Weekly Flylady Thread 30th April 2012

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Monday - Bit of everything to kick start the week
HHPaperwork/replying to emails/paying bills
Tuesday - Master Bedroom
Catch up on phone calls

Im about to start on my paperwork and emails (which is my absolute dread in life), that done, tomorrow i will catch up on my phonecalls.

Extras done
Kitchen blitzed
Toilet done
Bathroom Done
DD hoovered everywhere
Steamed floors downstairs and my bedroom floor

Very pleased with myself today. Had a bit of a cupboard mishap. The cupboard in the sitting room has a load of rubbish in it, on my to do list for May (was on April list!!), well, lets just say theres been an avalanche - and theres carp all over the floor - so need to make that a priority.

Thats me done after that for the day, hope everyone is good. Happy flying.

Dustykitten

Bother this weather, was just getting into sorting out next door's garden when the heavens opened.

Never mind, I'll do dinner, make a cake, do the athletics run, drop in some dinner for DS1, do the ironing, collect from athletics, get DS3 ready for bed and do the mending - never a dull moment is there.

Jazee

Hello, I'm in again this week. All following done:

Monday - Bit of everything to kick start the week
level one
Hoover and swept the worst bits
Level Two
Meal plan for the week
Collect the laundry and put a wash on/or strip a bed
HHPaperwork/replying to emails/paying bills
Level three
Clean WM filters
Extras
Empty all your bins

Tuesday - Master Bedroom
level one
Clear the floor, put all clothes away
Hoover (under the bed too if possible)
Level Two
Dust at least one surface
Polish any mirrors
Sort somebodies undies and get rid of anything holey or lacking elastic
Level three
Change the bed if it needs it
Wipe some light switches
Check your stock of birthday cards
Extras
Catch up on phone calls
Sort any nail polishes ready for summer, binning any that resemble glue

So feeling a little smug. Got Mon-Thurs lists done last week so not too bad. Hope everyone is ok.

mooomin

Monday - Bit of everything to kick start the week
level one
[STRIKE]HH tidying or decluttering
Hoover and mop the worst bits [/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Meal plan for the week
Collect the laundry and put a wash on/or strip a bed
HHPaperwork/replying to emails/paying bills[/STRIKE]
Level three
[STRIKE]Give sinks and toilets a scrub[/STRIKE]

Extras
[STRIKE] Empty all your bins[/STRIKE]

Tuesday - Master Bedroom
level one
[STRIKE] Clear the floor, put all clothes away[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Dust at least one surface
Polish any mirrors or clean the window[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort somebodies undies and get rid of anything holey or lacking elastic[/STRIKE] Didn't do undies, but threw out a LOT of socks!

Level three
[STRIKE]Change the bed if it needs it[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe some light switches[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Check your stock of birthday cards[/STRIKE] :rotfl:I make cards for a hobby, so this is a bit of a cheat!
Extras
My extras for are:
[STRIKE]Sort out pile of mismatched jewellery[/STRIKE]
"Encourage" Mr Fresian to throw out some old clothes

Just the clothes encouragement to go.... :rotfl::rotfl:

kazmeister

Evening

back from the paid stuff to find my list and just caught up.

Piggers - I hope youre feeling better today. Cant believe your DD and DS have only such a short time to go now, where has that time gone.

vanilla - WTG for you daughter, she has done really well. Hope something comes up for DH soon.

Mmm thought there was more to say than that ???!!!

Well DD is being a gortbag, just me and her here tonight. She lied about taking doogie out (again) and then when I shoved her out the door and told her to be 1/2 hour she was back in 7 minutes. Whats with her! Poor dog I'll have to take her out again later but trouble is I change out of my work stuff into my PJ's when I get in so will have to wait until its dark as I'm not changing again. Simple tea tonight although it wont be the Rainbow Trout I had planned as I forgot to get it out of the freezer .

OK list

Monday - Bit of everything to kick start the week
level one
HH tidying or decluttering
Level Two
Meal plan for the week - will do when tucked up
HHPaperwork/replying to emails
Level three
DW filters -
HHI or mending
Tuesday - Master Bedroom
level one
Clear the floor, put all clothes away
Hoover (under the bed too if possible)
Level Two
Dust at least one surface
Polish any mirrors or clean the window
Sort somebodies undies and get rid of anything holey or lacking elastic
Level three
Wipe some light switches
Extras
Catch up on phone calls
Sort any nail polishes ready for summer, binning any that resemble glue

skint_spice

Tuesday - Master Bedroom
level one
[STRIKE]
Clear the floor, put all clothes away
Hoover (under the bed too if possible)
[/STRIKE]

Level Two
[STRIKE]
Dust at least one surface
Polish any mirrors or clean the window
Sort somebodies undies and get rid of anything holey or lacking elastic[/STRIKE] Did this the other week - ahead for once:D

Level three
[STRIKE]
Change the bed if it needs it
Wipe some light switches
Check your stock of birthday cards[/STRIKE]None in but plenty of craft stuff if needed
Extras
[STRIKE]Catch up on phone calls[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Sort any nail polishes ready for summer, binning any that resemble glue[/STRIKE]

Also tidied up the top of my chest of drawers that had become a dumping ground - only took about 15 mins which made me wonder why I'd avoided it so long...and put draught excluder tape on lounge window and DS's window, hopefully this will cut down the draughts but it's certainly seems quieter in lounge already:D
Spent ages at the gym this morning but seem to have counteracted this by making muffins (and scoffing two already):o

Slowdown

Dear Ladies,
Have been reading this thread today and rather like your levelled lists for the cleaning/decluttering.
However, I wonder if anyone has some advice for a rather worn out mother with teenage kids.
I leave for work at 7.30am and return about 5.30pm. I cook a meal and ferry folks to where they should be going. I feed cats, wash clothes, iron said clothes,etc etc etc and generally run the household.
My problem is having a husband who leaves at 6.20am and returns around 8pm and two very untidy teenage boys. My DD is now at uni and she was a great help and I miss her terribly. This means I am trying to keep a house tidy in the face of grumpy kids who even after 14 and 16 years of nagging STILL leave everything everywhere no matter what I do. I have used every carrot and stick approach you can imagine, from money to chores, from star charts to groundings, from screaming and tears to strike action. None of it has worked. I still have to ask for clothes, dishes, shoes, bags,coats, books, to be picked up and to be honest I am quite simply tired of the asking.
Can anyone suggest how to even begin to get them to understand what this means to me? Is it just my kids or are their others out their too?
Iam keeping my bedroom and the kitchen and toilets just about clean but these days I have just about given up.
Any positive advice for me and how I can incorporate your wonderful lists into my day?
Please go easy on me. I think things have been harder the last two years as my husband has had two operations for cancer and my mind struggles to keep up at times. I have tried every trick in the book but am struggling under the weight of the houseowrk at the moment.
My job is demanding in hours and out so I feel wiped out alot of the time. I have a foreign exchange student turning up for 10 days next week so any quick fix ideas would be good too.
Thanks for any constructive housework advice.
Kind regards
Slowdown:)

pigpen

Slowdown.. I have a couple of strategies.. 1.. you bring the wheelie bin into the house and everything! that is not put away goes in it.. don't say a word.. pick it up and put it in the bin.. 2.. you binbag everything and tell them if it is there come bin day it is going out.. and MEAN IT!! 3. Pick up offending item, open back door and wing item as far as possible down the garden.

Schoolbags, coats, shoes the lot *fling* if it is raining.. tough.. it gets wet!

I tell mine this is what is happening from now on until you stop being pigs.. and it works fast! but only if you stick to it. The first few days I hit mine with 'great, more bin food' every time they put stuff in the wrong place.

bonnie_bumpkins

Hello Slowdown,

I'm with pigpen on this one. If your family are not responding to your requests after all these years then they are not going to any time soon unless they actually see that something BAD will happen if they don't listen to you. They seem to think that the stuff will get picked up and put where it belongs anyway, by the nice person who always does it in the end - YOU!! It is vital that you stand firm, as piggers says, tell them x will happen if y isn't done and MEAN IT.

Grab stuff, put into binbags and chuck outside. Members of my family have gone to work or school with unlaundered clothes in the past and believe me they only do that once! Toys have gone in the wheelie bin. If you tread on CD/DVD cases they can break - that's what happens when they are left on the floor.

Good luck and do let us know how the new strong slowdown gets on.

BBxx

mrs-moneypenny

back from martial arts, knitted a fair bit of nieces jumper while there, youngest having supper really pleased with what ive achieved today, done everything apart from sort nail polishes, birthdays cards and ringing my mum - will do that once eldest Ds stops chatting to his GF on it.
were having lazy tea/supper once Dh gets back veggie burgers. went down shop earlier for buns and got their just in time for the price reduction ones, will use them and other will do pack ups tomorrow.

going to do DH [pack up and a bit more knitting i think
have a good night all