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Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd July 2012

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  • Mrs_Bee
    Mrs_Bee Posts: 71 Forumite
    Thanks Bossymoo. You inspired me to do a quick run around and I am indeed amazed at how much I've achieved! Thanks :beer:

    Pigpen I'm sure your house isn't really a hovel - sounds like you've done a fair bit today. Tbh I don't think my house was any tidier/cleaner when I was at home all day - work is just a good excuse now!

    List looking much better now :T


    Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clear floors[/STRIKE]
    Hoover floors
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Tidy and wipe mantelpiece and windowsill[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Dust any dusty bits[/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wipe skirting boards[/STRIKE]
    Wipe doors, door handles and door frames
    Extras
    Wipe telephones and keyboards
    [STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]
  • Dipndo
    Dipndo Posts: 58 Forumite
    My list for today
    Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clear floors[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Hoover floors[/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    [STRIKE][/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Dust any dusty bits[/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    Wipe skirting boards
    Wipe doors, door handles and door frames
    Extras
    Wipe telephones and keyboards
    Wipe and water plants

    Need to get a move on,going to try a HHC and see if I can finish up.
    Sept GC £200
  • Hello

    Level One Living room, hall and stairs
    [STRIKE]Clear Floor[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Floor swept[/STRIKE]- Living room floor swept
    [STRIKE]Dust TV stand[/STRIKE] also TV, videos and router which is at the side of the TV it's strange, but in a nice way to see TV and TV stand dust free.:)
    [STRIKE]Water flowers[/STRIKE]

    Extras- Made packed lunch Beef spread and sliced tomato sandwiches.
    Rang a friend I've not seen for a while. We had a good chat.

    DFF
    RBS £2,043.50 @0% until April 2014
    Virgin £2,522.78 @ 0% until November 2015
    Total Debt £4,566.28
    SPC 7 315. Emergency Fund 300/1000.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Mrs Bee.. I shall do you a pic of the room in which I am sat now.. and this is not the messiest room..

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    see... squalor!
    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.)
  • bonnie_bumpkins
    bonnie_bumpkins Posts: 1,245 Forumite
    Mrs Bee, bossymoo is spot on with her advice :T

    Sometimes I barely get level 1 done and I'm only working 2 days a week at the moment. Everyone has friends / family to think about and things to do other than housework, and often (mostly) housework is the least important.

    I have areas in my house like pigpen's pics. Then I have other areas which are nearly spotless - nb: these areas are smaller than the grotty ones :o.

    It does get easier, honest. I've been doing this, on and off, for about 9 months and I found it can take a while to get into the swing of things. You will probably have periods of success followed by periods of seemingly going backwards.

    It really is a question of doing little things which all add up to change in the right direction. And not beating yourself up if you don't achieve (or feel you don't achieve) as much as you would have liked.

    Keep your pecker up, chuck!

    I've done some decluttering and feel better. Work tomorrow.

    Goodnight all xx
    *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
  • Goodintentions
    Goodintentions Posts: 1,962 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Good evening :D

    Not too bad today. I was working this morning and DD1 & I made Olympic Torch cakes with Miss T. DD1 made the cake (only made 4, but also a victoria sponge) and it wasn't too successful :o I am not too sure what she does to it! Still, the LO enjoyed it, which was the main thing :)

    After she left (at lunchtime) I put all the toys away & hoovered through downstairs. Then DD1 & I went to matalan. I know I am not supposed to buy myself anything BEFORE my birthday, but I had a voucher and it ran out today :o I bought myself 2 vest tops, another top, some linen trousers & a suitcase for my hols :j Saved £20, but they wouldn't let me use my student discount as well :(

    Managed to clear another hotspot in the kitchen (top of microwave), and clear & polish the table (glad I hadn't done this yesterday as planned, as the 3 children got felt tip pen all over it today). Walked the dog after the children were picked up. Dinner was a joint effort by DD1 & myself - kitchen is a tip now :( I also managed to eat 3 frogs from my list :j So not too bad.

    DH didn't make it home at all today - some poop hitting another fan, I think.

    DH's birthday present still hasn't arrived from Amazon :mad: It was sent out on 22/6, and his birthday was last Wednesday!! He has ordered me something, and that hasn't arrived yet either :( Amazon have said I need to wait until the 5/7 before they will start to look into it :(

    Ok - bedtime I think. It's bin day tomorrow, and I will need to clear up the kitchen (CBA tonight :o)
    Hugs, sticks & spoons to those that need them x
  • Nanamia
    Nanamia Posts: 1,603 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Ha ha PP that has made me smile and feel better:) least its your hovel. Don't know how you cope with all your children nevermind anything else! I don't think your family will remember how tidy your house is when they remember their childhood:)

    Thanks for the support last night ladies and the pm Kaz :) think I must've been feeling sorry for myself! Again!!

    I've flown beautifully today, still need to meal plan but big shop day Thursday ( try n do a two week shop) so will plan around that. Proud of my little self. Bathroom is desperate for some fly lady treatment so bring on the morning :-) DGD 2 is here for the day she'll be brill in there too. X
    The secret of Christmas
    It's not the things you do at Christmastime
    But the Christmas things you do
    All year through

  • Dipndo
    Dipndo Posts: 58 Forumite
    My list for today
    Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clear floors[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Hoover floors[/STRIKE]
    Level Two

    [STRIKE]Dust any dusty bits[/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wipe skirting boards[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Wipe doors, door handles and door frames[/STRIKE]
    Extras

    Wipe and water plants dont have any!
    Washed down bannisters and front door,looks clean now but it really needs painted:o
    Need to get a move on,going to try a HHC and see if I can finish up.
    Sept GC £200
  • smeeth
    smeeth Posts: 578 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic
    All done for today.. finally.
    It absolutely CHUCKED IT DOWN today for the torch relay. Both me & my equipment got very wet. It was almost as if I'd gone swimming in the resevoir with the boats! :eek: It didn't quite work out the way I wanted to either unfortunately. But we'll see tomorrow if any money was made. :)

    Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clear floors
    Hoover floors[/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Tidy and wipe mantelpiece and windowsill
    Dust any dusty bits[/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wipe skirting boards
    Wipe doors, door handles and door frames[/STRIKE]
    Extras
    [STRIKE]Wipe telephones and keyboards
    Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]


    Hope everyone is well. Good vibes to all who need them.

    Stay safe, x
    Anchor yourself to the foundations of everything you love.

    Thank you to all those who post competitions!:beer:
  • Glitzer
    Glitzer Posts: 142 Forumite
    Evening all

    Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
    Level One
    [STRIKE]Clear floors[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Hoover floors[/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Tidy and wipe windowsill[/STRIKE] (no fireplace)
    [STRIKE]Dust any dusty bits[/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    Wipe skirting boards
    Wipe doors, door handles and door frames
    Extras
    [STRIKE]Wipe table and sofa[/STRIKE] (no plants, telephones etc)
    [STRIKE]Polish mirror[/STRIKE]


    I also managed to make the telephone call to Virgin Mobile and discovered all of the extra charges (£15 worth, the line rental is only £13!) were due to 08 numbers etc. :eek: Need to get a cheap home phone asap!

    Also managed a call to my GP to chase a referral to a neurologist. Moving PCT and going from private to NHS treatment is making everything take so long!

    And still not got hold of the guy who sold us the washing machine, which has broken and still within his warranty. We do at least one load every day and there are only three of us here.

    Good news though, DH has lined up two interviews this week and I have been referred by two recruiters for different roles.

    I really hope this rain goes away soon, it is so depressing and really hard to keep an uncreative, hyperactive two year old entertained indoors!
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