Weekly Flylady Thread 24th February 2013

wendywitch

Well, I've jolly well had enough! Yesterday while washing the dog's blankets the washing machine decided to trip out the electrics :mad: I've had to ask DD2's dad for march's CSA early, (which will now b*gger up next months budget :mad::( ) so I can get it looked at. I've bagged up some washing to take to my mum's but she'll only wash it over night so I won't be able keep up with it all that way.
The laptop did updates yesterday and it now playing up so I'll be smiling sweetly at my best friend's hubby to look at it and to look at DD2's laptop as that seems to have some type of lurgy

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room

Basic Flying

Sweep and mop the floor - couldn't let the mop brigade down
Clean the sink, drainer and taps
Deep Cleaning
Clean the splashback
Clean the hob, under all the dials too

Decluttering
Sort out a hotspot
Do you have any pet pest control you may need for when the bugs awaken?


Tuesday - Hall, Stairs, Landing and study/Family Room or similar

Basic Flying

Clear the floors and hoover them
15 minutes tidying this area
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Deep Cleaning
Remove any marks from the walls/paintwork - the magic erasers work well
Give keyboard and mouse a good clean - photograph your keyboard on your phone, remove all the keys and wash in warm soappy water - when dry put back (glad you took that picture!)

Decluttering

skint_breeder_5

optimistic-mummy wrote: »

anyone want to join me for HHC/HHI/HHE ..... @ 11 ....

I will join you for hhc in kitchen to knock out the rest of yesterdays list while herbal tea has an extra long brew:j

toochoosey

Still sat here so going to join in with the HHC............

Rosetta92

Morning all,

Joining late this week as yesterday had to be devoted to studies.

Kitchen still shows some signs of last week's improvements so That spurs me on to do more this week.

Agree with all the mopping comments. I have similar trouble with vacuuming OH sleeps a lot during the day and I don't like to disturb him. Today I'll set him the opposite of a curfew - will vacuum at 4pm even if he hasn't appeared

Have a good day everyone :j

R

Stoodles

Well yesterday didn't go too badly. Pretty Kitty went to the vet - he's the only one we kept insured, but of course it was just under the excess.:(

Sympathy to those dealing with the CSA and DWP
It's nearly 20 years since I met the CSA and I still recall the rage and frustration that 3 letters always arrived at once, each giving a different, wrong, figure.
Now I'm grappling with DWP who put me in the Support Group in November but want to review already.

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Basic Flying
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop the floor - could't let the mop brigade down
Clear and wipe table
Wipe the work tops, remove all things which don't belong here
Clean the sink, drainer[/STRIKE] and taps
Deep Cleaning
[STRIKE]Clean the extractor hood and splashback windowsills[/STRIKE]
Clean the hob, under all the dials too Touch controls so no knobs and anyway the hob blew up last week

Decluttering
Sort out all your vases - are there any to rehome Did it last week

Even managed to cook a decent meal with no hob - pork chops and carrot/ pineapple/corn with treacle, balsamic and spices in one pot and rice in another.

So today I'm going for
Tuesday - Hall, Stairs, Landing and study/Family Room or similar
Basic Flying
Clear the floors and hoover them and remove Pretty Kitty blood from stair carpet. Had a shampooer till last week when it gave off back smoke
15 minutes tidying this area
Dust any fluffy surfaces

Deep Cleaning
Remove any marks from the paintwork

Decluttering
Sort out a desk drawer

But first an NCOT (Nice Cup of TEA) while I work out how to make yoghurt with no hob.

kazwookie

Hi Folks

Thanks for the lists this week and last week xx

Beds stripped at 6.30am!
WM is on
Diabetic nurse seen she is 'very please with you kaz........' just lose that weight you have put back on,!!
Hoovering to be done

Have a good day

toochoosey

Thanks for that Optimistic Mummy and Skint breeder5, list now looks like this.........


Daily routines
washing, W T F S S
swish and swipe kitchen W T F S S
bathroom, T W T F S S
ironing, W T F S S
making beds, W T F S S
vacuuming high traffic areas, W T F S S
making meals T W T F S S

Night-time routines
swish & swipes of the kitchen T W T F
tidying the living room T W T F
getting clothes ready T W T F

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Decluttering
Sort out a hotspot Must do under the breakfast bar

Tuesday - Hall, Stairs, Landing and study/Family Room or similar
Basic Flying
15 minutes tidying this area Must do the desk (decluttering)
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Clean the downstairs loo and basin

Decluttering
Sort out that pile of papers/magazines/catalogues and recylce what you can
Sort out a stationery or desk drawer - do you need all those rubber bands and envelopes
5 MINS IN SPARE ROOM
5 MINS IN DD'S ROOM

Dustykitten

Who has got my GUAG?

Been food shopping and done WM1 but that is it.

Dry skin - where is it? DS3 has a flare up now but from experience I know this is due to the start of the tree pollen season. His is creases of elbows, behind knees. Also ensure you are drinking enough water to hydrate from inside, in winter we often do not recognise thirst enough.

Right going to make DS1 lunch and take it to work along with the flea he shall be getting in his ear! Then my lunch.

nicki_2

Dailies are done, except for washing up but I'll do that after I've had lunch

I've spent the morning fixing stuff from DD's room

• A box sorted for her to put her keepsakes in (all the leaflets etc she like to keep from when she does stuff with Ex) which was coming apart, and had to be held together while the glue was drying
• 2 drawer handles re-attached on a mini chest of drawers
• Extra holes in a watch strap so she can wear it to school instead of the bright pink princess one she's having to wear ATM due to the number of watches with dead batteries
• said watches added to my pile which I need to take somewhere to have the batteries replaced IF I remember to pick them up
• 2 rubber zip-pull bits re-attached to 2 cosmetic bags which I washed yesterday
• a scraper foil of a dolphin she did trimmed down and framed and now hanging in the kitchen
• Cardboard model DD made in summer school stuck back together (triangular based pyramid that had completely collapsed), still more to do but I need to know from DD where the "accessories" get stuck on, so its as done as it can be.
• Dust covers put back on books once I managed to track said books down - DD only has 230+books on the bookcase they were on, glad I didn't have to search the other one as well, that has another 50+ on!
• Monopoly box taped back together
• Small bag for guess who game cards found
• Spent 40 mins sat here squeezing parts together while the glue set on a broken transformer toy...again

and I've lost count of how many cups of coffee I've had :rotfl: So I'm off to make a cup-a-soup then I'm going to read some of this book while I have a lunch break. Ironing will commence at 1pm...and I expect it to take me most of the afternoon so back to back films I think will be required

skint_breeder_5

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Basic Flying- Done
Deep Cleaning- Done
Decluttering- Done

Tuesday - Hall, Stairs, Landing and study/Family Room or similar
Basic Flying
Clear the floors and hoover them - LR cleared of gibble ready to hoover
15 minutes tidying this area
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Deep Cleaning
Remove any marks from the walls/paintwork - the magic erasers work well
Give keyboard and mouse a good clean - photograph your keyboard on your phone, remove all the keys and wash in warm soappy water - when dry put back (glad you took that picture!)
Go on a cobweb hunt, is it dusty behind your desk

Decluttering
Sort out that pile of papers/magazines/catalogues and recylce what you can
Delete some emails, favourites, blurry photos you choose
Sort out a stationery or desk drawer - do you need all those rubber bands and envelopes

Well my HHC got the kitchen straight again and 100%. Thanks for the company and moral support ladies.

Have tackled some phone calls this morning without tears (although tight chested and flustered, I still feel rolled over by a steam roller)

1) phoned Passport service to find out if I can use a family friend as signatory for DD2 passport photo (as I need someone who a- won't charge me and b- won't freak me out dealing with it) - good news is that she can as a Legal Costs Draughtsman as long as some supplementary info is given in a covering letter

2) phoned to book my Glucose Tolerance Test (stuffed the form in cupboard and forgot that it is only the fasting one you can turn up for on-spec) going to be a rush for results to go back to GP from test on Thursday ready for my appointment on Monday afternoon

3) phoned up steam mop company (this was froggy) and quicker than I could make a frog omelette, I was told a returns lable to print was waiting in my inbox to send it back and I can drop it off at a Collect+ point just round the corner from DS nursery, so :money: no extra petrol costs or postage to find:j:j:j

Postie has just been to deliver a cheque for the estate, so I have photocopied it, and will sneak off and bank it in a mo, and just email her in the middle of the night that it is done - really CBA to have any further texts or emails moaning and complaining today

Right I must devour that cuppa to give me strength to get on before nothing else gets done