Weekly Flylady Thread 7th January 2013

hollyh

Since my last post I have

De pooped the litter tray
Cleared drainer
Put fruit & veg away from market
Cleaned sink
Cleaned bin lid
Washed up
Wiped sides
Folded load of clean laundry
Td x 1
Put rabbits to bed and found the kitten hiding from the rain in the shed, he's still out there despite me leaving the back door open a kitten sized amount so it can't be bothering him that much
Decluttered some painkillers because my hips and legs are aching like mad

Quick pit stop then i'm off to cook tea and see if I can get a bit more done while it's cooking.

toochoosey

I have steam mopped all downstairs and done 3 loads of washing

Hope all are well and hugs and spoons to all in need xx

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One[/]

Level Two
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it [/]
Dust any areas below eye level
Level Three
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup!
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe

Extra Mission Tasks - as usual if you fancy tackling something else you could try one or more of these

• Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
• Check where important documents like passports, birth certificates, driving licences, medical cards are and make a note of where they are and if any need replacing, changing etc
  
• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• Clean any ornaments, mirrors, clocks or other dust collecting collections
  
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner, empty the bag/bucket, clean filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY!

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thrifty-gal26

Doing much better this week. Still have not done that oven though . . . . .

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms [/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and clean kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table, polish if required (clean table cloth if necessary)[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean fronts of appliances[/STRIKE]
Extra Mission:

Choose one or more of:

• [STRIKE]Clean inside of fridge[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Clean a window or 2 in these rooms [/STRIKE]
• Clean OVEN, yes I know you all hate that one wonder how many choose it

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear anything from the stairs! Safe stairs are a must[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Move clutter so you can vacuum under it [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust any areas below eye level[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust anything above eye level(if safe to do so) [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe[/STRIKE]

skint_breeder_5

helenj- thanks - honestly, I am just looking and lurking - i might fold some towels maybe tonight maybe tomorrow or I might just delegate;)

taking very very easy tonight

trulymadlydeeply_indebt!

skint - your DD3 sounds like a treasure - what a good help she is.

Enjoyed my walk out - it did me the power of good. Came back and washed wellies, prepared dinner and did school run. Sorted out a bit of filing and 3 baskets of washing and then OH came in and ran me a bath. Dinner decluttered and just waiting for the young'uns to do the dishes. Chilling out tonight and nothing more than pootering on the pooter is on the agenda.

Enjoy your evenings everyone and thanks for the get well vibes - they worked a treat :beer:

TMD xx

skint_breeder_5

TMD - the goodwill has run out with DD3, she is now back to winding up DS....I think she thought I could suddenly magic a big birthday present out of the air for tomorrow on the strength of a bit of help around the house

Betsie2010

Natty68 wrote: »

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clear and clean kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the
front[/STRIKE]
Wipe dining table, polish if required (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean fronts of appliances
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Extra Mission:

Choose one or more of:

• Clean inside of fridge
• Clean a window or 2 in these rooms
• [STRIKE]Clean OVEN, yes I know you all hate that one wonder how many choose it[/STRIKE]
• Clean tops of kitchen cupboards and high places (if safe to do so-if you're pregnant delegate the job to someone else!!!)
• Check the fridge contents, anything that has gone fuzzy? Anything you can use in this weeks meal plan? How about making use-it-up soup:D Anything leaking that needs wiping?

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around
clutter[/STRIKE]
Clear anything from the stairs! Safe stairs are a must
Level Two
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
[STRIKE]Dust any areas below eye level
[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup!
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe


Extra Mission Tasks - as usual if you fancy tackling something else you could try one or more of these

• Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
• Check where important documents like passports, birth certificates, driving licences, medical cards are and make a note of where they are and if any need replacing, changing etc
  
• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• [STRIKE]Clean any ornaments, mirrors, clocks or
  other dust collecting collections [/STRIKE]
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner, empty the bag/bucket, clean filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY! Did this last week!

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by (maybe recycle for rags if possible, you could donate old sheets oor towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)
• Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers (if safe to do so, no pregnant flyladies on ladders please delegate the job instead)
  
• Check through undies drawers, anything more holy than the church which needs to go/be repaired? Anyone need anything replacing?
  
• Give everyone at home a bag to collect the things which belong to them that are not where they should be, give them 15 minutes to find them all and put them away You could threaten to bin whatever is left if they don't seeing as everyones being quite ruthless this week :rotfl:

Not the best start to this week! Mum had hospital appt today so stayed there last night and only been back a little while. Have had mad HH in lounge, dusted and hoovered and now lit fire. Dog walked and dinner in oven. Am [STRIKE]knack[/STRIKE] worn out so unlikely to tidy kitchen which eldest dd has left looking like bomb site. !st thing tomorrow.
higs to G & S - as many of you have, ben there got the t shirt but more importantly, survived. And you will too. Always ready to listen

Natty68

Evening all

Welcome to the newbies and returnees, good to see you on here

Well today was official the start of me being not needed anymore at my friends Although DH was happy as he had seen me getting ill with my various ailments and I was going downhill a bit. I woke up not quite sure what to do with myself so made a pact with myself that I will be doing my lists again (I had lapsed!) and then the house will get back in shape and the ironing pile will actually get smaller rather than get bigger..lol So I will actually have 4 days at home and not having to rush around after anyone anymore, and then one day I have to go to therapy in the middle of the day. So I expect that day will be a bit of a nono for me

I pottered around, made a few phonecalls, sorted out a couple of important things that I had been avoiding for a while Tidied up the house and even did my list and I can proudly say my downstairs looks lovely

Oh and for those that are wondering I did feed the birdies, but unfortunately I didn't get the usual suspects come down - I think they were waiting for tea time

g&b I'm so sorry hon, huge hugs for you, hope you are doing okay. I think flying can go on a backburner this week, at least until you have managed adjust.
mumof2 well done on ignoring the offending person
mummyof5 hope yesterdays trip to Meadowhall wasn't too stressful.
Also hope those that have been up really early aren't feeling tired now and wishing they were asleep
skintbreeder hope you are doing okay today and the spoon drawer is fully restored to it's glory.
PenPen so please for your son and his offer of his first uni I bet he's really chuffed.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Level Two
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table, polish if required (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Extra Mission:

Choose one or more of:

• Clean inside of fridge
• Clean a window or 2 in these rooms
• [STRIKE]Clean OVEN, yes I know you all hate that one wonder how many choose it[/STRIKE] - am not cleaning my oven as it is being resigned to the scrap heap on Saturday
• [STRIKE]Clean tops of kitchen cupboards and high places (if safe to do so-if you're pregnant delegate the job to someone else!!!) [/STRIKE]
• Check the fridge contents, anything that has gone fuzzy? Anything you can use in this weeks meal plan? How about making use-it-up soup:D Anything leaking that needs wiping?

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One
Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter
Level Two
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Level Three
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe

Extra Mission Tasks - as usual if you fancy tackling something else you could try one or more of these

• [STRIKE]Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check where important documents like passports, birth certificates, driving licences, medical cards are and make a note of where they are and if any need replacing, changing etc[/STRIKE]
  
• [STRIKE]Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW[/STRIKE]
• Clean any ornaments, mirrors, clocks or other dust collecting collections

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by (maybe recycle for rags if possible, you could donate old sheets oor towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)
• Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers (if safe to do so, no pregnant flyladies on ladders please delegate the job instead)
  
• [STRIKE]Check through undies drawers, anything more holy than the church which needs to go/be repaired? Anyone need anything replacing?[/STRIKE]
  
• Give everyone at home a bag to collect the things which belong to them that are not where they should be, give them 15 minutes to find them all and put them away You could threaten to bin whatever is left if they don't seeing as everyones being quite ruthless this week :rotfl:

gunsandbanjos

Dustykitten wrote: »

Morning all

G&B hugs, give yourself time to adjust sweetie, how is your DD?

Hi Dusty, DD is good right now, she's not 100% up to speed with what's going on. It's really hard, as despite me telling him he can have as much contact with her as he wants he is cutting all contact and has said he'll reappear when she's 16. Not sure I can bring myself to tell her he will be gone for 7 years at least:(

He's been a total knob about the whole thing, I understand he is hurting and didn't want it to end but he is hurting DD by doing this.

Valli

I have decided I am a swan - paddling like mad but outwardly serene...

and today's swan-like behaviour has been to do a washload; put it in the TD while I had my shower (all on Economy 7);) and to empty, this morning, the DW which I popped on during the night.

And, along with two colleagues, we have skilfully moved a parent's evening to another week thus enabling another colleague to go on a week long, all expenses paid jolly to 'somewhere exotic' with her hubby! She's rather pleased. (Hubby is 'in the public eye', hence the jolly;))

GnB (((hugs))) - sometimes they strike out where they can...hope he changes his mind though.