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Weekly Flylady Thread 18th November 2013

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  • I'm in - thank you Dusty :A

    Monday - Rooms of Doom

    15 minutes...

    Hotspot clearing

    30 minutes to spare...
    Spend the entire HH tidying up, putting away, finding homes for whatever is making this room a mess

    Got an hour...
    Hoover any floor you can now see
    If a surface is clear, wipe it and try this week to keep it clear
    Clean a window or a mirror
    Do 15 minutes more tidying if you have time.
    "There's only one way of life and that's your own" - Levellers

    "I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night" - Bon Jovi
  • toochoosey
    toochoosey Posts: 7,371 Forumite
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    Valli, Thanks for your comment on the last thread xx OH is very good, works more hours than me but does his share.....DD....she still needs training!!!!!!!!:)

    Must try harder!!! I find that I come home from work and sit down, then ICBA'd to do anything, rather than getting stuck in............I also need to get some bits done in the morning, such as S+S'ing around the place............I'll get there..........Thanks all xx
  • pigpen
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    Cuff done for sleeve number 2.. I'm going to be a ball short I am certain of it :( I might cry!

    Off to bed.. OH shopping tomorrow afternoon so I am home alone with the 3 girls.. I will need my sleep!

    Dot up eating Weetabix!! .. Obviously 2 dinners weren't enough tonight!! .. she ate hers, some of mine then Squeaks leftovers! This child is hollow!
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  • Thanks Dusty x

    I'm in x
  • System
    System Posts: 178,348 Community Admin
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    edited 18 November 2013 at 2:32PM
    I'm in, thanks dusty and all who contribute/motivate.

    Have measles at the moment so need all the help I can get!

    Monday - Rooms of Doom

    Hoover ledges in bathroom
    Wash 2 loads of washing - 1 to be DH's work shirts.
    Put away clean washing

    Dinner - pasta and homemade baguettes - dough in breadmaker

    Other jobs:

    Hoover everywhere
    Mop floors
    Sort turtle tank - decrease water level, turn down filter flow speed and clean everything/change water DH to help
    Clean and organise shoes we took on holiday and tidy up hall cupboard
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  • Thank you Natty and Dusty, not just flyladies, but real flyangels with wings gently fluttering us back on the straight and narrow :A

    Ok here goes this week!

    Monday - Rooms of Doom (that'll be Dining Rooms then :rotfl:) and downstairs loos
    15 minutes...

    [STRIKE]Clean the toilet and sink including the pedastalls[/STRIKE]
    30 minutes to spare...
    [STRIKE]Spend the entire HH tidying up, putting away, finding homes for whatever is making this room a mess - make sure you find the table[/STRIKE] in fairness it wasn't too bad from last week
    Got an hour...
    [STRIKE]Wipe the table you have just found :rotfl:
    Hoover any floor you can now see DR & downstairs loo
    If a surface is clear, wipe it and try this week to keep it clear
    Clean a window or a mirror[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Do 15 minutes more tidying if you have time.[/STRIKE] all ornamental bottles and pot pourri type thingys washed in downstairs loo
    Extras
    Mid month check of bank accounts
    Do you need to submit gas/elec readings? It's dark now but I will do that tomorrow :rotfl:
    [STRIKE]Recycle some paper/magazines etc[/STRIKE] lobbed big fat yellow book and beetee's book in recycling as I can't remember the last time I bothered to look in there


    Spent 2 hours [STRIKE]tidying[/STRIKE] de-gibble-ing the study/computer room/guest room, which has become a kind of indoor shed. With a bit more effort I might be able to hoover in there at a sensible hour :) DD1 or DD2 will be living in there over Xmas so it needs to be habitable again very soon.

    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
    [STRIKE]Get DD1 SOMEONE ELSE to troubleshoot printer, then get letter off in post :eek:[/STRIKE] strangely it seemed to fix itself or EX fixed it with me asking. :eek:[STRIKE]now printed in envelope [/STRIKE]waiting for stamp
    Work out my debts for this month - once I have worked out what I need to slam on it
    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 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
    [STRIKE]Locate some wallpaper border adhesive as some wallpaper in DS's room is lifting [/STRIKE] and[STRIKE] stuck back to wall at stupid o'clock[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]buy some more A4 printing paper and finish photocopying paperwork[/STRIKE] found some is even better than buying some tomorrow, [STRIKE]printed, put in envelope,[/STRIKE] buy stamps and post
    Take battery pot to recycling when I go to pharmacy or dump next

    [/Toots list]

    Have a problem with the Central Heating, all the upstairs rads are getting warm but all the downstairs ones are freezing (TVR valves are all on....EX had a quick look but will have some "thinking time on it" and might attempt a fix next week......looks like I can live like a hermit in my room with or without the BD this week :D

    On the upside I cleaned all the plaster and paint splatters off my ceiling light for the hallway that has been off since builders came the first time. EX put ceiling light back up in hallway in 2 minutes flat, and put the trailing light away.......now I can see the ceiling repair is still awful.....but I paid on Friday....really gutted now, as I just wanted an end to it all, need to find my assertive voice but really can't face getting the builder back a third time, they are just clearly not upto the task.

    Group BD sesh tomorrow....not in mood to do homework for it now, might feel better after a sleep though, nighty night :wave:
    The cold never bothered me anyway
  • boddy
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    I'm in. Thanks for the list Dusty.

    Been finding a difference in the house since I put radiator foil on. Cleaned behind them first :).

    Cat has been fed and Im decluttering a cuppa.
  • Mumto5
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    Im in. Thanks for the list Dusty.

    I'm working today then off until Friday. No excuse to abandon flying!

    DH is away to Skipton tonight. I've got book club. Looking forward to seeing the girls.

    Good day wishes to everyone.
  • Morning everyone.
    hope everyone is well. hugs/vibes of all kinds to all that need/want them.
    LO is eating breakfast
    his school clothes are waiting for him
    myself and DP had a little chat last night ... i feel better for getting everything out in the open ... although still trying to get my head around the idea that if it was up to DP this will probably be my last pregnancy ... :( ... we've both kind of said 'never say never' but DP has said he will be happy at 2 ... its weird cuz i always imagined at least 3 and maybe even 4 ..... we will see !

    off to see what i can get done before getting ready to take LO 'see' you all later x
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  • Thanks for the lists Dusty, i'm back in again this week. :D

    All clean clothes sorted and put away last night, still loads more washing to do. Hoping to get hole car business sorted out this morning. Fingers crossed it all works out. :) Need to phone paypal this morning too.

    DD nearly ready for school, so once she's away i'm dragging the boys up. I'll be finding them jobs to do.

    Monday - Rooms of Doom (that'll be Dining Rooms then :rotfl:) and downstairs loos
    15 minutes...
    Clean the toilet and sink including the pedastalls
    30 minutes to spare...
    Spend the entire HH tidying up, putting away, finding homes for whatever is making this room a mess - make sure you find the table
    Got an hour...
    Wipe the table you have just found :rotfl:
    Hoover any floor you can now see
    If a surface is clear, wipe it and try this week to keep it clear
    Clean a window or a mirror
    Do 15 minutes more tidying if you have time.
    Extras
    Mid month check of bank accounts
    Do you need to submit gas/elec readings?
    Recycle some paper/magazines etc


    katykicker hope your feeling better soon.
    skint breeder 5 it's awful when a jobs not done right but you've paid for it. I got lovely lino in may and the whole thing has bubbled up under table. Rang last Wednesday and they said they would ring me back and get someone out to look at it, nothing since then so looks like i'll be ringing them this morning too.
    Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.”
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