Weekly Flylady Thread 15th April 2013

bossymoo

I'm done too, just browsing for ideas for kids to wear fancy dress for St George's day. Or they can just go in red and white... We'll see.

Have rehoused all towels so airing cupboard clear again. Have also moved some clothes. But only as far as the spare room cupboard...

bonnie_bumpkins

bossy I did smile at the thought of the little moos laughing so much at striped ice lollies

Hope the erection activities are going to plan in the pigpen household :cool:

This evening I've cooked two versions of spag bol - one meaty one veggie - cleaned the hob *shock horror* and done lots of vacuuming. DD has done everything DW related and cleared/tidied the coffee table. I have put my birthday presents where they belong - my birthday was last monday, for those who may have missed it Towels are TDd and folded. Insides of kitchen cupboards wiped.

Things I have seen in waste bins in my village:
Yesterday: a pair of small yellow crutches
Today: a silver scooter

Things I have seen on the pavement just outside my house:
Sloppy dog poo - I have tried to channel my inner dusty but my gag reflex is too strong so it'll have to stay there for the moment

Love, hugs, sticks, spoons as required 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.I will do this once I get a spice rack, as I will need to declutter the cupboard
Clear clutter from shelves and wipe them over.. I want to see empty spaces and shiny shelves!!I will do this once I get a herb rack

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
[STRIKE]Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!![/STRIKE]
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
[STRIKE]Vacuum the floors[/STRIKE]
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
[STRIKE]Quick hoover round house[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/STRIKE]
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

Friday - Childrens/spare rooms or a catchup
Clear the floor
Spend at least half an hour doing something just for yourself.. a nice bath, a manicure.. just your time! Make that appointment to have you hair done!!
Strip the beds and wash those sheets.. and any duvets that need doing
Flip the mattresses over
Binbag dance
Vacuum the floor
Deweb and defluff the room
Clean the windows
Wash any curtains/throws/cushions etc that need it
Wipe sticky marks from walls and doors and skirting
Clean any tv's, pc's playstations in the room
Put the discs/videos in the correct boxes and books on shelves
Wipe the bed frames down
Drag the junk out from behind wardrobes, chests of drawers and under the bed.. deal with it appropriately.. and that does not mean stuffing it back under!! lol
Clear, wipe declutter and make pretty any shelves
Wipe over the big furniture.. wardrobes etc
Make the clothes in the drawer all neat and tidy

Natty68

Evening all, hope you are all well and enjoying the reasonable weather we are having (inbetween showers!).

Not sure where the week has disappeared, for some reason I haven't been indoors that much to do as much flying as I wanted to do. How come when you make plans to do something they never happen - I had all good intentions to do a fair bit of flying I'm hoping that next week will be a bit better, I only have my 4yr old "niece's" party to go to - at the moment!!!

Had the insurance assessor in again today, thankfully it wasn't the miserable one that came last time. This one came to check my stair carpet out for replacement..luckily they never quibbled and instead of replacing one piece they are doing the landing upstairs and the two flights of stairs. Decided on a dark colour this time, that way it won't show the animal marks/dirt that they are always bringing in..

Can't have my ceiling replaced until 6 weeks time due to the gas mains being replaced outside over the next 6 weeks. So the good news at least I have 6 weeks to put everything into storage boxes.. Will look a bit bare at the end of it..and will be without furniture for 4 days while they repair it. Well apart from the sofa as we aren't moving that out. But everything else has to go, including pictures, nets/curtains. If it is moveable it goes!!

We've also got Bella my friends jack russell staying with us for a week. She's adorable and a little diva, but she loves being with my two boys. And they keep her in her place. She also loves give my eldest Scruffy little puppy kisses!!

Killer Kitchen - Monday
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Extras

[STRIKE]
• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*[/strike]
• [strike]HHI .. with your clean iron!!
  [/STRIKE]
• Clean windows and sills
• treat the pets for fleas!!! This is prime time for them to be developing an infestation.. the last thing you need in your house! (still not done mine.. bad me!)

Deep clean challenge day one.. I do not want anyone straining themselves so if this is too much or not sensible because you'll hurt yourself don't do it!! Listen to your body.

• [STRIKE]Empty the cupboards and clean the entire insides, start with the worst cupboard!!.. shelves, everything.[/STRIKE]
• [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]
• [STRIKE]Figure out what needs using up first and work it into your meal plan this week![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Clear clutter from shelves and wipe them over.. I want to see empty spaces and shiny shelves!![/STRIKE]

Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
Level Two
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Extras

• 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!

Deep clean challenge

• Drag out all the furniture and clean the skirtings and all the woodwork
• Put all the paperwork in one heap and sort through it
• Sort out the magazines and newspapers and sling them in the recycling... if it's anything like mine I have my own magazine shop building up.
• Scrub the manky marks off the carpet
• Scrub the manky marks off the sofas

Study or other reception room & bathrooms - Wednesday
Level One
Wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing
Level Two
Vacuum the floors
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Level Three
Clean the windows.
Extras

• Vacuum under movable furniture
• HHI..
• Deal with any calls etc that need doing
• Clear a hotspot
• Replace any dead toothbrushes and sponges

Deep clean challenge

• Polish the cat & dust the menfolk
• wash the curtains/nets
• Drag out the larger furniture you can manage and clean under and behind it.
• 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
Level 1
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
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.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 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!!

Deep Clean Challenge

• 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!!!
• Dive under your bed and drag out all the boxes and get them reorganised..
• Find the floor.. not just a bit of it.. ALL of it!!!!!!!! and vacuum it
• Wipe over the skirting boards

Friday - Childrens/spare rooms or a catchup
Level One
Clear the floor
Spend at least half an hour doing something just for yourself.. a nice bath, a manicure.. just your time! Make that appointment to have you hair done!!
Level Two
Strip the beds and wash those sheets.. and any duvets that need doing
Flip the mattresses over
Binbag dance
Level Three
Vacuum the floor
Deweb and defluff the room
Clean the windows
Extras

• Wash any curtains/throws/cushions etc that need it
• Wipe sticky marks from walls and doors and skirting
• Clean any tv's, pc's playstations in the room
• Put the discs/videos in the correct boxes and books on shelves

Deep Clean Challenge

• Wipe the bed frames down
• Drag the junk out from behind wardrobes, chests of drawers and under the bed.. deal with it appropriately.. and that does not mean stuffing it back under!! lol
• Clear, wipe declutter and make pretty any shelves
• Wipe over the big furniture.. wardrobes etc
• Make the clothes in the drawer all neat and tidy

pigpen

Valli wrote: »

Errands in town done

Car insurance renewal cancelled as I have much more 'realistic' quotes online

from SAGA no less )*feels old - glares at Piggers - don't you DARE comment*:p)

MOI??!!! I don't need too... Gerry Hatrick says it all for me

bonnie_bumpkins wrote: »

Hope the erection activities are going to plan in the pigpen household :cool:

Not an erection to be seen... everything still boxed... tomorrow I shall pick up the Albert key and set too.... I am a girl so he will get all macho and take over..

mrs-moneypenny

Bossy if you have an england flag fix that to his shoulders cape style get a cereal box cut the bottom and one side off so it fits over head, cover it in tinfoil fashioning a shield in the same way from tinfoil and cardboard. even better if you have a cuddly toy dragon (or dinosaur) knocking about the place. et voila! st george and his dragon
this one worked for me a few times at primary school when kids needed something at short notice

night all

skint_breeder_5

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

Thursday's activities - reporting so far

sinks, cleaned and bleached, remaining kitchen doors and kickboards cleaned
LR Hallway and Kitchen hoovered
LR v@xed to remove chocolate footprints on cream carpet (3hrs hard graft)
Kitchen floor mopped
Black sticky glue from Study floor removed off of DD4 baby bouncer yuk
DW loaded

Update
Rubbish, recycling and compost out
Long Daisy session with DD4
My bed disassembled, moved out, hoovered underneath, hoovered base & mattress, hoovered all my BR floor
de-gibbled all 6 drawer chests and all catapulted milk washed off said cabinets

although DD4 and DS are in a deep sleep, the v@x is like a jet plane taking off and they MIGHT not stay asleep, but DD2 has the last 5 hours of her 15 hour Art A level exam tomorrow :eek::eek::eek: , so I cannot justify disturbing her. The milk in my BR carpet will have to hold on til the morning -

Have been using up some bulk buy stuff from @pproved foods tonight and trying to invent tasty stuff without using too much in the way of day to day full price ingredients :money:

Have a lemon semolina "cheesecake" chilling in the fridge, so hoping that will be quite moreish, so when the sweet tooth strikes I can do this on the quick.....I will report back and let you know

TTFN :wave:

bossymoo

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

Bossy if you have an england flag fix that to his shoulders cape style get a cereal box cut the bottom and one side off so it fits over head, cover it in tinfoil fashioning a shield in the same way from tinfoil and cardboard. even better if you have a cuddly toy dragon (or dinosaur) knocking about the place. et voila! st george and his dragon
this one worked for me a few times at primary school when kids needed something at short notice

night all

Bingo! Thankyou. And for DD, who will only dress up if its pretty, I might make a red and white "grass" skirt out of fabric strips...

Dustykitten

Morning all

Been up a while
Read a chapter of my book
Had a chat with DS2 about the education system in China
Followed the breaking situation in Watertown on twitter and the radio
Fed the mogs
Watered my seeds

Time for the shower now and to wake DS1 and DS3 and I'll gather some laundry whilst I'm at it.

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

why has the world gone mad? shootings in boston following the bombing, the explosion yesterday. so sad and so many people getting hurt

done a round of crochet this morning in bed
DS2 wants to be in school early - unsure if hes on a impress ofsted mission LOL
all recycling out 3 black bags, 1 'plastics & tin' bag & paper and cardboard ones and the garden waste.
last week after my mission in the attic i had 7 paper recycling bags out i heard one of the collectors ask his mate if they had to take that many from a private house or if it was classed as business?
NO chance mate its all my personal hoard im sorting and our council take unlimited recycling so ill stand my corner if challenged.

DS2 is in the St George day parade with scouts on sunday but thats uniform so im sorted for that.
DS1 has concert tonight at school so be rushing to get everyone organised for that. its all good practise for his 'gig' next month at an open mic night a pub was so impressed with him theyve offered him a slot of his own.

hope everyone is well
hugs good wises and get well vibes where needed (along with a few kick up the behinds to get the lists done for te weekend if needed)

just got to finish yesterday washing up pack up DS1 and change our bed then ill put my lists up and start on today.