Ecoelle's MFW Diary

nattypants

Aw your poor wee one going through the teething stage:( hopefully will pass soon enough X

pavlovs_dog

wish I had your energy and discipline with flylady. I'm full of good intentions but actually making it happen is another thing entirely :cool:

gallygirl

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

I'm full of good intentions but actually making it happen is another thing entirely :cool:

That's more advanced than me then .

ecoelle

Ah, hey guys:) She's doing ok with the teeth, we have 6 more to go and i think 2 of them are on there way hence the moaning and crying, but you know what, yesterday she said 'yes please' for the very first time and i almost cried!

I am feeling better today, hormones have a lot to answer for, and i have done all my surveys for the day, off to do the PTC then got to do some tidying and get myself and little one ready for going to visit friends:)

Feeling good money wise at the moment, i'm thinking that if we can keep going we seriously could be mortgage free in 10 years. That is the ultimate goal. How amazing would that be:)

ecoelle

Woop Woop £10 from Halifax arrived:)

ecoelle

Morning all:)

Lovely day here, i have had the morning off and been to pamper myself by having my hair done, bargain price of £14, now having a coffee while little one and hubby are at the local library.

I have done a quick hoover of lounge, dining room and kitchen and am going to go to town on the bathroom today:)

Popping the list for the flylady thread onto here but not intending to try and do all of it, just as a bit of motivation really

Monday Madness- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget under the rim! and sinks
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required

Extra mission: Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Wipe down the doors and frames in these rooms.
• clean the radiators in these rooms
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• Replace sponges/flannels/toothbrushes that are in need

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining Mess
Level One
Sweep, vacuum and mop floors
Declutter and wipe worksurfaces
Shine that stinky sink
Level Two
Wipe table replacing cloth if necessary.. I want to see pretty tables piles of mail and pens and goodness knows what else has to go!
Clear out a cupboard.. The one with baking supplies or the one with pans and plastic boxes.. GO!! Or you could, if you have one, clear the pantry!
Wipe and replace small appliances.. Clean one thoroughly!
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
Level Three
Wipe units and large appliances.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe the insides of all the cupboard doors!
Organise any cookery books.. Dusted, destickified and placed back tidily!
Dejunk window sills and clean windows.

Extra Mission - Choose one or more of:

• HHI .. bit of a catch up!!
• Write an inventory of your cupboards contents and what needs using first
• Empty the cutlery drawer.. clean it out, wash the cutlery tray, chuck those baby spoons you don't use any more.. how many medicine spoons do you actually need? get rid of everything you don't use and make the drawer look nice again!
• Wash/replace any scanky dishclothes/sponges etc
• Throw out those bacteria breeding chipped mugs and plates etc
• Wash the brushes, mops, dustpans etc.. how gross do these get?

Weird Wednesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas, inc. under furnitutre if you can move it without rupturing anything vital!!!
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Water any thirsty plants, wipe their poor neglected leaves!!
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. Are there any that need rehoming?
Sort the magazine heap, books and papers that have found there way in here and need to go back out!
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.. the bottom 6 inches is just rubbish it has been there so long I'm surprised it isn't compost!!
• Change any dead lightbulbs in the house!
• Clean a window or two.
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag, crank up the volume.. strut that stuff, sing loudly and out of tune and off key, fill the binbag and bin it!!!
• HHI.. another mound gone!

Thrilling Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing

Today is officially no-moaning day as per Piggers post

Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Fling open that window and blow those cobwebs out!! Air the room!!! Nothing worse than a bedroom smelling of parps!
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Wipe doors down!
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Have a sort and tidy in the linen cupboard/airing cupboard while searching for your clean sheets.. is it pretty in here again?
Spend 15 minutes clearing a hotspot.
Sort 10 things from a wardrobe/chest of drawers that you can get rid of... and a pair of shoes only counts as one thing! likewise socks!.. and it is time those knickers you have had for 37 years were binned.. let them go liberate yourself!!

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 42 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Half hour finding and pairing up all those stray odd socks.. Fling the holey ones and send the ones that don't fit to nursery or school.. they always need spares and the big ones can be used to make puppets.. or just recycle them!!
• In your stash of 'things'.. sort through and get rid of at least a carrier full.. decluttering we call it!
• Drag out the bed and clean the bed bunnies out!
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe the bed frame it is amazing how fluffy they get!

Please can we keep a candle alight for LL so that she doesn't suffer too much and can keep on fighting.

ecoelle

I'm a great aunty!

Right, on with today, i'm at home with little one, possibly all day, other than a trip to the newsagent, so trying to make sure she's entertained. Also want to get some cleaning done in the kitchen today, plus a swish around the bathroom to try and keep on top of it, and also try to run the hoover round downstairs, again, to try and keep on top of it. After talking to one of my friends yesterday who, like me, finds it incredibly hard to keep a perfect home, and keep up with all other responsibilities and work, and we decided the secret was to get one room really nice, then stay on top of it, whilst then concentrating on another room. Rather than getting one room great, then not touching it for another week, or, trying to do all the roomes all the time when they are all awful. So going to try this new way this week and see how we go.

Right, off to do a quick swish in the bathroom and sweep the floor in the kitchen and hang the washing up to dry. 15 mins allowed!

ecoelle

Right, due to a little monkey that took longer than it should have done, but bathroom swished, kitchen and bathroom floors swept, and washing drying.

Kitchen sink
Kitchen Sides
Hob

All to be cleaned!

All done

ecoelle

Pretty happy, have wiped the sides, hob, microwave, toaster, sink, drainer and windowsill.

Still do do

Clean Kitchen window inside / outside

Clean out utensil drawer...i can't possibly use them all...don't even know what some of them are for:)

Clean Back door inside / outside

Wash kitchen floor

Hoover lounge

Hoover dining room

Sleep?

moneycurious

Sounds like you have had a very busy day! congrats on becoming a great aunt!