Weekly Flylady Thread 16th September 2013

rebeccaharris31

Hello!

Have been out most of the day, but just looked in to say

Me Challenge Update
Have been paid for a job carried out and which I was hoping to be paid for on Sunday last, but wasn't. The majority of the payment will be going towards littlest cousin's birthday, but will have some left over for myself. Also, 1 item sold on e???, but hasn't been paid for yet, but am well chuffed!

Rebecca

xx_Jo_xx

:hello: hope you are all well...

My bathroom flooring has been fitted :j and I have thoroughly defluffed all of the bathroom furniture before putting it back!

Kitchen and bedrooms are all decluttered and awaiting hoovering/mopping as appropriate. The LR however is still housing the most mammoth pile of ironing you've ever seen

So my to do list for right now is:

Clean bath
Put down clean bath mat and towels
Hoover bedrooms
Dust bedrooms
Sweep and mop kitchen
Dry and put away dishes
Clean drainer
Make tomorrows lunch
Do ironing
Hoover LR
Dust LR
Dig out blowup mattress and paraphernalia for weekend visitor.
Pack my bag to leave for weekend

FizzWhizz

bonnie_bumpkins wrote: »

Discovered local jeweller (old-fashioned type) buys old gold jewellery so I'll be down there tomorrow. I wear silver now (or white gold, if someone buys it for me) and I have gold stuff from XH which I'll never wear again and DD doesn't want. Every little helps :cool:

Great idea but try and get a couple of prices. I was getting rid of my old wedding, engagement and eternity rings and took them to a jewellers in Leamington Spa, he offered me £75. I took them to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham and got £180 :eek: and that was purely for scrap value, diamonds were too small and the gold was 9ct so they wouldn't resell as while pieces. I joked I shouldn't have married a cheapskate first time around, he laughed and asked to see my new engagement ring from DH and said, "yeah, he really loves you" :rotfl:

x_raphael_xx

Evening all!

Finally caught a mouse this morning, re-set the traps incase he has friends. It looks like the one that I saw scuttling under the sofa a few days ago.

Spent the last 2 hours whizzing round like crazy and getting as much done as I could before OH came home.

Just updating my lists before catching up on fred. Managed to get quite a bit done.

Tuesday Trauma - Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
30 minutes to spare..
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Got an hour to spare...
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, microwave etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard..
Extra Mission : help yourself

• Run the WM through 'clean cycle'.. hottish wash with a splosh of vinegar, soda crystals bleach.. whatever you fancy just clear those pipes of gunge!
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• 31 fling boogie..
• Wipe over the oven and hob - you know you want to ...
• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Wednesday wobbles- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
15 minutes..
Clean floors in these rooms
30 minutes to spare...
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Clear any clutter from desk
Got an hour..
Scrub down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra mission: Take your pick!

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
• Make a long list of those bodies you need to purchase Christmas gifts for!!.. 98 days lol

Thursday Throw!- Master Bedroom & Landing
15 minutes...
Fling open the window and let in the rainy sunnyness
30 minutes to spare...
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
Got an hour...
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead (organic or non organic!)
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 32 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean all paintwork on the landing
• Clean windows in these rooms

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen

Raph's 'Toots' list
Clean out and rearrange kitchen cupboards.
Clean out and sort junk cupboard.
Buy new dog bed. Attempting to make one!
Clean bannisters.
Wipe grouting off bathroom tiles.

Other bits
Dishes
Book Boot Camp sessions
Arrange collection of jeans for dog bed
Pack for Saturday morning
Package and post eb@y parcel
Pay phone bill

Dustykitten

Raph love that you can recognise one mouse from another

DS2 bedroom dusted and that is it flying wise apart from Laundry. Will do some ironing with Educating Yorkshire later.

I have started on the paperwork mountain though, going to do another 10 minutes next.

boddy

Evening everyone.

Dailies done.
Cat stuff done.
Went for my health check. Got to lose some weight.
Then lunch and shopping with DD. Poor soul got upset in the cafe because GS2 and his girlfriend have broken up.

Came home and got dried off and a hot cuppa.

Got a few bits done before the boiler guy came to sort the leak.

Dusty Hugs for you and your friend.

x_raphael_xx

kerri_dfw wrote: »

Have told OH he will have to fully take apart Hoover to get rid of the smell defo a man job I think.

I get all the 'man' jobs in the house, going up in the loft, putting together furniture, hanging pics, fixing hoovers, etc OH is the cook

Dustykitten wrote: »

Raph love that you can recognise one mouse from another

It was long and grey we've had whole families before, huge mice and little babies. This one looked about the right size as the one I saw. Could be a sibling thou!


Anyone got a good way to get newspaper print off lino? Bio-washing powder maybe?

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Clean windows and all glass.. Moving to Toots list

Tuesday Trauma - Kitchen and Dining Room
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard..
Extra Mission : help yourself

• 31 fling boogie..

Wednesday wobbles- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
15 minutes..
Clean floors in these rooms
Got an hour..
Scrub down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra mission: Take your pick!

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Make a long list of those bodies you need to purchase Christmas gifts for!!.. 98 days lol Done, and made a start on noting presents to buy/make
  

Thursday Throw!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Got an hour...
Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead (organic or non organic!)
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 32 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean all paintwork on the landing
• Clean windows in these rooms Moving to Toots lis

Raph's 'Toots' list
Clean out and rearrange kitchen cupboards.
Clean out and sort junk cupboard.
Buy new dog bed. Attempting to make one!
Clean bannisters.
Wipe grouting off bathroom tiles.
Wash windows. In and Out.

Other bits
Book Boot Camp sessions
Pack for Saturday morning
Package and post eb@y parcel
Pay phone bill
Keep nagging at G for the £20 he owes me!

kazwookie

Hugs all round.

Miles behind todday.

Apples picked and some made into crumble, and some alreadty eaten by OH and me with custard yum yum
Ironing is done and away
Socks sorted
Hoovering downstairs done, all the filters have been cleaned as well, and it seems to suck up more now.

Off to do some more

lynsayjane

Madcatgirl wrote: »

Hiya - no we're with Virgin - we're not allowed to install a Sky dish in our current flat. TBH, I wish we could stay with Virgin, but where we're moving to doesn't have the infrastructure yet! So we're a new customer and will have to work out how to get it installed alongside a phone line, hopefully without waiting too long!

BF proves handy sometimes, he says a new build should have a landline installed, just need to arrange it to be set up. As there is no one leaving the house there shouldn't be a wait to get an engineer out to fit the sky if you give them notice. When there's someone leaving you can't set up an account on the address until theirs is cancelled and then it's a weight after that to get an appointment but you'll not have to worry about that x

Madcatgirl

Evening all - hugs to everyone who needs them. Hope all is well. I've been storming through my admin list today, and have got loads done. I'm not going to re-post my flying list as there's nothing more done from that at all - that can wait until tomorrow. Still feeling pleased about getting money off my car insurance

• Go through larder and meal plan what can be used up - also use up all freezer food before vinyl fitter comes
• [STRIKE]Wash maternity pillow and baby slings - put away[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Research home insurance for new house[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Queries to developer re home insurance[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Queries to developer re space in the kitchen for new appliances[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Buy home insurance[/STRIKE]
• Send insurance details to solicitor
• [STRIKE]Chase up solicitor how she wants payment/money for final deposit[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Look at car insurance - can this be reduced (due the day before we move)[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Confirm moving date with moving company[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Emails both sets of friends who have offered to help with the move and say "yes"![/STRIKE]
• Clear out utility room cupboard and chuck anything that we won't be taking.
• Clear out other utility room cupboard and also chuck anything that we won't be taking.
• Eb@y the few bits remaining that are worthy of it.
• Choose/buy appliances and book in delivery/fitting at new house
• [STRIKE]Book in vinyl floor fitting man for next week[/STRIKE]
• Spend half an hour packing up the "posh" tea set.
• Sort out money and spends for the past few days.
• [STRIKE]Buy "essential" things for my hospital bag[/STRIKE]
• Research Landlord's insurance for flat
• [STRIKE]Speak to developers and solicitors - hope to fix completion date on the house[/STRIKE]
• Go through flat, make a list of all areas which need to be painted, start painting them.
• [STRIKE]Research/quotes for window cleaner[/STRIKE]
• Research/quotes for contract cleaner (insurance for if baby arrives just before tenants move in)
• Look at getting Sky/BT in new house - how does this work and costs etc.
• [STRIKE]Ring TENS Machine company and complain about them sending 2 machines and refuse to pay postage for sending one back[/STRIKE]

My plans for tomorrow include talking to Sky/BT as necessary, researching new appliances, researching Landlord insurance and listing a couple of bits on Eb@y, as well as flying so that the flat is all sparkly for a viewing on Saturday morning. Also, I really MUST pack my maternity bag - I'm 37 weeks today, so full term! I have a list of what to put in it, and everything is here, other than my nursing bras, which are on order, I just haven't got round to doing it The baby's stuff is all packed up and ready though, so that's one thing done.

Tonight I want to use up some more bits from the freezer (as we have to unplug it and get it out of the kitchen to have new flooring fitted next Monday) and finish sorting out my money, as it has got slightly out of control. I have a very complicated and convoluted spreadsheet to keep control of my money and account for every penny. I've not keep up to date over the past few days and have made quite a lot of (budgeted for) purchases, so it needs to be sorted out fast!

Hope everyone has a pleasant evening and hugs all round x