Weekly Flylady Thread 16th January 2012

sazzyb

Been a busy week and not kept on top of Wed/Thurs/Fri too well but bit of catch-up now before going out later.

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Shine your sink
Clear and wipe surfaces including table[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear [/STRIKE]and hoover/sweep/mop floors
[STRIKE]Empty the bins[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe fronts, large appliances and [/STRIKE]kickboards
Extras
[STRIKE]HHE - gym to be precise but do this few times a week, so my HH will be putting clean washing away[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Meal plan[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Package eBay item & post Tues[/STRIKE]
Change LR bulb - not got one - put it on the shopping list!
[STRIKE]SS bathroom & put away all the cleaning stuff I got out yesterday![/STRIKE]

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear floors and hoover inc stairs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear chairs and settees - involved throwing DH's ever-gathering pile of hoodies, jumpers etc on floor - why can't he just put them upstairs???![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and dust mantelpiece and fireplace
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Clear and clean windowsills[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe front door - inside done,[/STRIKE] not done outside in a while so another weekend daylight job me thinks!
[STRIKE]Clean light switches[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Check fire alarms are working[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]HH - bathroom - clean and put that stuff away (was meant to do yesterday!) then a bit of ME time - HH in bath![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HH dusting - LR from yesterday + anywhere else I can find -[/STRIKE] just upstairs to do...
HH decluttering - eBay...currently in process

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip, wash and remake bed - weekend!
[/STRIKE]Hoover floor
[STRIKE]Straighten airing cupboard[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Tidy bedside cabinets[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Clear a hotspot[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HH me time - going to cinema so bath before I go me thinks!
[/STRIKE]Clean window
Extras
[STRIKE]HHE - gym
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]HHC in any neglected room
[STRIKE][/STRIKE]Hoover mattress[/STRIKE]

Thursday - Bathrooms
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean toilet
Clean sink[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean bath & shower
Mop floor[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe tiles[/STRIKE]
Clean grouting - aaaagggghhhh!! Intending to buy a steam cleaner - will clean with steam - anyone recommend a good one?
[STRIKE]Wash shower curtain, bath mats, etc.[/STRIKE]
Extras
Clean window
Descale shower head
[STRIKE]HHE - [/STRIKE]day off today - have exercised every day this week to now so having a rest day!

Friday - Spare room
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip, wash & remake beds[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HHE - walk[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear floors[/STRIKE]
Hoover floors - later when do HSL
Level Three
[STRIKE]Binbag dance
Defrag computers and/or delete unwanted emails[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Catch up on washing[/STRIKE]
Extras
HHI - don't do!!! So HH Ebay sorting for me n DH!
60 in 60 - don't think I have 60 things I could find with decluttering through eBay. I tend to bag things on an ongoing basis and put them for registered roadside collectors
[STRIKE]Sock pairing![/STRIKE]

JANUARY STILL TO DO:
Plan NEW YORK - list after list after list - have started but still so much left to sort!
Quote & buy travel insurance
Get Iphone 4S Insurance - any recommendations???
Take recycling to bank
Take rubbish to tip
MTP
Take pics and list Ebay stuff - in process as we speak!
[STRIKE]Sort car insurance for me & home insurance for mama & MIL[/STRIKE]
Finalise Dad's annuity/pension coding - waiting on company
Energy Switch - us and mama
Sort out and shred all old paperwork in filing cabinet & file newer paperwork - this might be a holiday blitz - next hol (after New York) is Easter - can I wait that long???!!!
Clean out (blitz!) and wash both cars - DH assures me he is doing this Fri/Sat - await update!!
Find a way to overpay more on mortgage - spread the cash better after New York hol in Feb.

Sew_Determined

Hi Folks...new gal on the this thread....got a lot of inspiration reading through everything...trying to get to know you all a bit...plus I think I've mastered speedreading...402 posts...
Keep on helping each other..and me too... Hope I'll be able to offer you some hints..time will tell..

Valli

Welcome to the thread Sew. You need to be aware that. sometime this evening a new thread will be started for next week.

Don't expect to complete all levels at first; start with level 1 tasks and add a bit in. You will get quuicker and quicker at routine task as you keep up plus there will be less to do each week as you declutter.

Talking of decluttering. DS wanted soup. I have only tomato in tins so I have trawled through the packet box and found, and flung OOD packets (mixes and savoury rice) thought it wasn't to far OOD being October - then realised it's now 2012 and the October was 2010!
So more *flings* to add to yesterday's CS run!
*FLING*
And it was tom soup or nowt. He's had tom soup! Yesterday I went to Mr T's :eek: because I found a £6 off a £40 shop voucher - and, when I was paying a £2 tesco voucher (I never get enough to save for deals!) so £8 saved.

oh - I have to turn the water supply to the WM off - there's a slow, unstoppable leak, I'm guessing the pipework thread is 'off' - will be done when I have the kitchen refitted so for now I'm storing my mop under it and turning off when not in use.
What I found under the WM when I slid it out yesterday was utterly, utterly gross. IF I knew WHICH cat left THAT gift ...goodness only know HOW it got UNDER there!

Dustykitten

Afternoon all

Lost the diamond out of my engagement ring this morning. So lucky after 30 minutes searching I decided to put a new bag in the hoover and hoover room by room, checking the bag as I went and found it in the first room, bathroom. Very happy. Need to take ring to be fixed and I'll get a current valuation certificate whilst there.

Really sad news that the son of a local family has been seriously injured by a taxi. They are a lovely family and he is a fine young man so please send some healing and coping vibes for them all if you can.

Off to fix some trousers and hoover the living room.

mummyyof5

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room

Level One
[STRIKE]Shine your sink[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe surfaces including table[/STRIKE]
Level Two
C[STRIKE]lear and hoover/sweep/mop floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty the bins[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot
Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers
[STRIKE]Wipe fronts, large appliances aand kickboards[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE] dont have any
Meal plan

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs

Level One
[STRIKE]Clear floors and hoover inc stairs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear chairs and settees[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and dust mantelpiece and fireplace[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear and clean windowsills[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe front door[/STRIKE]
Clean light switches
[STRIKE]Check fire alarms are working[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HH dusting[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HH decluttering..have taken lots to charity shop this week
[/STRIKE]

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing

Level One
[STRIKE]Strip, wash and remake bed[/STRIKE] have stripped all 7 beds today
Hoover floor - even if just the bits you can see
Level Two
Straighten airing cupboard
Tidy bedside cabinets
Level Three
Clear a hotspot
HH me time
Clean window
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI - it should be nearly gone now[/STRIKE]
HHC in any neglected room
[STRIKE]Hoover mattress[/STRIKE] having a new delivered on 4th feb:j

Thursday - Bathrooms
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean toilet[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean sink[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean bath & shower[/STRIKE]
Mop floor
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe tiles[/STRIKE]
Clean grouting
[STRIKE]Wash shower curtain, bath mats, etc.[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Clean window[/STRIKE]
Descale shower head
HHE

Friday - Kids' bedrooms/spare rooms/study
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip, wash & remake beds[/STRIKE]
HH me time
Level Two
Clear floors
Hoover floors
Level Three
Binbag dance
[STRIKE]Defrag computers and/or delete unwanted emails[/STRIKE]
Catch up on washing..all bedding to do
Extras
HHI
60 in 60
[STRIKE]Sock pairing![/STRIKE] ongoing

Just updating to see if I have achieved anything this week...think its a case of could do better...sigh...

mummyyof5

Just read back...soory to hear that Dustykitten..healing vibes by the tonload going to that young manxx

Pigpen..wish you had time to write a book I would be first in line to buy it...love your posts always make me smile xx

LisaJane

Dustykitten wrote: »

Afternoon all

Lost the diamond out of my engagement ring this morning. So lucky after 30 minutes searching I decided to put a new bag in the hoover and hoover room by room, checking the bag as I went and found it in the first room, bathroom. Very happy. Need to take ring to be fixed and I'll get a current valuation certificate whilst there.

hi dusty, same thing happened to me when i was on hols in the summer! thankfully i found the diamond fairly quickly but it one of the worst feelings i have ever felt as i stupidly did not have it insured!!

turns out it fell out cos i was clinging on too tightly when i was riding a camel!! the ring was squashed into an oval shape...i had no idea that it was even possible for that to happen! i ended up getting the diamond re-set into a different setting and now have it insured!! i am also extra careful with it...taking it off when i'm doing pretty much everything!

Ruthy1604

Hi all,

Well the weekend hasn't really gone as planned. I seemed to spend the whole day yesterday in different supermarkets looking for an obscure ingredient that DH 'needed' for dinner, or ferryonmg the kids to & from activities. I managed to get the washing up to date, then DS came home from orienteering covered in mud :cool:
Our dinner guests arrived at 5pm & I managed to drink a whole bottle of wine so am feeling less than chirpy today - lol.

Flying wise - well DH is a star! He did the bathrooms & hoovered the whole of downstairs yesterday. DS did the socks, DD emptied the bins, DS did the recycling, and DD will clean the school shoes later. And I've done pretty much nothing at all



Tonight I will do HHI x3
I also still need to finish my parents VAT return


Ruth

kazmeister

Slow but steady here today on my part.

The shopping was done and put away and fridge cleared out in the process. DD wanted to make bread but after cleaning up all the stuff she used to make her pancakes for breakfast she has disappeared again. Doogie isn't walked yet and if she leaves it until its dark again she will be in trouble. DH has had a few hours sleep and has disappeared again presumably to play on the PS3.

I still have ALL the washing to sort and start, as some is needed for the morning and then dinner to prepare and cook.

Glad you found the diamond Dusty, I had one replaced in a vintage ring I have and it cost over 400 pounds, luckily the house insurance paid out.

Right off to do some more

ETA sorry forgot to say hugs for the lad and his family

seafarers_wife

Just doing a list update and then chilling till the new thread.

List update
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room - DONE
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level Three
Wipe front door - mil
Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing- all DONE
Thursday - Bathrooms
Extras
Clean window
Descale shower head
Friday - Kids' bedrooms/spare rooms/study DONE

Toots list to be done by end of Feb! Started with 20 things
1. sort out paperwork
2. shredding
5. buy new iron if press doesnt turn up soon
9. bathroom mirror to be put up
10. work out finances to pay for windows, new boiler and bookcases before DH home
11. chase up work about my holidays for end of year
14. organise/sort out medicine box
15. sort out DVDs into alphabetical order so I can find them when i want them
16. find somewhere ot sell my wedding dress
19. do freezer inventory