Weekly Flylady Thread 21st October 2013

wendywitch

Omg sooo much to do :eek:
Mr O&O is supposedly coming tomorrow evening and I still need to get the house into the "my house is tidy but I didn't just do it" look only thing is I have no GUAG and I just came home from my parents to find a parcel of new wool I've been waiting for I'm soo tempted to start knitting instead.
Quick coffee and I'll make a start . . .

Monday - Little bit of everything to start the week
Only got 15 minutes....
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
Empty all the bins


Tuesday - Kitchen and Hallway
Only got 15 minutes....
Clear and wipe the surfaces
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


Wednesday - Bathrooms, and Study
Only got 15 minutes....
Clean toilets, including the outside and handle
Got 30 minutes
Put away anything 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 the 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.


Thursday - Living Room and other reception rooms
Only got 15 minutes....
Hoover any floor you can see
Got 30 minutes
Tidy the coffee table/desk/bookshelves - declutter as you go
Dust any furniture
An hour to spare
Dust the electricals
Eat a frog or at least chew one
Catch up with your filing/bill paying/deleting emails
Extras
Can you remember where you have stashed the bargain Christmas Cards and wrapping - check how much you have before you even think about buying anymore!
Polish something, brass, silver, furniture
Catch up with some mending

nicki_2

Morning all, just.

Today I have paid stuff I need to do, but we have to go to Mr A first for birthday cards and gifts (for DD's twin cousins) as I want them bought & wrapped before Saturday so Ex can take them with him this weekend and not have to call here the following weekend on the way to pick DD up from a sleepover to take her to the birthday party I will have my lie-in lol We also need some bits to see is through until I get a 'back to school' delivery on Sunday.

Loads of ironing to do, so I'm going to set DD on that when we get back, then tomorrow we'll set too and get this house clean top to bottom whether DD likes it or not.

So list for today:
Mr A shop
Wash up
WM/TD (x2)
Laundry away
Ironing
Paid stuff : Order
Shredding
Mr A delivery - sort

And I have no idea what else needs to be done today.

Jazee

Hello all. No flying here today, but I've just popped on for some flylady posivibes as they usually work. SickDog has taken a turn for the worse and I'm hoping they let her home from the vet today, please please.

Honey_Bear

Healing vibes for Sickdog, Jazee.

LameWolf

lemanie wrote: »

It is a year today since a family friend committed suicide and a blog I read had some useful and thought provoking links to articles about taking care of your mental well-being. I hope you won't mind me copying them in here?

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/improve-mental-wellbeing.aspx

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-information/10-ways-to-look-after-your-mental-health/

Mel

Many thanks for this; I've bookmarked those for later perusal. I suffer from severe and persistent depression, with what my GP has on my notes as "suicidal ideation" so I'm grateful to you for taking the time to post this.

Anyways, to the original reason for logging on today..... I believe some folks have been having a re-arrange of furniture, and I wondered if what I always used to do might make the task easier?

I used to measure the room, then draw a scale plan of the room on graph paper, putting in an "arc" for where the door needed to open, and marking the position of windows, radiators and electrical sockets. I would then measure all the furniture to be fitted in, again including "arcs" added on for cupboard doors that needed to swing open, do cut-outs using the graph paper to keep them to scale, and use that to see where to put everything - it's much easier moving bits of paper around than moving the actual furniture two or three times before it's right.:o Hope this is useful to someone.:o

Mumto5

If you hear reports on the news of a murder in Essex it is me. DS1 has not got up and has missed his job centre interview for the 2nd time. I am so angry I could kill him.

2 x HHI done and more to go. There is more steam comimg out of my ears than the iron.

Mumto5

Recovery vibes for Sickdog.

LameWolf

Jazee wrote: »

Hello all. No flying here today, but I've just popped on for some flylady posivibes as they usually work. SickDog has taken a turn for the worse and I'm hoping they let her home from the vet today, please please.

Jazee you must've posted as I was typing - healing vibes on the way for SickDog; and a (((HUG))) for you.

Kaz2904

Healing vibes for sick dog.
Mumto5, could you beat him to death with the iron?
Hmm, dehumidifier full to bursting for the 3rd day running, I knew it felt damp upstairs. Probably shielded by the jumpers I put on it to dry and thought it was nice and dry inside. Note to self, turn to continuous when drying washing on top!
Lunchtime

Checked lists, Thursday is done so I might just delay lunch and vax the floors cause then I won't be able to walk on them right? So I can sit down and watch ironman3 -result!

wendywitch

Coffee drunk. WM unloaded on to the airer, dog blankets put on to wash. DW loaded and on. Some of the carp in the living room picked up, girls carp bagged up so they can deal with it later. Landing and top half of the stairs hoovered, I did it on my hands and knees so now my backs killing
I've just made 3 batches of salt dough for DD1 to take to her work placement. A friend gave me bags and bags of flour that is close to its best before date and I'll never use it all to bake with and DD1 said they go through loads of dough at her work placement so it made sense.
Negotiations gone into with DD1 over her lunch time texting to me. I will dye her hair and she will clean the bathroom and put some stuff in the attic for me. She'd have done it anyway but still.
I'll think of some jobs for DD2 to do when she gets home from school. That just reminded me I need to wrap her friend's birthday present, she's coming round after school to get it.