Weekly Flylady Thread 16th June 2013

bossymoo

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

found out my sis hubby walked out on her and kids and I'm 250 mile away so useless to her argh

Oh no! What a nightmare!

DD has had a 90min kip. She won't go to bed nicely tonight (might let them have an extra half hour) but at least she won't be grumpy all afternoon. They are just out in the garden eating ice pops. Looks like it will rain again here.

I really ought to frame myself... The ironing will wait till tomorrow as ther is still stuff drying, but I ought to pick a corner to tackle. Might go in the dining room and have a sort in the cabinet. If I clear one side, I can put my fabric stash in which means less tat in the garage.

Go, go, go! :rotfl:

Honey_Bear

Thanks for the plughole guidance. I can stop scrubbing now. No wonder it never improved!

rebeccaharris31

Dustykitten wrote: »

Monday ~ Living room, Hall and downstairs Loo
Only got 15 minutes
Hoover/wipe the sofas
S&S the sink and toilet
30 minutes to spare
Dust the electricals
Hoover the floor and mop too
Got an hour
HH tidying, decluttering, sorting
Wipe some paintwork, skirting boards, behind the toilet/sink
Extras
Order pet supplies or make vet appointments
Clean out pets/pet bedding
Check you know when sports day/end of term is
No pets or kids?read a book or do some craft

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Only got 15 minutes
Hoover/mop the floor
30 minutes to spare
Clean the sink and shine the taps
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Got an hour
Clean the WM filters and drawer
Wash the window
Wipe over the hob and oven door
Extras
Clean some shoes
HHI
Deal with a hotspot

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Only got 15 minutes
Change the bed, hoover the matress, turn it if you can
30 minutes to spare
Hoover the stairs, landing and bedroom
Wipe the window ledges
Got an hour
Dust any dusty bits
Deal with hotspots/floorobes
Wipe the bedstead
Extras
Arrange for boiler service or chimney sweep
Recycle any paper/magazines lying around
Sun forecast for most today, do a 15 minute outside job or just sit out and enjoy the warmth

Thursday - Bathrooms
Only got 15 minutes
Clean toilets and sinks
30 minutes to spare
Change the towels
Hoover and wipe the floor
Wipe the splashbacks
Got an hour
Clean out the plug holes
Shine the mirrors
Clean the bath and shower
Extras
HHPaperwork
Declultter a drawer
Me Me Me time

Have sort of gone my own way today so far - managed Monday OK, but Tuesday and Wednesday usually get swapped round, and they did again this week. Have cleaned the toilet and sink, but the remainder of this morning and up until 2.15 pm has been spent in the living room (again) and I am chuffed to little bits with the outcome! There is still some more to do in there, but if I can do as well this afternoon as I have this morning, I'll be more than c to little bits. My get up and go hasn't been particularly brilliant over the last few weeks, and when I woke up this morning, I thought it still wasn't - but something must have been there. Anyway, here endeth my Me Me Me time - back to the Living Room!

ionafan

Hello everyone :wave:

Big (((hugs))) to Skint and posivibes to your DD for willpower to stop smoking.
More (((hugs))) to CY and posivibes to your DH.
GWS to mrs-mp

We are settling into our new home well but still living out of boxes, as there's lots of work to be done by gas heating engineer/plumber, electrician and builder.
This may take some months :eek:
Tomorrow the gas man/plumber is going to fit a water supply, drain and sink unit in the utility so that I can put the WM in there with the TD and have space in the temporary kitchen for the DW.
I can't do much flying anyway as I have a horrendous flare-up of what is presumably arthritis, particularly in my right shoulder, right knee and both hands. My shoulder was made much worse this morning when a pile of lids off plastic storage boxes fell on to my right shoulder from a not-very-great height, apparently landing on their edges on the slope oh my shoulder, and it is now even more painful than usual, though hopefully not broken. So flying is out of the question for a few more days - not that there are many bare surfaces without boxes stacked on them!

bossymoo

Ouch ionafan that sound painful

Sorted dining room cabinet but fabric stash too big to fit found some broderie though, enough to make DD a nightie for her hols. Also a big strip of sarong-type fabric that I might be able to muddle into a sun shade / sail type of thing for the garden, if I can peg it to the conservatory and the apple tree it'll look as daft as a daft thing but will provide some shade. Not that we need it today!

Made kids picnic tea, DD has wandered off though... DS has scoffed his and now tucking into jelly we made this morning.

Kids helped me shred some papers and the rest is sorted ready to go back in the filebox. Shredded has gone in green bin.

Decluttering more :coffee: then I will decide what to do with the pile of toddler artwork I've found. DS is currently telling me what's going to happen to his dinner (yuck) we watched some videos on kidshealth.org earlier as he wanted to see what was inside his tummy, lol

nicki_2

Evening all.

Just popping my head in for a rant so please feel free to ignore. :mad::mad:

[RANT ON]
Last month Ex and I closed the claim with the CSA after repeated problems due to the council payroll department messing up the payments to the CSA and therefore meaning I've not been receiving the money until nearly a month after Ex is paid/not at all/the wrong amount. February they took DOUBLE child support which was then paid to me in stages, April they took none (ex paid me direct), May they took none (ex paid me direct again) and we closed the claim as we're sick of the messing around. Out of 56 payments I should have received since Nov 2008, 9 have been significantly late for no reason (I make allowances for bank holidays/Xmas etc), one of which was 2 MONTHS late, 13 have arrived the following month but before the "late" date) and then there is this years mess which is ongoing since February.

The CSA sent out 3 letters on the 28th May stating that the case was completely closed to myself, ex and the council payroll department. Today Ex got paid. Payroll have taken a CS payment from him :mad::mad: He's been on to them and payroll deny any knowledge of the case being closed. He got on to the CSA and they said they'd get on to Payroll and sort it out as the case is definitely closed. CSA have now got back to Ex, they can't Fax a letter to payroll as the fax number isn't working, so they're trying email now. In a week Ex has to contact them to confirm they have received it. CSA have said that payroll have already sent the money to them (which is unusual as normally they don't send it until later in the month according to the last conversation we had with them) so now we have to wait for the CSA to refund Ex before he can pay me. Payroll say it takes 5 working days for the money to transfer, CSA transfers take 3 days, Ex to me is 2 hours! So it looks like I won't be getting the money until July! Its a blooming good job I have savings I can transfer to cover the bills on the 1st, otherwise I'd be going £200 overdrawn :mad: I'm also glad I have the cash on hand to pay for groceries etc otherwise we'd be in a right mess :mad:

I am seriously considering putting in a formal complaint about this, but I have no idea where to start since the problems go back august 2009 :mad::mad:
[Rant over]

I best get on with my work as I have a deadline to meet.

toochoosey

Good evening all xx

Hope all are well I'm yet to read the thread.

Juat had a barney on the phone with DSD and hung up on her....and she drove off.....she was outside in the car waiting for DD!!!! She claimed that DD said she was getting dressed 10 minutes ago and I said that DD had been waiting 3 or 4 days to see her so she started shouting down the phone at me!!! I hung up!!!!

Daily routines
washing, F
swish and swipe kitchen F S S
bathroom, T F S S
ironing, T F
making beds, F S S
vacuuming high traffic areas, F S S
making meals F S S

Night-time routines
preparing clothes for the next day, T F
swish & swipes of the kitchen T F S S
tidying the living room T F S S

Ok here goes this week!

Monday ~ Living room, Hall and downstairs Loo
30 minutes to spare
mop too

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Only got 15 minutes
mop the floor
30 minutes to spare
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Got an hour
Wash the window

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
30 minutes to spare
Hoover the stairs,
Wipe the window ledges
Got an hour
Dust any dusty bits
Deal with hotspots/ floorobes

Thursday - Bathrooms
Only got 15 minutes
Clean toilets and sinks
30 minutes to spare
wipe the floor
Wipe the splashbacks
Got an hour
Clean out the plug holes
Shine the mirrors
Clean the bath and shower
Extras
HHPaperwork
Declultter a drawer

thriftyglam

Thursday - Bathrooms
Only got 15 minutes
[STRIKE]Clean toilets and sinks[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare
[STRIKE]Change the towels[/STRIKE] No need, have only been changed the other day.
[STRIKE]Hoover and wipe the floor[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe the splashbacks[/STRIKE]
Got an hour
Clean out the plug holes
Shine the mirrors
Clean the bath and shower
Extras
HHPaperwork
Declutter a drawer
Me Me Me time

My todos
[STRIKE]Meet with supervisor[/STRIKE]
Pedicure

MinnieMousesMummy

Good evening everyone. I have had a serious episode of CBA today and as I result I have managed to get very little done.

Updated list:

Updated list:
Monday

1. Sweep and mop the kitchen floor
2. Clean the kitchen walls

Tuesday

1. Call at the chemist to collect dd's medicine
2. Dust and deweb the living room
3. Clean the fire place

Wednesday

1. HH tidy and declutter in dd's bedroom
2. Check ebay for an idea of how much to list some items for
3. Laundry (do 3 loads) First load in
4. HH tidy and declutter in the master bedroom
5. Change and wash dd's bedding
6. Sort through work bag and get rid of any rubbish

Thursday

1. Make banana bread
2. Catch up with emails
3. Do some course work
4. HH tidy and declutter in the ds's bedroom
5. HHI
6. Laundry (3 loads) 2 loads done
7. Take some pictures of items that are going to get listed on ebay
8. Sort through the airing cupboard and organise
9. Look into student finances and do a budget (sent application in so I need to ensure that it will work financially)
10. Sort to do lists for the next 3 days
11. Shine the bathroom mirror
12. Get rid of empty bottles out of the bathroom
13. Clean and tidy the kitchen
14. Sort the hand wash items

Honey_Bear

If decanting food into bags to free up space in a freezer drawer in order to cram in more homemade soup counts as decluttering a drawer, I have actually done a whole day's Fly List. *woot* to quote Valli as I often find myself doing these days.

Now to settle down to the finale of Series 4 of the The Good Wife with my homemade fish pie and virtuous face ....