Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd September 2012

bossymoo

Back to normality!

1 wash done and out on line, second in, Mr S visited and decluttered £s, groceries put away, post opened, unpacked case, put case up in loft, dinner in oven, kids beds stripped, emailed CEX for refund they promised me 2 weeks ago.

Will eat shortly then make kids beds and have a nap before they come home. Lol, mil has just text me a pic of little moo in a bright orange fairy dress and bigger moo in what looks like a paramedic uniform haha and seems they are at the farm as there is also a chicken... She did say she had enough clothes for them I guess...

helen_jelly

bossymoo - glad to see you back safe and sound

I've really lost my mojo this week, its been hard, no reason other than AF turning up for her visit [once every 3 months] but its been a bad visit!

I'm hoping to get back on board on Monday but not promising, I feel really down at the mo, there is washing everywhere that needs to be done and the ironing pile is taller than me, i just can't be bothered with it all

And I look at what friends are up to on facebook and they are all out enjoying themselves with family and going places, we have no money and I'm totally fed up, humph.

Helen

nicki_2

Morning (just) all - ETA oopss... took a little longer to post this than I thought lol

After a glass of wine and a blooming good sleep last night (in bed by 10.30pm, and didn't wake up until 9am!) I am feeling much better than I did earlier in the week

Had a not so nice letter yesterday from the council saying DD didn't qualify for a free bus pass as she's not at the nearest school :mad: Not happy at that. We deliberately chose a good school (better results than others, mixed sex, and no entry exam required) that was reasonably close but still required a bus journey. At about £2 a day for bus fare (or we can get passes, best value one being £12 for the week or £42 for 4 weeks) its going to get mighty expensive. After looking around I've managed to find a local pass for £77 but its term time only & only valid Mon-Friday until 8pm It works out at about a £90 saving though so I'll have to get the stuff sorted for her to get one of those and make sure that during half-term etc I have the cash on hand to pay for busfare if we go anywhere.

This also means that although I wanted to let her stay dinners thats had to go out the window and she'll now be staying packed lunch. She can stick with dinners for the moments as I gave her £20 for lunches and she's been off two days this week ill I've told her to keep track of what she spends (its a biometric system so its basically cash less but she can check her balance easily) and when she gets down to about £5 to tell me so she'll always have money on the system in case she forgets her lunch.

DD has no homework (she just needs to print something out to hand in Monday and I have stuff to print out later anyway so I'll do it then), no dad here to take her out today (he's coming tomorrow instead as he's having his car fixed today), and wants her pocketmoney for the week. So today we're going to try and get the house cleaned Just here to grab the list while we have some lunch, then we'll get stuck in.

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Hoover and mop floors
Level Three
Wipe cupboard/ drawer fronts and kickboards
Clean filters on appliances
Clear and wipe table
Extras
Empty all bins
HHI
[STRIKE] HH Paperwork[/STRIKE]

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
Clear and hoover floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe coffee table
Dust all shelves, bookcases, etc
Level Three
Hoover under any furniture you can move safely
Wipe front door
Extras
Catch up on any washing

Wednesday - Bathroom & Conservatory/Study
Level One
Clear and hoover/mop floors
Level Two
Clean toilets
Clean bath, sinks, shower, etc
Level Three
Dusty any dusty bits
Wipe keyboard, mouse and monitor
Extras
Defrag computer
Delete unwanted emails

Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Strip, wash & replace bedding
Level Two
Clear floors
Hoover floors
Level Three
Fill a charity bag - I have 6 boxes of stuff leaving the house on Monday morning already through a charity pick up. I'll see if I can find anymore though
Clear a hotspot
Clear and wipe windowsills
Extras
HHI
HH Paperwork

Friday - Children's Bedrooms/ Spare Rooms
Level One
HH Me-time
Level Two
Strip, wash & replace bedding
[STRIKE] HH Floor Clearance[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Hoover any floor you can see
Clear and wipe windowsills
Extras
Do a job of your choice!

Time to make another cuppa. Lunch hour ends at 1.30

Edited to cross things off at 2.30, next time I'll repost

pixiedust09

Operation catch up going great gunns this morning. So Far today, I've striped our bed, washed and hung on the line. Dusted our room. Cleaned bathroom, cleaned out the bird, poo patroled the garden, done a service wash on the WM and cleaned detergent drawer, Fed animals and neighbours cat, and just about to do HHI. :dance:

Nothing ticked off on Fridays list but TBH Spare bedrooms really arn't too bad at all, apart from the few bits waiting for OH to put in the loft.

BOSSYMOO WELCOME BACK :hello:
AND :grouphug:HELEN JELLY


Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]
Clear floors
[/STRIKE]Level Two
[STRIKE]
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Hoover and mop floors
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]
Wipe cupboard/ drawer fronts and kickboards
Clean filters on appliances
Clear and wipe table
[/STRIKE]Extras
[STRIKE]
Empty all bins
[/STRIKE]HHI
HH Paperwork

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover floors
[/STRIKE]Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe coffee table
Dust all shelves, bookcases, etc
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe sofas
[/STRIKE]Hoover under any furniture you can move safely
Wipe front door
Extras
[STRIKE]Catch up on any washing
[/STRIKE]Make any phone calls you've been putting off

Wednesday - Bathroom & Conservatory/Study
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover/mop floors[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
[/STRIKE]Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean toilets[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Clean bath, sinks, shower, etc
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Dusty any dusty bits[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
[/STRIKE]Wipe keyboard, mouse and monitor
[STRIKE]Clean printheads[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
[/STRIKE]Extras
[STRIKE]Defrag computer[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Delete unwanted emails 25 done

[/STRIKE]Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip, wash & replace bedding
[/STRIKE]Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear floors
[/STRIKE]Hoover floors
Level Three
Fill a charity bag or ebay
Clear a hotspot
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe windowsills
[/STRIKE]Extras
HHI
[STRIKE]
Dust Bedroom
[/STRIKE]HH Paperwork
Wipe and water plants


Friday - Children's Bedrooms/ Spare Rooms
Level One
HH Me-time
Level Two
Strip, wash & replace bedding
HH Floor Clearance
Level Three
Hoover any floor you can see
Clear and wipe windowsills
Extras
Do a job of your choice!

msgnomey

Really must get moving have so much to do and am still just sat here, I blame the Internet !

Right here is my list
Clean bathroom
Change bed
Hoover bedroom
Wmx however many I need to catch up (lots!)
Plan for next week
Set up planning folder
Plan tutoring (now seeing x2 children, nice bit of extra cash!)
Tidy desk
Tidy spare room
Build desk for sewing machine
Finally update the accounts for clubs
Thank you letters
Tidy LR
Hoover LR
Shopping

GOING OUT WITH OH TOMORROW sorry but I am excited!! BD means we don't often get to go out but he's keen to go to a local bird of prey centre to take so photos :):):)

Right list now posted so MUST move my rear!!! Will update later

Hope everyone is having a productive day!!!

Xxx

ionafan

msgnomey wrote: »

GOING OUT WITH OH TOMORROW sorry but I am excited!! BD means we don't often get to go out but he's keen to go to a local bird of prey centre to take so photos :):):)

Hope everyone is having a productive day!!!

Xxx

So pleased for you and your OH, msgnomey - I know exactly what you mean. I hope the sun continues to shine for you both. :j

We enjoyed the £1.99 breakfast at the local garden centre, but DH came back in a bit of a strop from C Tr@ders when I wouldn't let him buy himself a miserable grey rugby top in place of the returned T-shirt. I think he's recovered now, after a piece of my home-made cake and a power nap (not that he sleeps badly at night, but he seems to need to start the day again when something upsets him).

I have also posted all the birthday cards and crossed a couple of other items off my personal list.:)

Dustykitten

Got lots of jobs done

Tidied garage
Hoovered garage
Sorted more stuff to add to car boot pile
Fixed DS2 work apron
Stripped all beds
2 loads of washing
Swept kitchen floor

Feeling grim now though with sore throat.

DH cutting the hedge for the last time this year. Need to get some washing in and put the next lot out.

Jazee

Welcome back Bossy and happy birthday to Pixie for tomorrow.

I am worn out after spending most of today shopping, so the grass cutting can wait till tomorrow, while I just sit and enjoy the garden for the rest of the day.

Dog walking will wait till later as its just too hot again at the moment.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

LameWolf

Hi all.

Hoppy Birdday for tomorrow, Pixiedust (saying it now, in case I don't get online tomorrow);)

WB Bossymoo; good to have you home.:o

ionafan wrote: »

also need to go to C. Tr@ders to return the ghastly T-shirt that DH bought for himself a fortnight ago. He tells me he *never* wears T-shirts, yet bought himself one with some ghastly slogan on it. :mad: I refuse to be seen with him if he puts it on!

OMG what on earth was the slogan??? Mr LW used to have one with a picture of Oliver Reed on it and some daft slogan that I can't remember, and I refused to be seen with him wearing that. Funnily enough, he bought me a T-shirt for my birthday, with a Shakespearean quote on it: "Though she be but little, she is fierce". Think he's trying to say something?:rotfl:

helen_jelly wrote: »

I've really lost my mojo this week, its been hard, no reason other than AF turning up for her visit [once every 3 months] but its been a bad visit!

I'm hoping to get back on board on Monday but not promising, I feel really down at the mo, there is washing everywhere that needs to be done and the ironing pile is taller than me, i just can't be bothered with it all

And I look at what friends are up to on facebook and they are all out enjoying themselves with family and going places, we have no money and I'm totally fed up, humph.

Have a (((HUG))), Helen. Hopefully you'll feel better when AF has packed her bags and gone.:o

I think I did a bit too much yesterday, what with going into town; we were running a bit late (surgery didn't have my prescription ready, despite me putting the request in a week ago):mad: so I told Mr LW to get on down to the optician, and I'd get the prescription handed in to the pharmacy and come down and wait for him; unfortunately self-propelling from S/drug to the opticians has done my damned shoulder in again, good and proper.:(

xx_Jo_xx

Hi All, I didnt manage to get near the thread this week until last night... Ive had such a busy week registering with Uni and getting books etc, so Im afraid I havent read much of the thread, Im sorry! I did have a skim and a post last night, but I dont know whats happened to it!

However, Love, hugs, congratulations, commiserations, sticks, spoons and coffees as required xxx

Little one redecorated my kitchen this week (he is 10...so not Little but...) with Cauliflower Cheese while juggling with his plate and trying to get cutlery from the drawer at the same time.... Why didnt he put the plate down, I hear you Cry?!? Well that would be because he thinks he knows best... However a drawer-ful of cauliflower cheese and scraping it off the ceiling showed otherwise... :cool:

So I have been forced to continue my cleaning this week and also had a home visit to somewhere which was somewhat neglected and cats had been there unattended for a few days, which spurred me into cleaning my own hovelesque abode

helen_jelly wrote: »

And I look at what friends are up to on facebook and they are all out enjoying themselves with family and going places, we have no money and I'm totally fed up, humph.

Helen

TAke all the ironing and just fold it up and put it away! You can catch up with the ironing when it comes out the wash the next time.... and if anyone wants anything ironing...then do it as you go or they can do it themselves! It will help clear the most of it out the way and you can start again with an empty basket while you catch up with the washing, which will quickly fill it again anyway!... At least you can do one load at a time and keep on top of it!

Helen... I feel like that when I look at facebook. People at cinemas and zoos with their kids... and we are broke! I mean BROKE... and stringing out how long I can make food last!!

Ive become a full time student now and was supposed to clear my credit cards over the summer and foolishly leant the money to someone I trusted who didnt pay me back. So we have basically no available income and a shed-load of debt... So today we went to the park and had a picnic for lunch and spent NOTHING!

Ive recorded a few movies for rainy days from the TV and we can have Movies at home - and sometimes we just go out jumping in the puddles for fun! I have no money now to spend on entertaining or spending time with him...but hopefully Ill keep him busy enough that he wont miss holidays and unnecessary spending!!

IF ITS DELETED - ITS COMPLETED


Monday - Kitchen
Level One
Level Two

Level Three
Clean filters on appliances
Extras
HHI

Tuesday - Living Room & Hall
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Wipe sofas
Wipe front door
Extras

Wednesday - Bathroom & Study
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Dusty any dusty bits
Wipe keyboard, mouse and monitor
Clean printheads
Extras
Defrag computer
Delete unwanted emails

Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Fill a charity bag or ebay
Extras
HHI

Friday - Children's Bedrooms/ Spare Rooms
Level One
HH Me-time
Level Two
Level Three
Fill a charity bag/ebay
Clear and wipe windowsills
Extras


Ive also done 9 jobs off my own Frog List... but havent drilled any holes yet Valli, dont worry

xx