Weekly Flylady Thread 28th May 2007

boston_uk

I think I wanna cry ...

We accepted the offer on our house this morning and rang the people to whom we had made an accepted offer for their house. Only to be told that their estate agent - without talking to us - had put the place back on the market, told him we weren't interested any more, and they sold it to someone else on Monday!!!!

Ever get the feeling that whatever you do you are jinxed in some way?

Waiting to hear now what he is going to do, as he has accepted both offers.

Not sure I can cope with all this ..... and a headache you could put in a box, raging earache and feeling as though my throat is gonna close completely

Sorry for the whinge ... more St John's wort needed ....

saversarn

Boston, you poor thing moving is so stressfull

This thread seems to be a support system on soo many levels!!

My flying yesterday was crap, as it took me forever to do ebay listings as it was my first time. And now I need £250 for my dogs biopsy it needed to be done. Oh well fingers crossed xx

Love to all

cha97michelle

Well i feel slightly more chilled. Then again mini-man slept for two and a half hours this morning, and is a lot happier, and the 4th tooth is just poking through the gum, so 2 at once is the main problem.

Had a bit of a giggle at the cat who is only supposed to be eating prescription food chasing Charlie in the baby walker so he could eat some of his toasted tea cake. You have to laugh or you could end up more stressed.

Managed to mark 17 papers, and get a couple of small bits done. 18th of June is when we go away, and in an ideal world i will not be taking any with me. Can't wait.

we are a strange bunch aren't we really (meant in a nice way) how we all gel together. Don't think i would be doing as well without you all, and i might even dig out the aromatherapy oils the midwife gave me a few months ago and start using them again. there was lavender, lemon and something else. anything that helps.



saversarn - sorry about your dog and the huge vet bill

pigpen - may take you up on that once i get the next few weeks out the way, i wouldn't even need the train as i have a car.

Michelle, x

lil_me

pigpen wrote: »

lil_me.. my youngest son has just had a hysteria because one of the others told him the sun makes your hair change colour.. we explained it just gets a bit lighter but it didn't work.. he likes his hair as it is and doesn't want it to change... ARGH!!!!... I do wonder what actually goes in in their heads on occasion!

Oh no, literal moment, put it this way my son stayed inside a full summer hols because he didn't want his skin to change colour, hope yours doesn't do the same! The literal view and the objection to change can lead to turmoil in our house aswell.

As for the bruise :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Grass is cut, planters watered, will be lucky if one of the strawberry plants survive out of the ten I bought, never mind. Leaving the 'other side' of the garden until we take the trampoline down later on next week, saves moving it to move it back.

Laundry now, might drag a set of curtains down to wash seeing as it's nice.

Tartan_Mum

Happy Friday everyone!

Well FLYing-wise today's been pretty rubbish. But DH will be in soon and he can take over looking after DS to let me get cracking upstairs. There's a lot of junk lying around as we try to decorate DS bedroom so I'd like to get that all done and dusted (literally!) this weekend.

Sounds like everything has started going a bit Pete Tong this week for many of us. Good thing for us all that it's the weekend and we can start with a nice clean slate next week.

Michelle - :grouphug: Hope you're doing ok now. I really feel for you. I'm in a scarily similar boat at the mo'. Teething, grumping etc We were at the HV last week. No real advice there. We've tried everything they said. I'm trying to stay positive. Luckily when he's on form, he's on really great form. Not long until your holiday at least so you have something to look forward to. Pretty freaky tho as we're away that week too.....

Pigpen - your tales make me I think i'm just jealous. At least you knew how you got the bruise!

Pollybear - good luck with the cable box. You don't realise how much rubbish you watch until you don't have it!

Boston - fingers crossed

Shirley, saversarn, poohbear - :grouphug:

In fact I think we could all do with a big giant FLY hug this week.

Hopefully we'll all have a great weekend and we'll be refreshed and raring to go on Monday morning. That's the theory anyway......

TM x

rach

hello all

i'm trying to make an effort to post as i know it will help me keep on top of the flat! my hour of blasting through the place turned into a bit longer yesterday so it looks a lot better. my in tray is full but that can wait til next week, at least there's not loads of stuff kicking around any more.

michelle, be careful! i know what its like when it all becomes too much and it must be even more difficult with a baby.

my extras for today:
clean washing away
wash towels and hang up to dry
handwashing
write Sunday's sermon & print out papers needed
food top up shop
make fish pie for dinner
cancel wine delivery


Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Clean floors
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary) - don;t have one!
Level Three
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
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

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floor and sofas
Level 2
Dusting and cobweb removal (if you want to dust round things that is fine)
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Wipe light switches and banister
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Clean window
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
Vacuum under furniture (only if you won't hurt yourself doing it, don't want any injuries)
Declutter mission task
Clear one hotspot of your choice, even if only for 10 minutes

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Check fire alarms are working
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Remove bed linen and wash, replace with fresh - will have to wait til next week
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Level 3
Clean window & wipe windowsill
Wipe doors and handles
Declutter Mission Task
27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter!!!

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms(even if it is around clutter)
Level Two
Clean bath, toilet and sink
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
Level Three
Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clean windows
Declutter Mission Task
PAPERWORK - Oh yes that dreaded drawer/pile, give it 15 minutes of your time today sorting through, making sure anything urgent is dealt with etc

Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms

no kids room, spare room is study!
Declutter Mission Task
Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference

For those with kids or wear uniforms for work, try to get them in the wash tonight, makes the weekend easier. Apart from the dailies and night time routines that's the lot for the week, of course if you still want to join us over the weekend you are more than welcome

FRIDAY EXTRA - Don't forget your ME time this weekend, even if it's just a nice relaxing bath or catching up with an old friend, go on you deserve it

lil_me

Quite a productive day so far, got to the bottom of the laundry basket doens't happen often, kitchens still full of 'his' stuff so given up on the areas I can't get to, garden looks loads better (will also be easier to clean up after the dogs now I can get to it)

Made a few calls this morning, have managed to find a sports injury specialist for DP and he has an appointment on Monday, sounds promising he's an ex football team physio, the NHS one he was refered to was as much use as a fart in a space suit! Hoping to get him motivated aswell as more mobile, he was more 'helpful' when he was going to the gym etc but since his ankle problem he's turned into a lazy slob again.

Shirley I know what you mean with the coming off meds, I was dreading it but much better than I thought I would be.

Anyway, DS1 just polishing off the last bowl of a big fruit salad I made, got the tea time washing up to do so I best get on with it, ttfn

Dustykitten

Evening all, just got back from the Lake District so thought I'd pop in to say hi. House is lovely and just how I left it - well if you ignore the dead bird on the kitchen floor! Intend to get to kids bedrooms on sunday and generally get straight as have quite a lot of w**k next week and kids activities/appointments everywhere.

Dusty x

GeorgiaW

Hello all,
My first week at flylady and had been congratulating myself for getting to level three most days.

That was until I read Boston's earlier post (good luck with the house BTW) when you said you'd dusted but not the skirtings.

SKIRTINGS! No one mentioned skirtings. :eek: What else haven't I done?


On another note when I click the "Thanks" nothing happens - apart from it dissappearing

Woodyrocks

I think I was a tad over ambitious in my last post as I managed to do not one item on the list but I have outdone myself today by sweeping the front room, hallway and dining room and also mopping said areas. Something I have not done in at least 3years!!!

I have thought about the advice of you guys and I am not going to be getting rid of the cleaner. What I will be doing though is attempting to maintain a clean house on the other 6 days she is not in, instead of just making a mess as normal and taking it for granted that it will get cleaned on wednesday!

Also bought some cleaning products in Somerfield today and am off upstairs to clean the bathroom with a can of guinness in hand This is the most cleaning I have done in years and it is all thanks to this thread

I am reclaiming my mess and shall deal with it if it is the last thing I do. Oops I guess it means you guys are now stuck with me!