Weekly Flylady Thread 18th June 2012

greenbee

Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs

Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover floors -[/STRIKE] kitchen and downstairs loo done as well. Have also mopped.
[STRIKE]Empty all bins[/STRIKE] - done, then more stuff found, then done again
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear mantelpiece and dust [/STRIKE]woodstove done
[STRIKE]Wipe sofas[/STRIKE] hoovered
Level Three
[STRIKE]Hoover under any furniture you can safely move[/STRIKE] - coffee table, chairs, sofa and annoying nest of tables in the corner that I don't really need...
[STRIKE]Dust any dusty bits[/STRIKE] Most things
Clear and clean windowsills
Extras
HHI laundry mountain from guests being tackled. [STRIKE]First [/STRIKE]second load in WM, and the rest queueing up, so hoping for a good drying day! One load on the line and sky looking grey
HH Paperwork - meter readings to do and submit and filing/shredding to tackle.
Wipe and water plants orchids fed and sprayed

Update Satnav & put back in car
Log in to email from ibook

Not sure when I'm going to fit work in :cool:

mummyyof5

First of all...thanks for lists Juliejim x

3 lines full of washing out...sunny with a very black sky:mad:

Dwx1 and refilled
All pots downstairs
Clothes put away from ironing yesterday
Mine and LOs beds made
All bins emptied

$ black sacks taken to school..courtesy of DF as OH on tour again..Fling...

Took 3 bags to CS this weekend

2 boys off school/ college today so they will be helping shortly.

Sorry to hear about your puddycat..macpep 1....mine are getting older and Im dreading the day xxxx

vanilla

Updated list

Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs

Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover floors
Empty all bins[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear mantelpiece and dust
Wipe sofas[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Hoover under any furniture you can safely move
Dust any dusty bits
Clear
and clean windowsills[/STRIKE]
Extras
HHI
HH Paperwork
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]

Rhys only up so he's eating breakkie, then i can get the dw on. Wet clothes over horse and dry clothes gathered up.

macpep sorry to hear about your cat (((big hugs)))

hollyh

Morning all,

I'm in, thanks for the lists JulieJ.

My iron exploded last night so i'm just going to go through the ironing basket and hang it all up. :cool:

So far today i have

School run
made beds
Collected laundry
Sorted rabbits
Retrieved recycling bag
Put washing out
Wm x 1

Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
Clear and hoover floors
Empty all bins
Level Two
Clear mantelpiece and dust
Wipe sofas
Level Three
Hoover under any furniture you can safely move
Dust any dusty bits
Clear and clean windowsills
Extras
HHI
HH Paperwork
My Extras
Menu plan
Photo/List contents of ikea bag
HHG
Clean rabbits
Clean car
CC
HI
Find ML & redo
Pack & Post Ebay sales
List unsold on fb
Get money bags & bank change

short_bird

ammonite wrote: »

Question for you super organised lot......
Has anyone mastered the art of paperwork? We have a folder which is divided into gas/electric/mortgage etc. which is fine, but the time between the post coming through the door and making it either into the bin or into the folder seems to be weeks and so little piles regularly spring up. I know the obvious solution is do it straight away but time doesn't always permit that! Anyone conquered the paperwork piles and lived to tell the tale?

Yay! You've got a folder!:D
OK, so you know where it all comes from and where it needs to go, so it's the bit between delivery and folder that is the problem. So I'd suggest having everything in one place. Ask yourself:

• Do you need to do anything else with those pieces of paperwork? e.g.
• Do they need to be checked against previous bills,
• do you need to check the readings on the gas and leccy bills if you've provided your own readings?
• do you need to pay anything via cheque or internet?
• Is it possible to put the stamps, envelopes and cheques close to the filing as well?
• Can you put the bin (or recycling bin) and the shredder next to where the items get paid or filed?

If you're doing internet banking, what kind of computer do you use as it would make sense to have everything bill related next to a computer tower and monitor but you can take a laptop to the filing.

HTH and hope that makes sense:D

Dustykitten

Morning all

Thanks for the thread JJ

Macpep so sorry to hear about your lovely mog

Paid stuff done
WM1 done so cricket jumper on the AGA drying for later

Going to do an hour's flying, then lunch then an hour's paperwork.

LameWolf

Hi all.

I'm sort of in this week; but tbh, Sid's taking up a lot of time and energy, and as far as I'm concerned, his needs come first. He's so very unsteady on his little legs now, and is not keen to eat, so I'm having to resort to sitting with him and encouraging him.

*sigh* I have a really bad feeling that this may be his last visit.

Anyways... Valli many thanks:A for posting the lemon cake recipe; that looks eminently do-able; I've copied it onto the flash drive I have for recipes and other household information (eg knitting patterns snagged from the internet) and I shall give it a go when Sid's gone home (I walloped together coffee & walnut buns for Mr LW's lunchbox, at his request, so he's got those this week, and he's on leave Wednesday for Litha in any case).

Macpep pudd'n cat will be safe across the Rainbow Bridge; it is horrible, having to put their little paws on it though; I remember Penny-Dog making her journey as if it was yesterday. Have a (((HUG))).

ammonite wrote: »

Question for you super organised lot......

Has anyone mastered the art of paperwork? We have a folder which is divided into gas/electric/mortgage etc. which is fine, but the time between the post coming through the door and making it either into the bin or into the folder seems to be weeks and so little piles regularly spring up. I know the obvious solution is do it straight away but time doesn't always permit that! Anyone conquered the paperwork piles and lived to tell the tale?

I see Short Bird has offered a lot of good sense; but as filing is something I'm very efficient at, I thought I'd add a few thoughts.

Nowadays I make myself deal with, and file, paperwork as soon as it arrives, if it's humanly possible. I have a box file for my financial stuff, with coloured folders for each account (I deal with two banks, one has yellow folders, 'tother has red), and a similar box for Mr LW. Car stuff goes in another box file. I have a lever arch file, with plastic wallets for the utilities; my pension/benefits stuff is also in a lever arch file.

If something can't be dealt with immediately (as in something needs to happen first, not that I cba), it goes in a special place on my computer desk where it will annoy me til it's dealt with.

If all else fails, I have a note in my PDA for 1st of each month to check round and deal with any filing that's slipped through the net and needs dealing with. Mr LW still puts stuff down instead of away sometimes, and this catches anything he's done that with.

If it's got to be left in abeyance for a bit, I still get rid of the envelope and any extraneous rubbish with it, and have it unfolded, neatly on the desk, with a pencil note on it of what needs to happen before it can be filed. That way, if you do end up with a small pile, it's tidy and therefore not so daunting.

Oh, and the other thing is I have as many bills as possible electronically, so they just get copied onto a Word document and filed on the computer. If you have a folder for each item, and sub-folders for each year, when it comes to weeding, you just choose the oldest sub-folder and delete it! I still have physical folders, as sometimes they have to send an actual letter, for legal reasons, but this has cut down the amount of paper coming into the house drastically!

Currently all that's on my desk is the Sid's information sheet, which I need to refer to, and the "postcard home" I have to write and put in his luggage when he goes home.;)

Anyways, I'm going to grab a quick sandwich, then it'll be time to take Sid for a little walk.:o

bossymoo

WM been on and hung to dry. Is sunny here but black clouds looming, so it's on airers just outside conservatory, ready to lift in when the rain arrives...

Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs

Level One
Clear and hoover floors
Empty all bins
Level Two
[COLOR="rgb(221, 160, 221)"]Clear mantelpiece and dust
Wipe sofas[/COLOR]
Level Three
[COLOR="rgb(221, 160, 221)"]Hoover under any furniture you can safely move
Dust any dusty bits[/COLOR]
Clear and clean windowsills
Extras
HHI
[COLOR="rgb(221, 160, 221)"]HH Paperwork[/COLOR]
Wipe and water plants

I've had a few calls to make this morning, including arranging car service and mot, so will count those as my paperwork, which is pretty much up to date.

Don't have any houseplants, so other then windowsills and ironing, I'm done! Hasn't taken long at all. Still on my spare room cupboard declutter mission too, so will continue that when tots a in bed.

Back to the paid stuff!

ETA ats not very clear is it? They were supposed to change colour when I'd done them...

mummyyof5

Since last list I have cleaned under settees

Hoovered all downstairs
Another washload
Dwx1
Cleaned all windows downstairs..inside and out
Wiped all windowsills
2 bags of shredding
cleaned and binned bits in both salad drawers in fridge

Still dont know what to do for tea:mad:

mummyyof5

Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs

Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty all bin[/STRIKE]s
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]

Did an hours ironing yesterday and the rest is DD2s job for tomorrow as Im out xx
Extras
HHI
[STRIKE]HH Paperwork[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]