Weekly Flylady Thread 15th April 2013

nicki_2

Evening all. Not caught up with thread properly Too tired tonight.

Ex has been, DD now has a laptop, and he's tried to fix mine. It was working, now its playing up again but I think that might be due to DD being on her laptop as well. :rotfl:

Kitchen
Level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces - main areas done. Could do with moving stuff and getting into all the corners.
Level Two
Mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirtings too
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
Wipe over all those small appliances.. don't forget the inside of the microwave!
Wipe out the icky parts of the fridge and have a quick check for what needs restocking.

Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level Two
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Level Three
HHPaperwork, make any medical appointments - anybody due a smear?
HHI

Master Bedroom and Landing
Level Three
Have some me time
Do any mending, sew on buttons etc - need DD to come home first for this, I noticed this morning I need to fix the shoulderpad in her blazer.

Bathroom and Pc Area
Level One
Clean bath sinks and toilets
Level Three
Clean shelves.
Bleach brush
Bring toothbrush cup down to be cleaned

Misc To do:
Contact fire brigade to see if they still do home safety checks - our free smoke alarms no longer work.
List DD's old violin for sale.
Contact council to come and move old fire etc.

Work:
Put through returns & pay bill
Package returns
Collect book from customer - oops! Will have to call in the morning instead. I'm already in my pjs

Just going to put DD's uniform through a quick wash and then once thats dry then I'm off to bed.

toochoosey

TMD, that always happens to me too!!!

Quiet here tonight??
I have done ironing, washing, dishes and wiped worktops down in kitchen. I'm waiting for work top to dry and see if needs ironing, then off to bed.

Hope all are well and hugs and spoons to all in need xx

MinnieMousesMummy

Killer Kitchen - Monday
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Sweep and Mop the floor
Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc
Wipe the cupboard fronts, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Clean all those small appliances, wipe their home then put them back..
Wipe the gicky things out of the fridge.
Clean hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
Clean windows and sills
Empty the cupboards and clean the entire insides, start with the worst cupboard!!.. shelves, everything.
Clear clutter from shelves and wipe them over.. I want to see empty spaces and shiny shelves!!

Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Clear a hotspot
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Update financial spreadsheets/accounts.. if you have none to do.. DO SOME FILING.. all that paperwork HAS a home!!
Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs
Wipe front door.. inside and out!
Wash any nets/curtains that need cleaning.. put up fresh ones!
Sort that corner full of shoes and coats and bags... I know you all put this off so Get it sorted.. before the proper nice weather hits!!
Put all the paperwork in one heap and sort through it
Scrub the manky marks off the carpet
Scrub the manky marks off the sofas
Look online for a spice rack since I was unable to find one in town
Write up some of the recipes used this month

Study or other reception room & bathrooms - Wednesday
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing
Vacuum the floors
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Vacuum under movable furniture
HHI..
Clear a hotspot
Replace any dead toothbrushes and sponges
Haul out the pc desk and deal with the destruction which lies beyond MSE land
Wash the curtains/nets
Scoop all that hotspot into one heap.. and fling it in the bin.. keeping the bits you really have to, but put them away nicely.
Clean up any floor gibble

Master bedroom & landing - Thursday
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the spring!
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet if the weather permits
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Quick hoover round house
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of..
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
33 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Clean windows in these rooms
Clear a box of clutter from the landing
Sort through that airing cupboard!!
Sort through a pile of landing gibble
Sort your 'stash' in your bedroom.. you know the place that you stuff things and think.. yep.. I'll sort that later.. The one you hide presents in, yep we're all guilty of it me included!!!
Find the floor.. not just a bit of it.. ALL of it!!!!!!!! and vacuum it
Wipe over the skirting boards

skint_breeder_5

Right time to check in and report flying for Tuesday, then again for today (Wednesday) although it will be after midnight likely :rotfl:

Tuesday

Horsepiddle for DD3 - :beer: Skin cancer specialist confirmed her suspicious looking mole is NOT "unfriendly" :j:j:j:j AND she can have further courses of Photolight therapy treatment, although this specialist has re-jigged all her skin meds and is going to see her again in 3 months

Waiting for special concoctions to be made up according to the secret "Colchester" formula in the hospital pharmacy (one of the regular prescription items is out of stock )

DS taken into nursery later than usual cos of DD3 appt, but picked up normal time

Big Black Cloud appointment survived again

Daisy duty survived for another day

Decluttered half of DD3 on hairdressers floor and had my hair "painted" according to DS - 3 hrs in the chair - DD4 and DS were superbly behaved considering how boring it is for them and it was gone 7pm before we left

cleared, cleaned and bleached 2 runs of kitchen worksurfaces, upper and lower doors and kick boards and sockets on those runs wiped over

kitchen floor, LR, hall and porch hoovered

Back door opened for HH-fresh air

Microwave, cooker hood, hob, and cooker doors cleaned

Fling boogie in LR

fleabay parcel collected from Post Office

stretched the plastic for dinner to be cooked for me - Sorry Martin, not very :money: of me

Right quick cuppa, then update Wednesday's list

skint_breeder_5

Wednesday list for Skint Ritz/Pitz

Froggy phone call to green steam mop company - bubblewrapped, boxed, labelled and dropped up at courier pick up point - all done on the same day :j:j:j

Trip to Hospital Pharmacy (wasted journey as item not in as expected and not told in advance:( ):(

Trip to post office to pick up another missed fleabay parcel of clothes for DS

crate of glass bottles and jars smashed in the name of recycling at bottle bank - very therapeutic

remaining 2 kitchen worksurfaces cleared, cleaned and bleached (door and kick boards on this half of kitchen is outstanding )

composting caddy emptied, cleaned and bleached

egg shells crushed and put round strawberry plants outside (thanks for the tip on this from earlier this week/late last week :T)

Mount Foldmore moved from Utility to LR a boulder at a time :rotfl:

Broken pegs and springs picked up off patio/out of the grass and binned (note to self need to buy some more pegs :eek:)

DD4's fleabay'd baby gym assembled ready to use

DS new clothes bundle flip-flopped Sheldon Cooper style neatly into his drawers

All DS age 2-3 clothes whipped out of his drawers bagged up waiting for any stragglers to come through the wash :eek:

DD4 first size and upto 3 months bagged up also waiting for any stragglers to come through

Main bathroom sink scrubbed, evidence of DD2 blue hair splatters bleached out of the shower tray, limescale removed from main bathroom shower fixtures

Towel cupboard re-folded "Anthea" to stop the Skint Kids busting the door off its hinges AGAIN :mad:

lonDD4's washable nappies given a quick rub through and soaking in bucket in my ensuite shower tray :money:

Floordrobe in my room cleared, fling boogie my room, landing, ensuite and main bathroom

WM x 2, TD x 2, DW x 1

Freezer decluttered of 5 whoopsies for dinner tonight

Long chat with DD1 at uni this morning

Right time to settle down before DD4 decides Daisy mode needs to recommence operation :rotfl:

Hugs, sticks and spoons to all :wave: catch up again at a more sensible hour

pollyskettle

Killer Kitchen - Monday
Extras
Clean oven/[STRIKE]hob[/STRIKE] if you must.. *rolls eyes*

Deep clean challenge day one
- Empty the cupboards and clean the entire insides, start with the worst cupboard!!.. shelves, everything.<<< - 1/13
- Clear clutter from shelves and wipe them over.. I want to see empty spaces and shiny shelves!!<<< - 3/4

Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level Three
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Clear a hotspot
Extras
Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs
Wipe front door.. inside and out!
Sort that corner full of shoes and coats and bags... I know you all put this off so Get it sorted.. before the proper nice weather hits!!

Deep clean challenge
- Drag out all the furniture and clean the skirtings and all the woodwork
- Scrub the manky marks off the carpet
- Scrub the manky marks off the sofas

Study or other reception room & bathrooms - Wednesday
Level Two
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles
Level Three
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras
Vacuum under movable furniture
HHI..
Replace any dead toothbrushes and sponges

Deep clean challenge
- Haul out the pc desk and deal with the destruction which lies beyond MSE land
- Drag out the larger furniture you can manage and clean under and behind it.

Master bedroom & landing - Thursday
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the spring![/STRIKE]
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
[STRIKE]Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet if the weather permits
15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/STRIKE]
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom [STRIKE]and on landing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of.. [/STRIKE]
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list,
33 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Clean windows in these rooms
[STRIKE]Clear a box of clutter from the landing[/STRIKE]
Sort through that airing cupboard!!
Deep Clean Challenge
- [STRIKE]Sort through a pile of landing gibble[/STRIKE]
- Sort your 'stash' in your bedroom.. you know the place that you stuff things and think.. yep.. I'll sort that later.. The one you hide presents in, yep we're all guilty of it me included!!!
- [STRIKE]Dive under your bed and drag out all the boxes and get them reorganised..[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Find the floor.. not just a bit of it.. ALL of it!!!!!!!! and[/STRIKE] vacuum it
- Wipe over the skirting boards

Morning all! Rather windy here and it woke me up far earlier than I would have liked. Still get a head start on the day

Dustykitten

Morning all

Still really windy here, possibly too much to put washing out even with double pegging - oh Valli I could make a pegs should be made of wood exception for some 'stormproof' pegs - do they exist?

Need to take DS1 out driving again, we can collect a parcel from the sorting office whilst out and drive to the village to collect a medical form.

Flying - hoover stairs and all of upstairs
Wash bathroom floor
Dust DH study
ds1 to change his bed
Descale shower tray

kazwookie

Hi Folks,

Sorry for MIA, but been caught up with RL, and other such stuff.

Hugs if you need one, xxx

Daily stuff stuff is done, and not many extras as just don't have the time at the moment.

Once sorted and life is calmer, I'll be back..................

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
darn just started spotting with rain here:(
hope all are well, hugs good wishes positive thoughts and get well vibe where needed
its not looking like ive really achieved much off the lists yet this week, but ive been tackling the bigger deep clean things that have taken time to sort. going to start in the kitchen this morning and tackle a few proper cleaning jobs to get the list down a bit.

last night went through 2 big folders of knitting patterns and culled about a third that i know i will never knit. proper patterns are going to CS ripped out pages from mags and print off went in recycling as im not sure if you can sell them.
last nights pots are soaking in clean hot water so i better go and make a start.

Killer Kitchen

• Clean oven
• HHI ..
• Clean windows and sills
• Empty the cupboards and clean the entire insides,
• Clear clutter from shelves and wipe them over..

Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Clean windows, mirrors etc.


Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
HHI..


Master bedroom & landing - Thursday
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Clear a box of clutter from the landing
Dive under your bed and drag out all the boxes and get them reorganised..


this weeks list
send money in for concert tickets
[STRIKE]tidy and sort cd collection[/STRIKE]
post knitted squares for charity blanket
[STRIKE]write up governors report on school visit[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]chase up records office re family history query[/STRIKE]
take bag of toy stuffing round to mil
HHCx2 for mil doing what ever is needed
mending pile - zip for DS1 [STRIKE]school bag zip for DS2[/STRIKE] and bag straps for DH

bossymoo

Good morning!

Wind and rain here, so I'll not bother with laundry till later. Luckily I have a conservatory and a couple of airers so if we have a little sunshine it will dry fairly quickly.

All fed, me showered and dressed, kiddies just playing but will dress them soon.

DW going. Right I'll go collect my list and review what's happening this afternoon.


Killer Kitchen
[STRIKE]Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc
Wipe the gicky things out of the fridge.[/STRIKE]
Clean oven
HHI
[STRIKE]Get rid of the chipped plates etc.. the chipped parts harbour germs of disgusting proportions as the pottery but it porous they have lots of places to hide.. revolting.. get rid![/STRIKE]

Lazy Living Room
remove clutter from fireplace / basket corner!
Clean fireplace
Clean sofas
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Paint front door
Buy a mirror!

Study or other reception room & bathrooms
[STRIKE]Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.[/STRIKE]
Replace any dead toothbrushes and sponges

Master bedroom & landing
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of.. (DD?)[/STRIKE]
Sort through that airing cupboard!!
Sort your 'stash' in your bedroom.. you know the place that you stuff things and think.. yep.. I'll sort that later.. The one you hide presents in, yep we're all guilty of it me included!!!


Oh dear... Looks like I'll be busy. We might overflow into tomorrow, assuming that is kids rooms and since DS has just had his room "done" that should be easy...

See you later, after I've bashed my children for driving me demented...