Weekly Flylady Thread11th February 2013

Rowan_tree_2

Fredula wrote: »

Oh dear. I'm feeling disheartened. I had all good intentions, I had already planned that when I moved into my house last week I would be on the flylady thread having a good crack at it. But I just feel so overwhelmed! This house is filthy and needs a really good going over. I've been ill this week so haven't managed to do that much. And I'm worried that on the weekend I wont get a chance to do it because hubby gets funny with me when I ask him to watch the baby.

It just feels like a mammoth task, and rather than cracking on and doing it, I've done diddly squat except for some vacuuming, and even that was rubbish because the vacuum we kept from when my Nan passed away just chucks the dust back out every 5 seconds. Motivation please?

Fredula, welcome, and like others have said, just do little steps at a time. There must be so much to do, especially if you gave just moved. Just do a little, sit down with a cuppa, or the baby, then try to do another 10 or 15 minutes later on - it really is surprising what you can do in little bursts.

My best advice is to spend just 10 minutes or so 'putting the house to bed' at night. Empty any bins, ashtrays if you smoke, tidy away any papers or magazines, wash any remaining dishes or stack in DW, wipe down kitchen surfaces, plump any cushions, and it's really surprising how little time it takes, but what a bonus start to the day the next morning.

Best of luck, R x

Dustykitten

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. sun is shining intermittently!

Only doing odd bits of flying but I am looking over a RAISE report again, I need to get my report on it written by tomorrow and only have myself to blame for not doing it earlier.

Off to help with Art at primary school now.

Valli

I have cleaned my bathroom (other than the floor, which I will mop when I do the kitchen, later) and prepped the tea and put it in the SC - cooked it on the hob to give it a kick start.

Had lunch (jacket spud, cheese and salad) and am just having a coffee then I shall wash up, clean the kitchen then mop the bathroom.

Oh and I took a bucketful of bottles etc out to the recycling bin!

dorajar

Happy birthday Dusty. So far I have made some bread and some hot cross buns as a friend bought me some mini loaf tins for my birthday, a mixture of flours and some fresh yeast. Gong to tackle DS's room (a real room of doom). I am going to move the spare double bed in there and move his single out into the spare. He is currently sleeping in the spare as he had back ache from the single. Now his clutter is taking over both rooms so this seems a good solution until I can get round to getting another double bed.

bonnie_bumpkins

_party_:dance: HAPPY BIRTHDAY _party_:dance:

dusty, dorajar and rowan tree :smileyhea

I'm so sorry to be late with my birthday wishes

The week started well but things swiftly went downhill so I'm really behind with everything :eek:

I'll be back later when I've got something positive to report :cool:

Love to all xx

mrs-moneypenny

did mils shopping errand, deposited in the bottle bank and the battery recycler while out.
got a 10 min paperwork task then going to stop for lunch.

bossymoo

Dentist was ok thanks, she used a numbing pad before the jab so I barely felt a thing really. Still quite numb though so not eaten and no hot drinks yet.
Collected popup goal, which had arrived and they couldn't see why I'd not got the message. Although my friend text me on tue which didn't arrive till yesterday, so maybe it's phone trouble. Anyway, I did them chicken and chips for lunch, then we played soccer school for half an hour, and we've just come up for a nap. I know they are tired as no one has protested

Been a lovely bright morning but the clouds are rolling in now, and it feels like its getting dark already. We are apparently in for a windy time of it, but we've nowhere to go till Saturday.

Will declutter some zzzzzz's with my babies then do a couple of hhc.

helen_jelly

Dusty - Happy Birthday, hope you have a lovely day

mummyyof5

Thursday - Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear the floors and hoover[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Declutter and wipe one surface[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Strip and remake the bed[/STRIKE]
Wipe the skirting boards
...cant get to most of these...but need to clear my room in a few weeks for combi to be fitted so will get to them then x
Level Three
Dust the lampshade and curtain pole
Empty any upstairs bins..outside bins are full and not being emptied for another week :mad::mad::mad:
[STRIKE]Dust any pictures[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Sort out a handbag[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort out your seeds in the hope that one day spring will arrive[/STRIKE] ALL GIVEN TO MY MUM
Eat cake I dont have any:(..do have chocolate though

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUSTY :bdaycake:

pigpen

3 boxes of gubbins removed from under Squeaks cot and emptied into 1 box and 1 binbag..
1 light boxed up to sell (lumie bodyclock thing.. tis very nice but useless for this dead head!)
Pics done of a bunch of baby stuff to sell.. I am going to get some shifted it if kills me.
Tesco shop done for delivery tomorrow (1-3pm)

Dot down for a nap.

I'm going to be all adventurous and poison us all with moussaka on Friday, that should be interesting.. I'm not the most adventurous in the kitchen at the best of times!

Lasagne tonight I think.. or not.. we have no cheese... hhmmm... mince and mash it is then!