Weekly Flylady Thread 18th June 2007

lil_me

lbnblbnb - I think the helicopter visit was my sons favourite part, definately made his holiday, must remember to get a thank you card for them today.

pigpen sorry to hear you're feeling no better
tinselfairy hope you get the 'visitors' sorted
Kazonline welcome back, it's been a while hasn't it. Pleased you like the levels

Well DP and I didn't have a good day yesterday, arguing, mainly because he was tired, !!!!!! I only asked him to move the stuff he dumped in front of the freezer door then he started! He's still here at the minute and has a dentist appointment soon but after the words said last night really don't know what is going to happen today. I'll be honest, I really don't care!

Have been trying to call the LEA lady who rang while we were away, I know her as Queen B*tch as we've had run ins in the past over other peoples children (her department make the decision on statements and SEN placements) anyway, lucky her she doesn't start work until 10am so waiting for a call back. I know she's going to question my request for a special needs place for my son, she's well known for it, but I will not back down

Right, best get cracking, loads to do and so little time, out this evening so my kitchen once done will stay tidy for at least one day

aimeelister

Morning all. Here's to a fresh new week for everyone.

lil_me - welcome back, hope you manage to get over the holiday soon.
Michelle - Thanks again for last week, glad the wedding went ahead!!
Pigpen - Get well soon. I have tonsillwotsit so often my dr had repeat prescription and i could phone up and he would send the prescription to the chemist for me to collect!!
solway - i'm glad the move went ok for you

The race for life went really well - thanks for the positive messages everyone. We managed to raise about £120 which is fantastic. My house was a mess after the party which was such good fun. Much drunken frivolity with several cameras We got to be at 4am with 4 of us crammed in my double bed and other bodies littered around the house and for some strange reason decided to get up about 8am and sit downstairs watching Hot Fuzz eating icecream Generally a good evening i feel. We went for chilli and jackets - thanks v much michelle for the suggestion. I spent most of last night clearing up the mess and apart from the cherry sours stains on the worktop (:eek: if it does that to the worktop what does it do to you!!!) you wouldnt know we had about 15 people in my small cottage!!

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces [/STRIKE] must bleach the stains off though!!!
Level Two
Clean floors
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Level Three
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required - humm need to do most of the house after drunken head marks on most windows
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
[STRIKE]Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week [/STRIKE]- used finally to do the jackets must now clean it!!!
Declutter mission task
Sort any cupboard, doesn't have to be in the kitchen/dining room, even if it's just for 10 minutes

Right well i really should get back to work and aim to tackle the list when i get home.

Have a lovely day everyone.
Axxx

I nipped how for some lunch and cleaned the oven. I used Michelles tip of a warm oven and vinegar and blimey did it work well!!

jubarnes26

Oh good lord are you all superwomen?

Quite new to all this so hello everyone.

I've been struggling for a long time - I've bought Flyladys book, stickers timer etc etc and for about 2 weeks I did actually do home blessing!!

Thought i'd try to do it your way, a room a day instead of a room a week but I still feel a bit bewildered, I have a 3 yr old at home and she constantly wants my attention and I chose to be at home with her so i feel guilty if i'm not doing stuff with her but when i'm playing with her I feel guilty that the housework isnt getting done so i really need routines so i can get stuff done "on autopilot" so to speak.

Another issue in my head is decluttering I find it very hard to know what to part with, i know it should be easy and i really want to have an empty organised home but I put off decluttering cos I know I'll faff for an hour and probably put 3 quarters of the stuff back, then i feel like a failure cos i cant do it !!!!!

What dailies does everyone do? At the moment what i do on a consistent basis is make beds. swish bathroom & put laundry in wash, wash up (constantly)

At the mo I feel like a daddy long legs that just flits around bumping into stuff & not achieving anything & i desparately want to be a good mum & housewife where it all feels a lot easier than it does now !!!

Help everyone before i go insane

lemanie

Hi, Everyone

Welcome back lil_me,
Glad the wedding went -- Michelle,
Get well soon Pigpen,
Sorry to hear about the break HopeElizzy hope ds mends quickly,
Thanks for the laugh at your :eek: morning HAHWMB - it helps to know there are others in the same boat when you are sinking a little.
Greetings and best wishes for a flying week to everyone else.
Only popped on to print off todays list (thanks lil_me) but couldn't resist catching up on the weekends events. Good luck with the anthea list Nicki, rather you than me.

Must fly!

cha97michelle

Morning folks.

Busy busy morning so far if we think we will be leaving at 3pm it will be even busier. So far:

• had breakie using up odds and sods
• packed baby steriliser, bottle brush, various spoons etc.
• run WM on hot wash with soda crystals and white vinegar cos it stinks
• got charlie and DH dressed, and they have now gone out to buy sausages for tonights dinner from nice pork shop, and to get a number plate to go over the bikes.
• 2 bags of exam papers gone through, checked and repacked, 6 more to go :eek:
• Dh has put the clothes he wants to take on hols on our bed, need to go through the ironing pile working out what i want for me and Charlie and get the 2nd bag packed.

So, i may not be back before we leave, but love to you all. Have an excellent week flying, and i will see you next Monday evening when like lil-me i will have washing coming out of my ears :rolleyes: and be in organised chaos again. Then i'll need another hol to recoup from this one.

BYE!!!

Michelle, x

kdean

Hello everyone, hope you all had a good weekend.

I am going to try and do this properly today, but must get a move on as have to try and earn some money at some point too (I work from home as a typist).

Will try and get as much done as humanly possible by 1pm, whilst looking after my 3yo and 5mo.:eek:

Wish me luck everyone.

this_is_it

Morning everyone,pent the last few days suffering with a bad tummy and now my back and kidneys are hurting to but besides that i'm fine.
Have also had loads of things to deal with at home just hoping things will start to get better very soon.
Anyway have cleared up the kids mess by the time i'd walked around the house picking things up as i went i'v ended up with 2 extra loads of washing:eek: . I'm just going to take my time and just do what i can ,oh is off this week so hopefully i'll get some help.

Pollybear

Morning all

Hope you have a good break Michelle.

jubarnes - everybody's dailies are different but yours sound OK to me. The secret is really in the decluttering otherwise you are just moving stuff around. Do you have somewhere you can store stuff in boxes? You could put stuff in there that you're not sure about chucking and if it's still there in a few weeks and you haven't missed it, then out it goes!

You will find the first few weeks hard work but then you'll find it never gets as bad again because it is getting cleaned regularly and you should be able to do it in short bursts in between seeing to your daughter.

Listen to me, I sound as if I've got a clean house But I do try.

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Done almost up to level 3 in the kitchen (not done the oven, but I've done the hob and the front - just don't open the door).

Sorted through the paperwork cupboard in the kitchen and done some chucking and shredding.

Dusted and vacuumed living room and hallway.

nicki_2

Anthea most definetly had a cleaner! :rotfl: Mind you it's a horribly muggy day here and I'm breaking a sweat just wiping the worktops down :eek:

I noticed a few things were missing from my list which includes cleaning the window so I'm going to adjust the list as appropriate as I realise whats missing. My plan is to manage to get a thorough list together which I can then use when DD is on holiday and I'm trying to get stuff done so we can go out;) Looking forward to actually making & using some checklists :rotfl:

• Dailies
  • [strike]Bedroom[/strike]
    • [strike]Tidy[/strike]
    • [strike]Make Beds[/strike]
  • [strike]Bathroom[/strike]
    • [strike]Tidy[/strike]
    • [strike]Clean bath & sink[/strike] ([strike]shampoo mirror to prevent it steaming up[/strike] - lets see if that actually works or not shall we :rotfl:)
    • [strike]Clean Toilet[/strike]
    • [strike]Change Facecloths[/strike]
  • [STRIKE]Livingroom[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Tidy - just got to work on the desk area now :rolleyes:[/STRIKE]
    • [strike]Hoover[/strike]
  • [STRIKE]Kitchen[/STRIKE]
    • [strike]Tidy[/strike]
    • [strike]Wash all dishes[/strike]
    • [strike]S&S before & after meals :eek:[/strike]
    • [strike]Sweep floor (everyother day)[/strike]
    • [STRIKE]Mop floor (every other day)[/STRIKE]
    • [strike]Check fridge for lurkers that need to be used up.[/strike] - off to the bin with a couple of items
      
  • Others
    • [STRIKE]Evening meal - Pasta bake with salad (lets see if I can get portion size down & undercontrol :think: )[/STRIKE]
    • Lunches for Tomorrow
    • [STRIKE]Uniforms[/STRIKE]
• Kitchen (Weekly)
  • Clean Fridge out (bicarb & warm water solution)
  • Clean oven
  • [strike]Clean small appliance[/strike]
  • Wash & sanitize the bin
  • Put a little washing soda down the sink followed by a kettle of boiling water to clean the pipes. - Not got any so will pick some up later from the shop.
    
  • [strike]Clean window[/strike]
  • [STRIKE]Wipe cupboard fronts / appliances etc down - half way through[/STRIKE]
• Kitchen (Fortnightly)
  • Deep clean fridge (removing all shelves etc)
• Kitchen (Monthly)
  • [strike]Put paper ontop of cupboards (cut to size) to collect grease & dust - replace monthly[/strike]
  • Defrost freezer (my choice to make it monthly ATM, but it's an "as needed" item)
• Extras
  • School log books x 2 hours
  • Ironing
  • Bake?

Oh well, off to make my lunch and while I have that I'll have to sort out my hotmail account :rolleyes: :wave:

kdean

Well that put a spanner in the works, just had to put DD in the bath again after a rather messy nappy incident. So just sitting down with a cuppa before resuming duties. :rolleyes: