Weekly Flylady Thread 28th October 2013

dancemum

Hour spent in kids' room. I have now put lots of unplayed with toys on a local sales site. Hopefully making room for if they are on the big red fella's list.


2xPS3 games collected (flinging has commenced)

Sorry the meet isn't going ahead. Good look for the next one. x

pigpen

lynsayjane wrote: »

Need to speak to the BF about what he pays towards bills etc not really sure where to start figure wise though. The house on paper is mine (though he does officially live here, doesn't own it though) so I don't really think it's fair to ask for half of all the bills. Before the move he did stay over every night but didn't officially live there, more just had a long term sleepover haha He gave me £50 a week to pay for food shopping (wasn't meal planning at the time) but I think that's not really a fair price for living here. Any thoughts on what's fair?

I'd go half on the bills .. food, utilities, internet, water, landline.. everything.. apart from the mortgage.. It needs to remain your house.

OH pays £60 a week towards the bills and I pay MY mortgage and the evil bank loan (which is almost gone!). It leaves him with £54 a week to spend on himself (phonebill and comics mainly) and I get the money for the children so provide their things.

roxy7699

Morning,

Off on a roll, completely forgot Tiny's doctors appointment this morning which got met with a lecture when I went in and apologised. It was in the phone that went swimming but I even was in there last night with DD1 for her flu jab and asked what time it was - feel bad now.
Did quite well yesterday here's hoping today is the same.

Welcome Linda

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

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


Monday Mayhem ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
• Ring someone you love, just to tell them you love them!!

Deep Clean Challenge
Clean light fittings, skirtings even the ones behind furniture. Clean fire-surrounds. Wipe sofa's down. Clear as may hotspots as you can.. see if you can get it all into one pile instead of 15!!!

Terrible Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Clean floors[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Descale kettle and iron[/STRIKE]
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Clean oven if you didn't do it last week
• 30 minutes ironing.

Deep Clean Challenge
Get in that minging cupboard. Give it all GOOD scrub out before placing the things you need to use soon at the front. If no manky cupboard do a different one! Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

pigpen

Beaker/mug cupboard sorted.. I have some to rehome and the blender fits back in the cupboard.
Plate cupboard sorted.. few bits out do it stacks neater.
DW done
WM x2
Recycling out
Folded dry laundry
Compost bin emptied


Off to hang out washing, reload DW and WMs and TD.

OH can do the other 2 blinds and I shall make a start on toy sorting as it looks like my sister isn't coming to help like she said she would

mrsmortenharket

So anyway, so far today I have managed to have a shower.

I have unsuccessfully tried to repair the dehumidifier. I need to buy a new one this afternoon.

The windows are running with water every morning. It's dreadful.

lovely-cup-of-tea

Going to give the fridge a good clean tonight plus a bit more ironing. I managed to get some done last night along with some hot spot tidying and picking things up from where they've been dumped.

FLYING!!!!!

deus

So I had to do an unexpected bit of flying this morning when I found my cat had somehow got some poo on the CARPETED stairs!!! :mad: He had done the majority in the litter tray, and then must have had some that fell off / out of his back end on his way back upstairs?! No idea, never happened before. Cue me scrubbing floors and carpet with all manner of things before leaving for work this morning. Not sure if the smell has come out because then I was just paranoid.

Any tips for cleaning cat poo smell from carpets?! Need to reassess the situation on my return home later.

lynsayjane

pigpen wrote: »

It needs to remain your house.

That was why I didn't want to ask for half of everything. I have a paranoia of things going wrong and him beign entitled to a share in the house or flat. Both were bought solely by me and I've even (albeit jokingly) said that if we were to marry I'd want a pre nup stating that both properties were mine at the start of the relationship and will remain that way if it ends. He made noises about contributing so i suggested if he wanted to buy a bed for the spare room or particular pieces then if things broke down he could take those with him.

Will sit with him this week and work through his finances, he 'came' to me from his folks house so he's never had to budget or work out how to pay for things which makes life very difficult. When I showed him the list of bills etc he suggested he just have his salary handed to me and i distribute it as required. Think it was a joke as I wouldn't want to be so controlling but he does need a foot up the behind for these things. Sure we'll get there.

Thanks for the advise

LJ
x

Honey_Bear

Some windows cleaned.
Some chipped paintwork touched up.
Fuse replaced in stick blender (again), but it still doesn't work.
Stuff taken up to the attic.
Stuff brought down from the attic and put away.
Some stuff tidied in the attic.
Attic, linen press, personal linen drawer and top cupboard searched for ex-lodger's towel. I've been keeping it safe for when he returns (Thursday) and now can't find it. *Grr* at self.
1 huge load of towels twirling in the WM because we have had blue skies all morning. When I was up in the attic, it started to rain. *double grr*
Challenge: The opening of Chapter 1 has been rewritten again and I think I've actually got it right enough to move on.

nicki_2

deus wrote: »

Is anyone doing the 0rganized Home Christmas planning? I am trying it for the first time this year - just got a ring binder together

I've been doing it for over a decade I joined 0rangised Home back in 2001 after DD was born and I learnt a lot. I fell off the wagon the past few years, but I still use aspects of it now. My only problem with it is that since its a USA based one they include Thanksgiving stuff which throws me every year :rotfl: I'm trying to come up with my own one this year which combines all the different plans into one which works for me. Only problem is my time management skills are awful atm so I haven't made a start on anything other than a budget whereas in theory I should have most of the house deep cleaned, some gifts sorted and wrapped, cards written etc etc :rotfl::rotfl:

Afternoon all

Today is an admin day because I am sick of looking at the basket of papers. I also need to try and work out why our scanner will 'talk' to DD's laptop but not mine :wall: ATM I'm having to scan stuff to DDs laptop and I can't find my pen drive to use to transfer the stuff to mine :mad:

I went to Mr A this morning, priced up some Christmas bits and bought 2 lots of candy canes I already have a packet of tree chocs, so its nearly time to start on the selection box buying instead

Currently struggling with that annoying temperature where if I put a jumper on I'm too hot, but without one I'm too cold Now we've just had a downpour of hail stones followed by glorious sunshine so it would seem the weather doesn't know what to do either :rotfl:

I best go get some lunch then try and get all this paperwork sorted. :wave: