level 3
Wipe computer keyboard and mouse, clean the screen
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


Friday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Hoover the landing and bedroom
Level 2
Dust any pictures/photos
15 minutes of exercise or meditation, or just pondering
Level 3
Clean any shoes or boots which need it
Finish any outstanding jobs on your lists
Declutter mission:
Declutter anything from the landing which needs rehoming. Finish any declutter missions from earlier in the week or add your own declutter mission to inspire others.

Personal Challenges

Monday Pollyanna Day DONE

Tuesday Go outside Day DONE

Wednesday Health Check ALL DONE

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.


Friday Keep in Contact
Phone somebody you haven’t spoken to in ages and make their day. Don’t wait until Christmas to send a card asking how they are, do it in person. For those of you who will struggle with this go and read a bit of a board on here you have never visited. You don’t have to post.

Preparing for Christmas Challenges

Monday dates ALL DONE

Tuesday outfits ALL DONE

Wednesday season of goodwill and forgiveness ALL DONE

Thursday Festive Food ALL DONE
Done what I can so far and will know the rest tonight.

Friday Festive Drinks ALL DONE

roundtuit

Hello everyone

Dailies all done and have sorted through a carrier bag of gibble picked up from my bedroom floor.

xx

ajmoney

Getting there slowly, meant to be going out with the girls tonight but don't think I will be able to stay awake for long tonight!

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop the floor[/STRIKE]

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and [STRIKE]stairs[/STRIKE]
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 2
[STRIKE]Hoover floor[/STRIKE]
Level 3
Wipe computer keyboard and mouse, clean the screen
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
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms[/STRIKE]

Friday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
[STRIKE]Hoover the landing and bedroom[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dust any pictures/photos[/STRIKE]
15 minutes of exercise or meditation, or just pondering
Level 3
Clean any shoes or boots which need it
Finish any outstanding jobs on your lists
Declutter mission:
Declutter anything from the landing which needs rehoming. Finish any declutter missions from earlier in the week or add your own declutter mission to inspire others.

Personal Challenges

Monday Pollyanna Day DONE

Tuesday Go outside Day DONE

Wednesday Health Check ALL DONE

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.

Friday Keep in Contact
Phone somebody you haven’t spoken to in ages and make their day. Don’t wait until Christmas to send a card asking how they are, do it in person. For those of you who will struggle with this go and read a bit of a board on here you have never visited. You don’t have to post.

Preparing for Christmas Challenges

Monday dates ALL DONE

Tuesday outfits ALL DONE

Wednesday season of goodwill and forgiveness ALL DONE

Thursday Festive Food ALL DONE

Friday Festive Drinks ALL DONE

funfairprincess

Can't tell you how cold it is here. THat school run was murder. Raining, windy and so cold it may snow me thinks before the weekend is out:mad: plus the dog need to stop to pee every 2 seconds:mad:

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

FFP Howd'ya do? Off to strip beds.

Oh the usual started off well :whistle::whistle: did get the caravan stuff put past so that was 1 big job at least, livingroom is cleared and I'm just gonna finish my room, couple of washings done, decluttered some hot chocolate while watching Harry Potter:o

Mum_on_a_mission wrote: »

Hello All,.

Now, am contemplating teaching DS (9 but with needs) a harsh lesson - he is being very defiant about tidying his room or even keeping it clean just now. I'm debating carrying out my threat of taking everything away that is on the floor and seeing if he notices or misses anything. He needs a calm clear environment to stay shall we say calm/happy and maybe shoving his room that way may reinforce this to him. Plus I may find and be able to takeaway the we shouldn't have items....



Moam

I did this with my boys when they were about 6 and 8. Only I went one step further I binned everything that was on the floor, toys, clothes the lot, and this was in January and the vast majority of it was brand new Christmas stuff. They learned their lesson though as when I ask, with bin bags in hand, if they would like me to tidy their rooms now they go do it straight away.

gratefulforhelp_2

Bloomin' cold here too. *goes off to check weather forecast*

hex2

ajmoney - you want Mrs Chaos for the Christmas customs, perhaps PM her?

Greenbee - didn't have chance to say good luck but I did think of you today.

I spent all day cleaning and unpacking at work and I am sore. DH spent the day making doors for the first run of cabinets and they are truely lovely. Absolutely delighted. I might even drum up the energy to start clearing the kitchen so that he can get on.

Valli

what a day!

done an errand this morning and left the towels on the line - they were almost dry so about half an hour in the TD got them lovely and fluffy. Put bedding out - and resisted bringing it in during slight, short showers so it's virtually dry too - as the day has gone on it's got cold and very windy.
Made DS's bed. Need DD to clear carp off hers and need to iron my duvet cover before I make mine.
E bay rating has crept over 98% (am really suffering with the three negs I had) finally!
Cleaned kitchen and bathroom so getting there.

Looks like free listaing on e bay AGAIn this weekend!

short_bird

I'm quite surprised at the number of eBay free listing weekends TBH. I don't mind them:D but it's every 2 or 3 weeks now...