Weekly Flylady Thread 21st May 2007

LilMissEmmylou

lol me Emmy is fine Emmylou is short for Emma-Louise so i tend to get Emma or Emmy anyways rather than a full name

Beccatje

Welcome to all the new flying ladies!

Tomorrow I am doing things a little differently.
After 4 days of having all 5 kids at home, it has been wrecked!

And tomorrow morning at 10 I will get a visit from someone about a new heating system... so from 8:15 till arrival of this person I will be blitzing through the living room, and kitchen to make sure this person doesn't faint from the shock!.. :rotfl: :rotfl:

After that it's work so.. sigh...

I have been terribly busy today though.. did ALL the washing.. and ALL the ironing.. and if you know that I have 5 children, and wash/iron only on weekends you can take a wild guess of how many pieces of clothing I've held today!! And i even managed to take the kids out to a petting zoo for a few hours!! Well, husband helped, I'll have to admit that! :rotfl: :A

have a good day everyone!!

Becca

LilMissEmmylou

just noticed shirley lots of bathroom work going on there! rather than dump, why not freecycle it? as long as the cabinet is in working order somebody will come and take it from you and any other bathroom bits ur getting rid off. Sorry i just hate to see things throwen out when somebody else is prob looking for that very item

janiedoll_2

This is great! I actually thought I was going mad or had some kind of compulsive disorder! I just can't get in to a routine with my housework and badly need some help! don't get me wrong, my house is clean and tidy most of the time but I def need some tips! I have tried doing a list to get a routine going but this is better! It is good having someone to talk to about it too cos i'm sure my friends and family can't see what I'm worrying about!!!!

The mad thing is that I go out to clean other people's houses and do a great job there - mind you, i am getting paid to do that! It's a really satisfying job - much more than the last 18 years I've spent in an office!

I had a whole list of stuff to do today but had 2 extra kids staying over so had to keep them entertained! Then, because the weather was good, I cut some of the grass in my back garden - result: nice tidy area round washing line but i fell asleep on the couch for half hour then went to bed at 7 and slept till 10pm!

maralum

Oh my goodness shirleypark, I'm sorry. I hope that things get better soon. I'm here for a PM if you need me.

maralum

Janiedoll, welcome! It's true, most of us are impressively disorganised and if you take our flylady lists away from us, our houses descend into chaos once more :rotfl: . Come on in for chatting, moaning, laughing and sometimes we even get some cleaning done, but only if we have the time .

I hope the LOs are better today dustykitten, it's so quiet when they're poorly, isn't it? I hate it when Owen's ill, he's lovely with it (he just cuddles me on the sofa all day), but his whole personality changes, he gets so weak and silent, I'd much rather he were bashing me with a sword like usual .

Lil_me, poor puppy! Poor you! Rotten bone puppy sick is not a laughing matter, hope she's better soon.

Good luck for your dress cha97michelle, weddings are a bit love/hate for me. I love the meaning, symbolism and service, but I hate worrying about how I'll look, what I'll wear and the size of my butt! I bet you'll look gorgeous.

Good luck to emmy too, you'll find that flying makes a difference in no time. I used to hate my house, but now I'm really proud of it. I even have time to decorate, put flowers ot and generally just "pretty" things up. Well, I did have the time until the baby was born!

Big day for me today, MIL's coming over to help me de-gunge the bits that have been ignored since Freya's arrival, so we will be:

Cleaning the windows
[STRIKE]Cleaning ALL floors, including under furniture[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Cleaning the bath[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuuming the skirting boards[/STRIKE]
Cleaning out the fridge
Vacuum the sofas
[STRIKE]Dust throughout[/STRIKE]

And anything else we come across!

Dailies

[STRIKE]Make the beds[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Make Owen's lunch[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Put the washing on[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]S and S bathroom[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]S and S sitting room[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]S and S kitchen[/STRIKE]

Manic Monday - Kitchen

[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week

Plus, Owen has his booster jabs tomorrow - nothing like setting yourself a challenge for the day, is there? :rotfl:

Good luck to all for the week ahead, I hope things get better for those who need it and stay happy to the rest. x

ShirleyPark_2

LilMissEmmylou wrote: »

just noticed shirley lots of bathroom work going on there! rather than dump, why not freecycle it? as long as the cabinet is in working order somebody will come and take it from you and any other bathroom bits ur getting rid off. Sorry i just hate to see things throwen out when somebody else is prob looking for that very item

I would freecycle it, but it's in a total state, but you never know, I'll take a proper look at it once it's off the wall.

embb

Morning lovelies :hello:

(((((((((Shirley))))))))) x

Manic Monday - Kitchen [STRIKE]and Dining Room[/STRIKE] Don't have one
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/STRIKE] It's empty :eek:
Level Three
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
[STRIKE]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/STRIKE]
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
Declutter mission task
Sort any cupboard, doesn't have to be in the kitchen/dining room, even if it's just for 10 minutes

My list:

* Weekly shop
* hoover through
* pay rent
* buy gas/elec
* WM x 1
* ^^^ hang on line

Lovely and sunny here again today, got no car still so have to do shopping by bus then taxi back and I hate the bus so just getting that done today will be an achievement for me. Hope everyone's well, gonna make a head start on the kitchen, hopefully I'll get it done before I take littley to school.....starting.....

NOW!

x

nicki_2

Morning all :hello:

:grouphug: to everyone and an especially big one to Shirley.

Well the list I made for the weekend was pointless :rotfl: I got level 1 and most of level 2 done of my weekend jobs BUT the rest of the lists got left :rotfl::rotfl: Oh well, its all coming around again this week. Found out yesterday that DD is going camping THIS weekend :eek: I thought it was next weekend :mad: So it's going to be fun trying to do fly lists (which need doing - half-term next week and I'm not planning on spending it all at home like normal ), I have a finance meeting at the school on Wednesday morning, I have ebay things belong to OH to dispatch, the school website still needs ALOT of work and I need to find DDs camping gear :rolleyes: I think babysteps will have to be my motto for this week

Dailies

• Level One
  • Beds Made
  • Dishes
• Level Two
  • Kitchen S&S
  • Bathroom S&S
  • Evening Meal
• Level Three
  • Uniform
  • Lunches for tomorrow
  • Washing Machine

Kitchen

• Level One
  • Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
• Level Two
  • Clean floors
  • Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
• Level Three
  • Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
  • Wipe window sill, clean any marks off window if required
  • Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
  • Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week

Declutter mission task

10 minutes on a cupboard

MISC

• Ebay
  • Find emails (OH's account so they should be in his inbox )
  • Wrap ebay parcels
  • Dispatch ebay parcels
  • Contact OH to contact buyers that they're items are dispatched
• Website
  • Parental Links
  • Teacher Links
  • Student Links
  • Menus
  • Write To-do list
• Wednesday - Finance meeting
• Camping
  • Find walking stick etc
  • Sort out clothing
  • Find & air sleeping bag
  • Get some midnight feast goodies
  • Sort out list

For now thats all I can think of. Will have to write down the misc list as thats the only thing I haven't got a copy of!

Right, time to do DD's hair and then I need to get to the cash machine & shop so she's got money for this week :rolleyes: :wave:

boston_uk

Morning all :hello:

Wow - what a lot of fluttering already! It's only 8am and I already feel behind with stuff .....

Miserable day here so far - mizzly rain and very dull.

My thoughts to you Shirley - remember that they are virtually a different species - it helps somehow. Just keep going and keep smiling. If it dont fix it it, will at least annoy the hell out of him.

Dustykitten - hope your youngsters are feeling a bit better -they soudned really poorly - it isnt one of Holly's old bones is it??

Lil_me - hope the said Hollypup is feeling a bit better -they bounce back quick enough - a bit of live yoghurt will help her gut get back to normal too.

Welcome to all the new flyers!!! If you have time for housework after getting hooked into reading here you will be doing really well :rotfl:


OK - so on with the motley - I 've s&s'd bathrooms and seen to the dogs and had breakfast and tidied up the kitchen ready to start.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Utility (Dog) Room
Level One
Clean floors & Vacuum crate.
Dog bedding wash
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Descale kettle and clean filter jug and renew cartridge
Fill up water softener with salt cubes
Level Three
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
Declutter mission task
Sort any cupboard, doesn't have to be in the kitchen/dining room, even if it's just for 10 minutes