Weekly Flylady Thread 30th September 2013

mrs-moneypenny

toochoosey wrote: »

Ok, had a cuppa. Who fancies joining me for HHI at 2:30..............

running to catch you up.

Penelope_Penguin

Good afternoon ladies - please count me in again. Thanks to Natty and Dusty for the lists :A

I'm madly making chutney, jam and fruit liqueurs with produce from our garden, and finishing the final bits of getting DS off to uni at the weekend. It seems an age since he did his last exam, and as all his friends have now gone, he's definitely ready

bossymoo wrote: »

Welcome to WEEK 5 of the FLYLADY ME MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE!

We flyladies as signed below do hereby pledge to attempt to improve ourselves / our souls / our outlook (delete as appropriate) in our own personal challenge.

Please can you count me in :beer: October is the official start of DH and my "Operation Showhome". Once it's just the two of us at home, we're planning to declutter, deep clean, organise and finish all the jobs that have been hanging around.

First off - do I spy a deep clean task in this week's list

Monday Musings ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Clean floors
30 minutes to spare...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or manky stuff in there!!
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
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..


Extra Mission ~ Choose one or more of:

• One load of washing
• Empty bin and make it smell nice
• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Clear and wipe the tops of the wall units!!
• Clean oven if you didn't do it last week
• 30 minutes ironing.

Deep Clean Challenge
Get in that cupboard under the sink and fling everything you don't use.. if it hasn't been used in the last 6 months you don't need it.. fling it!! Give it a GOOD scrub out before replacing the things you do use and need to keep. Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

Dustykitten

Rollover list

Monday - Kitchen
Clean a window
[STRIKE]Sort the under sink cupboard
[/STRIKE]
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
[STRIKE]Dust any flat surfaces
[/STRIKE]
Thursday - Bathrooms & Landing
What is living on your landing and do you want it to
Wipe all dusty surfaces
Deal with emails/phonecalls/post
Bung some moisturiser on your hands, feet, knees, elbows etc

Friday - Little bit of everything
Dust pc/laptop screens/decrumb the keyboard
Declutter/ebay/recycle at least 5 things
Catch up on mending
Do some crafts/puzzles/something you enjoy
Make a list of just 5 things that you will achieve in October

pigpen

OH erecting the curtain pole.. he is yet to shower.. I fear I may need to cattle prod him to the bathroom like he is 14 lol.

Washing all caught up on.. drying is getting a bit overwhelming.. I also feel an ebay spree coming on. I hate ebay buyers and the extortionate fees and the lack of seller protection from the horrible ebay staff which allows nasty buyers to continue ripping buyers off and lying and damaging items so they get to keep the item and get their money back..

The little pixie now weighs 11lb 1oz.. fat little porky pixie!

thifty

Pigpen not a great fan of fleabay then? Meant to say earlier the drawings are fab, she's very talented

Honey_Bear

Thank you Bossy. Weird how much my second star means to me!

Valli, Has your going out purse turned up yet? I've been channelling 'Finding purse vibes.'

Busy collating piles of paperwork into a big red file. Keep wandering off to Fleabay and B&Q to cost things up. Not getting as much done as I should.

bossymoo

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Please can you count me in :beer: October is the official start of DH and my "Operation Showhome". Once it's just the two of us at home, we're planning to declutter, deep clean, organise and finish all the jobs that have been hanging around.

Absolutely! Thanks for joining us! Just add a note or pm me if you prefer if you want a star for the week!


Well! Roofer man turned up just now (would be tonight but their roof today hasn't been delivered :eek: so they have finished early) to inspect plastering, has given me £100 discount for the mistake :money: and finished caulking. They are going to call next weekend to see if I want them to paint my ceiling (maybe!) and will come back once finished to refit my blinds, but other than that we are finished!!! Woot!:D. And, serendipity, the windowcleaner is on his rounds today :T

So I have decluttered ££££s but it is ££££'s well spent and I'm really chuffed with it and told them so. They've been very easy to have around, and have fixed every little problem that cropped up with very good humour. If Carlsberg made tradespeople, they'd make them like this

Apologies for the non-flying post. But I can mop the floor now, lol.

mrs-moneypenny

glad its all gone according to plan Bossy and is now all sorted

mrs-moneypenny

in the HHC i knitted a leaf, bunged on a face pack hid a christmas pressie that came in the post, decluttered a few emails and swept through downstairs.

going to rinse facepack off before kids get back and i scare them LOL. ive only done it becase the tube had about 2 lots left in it so i want to use it up this week so i can recycle the tube.

regretting not wearing glowes for the gardening stint this morning my hands are really scratched and sore and full of thorns and splinters.
think ill be asking DH do do some splinter extracting tonight.

im in work tomorrow as our school is only partly closed

Narc0lepsy

Not as much enthusiasm today as I'd hoped - no problem other than sheer laziness I'm afraid. I'm going to post what I've done just to shame myself.

- walked up to post office
- emptied another bag of office clutter so can see a bit more floor
- spent ages on the phone to my brother (he rang; I missed it so rang him back and irritatingly went 2 mins over my 'allowed' hour so will have to pay for it)
- contacted some students (heard back from one, which is something)
- watered plants on patio
- done a few phone calls/emails which needed doing but seem like they don't amount to much 'work'
- done a few surveys

That's about it really. Oh yes I did clean the bathroom wash basin and picked a few clothes up from the bedroom. And sat in the conservatory for far too long with a book.

Really don't feel like the gym this evening........someone give me a big kick please.