Weekly Flylady Thread 30th December 2013

pigpen

FizzWhizz wrote: »

I also need to gather together all the games console carp which is littering the house. We have five children and they have:
2 xbox 360s
An xbox one
A wii
A PS2
A GameCube
A 3DS and
2 DS Lites

Not to mention the five laptops and three netbooks in the house -- it's ridiculous :eek: Chargers will be confiscated until things are tidied into their respective homes.

lol.. sounds like my house..

Xbox 360 (we have an xbox which this replaced too)
Xbox One
2 Wii's
PS2 .. we have 3 bit only 1 set up at the moment.
A Gamecube
2 3DS's
8 DS Lites
1 DSi XL
5 taplops
2 desktops
5 phones
a PSP .. rarely used
a kindle
and an N64


Should I include the 2 leapfrog explorers and 2 innotabs too?? lol

Then we wonder why the electric bill is so high! Good job we have bought these over about 15 years I dread to think what it'd cost to replace them all!! :eek:

mrs-moneypenny

pigpen wrote: »

and an N64

oh i think thats my fav console of all weve got a few of those. we actually gifted one with a couple of controllers and games to DD2s partner as he said he always anted one but wasnt allowed.

weve got quite a few different console systems as well. after N64 the wii is my fave i dont really get on with the xbox -probs the choice of games we have.
our fuel bills are high as well

Valli

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

eta there was a strange noise earlier.....I thought it was a bee, went out onto landing and found the biggest wasp I have ever seen.....went straight to the wasp spray, can't have DS stepping on it, or it flying in and stinging DD4.....it wasn't very happy it seemed to have its feet stuck in my carpet (you could say it was as mad as a wasp :rotfl:)........slinks off to add "find wasp nest" to Toots list

Some wasps are solo flyers and will look for somewhere to hibernate, so (especially if it was a big one) this is more likely than a nest escapee. Someone probably moved something or it has got warmed up and thinks it's Spring.

My Toots list "item at the top because it's being dealt with" is the flying at work. I'm off again shortly and I will take some recycling with me in the car (from home) pick up some I have there and then, as I have to drive past the tip on the way to town and the bank I will take it in - two birds and all that...I have to go to a couple of banks...in fact

*runs to find DD*

DD wants cheques banking too; so I will take hers! Many birds there! WOOT!

We (at our place of work) spend the Summer sorting our rooms - this wasn't properly done (indicative, I suspect, of feeling of room occupier and hence no surprise she resigned) so I am playing catch up. There has been a lot, over the last few weeks of 'shoving it in a cupboard' because it takes time to properly go through stuff. Annoyingly we had a skip this year so lots could have gone...
After this sorting I will finally feel I have properly 'moved in' and made it mine.

Sunnygirl_2

Just popping back in to post a list. I've been working longer hours lately and I've gone back to college so I've been lurking now and again and checking back for motivation too.

Anyway, the house isn't looking too bad but I need to do a big clean of DD1's bedroom so we can decorate it, but I am going to try to motivate DH to help out a bit more too as he is off work at the moment with depression and anxiety but I fully appreciate that he won't be jumping up to clean the house whilst he's off.

Anyway.....to the list:


Monday Bathrooms and a bit of Everything Else
Done

New Year's Eve - Kitchen and Dining room
Done

Wednesday - New Year's Day
Hoover out smoke alarms and test

Thursday - children's rooms, spare rooms or any bedroom
Extras
Make sure PE kits are ready

Friday Hall, stairs, landing and office spaces
Dust all the skirting boards
Dust the lighshade (make sure the bulbs are off - I stuck a microfibre mitt to a hot bulb earlier)
Wipe any marks from the walls

Off to make a tomatoey chickpea soup for lunch then we're taking the girls and DD1's friend to the park for a blast of fresh air.

mrs-moneypenny

hall tree is down in a sad little heap along side a box of deccys. think ill leave the shoe rack in the alcove it fits and hall looks so much bigger and tidier without that at the bottom of the stairs.

rang drs and booked my lady mot;) (reminder came christmas eve)

wendywitch

Looks like I'm really lucky with the console ownership lol we're only a house of 3 and only have a PS2 and a DS and DS lite, and 3 laptops (2 in need of some repair but still usable)

Rosetta92

Morning everyone

Very dreich here today. Just working up the courage to face the weather for a trip to the pharmacy.

Limited flying so far, just breakfast and tidy up thereof. Glad its hall and stairs today, cos they look a bit neglected here.

Hugs for those in need, and lots of sticks for the black dogs.

R

skint_breeder_5

Done my HHC - doesn't really show did about 10 minutes rehoming in my room, to be distracted by the suspicious silence of DS (this is a child who does not stop talking from before he opens his eyes til after he is asleep)

Found cabinet door to lounge unit open (this is 5ft in the air) and houses the permanent markers, felt tips, staplers and other non child friendly items.

A sheepish DS starts saying "sorry, sorry sorry sorry....really big sorry" as he reveals a well decorated paper aeroplane he has made - decorated with blue permanent marker, by using the new settee as a TABLE!

4 streaks of blue marker on my settee......quickly nabbed my banana oil cleaner from trug, and I "think" it is all gone, but need it to dry off a bit to be sure - 10 minutes spent sweating and cleaning and mumbling under my breathe

Thinking about moving all craft, pens and pencils out to log cabin, so it is a definite decision to do stuff, rather than this helping yourselves nonsense - add to Toots list for sooner rather than later.

Then I will do the old fashioned bank thing of a pen on a beaded string, and it doesn't leave the kitchen :rotfl:

Went to kitchen, 5 minutes reloading DW, couple of minutes rehoming DD3 vegan items to were they really belong. and then brought some bits in from outside fridge to use up. (Looks like veggie soup will be on the menu at some point today)

DD4 and DS are now on my floor playing zoos (garfield Pepp@ P!g and Simba are currently out of the enclosure with DS playing zookeeper!)

so I might try for another HHC/tidying in here so it looks like something has been done.

mrs-moneypenny

hope its all come out skinty
i'll join you for the next HHC, i still havent swept out the kitchen. will leave mopping now the trees down as i want to sweep through everywhere and dyson stairs before mopping hall and kitchen now. (or fake needles will stick to wet floor)

just_the_two_of_us

Update whilst eating lunch!

just_the_two_of_us wrote: »

Monday Bathrooms and a bit of Everything Else
Only got 15 minutes...
S&S toilets and sinks (including the kitchen)
30 minutes to spare....
Clean the bath and/or shower
[STRIKE]Wipe any dusty surfaces in the bathroom[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare....
[STRIKE]Declutter floors not just into a box or binbag to hide [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
away[/STRIKE], try to put things where they belong, a home for everything will make life easier
Sweep/mop/[STRIKE]hoover[/STRIKE] floors you can now see

New Year's Eve - Kitchen and Dining Room
[STRIKE]Wipe the table and work surfaces put everything away that [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
shouldn't be there[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Descale kettle, iron, taps etc[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare....
Sweep/mop/[STRIKE]hoover [/STRIKE]floors
[STRIKE]Wipe kickboards or legs of cupboards and tables[/STRIKE]
Got an hour....
[STRIKE]
Wash or exchange washing up brush, teatowels, cloths,
dusters
Dust any furniture in the dining Room
[/STRIKE]Extras
Are any thank you notes/phone calls still outstanding

Wednesday - New Year's Day
Hoover out smoke alarms and test
Update calendar/diary with all those important dates
Back up photos from phone/laptop etc, enjoy looking over some
Write a New Toots List (this is a list of all the jobs you want to get done from decorate a room, hang a picture etc) - burn or bin your old one (you can have a sneaky compare if you like). Now go through and put the month in which you are going to do the tasks next to them. We tend to over estimate how much we will achieve in the short term and under estimate what we can achieve in the longer term.

Thursday - children's rooms, spare rooms or any bedroom

Only got 15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Tidy up and find a home for all those things [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
sitting about[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoover [/STRIKE]
Tidy the bookshelves
Got an hour....
[STRIKE]Wipe the window ledges[/STRIKE]
Shine a mirror or window

Friday Hall, stairs, landing and office spaces
15 minutes ....
[STRIKE]Hoover and Mop all these areas[/STRIKE]
Got 30 minutes....
[STRIKE]
Clear your desk and give it a good wipe
15 minutes filing/paperwork sorting/flinging
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Empty the bins[/STRIKE]
Got an hour .........
[STRIKE]Dust all the skirting boards[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Dust the lighshade (make sure the bulbs are off - I
stuck a microfibre mitt to a hot bulb earlier)
Wipe any marks from the walls

[/STRIKE]

Extras
The pile of stuff you have been meaning to sort for ages - now is the time
make a list of people to contact this month to catch up;

Also cleared medicine cabinet of ood items
Moved things around in 2 kitchen cupboards and on worktop to accommodate new T*ssimo
Decluttered remains of icecream - preparation for D**T from Monday!!!!
Added another 15 minutes onto the double HHC and have also brought all the remains of my paperwork frog out of hibernation:rotfl:Guess what I am doing next week?!!!!