Weekly Flylady Thread 9th December 2013

Lozzy88

all my children have 'e' 'y' in them Skye, Finley and Freddy not to everyones taste but each to their own. My Oh has had the snip now so no more babies.

Skinty that sounds complicated haha its a good tradition though my Dd middle name is Edith after my gran she passed away when I was 5 months pregnant, I wanted to call Dd Edie but was worried on paper people might think it was Eddy.... Oh choose her name.

I have hoovered now for a cuppa

Dancemum I hope your Dad starts to make progress soon, you sound like your juggling a lot at the moment please take care of yourself too x

TheScoop

Second week in and I'm already seeing the benefits! Bathroom took little time to clean tonight and spent majority time doing infrequent jobs like the mirror, showerscreen, window, whole bathroom looks sparkling.

I'm going to try to do as much as I can in the time I have but little and often is my new mantra!

We have identified a couple of 'hotspots' which are getting the 'every-time-I-walk-by-I-tidy' treatment, which is brilliant!

Thanks all!

skint_breeder_5

Monday ~ Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room

30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Wipe the big appliances[/STRIKE] and pulled out behind cooker, pulled out behind WM in Utility - took heat exchanger from TD up to shower and gave it a good blast (so much easier than faffing with a toothbrush)

Oven has had ONE going over with Mr Mu$cle, but needed another going over - need to wait for young Skints to conk out so I can finish it uninterrupted and re-assemble
Extras

• Get those last minute cards and presents posted!! send my customary email to new found family in NZ & Aus soon
  

Tuesday - Luscious Living room, hallway, stairs
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Clear the floor of clutter[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room[/STRIKE]
Wipe and water plants
[STRIKE]Wash the windows[/STRIKE] swapped for Utility windows and door as were wet with condensation - Dehumidifier relocated from DD4's room to Utility in a bid to keep it drier in there.
Got an hour...
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
[STRIKE]Sort coats, shoes and bags[/STRIKE]
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.
Extras

[STRIKE]
• Check the smoke alarms[/STRIKE] and the contents of the over shoulder boulder holders/puppies
• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Finalise your christmas menu and shopping list
• Defluff and deweb these rooms

Wednesday ~ Brilliant Bathroom, Sociable Study and other grotty places!
15 minutes...
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
30 minutes to spare...
Wash windows and any chairs/sofas
Clean curtains/blinds etc
Declutter floors
Got an hour...
Wash bathmats/shower curtain and furry bog hats
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles
Extras -

• Finalise those last minute presents you have to buy..
• Wrap all the presents for family/friends
• Finalise shopping orders/lists for your christmas food shop.. remember shops are only closed for one day!!!!

Toots list
Clean up builders mess (plaster and paint splatters) in hallway in 15 minute chunks x14 this mess just keeps coming...til done

[STRIKE]find an empty picture hooks to hang it on [/STRIKE]- manipulate hooks on wall
[STRIKE]replace 3 duff spotlights and dust all the rims while I am about it[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]remove busted lightbulbs from cooker hood, clean lightbulb covers, purchase special bulbs and [/STRIKE]re-fit into cooker hood
[STRIKE]purchase and replace kickboard hooks[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]rehome fly cemetery (main light fitting in Ensuite) in bin, clean, replace bulb and re-fit [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]purchase wooden dowels[/STRIKE] and fix old dressing table stool Dear old Dad bought me years ago
make jam tarts then make "Happiness Jars" for DD1 and DD2
[STRIKE]clean old spice rack jars[/STRIKE] and lob old spice rack in bin (melamine is almost orange and no amount of bleach/soaking in DW tablets is shifting it)
[STRIKE]Get new WM seal ordered[/STRIKE] and[STRIKE] fix conditioner intake[/STRIKE] -EX thinks this is cured - will test overnight tonight on cheap leccy :money:
[STRIKE]very slight leak on Central Heating stop cicks cured[/STRIKE] thanks to the EX - [STRIKE]cupboard dried [/STRIKE]and contents returned to rightful place
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
renew library books again
[/Toots list]

DS horsepiddle appointment yesterday went well, they will see him again in 2 months to see about patching aka playing pirates. The new school visit was a resounding success...hopefully I can get him in there. The Headteacher's ethos, is school should be a D!sneyland for Learning .......if they want to come to school everyday that's half the battle. Fencing is one of the after school activities Reward for this term for 100% attendance is a brand new BMX, for the summer term just gone it was an Ipad. DS enjoyed the outdoor classrooms especially the Pirate Ship and the Outdoor Music Room (new outdoor classrooms in the offing include a mini farm with hens, micro pigs and goats, and a pond area for pond dipping and mini-beast hunt and a Hobbit Hole Library)....if I had my time again, I would want to go there! :j DS was most indignant this morning that I took him to his pre-school nursery and wanted to be at the Big School. The two school visits I have scheduled for next week will just be a formality.

DD4 is being a mini beast of her own tonight, and I think she is going to get her two top teeth (lots of Calpol in the house, so I will be ok) cue a cheesy rendition of "All I want for christmas is my two front teeth!"

Right, this list isn't getting much smaller despite some Toots job biting the dust - time to get DD4 tucked up and start again

Hugs, sticks, spoons, rockets - whatever's your poison....help yourselves see you all later :wave:

nicki_2

Instead of coffee I ended up washing up, then making tea (so I had no dirty dishes for a whole 2 minutes :rotfl:), tidied up all my work stuff, juggled the laundry (WM x7 in :j) then sorted money to pay into the bank on Friday and got really annoyed at the fact I don't have that many full bags of coins to pay in. I just hope everyone coughs up the money tomorrow or I'll struggle to pay the bill next week

DD is glued to Charmed so its going to be a quiet night. Think I'm going to do some ironing after washing the tea dishes. I need to find out how much clothing DD has left now I've had a sort out of stuff that's too small :wave:

hex2

Not much done today as both DS1 and I have been ill. I did make a start on the bathroom at least and the inevitable DW is on.

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

Reward for this term for 100% attendance

Its an interesting idea but must be difficult for the parents of children with genuine health problems. My DS had to be off today and he was bewailing the resulting loss of his good attendance pencil case. I dread to think what he would have been like for an iPad!

Dancemum - hope your DF picks up soon. SS was in intensive care in N (queens) a few months ago after a serious car crash and they forgot DH was waiting a few times. He is isn't shy of putting himself forward either so not just you.

hello mrscheshire

Valli

FizzWhizz wrote: »

I wonder if newspaper would do a good job? I agree, great idea!

.

it works brilliantly;)

bossymoo

Evening!

I have done nothing again
Been out with work, came home and drank tea, littlies already were tucked up
Eish I am so lazy

Will do better tomorrow...

Valli

eta - oh, you know it does!

ah well.

display down; display up.

dw on :eek:

cyclingyorkie

skinty - that first born son receiving father's name as a middle name happened here - it is tradition in OH's family. But..... O/H has a name commencing with A - which meant that there was a problem:- my initial idea of David Robert Alan was vetoed because our surname begins with B - and he wasn't going to be drab!


I settled on David graham Alan....

MrsChaos

Not the best day. It felt like I did quite a bit, but all from my own list and it feels like I'm treading water. Tired today.

Monday ~ Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room
HHC decluttering and vacuuming the floors done HH in dining room
HHC finding and wiping a worktop
Clear and wipe the table - 1/3 done
Clean the hob
Clean out the fridge

Tuesday - Luscious Living room, hallway, stairs
Clear and hoover stairs, incl small landings at top and bottom
clean and tidy shoe rack at bottom of stairs

Wednesday ~ Brilliant Bathroom
Clean the loo and the bath and the basin!
Declutter floors
throw out any empty bottles

Also needed:
[STRIKE]post letter for exam[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Collect DS2 from school[/STRIKE]
play skylanders with DS2 no batteries
HHC tidying with DS2
HW with DS2 (make a plan for the week)
Make a study plan for me
[STRIKE]Cook tea[/STRIKE]
wash and put away dishes [STRIKE]morning[/STRIKE]/lunch/evening
HHC knitting
[STRIKE]Find, write and post Christmas cards[/STRIKE]
Start a shopping list for Thursday/Friday
Several HHCs studying
[STRIKE]laundry x2 [/STRIKE] WIP[/QUOTE]