Weekly Flylady Thread 21st October 2013

short_bird

Roughly what time will we be meeting?
Any food allergies to consider?

roxy7699

Daily routines
washing, T F S S
swish and swipe kitchen W T F S S
bathroom, W T F S S
ironing, W T F S S
making beds, W T F S S
vacuuming high traffic areas, W T F S S
making meals W T F S S
Check finances W T F S S

Night-time routines
preparing clothes for the next day, M T W T F S S

Monday - Little bit of everything to start the week
Got 30 minutes
S&S toilets and sinks
Hoover and mop the floors
An hour to spare
An hour will make a big difference in your Room of Doom! Is it one big hotspot? Put the timer on and do chunks of 15 minutes filing, flinging, sorting tidying.
Extras
Plan something for later in the week/next week for half term
Meal plan for the week
Empty all the bins

Tuesday - Kitchen and Hallway
Got 30 minutes
Give the sink a good clean, descale drainer and taps, sloosh out your plug hole
Dust any furniture or shelves
An hour to spare
Sort the baking cupboard - do you need anything for festive baking? Offers on now in some places
Wipe over the hob
Clean a window
Extras
Get out the WM/DW manual and see if there are any programs you don't use which use less electricity
Check your stocks of DW salt (before people buy it for throwing on their icy path) and other cleaning products
Water and feed your plants

Wednesday - Bathrooms, and Study
Only got 15 minutes....
Clean toilets, including the outside and handle
Got 30 minutes
Put away anthing that is loitering in these areas
Clean baths, showers, sinks
An hour to spare
Hoover and mop the floors
Give your desk a good wipe, including keyboard and mouse - dare you take all hte keys off and wash them in a bowl of water - take a photo first so you know where they go!
Wipe the window sills
Extras
Clean towels, bathmats, flannels etc
Mid week me time - knitter get knitting, sewers get sewing and bakers get baking.

lynsayjane

Monday - Little bit of everything to start the week
Clean oven
Shop for microwave
Hoover and mop floor

Tuesday - Bathroom, Powder Room and Hallway
Fill holes in PR and vestibule window from blind removal
mop vestibule
Tidy up toiletries and storage
Pick up blinds for PR and vestibule (landing?)
mop bathroom floor
Pick up gazebo from inlaws

Wednesday - Bedrooms
Hoover floors
Strip and make bed
Clear ironing pile
Sort last boxes left upstairs
Fix jewelry hanger
Make BF tidy 'man cave'
Mid week me time - pedicure

Morning all
if it's gone from the lists, it's done.
Today's list may be put off till tomorrow as we need to take a trip to collect my sisters spare bed, she's a 30/45 min drive away and am hoping to bath my nephew (for the first time) while I'm there so that will likely be our evening gone. On the plus side I'll have a proper spare room with bed :T

Lamewolf I may be relatively new to the thread and not know your story but it sounds to me like it's about time you did a little something for yourself. I like the idea of setting daily or weekly targets to get your waistcoat done. The wool sounds lovely and it'll be a nice festive present to yourself.

Hugs, spoons and vibes where needed
LJ
x

FizzWhizz

Morning Flyladies :hello:

I've been a busy bee this week; LR, kitchen and our bedroom have all been gutted, laundry has been done to the point I have half a load in the basket and all ironing is finished. The bathroom suite is clean but the floor is still bare :mad: as apparently there has been a self-levelling compound shortage across the West Midlands and it's taken the vinyl fitter over a week to get any?! Sounds like BS to me but anyway, he's finally due today between 12 and 1 :T

I'm off to slap some dye on my hair to declutter my greys and roots before he arrives. When he's here I will have a Fred catch up and do some knitting

nicki_2

Morning all.

Spent the whole of yesterday on the laptop looking through gift threads on here. Finally decided on who's getting what except for my nephew, my parents & DD (although I have ideas....)

Today is the day we're tackling DD's bedroom. Going to juggle some bits around and see the best way of fitting things in with her new-to-her bed. At the moment it appears to be toyboxes which are going to be homeless as DD is going from a frame bed to a divan and they've always been stored under her bed. :think:

I have work this evening and I need to fit a bath in before I go out. Roll on next week and DD being back at school, holiday days just seem to disappear and I seem to get very little achieved. I guess I best get a move on otherwise I won't get anything done.

jools27_2

Kitchen wiped over, sink cleaned, my bedding in the washing machine. Since the bathroom was attacked yesterday I am off out to avoid further confrontation with teenage son, need to find somewhere indoors mind you as the weather's still rotten!

Honey_Bear

Thank you Pigpen, it was exactly what I thought it would be, but much, much funnier. I'm taking it that's Squeak back from nursery and Dot resenting sharing. Fab. And people wonder why I don't mind not having kids - some of the time.

Congratulations on Tiny's first laugh, Roxy. I quite like them when they laugh.

And also big congratulations to Dusty's DS1. Very reassuring to know the backstop position is secure.

I'm going to spend yet another day dealing with the filing cabinet. The more flinging I do, the easier it gets. One of the files yesterday that got filleted is the Household file, and I found a note of the date of my first post on the Flylady thread in June last year, making the commitment to myself to face up to it. It made me realise how weighed down I used to feel by all the clutter, grubby corners, piles of stuff waiting to be sorted and general grot. If I'd known what a difference just spending five minutes whenever made, instead of thinking I had to do it and keep it all perfectly all the time, the house would never had overwhelmed me in the way it did. Lesson permanently learned. Thank you to all Flyladies, past and present.

bonnie_bumpkins

short_bird wrote: »

Roughly what time will we be meeting?
Any food allergies to consider?

Meet at mid-day ish - frodders what time does your train arrive? Mine's about 11.30 I think, will double check though.

Good point re allergies, I have none, anyone else?

ionafan thanks for all the info :A

Depending on the final count of adults & children I will post more definite info.

It's dry here (first time this week!) and very windy so I think I'll chance hanging washing on the line.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Kaz2904

Phew. 3 loads of washing folded now. Next loads in TD and WM. just necked a coffee. Just going to put the last little bits of washing away (DD's) before I stuff the ironing on the sofa and try to tackle the blasted Hoover.
My carpet is so grubby it's untrue. If I manage to get the Hoover sorted then I can whip around quickly with the vax and that will be the lounge lovely . Right.

HHC from 12 anyone?

Grr. Belt's snapped on Hoover. Now need to get another one and fit it .

ETA: belt changed. That was a job and a half. Carpets in longe and DR vaxed. Filthy water removed. When decorating's finished I'm getting a man with a machine in to do them!
Quick coffee before kid collect and then we have to empty DD's room for DH decorating later .

pigpen

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Thank you Pigpen, it was exactly what I thought it would be, but much, much funnier. I'm taking it that's Squeak back from nursery and Dot resenting sharing. Fab. And people wonder why I don't mind not having kids - some of the time.

It is those 2.. they had been wanting me all day on Monday and OH was most upset that not one of them had wanted him all day so yesterday they were arguing over him.. he loved it
They are really funny most of the time.. though they have their moments!

Roxy.. mines barely smiling let alone laughing.. she giggled in her sleep one night last week but she only smiles at random objects and me!.. though most would say I am a random object Mind you.. she has been asleep most of the last 2 days bar about 4 hours.. and 2 of those were 4-6am today! She is a dormouse!