Weekly Flylady Thread 25th November 2013

Jazee

Nicki, can we swap DD's please? Mine is mid twenties and had me ironing her jeans earlier.

Well, from the list earlier, village shop got done (overspent and enough turkey to feed us all week - further details in my diary!), I hoovered right through the house instead of just downstairs because of visitor, and DH fitted lightshade, new toilet seat and prepared the guest bed. He's been so good the last couple of weeks. Maybe DD may take note...

Anyway, just reading a bit on here and will then catch up with the local rag, I haven't even read Wednesday's paper yet.

Hope everyone has a good evening and that Bossy gets a good night's sleep tonight.

roxy7699

My attempts at keeping tiny awake for her dad haven't worked. I'll plod on with the kitchen and ironingwhile watching xfactor.

kazwookie

Evening

Blimey you have all done loads while I have been at wrk!

Pigpen, you keep going, it is never a waste of time.

Bossy, love the elf coming, there is / was a thread of folk who also had elves coming and the tricks the elves played.

Daily stuff done
OH has gone out
So I'm gonig to bed early, and I hope he doesn't wake me up!

toochoosey

So far today...........

Monday ~ Lovely Lliving Room, Happy Hall and Safe Stairs
Extra Mission Tasks~ if you want to do more

[*]Check you have your Christmas card list done, if it's not done at least spend 10 minutes on it
[*]Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
[*]27 Fling Boogie, you know the routine, grab a bag and clear that clutter!


Tuesday ~ Kitchen and dining room
15 minutes...
clean filters/drawers/seals etc
Got an hour...
Scrub down the dining chairs..
Binbag dance! Grab a binbag.. fill it up.. and chuck it out!
Extras - help yourself!

• S&S the fridge

Wednesday ~ Master Bedrooms and Landings
15 minutes...
Remove floordrobe, make sure all clothes are put away neatly
30 minutes to spare...
Strip bed linen and wash, replace with clean linen
Vacuum floors in these areas
Got an hour...
Vacuum mattress
Clean tops of drawers
Extra mission tasks, as always if you fancy an extra challenge try one or more of these

• Clean windows in these areas
• Cobweb removal upstairs, go on grab a duster and swipe them down
• Clean light fittings and light switches in any room, more than one if you like
• Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week!

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
30 minutes to spare...
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk !
Got an hour...
Wash your bathroom mats
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted
• Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Clean the toilet bowl on the outside and the floor in front of it, especially for those with little boys!

Friday!!~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms!
30 minutes to spare...
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Put all the discs in their boxes and the books on the shelves and the toys in the chests!
Sort through a chest of drawers/wardrobe and fling anything that no longer fits.
Got an hour...
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Drag the junk from under the bed and put it in its proper homes.
Fill a binbag for charity shop.. Santa will be here in 30 days so make some space!
Binbag dance!.. See how many toys you can fling before the large guy in red arrives.
Extras

• Check through what decorations etc you have and what needs replacing/buying/finding, check lights etc
• Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!!

Hopefully get the rest done tomorrow. One tree up, DD started to decorate it but got bored so hopefully they will all be completed tomorrrow too!!

Dustykitten

Ironing done
DS3 bed done apart from duvet cover which is almost dry. Knitting next.

FizzWhizz

Another day lost to another killer migraine So fed up with feeling tired and poorly.

So today (and by that I mean in the last hour) all I have achieved is one WM load onto the airer and a bit of washing up. Thankfully the house is still relatively clear as I'd blitzed on Friday for MIL's visit.

On a slightly more positive (less moany) note, my window vac arrived and it's ACE :cool: Our coffee table is glass and virtually impossible to get streak-free. I wiped it with a damp microfibre cloth and a tiny spot of WU liquid then used the vac. Sparkling in seconds

roxy7699

Feel better fizzwhizz all my washing up is done, for the first time in two weeks

skint_breeder_5

Monday ~ Lovely Living Room, Happy Hall and Safe Stairs

30 minutes to spare...
Wipe/vacuum sofas
Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
Dust any areas below eye level
Got an hour...
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Extra Mission Tasks~ if you want to do more

• Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
  [/B]
• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• Spend half an hour doing something for yourself
  [STRIKE]
• 27 Fling Boogie, you know the routine, grab a bag and clear that clutter![/STRIKE] only 6 things out of place, got to be a record

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and dining room
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Wipe down all the major appliances.. clean filters/drawers/seals etc[/STRIKE]
and kickboards-just kick boards to do -unclipped some of them so I could do both sides and clean any grot from the plastic trim

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didn't get a chance get them all off to wash them before DS decided to walk across them like a balancing beam and snapped EVERY SINGLE CLIP on the back, so I have no way off fixing them back on, until I go to the Orange DIY shop where I bought the kitchen from and buy some more clips :mad::mad: I am beginnning to wish I had left them where they were.:(
30 minutes to spare...
Wipe the tables and replace the cloth if necessary
mop the floors
Run appliances through a 'clean' wash
Deweb and defluff these rooms
Got an hour...
Scrub down the dining chairs.. yes, I noticed this earlier
Binbag dance! Grab a binbag.. fill it up.. and chuck it out!
[STRIKE]Clean the oven.. and the shelves![/STRIKE] and pulled out behind cooker and scrubbed wall and floor tiles
Extras - help yourself!

• Wipe and replace ALL the small appliances
  [STRIKE]
• Empty and wash out bins[/STRIKE]
• S&S the fridge
• Check the freezer, see what needs using up - close I have put the freezer sliding basket back in, with a view to putting a handful of whoopsies from further down in the freezer every day and taking into the house to make freezer surprise

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

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] x14[/STRIKE] this mess just keeps coming...til done
find an empty picture hooks to hang it on - manipulate hooks on wall
replace 3 duff spotlights and dust all the rims while I am about it
fake nail glue VS sandpaper....but which is better, there is only one way to find out.......FIGHT:rotfl:
get help putting wooden blinds and new curtain poles in LR
get indoor clothes line put up in Utility
get new clock innards for favourite clock to go up on Utility wall
[/Toots list]

Wednesday ~ Master Bedrooms and Landings

Got an hour...
Vacuum mattress
Clean tops of drawers
Extra mission tasks, as always if you fancy an extra challenge try one or more of these

• Clean windows in these areas
• Check through drawers, anything that should have been thrown out ages ago?
• Cobweb removal upstairs, go on grab a duster and swipe them down
• Clean a set of curtains, nets or blinds
  [STRIKE]
• Clean light fittings and light switches in any room, more than one if you like[/STRIKE]
• Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week!

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
15 minutes...
Clean floors in these rooms
30 minutes to spare...
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Got an hour...
Wash your bathroom mats
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or don't work
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

[STRIKE]
• Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it[/STRIKE] reorganised DD4 nappy bath/changing table....lots of bathroom reading material has gathered and some toys aswell
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in such as doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it

Friday!!~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms!
30 minutes to spare...
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Put all the discs in their boxes and the books on the shelves and the toys in the chests!
Sort through a chest of drawers/wardrobe and fling anything that no longer fits.
Got an hour...
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
[STRIKE]Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors[/STRIKE] just found one:D
[STRIKE]Drag the junk from under the bed and put it in its proper homes.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Fill a binbag for charity shop.. Santa will be here in 30 days so make some space![/STRIKE] 3 items went into CS earlier in the week
[STRIKE]Dust and vacuum and wipe of sticky grotty bits.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Tidy a box of 'stuff'[/STRIKE]
Binbag dance!.. See how many toys you can fling before the large guy in red arrives.- sacrilege:rotfl: I don't through toys unless they are broken in such a way that they cannot be safely salvagedExtras

• HHI
• Check through what decorations etc you have and what needs replacing/buying/finding, check lights etc
• Catch up on yesterdays list! We keep getting behind!
  [STRIKE]
• Update spreadsheets.. meal plans, finances etc[/STRIKE] electric and gas spreadsheet updated
  [STRIKE]
• Scrub your grill pan.. [/STRIKE] :rotfl: my grill pan is always clean
  [STRIKE]
• Clean where your Christmas tree and any other decorations are going.[/STRIKE] whole house has had another hoover top to bottom.....if young Skints insist on decorations, going to confine it out of my sight
• Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!!

urgent for Monday - book appointments to view primary schools for DS, as selection has to be made by mid January

I spent more time in the kitchen today making another batch of apple sauce......this is a smooth batch, so worked up a bit of warmth beating 5 pints of apples with a rolling pin, then squishing through a sieve with a wooden spoon....90 minutes later :rotfl:

AND November challenge is complete, both worksurface runs are completely clear and cleaned in Utility, plus bonus of one window cleaned in there.....very pleased, it is almost a pleasure to go out there now.........

Time to catch up with Fred, then brew....then work out what to do once DD4 quits.....catch up on TV online or catch up on ZZZZ's? :rotfl:

Lozzy88

I have done an hours worth or ironing, and not a great deal else, tomorrow more washing will be dry so that will mean more ironing whoop lol.

Valli

Bathroom and kitchen clean; todays washing ironed and on the maiden - some jumpers weren't bone dry so I'm hoping they will dry off now they're in the warm.