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Big Knickers to briefs and debt free from May to December x
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H iyas Delilah neglected again lol. Today has gone in a flash work football club bedtime cooking teas and some meals for freezer and now 11 pm have some things dropped off from ebay some mamas and papas bunnys book ends and some others which are fab plus a vase from TKMax 3 ft high and fab not bad for £6 out of my weekly spend fund too all meals from stores and hubby treated me to a diet coke lol
Naths got a football tournament tomorrow 5 year olds thinking their steven gerrard is fab lol, made space in my cabinet for his trophy already lol then work at 3-12 blurggggh, but have got £80 to pay off debts tonight so its all coming on nicely hubby has been chucking in the overtime too so holiday will be cleared end of month:D once im on a roll I struggle to stop n start again so going to really tighten the belt for another month and clear all I can theres nothing really planned til whitsun hols then its only a weekend away quite locally but god I cant wait!!!:T still havent told MIL shes not invited thats hubbys job lmao....
Ordered some bits off vistaprint today MUG FOR NATHS UNCLE, A TSHIRT AND A BAG FOR GIRLS IN SLIMMING WORLD oops caps on kar.... all for £5.70 paid out of ebay sellings, which brings me onto this earn £5 a day in May its amazingly well at the mo, £211.50 and most of that is ebay funds... free listing tomorrow ive got loads of fab shoes to go on there I so cant wear 3 inch heels no more so time to let em go !!!! also plus size clothes still seem to sell well so their my target areas over the weekend....also ordered new curtains, and paid £5.50 for a lovely dvd cabinet quite locally out of winnings so paid,£50 off hols £80 off debts out of ebay and rest is goodys for the house my thinking is if I need to do bedrooms out then Im going to aim to get the nice bits off ebay stores plus wallpaper I fancy then all ive got to pay cash for is emulsion.... ssssssssssoooooooooo its late now im going to bed im zonked cant wait for sunday so I can curl up n do !!!!!! all !!!!
Flylady is going ok but havent done todays apart from daily s+s in bathrooms and catch up with laundry but rest of house is put together and looking fab !!! night Delilah xxxLOST 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 -
Level One
[STRIKE]Hoover all high traffic areas[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]S&S kitchen[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]S&S bathroom and toilet
s[/STRIKE]Make sure uniforms, etc are ready for tomorrow
Level Three
[STRIKE]Enjoy the BH with your family[[/STRIKE]/COLOR].
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty all bins[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear mantelpiece and dust[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe sofas[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Hoover under any furniture you can safely move[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust any dusty bits[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear and clean windowsills[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HH Paperwor[/STRIKE]k
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]-I kill them so dont own any will dust some tho lol
Wednesday - Bedrooms
Level One
Strip, wash & replace bedding - you choose how many you do!-weathers lousy so will do next dry day.
[STRIKE]HH Floor clearance[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Hoover floors that can be seen[/STRIKE]
Clear landing-in progress
[STRIKE]Level ThreeClear floordrobe[/STRIKE]
Clear and wipe top of drawers
Hoover mattress-as above
Extras
Catch up on any phonecalls-I answer fones for a living 8 hours a day no extras please lol
[STRIKE]HH me time[/STRIKE]
Thursday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floor[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sort fridge and clean - what do you need to use up?[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe cupboard/drawer fronts[/STRIKE] and kickboards
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe table[/STRIKE] and replace tablecloth if needed
Wipe chairs
Clean windows
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
Sort out placemats and coasters - do you need them all? Are any looking grotty?
Friday - Bathroom
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean toilets[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean sink, bath, shower,[/STRIKE] etc
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floor[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wash or replace facecloths, sponges, etc as required[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe tiles[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe windowsill[/STRIKE]
Clean towel rail
Extras
[STRIKE]HH me time[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty washing basket[/STRIKE]
seems we get weekends off with flylady:D so Im going to have a general tidy around and WM is on already, breakfast bits are soaking as I type, thennnnnnnnnn
[STRIKE]catch up on yesterdays bits in bathroom[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]straighten kitchen after Seans finished out kitchen:([/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]sweep n mop kitchen floor[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]mop hall n loo[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]hoover living room after polishing[/STRIKE]
declutter stairs bits appear from nowhere and all end up on bottom 5 steps :mad:
polish corner cupboard in hall
[STRIKE]peg washing out and another wash on[/STRIKE]
thats all downstairs done
sunday can be upstairs day
then shower Nathan well supervise or the bubble monster attacks bathroom , peg next lot out, take photos for ebay 10 pairs of shoes at least, .....
Football presentation at 1.00pm work at 3.00pm then home at 12 midnight...god Im knackered already... never mind huh Delilah...
On bill paying marisota is now in £200's and argos is back into bnpl territory hubbys doing overtime again this week so will have double pay this month so hol will be paid for payday, hes also off on a stag weekend on 25th i think but have £100 stashed away for that already so wont have to take much out of bank as meals n hotels already paid for so hoping he got some spends stashed too that bloody train4trade loan things comes out automatically on 18th so although we dont miss that I think Il find out if we can pay extra at that once ive finished marisota this month ...
anyway back to housy stuff and then paddington bear project lol ....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 -
Evening Delilah, wow its been a crazy busy weekend!!!
Today it was lovely to peg washing out and have it all dried within a few hours blowing like crazy but thankfully sunny too, so beds stripped even bedspreads all washed and dried... This flylady mallarky really does work house is tidy!!! have delegated a few jobs through week but I do work fulltime too so thats ok lol, never got round to ebaying but have decided to do a carboot within 2 weeks to sort stuffs out that needs selling...
Picked up a fab little cupboard today i won on ebay locally for a fiver its fab and perfect for dvds in my sons room he has hundreds on a chunky tall cupboard hes had for 10 years but he is away to Maguluf on weekend so going to do his bedroom out decided to go for minimalist look less junk less dust and more classy lol so dvds in a cupboard hidden away his huge shoe trunk is being used elsewhere he has about 40 pairs of shoes converse n such so hes sorting those as I type he works for 0utfit so gets mega cash off clothes hence millions of them so storage is the key here, got sleek black curtains black silver paper and a cream paint for other walls and a fab leather chair im pinching out of my room lol one weekend im going to sit doing nothing!!!
Anyway im now going to snuggle up n watch some tele...f;y;ady for tomorrow is
Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors
Clear a hotspot
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains
Empty and clean out your bins!
Dust hard to reach places
Declutter Mission
Sort a drawerLOST 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 Delilah, skiving here on a very quiet night shift, got week of nights covering as other fella is away.
Haven't a lot to.say as worked 8-4 this morning too went home tidied a little sat about waiting for work something I hate doing as first night I can't sleep at all beforehand bet now I cannot wait for my electric blanket and bed while everyone else is in school and work.
Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors
Clear a hotspot
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains
Empty and clean out your bins!
Dust hard to reach places
Declutter Mission
Sort a drawer
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Level 3
Clean the mantel or coffee table, re home things that don’t belong here
Wipe and water plants
Wash any throw, curtains, cushion covers
Declutter Mission:
Newspapers, magazines, leaflets, shopping catalogues sort and recycleLOST 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 Delilah, I've neglected you terribly.this.week but normal shifts start again tomorrow thank god 8 shifts in 6 days and 4 of them nightshifts aren 't good for the soul sanity or slimming world ....
Apart from work still cooked cleaned taken care of family shopped done the school run, packed eldest off to magaluf went to slimming world washe and ironed god how do we do it huh? And all on 4 hours sleep.a day, today I'm going to be in bed by 9 and have no intentions of surfacing til 4 bompers to it all I say.....
My list for later is shower, defuzzle, dry and straighten my hair and put something nice on as feel like an extra from shaun of the dead !
Catch up on the extras iv missed on flylady
Sort naths wardrobe out
Hoover bedrooms
Have hubby cook tea something lush but healthy
Take a look at eldest room I'm decorating it whilst he's away and not had ny.extra expense which I'm.so.chuffed about.. as everything I've bought has come out of eBay cash apart from a gorgeous second hand solid pine dressing table.and stool for £40 quid but that's come out of my 2 pounds coins pot
New curtains
Bedding
Wallpaper
Art decal
Paint I already have and have some new mirrors and bits so all in all a free bedroom as iv got a fab leather tub chair and an oak chest to finish it off.....I love Mse!!
8 o clock can't come quickly enough.....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 Delilah, lay ins are non existent here, up and at it this morning wish I had the day in the house but cant so stop moaning Karen!!! car boot sale at 11, dinner at inlaws then bowling then home .....
Before 11 im going to do my damnedest to catch up with flylady bits ive missed so here it is
Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe the cupboard doors[/STRIKE]
Clear a hotspot
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink and drains
Empty and clean out your bins!
Dust hard to reach places
Declutter Mission
Sort a drawer
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/STRIKE]
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Level 3
[STRIKE]Clean the mantel or coffee table, re home things that don’t belong here[/STRIKE]
Wipe and water plants
Wash any throw, curtains, cushion covers
Declutter Mission:
Newspapers, magazines, leaflets, shopping catalogues sort and recycle
Wednesday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level 1
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms[/STRIKE]
Level 2
Clean baths, sinks and toilets
Clear any clutter from desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level 3
Wash your bathroom mats and shower curtains etc
HHI
Clean the mirrors
Declutter mission:
Spend HH dealing with Paperwork, filing and shredding
Thursday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Strip the bed linen and wash and replace
Level 2
Clear some floor then hoover it
Dust any flat surfaces
Remove the piles of stuff on the landing
Level 3
Have some me time – soak your feet and read a magazine etc
Do any mending, sew on buttons etc
Look up, any cobwebs, remove them
Declutter mission:
Sort towels, bedlinen etc, any that you don't need rehome, recycle, give to vets
Friday - all those things you have been putting off!
Either do your own list or here are some ideas
Level 1
[STRIKE]HH tidying, decluttering in your Room of Doom[/STRIKE]
Level 2
Hoover anywhere in need
S&S bathrooms
HH Paperwork
Level 3
Change any beds in need
HH Ironing
Clean a window or two
Declutter mission
Clean out any rubbish from your car, remove those winter supplies and anything else adding weight (and using petrol). Give it a hoover and cleanLOST 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 -
hi karen you are doing well think im going to nick your flylady idea as i can never catch up but ive set myself a room a day .its free listing on ebay at the weekend so going to try and clear the junk.
well done on doing the extra shifts i've decided its the only way to go to debt bust,whats the paddington bear project?So finally debt free and it feels amazing however continuing here to stay debt free.Next declutter house and body and finally swim under that waterfall x0 -
:j morning delilah the weather is glorious here again today in sunny Wales....
Busy busy busy week its hard to catch up with life at the mo well sean had a fab time in magaluf come back chilled tanned and a tattoo on his bum:eek: whilst he was away we decorated his bedroom I was thinking hotel chic turned out cool and clean but god emptying cleaning sorting glossing papering emulsioning took us 3 full evenings after work knackered lol.....
Garden is looking gorgeous we spent 3 long weeks landscaping deking and staining last Easter and then had no bluuudy summer to use it.. so was nice to just spend 2 hours washing it all down put new baskets up planted some saladdy bits and sat and done nothing for hour lush....
So now skiving in work only here til 12 then got the whole weekend off and gorgeous weather to go with it, not a lot planned clarks for naths shoes Tesco for some bits hat n shorts etc also for Nath then hpome for our then haircut at 2 and nice lazy evening planned....hubby is away on stag night in Liverpool so a really quiet 1 for us.....
Money saving wise hubby n I have been out a few times boots stocked up toiletries while. All on offer used a voucher he had for good behaviour so had 35 quid worth for 6 pounds, bargainous ! Plus vouchers back.
Tesco only spent 16 so not massive spends....
Slimming world lost 3 this week....
Got £452 ready to pay off hols next week plus 20 off arrears housing , which should be close to zero now, so all ticking away nicely. But am determined to have a nice weekend with a few spends tucked in..... Life is too short as our small office found out again one of our drivers had a second heart attack last night, plus a local lads 24 he was funeral today very sad so although getting debtfree is important so is life eh delilah .... Back later x:)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 -
Hiyas elly the 1 room a day I kinda stick to when I'm not doing flying too so at least every room has a blitz once a week but decorating has thrown us this week but the weekend is here so will catch up x paddington is a project Nath is doing in school alongside london and the Olympics lol, I've got loads to go on eBay shoes brand new but oooooo the posting is a pain lol but will try once again....try lol, hope ur plodding along moneysaving too, I must catch up on Mse..... Kaz .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 -
Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE]
Wipe the cupboard doors
[STRIKE]Clear a hotspot[/STRIKE]
Level three
[STRIKE]Wipe table and replace tablecloth if needed[/STRIKE]
Wipe chairs and wash seat pads if required
Extras
HHI
HH Paperwork
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs[/STRIKE]
Level 2
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean sofas, wash throws, etc
Level 3
Dust all dusty bits
Wipe and water plants
Clean any wood on stairs
Extras
15 mins hotspot clearing
15 mins Rof D clearing
Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two
Clear floordrobe
Hoover floors
Level Three
Clear landing
Sort and wipe bedside cabinets/drawers
Wipe lampshades and bulbs
Extras
Collect up all dirty washing
Catch up on any outstanding phonecalls or emails
Thursday - Bathrooms and Study/Conservatory
Level One
Give toilets a good scrub
Level Two
Clean sinks, bath, shower, etc
Wipe keyboard and computer screen/ laptop
Level Three
Clear and mop/sweep floors
Clean glass
Defrag computer
Extras
Catch up with any washing while you can use the line to dry it
HH Paperwork
Friday - Kids'/Spare Berdrooms
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two
HH Floor clearance - set the kids on if they're old enough!
Hoover any floor you can see
Level Three
Dust any dusty bits
Clean a window or two
Wipe rads
Extras
HH me time
HHILOST 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
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