Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd December 2012

bonnie_bumpkins

Hello flyfriends

After 2 full days work my back was mega achey so evening spent on sofa under blanket. Lie in till 11 this morning also helped. When I was mopping the shop floor last night it took me between 5 & 10 seconds to fully straighten up each time after bending to mop. Is this normal at 45? :eek::o

LW I will chuck spoons in your direction whenever I think of you - which is lots :smileyhea Please relax and recover as necessary, there really is nothing that either can't wait or Mr LW can do. I seem to remember you feeling similarly last year after... ahem... the activities around Mr LW's birthday :whistle:

Hugs mumto5 and valli xx sending you strength xx

Listy is quite long and I am feeling quite lazy :cool: let's see if a coffee helps...

Monday - living room, hallway, stairs
Clear the floor of clutter NEARLY THERE...
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wash the windows
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
mop/vacuum the floors
wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Sort the cupboard under the sink
Wipe the table, including the legs

Wednesday - Master bedroom and landing
Strip the bedding and get it washed
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!!
vacuum the landing and floor
Clear and dust one flat surface
Clean the windows
Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs
Does your 'special occasion' watch need a new battery?
Clean any jewellery to make it sparkle

Thursday - Rooms of Doom or just neglected spaces
HH sorting, filing, flinging, putting away
Vacuum through the rooms that need it
Wash any soft furnishings that require freshening (cushion covers)
Sort out your handbag - I had 15 pencils in mine
Clean out any bins.. and do a binbag dance!!
Wipe keyboards, phones, games controllers etc
Update remaining present lists

Friday - bathroom, study/desk
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
Wash windows
HH in your ROD
HHPaperwork
Replace toothbrushes, throw out any empty bottles

Mudbath

Thanks for the welcome back. Big hugs to anyone who needs them both old (as in been on the thread for a while not old old) and new :rotfl:

My list was shorter but has grown so here goes...

living room, hallway, stairs
Clear the floor of clutter
Remove anything now which can give more space for putting the tree up
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs

Kitchen and Dining Room
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe the big appliances and units
Clean WM and DW filters and top up rinse aid/salt
Sort cupboard
Wipe the table, including the legs

Master bedroom and landing
Strip the bedding and get it washed
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!!
vacuum the landing and floor
Clear and dust one flat surface

Rooms of Doom
HH sorting, filing, flinging, putting away

Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!

HHPaperwork



Update remaining present lists
Finish Christmas cards
Do computer stuff for work
Check cds

Paperwork for work

And breathe! xx

bonnie_bumpkins

Monday - living room, hallway, stairs
Clear the floor of clutter NEARLY THERE...
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wash the windows
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
mop/vacuum the floors
wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Sort the cupboard under the sink
Wipe the table, including the legs

Wednesday - Master bedroom and landing
[STRIKE]Strip the bedding and get it washed[/STRIKE]
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!!
vacuum the landing and floor
Clear and dust one flat surface
Clean the windows
[STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs[/STRIKE]
Does your 'special occasion' watch need a new battery?
Clean any jewellery to make it sparkle

Thursday - Rooms of Doom or just neglected spaces
HH sorting, filing, flinging, putting away
Vacuum through the rooms that need it
[STRIKE]Wash any soft furnishings that require freshening (cushion covers)[/STRIKE]
Sort out your handbag - I had 15 pencils in mine
Clean out any bins.. and do a binbag dance!!
Wipe keyboards, phones, games controllers etc
[STRIKE]Update remaining present lists[/STRIKE]

Friday - bathroom, study/desk
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
[STRIKE]Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing[/STRIKE]
Wash windows
HH in your ROD
HHPaperwork
Replace toothbrushes, throw out any empty bottles

Emptied DW, refilled & set off
WM on
Fried egg on toast (with brown sauce) scoffed

LameWolf

Hi all

Well, I'm still breathing.....:D Only decluttering today will be aches in my bones (hopefully). I'm afraid I had to disturb Mr LW at 02:00 to pour me some morphine.:( Once he'd done so, it was all I could do to raise the little container as far as my mouth.:eek: No matter - this too will pass.;)

Honey_Bear wrote: »

I've finally worked out the loo roll mystery. I'd been avoiding Nightmare Lodger (on account of the slaps she might have received if I'd had to have a conversation with her) and noticed she was v. snuffley. I asked her if she had a cold, and her response?

'I only sneeze in very cold weather, which obviously this isn't' [we'd had -2, but hey ho, what's that to an American?] and when I come across mould. I've been photocopying old research papers.' I just get tired of the constant need for drama. She had a cold, and was too mean to buy a box of tissues, End Of. Mystery solved, and as soon as I can clean without getting tangled up in her decluttered hair I can forget her, but I thought everyone who offered a possible explanation deserved to know how one person can get through two loo rolls between 10.00 pm and 8.00 am. It probably looked very pretty sitting on her desk.

*Rolls eyes* What a twonker! Yes, I've used loo roll when I've had a streaming cold, but I didn't try to pretend otherwise - we were in Belgium, we both had colds, ran out of hankies, ran out of hotel-provided tissues, so had to start on the loo roll. Went out the next day and bought a supply of hankies at Maldegem street market.:D Your Lovely Lodger sounds like a gem!:D Oh, and a gentle (((HUG))) for Dog.;)

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

Hug very much appreciated....flybaby may still have to spend time in SCBU after I have recovered enough to come home, so I may have to spend a lot of time travelling backwards and forwards to see her... .only thing I can think of to help is when the list comes round mid Jan that there is something in level 1 everyday that is suitable for post-surgery that will stop the Skint Ritz turning back into the Skint Pitz I was a bit ignorant with DS I managed to open up one side of my scar by feeding the WM because I thought I could "do it" too soon

I'll find some little salt-spoon sized spoons, specially for Flybaby.;) If I might suggest, if you don't already have one, get a trolley with wheels for taking stuff from one room to another. And possibly a reachy-grabby thing as used by those of us with creaky knees to pick things up off the floor (I'm sure you get what I mean - can't think of the proper name); if you MUST do it yourself, you can feed the WM one item at a time with one of those, without bending at funny angles.;)

Posi-vibes for Mumto5 and Valli.:o

Mr LW has instructed me to leave cooking dins til he's home to assist, as rice is on the menu tonight, and I'm not safe with pots/kettles of boiling water.:A:A:A

Right' I'm going to refill my coffee mug (white china with a blue Chinese Dragon on, if anyone's interested):D and look at my emails.:o

skint_breeder_5

done a bit - now lurking with a cuppa -

btw - important piece of info for anyone in possession of a bright green steam mop that gets advertised on late night telly:eek::eek::eek:

if your mop stops pumping, it could be that it is clogged with limescale.

I rang the helpline - they told me to fill the reservoir with half white vinegar and half watper and switch it on for 30 seconds - to see if it would start pumping - if it did then to force it through the steamer then leave remainder in the tank for 24 hours before emptying.

This didn't help until I boiled it in the kettle, allowed it to cool for a few minutes, then poured back into the reservoir and switched it on. :D:D:D Bingo it worked - so I forced the whole lot through, the floor looks lovely now, and I have now got another vinegar batch soaking for the recommended 24 hours.

so one quick phone call, and two appliances de-scaled :j:j:j

I know the water in my area is hard, but this takes the biscuit - once it stops blowing a gale going to go out to the shed and see if I can rescue the original one DD1 killed when she poured dilute Fl@sh in it:eek:

skint_breeder_5

LameWolf wrote: »

I'll find some little salt-spoon sized spoons, specially for Flybaby.;) If I might suggest, if you don't already have one, get a trolley with wheels for taking stuff from one room to another. And possibly a reachy-grabby thing as used by those of us with creaky knees to pick things up off the floor (I'm sure you get what I mean - can't think of the proper name); if you MUST do it yourself, you can feed the WM one item at a time with one of those, without bending at funny angles.;)

Thanks, I don't have either of those items, so I will keep my eyes open on eb@y and freecycle in the next few weeks

Last time I had DD1 at home, and DD2 didn't have such an active social life, so they pitched in...but this time round I can only guarantee DD3 being here every day, so these gadgets might be worth their weight in gold :T:T:T

off I go to start stalking on eb@y

LameWolf

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

Thanks, I don't have either of those items, so I will keep my eyes open on eb@y and freecycle in the next few weeks

Last time I had DD1 at home, and DD2 didn't have such an active social life, so they pitched in...but this time round I can only guarantee DD3 being here every day, so these gadgets might be worth their weight in gold :T:T:T

off I go to start stalking on eb@y

One thing we tend to do it prepare things the night before, for next day (Mr LW even preps veggies and leaves them in water!!) - maybe your DDs could prepare some of the more difficult/heavy tasks ahead of time (for instance, if there's a full load of dirty washing, load up the machine ready to go) whenever they have 5 minutes before going out, in advance, so that all you need to do is switch it on; that sort of thing.

I'm thinking - scenario - DD has 10 mins before leaving to meet her pals - she thinks "what can I do in 10 mins to take the pressure off Mum?" style of thing.;););)

One of Mr LW's favourite sayings is the "6 P's" - Prior Preparation Prevents P*$$-Poor Performance.:o

kazmeister

uuugh its horrible out there. Its blowing a gale, raining, very cold and not nice.
Am just decluttering a cuppa and ham salad roll for lunch before tackling something upstairs. Will hoover landing and kids rooms then head up to ours as I need to find something to wear tonight. Our room was never finished so for the last x amount of years (more than I care to count) clothes have been either on rails, in boxes under the bed or in the heap on the spare bed in our room. A trip to both Next shops in town didnt unearth anything inspiring so I will have a job on my hands.

Hopefully will pop in later

toochoosey

And so the weekend begins:T DD is going to DSD's after school.

BT are doing my head in before it starts!! Had a text yesterday saying that it would be delivered on 21 dec...good, then today I had an email today saying it would be 21 Jan....not good...go onto the website and password not recognised, neither is the email address they gave me...NO, cause it's not set up yet!!! ggrrrrrr.....phone them and it's a 10 minute cue that I'll get charged for!!!

and breathe...........

Daily routines
washing, S S
swish and swipe kitchen S S
bathroom, S S
ironing, F S S
making beds, S S
vacuuming high traffic areas, S S
making meals F S S

Night-time routines
preparing clothes for the next day, S S
making lunches,
swish & swipes of the kitchen F S S
tidying the living room F S S

Extras
Get yours overseas cards in the post last dates are this week
International Airmail
Monday 10 December Canada, Eastern Europe and USA
Wednesday 12 December Western Europe
Write some cards, buy any remaining 'special family ones' before the shops sell out
Right a list to stock up on Washing powder/liquid, pet food, kitchen roll, foil etc to see you through into the new year
Write a list of all store cupboard items you need to top up, sauces, salt and pepper, pasta, rice, cereals, Tbags etc plus anything you need for Festive baking
Update remaining present lists

Thursday - Rooms of Doom or just neglected spaces
HH sorting, filing, flinging, putting away
Wash any soft furnishings that require freshening (cushion covers)
Sort out your handbag - I had 15 pencils in mine
Clean out any bins.. and do a binbag dance!!

Friday - bathroom, study/desk

HH in your ROD
Wash bathmats/shower curtain
HHPaperwork
make sure your have enough stock of everything to last the month, including tissues and cold relief, don't forget the cream for the Rudolf nose - festive but sore

bossymoo

Friday in mooland:
[STRIKE]
Level 1
Feed children: DD weetabix, DS paracetamol.
shower self, dress all, drink tea
Level 2
Go to Asd@ and declutter £'s
Feed children McDon@lds :eek:
Level 3
Post cards to various neighbours
Put shopping away
Declutter cup of tea
Extras:
Persuade DD not to drop in her little fairy pants and do it on the potty instead[/STRIKE]

That's me for today then :rotfl:

Actually, I will do a hh paperwork as my drawer of doom is overflowing...