Weekly Flylady Thread 30th December 2012

gerturdeanna

Monday Bit of Everything
Tuesday - New Year's Day
Hoover out smoke alarms and test
Write a list of hopes and dreams for this year
Wednesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Descale kettle, iron, taps etc
Level Two
Sweep/mop/hoover floors
Wipe kickboards or legs of cupboards
Level Three
Wipe the hob and extractor fan
Extras
Are coats and shoes, hats and gloves all clean and ready for the return to work school?
Thursday Hall, stairs, landing, Bathrooms and loos
Level One
Hoover and Mop all these areas
Clean sink and toilet, including the pedestal front and all the gunk behind
Level Two
Clean bath, shower
Empty the bins
Level Three
Clean mirrors, shower screens, windows
Wipe any marks from the walls/tiles
Put away anything on the stairs or landing
Extras
Wash bathmats, shower curtains etc
Update your Christmas card list when you take your cards down, add in that illusive child's name, make a list of people to contact this month to catch up; make a note in your diary for October as to where you have put the cards you bought in the sale.
Spend 15 minutes outside, sweeping, filling birds feeders, removing dead plants form tubs etc

Friday - children's rooms, spare rooms or any bedroom
Level One
Tidy up and find a home for all those things sitting about
Hoover
Level Two
Change a bed or two
Tidy the bookshelves or floorobe
Level Three
Pull everything out from under the bed an hoover under there
Wipe the window ledges
Me time even for 5 minutes but HH if you can
Extras
Whilst packing away decorations put any you don't want in a bag and label for charity for when you get them down next year
Make sure book bags, PE kits, your work stuff is all ready for next week


Oh my days - got loads to do still!! Spent most of yesterday packing up ebay stuff to post - note to self: CHARGE MORE FOR POSTAGE!! I made a total of £26 and spent almost £20 on postage!! Waste of time!! Never mind - will learn for next time. I'm also going to try and post the stuff that didn't sell on ebay onto Facebok selling pages and then if not gone by next weekend, its off to the charity shop!!

I did however do the 'Big shop' yesterday. Only need to get milk/bread weekly I think and thats us done until payday (20th).

Right, breakfast and baths for the kids and on it today. Back to work on Monday so need to be organised. Kids need to get homeowrk uptodate today.

See you later!!

Penelope_Penguin

Good morning! Off to see the in-laws for the weekend, and DD and I are off to see some art tomorrow SDH has blagged us free tickets from his employer :j

I'll have a cup of tea, please Dusty :A then I'll crack on

Monday Bit of Everything - All Done :blushing:
Extras
Clean WM/DW filters and put through on a clean cycle
Meal plan for the week

Tuesday - New Year's Day
Hoover out smoke alarms and test
Delete some emails/favourites
Back up photos from phone/laptop etc, enjoy looking over some
Wednesday - Kitchen and Dining Room - All Done :happylove

Thursday Hall, stairs, landing, Bathrooms and loos
Level One
[STRIKE]Hoover and Mop all these areas[/STRIKE]
Clean sink and toilet, including the pedestal front and all the gunk behind
Level Two
Clean bath, shower
Empty the bins
Level Three
Clean mirrors, shower screens, windows
Wipe any marks from the walls/tiles
Put away anything on the stairs or landing
Extras
Wash bathmats, shower curtains etc
Update your Christmas card list when you take your cards down, add in that illusive child's name, make a list of people to contact this month to catch up; make a note in your diary for October as to where you have put the cards you bought in the sale.

Friday - children's rooms, spare rooms or any bedroom
Level One
Tidy up and find a home for all those things sitting about
Hoover
Level Two
Change a bed or two
Tidy the bookshelves or floorobe
Level Three
Pull everything out from under the bed an hoover under there
Wipe the window ledges
Me time even for 5 minutes but HH if you can

bossymoo

Doh. Only just woke up! By postie banging on the door. Glad actually, as I was having a most confusing dream about setting up a taxi business

DK can I have a tea please? Just made one here but the milk is lumpy :eek: guess I need to go shopping this morning...

There's dirty washing everywhere, the beds all need stripping, and a clean up operation all round is required. Good job I'm feeling better. Shower first - off I go.

P.S. sb5 glad baby can stay put for a while longer x

Valli

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Good morning! Off to see the in-laws for the weekend, and DD and I are off to see some art tomorrow SDH has blagged us free tickets from his employer :j

Is GREEN with envy (I did the OU course and have some knowledge of this period/group. I have a copy of *points* on the wall above and to the left of the PC - bought it from the gallery in Manchester where I saw the original and lots of other PRB paintings

Wednesday - Kitchen and Dining Room DONE
Extras
Thank you notes - for children at school (leading by example;))
Phone calls/texts *blushes* lots!
Isobel/Karen/[STRIKE]Denise[/STRIKE]/
[STRIKE]Laura[/STRIKE]
DS glasses claim - ready to post
Order Prima pattern
Book DS dentist?


Thursday Hall, stairs, landing, Bathrooms and loos DONE
Extras
Update bank account
Check and amend Christmas card list
Do some planning for work

Have stripped my bed and will be going out when the sheets are on the line.

For the poorly tummy bug types - when one of us has that type I use a spray from dettol for all hard surfaces - so I can spray door handles, loo internally and externally, taps etc. It's available from Wilko, smells pleasant and does seem to cut down on cross-infection as usually only one of us has a tummy bug - with only 1 bathroom I do have to be careful. We also all have our own towels and a separate handtowel for visitors. Which I wash at 60 deg. (My mum was a nurse and taught me infection control;))


Bossy - that wasn't a dream as such - just a prediction - it won't be long before you will be offering the Bossyteens a bespoke taxi service :rotfl:

Elle_Woods_2

Morning everyone,

Thank you for all the welcomes and kind words; it means a lot. Well yesterday I managed to get through the biggest pile of washing up, put a load of washing on and booked a food shop for Saturday. I was exhausted after that...its mad...this flu really takes it out of you. Im not having a great day today...trying to stay strong for my beautiful children but I worry how I will cope on my own now. I know my marriage ending is the right thing but it still really hurts . Someone tell me that it gets easier??? Anyway I am going to give the oven and hob a good clean later, following all the Christmas cooking. Its not my favourite job in the world, but it needs doing. Hope you all have a good day xxx

ionafan

Good morning all :wave:
and Happy Birthday Quillion:bdaycake:

I have been doing a lot of lurking and not much flying again this week, and have accepted a large number of spoons from kind FlyLady friends with grateful thanks. The second course of ABs is clearing my chest infection at last and I'm coughing less, and less "chestily" IYSWIM
I have stayed indoors almost all week, as I find that changes of atmosphere (even opening the front door) make the cough worse, but I did manage 10 minutes outside yesterday, emptying the rubbish into the dustbins and refilling the mealworm feeder (so robin is happy!).

However, I think all the coughing fits may have caused me to crack a rib (I had very similar symptoms a few years back when I had a bad chest infection), and *of course* it has to be on my right side, and I'm right-handed, so I am being careful about lifting and carrying - especially the Dys0n
The night before last I had to sit up in bed to sleep, feeling like Queen Victoria (definitely not amused), but managed a better sleep last night with the help of painkillers. Also, we had been out for a meal yesterday evening with the Choral Society and enjoyed excellent food at a very reasonable price and excellent company

DH has been an :A this week, doing odd bits of shopping, carrying baskets of washing up and down stairs for me, and even bringing me flowers :T
The house has stayed tidy, and I have even got the Christmas cards down and sorted, though the rest of the decs will stay up until Twelfth Night. I love my lights in the dark depths of winter :xmastree:

Yesterday I planted the 2 amaryllis bulbs (deep pink and almost black) - already shooting - which were my Christmas present from DS2 and DDiL2. They will be in bloom by mid-February :j
And I have 2 bowls of 3 hyacinths plus 4 singles ready to dot around the house as soon as the tree comes down. We have hellebores, winter jasmine, polyanthus and even a rose in bloom in the garden to keep me going until the spring.

This morning I am beginning to feel even better and (without painkillers) have already
- S&S'd kitchen
- S&S'd bathroom (not a full clean as per list for above-mentioned reasons)
- checked my bank account online and phoned the bank about a credit card payment which they have failed to take :eek:
- tidied our bedroom
- plumped up the sofa cushions
- done 1 WM load and sorted out another
- sorted a large box of craft materials and a box of other bits and bobs and started making lists of their contents

Most other jobs to be done today are computer- or at least desk-based so I shall [STRIKE]clear my desk of junk, [/STRIKE]make myself a :coffee:, clear my desk of junk (prioities :rotfl:) and get on with them asap

Hope that all with the sickness bug are recovering. I can offer spoons today where needed, though hugs may still be beyond me.

SB5, delighted to hear that FlyBaby is able to stay put for a bit longer. Hope you are OK too - take care of yourself.

Baby ratties sound cute, froddy - how many are you getting?

Mammoth post to make up for lost days I'll catch up with the thread later. Hope everyone has a good day today.
:coffee: on offer now

ionafan

PS to Elle

Welcome to the Fabulous FlyLadies.

Elle_Woods wrote: »

Im not having a great day today...trying to stay strong for my beautiful children but I worry how I will cope on my own now. I know my marriage ending is the right thing but it still really hurts . Someone tell me that it gets easier???

You will cope - you are already coping as much as anyone with an ounce of sympathy will expect you to be coping at this stage. Yes, it does hurt like h*ll right now. Yes, it will continue to hurt for quite some time, depending on how involved your ex is with the children. (FWIW, my advice would be to treat him like the stranger he has become to you, whilst trying to accept that for the children he is still Dad and therefore not to be criticised in front of them - i.e. don't use them as weapons in your war.) And yes, it does become easier - though often so slowly that you don't realise it until you can look back a year or two.

Sending you vibes for staying strong - but don't think you've failed if you break down occasionally. Tears are good for releasing tension, and you've got us here to support you.

joannasmum

Morning Everyone

Some flying to be done today and then we are going to have a craft day with DD. Not sure what yet, she got a small sewing machine for xmas but grandma scared the life out of her with tales of fingers sewed together on industrial machines (stupid woman!)

Hugs to everybody who needs them.x

Monday Bit of Everything
Extras
Meal plan for the week

Tuesday - New Year's Day
Hoover out smoke alarms and test
Update calendar/diary with all those important dates

Wednesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level Two
Sweep/mop/hoover floors
Level Three
Declutter one cupboard
Thursday Hall, stairs, landing, Bathrooms and loos
Level One
Hoover and Mop all these areas
Clean sink and toilet, including the pedestal front and all the gunk behind
Level Two
Clean bath, shower
Empty the bins
Level Three
Clean mirrors, shower screens, windows
Wipe any marks from the walls/tiles
Put away anything on the stairs or landing
Extras
Update your Christmas card list when you take your cards down, add in that illusive child's name, make a list of people to contact this month to catch up; make a note in your diary for October as to where you have put the cards you bought in the sale.

Friday - children's rooms, spare rooms or any bedroom
Level One
Tidy up and find a home for all those things sitting about
Hoover
Level Two
Change a bed or two
Tidy the bookshelves or floorobe
Level Three
Pull everything out from under the bed an hoover under there
Wipe the window ledges
Me time even for 5 minutes but HH if you can
Extras
Whilst packing away decorations put any you don't want in a bag and label for charity for when you get them down next year
Make sure book bags, PE kits, your work stuff is all ready for next week

skint_breeder_5

Morning everyone, and a special hello to all the newbies joining this week.....:wave:

Going to put the kettle on for a brew - DD3 brought breakfast upstairs for DS earlier and a bit of toast for me, but someone has moved/consumed my orange juice for taking with my iron pills so I need to go on the hunt for it or send DD3 round the corner shop for some more.

Will be back for a lurk again in a bit - I have decided to report all flying here at the Skint Ritz with whoever does it, so I don't get too down about not being able to do anything myself

Oh well - let the fun and games commence:D:D:D

toochoosey

Good morning all xx
Hugs to all in need xx

I'm on my 3rd coffee!!! Looking for energy!!
I have cleaned the kitchen floor and unloaded and reloaded the wm and td. Also done the dishes. Will finish this cuppa and crack on with dailies..... xx