Weekly Flylady Thread 19th March 2007

pigpen

Well I am sneaking on hubby's lappy seeing as my pc has upped and died this morning.. *wail!!!!!* I reckon he sabotaged it so I can't come online.. well, if I can't come online I won't be flying will I??

We have been in town today and spent £500 on new clothes, mainly for hubby, nothing for me and I am pretty certain nothing for DD2.. I must find her something from my stash!

We got a taxi home.. not because of the sheer volume of stuff we purchased but because it started snowing :eek: The husband will be looking dead glam for work now.. which is most unlike him! AND!! I get to fly through his cupboard flinging all his old sssshhhhh... rubbish!!

DD5 just insisted on having her nappy off so she could use the potty I MUST potty train this child lol.. I am SO lazy!!! I have had a child in nappies for the last 13 years what shall I do without bums to clean?? (wash pi$$y pants most likely!!)

I have paid off the american express credit card AND my Next account AND most of what we owe on the gas/electric HUUUGE bill today!! Things are starting to become more managable now. Next thing to tackle is my Ace (like studio cards) and my littlewoods catalogue.

Hope everyone has had a lovely day!

I'll do todays list while cooking dinner I think.. and everyone else can help!!

cha97michelle

This week i need to knuckle down before the in-laws visit next weekend

Monday 19/3:
Kitchen
1. Wipe down all worktops, cupboard doors, drawer fronts and windowsill.
2. [strike]Clean top of cooker, inside of fridge[/strike] and microwave.
3. Clean sink, draining board and wash any plastic drainers/cutlery holders.
[strike]4. Sort out fridge make sure anything that needs using soon is at front[/strike]done on Saturday when i restocked it
5. Clean washer drawer out,
[strike]6, If you didn't do the oven last week have a go this week[/strike] see tip above
8. Wipe the washer and freezer front make sure those appliances sparkle
9. Clean floor
10. Clean window

Don't forget the daily/night time routines of course!

Extra job, clean that kitchen bin, inside and out, and the lid. If it's got a pedal make sure that's clean too.DH emptied it this morning
[strike] Go with sister to meet photographer for wedding at 1:30
Deal with post
Post DVD rental back[/strike]
Make chicken stock
Make chicken based baby purees
Make chicken risotto for our tea
Make baby bottles
Check airers/fold dry stuff/put on ironing or away
Pack baby clothes in box
wrap birthday pressies for step-gran and FIL
write card for step-gran
[strike] change baby bedding
wash it [/strike]

Plus anything else that arises as i think of it.

baby's bedding plus a load of my stuff has been washed, and i will probably stick the majority of that in the TD this evening so i can get on top of the washing/ironing and have it all away before the weekend so it looks clutter free.

I've also done a bit of a fling boogie in the living room, and swept all the laminate downstairs.

Also found out some wedding CD's for sis, and had a look at her wedding ring, She is so excited.

It's been a long old day and i don't feel like i have got that far. The weather here has been quite shocking, and that is enough to put me off.

Michelle, x

aimeelister

Well I have done the bathroom and listed 31 items for ebay to upload at some point.

I must get in the kitchen and get that clean :eek: .

I did manage to sort out the fridge and made an eat up lunch of pasta with 1 tomato i found at the bottom, a jar of salsa dip about to need to be thrown, 3 soft carrots a slice of ham about to go off and 2 spoons of cream cheese all cooked together. Tasted quite nice and there is enough left over for lunch tomorrow.

I also found about 6 mini potatoes (salad sized) that a friend had given me as leftovers before they went on hols, and some salad leaves from my box. So ive cooked up the pots, going to bung them with some onion dip for crisps friend left over again to make potato salad and have that with some leaves for tea!!! So thank you very much Lil_me :T , saved me some money, made me make some nice food, and saved any waste!

Right cleaning time......

juliejim

Haven't got much done so far - just 2 loads of washing and some dishes really. DS's temperature went up again so he started to feel poorly again and ended up sitting on my knee and going to sleep.

Feel absolutely shattered myself as I've also got this cough and cold bug. I had the weekend off from work and we've done absolutely nothing as I've been tired and DS not well either. What a waste of my holidays!

Oh well, I suppose I'd better go and finish cooking tea and maybe do some more tidying up in the kitchen.

mioliere

I have had a reasonably productive day - the crowning glory so far was the delicious soup I made for lunch from yesterday's roast dinner leftovers. I've impressed my self! Having had porridge with sultanas - mmmmm! - for breakfast I think today's meals have cost me about .30p so far. Dinner tonight is salad with home-made dressing AND coleslaw (my first attempt!) with left over cold meat from roast yesterday and little baby potatoes. I will cook double the potatoes I need and use them for dinner tomorrow night. So, dinner will cost about £1.00 all in. Oh, I'm SO cheap. OH's delighted with all my savings and didn't even laugh when he saw the washed bread bags on the washing line! Two lots of washing done but having to be dried on the clothes horse upstairs. If I had hung it out the hailstones would have perforated it all! This evening I have decided I'm going to tackle the big pile of mending that's been glaring at me for months so I'll be going to bed - having tidied up and laid table for breakfast, of course - wearing a huge halo!
Have a good evening, everyone!

ShirleyPark_2

Yay almost done, just need to wait for the floor to dry then back down to put the drying up away and clean the sink and draining board.

Kitchen & Downstairs Toilet
Kitchen
[STRIKE]1. Wipe down all worktops, cupboard doors, drawer fronts and windowsill.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2. Clean top of cooker, inside of fridge and microwave.
3. Clean sink, draining board and wash any plastic drainers/cutlery holders.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]4. Sort out fridge make sure anything that needs using soon is at front
5. Clean washer drawer out, clean filter in dishwasher if you have one
6, If you didn't do the oven last week have a go this week[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]8. Wipe the washer and freezer front make sure those appliances sparkle[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]9. Clean floor
10. Clean window[/STRIKE]

Downstairs toilet (if you have one)
[STRIKE]1. Clean sink & toilet
2. Empty bin/
3. Wipe top of toilet cistern, and the flusher (handle/cord) etc.
4. Clean toilet floor.
5. Clean handles on both sides[/STRIKE]

Don't forget the daily/night time routines of course!

[STRIKE]Extra job, clean that kitchen bin, inside and out, and the lid. If it's got a pedal make sure that's clean too.[/STRIKE]

lil_me

Well done everyone, really impressed with you all. Julie, forget about the flying you're doing enough just playing nurse to the poorly little one, give yourself a break honey, or when he's fighting fit you'll be shattered. Everything comes round again so don't worry about it. Hope you're both feeling better very soon.

Pigpen I agree, it's sabotage! Wel done with the payments tho, bet you're really pleased

Shell noticed you were missing but thought just busy with the little ones etc, CONGRATULATIONS on the offer, bet you're over the moon

Right tomorrows list is up, downside is I only have the evening to do it, at appointment straight after drop DS2 school with DS1 until lunch time, need to get him back to school then over to my sisters to help her start moving (been a delay getting keys) plus side is only moving 3 streets away so didn't have to hire a van, minus side we have to move everything manually

Hope you all have a good day, doubt I'll get chance to check on things until the evening so will look forward to reading then

broomstick27

Well i'm back on track this week, done the kitchen.
Actually gonna be at home tomorrow as ds is poorly so gotta do mum duties! Got a massive list of stuff to do tomorrow but that kind of relies on ds either sleeping for 3 hours like he did for his dad today or him being a bit more energetic. Still it will be nice to spend some time just having cuddles if thats what he wants.

cha97michelle

Monday 19/3:
Kitchen
1[STRIKE]. Wipe down all worktops, cupboard doors, drawer fronts[/STRIKE] and windowsill.
2. [strike]Clean top of cooker, inside of fridge[/strike] and microwave.
3. Clean sink, draining board and wash any plastic drainers/cutlery holders.
[strike]4. Sort out fridge make sure anything that needs using soon is at front[/strike]done on Saturday when i restocked it
[STRIKE]5. Clean washer drawer out, [/STRIKE]
[strike]6, If you didn't do the oven last week have a go this week[/strike] see tip above
8. Wipe the washer and freezer front make sure those appliances sparkle
9. Clean floor
10. Clean window
[STRIKE]Don't forget the daily/night time routines of course! [/STRIKE]

Extra job, clean that kitchen bin, inside and out, and the lid. If it's got a pedal make sure that's clean too.DH emptied it this morning
[STRIKE]Go with sister to meet photographer for wedding at 1:30[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Deal with post[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Post DVD rental back
Make chicken stock
Make chicken based baby purees
Make chicken risotto for our tea
Make baby bottles
Check airers/fold dry stuff/put on ironing or away[/STRIKE]
Pack baby clothes in box
wrap birthday pressies for step-gran and FIL
write card for step-gran
[strike] change baby bedding
wash it [/strike]

Plus anything else that arises as i think of it.

stuff now in TD, although i may leave retrieving it till tomorrow as it is freezing outside.

DH just washing up.

I'm watching ten kids and counting on the telly, and my god, does it make me realise what pigpen does every day, so well done to you hon. I will continue to struggle along with my one. :rolleyes:

I still need to hang some wet bits up on the airer. the WM is already loaded to get going first thing in the morning. That worked quite well today so i'll do that again, and then see where the day goes.

Michelle, x

happyathome_withmyboys

I can't believe I did it! Even cleaned the oven... and ironed at least 7 loads. Didn't manage to do my list for Mother & Toddler Fundraising event, but that isn't for another 4 weeks, anyway. It can wait until tomorrow. One bad not done - washing still out on line. Still - no neighbours to speak of: just the sheep and horses in the field behind us! Both boys had bad tums today - explains appalling behaviour yesterday, just hoping it won't grow into anything worse tomorrow.
I have to say that I do feel incredibly proud of myself. Thanks to everyone out there for the motivation!