Flylady Thread for Monday 19th February

thriftykatie

Hi all - can I join in please? Been lurking a while and think this may be the way to go. I have joined Weight Loss thread and found it really supportive and helpful so hope that this thread will do the same for me. I want to not mind if someone turns up unexpected rather than worry that the house is upside down!

I am a teacher and on half term this week so am going to start today with today's jobs and then try and catch up with some of the Monday and Tuesday things.

My promise to myself is to post on here every day so that even if I haven't done everything on the list hopefully it will motivate me to do a bit of something every day rather than thing 'tomorrow' which is what I usually do!

As well as the list, I want to do my own list today so hopefully I can post that this evening. Really looking forward to this - decluttering and having a clean/tidy house makes me feel so much better.

DD gone away today until Sunday on AS level geography trip so hopefully she will notice the difference when she comes back - although I'm not touching her room as that's her job!

vivw_2

This list is so helpful...am finding it really keeps me focused.


My List:

1. Washing
2. Ironing
3. Make bed
4. Hotspots
5. S &S Kitchen and utility room
6. Ring consultant’s secretary
7. Understairs cupboard
8. Menu plan
9. Hoover whole house
10. Sweep kitchen floor
11. Buy compost, and plant trays
12. Water plants
13. Publicity material for border morris side
14. Continue with my recipe card index system



Wednesday jobs
Bathroom and toilet
1. Clean Bath
2. Clean sink
3. Clean tiles
4. Clean mirrors
5. Clean bathroom window.
6. Clean shower
7. Clean toilet inside and out and don't forget the bendy bit round the back.

· Extra bit - clean all downstairs doors.

DeniseNZ

Well I nearly got it all done!

[STRIKE]* Laundry - about four loads
* Clean up back door/laundry area (kitty litter spread for miles; muddy little paw prints; pooey puppy blanket [she had a bit of an accident during the night ])[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]* Finances[/STRIKE] - did household ones
[STRIKE]* Walk puppy[/STRIKE] OH ended up doing it
* Pick up waratahs from friends house for puppy fence
[STRIKE]* Work at 10.45am
* Library
* Get map of city we are going to tomorrow
* Banking[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]* buy two soap cases
* get OH to give the car a once over before we leave
* Ironing
* pack my bag
* finish sorting and packing DS2s bag
* get duvet covers sorted so each bed has one plus two boys have one each to take away with them
* Going out for dinner tonight - yay!!
* bound to be various other things that crop up during the day[/STRIKE]

* Oh, and I'll do the hot run thru the WM after all washing is finished Guess that'll be next week now

I'm away in the morning and not back until Sunday night, so I'll see you all on Monday morning, and I'll be raring to go!!!

DeniseNZ

double post . . .

shell2001

Welcome Katie, you may find the first few days hard going but once the clearout/up has started it really does not take you long to do the daily list. It has changed my life and its so nice knowing all the bits people dont see are clean too (tops of door frames etc) but can you tell it becomes obsessive!!!

Todays list:-

Wednesday jobs
Bathroom and toilet
1. Clean Bath
2. Clean sink
3. Clean tiles
4. Clean mirrors
5. Clean bathroom window.
6. Clean shower
7. Clean toilet inside and out and don't forget the bendy bit round the back.

· Extra bit - clean all downstairs doors.

Also

Clean kids outside toys that have been freecycled (chose recipient)
S & S lounge & kitchen
Make pastry for tonights chicken & leek pie
Pop to greengrocers for veg
Pop to shop for milk
Put BM on
Put WM on
Do ironing (tonight when littles in bed)
Make some biscuits
Make jelly
If it stays dry let kids run round garden while I sort shed this pm

Right off to tackle the bathroom. Will give tiles wipe over as they had a good scrub (grout bleached) last week!

See you later.

Punky

Morning!

Way to go Denise - have a great and well deserved break :wave:

CJP - Swish and Swipe is Flylady's phrase for giving the bathroom/ensuite a quick wipe over each day to keep on top of it. I use antibac wipes from Aldi and it means when I give the bathroom/ensuite and good clean there is not much to do.

ScaredyCat - I think you've got my washing..........no just checked and someone has filled out wash basket too :eek:

Ladygrim - thank for the joke

Welcome Thriftykatie and any other newbies :wave: - this is a wonderful thread and ther are some fab people here to offer tips and support.

TNG / Flyboy - Was watching all the Grow Your Own Veg shows just yesterday and now will buy the book on your recommendation :cool:

Didn't get the kitchen done yesterday so will do it today. However the house is extremely tidy (DH away and DS at pre-school!!!) and I'm feeling good and in control:

List:

[STRIKE]Bins[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Make beds[/STRIKE]
Swish & Swipe ensuite
WM x 1
TD x 1
Iron x 1
DW
Calendar check
[STRIKE]What's for dinner?[/STRIKE]
Post
15 mins paper control / Office Hotspot
[STRIKE]15 mins emails[/STRIKE]

Kitchen and Dining Room

1. Clean cooker
2. Wipe down all worktops, cupboard doors and appliances.
3. Clean out fridge and clean fridge door seal.
4. Run WM empty on a very hot wash.
5. Clean kitchen bin
6. Clean any splashbacks and tiled areas
7. Clean floor.
8. Have a quick look through cupboards listing any food items that need to be used quickly and work those into your meal plans.

Bathroom and toilet

1. Clean Bath
2. Clean sink
3. clean tiles
4. Clean mirrors
5. Clean bathroom window.
6. Clean toilet inside and out and don't forget the bendy bit round the back.

Extra bit - clean all downstairs doors.

Have a good day all

thriftykatie

Back already - done half an hours jobs (and in doing so found a few more that really need doing: really didn't like what I discovered when I took the shower screen edging thing off the bottom - yuk!).

Anyway, having a coffee break (well I am on half term!) so decided to do a quick list for what I want to achieve today as well as the Wednesday jobs.

1. Get sis birthday card and post (lives in Oz so needs to get in post pronto)
2. Go to bank to change SO for mortgage (gone up :mad: )
3. Unload DW and refill with pots currently lying around
4. Load WM and put on timer ready for tonight's cheap electricity
5. 15 minutes declutter (aim to do this daily)
6. Menu plan for next 5 days whilst DD away
7. Freeze milk in fridge so doesn't get wasted
8. Put away clean washing
9. Go to the gym
10. Start shopping list for running out items/items needed for menu planner

Think I need a rest now! Hope I can stick to all this but trying to achieve as much as I can whilst I am an enthusiastic newbie and also have a bit more time than usual.

Pollybear

Think this might post twice - opened a new page because my posting seemed to be just hanging there, so apologies if it double posts.



Did the bathroom on Monday (when I wrongly guessed what we'd be doing ).

I've done all the downstairs doors, the actual doors weren't too bad, it was the tops of the door frames. But done now.

Wiped down all the kitchen worktops again and the table and vacuumed the floor. Vacuumed through hallway too and up the stairs. And living room (which I flicked round with the "feather" duster first).

One load of washing done, laundry basket empty.

Sink shiny and drainer cleared. It feels quite good today. Maybe it's just me that feels good today. Never mind, that will pass!

I want to declutter but I've done whatever I can that is mine. I still feel in my head that the house is a tip but a delivery man came here on Monday and asked to use the loo. When he came down he said "your house is really tidy". I just thought "wow, yours must be a mess". But I kept that thought to myself My daughter says it's just me, the house isn't as bad as I think. I think it must be inside my head that's a mess. How do you declutter that?

nicki_2

well I've done nothing so far...sort of helping OH out with a problem he has at work with the email :rolleyes: Need to get on though so I've just turned sounds on on MSN :rolleyes: Right, on to the dishes

rach

morning all, i had an enjoyable lie in

thanks, Moggins, nice easy list for today.

Bathroom and toilet
1. Clean Bath
2. Clean sink
3. clean tiles
4. Clean mirrors
5. Clean bathroom window.
6. Put shower curtain in the wash
7. Clean toilet inside and out and don't forget the bendy bit round the back.

Extra bit - clean all downstairs doors.

my list:
post office
chase up virgin media
half an hour spent on tidying study
change towels in bathroom
empty DW