Weekly Flylady Thread 28th October 2013

nicki_2

Morning all

DD is somewhere between the bus stop and school. I'm betting that since she's seeing her friends for the first time in over a week she'll forget to let me know she arrived in one piece, if a bit soggy after falling in a puddle.

So far this morning I've done some flinging, and found a big patch of fluffy mould on top of my freezer as a result. Will have to get some neat bleach on that once I've finished my breakfast.

Todays ambitious plans are:

Prepare veg for cooking.
Clean mould up
Wash up
Make beds
Tidy bedrooms up / put clean washing away
Put DD's old bed outside (going to put the mattress in a couple of wheelie bin liners to try and keep it drier for when it gets moved.) - waiting until the rain stops
Vacuum bedrooms/bathroom/stairs
Quick dust of bedrooms (DD apparently did them last week so they shouldn't be too bad)
Wash sofa throws/cushion covers
Dust livingroom
Vacuum / Steam mop livingroom
Clear ironing pile
Clean kitchen counters
Vacuum & wash kitchen floor

Then ideally:
Finish photocopying
Shredding
Sort newsletter for work
Sort through work paperwork

Well I'm off to make a start. Catch you later :wave:

pigpen

DW on
Cuppa made

Moomin and Squeak at opticians at 11. Moomin is in the shower and I am in my pjs.

OH and the Pixie are in bed snoring.. Pixie decided 12:30am was bedtime so she is crashed.. bath at 9:30 tonight to knock her out!! Little Monkey!

wilf55

Morning all. Thank you for organising my fly life

I'm working off my phone so can't work out how to copy and paste my list. However I will re write what I need to do here

Monday
Living room
Clear everything that shouldn't be there.
Strip wallpaper
Brush mop wipe down

Hall stairs and landing
Clear
Hoover
Wipe down skirting

S/s toilet and bathroom

Kitchen
Wash up wipe surfaces
Do 1 cupboard at least
Do floor brush mop

Extras
Sort magazines
Drop off paperwork
eBay 5
Organise delivery
Chase up freecycle collection 😡

wilf55

Ps. I intend to stick with this all week

lynsayjane

Monday Mayhem ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Only got 15 minutes....
Vacuum (and mop) floors and sofas
Got an hour...
Wipe sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!)
Extra Mission:
Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
Deep Clean Challenge
Clean light fittings, skirtings even the ones behind furniture.

Morning all,
Hope you all had a good weekend!

House warming went well on Saturday, food was devoured (and huge praise for the stovies done in the SC, definitely happy with that purchase) and luckily my recycling gets picked up this Thursday as it's scary full :eek: Sadly the one complaint I got was that it wasn't very warm and when I tried to put the heating on the pilot light came on for a few minutes then went off and wouldn't go back on. What a hassle! Luckily it wasn't too cold so left it till yesterday to investigate and still having same problem, tried the instructions to light it and still nothing. It would come on for a few minutes then go off and not go on again for ages. Friends and family were beign very helpful by pointing out the cost involved in fixing/replacing the boiler so there was lots of :mad:
This morning while showering I had a bit of a brainwave and went into the vestibule where I found what seems to be a thermostat (didn't have one in the flat, each radiator had one) and it was set to 10 degrees C. Now I'm not great with these things but I think that's quite cold. Turned it up to 20 and popped the heating on and the pilot light stayed on for 15 minutes until I had to switch it off to go to work so I hope that's the cause and solution. I may still get someone to come in and look at it (hopefully the guy who did the heating in the flat for me still does homers as was a huge cost saving, still corgi registered etc) as the boiler is very old, isn't a combi etc so might be more efficient to replace but at least if I know the cost I can budget and plan proactively rather than reactively!

House got a thorough clean in advance of Saturday and I spent time (too much, got in trouble) cleaning as we went along so didn't have much to do yesterday morning. Hopefully that'll mean a slightly lighter flying load this week so I can work on budgets, finances, meal plans, christmas plans and generally getting myself better organised now that the move and party are out of the way.

Haven't read the thread yet so shall go start now,
Hugs, spoons and vibes where needed
LJ
x

ETA: thanks for the list this week Natty
Two loads in the WM yesterday, DW and TD emptied this morning before paid stuff. More wet stuff hanging on the horse, will investigate/TD this evening

roxy7699

Lynseyjane I have my heating set to 23 but I'm a cold person

pigpen

my heating is set to 16'C.. in my cold Victorian house

the boiler may simply need the thermal coupling bending into place.. it is a metal stick which keeps the gas flowing but it needs to be kept hot. ours cost £10 to replace!!

nicki_2

lynsayjane - the lowest I set my thermostat to is 14C, highest I've have it set on auto is 18C, although I do bump it up to 21C if its wet like today. I have controls on all but one of my radiators which I basically keep turned on maximum all the time, only time they get turned off is when I put the Christmas tree in front of one! I can get a very damp house though so I need to keep it at as even a temperature as possible.

Well the bathroom suite is clean, looks like DD did a proper clean after her bath yesterday Just need to vacuum in there & mop. Bedrooms are tidy, as dust free as they can be and I've wiped the upstairs windows over to get rid of the condensation. Found a baskets worth of stuff to bring down. Next is a cuppa and then I'll strip the sofa throws etc to get them in the wash then on to the ironing after I've cleaned off that mould. No point trying to dust/vacuum with piles of ironing etc in the livingroom is there.

mrsmortenharket

Morning all.

No chance of doing living room today as husband working from home, no trains till at least 12 noon due to the storms. So he will stay home today.

Will clean the bathrooms.

Hope everyone is safe

Love, hugs & spoons xxx

pozza_73

Morning all. I took up most of the clean clothes from the living room upstairs yesterday (so that's a job that doesn't need doing). I will hoover and dust the living room. Have a sort out through the drawers and pick up any bits of paper etc. I will also spend a bit of time sorting out the dining room. Oh and making a coq au vin for tea