Weekly Flylady Thread 27th November 2011

toochoosey

Daily routines
washing, F S S
swish and swipe kitchen T F S S
bathroom, T F S S
ironing, T F S S
making beds, F S S
vacuuming high traffic areas, T F S S
making meals T F S S


Monday ~ Hall, stairs and the cupboard under the stairs
Level Two
Wipe all the skirting boards
Dust and get those cobwebs down

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and utility room
Level Three
mop the floor
Clean the filters on the DW, WM and TD

Wednesday ~ Bathroom / shower room
Level One.
Wipe down tiles.
Clean light cord.
Level Two
Clean baths,
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, shower curtains



Thursday ~ Living room / dinning room
Level Two
Clean all the floors
Shred and file paperwork as required
Level Three
Clean all skirting boards.

Friday ~ Master bedroom & Kids room
Level 1
Sort out toy box
Sort out wardrobe / winter clothing
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Clean light shades.
Level 3
Clean floors in bedroom
Time for a hot spot to go
15 mins you time



ETA, Upstairs all polished and vac'd. Off to Mum's now............xx

Pollybear

Morning all

Banging headache today and coughing like mad. After pain killers at 4.30 7.30 and 9.30 (different sorts) the headache receded enough for me to clean the bathroom and toilet. I also got the toiletries box out of the airing cupboard and put it all straight where "nobody" had been rummaging around. And I tidied the medicine cupboard (again) and found some cough sweets I'd forgotten about so they will be useful for while I'm at work when it's not always possible to sit down and have a drink!

I'm going to get off the computer now before I bring the headache back. Back later

dancemum

Pollybear hope you are feeling better soon

HHC anyone? I have put mould stuff on LR window seals and it takes 30 mins to work

gratefulforhelp_2

pillion wrote: »

Hello everybody. I used to follow this thread but fell by the wayside when life got a bit tough and stayed a bit tough for 18 months or so. Things are getting back on track now but I need some structure so I'd like to come back if I can. I've just got to pick up DS and then I'm setting to work.

Meant to say welcome back. x

greenbee wrote: »

How did DH kill the dishwashers? Can you retrain him? If not, allow him to load/unload or wash by hand, but not press the on/off button ever...

He puts dinner plates on the top deck then yanks it out too far - resulting in a permanently collapsible top deck (ooerr).

I'm not sure about retraining, he thinks he's a DW expert, that's the problem with delegation;)

Mumto5

Monday ~ Hall, stairs and the cupboard under the stairs
Level One
Declutter the junk, recycle, rehome, ebay, charity shop
Level Two
Wash windows
Level three
Clean the banisters, all the grubby finger marks, get rid of them.

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and utility room
Level One
Level Two
Clean oven and hob
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
Clean the filters on the DW, WM and TD

Wednesday ~ Bathroom / shower room
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Thursday ~ Living room / dinning room
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Get dusting, major last chance before trees and such like start to appear.!!
Rehome all the junk and needs to be else where, to make room for December type items.
Level Two
Clean all the floors
Shred and file paperwork as required
Clean any frames, photos, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Wipe sofas, furniture
Clean all skirting boards.

Hello everyone, I've been a busy flylady and have done quite well with the lists. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DH took the day off on Tuesday and we braved Bluewater to do our Christmas shopping. I think we are about 90% Done.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DS2 has caught a horrible gastroenteritus bug. No doubt he is still low from the Pneumonia. He was off school on Tuesday (DD1 was holding the sick bowl at home). His school was shut yesterday so he had another day to recouperate. He is still feeling delicate but has gone in today. I'm home most of today so if school ring I will go and pick him up. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DD1 has her driving test a week today so we are going for a little drive around the test routes. It's her birthday tomorrow. My baby girl is going to be 20!!! Where did all the years go....[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DS1 has repeated his behaviour of earlier in November and has moved out to stay with DH's parents. The disruption he creates impacts on the whole family and it is not good for the little ones to see his outbursts. I spent alot of yesterday in floods of tears and woke up at 3.30 to stare at the ceiling for the next 3 hours. My pillow is soaked because I've cried so much, I am feeling so low, I just don't know what to do for the best and feel like I am losing the plot.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tries and fails to pull herself together - I'm going to tackle the Living room now and I must wrap some christmas presents.
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pillion

Mumto5 Just read about your DS1 and my thoughts really are with you. I don't know what his previous behaviour was but I do know how much heartache sons can cause. My own son has caused me many a sleepless night but everything is OK now. I used to blame myself but I don't anymore as eventually he really has turned out fine. I think he just grew up. Think positive and I hope things improve for you soon..

LameWolf

Mumto5 (((HUG))) I know there's nothing I can say to make it all better for you, but just know that I care.:o

Grateful I think in your situation, I'd do all DW duties myself, and give DH another grotty job all of his own, one where he can't break anything, to compensate. :think: Dustbin duty, perhaps?:D

pillion wrote: »

Good morning everyone. I'm feeling inspired by you all so thanks for that. Any tips for getting my 25 year old DS out of bed and off to work? He works for himself so can't even threaten him with the sack!

:think: Cold soggy flannel round his earhole? Whip the covers off and cold soggy flannel somewhere more sensitive?:whistle:

OK, I've done a WM load of Mr LW's clothes again!! How is it he makes so much more washing than I do?

Let's have a look what's on the lists - Mr LW's on half day's leave tomorrow, so I need to try and get ahead if possible; not sure how that'll go as my shoulder is sheer agony today.:(

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Tuesday ~ Kitchen and utility room[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
Level Two
Wash windows and sills [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Deferred til I feel safe standing on the step stool [/FONT]

Thursday ~ Living room / dinning room
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music! Rooms aired (it's too cold for having windows open any length of time) but I'll pass on the music, if you don't mind.:eek:
Get dusting, major last chance before trees and such like start to appear.!!
Rehome all the junk and needs to be else where, to make room for December type items. N/A – everything is where it's meant to be[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[/FONT]Level Two
Clean all the floors Already done by Mr LW:A
Shred and file paperwork as required N/A – none to do; I do it as it appears these days
Clean any frames, photos, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
Wipe sofas, furniture
Clean all skirting boards.

Friday ~ Master bedroom & Kids room
Level 1
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers. N/A – our bed gets changed every Saturday; we have no other beds
Sort out toy box N/A – don't have one. [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[/FONT]Sort out wardrobe / winter clothing All is tidy and in it's place[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen.. Saturday... see level 1 above
Clean light shades. [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Deferred til I feel safe standing on the bed[/FONT]
Level 3
Clean floors in bedroom Already done by Mr LW:A
Time for a hot spot to go We have NO hotspots – one threatened to appear on Mr LW's desk, but it was swiftly eliminated (under threat of no s*x til it was dealt with)
15 mins you time

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Extras for the week
30 mins you time, crafting, reading, cooking etc. Amazingly, this is DONE!:T Mr LW opted to watch a film I taped for him a few days ago, last night, so I was able to do a bit of cross-stitching while he did that.[/FONT]

seafarers_wife

DH has built the cotbed after I had a huge tantrum with the shop we bought it from mainly due to the attitude of the girl on the phone and her then hanging up on me :eek: how is it acceptable to spend *that* much money on a cotbed to have them not provide essential pieces for the underbed storage unit and think its ok to wait weeks for them to be back in stock (bearing in mind it was a 6 week wait to get this delivered). They are couriering out a replacement drawer tomorrow from a very slightly different package, but it looks the same and the dimensions are the same so i am happy with that result.

Dh has also put the tree up for me, we got a bargain in tesco. £25 6ft fiber obtic pre lit tree down to £12.50, but they charged me full price, so got double the difference refund back very very happy with that.

not done much flying this morning, in fact done none, so after had some lunch will do some pottering round the kitchen and do the ironing i have and then chill out.

dancemum

In my HHC I answered lots of DS2 questions as home schooling again today.
Emptied and refilled WM & TD
Cleaned of mould solution and repeated
Put stuff down both kitchen sinks
wipe bottom seals on mbr window
s&s bathroom 3rd time today
applied for packages to be redelivered as not allowed out with DS2 and have paediatrician tomorrow


Next lunch then
LR windows
Tree up ???

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Much, to my amazement, the gumshield thingummiwotsit stayed in all night (must have been clamping down on it ) and I woke up feeling better than usual nice and early today.

Was just going to stumble into the shower once Minion departed for school, but decided to have a go at the kitchen again. So, at 8 this morning, I was scrubbing the worktops and,
having mopped the shower room and all through downstairs - despite kitten induced delays (he has decided that dustpans, brushes and mops are ideal tools for development of ninja assassin skills - ever had to tip a kitten out of a longhandled dustpan with every sweep of the brush?),
brushed and combed a very unhappy longhaired cat (and been told exactly what she thinks of me for doing so),
unloaded and reloaded the DW
emptied the nasty washing machine drawer and put it in the DW, along with scrubbing the inside of the drawer with vinegar and bicarb and cleaning the seal again
cleaned all the cupboard fronts and appliances
reloaded the WM
Unloaded the TD
Washed up remaining things by hand
Tightened up screw on wok handle
Picked up Minion's carp from the living room - all of it
Gone around picking up scraps and bits from everywhere
Emptied the bins
Cleaned 1 litter tray (No 2 is upstairs and will be done this afternoon)

and generally worked my little socks off,


The ninja kitten is now sleeping exhausted on my collarbone and I have sat down with my first cuppa of the day. And two hefty painkillers, as faffing around with my jaw seems to be giving me a migraine.


EDIT: Ninja kitty has fallen off my collarbone and is now unconscious curled up on my left forearm. I am paralysed.



Ah yes, and I think I may have got the hob slightly too wet when cleaning last night's curry off it. One of the sparky things is now sparking regularly. As it's about 15 months old, it's out of warranty, and I think it might just be water that needs to dry out. So I've switched it off at the isolation switch and will be having jacket spuds tonight, so it has plenty of time for drying out.



I shall ease ninja kitty off my arm in a bit, finally get my shower and hopefully find some clothes that haven't self destructed with age upstairs. (The wardrobe is looking a little bare, as I have been getting rid of ruined items, not hanging on to them for the sake of it). Then it's bass and then back for cleaning upstairs.


Oops. Ninja kitty is quite tired and had begun to slip some more. He's now on his back with his head hanging downhill, making Tribble sounds. I wish I could get a photo. Hang on. We have the webcam. [faffs around one handed]