Weekly Flylady Thread 18th February2013

skint_in_skirt

Thanks Dusty, it is awfully easy to forget how much I do actually do. Your words cheered me up.

Here is where I am now:
Get myself and family dressed (lazy Sunday today)
[STRIKE]Stain remove school jacket and wash
Put the washing away
Empty dishwasher and load[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Quick wipe all surfaces with wipes[/STRIKE] Take kid to soft play
Do budgeting envelopes for March
Shopping list for diet including loads of fruit
Shopping

Getting there!!! :-)

boddy

All lists done level one and two.

Was at A&E with DD yesterday for four hours. She was in agony on Friday night with it. Crying with pain and had to come down the stairs on her bum. Been having problem for ages. It was xrayed but they can't find a problem. Said it may be arthritis. Told her to go back to her GP.

Today I've hoovered right through and done dailies. Towels washed and hung on airier. A sleety rain here today but had snow yesterday. Time for a cuppa then catch up on TV I've recorded.

It's mopping with me too. Even though it could be done before I go to bed or out to work.

Hugs sticks and spoons where needed.

Betsie2010

Dd and I both had mad half hour which turned into mad hour. So lounge tidied, kitchen cleaned and hall cleared. Even pulled out unit in hallway - cold have made another dog with the fur, yuck!
Settees pulled out, no fur balls thanks to the carpet now laid in lounge. Right cuppa time and Miss Marple!

Sunnygirl_2

Just feel the need to tell you all that I have no ironing pile! It's all done! This has not happened for a loooong time

As my house has generally stayed tidy this week, next weeks flying should be so much easier (in theory!!).

Off to M & D's for Sunday lunch shortly so the kitchen will stay tidy too.

Valli

Hello all.

> Not me anymore!

Washing outside drying again - been an excellent half term for a keen washer and ironer :rotfl:

Now I can find these
but no dusting smily?


Ironed yesterdays washing; that's airing on the maiden now and then I will iron the stuff from the line; even though it's bitterly cold it is dry.

Bossy - maybe wait a fewcouple of years with your son? I started DD off dancing; she wasn't keen so we left it a couple of years and tried again and she then danced for a l-o-o-n-g time.

We've had sunday lunch, chicken was melt in the mouth; we had mash, roasties, carrots, cauli, Yorkshire Puddings (crosses self as is a Lancashire lass;)) and HM rice pudding done in the top oven.

And, this is for ALL of you!

cat_smith

Valli wrote: »

> Not me anymore!

Thanks Valli. Did you send it here instead?:mad: We were supposed to be diving today, but are both full of colds so not possible. Instead I have fluttered, and watched a BRILLIANT rugby match. No way we should have won:D but I'm not complaining.:rotfl:

Just made a spicy lentil and spinach curry for tomorrow night. If we are still feeling yucky by then it will certainly clear out all the tubes:eek:

Valli

Aw sorry Cat - no, I didn't, but I'm such a kind and generous person :rotfl: I have to share!

If anyone needs a week 3 Morrisons Payday voucher let me know! I have a spare!

Honey_Bear

Dustykitten wrote: »

I have none of those things and did about 1/10 of the list this week.

Which is 100-90-9 more than I did. One of the things I have learned from being a Flylady is that it will get done when it gets done, and as long as no-one gets poisoned from the dust, fluff and crumbs, it's clean enough. Go gentle on yourselves, New Flyladies. It will all fall into place even if you only do Level 1 [STRIKE]every day[/STRIKE] as often as you can.

The reason I seldom get around to mopping the kitchen floor (in particular, but also the bathroom, shower room and cupboard-under-the-front-stops) is that I have not been able to find the right mop for years. Eons ago, Squeegee used to make a spongy floor mop that squeezed all of the water out of the sponge when you flick-flacked the handle, and sadly, I quite liked doing that. All I can find now are useless things that leave most of the water in the sponge, with the result that the floor is sodden for hours unless I get down on my hands and knees. Life's too short for women to spend any of it on their knees and most men should only need to go down on a bended but once in their lives. Bring back Squeegees that actually work, and then I might, note only might, wash the kitchen floor every week. (All that bucket nonsense - who's got time?)

Thank you LW for your gentle words and hugs to Dog. She has relented and will now eat chicken if we leave her alone in the house for an hour or so, so that's a help. Now that her meds are taken with sugar and white chocolate, they're sorted - for the moment.

Dustykitten

It is done, the report is finished! I feel so light!

Time to empty the WM and cook dinner.

skint_breeder_5

Had a meal out by accident last night - "Accident" being the operative word as I had water dripping through my kitchen light fittings from my ensuite above :eek::eek::eek:

Lack of sleep came home to roost with a vengeance, Skint Baby was asleep so I said to DD3 I was going down for a nap and to "keep an eye" on DS. This to DD3 mind meant turn up the TV in my room so she could listen to it while putting her make up at the mirror in the hallway ready for her party about 3 hours too early, thereby allowing DS to write his name in toothpaste on my ensuite floor, getting it on his trousers, trying to wash his trousers in the sink and flooding the sink and floor, then trying dry up the floor with every clean towel in my lovely Anthea folded stack.

The increased volume of the TV meant in my near comatised state I couldn't hear the pump on the hot water, which normally would have me on high alert.

Ensuite properly mopped up, I had to leave the kitchen light fittings to "dry out" on their own before risking turning the lights on.....cooking by torch light would have been a recipe for disaster hence the meal out.

Lights are back on tonight, without incident, so thankfully it hasn't cost me anything but the price of a carvery

EX has pulled an abort on seeing kids this weekend completely, I am going to have to make this up to DS otherwise poor boy is going to be bouncing off the walls waiting for next weekend.

Oh well, onwards and upwards, ready for the new thread


Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Level Two
and mop floors
[STRIKE]Sort & clean fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there![/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
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
• 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
Level 2
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Level 3
and banister
Clean windows
Wipe skirtings, doorframes and other paintwork
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• 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!!!

Wednesday Walkabout - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Level Two
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
turn and vacuum mattresses!! and check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Level Three
Wash the nets/curtains.. and while they are down clean those face prints off the window!
[STRIKE]Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors[/STRIKE]
Extra Task List
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Wipe the radiators,[STRIKE] skirtings and window & door frames[/STRIKE]!
  [STRIKE]
• 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! [/STRIKE]
  

Thrilling Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Level 2
make sure no cobwebs..
[STRIKE]Vacuum [/STRIKE]& turn [STRIKE]mattress before replacing with fresh linen.. [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Air the duvet[/STRIKE]
HHI
Level 3
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...
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Freshen up the curtains if needed

Fearsome Friday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Level Two
Wipe keyboard,sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it!
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• [STRIKE]Wipe the skirtings, door [/STRIKE]and window frames in these rooms
• [STRIKE]Wipe down the doors and frames in these rooms.[/STRIKE]
• 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.