Weekly Flylady Thread 10th March 2014

lemanie

Are you still working, Pigpen? I'm going for a HC at Noon if anyone wants to join in or is busy beavering away already.

Wednesday - Bathroom, Hall, Stairs and Landings
Clean toilet, sink, shower/bath
Clear and clean the floor
Dust any fluffy areas
Give any plug holes a good clean and cleanse
15 minutes ironing or sewing
Sort our medicine cupboard/box - do you have stocks of hayfever tablets etc
Make lunch and declutter
Do paperwork ready for MU, buy milk en route and be there bright and early by 1.50pm
Prep dinner.

Dustykitten

I've been outside all day. Paid gardening job all done and been to the dump with DS1 to get rid of all the branches.

Cuppa now and then popping to school with my Governor hat on.

Jazee

Afternoon all. I took a lunch break as planned and now have an empty ironing basket. Also decided to do something from the list, so DHs shirt is repaired and the medicine box is sorted.

mrs-moneypenny

all ive done is made a cushion and a mess. need to clear all my sewing stuff away now and do tea

mothernerd

I've been lurking for a few weeks /following along in spirit. I am trying to downsize (ideally want the house up for sale by the end of the month) but this means tackling all the jobs I have lived with for so long without any real budget for doing so.

I know I need to deep clean the house before selling as well as developing tidy habits to keep it that way for viewing (currently trying to do washing up and put everything away before going to bed each evening - no guarantee it will still be tidy in the morning as DS3 is mainly nocturnal and can demolish kitchen tidyness in a flash ).

I just wanted to say thank you for improving my day so much and making me laugh. I logged in to see what today's jobs were - bathroom.

I will describe the current state of my bathroom in the hope that it will bring you all a smile as well. Yesterday I undercoated and glossed the bathroom window, floor to ceiling cupboard and bathroom side of the bathroom door. I also have 4 undercoated cupboard doors outside in the back yard - the top and bottom doors for the bathroom cupboard (middle one is hinged) and 2 'extra' kitchen cupboard doors which are to go on the bottom half of the dining room cupboard (previous owner had a useless slot inboard thing).

I am lying on the bed in the smallest bedroom at the moment,trying to persuade myself to get outside and gloss the doors. In addition to the general aching from the painting, my right arm and shoulder are refusing to work at the moment as I also spent an hour trying to clean the rust spots off the shower rail (up to about 5 hours on this job, alternately rubbing with astonish cleaner - remember my brother bringing some home to work on his motorbike - crumpled tinfoil (tip from Mr Builder)and fine sandpaper. A friend of DS3's has come to sort out the attic stairs and they were using the big ladder,so all the high level work was done using the step'n'fetch or standing in the bath (wellies and painting clothes -so chic).

I left the bathwater in the bath as I was hoping to re-do the bath seal. The bath water is currently between grey and yellow-green due to all the flakes from the shower. I am also multi-tasking by using it to soak some toothpaste encrusted plastic drawers and soak an outfit of DS3's which has mystery red marks on it (red biro/paint or fake blood at a guess). I kept resting by sitting on the toilet seat and scrubbing the marks with a vanish bar.

The sink contains the stuff that was on the bathroom windowsill (the towels etc are in the wardrobe in the small bedroom with me so all my possessions I have access to are stacked in a box and 2 bags on the floor at the side of me, everything else including the painkillers is in the attic) plus scrapers,sanding block - I lost the ability to pick up anything below my knees about mid-day yesterday. The landing has various bits of furniture which have been pushed out of this room and the bathroom and extension bars and reels from other bedrooms to support drills and other tools which are charging up.Anyway must go paint doors - a little bit of work and I should at least be able to re-locate most of the bathroom cupboard contents. And remind boys to get on with the stairs - they were having so much fun yesterday that in between eating pizza (I got leftovers) and watching anime, they forgot all about doing any work.

Good luck with your flying - just remember whatever the state your bathroom is currently,it's probably better than mine -apart from the woman who's leak brought down the kitchen ceiling (mine did that last October).

YORKSHIRELASS

optimistic-mummy wrote: »

This place was starting to become tidier .. and it's slowly deteriorating !! x

Same here. There just arent enough hours in the day. Have got most of the paid stuff done, fed everyone and cleared up and now I want to sit down. But the bathroom does need doing so best get on with it - no rest for the wicked!!

Oh and mothernerd - your post made me smile and feel exhausted at the same time!! It will all be worth it in the end.

pigpen

I haven't got as much done as I would like to have today but Little miss is teething and just needs me today so the house can fall down around my ears she comes first..

Bed time in here

Dustykitten

Welcome mothernerd and good luck with getting the house on the market.

Governing duties done and DS3 dropped at cricket.

DS1 fed ds2 and DS3 bu I need to clear up the kitchen, he did go to coach at cricket nets for 6pm though so can't mooan really and DS2 is studying. I need to goo back out to get some milk to but really cba atm.

kazwookie

Evening

Daily stuff done
eby parcel packed, just got one more to be paid for
Wrk done

hugs if you need one
Hi to all newbies

MinnieMousesMummy

Monday Kitchen and Dining Room
Decluttering or Gardening
Move the rest of the dining room to the new house
Do a quick clean in the old kitchen
Do a quick clean in the old dining room

Tuesday - Living Room and cloakroom
Clear the floor and clean it
Put away all books, DVDs etc
Dust your electricals
Clean a window
Did you have space for all those DVDs and books you put away or is a cullrequired?
Empty out any pots of dead plants, old compost, wash out your pots ready forplanting/sowing - do you need more compost?
Pack and move the living room
Clean the old living room
Empty and move the sheds
Sort out the beds and put air beds away
Sort accommodation for the animals(ready to move the animals)

Wednesday - Bathroom, Hall, Stairs and Landings
Clean toilet, sink, shower/bath
Clear and clean the floor
15 minutes ironing or sewing
Sort our medicine cupboard/box - do you have stocks of hayfever tablets etc
Recycle any old autumn/winter catalgues - Argos, boots,M&S etc
Copy all photos from phones etc and back up
Finish packing the bathroom
Finish packing the hall
Quick clean in the bathroom
Quick clean in the hall
Spend some time pruning or hacking back. Very therapeutic, gives instant results and you'll get some fresh air and hopefully a bit of sunshine too
Sort out the broadband and phone
Attend college
Catch up with emails
Collect hire van – final push to get everything moved
Feed animals