Weekly Flylady Thread 20th January 2013

Dustykitten

Moggins what an absolutely lovely surprise. How the devil are you ?

moggins

I am fine but skint! Trying to make a big push back to OS as I know there's loads more I could be doing to make the pennies stretch, it's so lovely to see the old faces. It's been difficult raising the baby on my own but he's now coming up to three and I think I can get away with some more time spent in the kitchen now.

ionafan

Driving and meeting decluttered

Have just decluttered :coffee: and caught up with my emails and the thread.

macpep, sorry I missed your post earlier - we both added ours at almost the same moment! I'm very sorry to hear that your DH didn't get the job he wanted. Yes, do investigate the rules further: it can't do any harm.

Mumto5, great to hear that DS3 is managing without crutches today.

nicki, hope your DD's knee is OK.

Lovely photos, pigpen. My, how the boys have grown! Mind you, we'd all be worried if they shrank in the wash :rotfl:

I saw a green woodpecker as I drove out of our cul-de-sac this morning, and two red kites flew over me later in the journey. The garden birds are more in evidence today, now that it's up to 3 degrees and thawing, and the squirrels have obviously decided that eating bird food is more tempting than hibernation.

Still sitting here in my coat and nice warm scarf (thank you, Secret Santa!), but the house is warming up nicely now. Going to boil an egg for my lunch, then will tackle the bedroom and do the washing. Folk dance club is cancelled tonight (now that I've recovered from the chest infection, other people aka "core members" are unwell) so I will try to use the time to advantage and get on with listing eB@y - there's plenty more where the last lot came from

LameWolf

LouLouCake wrote: »

How do you all keep up? Hopefully I willlearn as I go along…

Don't worry about keeping up; sometimes the thread moves at a pretty smart rate of knots, and you just won't have time to read every post. Don't panic, we won't be offended. The whole idea is that you have as much fun doing your chores as you can, and you have company to do them. Try tagging on with a few HHC's (Half-Hour Challenges - whatever you can do in half an hour) and see how that goes.:o

Re Henry Vs Dyson: (sorry, brainfog, I've forgotten who asked the question): I've had both; I had a Henry years ago, which I liked very much, but I'm better with an upright cleaner these days as I can no longer bend as you need to to use a Henry, so the Dyson that Mr LW already had when I moved in with him (in 2002) suits me OK. It's a little heavy, but I find as long as I have a walking stick in my other hand, I can manage it fine. I deffo like a bagless system, too.;) I do find turning the handle bit on the Dyson into a cleaning wand very, very awkward, though - the rigid bit is too long, I feel I want it flexible right to the end, iyswim.
HTH.

nicki wrote: »

all rooms are "nicki tidy" (aka tidy enough I can dust, but some things that will be in use still left out but now tidy.

I do this sort of tidy, too; I've finally got through to Mr LW that if I leave something out that would normally be put away, it's because it's going to be used in the near future, and I'm saving myself a spoon or two in not putting it away just to get it out again shortly.:D Bless him, he used to put things away thinking he was being helpful, just to be told "I left that there for a reason.....":rotfl:

Juliejim good riddance to that tooth, by the sound of it.:o

I've sparkled the bathroom as best I can; acrylic shower screen has been polished with white vinegar - it comes up beautiful doing this!:o

moggins

Louloucake I remember when I started the original flylady threads that everyone panicked and thought they would never be able to keep it up, the whole point of flyladying is that when you have a regular schedule of things to do, it never builds up and you actually spend less and less time every day doing housework. That's flyladying, it's not about spending all your time doing housework, it's about getting to a point where very little time is spent on housework, freeing up time for doing other more important stuff.

polkadot

Im just posting updated list.Babies not co operating upstairs so I thought Id come back down and get on with my case for the playbook.Ill go back up when DS1 gets home from school as he can supervise in the playroom whilst I finish up in the master.

Just dosed myself this morning as Im feeling the rumblings of another gall bladder attack.I do hope it stays low key.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Check you have essentials in the car, if you are driving, i.e. chocolate, flask, torch, warm blanket and charged up mobile phone. We don't want you to get stuck in the snow.
Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 3
[STRIKE]Clean any other glass like mirrors etc[/STRIKE]
Get a winter emergency box for your car
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –
Give the inside of the front door a wipe (if it's not snowing you could do the outside too)
Clean windows and sills in these areas
Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Remove and wash bed linen. Will depend on when engineer arrives to look at washer/drier
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
[STRIKE]Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible (Do you think DH will get the hint that I want my bed back?Been on sofa couch with DD for a year now-although should prolly wait until after surgery)
15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/STRIKE]
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing (left note next to kettle to ask DH to take Hoover up for me)
[STRIKE]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[/STRIKE]
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
-Ebay/Amazon/Car boot search, anything that can be sold which is no longer used?
-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 or towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)
-[STRIKE]Clean the bed frame where you can, vacuum if cloth covered, wipe with a cloth if wood/metal etc[/STRIKE]

pipersky

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Level Two
Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards
Level Three
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven - because I know it wasn't on the list last week
Extra Mission

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
Get a winter emergency box for your car.. it's still not too late SEE HERE for ideas!
Extra Mission:

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
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
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

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

mrs-moneypenny

good lord Moggins! you're a blast from the past, i know you from elsewhere not this site i didnt start flying till after you'd moved off the thread

out tonight so havent got to cook for us (just the boys) going to wash up and do a bit more in our room

HHC at 2.30 anyone?

moggins

LOL, I left my flyladying thread in good hands obviously as it's still here. Working and raising a new baby by myself didn't leave much time for posting here, I looked in every now and again though.

I definitely need to do a 27 fling boogie in every room but it's a bit difficult when they only collect the bins fortnightly!

allchange

Thought was doing quite well, but now my washing machine has broken and is refusing to open, will have to get someone technically competant round to fix it oops. :mad:

apart from that have been doing mainly level 1s and a couple of level 2s and house looks better than has done for ages, am getting there, just wished my dd and her dad noticed.