Weekly Flylady Thread 19th March 2007

thriftykatie

Enjoy your weekend Michelle - you have worked really hard to get your house sorted so make the most of your gleaming and tidy home!

Welcome to the newbies. This thread really helps.

Will post properly later - was just having a quick catch up with the posts. Tired now reading what everyone has been doing so need a lie down!

poohbear59

I see there is nothing listed for Saturday and Sunday. Does that mean I have the weekend off, except normal things like cooking and washing? Oh and thanks for the welcome. I will do my best to keep up!

lil_me

Poohbear yes its weekends off here, apart from dailies & nght time routiine of couse, enjoy it new post will start Sunday evening but will post link in here too.

LJD1 sorry to hear about your Dad being ill I had wondered where you were, hope he feels better, so sorry to hear about the kitty, but like you said sometimes it is the right thing. Big hugs & enjoy your weekend honey wish I could join you myself sounds great.

Hi Solway and welcome

Well got quite a lot done today, been catching up on laundry, have washed kids school coats which has become a weekly job, messy little horrors! Done some more upstairs clutter sorting but must do more.

thriftykatie

LJD1 - sorry to hear about your dad but glad he's on the mend. Sorry also about your cat - must be sad even though you knew it was the right thing.

Sounds like you deserve a girly night and as I type this hope you are enjoying the first of several well earned glasses of vino (or whatever is your tipple)

Enjoy!!

kiwi88_2

Hi All

Haven't been flying this week at all, sorry I have been ticking over, swiping etc but something else always came up :rolleyes:

However today I blitzed the kitchen and the downstairs loo they now sparkle :rotfl: Also made butternut squash soup and potatoe and leek soup and froze the extra portions. Put three loads of washing in and TD them. DW on and unloaded, twice.

Tomorrow DH, DD and DS are out for the afternoon so will...
blitz the lounge
vacuum everywhere downstairs
sort out washing from today and put away
cook roast dinner
do tray bake and wheatabix tray bake
catch up on course work-6wks missed one assignment overdue and a project to make, get evaluated and hand in :eek:
Blitz upstairs bathroom
do the hotspot in the kitchen-help
Also do dailies

That should do it :rotfl:

annie123

Having read the op I need to know the following:
Do you manage to get all that done and work full time? I suddenly feel like a failure as a wife and mother!!

If not is there a less scary timetable?
I leave home at 7.45 am and arrive back at 7.30pm 5 days a week.

Did try a search but couldnt find anything, thanks

broomstick27

annie123 wrote: »

Having read the op I need to know the following:
Do you manage to get all that done and work full time? I suddenly feel like a failure as a wife and mother!!

If not is there a less scary timetable?
I leave home at 7.45 am and arrive back at 7.30pm 5 days a week.

Did try a search but couldnt find anything, thanks

I am out of the house similar hours to you annie and have a 2 year old at home. I dont get everything done on list but tend to give myself half an hour after ds has gone to bed to do as much on the list as i can, then collapse! amazing how much you can get done in half an hour once you just get started. Next week i am planning to do a 15min tidy of the listed room before i leave in the morning so i can just clean in the evening. however that will rely on me actually getting up when my alarm goes off!

Just do what you can, as the place slowly gets tidier youl e able to achieve more and more in your little bit of evening time.

thriftykatie

annie123 wrote: »

Having read the op I need to know the following:
Do you manage to get all that done and work full time? I suddenly feel like a failure as a wife and mother!!

If not is there a less scary timetable?
I leave home at 7.45 am and arrive back at 7.30pm 5 days a week.

Did try a search but couldnt find anything, thanks

I usually leave home at 7.20 (sometimes earlier if I go to the gym before work) and get home some time after 5.30. I go to the gym a couple of evenings a week and I also tutor at home one evening and Saturday morning, and sometimes have marking to do at home. I also go out a couple of evenings a week but make sure my chores get done first

It's just me and my 16 year old DD at home and a small house but it's amazing how much mess we can make if I don't keep on top of it.

I am not superwoman - absolutely the opposite, but this thread has transformed me and made me much more organised. The first couple of weeks are the hardest as there is more to do but once you're on top of it, I find I can whizz through in about half an hour - if I have more time I do more, if I have less then less gets done, but I aim for half an hour a day.

It may sound silly, but sometimes I put my cooker timer on for 15 minutes and tell myself I will do as much as I can on that day's list in that time, and then do the same later on, to cover my full half hour. Half an hour a day is do-able - I am proof of that, and it makes you feel great being on top of it and having a clean and tidy house (most of the time). Once you have done it well (which means initially you may not cover everything on the list) it becomes quicker as cleaning regularly means everything needs less time the next time it is on the list.

I look out for the list on an evening (sad I know but I'm sure I'm not the only one!) and sometimes even try to get ahead of myself by doing a couple of bits before I go to bed. Makes me feel better starting off the day ahead!

Try it and see - I was sceptical at first but you may surprise yourself. Good luck

annie123

Thank you both.
I am going to give myself my usual 2 hours tomorrow morning, gets the worst of it done. its all I can do to get myself out on time in the morning, so I am going to try the 15mins with kitchen timer each evening this coming week and see how I get on.
Since my working hours got longer a few years ago, my home always seems to look like i am part way through tidying, it would be so nice to get back on top of things. I hate coming home to a mess, its just not relaxing.

thanks for the support

DeniseNZ

Morning all. Bright and sunny it is here, too

I've done one load of clothes washing, plus have washed the soaked tea towels and dish cloths.

I've spent about 5 minutes in each room this morning, giving them each a bit of a straighten up.

I've tidied the Linen cupboard.

I've tidied the cupboard in the laundry, also cleaned/wiped down WM, Dryer and laundry tub.

Puppy has been for her morning walk.

Left to do:
Some business stuff
Vacuum through house.

Have a great Sunday everyone