Weekly Flylady Thread 28th May 2007

this_is_it

morning everyone , got the kids sorted so am going to sort out the kitchen am even going to put oven shelve in the bath to soak.I also need to nip around my friends so i can wish her happy birthday but i'm not going anywhere until the kitchen is done so i'd better get started.

Muppet81

Hello all,

I'm Muppet (aka Pam).

Having walked out of my job the week before last, I spent last week with you all but remained anonymous. I found the Flylady posts to be an enormous help in my quest to be a domestic goddess whilst enjoying time at home.

Decided to be brave and come out into the open, so hello to you all.

As it is a BHol, my other half is at home so he has been helping me with the chores which is much appreciated.

Looking forward to a week which should leave me feeling organised and on top of things. Not a feeling I have very often.

I have to admit though that I think I could get to like this being at home lark. I have never been out of work in my 30 year working life so this is ra really scary time for me. I had better not get to like it too much:eek:

poohbear59

Good morning everyone.

I am all alone at home today as DH is at work and crazy sons went camping yesterday. I don't think our weather has been so bad as some have had and they haven't returned drenched yet! I sneeked out at about 5.30pm and when I got home lights were on all over the house and porch and front doors were wide open, half the kit they had packed was tipped out on lounge floor, and no one at home. We are lucky we live in a quiet area and no one had been in. I will have something to say to them when they get home. I am off to S and S upstairs bathroom and boys bedroom while they are away. Might leave kitchen til later.

poohbear59

Welcome Muppet, I am at home full time now after 23 years as a teacher and I love it. Still not properly organised though, but working towards it. I wish I knew about flylady when I was working full time as I might not have been so overwhelmed by every thing I was trying to do.

Solwaykid

Welcome Muppet, Wow, brave move! Leaving work I mean, not joining the lovely folk on here:rotfl: I hope you find it useful.

Welcome back Traceyg and Penny too.

Poohbear, that was a lucky one! Maybe you should've hidden their stuff and played innocent?!

My trip to Town is off now. There's a free festival in Newcastle today and I don't think the Baltic is accessable. I only recognise two of the bands playing and don't fancy getting soaked with a bunch of teens. Plan B (once I'm dressed) is cooking for the week with whatever's left in the house. In my lovely clean kitchen - everything done that needed doing this week.

TTFN

Pollybear

Afternoon all

Better day today - still chilly but not raining - so I've got a load of washing on the line.

Kitchen: I've wiped down tops and fronts and I vacuumed last night.

I spent an hour this morning sorting paper work and doing a load of shredding. Recycling bin full ready for tomorrow. I must remember I've got a bag of stuff in the shed to put out too.

scaredy_cat_2

hi all, well have put two loads of washing on and emptied dw - am still in pjs although have had a shower - put pjs back on to run downstairs to enter radio comp!! DH took girls out for big walk as weather is dry and sunny here and also he made a start on kitchen and hung out washing - bless him. He is now cooking me bacon!!

i have written 1500 words of myessay so far - it is 1500-2000 and still have one issue left to discuss so pleased with progress, am back there now to crack on and then just editing to go - hooray!

catch you all later

debtfreehopeful_2

Afternoon all,
well ive wasted this morning completely but im going to grab the baby, put cbeebies on for the toddler and spend an hour working through this list.

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


im in the middle of seriously decluttering the house ready to move in the next few months and the kitchen is the room im on at the moment so this should help
Thanks
Sue

this_is_it

Most of the kitchen is done the cupboards could do with a sort out so might do that after lunch can feel a head ache coming on so just going to take somthing for it and hope it works.just going to sit down with kids for a bit before i hoover the living room.

ShirleyPark_2

saversarn - good luck with your first week of flying
newmrslockwood- *waves* nice to see you back, I think I'd miss the encouragement and support of everyone on here too
happyathome_withmyboys - welcome back
cha97michelle - hope you enjoyed your spa day
boston_uk - do you have the recipe for the crumble mix ? Hope you are having fun with your friend.
Penelope Penguin - welcome back
shell2001 - I'm jealous the one thing I really hate hoovering is the stairs !
Muppet81 - welcome
scaredy cat - yay for getting 1500 words done, I can't write essays, thankfully I only had to write 2 in my entire 3 years of uni, I guess that's the nice thing about Engineering degrees.

Had a bit of a go at "him indoors" on saturday, he wasn't helping at all with the bathroom, so complained that he was the one who wanted out, so he should damm well help out. Not sure whether it did the trick or not, but atleast I got to vent my anger. All week he's done nothing but go on about how the house over the road is up for sale at only 10k more than we paid for this one and that it has a conservatory yadda yadda yadda. Why the hell he's so bothered I have no idea, it's not like he's the one that spent all the money on getting the electrics done, the kitchen done, the heating done, I paid for all of that - grrrrrrr.

Anyway, I've painted the 3rd coat on the ceiling in the bathroom today, I'm hoping that's the last coat, just need to do a bit of a touch up around the edges, and then paint the glosswork. Must also remember to order the new taps. Then it's up to him to get on with his bits, like fitting the taps, re-sealing the bath, fitting new fan and re-tiling.