Weekly Flylady Thread 18th February2013

mrs-moneypenny

my new duvet set was dry so its ironed and on the bed - it looks really nice and was a total bargain. 400 thread count cotton white with burgundy edge all round pillows and duvet was £45 RTC £15 in an agros clearance shop.
culled my knicker drawer and gave it a good tidy 19 pairs, a bra and 2 pairs of ladders tights in the bin.

made a start on a CS box already got a few bits in

skint_breeder_5

Duran Duran has been decluttered, and my room is tidy and hoovered again, flat surfaces have had all evidence of copious cups of tea removed, but CBA to wash/clean windows and blinds.....quite chuffed as Skint Baby, DS and I live in this one room.

DD1 room has been mostly de-Holly-fied, with washable nappies assembled with flushable liners now hidden in drawers out of site, and her flat surfaces cleaned so it is ready for her return at Easter or before if she wants to do a weekend drop in

DD2 has returned from night out on the tiles, and has just gone to bed, so any chance of flying in there will have to wait until she is starving or has had enough sleep whichever comes first

DD3 room has had a few stray items dealt with and her beds straightened out.

May venture downstairs with paper list and see what I can get rid of....and take 3 full baskets of washing with me as I go, once I can get Skint Baby to leave Daisy-ville for 2 seconds :rotfl: preferably now as DS has just quit for a nap :j

Back soon :wave:

Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep[/STRIKE] and mop floors
Sort & clean fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table..[/STRIKE] (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
[STRIKE]Clean out the cupboard full of pasta and packets and pickles.. [/STRIKE] swapped this for the cereal, bread and jam cupboard
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those filters and drawers for ickiness, gackiness and fluff!!
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Clean oven if it really needs it.. or [STRIKE]just do the hob [/STRIKE]or a knob!!..
  [STRIKE]
• 29 fling boogie.. GO![/STRIKE]
  [STRIKE]
• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET[/STRIKE]
• Meal plan for the next week and make a shopping list... based on what you found in the freezer and those things that need using from weekly cupboard sweep.

Twinkling Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas [/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dusting, even if around everything & water & wipe the poor neglected plants![/STRIKE] in porch, harvested last remaining cherry tomatoes and removed dying tom plant to compost bin, wiped money plant (carefully avoiding its flowers) in hope of more money
[STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/STRIKE]
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
[STRIKE]Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. Are there any that need rehoming?[/STRIKE]
Wipe skirtings, doorframes and other paintwork
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

[STRIKE]
• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.. the bottom 6 inches is just rubbish it has been there so long I'm surprised it isn't compost!![/STRIKE]
• Extra 30 minutes ironing.. school uniforms? work clothes?
• Change any dead lightbulbs in the house!
• Clean a radiator or two.
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
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• Bake something delicious for the family.. or just for yourself![/STRIKE] Lemon Bread and Butter pudding and adzuki bean and vegetable lasagne :D:D

Wednesday Walkabout - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
[STRIKE]Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Ring someone you love just to tell them so.. I feel the need for this after our traumatic week.[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc[/STRIKE] DD3 on receiving end of cattle prod and back to acceptable level of teenage mess, DS toys seem to be breeding and won't fit back in the drawers in my room a discreet clear out has taken place
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
[STRIKE]Strip beds,[/STRIKE] turn and vacuum mattresses!! and [STRIKE]replace with fresh linen[/STRIKE] .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Level Three
[STRIKE]Rummage ALL the junk from under the bed and sort through it..[/STRIKE] I HATE this task!!!
Wash the nets/curtains.. and while they are down clean those face prints off the window!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
[STRIKE]If you manage to get the floor cleared.. vacuum the rest that you couldn't see before.. it'll look like a new room![/STRIKE]
Extra Task List
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
• Book a night out.. with your friends or husband or anybody.. just go have a day or an evening out.. go dance, go party, go for a meal, go shopping.. whatever.. just get out and enjoy yourself.. and children are NOT allowed!!!!!.. This one is not optional!
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• Wipe over the front door and shake those doormats![/STRIKE]

Thrilling Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
[STRIKE]Check fire alarms are working[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dust surfaces[/STRIKE] & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/STRIKE] I have developed a floordrobe this week (for shame, first time in months ) floordrobe empty now
HHI
Level 3
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of... and a pair of shoes only counts as one thing! likewise socks![/STRIKE] DS odd sock basket yielded 8 pairs of matched socks :j
[STRIKE]Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.[/STRIKE] 5 hot spots cleared in here:D
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Fill a binbag of things to get rid of.. charity/bin etc
• 41 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean all the upstairs doors... and handles!
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Freshen up the curtains if needed

Fearsome Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget under the rim! and sinks[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear any clutter from desk[/STRIKE] Study is out of bounds - enter under pain of death :mad:
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats,[/STRIKE] nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
[STRIKE]Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins! (the proper bins not the rooms that look like bins!)
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/STRIKE]
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it!
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Wipe down the doors and frames in these rooms.
• Clean the radiators in these rooms
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• Replace sponges/flannels/toothbrushes that are in need
• Extra 30 minutes ironing.. school uniforms? work clothes?
• Make sure you have everything ready for school/work for next week.. PE kits, socks, homework done etc.

**Vanilla**

Not managed to get much done today except dw, wm and td and fire lit. OH has been shifting tin and old rubbish from around the yard, problem is he has done his back in. Hopefully he'll mend up alright could do with him giving a hand at the charity garden tomorrow. At least he's getting stuff done.

DD heading to her first night of deaf youth club, she doesn't know yet so she'll be supper excited tonight. I'm just the taxi driver 1 hour up and 1 hour back plus wait 2 hours, mind i think i'll have a nosey and see if any shops are open and get the boys some things (clothes wise) that they need.

Hello to all newbies...:wave:

Right i better get something done.

bossymoo

Bargain, mrs mp, for 400 thread count. I paid waay more for mine, but so worth it...

LameWolf

LouLouCake wrote: »

Hope you're feeling ok LW, I love reading your posts about how your fury house guests; will you get another soon?

I don't currently have any more booked; the agent will email me as soon as she has a guest for me; maybe I'll get someone over the Easter weekend - as I don't celebrate the Christian festivals, I'm usually in demand at those times, as some of the other hosts want to be away themselves then.:o

I feel like I'm rattling around with no purpose today:( - perhaps it'll be better next week, when I shall be resuming my normal Flying schedule (my own one still);) and will feel a bit more "structured" iyswim.:o

I'm mega-stressed; after the fiasco getting the correct script from the GP surgery, I took it into S/Drug yesterday - my "usual" pharmacist is normally there Thursdays and Fridays. Not this time - she's on holiday, and as always happens when she's not there, they made a big fuss about they don't have everything in stock and don't know if they can get it. !!!!!!, I've been going there for years for this stuff, and "E" always manages to get it for me (which is why I go when she's due to be on duty). Anyways, I insisted on having a "meds owing" slip, and Mr LW is going to take me back in tomorrow morning to see what they've managed. Unfortunately, part of my MH problem is that any stress, however little, makes me very, very shaky, and often makes me physically sick.:( So I can well do without all this hassle.

Oh, and I tried to go online to see about an appointment for my meds review with Dr F and the system has been "upgraded" and no longer works,:mad: so that'll mean visiting the surgery again to try and book that at a time when Mr LW can take me - probably two or three visits, as they don't seem to have the diary done up more than a week or so ahead - at least online, you can just quickly log in, and if the diary's not done up, you haven't wasted spoons with an abortive trip out.:mad:

Sorry, that all turned into a bit of a rant, didn't it?:o:whistle:

ionafan wrote: »

Do estate agents actually know what they're doing?

I worked for the Valuation Office Agency back in the days when Council Tax banding was first done; EAs were used to do a lot of the donkey-work. From what I saw of their efforts at that, I think the answer is categorically a big fat NO!!:cool:

Sunnygirl_2

Mammoth pile of ironing done this afternoon and back from the school run. Still more to do, so I might do another HHI then leave it at that, although I want to do a HHE before teatime as well. I need to get as much done as possible as tomorrow we have dancing for DD2, her school fair, then her friend's party and then I'm out tomorrow night. :j:j

Well nothing will get done with me sitting here, so I'll jump to it and do another HHI. Although there's still a few things on my list, the house is looking pretty tidy and clean and the main thing creating the mess now is my ironing pile in the bedroom.

Hugs LW - hope your medication and doctors appointment get sorted.

mrs-moneypenny

hugs to you LW, sounds like a right mess up. i hope they get everything sorted out for you

bossymoo wrote: »

Bargain, mrs mp, for 400 thread count. I paid waay more for mine, but so worth it...

i love egyptian cotton and have two sets but they are getting on a bit, my mum pointed the shop out when we went for a walk with her while visiting her town last weekend. DH didnt want to get it as it didnt say egyptian on it so he didnt think it was pure cotton. my mum was adamant it was a bargin she kept saying ive seen this for a fortune on the shopping channel:T

just did my outdoor tasks
hole in hole visited
letter posted
glass and batteries recycled
2 carriers in the clothes bank
some shopping done

going to grab a coffee to warm up and then have a HHC of floordrobe clearing and run the dyson round upstairs

The_Dragon

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

Hmmmm, not a lot off the list this week, although quite a few financial frogs consumed....time now to indoctrinate Skint Baby in the Church of Duran Duran and to leave a gift at the alter of Bon Jovi by means of music at an acceptable volume :rotfl: I cannot clean at sloth speed to either one:p

To quote Scott of the Antarctic "I may be some time"

Good call! (maybe some Fleetwood Mac as well?) and I think you mean Captain Oates

trulymadlydeeply_indebt!

LouLouCake wrote: »

Now have a sack full of bedding and towels for CS and have put complete sets inside the corresponding pillowcase to keep what's left togther and orderly
Cake x

I put mine into complete sets too Cake - makes life so much easier only having to grab one thing, rather than rooting around the airing cupboard for stuff.

bossymoo wrote: »

How very dare they??? :mad:

Bossy - I was gobsmacked at the hike when I went for some teabags this week - I know it's only 8p but as a percentage, it's huge! I told myself to keep it in perspective and at least I no longer pay over £2 a pack these days.

pigpen wrote: »

My dad was rushed into hospital this morning.. he has a blood clot on his lung and pneumonia.. his dad and older brother both died as a result of blood clots in the lung so my 84 y/o nanna is beside herself and hysterical.. As a result I have spoken to my aunt for the first time in 17 years this evening!

We are supposed to be going to OH's mums this weekend and I really really do NOT want to go.. my back hurts, my kidneys and bladder are on fire and I have so much I need to do in the house.. I might just send him with Squeak and stay here with Dot.. it isn't like they'd miss us 2.

Sorry to hear you and your Dad are suffering Pigpen - as others have said, stay at home and rest - especially whilst you have a legitimate reason to.

Welcome to the newbies - how have you got on so far? Don't be overwhelmed by it all - we've all been there and it all takes time - my upstairs is practically running itself nowadays with a little and often approach of 15 mins in a morning; downstairs on the other hand, is a completely different matter and will be another 12 months before it's anywhere near where I want it to be.

It's my Birthday today - YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY - OH made me smoked salmon and scrambled egg bagels for breakfast in bed today. The kids brought my cards up and gave me their wishes and hugs before School. Me, OH and my dearest friend went for a wonderful woody/riverside walk this morning with pooch, stopped for a little picnic (even though it was trying to snow :rotfl: ) and then called into a lovely hotel for afternoon tea. Just chilling out now and then having HH ME time before OH takes me out for Dinner whilst the kids are at Youth Club between 7 and 9. I feel very lucky.

Flyingwise - zilch! But tomorrow is another day :T

Hope you :T

bossymoo

Happy birthday! I'm going out tonight so I'll raise a glass to you! X