Weekly Flylady Thread 11th November 2013

nicki_2

Morning all.

Pigpen - Happy Birthday to Moomin

Remembrance Day - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Clean a window or two

Tantalising Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer as well
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• 30 minutes ironing.
• Clean oven if you didn't do it last week

Wild Wednesday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
15 minutes...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Got an hour...
turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen
Extra Task List

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• 30 minutes ironing.. you love me & you know it

Thrilling Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
15 minutes...
Remove and wash bed linen.
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen.
Got an hour...
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 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!

Freaky Friday- Bathroom
15 minutes...
Clean floor
Got an hour...
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• Get those uniforms, games kits, coats and things in the wash which you will need on Monday

FRIDAY EXTRA - Don't forget your ME time this weekend, even if it's just a nice relaxing bath. Go on you deserve it.

WEEKEND Frolics
This is also a chance to get hubby's and children involved in the flyin

• Write a list of things YOU want for christmas!
• Extra 30 minutes ironing.. school uniforms? work clothes?
• Meal plan for the next week and make a shopping list... based on what you found in the freezer and those things that need using from our weekly cupboard sweep

Well the WM is already going with DD's blazer and she's stripped her bed. Today I need to get my plan together for shopping tomorrow. First a coffee since I've had about 5 hours sleep at the most again.

ionafan

(((Dancemum))) please keep posting as often as you want to. We are here to support each other.

Valli, good luck with your application. If you get the job, I hope you will at least be able to call in to see us once in a while during school holidays.

Happy birthday moomin!

Since 7.00 am, two walls in our bedroom have been emulsioned with second coat All tools and other oddments tidied away, with choc chip emulsion washed out of the brush and tray (I just throw away the mini rollers when they've been used for dark colours - had about 20 in stock when we moved here. so still have plenty to do the rest of the rooms). Back bedroom is ready for its emulsion, and I hope to get the gloss in our bedroom done this afternoon, possibly the back room too.

Shower, breakfast, call at shops to buy contribution to food bank, church, lunch, then back to painting. It's suddenly all coming together We also have to move a wardrobe (which DH has painted) out of the lounge and into the spare room downstairs - which in turn involves carrying all our clothes back up to our bedroom, where the built-in wardrobe is now finished.

We have the carpet fitter booked for the 28th too, but I am hoping he will come and do our bedroom one day this week, so that we can finally do some unpacking

(((Hugs))) and spoons to all who need them. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and I hope the gardeners get some sunshine. *If* it doesn't rain here today or tomorrow morning :rotfl: mowing the lawn will be on my Toots list.

Goodintentions

dancemum wrote: »

I have a 16Litre in MBR and a 20Litre dehumidifier downstairs. They are quite large but can get filled up in less than a day. They were from b& q.
We did try a mini one but it was rubbish.
We also used the hanging ones from lakelnd for wardrobe and kids room. We only have had a problem since we had cavity wall ins put him. We still do get mould in the corners of bedroom ceilings and around the silicon on windows & doors but it is better than with no dehumidifiers

Kaz2904 wrote: »

We too have a dehumidifier and it runs almost constantly during the winter. It has cut our heating costs and made our house far warmer than it was before. The damp isn't entirely under control and I think I may need to get another for upstairs but it is working it's magic for now. It is in our single skin utility and downstairs loo.

Thanks for the replies. I think it is the way to go - but I was wondering about size? I just need it for DS's bedroom (the box room - about 8 x 6). I think a 16L would be too big (space & need), but wondered if the mini ones would be efficient enough. I thought they were about £40-£60 until I looked online yesterday! :eek: I wasn't expecting £100+ Still, I think the investment may be worth it. Has anyone used a smaller one just for a smaller room? Rather than the whole house or whole of upstairs?

Flying wise... well I am out of bed & the dog has been fed! I need to make a list & stick to it this week - it has all gone a bit pants here! DH has started working (which is good), but it does mean that all the house work, ironing, cooking & dog walking that he was doing is now up to me or not being done. I need to get tougher on DS & DD2 as well (esp DD2, as she is doing nothing ATM :mad:) My studying is also behind, so I need to fit that it (essay due in 2 weeks!) Oh dear - I am ranting & moaning - sorry!

Ok - I think I will get dressed and have some breakfast - that will be a start!

kazwookie

Valli~# good luck for the job

Moonin Happy Birthday

Bug hugs all round for those who are having a tough time of it at the moment.

dehumidifier~~ intesting discussion, thanks ladies I am considering buying 2 one for house, one for office, but I also didn't relise they were £100+, might poodle off to b & q later, as I have ex's over 60's discount card~~ I will report back or may look on line first.
Just had a thought may be MrT's or b00ts do them, then I can click and collect and get points............

Any way so far, sorted out mountsock more
Kitchen done
Sorted out all my ear rings, matched them all up, chucked out the broken ones, and sort neatly in to the boxes. Just got my late mother's ear rings to sort now, still cannot bring my self to do it, as it all seems so final, but my friend told me once it was done, then I could get joy from wearing them and knowing my mother was there for the day I was wearing which ever pair.

I can sort of understand what she is on about.............I guess I am just being a big wooze about it..........................

Chicken HM curry and rice for dinner tonight.

Have a good day

pigpen

cracking on with sleeve number 1... Pixie sleeping, OH sleeping and 2 teeny pinks stuffing their faces!

Ball number 9 started.. :eek:

nicki_2

Goodintentions - I have this one in DD's bedroom which is roughly 11ft x 6ft and it has made a difference but I have it running constantly unless we're out. I put it in my room on Thursday and its nearly full today. Its making a difference and I'm considering getting another one so I can have one in my room.

WM on its second load, DD is on her 2nd episode of Dr Who of the day, and I'm trying to write my Christmas list. So far I have 1 item :rotfl::rotfl:

cyclingyorkie

Valli - good luck with the job application - rest assured you are very much missed already!

Hugs and posivibes to those struggling with life ... such tremendous support here and as ever wise words spoken by all.

Mum moves house a week tomorrow. Didn't go this weekend as DD2 was ill on Thurs/Fri and didn't want to risk passing it on to mum. Original plan was that possibly bro-in-law would take mum down and sis and I would be there for van loading. Now it seems that it's my job on my own. Means spending the night on my own - on the 25th anniversary of my dad's death. Finding it a bit difficult to be honest.

mummyroysof3

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0523068.htm

We have that one and it runs all the time we awake and stands on the landing. During the winter I put it downstairs during the night if I need to dry clothes that don't go in the tumble dryer

LameWolf

((((HUGS)))) for Vanilla and Dancemum; I just wish I could make all the troubles go away.

Valli posi-vibes; but not because I want to see a Valli-free thread; I'm sure you could manage to pop by and wave once a week, at least??;)

Mr LW has been outside and given the car its weekly once-over (oil, tyres, wash-bottle, lights etc) and just told me the sidelight he thought needed a new bulb is, if fact, working.:D

I've put the BM on as we're nearly out of bread again; I need to do a Dys0n Tango, but will wait til Bonnie's been collected, otherwise I'll only have to do it twice.

I have a weird and very unpleasant pain in my left side today, on top of all the joint/muscle pains - no idea what that's all about, but Mr LW's microwaved a wheat bag for me to put on it in the hope of soothing it. I also have a lovely bout of cystitis.:( I think I'm just falling apart at the seams.:eek::D

Oh well - onwards and upwards; I have Mr LW's mobile phone bill to enter on my spreadsheet, and toad-in-the-hole to make for dins.:o

skint_breeder_5

EX is coming shortly to take young skints swimming, and I am going to babysit my own DD4 :eek:

Well, this is how the list looks this morning, not sure what else is going to go, but we will see!
Remembrance Day - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Put up linings or winter curtains to keep out those draughts.
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Clean a window or two.- going to change this to check for condensation
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!

Lastweeks Leftovers !!!!!
Sort out a cupboard/drawer/display cupboard - do you need all that stuff tucked away at the back?

Skinty's Toots list for today (and the rest of this week til done)

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 at Xmas
Get [STRIKE]DD1[/STRIKE] SOMEONE ELSE to troubleshoot printer, then get letter off in post
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
Clean up builders mess (plaster and paint splatters) in hallway in 15 minute chunks [STRIKE]x1[/STRIKE][STRIKE] x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 x10 x11 x12[/STRIKE] til done
clean cooker hood and replace filters
do DD3 roots at home
find an empty picture hooks to hang it on
Locate some wallpaper border adhesive as some wallpaper in DS's room is lifting
buy some more A4 printing paper and finish photocopying paperwork
[/Toots list]

Tantalising Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
need to get steam mop on kitchen floor with scrubby bit on to get gunk off plastic lip on kickboards :eek:
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or new mutations in there!
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean the windows in here!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
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
[STRIKE]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!!![/STRIKE]

Wild Wednesday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms

Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season! - DD3 has been told I want her bombsite of T shirt shelves re-flip-flopped and half of it removed. I re-flip-flopped the WHOLE section 2 weeks ago. I have told her if she doesn't do it, I will take a photo and upload it to her FB page- ULTIMATE DISHONOUR
Extra Task List

• Wash duvet or throw
• 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
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!!
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in.. doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it!

Freaky Friday- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Got an hour...
Wash your bathroom mats, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom..
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or are dead!
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it! .. Does anyone have a pulper to make logs from their old papers??
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Check through those bottles.. what can be flung/decanted/and [STRIKE]do you not need to buy until the year 3000?? Do you know I’ve not bought any shampoo since 2003!!!!!!![/STRIKE]
• Get those uniforms, games kits, coats and things in the wash which you will need on Monday

Deep Clean Challenge

[STRIKE]Scrub down the dirty marks on the walls in these rooms, and any dirty marks on the walls. Wash any chair covers/throws/blinds etc. When did you last replace the bath sponges & toothbrushes??[/STRIKE]


FRIDAY EXTRA 100% done

WEEKEND Frolics
For those who have extra weekend time and can't function without tasks... lol If you don't have time or want to spend time with your family that is brilliant.. go for it. It is a list of 10 tasks to do over the weekend if you get chance.. no pressure at all.. just ideas and reminders and winter preparations!
This is also a chance to get hubby's and children involved in the flying

• Write a list of things YOU want for christmas!
• Extra 30 minutes ironing.. school uniforms? work clothes?
• Change duvet for your winter one.. wash summer ones and put away..
• Meal plan for the next week and make a shopping list... based on what you found in the freezer and those things that need using from our weekly cupboard sweep
• Make sure you have everything ready for school/work for this week.. pe kits, socks, homework done etc.
• Fill a binbag of things to get rid of.. charity/bin etc
• Make a start on that decorating job you REALLY want to get done before christmas!!!!! We always have one!!
  [STRIKE]
• Make sure you have fuel/coal/wood/oil in for the colder months... find a supplier if necessary![/STRIKE] nope but I will read the meters in the morning and update my spreadsheet :money: