Weekly Flylady Thread 8th April 2013

nicki_2

Morning all

Had another lie-in today. Getting up at 6am next week is going to be hard. Just today stuck at home and we can go out tomorrow (playing it safe after DD was sick Monday). DD needs to do her homework today, and I need to clear the ironing pile, so I might try and find something I can watch on the TV that DD isn't interested in since she needs to use the laptop & internet.

So todays plan, now I've finished rescanning the freeview, is to get the odd washing done, and clear the ironing pile. If I manage to get anything else done (other than tidying up and dailies) that'll be a bonus

Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirtings too - will do when I've finished the laundry as
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM - after all the laundry is done
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
Sort out the your most cluttered drawer do you need all that stuff?
HHTidying up and finding homes for homeless things which make flying tricky
Wipe over the hob

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Clear the coffee table/mantle/other cluttered area and give it a wipe
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Level 3
HHPaperwork, make any medical appointments - anybody due a smear?

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Strip the bed linen and wash and replace - later in the week.
Level 2
Hoover
Dust away any cobwebs
Level 3
Have some me time – soak your feet and read a magazine etc
Do any mending, sew on buttons etc
Sort out your summer tops in hope of some nice weather

Off to get dressed now the freeview is fixed :wave:

Valli

Morning all

washing on line

I will conquer the paper mountain today.

Cupcakech3ry

trying hard today., got lots of laundry to do, but it's sunny! Feeling low but will do my best. Hugs 2 all Morning.. Just.
Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Strip the bed linen and wash and replace - later in the week.
Level 2
Hoover
Dust away any cobwebs

msgnomey

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstairs loo
Level 1
Level 2
Clear the coffee table/mantle/other cluttered area and give it a wipe
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Level 3
HHPaperwork,

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Strip the bed linen and wash and replace
Level 2
Clear the floor and hoover
Dust away any cobwebs
Remove the piles of stuff on the landing
Level 3
Have some me time – soak your feet and read a magazine etc
Do any mending, sew on buttons etc
Sort out your summer tops in hope of some nice weather (they say maybe this weekend, fingers crossed, and toes, and legs - oh no now you can't fly)

hmm, didn't do much yesterday and OH has retreated to bed (BD) so I can't do much today either <sigh>

The weather is COLD and GREY and DULL and BORED of this now WANT TO SEE THE SUN!!! OR IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK???

Sorry I'll stop shouting now


Right must get my but in gear...off for a shower and to get dressed then I might actually feel like doing something, anything...

pigpen

I have sunshine.. if you want a day out.

My day has become a string of expletives.

pipersky

LameWolf wrote: »

However, there's a query I can at least partly answer:
It'll vary, depending on the machine you have, but if it helps, on my old Zanussi there was a round twist-off "plug" at the bottom on the right, this was the filter. On my current Bosch I have to prise off a panel at the bottom of the machine (actually Mr LW does this, it's too stiff for me) and there's a similar round twist-off "plug" behind this, but on the left. Sorry I can't be more specific - but a word to the wise: have an old towel or other cloth to hand, as it tends to be a bit of a wet task.;)

Thanks so much for your reply :T Will get my OH to look at the panel at the bottom later - I have already done the drawer

ETA: On a related flying note I have completely sorted through all the girls toys and their playroom as well as repotting my tomato, strawberry and squash plants... I can't put them outside yet as I'm worried about a late frost so they're just going in bigger and bigger pots!! We have also potted some cucumber, runner beans, courgette and squash seeds today Was surprised with the size and colour of runner bean seeds!

ionafan

Hi everyone :wave:

Had a bad start top the week - unsurprisingly, I think my blood pressure was up again - but it's settled now, and between 4.00 pm yesterday and 9.00 am today I cleaned the house from top to bottom (and still managed more than 6 hours' sleep, for a change!!!)
And I mopped my kitchen floor :T

The cause of the major flying - the surveyor acting for our buyers -arrived promptly at 9.00 this morning and finally left at 12.30. He has given the house the thumbs up

2x WM now hanging out to dry. We have another lovely sunny day - I shall miss the weather here when we move back to the damper climate of the Midlands.

DH has gone off to his voluntary work this afternoon so I can get on with some urgent phonecalls and paperwork once I've finished my :coffee:

It will be another early start for us tomorrow, with more house viewings. Why do the majority of houses on the market in the area we want and at the price we can afford have gardens that face north?

Sorry your day has gone pear-shaped, pigpen. Any bids on your bath yet?
(((Hugs))) Mumto5
Well done pipersky
Well run deco
You must have an awful lot of garden waste Dusty!

Spoons here for all who need them - skint please help yourself to a very big handful to help you through the rest of the week.

pigpen

no bids yet... there are a few days left though and I have contacted a few places locally.

New bath has no legs so cannot be fitted until we have those so builder postponed too gggrrrr.. complaint underway.. I want compensation in the form of money off my tiles

Must chase DLA again.. it is nearly 4 months since the renewal went in!!!!! :eek: and I need to speak to hospital about DS3's appt.

OH ice skating with Squeak... he asked me to go with Dot.. erm... I don't think so!!!

Kitchen mopped, units wiped... house a sty!

Oh... and the external hard-drive has died... no films for the children.. the discs were all converted to smaller files and put on there to save scratching and losing discs.. now we have no films at all...

Dustykitten

pipersky wrote: »

Thanks so much for your reply :T Will get my OH to look at the panel at the bottom later - I have already done the drawer

I use a butter knife to open the drawer. PUT A THIN DISH UNDERNEATH BEFORE TURNING THE CAP this is where the water will come out. Turn slowly as a lot may come out so you may need to empty the dish before removing completely. It may be grey, sludgy and smelly in there

ionafan wrote: »

You must have an awful lot of garden waste Dusty!

I am clearing the long border at the front of the house (approx 4' by 25') of asters and couch grass - it is a big job - which I shall be returning to in a minute.

Been to cricket store with DS3 - I am now £166 lighter :eek:

Taken DS1 to chiropodist. Had lunch. Time for a cuppa, chocolate and then to the garden.

LameWolf

Boddy I've just read what happened to your DD; suffice it to say I am angry on her behalf. Even people with "fetishes" should know about personal space and not encroaching on it.:mad: I hope the creep gets suitably disciplined.

I think Mr LW may need new specs... he put Mary outside twice early this morning, and just before he left for work, informed me that she still hadn't pooed. So, as we always do, I put her outside for a last trundle round the garden before breakfast (brekkie for her is at 08:00) and as I set her down outside what do you suppose I saw on the back lawn, just near the washing line??:D Any closer, he'd have stepped in it!:rotfl: