Weekly Flylady Thread 4th June 2007

ShirleyPark_2

So that's grannynise, tarten mum and lil_me's gardens to do then.

hollyh

Hi all

Well i got the grand total of nothing done today from the list.:o

I did manage to go shopping and make some cakes so not an entirely wasted day.;)

I will add it on to tommorows

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
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
Dusting and cobweb removal (if you want to dust round things that is fine)
Level 2
Vacuum floor and sofas
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean window
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches and banister
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

rach

managed a fair bit of my list today, but not all. went to see the hotel sales lady, we don't have to decide for a few weeks what to do. the new owners will honour the booking but as we don't know who they are (and they only own one small 2* hotel) its a bit unknown. the other thing we can do is transfer to the other hotel in the original group, which would be my preference, but OH is not keen - he is convinced change of ownership should not affect us.... so our holiday hopefully will give us chance to discuss it. at the end of the day something will work out!

i'm also proud of myself as i told my friend that a 5am drive to the airport is just too much for me at the moment - not like me to look after myself, though i do feel a bit guilty now!

Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front

Declutter mission task
Sort any cupboard, doesn't have to be in the kitchen/dining room, even if it's just for 10 minutes - tomorrow hopefully!)

extras:
post books to library
do expenses and get cheque
2 loads of washing away
wm
start packing
clear up mess in lounge.

rach

meant to say, hugs to all who need them - i'm not good at remembering what is happening to whom by the time i come to type! but i know life is up and down for lots of you at the moment.

tuesday for me is quite busy but i shall attempt to do level 2.5!!
Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Dusting and cobweb removal (if you want to dust round things that is fine)
Level 2
Vacuum floor and sofas
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean window
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Tidy shoes, coats and bags

Declutter mission task
Clear one hotspot of your choice, even if only for 10 minutes

clear one cupboard (monday's task)
finish packing
WM
DW
dry washing put away
throw out old duvet
post books to library
collect expenses cheque

Tartan_Mum

Morning all - another day, another crack of dawn start.

After playing with DS for half an hour I think he's starting to realise that he's still tired.

I might try and do a couple of bits here in the living room 'cause we're out a lot today.

Best of luck with the lists today....

TM x

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Dusting and cobweb removal (if you want to dust round things that is fine)
Level 2
Vacuum floor and sofas
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean window
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches and banister
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

happyathome_withmyboys

ShirleyPark wrote: »

Cos it's horrible. It's this big bushlike thing that just grows and grows and grows, even if I hack most of it off. To be honest, I could get away with just thinning it out a bit, but it just irritates me so much that at the moment I want to get rid of it.

I had considered moving it to where the coal bunker currently is, but that's still full of coal and have nowhere else to put the coal or the coal bunker.

Don't kill it! Well, if it is what I think it is, you would have a big problem: it sounds like a buddleia, and it is just the best thing in the world for attracting butterflies - and they are next to impossible to kill. What you can do though is wait until late atumn (actually nearer winter as you are lucky enough to live south) and prune it back so you don't have to put up with bare straggly bush in the winter months... You could move it then as well, and it would screen the coal bunker very well...
Hope this helps!
Oh lord - i've just read this and it sounds like I'm being a pain-in-the-whatsit know-it-all: but I can't think how to rephrase it, and I'm really truly not.
I'll get my coat (again!)

happyathome_withmyboys

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I'm now sat catching up with my mending and sewing on badges. Anyone else watching the Animal Au Pair? Glad I'm not w***ing for that employer.

Penny. x

I missed it! Pants... Does anyone know if/when/where it is going to be repeated?

happyathome_withmyboys

Animal aupair - repeated Sunday 10pm on More4. PTL for Freeview!!

ShirleyPark_2

happyathome_withmyboys wrote: »

Don't kill it! Well, if it is what I think it is, you would have a big problem: it sounds like a buddleia, and it is just the best thing in the world for attracting butterflies - and they are next to impossible to kill. What you can do though is wait until late atumn (actually nearer winter as you are lucky enough to live south) and prune it back so you don't have to put up with bare straggly bush in the winter months... You could move it then as well, and it would screen the coal bunker very well...
Hope this helps!
Oh lord - i've just read this and it sounds like I'm being a pain-in-the-whatsit know-it-all: but I can't think how to rephrase it, and I'm really truly not.
I'll get my coat (again!)

I don't think it's a buddleia, because next door have one and it keeps growing over the fence. I can't use it to screen the coalbunker as there is no available soil anywhere near it, only concrete, except of course under the coalbunker. Maybe I can move the bunker along onto the concrete ? Oh I don't know.

It's flowers look like this

happyathome_withmyboys

oooh... well, I don't know what that is (apart from maybe a pink furry fluffy Barbie buddleia!) - but you could certainly send it up here....I've got a bare bit out front (well, it will be bare when I've pulled up the weeds!) between a bergamot and an agapanthus that would suit it very well!
Why is the coal bunker not already on concrete? It seems a bit silly of the previous owners if they have sited it on perfectly good soil.... it won't be perfectly good, now though!
I've got lots and lots of manure up here that you could have... can't guarantee it is EColi free though (we reckon DS1 caught it from DS2 who was found eating handfuls of it in the vegetable garden last year: and public health had the cheek to ask me if I'd been feeding them hamburgers!!)
Got to go - DS2 has brought me a pot of moisturiser - without the pot....