Weekly Flylady Thread 14th October 2013

System

I am very short on time right now so sitting in the bath conditioning my hair writing this, might jut be getting in to this!!

Got to see my thyroid/hormone man at 3:40, nervous as he's never got anything positive for me those days (not his fault lol).

Bath cleaned when I get out, shower curtain in wash. So made a start!

Great news GI about your husband, hope it turns in to a long term contract, great to hear he's got something.

Have a good day all! If my appointment goes bad I will probably stay offline til tomorrow but will try and motivate myself to get jobs done.

susan946

Just a quick question -

What's dot-to-dotting please? Just think - I might be doing it but never know if I don't ask!!

Bath, Basin and Loo in the ensuite bleached and sparkly. Not a lot, I know, but a start!!

rebeccaharris31

susan946 wrote: »

Just a quick question -

What's dot-to-dotting please? Just think - I might be doing it but never know if I don't ask!!

Bath, Basin and Loo in the ensuite bleached and sparkly. Not a lot, I know, but a start!!

Susan, please see below:

Valli wrote: »

AnWsmum (and the flylady who brought us the sad news this week) devised this method to help her get her home back on track (I think).

So rather than look at a whole room which is a total mess (often referred to as RoD - Room of Doom) she started working on one area - say a table. She would get it cleared then aim to keep it clear and clean. The next time she was working on that room she would pick a second area...and so on. So these were the 'dots' - the cleaned/cleared areas within a room. The aim was, eventually, to have all the dots joined. Hence dot-to-dot.

This method acknowledges that, for whatever reason, you may have a 'disaster' area which is too much to tackle in one go.

greent

Quick update from me

Magical Monday - Barnacled Bathroom and Sociable Study/Pc Area
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the
clutter) [/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...

[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and
mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. [/STRIKE]
Delete min 300 emails from inbox!:o:o
[STRIKE]Clean shower screen[/STRIKE]
Clean/wash the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! ..
[STRIKE]Change hand towels [/STRIKE]
Extra mission:


Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• [STRIKE]Wipe the skirtings, door and
  windows & frames in these rooms [/STRIKE]- done in bathroom. windowsills wiped in office
• [STRIKE]grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the
  house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend![/STRIKE] - carrier bag of stuff for Samaritans Op CC now on bench :T
• [STRIKE]clean the radiators in these rooms[/STRIKE]

Deep Clean Challenge
[STRIKE]Pull out the pc and desk and clear under and behind
it.. how much money did you find? Clean windows, and blinds
Wipe sticky and dirty marks off the walls and
doors.[/STRIKE] - marks etc done in bathroom. Cleaned under desk in office - can't move the filing cabinets. BUT did do 1 whole hour of filing!!:j:j:j:j


Personal Extras

Amend min 10 ebay items
Personal tax paperwork for DH & me to accountant
Compile Toots list
Research new gas & elec suppliers - charity I'm a trustee for
Chase remaining 2 outstanding payments re charity ball
Make a list of 5 things that you will achieve in October
1 - wax all new doors upstairs 2 - contact fitter for remaining new doors 3 - remove all rubble from back garden 4 - finish at least 4 Xmas presents 5 - recycle all old mobile phones:o
Make a christmas card list .. do it on the pc so you don't lose it! - Make a note of posting dates for friends/family overseas


Off to tackle my inbox so I can cross another item off!!!

Doing quite well - but I usually do on a Monday - it's downhill from here for the rest of the week....:p:p

Dustykitten

GI great news on hubbie getting a job

Bird feeders washed
Medicine taken to friend's DDs school
WM1 put on the maiden

Just going to do another 10 minutes paperwork before doing the bathroom.

jools27_2

]Im in!
Magical Monday - Barnacled Bathroom and Sociable Study/Pc Area
15 minutes...

[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter) [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Throw away all those empty bottles of shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
hairspray etc. I know they make the room look pretty but they are just
cluttering up the place..!![/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets and sinks[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Remove and bin all those slivers of soap that you have been saving, do you [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
really need them?[/STRIKE]
Clear any clutter from desk N/A
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!N/A
[STRIKE]Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Clear clutter from floor[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment the pc while doing this (programs.. [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
accessories..system tools.. defragment!.).. if you do the disc cleanup as well,
clear all the cookies and temporary files too[/STRIKE]
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or are dead! N/A
[STRIKE]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean/wash the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone
electrocuted!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Change hand towels and flannels[/STRIKE]
Extra mission:

Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• [STRIKE]Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms[/STRIKE]
• Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc N/A
• grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!
• [STRIKE]clean the radiators in these rooms[/STRIKE]

Deep Clean Challenge
Pull out the pc and desk and clear under and behind it.. how much money did you find? Clean windows, hang up clean nets and draught-proof curtains and any table cloths/throws or other dust and grot gathering bits of fabric! N/A
Wipe sticky and dirty marks off the walls and doors.


Have done mum's crimbo shopping using DD's double discount at that well known high street chemist, washed and dried a load of washing, and am currently contemplating the ironing, before the pile becomes a mountain again, think I will make a coffee first!

pozza_73

Working nights at the moment so don't know how much I will get done today. Probably could declutter, clean the loo and wipe down the bath. Oh and run the hoover round - suppose it will keep it ticking over!

mrs-moneypenny

all i seem to have done today is HHe on the wii, some ironing, did about an hour on the christmas stocking, work, me and DH have eaten and hes gone back to work.

need to sort out DS2s scout paperwork for tonight now so got to unearth his nhs number. ill be back in about an hour i think.

LameWolf

Hi all.

Manic Monday today, as Mr LW is wfh today; luckily I did a lot of my Monday tasks yesterday, as a major kitchen cleanup was needed after a Yule Pud-making marathon.:o

Doffing my cap to this week's official list,:D Mr LW has been informed he's giving the loo a really good scrub when he knocks off w*rk (to save my poorly wrists); and the ancient XP desktop pc is chugging along on a defrag as I type! I used it to print labels for the HM mincemeat earlier, and it was so slow it made the average snail look like Usain Bolt!:cool:

The pink recycling bag is currently on the trolley in the kitchen, and I'm on a mission to find anything else that can go in it; bin men come tomorrow, so Mr LW can put it outside on his way out to work tomorrow morning. I may even brave the depths of Mr LW's magazine rack:eek: to see if there's anything there that can go (wish me luck with that!).

Bossy thanks for the stars – I seem to have a veritable constellation! My Challenge is, I think, going to be lifelong; having had it dinned into me by my mother that I'd always be ugly, and never amount to anything, (“neither use nor ornament” was one of her favourites) coupled with the awful, awful things my father did *shudders*, I find looking after myself in terms of “pampering” extremely difficult, so I'm so glad of the encouragement. I've put on my agate necklace, changed my earrings (usually the same ones stay in for months on end) and got Mr LW to trim the split ends off my hair today. See, I am trying.:D

HB I hope the trip to the fang farrier went/goes ok (you didn't say what time, so I don't knoiw if you've been yet or not) – I do sympathise, I always hated going ( don't need to these days, just once every few years to have new plates made).;)

GI great news re DH's job.:T Could lead to better things – Mr LW had been out of work for 11 months some years back, and finally managed to get a temporary post covering maternity leave; he got a superb reference there, and at a subsequent temporary contract, and thanks to those references got the job he's now in, where he's been for the last seven years. If it goes as well for Mr GI, that'll be great, hey?:o

MrsMH thanks for caring about me:o– yes I'm around, but it was a bit sporadic posting-wise while I had Hugo & Dylan staying; I'm dogless til Thursday now though, so hopefully will be able to check in this week a bit more.:o

Mr LW has just reported back to say the loo is now sparkling, so I shall go and inspect his handiwork, and determine if gold stars or other rewards are in order.:D

greent

Over 1000 items deleted from inbox (still 2867 unread and lots of read ones still in there though....:o)

Magical Monday - Barnacled Bathroom and Sociable Study/Pc Area

[STRIKE]Delete min 300 emails from inbox!:o:o [/STRIKE]
Clean/wash the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! ..


Personal Extras

Amend min 10 ebay items
Personal tax paperwork for DH & me to accountant
Compile Toots list
Research new gas & elec suppliers - charity I'm a trustee for
Chase remaining 2 outstanding payments re charity ball
Make a list of 5 things that you will achieve in October
1 - wax all new doors upstairs 2 - contact fitter for remaining new doors 3 - remove all rubble from back garden 4 - finish at least 4 Xmas presents 5 - recycle all old mobile phones:o
Make a christmas card list .. do it on the pc so you don't lose it! - Make a note of posting dates for friends/family overseas

Woo hoo!!!:j:j:j