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Weekly Flylady Thread 21st May 2012

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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,608 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    I am hopeless at trying to get into a routine with cleaning,:o so have read instuctions and am going to have a go !!
    First attempt so please bear with me

    Monday
    Kitchen and dining room:

    [STRIKE]
    Empty dishwasher and reload
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]
    Clear and wipe work surfaces
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Sweep[/STRIKE] and mop floors - will do this after dinner
    [STRIKE]
    Wipe the cupboard doors
    [/STRIKE]
    Clear hotspot (kitchen table)
    [STRIKE]
    Wash towels and hang out if not raining
    [/STRIKE]
    Bathroom:
    S&S toilet and sink
    Mop Floor - will do this after dinner whilst I've got mop and bucket out for kitchen

    [STRIKE]
    Hoover all rooms downstairs
    [/STRIKE]
    HHI

    Night-time routine:
    Prepare clothes for the next day, make lunches, dishwasher loaded and on, swish & swipe kitchen and tidy living room before go to bed.

    Phew, am sitting down for a minute with a cuppa. Non-working day for me today. Took DS for his passport photos this morning and got weekly shop. Went to see friend who coloured my hair, so no longer grey :o Still loads to do on my list, but have achieved more than usual today

    RofD is Room of Doom....
    Room of doom in our house is DS bedroom (16yo)... also known as the Pit of Doom !!!
    At work tomorrow so will not be as energetic as today ;)

    Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
    Level 1
    [STRIKE]Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
    [/STRIKE] Done monday as off work
    Level 2
    Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
    Level 3
    Clean the mantel or coffee table, re home things that don’t belong here
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    *giggle*... Updated ebay info to include..


    And please dont bother bidding if you are an idiot, a fool, incapable of behaving like a human being or simply not going to pay.. all sensible polite buyers welcome.. I am so fed up of people trying to claim refunds for items they have maliciously damaged, telling lies in the feedback and just being generally horrible.. hence the users name.. I cant-bee-a**ed with people like this!.. thankfully most buyers are lovely :D Thank you them!

    And the latest twerp I found.. wants a refund for an item they refuse to return...

    I am more than happy to pass on the list of names of unscrupulous buyers to protect others!

    That excludes 90% of buyers I think lol. I'd be happy enough for none of my stuff to sell
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • mummyyof5
    mummyyof5 Posts: 1,839 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I hate ebay with apassion..happy to buy but even though Im skint I wont sell on there ...would rather give items away to friends...the last time I sold it was 3 Thomas tshirts for 99p my DS had hardly worn them they were just like brand new.....I did email the person to say I didnt use smelly wash powder due to allergies and when she recieved them..1st class I might add.. she demanded her money back saying they were dirty and smelt...I was mortified...believe me they didnt!!!!...so she got £25 of tshirts for free...and I got slated on Ebay....never again x
    Feeding 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.
  • Monday - kitchen and dining room
    Level Two
    Wipe the cupboard doors
    Level three
    Wipe chairs and was seat pads if required
    Extras
    HHI


    Quite a bit done, am going for a run now, haven't been for a few weeks so this could be fun ;) After my run I will finish off the list...

    Glad LW is posting :)

    Mumto5 - great news about William :)
    Be the change you want to see in the world - Gandhi
    OU - DD100 (P :)), DSE141 (D :j), DSE212 (P :)), ED209 (02/12), DXR222 (07/12) SD226 (02/13)
  • hex2
    hex2 Posts: 4,736 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Lamewolf, I for one think we should send the flylady elephant round to leave a deposit on their computer.
    MrsC good to see you posting, and FeeFee.
    Great news on baby William.

    Trying to motivate myself to do the dailies......
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need' Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • LameWolf
    LameWolf Posts: 11,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    DundeeDoll wrote: »
    sounds like me clearing hot spots :rotfl: welcome back LW
    :D

    OK, well, as a tribute to the late Donna Summer....

    Lookin' at a hot spot, baby, this evening;
    We're clearin' hot spots, baby,tonight.......

    I'll get me coat......:rotfl:
    If your dog thinks you're the best, don't seek a second opinion.;)
  • bonnie_bumpkins
    bonnie_bumpkins Posts: 1,245 Forumite
    hex2 wrote: »
    Lamewolf, I for one think we should send the flylady elephant round to leave a deposit on their computer.

    Here he is...

    elephant_toilet.jpg
    *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 Jr
  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    im my HHC which took longer than hoped i finished a cross stitch card and went shopping for double sided sticky tape -shop hadnt got any so came home and finished losing my temper with the roll i had which refused to be parted from its backing tape this time i won. so card finished just got tea to do for the boys, as they are both out tonight, middle DD at cinema with friend so just me and DH tonight once hes run the boys out

    just got to nag DS to write in the cards now they are ready wash up dinner pots do tea and get something off the lists done. DH is training tonight so get a bit longer to catch up.
    SPC~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 Kind
  • lizzyb1812
    lizzyb1812 Posts: 1,392 Forumite
    I'd like to join if I may :)

    I live alone with my monster pup Charlie so you'd think I could manage to stay on top of things but there's a backlog of decluttering and decorating - the whole house :eek:
    Monday - kitchen and dining room
    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE] not mopped as weather dry so no need
    [STRIKE]Wipe the cupboard doors[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Clear a hotspot[/STRIKE] Paperwork off the dining table
    Level three
    [STRIKE]Wipe table [/STRIKE]and replace tablecloth if needed
    Wipe chairs and was seat pads if required - if I can get the pad ties unknotted
    Extras
    [STRIKE]HHI [/STRIKE]Nope, very rarely do any
    HH Paperwork - this evening hopefully

    My Extras
    Cut out fabric for placemats
    [STRIKE]Review bed linen[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Strim back path and front verge - should have been [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
    yesterday but forgot to charge strimmer battery[/STRIKE]
    2 walks with pup - one down one to go
    [STRIKE]One wash load washed and hung[/STRIKE]

    I really like the idea of having the list and striking it off once done - shows I don't spend all day lolling about :rotfl:
    "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain." ~ Vivian Greene
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    mummyyof5 wrote: »
    I hate ebay with apassion..happy to buy but even though Im skint I wont sell on there ...would rather give items away to friends...the last time I sold it was 3 Thomas tshirts for 99p my DS had hardly worn them they were just like brand new.....I did email the person to say I didnt use smelly wash powder due to allergies and when she recieved them..1st class I might add.. she demanded her money back saying they were dirty and smelt...I was mortified...believe me they didnt!!!!...so she got £25 of tshirts for free...and I got slated on Ebay....never again x

    this retard is claiming and item new with tags isn't new and wants a refund but is refusing to send the £28 top back! I swear they are getting worse!!!
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
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