Weekly Flylady Thread 11th November 2013

dancemum

Been to do a shop for sister
Form filling with Mother
Wm is on

bossymoo

Went swimming.
DD now snoring with her head wedged under my arm
Will somehow get her into the buggy for the school run in a bit

Pudsey tshirt nowhere to be found. Ah well, never mind. We do have a tombola prize though.

Got friends coming for tea so expecting a toy explosion later

Lozzy88

Remembrance Day - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Got an hour...
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!)
Tantalising Tuesday - Kitchen Done
Wild Wednesday - those frightening kids rooms and spare roomsDone
Thrilling Thursday -done
Friday-done

FizzWhizz, mine was terrible, it wasn't too bad with glasses on but once they come off my left eye would just do as it pleased haha, I was about 5 when I have mine done, I did miss wearing my eye patch, I was a pirate for 2 hours everyday lol.

ETA just deleted a bit more i have done, i need to hoover the kitchen, then mop it and the bathroom and sort out the dogs bed with a fresh one each.

ETA again i have just added Fridays list but i have done it all whoop! i cleaned all wood work earlier and all the tops of the door got a dust shower so ended up needing a bath, I thought i might as well give it a scrub before i use it, then i couldn't find any conditioner so i had to sort out and clean the cupboard under the sink... Haha funny how one thing leads to another.

Mumof2_2

Haven't had time to fly at all today but still had a good productive day - up to date with all my typing work and catching up on phone calls.

Optimistic Mummy I'm with you re DP - my DH has a sniffle and is convinced he has the flu and takes himself off to bed or staggers around making pathetic noises and is generally quite rubbish!

Whoops, just seen time - best get going to fetch DD from school (DS at gardening club tonight and DD wants some 'girl time'!) ......

skint_breeder_5

Remembrance Day - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
15 minutes...[/B]
Vacuum sofas
30 minutes to spare...
Dusting, even if around everything
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Got an hour...
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing in preparation for cold weather!! See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house!
Put up linings or winter curtains to keep out those draughts.
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!!!

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

Lastweeks Leftovers !!!!!
Sort out a cupboard/drawer/display cupboard - do you need all that stuff tucked away at the back?
Give the front door a wipe inside and out if you can.
Skinty's Toots list for today (and the rest of this week til done)

[STRIKE]HHC in porch[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]could do with another HH to be fair[/STRIKE] only outside of porch glasswork to be done now :j:j:j
Get the top bunk in DD4's room clear of gibble and made up
Make a duplicate Spice Kit for DD1 to take back to Uni - need to defer this til she is back for Xmas
[STRIKE]one bag to go to CS from utility, now it is bagged I want it out[/STRIKE]
Get [STRIKE]DD1[/STRIKE] SOMEONE ELSE to troubleshoot printer, then get letter off in post
[STRIKE]Sort out the gibble collecting boxes before Sunday-[/STRIKE]
Work out my debts for this month
make a Sausage Dog or similar for drafty front door
Sort out the "Man Drawer" in the kitchen and re-stock
Take cheque to nightmare builder
Clean up builders mess (plaster and paint splatters) in hallway in 15 minute chunks [STRIKE]x1[/STRIKE] til done
[/Toots list]

Tantalising Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Clean floors
30 minutes to spare...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or new mutations in there!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Got an hour...
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean the windows in here!
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!
• 30 minutes ironing.
• Clean oven if you didn't do it last week
• Hike through the freezer and make a list of what you have, especially as Christmas is getting closer and you will need the space for all those lovely goodies

Deep Clean Challenge
Get in a manky cupboard. Give it all GOOD scrub out before placing the things you need to use soon at the front, throw out everything you don’t want/need. If no messy cupboard do a food inventory!! Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

Wild Wednesday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
15 minutes... 100% done

30 minutes to spare...
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Got an hour...
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
• 30 minutes ironing.. you love me & you know it!
• grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

Deep Clean Challenge
Sort the book shelves.. and toy boxes.. what can be flung? we are making room for those lovely new things Santa will be bringing soon if we are all being good boys and girls!!.. So get rid of all the things that are no longer required! Just keep flinging, just keep flinging!!

Thrilling Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
15 minutes...
Check fire alarms are working
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen.[/STRIKE] currently blowing on the line (first time it has been dry enough in ages :money:)
30 minutes to spare...
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen.. do you need that winter duvet yet?
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/STRIKE] nope, but did DD3 floordrobe instead
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/STRIKE] all upstairs done, all nooks and crannies on bannister dusted with a paintbrush with DS's help
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Put away those summer clothes from someones cupboard and get out the winter woollies.. don’t store anything that is past its best! Make a list of things you need to buy!!
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in.. doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it!

Deep Clean Challenge
[STRIKE]Clean out that airing cupboard!!!!!! get rid of those things you don't need.. use dead towels as cleaning cloths etc.. be ruthless!!!! you REALLY don't need that 'thing' you've saved for 10 years.. 'just in case'[/STRIKE] still nice and tidy "Anthea style" If you did this last week.. you can do the under the stairs cupboard!! will do under the stairs again. looks like entire contents of school bag got up-ended in their first thing:mad:

Just waiting for DD3 to come in from the bus, then I will time travel back to Monday's list and whizz around with my cleaning trug and coving duster stick thing and get some more stuff off the list so I will feel a bit happier.

I forgot to post at stupid o'clock I used some of my 99p photo frames to hang the portraits I bought copyright free from DS's nursery. (thank you Martin for cheap photo printing calculator :money:) also photocalendars arrived so put away from young Skints sticky mitts. I have always got the grown up young Skints calendars or diaries with their favourite interests on, but never done personalised ones. With DD1 and DD2 away at Uni and being homesick, they can see us all the time.

The pics that were hanging on the wall in LR have been moved into Study aka storage room :rotfl: waiting to be permanently recycled in there or somewhere else in the house where the colour scheme fits. DS has "claimed" a cross stitch picture of a Zebra that I completed 18 years ago for his room as it starts with "his" letter and there was an empty hook left from picture taken by DD2 when I forced her to vacate.

Hoarding/recycling, I like to think that they are flip sides of the same coin

DD3 is now in, quick brew, anyone for HHC at 3.45?

Dustykitten

Visited my friend in hospital

Been to Mr A

Washing been on the line

Replied to some emails

That's it.

Honey_Bear

Got another booking starting tomorrow, so that's helpful. It does mean that I am going to have to finish both bedrooms as well as the shower room by lunchtime tomorrow, which was always the plan. Just another incentive to get on with it.

We went to see Captain Phillips last night. Absolutely excellent - and I'm not a Tom Hanks fan normally. I was in such a good mood I had an extra G&T and found I could suddenly compose a note I've been trying to write to someone for about eight months. It's just gone to the post office. Frog well and truly munched. Yum.

Hope your friend is bearing up, Dusty.

LameWolf

Mr T shop done - only spent £17.22:T Had a voucher for 95p off any 2 frozen Qu0rn products, so bought 2 packs of the mince; that's 4 x lasagne or Shepherd Spy sorted.:T

Defrosted freezer - it was starting to "rain" ice crystals when I pulled the drawers out, so I decided to see to it before it go to the stage where I was battling with the drawers.

Bonnie's been walked, and will be having her dins in half an hour or so.

Washing is nearly all dry - 2 pairs of chinos, 1 polo shirt, 6 pairs of socks and of course my 2 tops are now on the A-frames over the bath; I expect all but the tops will be quite dry by morning. Everything else was already dry enough to go in the airing cupboard.:T

Stubbed my toe for the 2nd time today - cue much swearing.:mad: Bonnie looked concerned, Mr LW didn't even ask if I was ok.:(

Logging off now - before any more email arrives to claim my attention.:D "See" you tomorrow folks; have a lovely evening.:o

boddy

Shopping done.
Cat stuff done
Bathroom done.
Kitchen S&Sed

Had left a pack of toilet rolls still sealed in plastic on the kitchen floor. Came home and Ozzy had chewed through the plastic and rolls. Strange cat!

Tarotangel My knee is fine thanks. Ozzy is lovely so glad I changed my mind about getting another cat.

pigpen

Thought you might like a pic..



She is quite scrumptious!!!

Washing shuffle ongoing..

Acquired a small shelf unit thing from my sister which I'm getting the boys to paint at the weekend.