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Weekly Flylady Thread 16th April 2012
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Happy Birthday lady L, hope you have a lovely one.
its going to be dust central here for the next few days. builders are here doing the pointing at long last so not going to bother with dusting downstairs. downstairs is tidy, kitchen is semi spotless (bar my huge ironing pile). my room is tidyish, rod and bens room are ongoing projects, cant really do bens room till ive done his ironing tonight.
going to be continuing with chinese laundry theme though as cant hang my washing out to dry
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Morning ladies! Bright and sunny (but chilly!) here. 3 x DC off to school, leaving just me and DS3 here (yeay - peace!;)) Not a good start, though - WM refuses to open - and has a full load in (and another waiting):mad::mad::mad: Engineer due out this afternoon, so ££s and no washing happening

Need to tidy kitchen before he gets here, so that's my priority
Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirings too
Vacuum dining room
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Wipe table and chairs - kitchen
Clear and wipe table in dining rrom
Level three
Sort out a cupboard
Wander around downstairs and make a list of all the homeless things which make flying tricky
15 minutes wiping (inside fridge/doors/small appliances etc)Extras
HHI x2 (to be done in front of Silent Witness)
Put weekend's ironing away
Put coats, shoes, general carp away from hall and stairs
FROGS For Week
Finish and post DH's SA compliance check for HMRC :eek:
Freezer inventory
Sew buttons back on my jacket
Repair a sheet
Amend ebay listings
Start getting NCT paperwork up together
Phone mtge co to increase DD payment
Plant strawberries
Plant potatoes
Plant onions (oops!)
Plant seeds
Find name transfer for DS3's Tumble Tots tshirt and iron it on!!!
Min HH Paperwork (not inc the stuff above)
Sew badges on DS1's Scout uniform (ready for parade at weekend)
Gte expenses up to date
Right - off to make a start! Hugs all round
ETA: Happy Birthday to lady Liberty
and **waves** hello to newgirly
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200 -
morning all from a sunny but blooming freezing south Wales brrrr .
I've put off and hidden away from all our clutter for far too long so can i please fly along too I'm going to aim for levels 1 and 2 but throw in my own list too along with my dailys...
S/s loo n bathroom
S/s kitchen
Clear stairs
Dust Hoover loung
Make beds
1/2 hour ironing
My frogs this week are clear under stairs and freecycle table under there that attracts junk from all over house.
Also find or replace nathans school book before Friday..LOST 7ST 1/2LB July-groc chal £209/£300
POALYDBX2012:santa2: #342 £2192.00/£2842 1 debt vs 100 days 9...£10/£123 8/11 NSD in July..0 -
Morning All :wave:
Thanks Dustykitten am in this week again , posting from work just now so won't be flying until after 6 when I get home. On Saturday I ended up gutting the LR and kitchen so all nice n tidy and clean, never got to DS or my bedroom so will focus more on them this week, as well as HHI every night, done 2 hours ironing yesterday morning and pile didn't go down much :eek:. Hope you are all well, enjoy your Monday, special love & hugs as always to LL, Toots & LW x
Happy Birthday Lady Liberty, have a great day :bdaycake:
Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirings too
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Level three
Sort out the cupboard you visit the least - do you need all that stuff? - Hall sideboard - declutter mission!!
:TGratitude is the best Attitude :T
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right im going to make a start
Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirings too
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
Sort out the cupboard you visit the least - do you need all that stuff?
Wander around downstairs and make a list of all the homeless things which make flying tricky
15 minutes wiping (inside fridge/doors/small appliances etc)
[STRIKE]sew buttons on prem bodywarmers[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]put scrap metal at top of drive for collection[/STRIKE] taken away
write letter to school excusing ds from some lessons re hospital appt
ring to book taxi
3 loads of washing planned to do - 1 done so far
go through sunday mags do crossword etc and postSPC~12 ot 124
In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind0 -
Oooh more new people - welcome skint-spice & KissyKissyKaren :T
Happy Birthday LadyLiberty _party_:heart2:
3 throws washed and on the line - beautiful sunny spring day hurray!!
The phantom midnight super-noodle eater has been in my kitchen and left lots of mess, not to mention the lingering odour of beef curry _pale_
Back later with an update. Have a lovely morning all!
BBxx*If you have nothing nice to say... say nothing*"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King Jr0 -
I'm in this week, i did try to do the lists over the holidays but didnt get a lot done.
Now DD1 is back to school i'm hoping to get more done. DD2 is a tad clingy this morning so will prob get more done when OH gets out of bed, He has a day off and he normally stays in bed till 11
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Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirings too
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
Sort out the cupboard you visit the least - do you need all that stuff?
Wander around downstairs and make a list of all the homeless things which make flying tricky
15 minutes wiping (inside fridge/doors/small appliances etc)
Extras
* Write DD1's bday invites out
* wash kiddies bedding
* have at least 5 coffees this morning to keep me going ,he he
* wash up last night washing up as OH didnt do it , ggrrr
Happy Birthday LadyLibertyMAY GC £140 /£120
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:bdaycake:Happy Birthday to the lovely LadyLiberty xxx
Thanks for lists Juliejim and Dusty x
Welcome all newbies
So far WMx1 on line another in
DW on a long wash..aqnother load to go in
School run done..Booo
Next job is clear under settees....I mean it xFeeding 6 Adults 1 Teen a 8 year old with hollow legs and a very fussy 5 year old. Also 3 cats and 3 fishies
To include all Food,Toiletries and Petfood.0 -
Hi - i'm in for the next few weeks (i used to fly a very long time ago) - currently off sick but then i'll be on mat leave - reckon i'll be flying till the end of may and then i'll probably be too massive/ on bed rest so am having the luxury of a cleaner - i'd love to have the house in a good state by then but i have to take it easy as i get very tired very quickly.
Aiming for all of levels 1 + 2 and one from level 3 per day as well as a personal target for the day
Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirings too
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
15 minutes wiping (inside fridge/doors/small appliances etc)
+ washing and sorting 3 bin bags of baby clothes collected by my mate beth :beer:
Had a thrifty wedding 17-06-10
expecting triplets in Jul/ Aug 2012 :eek::eek::eek::grinheart:grinheart:grinheart0 -
Welcome new folks.
Svjenni Triplets Wow, get some rest now.
Boys are back at school so I better get off the computer and get cracking.
2nd load wm is on.
Parcels need wrapping & phone calls to be made.
Happy Birthday Lady Liberty xx0
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