Weekly Flylady Thread 7th July 2014

Honey_Bear

Sorry you had a disturbed night, Dancemum.

Driving home late last night I stopped the car and put the hazards on because a hedgehog was crossing the road. That's the first one I've ever seen 'in the wild' so to speak and we'd been talking about Mrs Tiggywinkle's sanctuary at the party - not a subject that I've ever heard discussed before! (OH thought it was a rat, but he'd had a few!)

And then, walking the dog on The Hoe even later, I saw a load of bats zipping around. I love bats.


The forecast is excellent, but the atmosphere feels like impending rain, so the piles and piles of washing will have to wait another day. OH pushed the dy$on around on the top layer yesterday as he was fed up with treading on bon!0 crumbs. It may be worth my while not being quite so scrupulous in the future.

I'm going to have to put the attic on hold while I finish The Frog which is mighty frustrating, but that was why I was up there this week in the first place. I also need to springclean my office for the actor who's on the futon in there in about a week's time and it'll take that long to make it dog fluff free.
Please Ionafan can I see the photo? I took one of my office before I started, but not the attic - curses. That would be been interesting on the 'Before and After' front.

bossymoo

Bits of shopping done on gift card at Mr A. Now going to do committee meeting minutes. Yuck

just_the_two_of_us

Morning all - home now - well for a couple of weeks at least - I hope! Had the last 5 weekends elsewhere.

Just trying to tidy stuff away and have done two important emails to get things moving for DS.

Now it's time to sort our house!!! Been to Mr A*di for a few bits to last the week and now going to farm shop for half sack of potatoes.

Then the England cricket calls as it has started raining here!!! well that's our excuse anyway.

Will catch up properly tomorrow as it's all gone in one eye and out the other. Hope today is a good day Pigpen.

Hugs to everyone else needing them. x

nicki_2

[STRIKE]Morning[/STRIKE] Afternoon all

MIA yesterday as I was tackling my DIY list. Got it all done, printed out the 'trolley' at the different shops, was feeling virtuous then remembered something else to add, then something else Then this morning when I woke up I realised that if I choose red for my bedroom then I'd need new curtains and bedding as they're both purple, so back to the drawing board when it comes to my room. :wall:

Beds are stripped, 2 WM done so I now have clothes to wear when I've had my bath. We need to go to Mr A today for some bits that we've run out of. That list is sort of written. No doubt I'll remember more stuff to add to it than the item I've just added :rotfl:

If its gone its done or not applicable. DD was on cleaning duty upstairs and it appears she hasn't finished any of the jobs. That'll be me hiding the TV remote when the film she's watching has finished then

Friday:
Laundry
Ironing
Read a magazine
DIY list - needs tweaking.
Work (just for reference)
Forms
Calling book
Prepare books

Manic Monday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet
Got an hour...
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Wipe over the radiators, paintwork bannister rails etc

Tantalising Tuesday ~ Bathroom
15 minutes...
Mop/vacuum
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Got an hour...
Wipe the paintwork and radiators in these rooms
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it!

Twinkling Wednesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Got an hour...
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Wipe the bits on the stairs that need wiping.. skirting or just the exposed edges of the stairs.. mine look like fluff piles!

Thumping Thursday - Kitchen
30 minutes to spare...
Mop floors
Sort & clean fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
Got an hour...
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer and cooker hood need to be done too!!
Fearsome Friday ~ DD's room (Italics are her list )
30 minutes...
Vacuum the floor
Got an hour...
Clean 2 windows
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

I best go and have my bath otherwise nothing else is going to get done today :wave:

Dustykitten

DH and DS2 helped in the front garden so got a fair bit done there, also cut neighbours grass and trees so that is there wheelie bin full as well.

Finished DS3's book with him

DH and DS2 gone to the shops to get a new laptop for DS2 for uni as his has died and DH cant fix it this time.

Going to put the washing on the line and finish washing up then another hour of gardening should see the main jobs efore holiday finished.

MinnieMousesMummy

Good afternoon everyone, I have gotten a bit lost this week, however I have a gone a general clean round during the week.

Today I am working on catching up with the ironing mountain and hoping to get it dried outside whilst it is nice. I am also working on getting all course work scheduled so that I can hopefully get it all completed in time.

elsiepac

Hi guys

Epic fail as of two weeks ago when I was full of determination and wrote a massive post - I ended up in A&E the next day with a suspected pulmonary embolism!
It wasn't - I've been told its deep muscle tissue tear, neurological issue and possible cracked ribs. Crazy. Long and short is I've been in a lots of pain around the back of my ribs and pretty much every which way I move for the last couple of weeks. I have it down to an ache now, but I'm still having to have tramadol sporadically - I'm trying to resist unless I really need it though. I go back to work on Tuesday.
So my house is not looking good but I'm putting off the hoovering till tomorrow I think as I'm not having a pain-free day today! Suffice to say I haven't attempted it as its too heavy and the wrong movements.

I've managed to keep the kitchen fairly up o together, and I have the last couple of days been tidying and rearranging the spare room of doom, so on my way to eating that frog, also my paperwork pile of doom I'm making inroads, as it was a good, slow, sitting down activity to keep me occupied, so again that's another frog!

Suffice to say I'll be attempting to be as fly as possible this week to get my place looking decent again! :eek:

Hope everyone is doing well, I've not kept up with the thread as been so out of it on medication until trhe last couple of days, I just couldnt face it!!

LC xx

PS - I do however have a new addition to menagerie of small rescue animals - his name is Hammond and he is a Campbell's (I think) dwarf hamster - very very cute.
No more animals for me, that's 6 I have now!

YORKSHIRELASS

Oh elsiepac, that sounds so painful! Make sure you take it easy.

Feel a bit fed up tonight. I am supposed to be working on job number 2 but cant be bothered. The house is a mess. The kids have argued all day (DS2 reluctantly cleaned the bathroom and DS1 hoovered upstairs but only after an argument).

I feel like I am so behind with everything. I really need to do some baking for packed lunches, the dishwasher needs emptying and I still havent cleared up after tea.

OH has said he will do some cleaning but so far hasnt moved off the sofa.

Right, got to get this work finished - it has to be done today!!

Jazee

Evening all. I echo what LW says, so hugs where needed.
I was quite pleased with the flying I achieved last week including getting back on track with the ironing, so have had a kind of relaxing weekend with DH.
Mother Nature has watered the garden today so there's one job less and I'm another one in holiday prep mode. I don't usually do holidays, just the odd weekend break, and I'd forgotten just how much stuff I need to take for the dogs. Never mind, I'm excited and I'm sure we'll have a lovely time.

Back to the paid stuff tomorrow and I must remember to wash the dog beds and throws.

Rest of weekend will be spent watching the WC final. DH has a bet on or I wouldn't bother, not very MSE but he's won his bets so far so I can't really give a lecture.

Have a great evening everyone. See you on the new thread.

bossymoo

Ouch elsiepac that sounds nasty. Nothing more than very gentle flying permitted!

My littlies are home and in bed. As suspected, DD trashed her room, but has been made to put it right before bed. She wasn't being naughty but brought two new princesses home (Sleeping Beauty and a second Snow White) and they "needed to get to know the other princesses" I think they had a party, lol. Poor action man looks exhausted.

DS and I built a Lego school. So you see, rather a busy afternoon

Annoyingly, after having all the windows open most of the weekend, my marathon dust n vac session has all been in vain

Ah well, onward and upwards. School stuff all ready for tomorrow. I did the minutes of the club meeting but now my laptop has decided to uninstall office, nor does it recognise my wireless network.

Fortunately I emailed them to myself so can access them from ipad - although not edit. Gah. I will send them to my work address and do the final edit tomorrow. Bl00dy thing was fine this morning!