Weekly Flylady Thread 5th August 2013

Dustykitten

Morning all

Pleased to say DS2 is so much better, thank you for all those healing vibes. He has stripped his bed, had a shower and all PJs in the wash plus I've binned his toothbrush and replaced.

Narco - TY for your post, that is so me with holidays (we are not flying) it's been exasperated by the fact DS1 will have just flown home but doesn't want to come with us and DS3 being mardy about missing cricket whilst we are away but DH so needs a change of scene and a rest. We must defo meet up in the Autumn

Knickers, mine get dried in the airing upboard but bras drip dry on the line.

I have much more get up and go today so am aiming on finishing off all those little annoying jobs. So much to get done next week.

I need to bake DH a birthday cake and we will have the inaugural BBQ tonight

museumworker

Congrats pigpen, she's gorgeous!

Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
15 minutes..
Check fire alarms are working will do on weekend when OH around as I can't really reach them

30 minutes to spare..
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..

Got an hour..
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

[STRIKE]
• 34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter[/STRIKE] see below
• Clean all the upstairs door frames
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..

Thursday twirls- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
15 minutes..
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]and sofas [/STRIKE] sofas hoovered now
30 minutes to spare...
Dusting, even if around everything
[STRIKE]Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/STRIKE] done
clean the windows
Got an hour...

[STRIKE]Put all your hotspots in one pile[/STRIKE] and work your way through it.. can't quite face the basket of doom
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself - pregnant ladies and those that aren't allowed/can't move things get someone else to do this for you![/STRIKE] sofas hoovered under
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• HHI
• Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
  [STRIKE]
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!![/STRIKE] have filled an ikea bag of books to go to charity, will drop off today
• Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it

Friday Flyday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
15 minutes..
[STRIKE]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! [/STRIKE] going for swim this afternoon, and been practicing my welsh
30 minutes to spare..
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Wash the curtains!
Got an hour..
Clean 2 windows
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe/[STRIKE]floordrobe![/STRIKE] OH's chairdrobe and my floordrobe sorted
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

[STRIKE]
• Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle[/STRIKE] five of books are to be traded in on Ama$on
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
  [[STRIKE]*]HHI[/STRIKE] I NEVER iron!
• End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

OH said, completely unprompted, 'I really appreciate everything you're doing round the house, it looks amazing'. :T. Glad to see it is all being noticed.
I went through a shelf of books I had listed on Ama$0n - they were in DS's room. Got rid of over 20, and now he has space for his toys on the shelf instead. He loves walking over and pulling things off, then putting them back on.
I also had a little declutter in the garden, and threw out some broken china, broken glass jar, and various dirty things that had mysteriously appeared there (monkey teddy anyone?!).
Yesterday I cleaned down the front of the fridge, dishwasher and oven in the kitchen too. Babysteps!

roxy7699

Firstly congratulations Pigpen.
I haven't done as well as I have wanted this week, wednesday turned into manic nesting of daughters room to make space. A broken glass of coke turned into gloss on the carpet :mad: and grinding to a halt. I have now tipped out the under stairs cupboard looking for white spirit and have created chaos again. So will see what gets done today. Hope this isn't true nesting as the house is less than suitable now.

Monday Minging & Flinging- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Got 30 minutes to spare...
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Have an hour...
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra mission: Take your pick!

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
• Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles

Tuesday Triumphs - Kitchen and Dining Room
30 minutes to spare..
Sweep and mop floors
Sort & clean oven and hob
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Got an hour...
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Extra Mission : help yourself

• Clean the fridge.. it is smelly!!
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• 31 fling boogie..
• GO! buy yourself some flowers from the shop.. your reward for making the kitchen shine!
• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
15 minutes..
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Fling open the window and let in the rain sunnyness[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare..
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Got an hour..
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!
Freshen up any curtains or bedding that needs doing!
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean all the upstairs door frames
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..

Thursday twirls- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
15 minutes..
Vacuum floors and sofas
[STRIKE]Declutter and dust the mantlepiece if you have one..[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
clean the windows
Got an hour...
Wipe and water plants - how about giving the leaves a nice shine too. I hear milk or banana skins are good for this
Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself - pregnant ladies and those that aren't allowed/can't move things get someone else to do this for you!
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• HHI
• Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
• Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it

Friday Flyday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
15 minutes..
[STRIKE]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! [/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare..
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Wash the curtains!
Got an hour..
Clean 2 windows
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe/floordrobe!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

• Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
• HHI
• End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

juliejim

Congratulations piggers - she's gorgeous. xx

nicki_2

I'm still having trouble posting., I wonder if taking out smilies will work..

Afternoon all

Not done anything yet today except make breakfast and play games on Faceb00k. Had a lovely lie in until 11am though which was much needed after still being awake at 3am.

Plan for the rest of today is to get the dailies done, DD to make her bed & have a bath, I'm going to finish the 'mending' pile, do some labelling of uniform, and have a fridge clear out making random stuff for us to have for tea tonight as a lot of the veg is starting to turn.

I've brought my knitting bag down so I can make a start on some little Xmas projects I want to make while I watch TV this evening. Hoping it will keep my hands busy and stop me snacking.

Dailies:
Wash up
Beds
S&S Bathroom
S&S Kitchen
HHTidy before bed
Project MTWTFSS

Work:
Decide on how many books to order for next campaign
Tax return
Shredding
Mon - Deliver orders still outstanding.

Other:
Ironing
Mending pile / labels
Mop kitchen floor
Change DD's bed

Off to wash up, and chase DD for a bath I think. Then she can spend the rest of the day reading to her hearts content (she's re-reading the Harry Potter series. She's nearly finished book 3 and she only started again on Friday night). Actually I think I might have an hours reading myself when I've done some jobs. I haven't read anything not computer based for a while....

ETA: Yep, taking out smilies appears to have worked!

LameWolf

Apologies for not getting online yesterday, folks - we went and picked 5 lb of blackcurrants, then jammed them, and that was all my spoons well and truly gone.

I've seen one or two people mention smilies causing a problem with posts, so won't use any for now.

I see we have a wee Pink Piglette - congratulations Piggers.

soappie wrote: »

But, I have now set up two washing lines (at right-angles to each other to optimise the direction of the breeze.

One is also counter-tied with a guy rope to the picnic table to stop its prop falling down when the wind comes, contrarily, from the NE or E direction (which it did a lot this last Spring!)

Consequently, I have now started to partition the washing....

Tea-towels have to go just ~there~ (on the line that goes east-west). DS's boxers and socks get pegged out to the easterly end of the east-west line under the shade of the maple tree.

Towels and sheets go on the north-south line but in the most optimum wind gathering position and my knickers go to the north of the north-south line where few people can see them because they are shielded from view by buildings and walls etc.!

Everything else finds its place in between those fixed points!

Sad? I'm sadder than the saddest thing in the universe!

My knickers are in very grave danger of going west - I fear I may have to actually *gulp* go clothes shopping at some point - either that or invest in a tin of blue paint.

Clothes-line-wise, I have a four-sided whirligig; but underwear and small items get put on one of those square smalls-dryer jobbies from L@keland which is then hung from one corner of the whirligig. It saves a fair bit of space, and makes hoiking the lot in if it starts raining a whole lot quicker.

Goodintentions

Good afternoon

thanks Nicki - I will try posting without smilies (or grrrs!)

I have removed the carpet from the kitchen, swept & mopped half of it (it's a long kitchen). The carpet is down because the dog gets a phobia of walking on the laminate flooring from time-to-time, but it looks better and is more hygienic without. I will see how he gets on.

Apart from that, I have popped to @ldis for a few bits, and have been dipping in and out of my Self Evaluation Form *insert exasperated 'grrr'* DH has done some washing, cut the grass, applied for yet more jobs & photographed his guitars for me to put them on ebay (better do that next). DD2 is tidying her room!! DD1 is asleep on the sofa. I am not sure if I have managed to post that she has split up with her BF of 2 years. I don't think she slept much last night. She tearfully told me earlier that she feels 'broken' *insert very sad face* DS is doing nothing - as usual!!

Chicken is in the oven, veggies are prepped. I am going to do the other half of the floor & put everything back, then get on ebay. I also need to walk the dog & pick some blackberries, and make a crumble with apples I got from Mum's garden yesterday.

Ok - hopefully this will post! I thought I had upset someone or broken some rules last night!! I kept getting a scary looking message!

ETA: Yay!!

Dustykitten

Cake done and appreciated.

Three loads of washing done, quite breezey and warm here. Last load of the day to go on next and then another HHG before I start thinking of dinner.

Ironing scheduled for tonight with the new Dragons Den

JennyJewell

Hi peeps
Before I go any further - oh my goodness pigpen your new little bumpkin is gorgeeeoouuuussss!!! Big congrats hunny

Have tons of stuff to do to this house so going to jot down a list and post it
Will be back in a tick
xx

JennyJewell

Ok here goes
Kitchen
Dishes
Shiny sink
Dust
Clear and clean window sills
Clear and clean top of fridge
Clean and clean shelves
Clear and clean microwave
Clear and clean table
Clear and clean Welsh dresser
Clear and clean pantry
Clean radiators
Hoover

Living room
Dust
Clear and polish piano
Clear and clean big shelf
Clear and polish computer desk
Clear and clean window sill
Hoover
Clean radiators

Any that will do for now

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