Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd April 2007

lil_me

Evening ladies, and flyboy wherever you are

New lists now up. Got my jobs done before lunch time and spent the rest of the day in the garden clearing stuff, emptying pond and refilling, moving things etc and a trip to the garden centre, need to go back tomorrow, told him there wasn't enough pebbles but you know what men are like!! Spent the evening at my sisters, went for a few miles walk with my sis, her DP, her kids and what was probably half the kids in the street aswell as my 2. They're like the pied piper, wherever they go dozens of kids follow. Anyway her DP is way too adventurous sometimes, we ended up with thorns and nettle stings, having to lift the kids across in some places etc. Was an adventure I suppose but I'm all bumped, bruised, pierced and stung.

Good luck for tomorrow everyone, I'm now sat on my lazy bum having a hot chocolate (with squirty cream on top) and a well earned sit down, hope those who won't be online after tomorrow have a great weekend.

pigpen

I have returned!!!! On my own PC.

I have a new mouse though.. but am buying a proper one tomorrow. how did we ever use these mouse balls??

Anyway.. my front room is all twinkly, the toys ahve been banished, the bottom of all the wash baskets are visible and all dirty laundry is put away clean and line dried!.. apart from the load in the dryer at the moment.

I am hoping to be going out again tonight.. I got in early last night.. about half 12 .. hasn't it just been glorious the last couple of days.. too hot mind but it has been lovely.. I am all pink!

I've been pretty good considering I normally do nothing when it is hot!

hex2

Pigpen - have you got so much done because you were sans computer ? I got loads done the first few weeks after moving till broadband got put in?


Horrid few days at w*rk doing grim things to nice people :wall: . Looking forward to four days at home gardening and taming the house again. Starting to sink so I really need to get it back into control. Tonight I have done the DW, TD and WM, filled the bird bath and then collapsed exhausted.

Need to drum up energy and enthusiasm for tomorrow and start again......

cha97michelle

Thursday 5/4:
Manic Monday - Lovely living rooms, heavenly halls and SAFE stairs!
Living room
3. Clean the living room window
4. skirting boards
5. Move anything that shouldn't be where it is, like that book, or pile of paperwork/magazines
Hall & Stairs
1. Cobwebs - can you see any, get them dusted off I've spotted them,just have to go back with the feather duster when i don't have him in my arms as it will aggravate his cough.
2. Vacuum throughout inc up the stairs
Tuesday with a twist
Kitchen
2. Clean inside of fridge
3. Clean sink & drainer
9. Clean floor
Dining room/area (if you have one)
Vacuum dining room floor
clean window (patio doors)
Extra for today is a 27 fling boogie and tackle one hotspot for 10 minutes if you have time left
Bathroom
1. Clean bath, sink and toilet thoroughly
2. Clean any tiles
3. Dust top of any cabinets/storage
5. Vacuum floor
Spare room (If you have one)
1) strip bedding
2) dust, particularly on top of wardrobes
3) hoover floor
4) clean window and sill
Extra for today - sort ONE cupboard, any cupboard anywhere, could be a linen cupbard, kitchen, wardrobe or that scary one under the stairs. Go on give it a go, even if it's just for 10 minutes
Thursday Master Bedroom and Landing
1 Clear landing and vacuum
2 Strip bed and wash, replace with fresh linen after vacuuming
3 Clear and vacuum floor
4 Dust
5 Clean window on landing and in bedroom
6 Make sure everythings in it's right place and tidy, make sure can shut those drawers!
Extra for today, sort ONE hotspot for 10 minutes
[STRIKE]Put travel bags away from weekend[/STRIKE]
Pack 3-6 month clothes in boxes seperated the clothes that are this size from the rest, started folding them when he was asleep, need to go back and box them, then get DH to put in loft
Ring npower with reading and about DD increase
Do some ironing
Put ironed clothes away
[strike]Deal with post[/strike]
[STRIKE]Make baby bottles[/STRIKE]
[strike] Pay money into bank - ours and babies accounts skillfully avoid having a bank review that LLoyds keep insisting that we need
Go shops – get tomatoes, cheese and bread[/strike]
[strike]A couple of loads of washing to get out on the line[/strike]
Make easter card for friend, and wrap her DS’s pressie
plus anything else that comes up throughout the day

• deal with cold-callers (3 today - i hate being in all day)
• put rubbish out (bathroom and kitchen bins) and cleaned the bin
• empty cat litter tray
• put tin and glass recycling out
• worked out my pin money savings for last month
• wrote in my diary pin money and shopping spends for this months challenges
• 4 smelly nappy changes - normally only one a day
• texted mum so she will put aside a sun parousel for me from her shop for my buggy (had to drape his blanket over today and it looked stupid)
• bought discounted chicken kievs to have for dinner tonight
• planned what to make for the weekend meals (really need to get organised and meal plan again)

I've just had a mad half hour in the kitchen, and then thought stuff it, and gone and had a nice bath.

Pretty feeble effort from me today. I did better yesterday. Once baby went to bed i just couldn't be bothered. Oh well - tomorrow is another day, and there isn't much to do in the babies room as usual.

Michelle, x

kiwi88_2

Ok peeps need a big kick as house completely pants. I have let it slip from all my good intentions.

Kids broke up on Wed so I made a start today and
Sorted all my drying/ironing piles.
Sorted back room hot spot.
Cleaned the kitchen to within an inch of it's life, just the floor to wash.
WM on x2. TD x1. DW x1
Cleaned downstairs loo
Baked fairy cakes and did rice crispy cakes with the kids.

As they are off I am getting them involved in the clear up :rotfl: As dd has a friend coming tomorrow pm both kids doing a tidy bedroom tomorrow am. Will also get them to help wash the downstairs outer windows this weekend, they'll love that

So tomorrow
Will move furniture in back room and lounge, DH home so he can help, and give a good clean, inc washing sofa/chair covers and vaccuming.
WM on again prob 3 loads
Will venture into garden wilderness :eek: and hang washing out if it's nice
Clean upstairs bathroom
Vaccum all of upstairs apart from our room which is a hotspot in itself that I will tackle week after next as we're away on a short break from Monday to Friday next week :rotfl:

Sorry rambling a bit now but posted to say I will get my sorry butt into gear over the next 2 weeks and really blitz the house to get it up to scratch so the weekly routine is easier and quicker :rotfl:

DeniseNZ

Todays effort was help put garden shed up in back yard. It's not finished yet, but hopefully will be tomorrow.

Three loads of laundry washed, dry, but not yet folded;
Made scones for all the hungry workers for lunch;
Vacuumed living areas;
Cleaned main bathroom/toilet;
Lasagne is in the oven for dinner . . .

and the big thing that happened today . . .

My big boys came home from Uni

DS1 is home just for the easter weekend and DS2 is home for three weeks! I'm in heaven! They brought all their dirty laundry home :rolleyes: but I'm still happy.

ShirleyPark_2

kiwi88 wrote: »

Ok peeps need a big kick as house completely pants. I have let it slip from all my good intentions.

here you go

KICK

mumoftwo

Right..

have been following this weeks plan as best I could, kids off school wanting to do things and weather being so good... too nice to do housework.

Apart from hardly being able to move because of backpain, I feel motivated today... sun shining again, washing machine on. Going to see McFly tonight with DD1, should be fun... teenagers screaming all around me (maybe even some mums
Becca my sister from Holland coming on Monday, yippee, can't wait to see her and my little niece and spoil them rotten..
Just had a phone call and our mother is getting out of hospital tomorrow, after breaking her hip last week. Still not great at walking but at least she will be surrounded by her own things. So things are looking up (if only I didn't have this backpain)

so today:

hang washing out
[STRIKE]ironing[/STRIKE] (did this at 4.30am this morning when I couldn't sleep from the backpain)
good scrub of the kitchen floor
hoover
dust
kids rooms (will change bedding at weekend before sister comes)
shopping for easter weekend
clean stairs
clear out fridge and wipe
BM
make sultana bread

Have a great easter weekend everyone

:easter_ba :easter_os :EasterBun :easter_os

comping_cat

Good morning everyone,

Going to borrow that KICK today if thats ok - we are going away for a few days on Sunday, so want to get the house ship shape before we go - i hate coming home to a messy house!!!

So, need to get upstairs and do the bedrooms, luckily ive kept on top of downstairs, so i can concentrate on them today. However, as it is my first day off, and ive had a lie-in, and the weather is beautiful outside, i dont have much 'get up and go' (think it 'got up and went!!!').
Oh well, still a few hours in the day - i will get it done!!!

Right, off for my shower - have a great day everyone
Take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

cha97michelle

Morning on this beautiful day.

DH went into work a bit later, so i had the luxury of eating breakie and getting dressed with both hands. :rotfl: I've not done too bad so far. WM on for 2nd time, meat out defrosting for dinner, plan of action has been started. Just waiting for the baby to give up and have a sleep, and then i may get something meatier done.

Plan is to have a bit of a spring clean.

Friday 6/4:
Living room
3. Clean the living room window
4. skirting boards
5. Move anything that shouldn't be where it is, like that book, or pile of paperwork/magazines
Hall & Stairs
[STRIKE]1. Cobwebs - can you see any, get them dusted off [/STRIKE]
2. Vacuum throughout inc up the stairs
Kitchen
2. Clean inside of fridge
3. Clean sink & drainer
9. Clean floor
Dining room/area (if you have one)
3. Clean window (patio doors)
[STRIKE]4. Vacuum dining room floor [/STRIKE]
Extra for today is a 27 fling boogie and tackle one hotspot for 10 minutes if you have time left
Bathroom
1. Clean bath, sink and toilet thoroughly
2. Clean any tiles
3. Dust top of any cabinets/storage
5. Vacuum floor
Spare room (If you have one)
1) strip bedding
2) dust, particularly on top of wardrobes
3) hoover floor
4) clean window and sill
Extra for today - sort ONE cupboard, any cupboard anywhere, could be a linen cupbard, kitchen, wardrobe or that scary one under the stairs. Go on give it a go, even if it's just for 10 minutes
Master Bedroom and Landing
1 Clear landing and vacuum
2 [strike]Strip bed and wash[/strike], replace with fresh linen after vacuuming
[strike]Wash all the pillows on our bed as I can’t remember when it was last done[/strike]
3 Clear and vacuum floor
4 Dust
5 Clean window on landing and in bedroom
6 Make sure everythings in it's right place and tidy, make sure can shut those drawers!
Extra for today, sort ONE hotspot for 10 minutes
KIDS ROOMS
1. Strip those kids beds, replace with fresh sheets after a vacuum of the mattress (check under whilst there for anything hidden)
2. Dust whatever needs dusting, yes that does mean the top of the wardrobe etc
3. Clean window
4. [strike]Make sure everything’s in it's place, dirty laundry in washing basket and clean away, those toys have a place too[/strike]
5. Vacuum floor

wait in incase toys r us delivery arrives today
[strike]Deal with post[/strike] none as bank holiday
Make baby bottles
[STRIKE]bring bin and recycling box in[/STRIKE]
[strike]Transmit shop and scan data[/strike]
Pack 3-6 month clothes in boxes
Ring npower with reading and about DD increase
Do some ironing
Put ironed clothes away
[strike]Make easter card for friend, and wrap her DS’s pressie[/strike]
plus anything else that comes up throughout the day
looks like not a lot done, but

• 5 loads through WM, all on line so far (I know the machine washes it but who loads/unloads it
• pulled all furniture out again in LR/dining room, and thoroughly swept the laminate. Even got the feather duster out and dusted between the large bookcases and telly cabinet that i can't pull out
• had another crack at seperating out/folding up 3-6 month clothes, so i just need to go now with boxes/pen/tape and get on with sorting it out
• watered kitchen plants (forgot when i did the LR ones)
• changed water in 2 vases of flowers (now looking a bit past it so i also took off manky leaves) will do the others with DH later

Right, will see where i get. I'm just relieved i forced myself to put the travel bags away last night as i was fed up of seeing it on my list.

The tugging on my sleeve has now stopped, so i am going to risk moving, and doing something.

If you aren't going to be around, have a fab easter, and see you next week.

Michelle, x