Weekly Flylady Thread 21st October 2012

pigpen

3am OH brought the horace up to bed.. and she was in with me until 6:30.. I may as well not bothered going!

Having a fling in the girls room over the weekend.. I am clearly my stuff out over the weekend and am considering getting 3 bins and every day they have to pick up and put their own stuff in the bins.. anything left out gets through out.. that isn't harsh at 8, 10 and 12 is it?

Mumto5

Pigpen I have 5 plastic tubs in my utility room with the initials of my brood on them. I chuck non ironworthy clothes in them (socks, undies, pj's) and all the other gibble they leave around the house. I put away the tubs of the two youngest but the older kids do their own. If the box gets to overflowing I take it to their room and tip it on the bed. It's not perfect but it helps to keep the clutter down. It annoys me when they 'cherry pick' items out of the tubs, typically pairs of socks.

I'm livid with DS2. I mucked out his room on Tuesday and now it looks exactly what it looked like before the mucking out. I've told him he can give me his paper round money for wasting my time or be grounded for all of half term.

Main bathroom door catch is broken. DS3 got locked in for 15 minutes. Not fun on a school morning!

bossymoo

I think it's a great idea, and will bear it in mind for when mine are older. They are quite good at the moment.mthis morning we have:

Not gone to playgroup, his cough sounds a bit yuk although he's well in himself. And DD is streaming from the nosy.
Made all the beds, me and DD dusted (well, she followed me around flapping) and DS did the carpet sweeper :A
Made bran muffins and a quick Spanish omelette whilst oven was on.
Swept the top patio whilst cooking on, bless them, they both helped collect all the fallen leaves and it's tidy again.

No doubt there will be more leaves by Monday, but that's ok. It's chilly out but not as cold as we were led to believe. We're playing in the conservatory now (well I'm drinking tea) and I've put the convector heater on and shut the door to living room.

Need to decide what's for dinner...

Goodintentions

Mumto5 wrote: »

Main bathroom door catch is broken. DS3 got locked in for 15 minutes. Not fun on a school morning!

Our catch is broken in the downstairs toilet (the one the childminding kids use! :eek:) DD2 got stuck in there at the weekend I have bought a new lock, but we can't get the old one off!! That is a job for DH at the weekend.
Also, a bit of DD2's ceiling fell down last night (only a little bit ) I need to get someone in to sort that next week. DH keeps [STRIKE]threatening[/STRIKE] offering to do it :eek:

DH went off to Scotland for the day at 5 this morning (he is flying). He has phoned to say that he lost his wallet while waiting for a colleague at Edinburgh airport He is due back at about 9.30 tonight.

This morning I have taken the dog out in the rain before Bubba arrived, put on the DW & TD and checked bank accounts & emails. Bubba is asleep at the moment :j I was going to go to town this morning, but it is so miserable today that I have decided to go when I finish work at 4. At least I won't have to faff about with buggies & car seats later

Hugs, sticks & spoons to those that need them. i am off to see if i can do something useful

Honey_Bear

Morning Mr Met Officer. Next time you say Sun all day and I believe you, and go to the laundrette and wash 4 fevver pillows and 2 duvets that now need airing, could you remind me that you actually meant rain? Thank you.

Regarding Christmas cards and wrapping paper, I finally remembered this year that I've had a batch on hold in the attic for three years, so I'm ahead there, they're already in the Christmas file all ready to be written. Sadly though, in the great office tidy up I hid a book I'd bought on amaz0n in September and now I can't find it ... wanders off to turf office upside down ....

bonnie_bumpkins

Hello all

Mini rant alert...

Feeling poorly as I've spent the best part of the last 2 evenings and nights coughing so much I've been sick. My throat is so sore. Feel even more sick as my boss is mightily annoyed I didn't answer my phones last night after I told her I wasn't well enough to come in again today, she said she would cover for me today as I was still being sick/retching and had all but lost my voice; but she kept calling me for the rest of the evening then texted to say why was I ignoring her! Erm... because I either have my head in a bucket or I'm trying to lie quietly.

She then phoned just after 6.30 this morning to say she was on her way in and I should stay in bed, but that she hadn't had a day off this week and I owed her one. Well yes, we'd sorted that out by text last night, was it really necessary to phone me so early when she knew I was ill and would be sleeping?? Now I'm worried cos I'm still in my probation period but can't talk to her as my voice hardly there and I feel even more sick thinking there will be an argument!! aaaaaargh how should I handle this?

End of mini rant... and breathe...

Not sure I'll get anything done today but list looks like this:

Monday - Little bit of everything to start the week
Hoover and mop the floors

Tueday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Wipe over the hob
Clean a window

Wednesday - Living Room and Study/Conservatory
Tidy the coffe table/desk/bookshelves - declutter as you go
Dust any furniture
Wipe over the keyboards and phones
Catch up with your filing
Polish something, brass, silver, furniture
Catch up with some mending

Thursday - Bathrooms, Hall, Stairs Landings and Cloakrooms
Clean upstairs toilet
Clean baths & upstairs sink
Hoover and mop the floors
Wipe the window sills
Test your smoke alarms

Friday - Bedrooms 1 or more
Level one
Hoover all of upstairs
Level two
Quick sort of a drawer or wardrobe - what has seen it's last summer
Wipe a window sill or two
Level three
[STRIKE]Dust behind the radiator[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Change a bed[/STRIKE]
Wipe the skirting board
Extras
Sort a handbag or purse
Moisturise your feet then sit with them up for 15 minutes

BB

xx_Jo_xx

Monday - Little bit of everything to start the weekl
Level One
Level Two
mop the floors
Level Three
Extras

Tueday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Level Two
Dust any furniture
Level Three
Sort the baking cupboard - do you need anything for festive baking?
Clean a window
Extras

Wednesday - Living Room and Study/Conservatory
Level One
Me time - whatever you fancy for at least HH
Level Two
Level Three
Wipe over the keyboards and phones
Extras
Polish something, brass, silver, furniture

Thursday - Bathrooms, Hall, Stairs Landings and Cloakrooms
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
mop the floors
Extras
Check draught excluder around the doors/make a sausage draught excluder

Friday - Bedrooms 1 or more
Level one
Hoover all of upstairs
Level two
Quick sort of a drawer or wardrobe - what has seen it's last summer
Wipe a window sill or two
Level three
Dust behind the radiator
Change a bed
Wipe the skirting board
Extras
Sort a handbag or purse
Moisturise your feet then sit with them up for 15 minutes

xx_Jo_xx

Hey all,

Crappy time here still at S..t towers, but I dont care anymore!

Been for food shopping, DS at school, xmas shopping started, bought new SC (£18.99 for 6.5l!) and may still come in under budget despite taking the money from my GC Budget for my fridge freezer ... So I have lots of reasons to be cheerful

Anyway... must do some cleaning, then I want to get started on my essay again that I started to compile yesterday! I dont want to lose momentum, so am promising 30 mins per day... (did 3 hours yest )

Then I want to build the bookcase in the study which is still in boxes in the hall!

One step at a time, I WILL get there! Am not going to let it all get on top of me and the black dog can just ..... well, he can Go Away

HHC anyone...?

helen_jelly

Morning all, whoops afternoon all

Had a heck of a week with 1 thing and another and I've jsut looked at the clock to discover that its not 10am as I thought it was - crapola!!!

Away to get a list and to do the impossible in 2 hours

Hugs all round and get well poorlies

Helen x

helen_jelly

List

Kitchen
[STRIKE]Clean surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Mop[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE]
Living Room
[STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear coffee table[/STRIKE]
Dining Room
[STRIKE]Clear table[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE]
Hall
[STRIKE]Clear Gibble[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE]
Stairs
[STRIKE]Clear gibble[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE]
Landing
Clear Gibble
Hoover
Bed 1
Hoover
Dust
Clear floor
Change Bed
D Bed
Hoover
Bed
Floor
C Bed
Hoover
Bed
Floor
Bathroom
Clean
Hoover
Bin




Helen