Weekly Flylady Thread 28th July 2014

FizzWhizz

Morning Flyladies :wave:

Mumto5, that's great news to hear that Ginge should be home soon. I can't imagine the stress you all must have been under, I hope the rest of the summer is calmer xx

HB, I have failed spectacularly on my challenge, if anything I have put weight on But y'know what? I am happy and content with life, a few extra lbs and a few extra ciders won't bring me down

I will be tackling my list in a bit, I'm hoping to borrow MIL's carpet cleaner whilst the skids are away, depending if I can fit it in my teeny tiny car

I hope everyone is well, I'll check I'm again later xx

ruby_eskimo

Morning everyone! I really enjoyed last week and actually managed to get most things done from the lists so I'm here again for another week.

Also have a list of things I need to get done today:

- Empty out suitcase and put everything back in it's place
- 2 loads of laundry
- Food shop
- File wedding contracts properly
- List 5 things on ebay

And all that while trying to recover from suspected food poisoning...Hope you all had a good weekend and a good start to this week.

Honey_Bear

Welcome SOMam and aklmattews! Lovely to have you on board.


Thank you so much for such a heartening update on Ginge, Mumto5. The news of his progress has made my day - it sounds as though he has really turned a corner.


Now. I don't like to be all headmistressey and stern, but I have to say I am disappointed by Greent and FizzWizz. What is this word f a I l u r e? Hmm? Flyladies do not do that. Flyladies have many calls on their time and energy and when other things take precedence, they refocus their energy where it is required. Challenge Goals are what we would like to achieve in an ideal world, and very few of us live in an ideal world. Thank you for signing up in the first place and making the list look impressively long and - for giving me something to do. See, just by contributing your aims, you both did me two favours. (Btw, between us, we pledged to lose around 90lbs! How sad am I adding all of that up!)


I need to do the shower room and bathroom today, so I am off-liste for a couple of hours, but that doesn't mean I don't read them and learn from them, Natty.

aklmatthews

doing well so far just stopped to have breakfast washing on line rug from living room in washer curtain down ready to wash all vases candle holders in dishwasher window and glass cleaned floor vacuumed.

lemanie

Thanks for the lists Natty, really appreciate your extra holiday duty.

Welcome to SOMam and aklmatthews, same to all flyladies, just do what you are able each day, it's a pionala kind of effort, sometimes you can peddle at a greater tempo for a jauntier tune but the roll just goes round and round! On that note, I'm going to try a little faster peddling this week, I might actually do something from the lists on the day it is posted, you never know.

Have a merry Monday.

pigpen

productive morning..

Front room tidied and restacked,
DW on ,
WM x2
1 load on the line just waiting for second machine to finish 20 minutes after the first even though they were both set to the same 52 minute cycle!!
1 load folded from the line
Kitchen swept,
recycling out,
upstairs bins emptied
Girls made a start on their packing for their few days away with God Squad
... and vacuumed right through downstairs!!



See.. loads done!


Off for a cuppa and get my 2 small pinks dressed.. Pixie has already been dressed and stripped and redressed!!

Kailua

Morning :-)

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Open those windows/doors and let in the summer sunshine...[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs[/STRIKE]
30 minutes...
Dusting, even if around everything!
Remove clutter [STRIKE]making sure stairs especially are safe[/STRIKE]
Clean [STRIKE]windows[/STRIKE] and all glass.. including the tv screen
Clear the [STRIKE]mantel[/STRIKE] side and only put back the items which are supposed to be there.. and that doesn't include letters, keys or other treasure!
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]
Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..!- Can't take that risk so will choose a pile and do 15 minutes.
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks...
Sort out school bags and lunch boxes and other school related stuff for the new year.. including coats and shoes.. what needs replacing??
[STRIKE]Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.[/STRIKE]
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!


And today's to do list - most carried forward from yesterday :-(

• Strip children's beds
• Turn mattresses - try and remember to vacuum them.
• Make children's beds
• Vacuum upstairs
• Iron work clothes
• Get everyone showered/dry their hair
• Wash their hairbrushes
• Check nails/cut
• Clean hob, put dishwasher on and make sure kitchen tidy before bed.
• Convince children to practice violin since it costs so much money for lessons at school :-(
• [STRIKE]Clear desk for OH tonight[/STRIKE]

This week - including the frog stuff*

Unlock mobile phone*
Work out a plan for getting the screen fixed*
Sort out brother in law's birthday card and present
Practice week 2 of getting up at 6:30 to do headspace
Try and get to bed about 10.
Try and meet comping target.
Do blog post x [STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] 2
Review children's clothes for recycling/selling*

nicki_2

Morning all

Thanks Natty for the lists, I'm going to try and be in this week.

SOMam & aklmatthews- Welcome :wave:

Mumto5- Glad to hear Ginge is improving

House is still looking good after the mega clean on Friday and I have lots of computer work to do so I'm off list today. We were going to run errands but I didn't get my lists written over the weekend so I'm doing them today instead. My laptop has finally finished its virus scan which it started at 10am so once I've gotten us both lunch I'll get on with updating accounts so I can see how much money I have to spend on the DIY stuff, and order DD's school shoes Hopefully I'll also have time to get some paid stuff done but we'll have to see.

Monday:
Update personal accounts
Update work accounts
Shopping lists
Order school shoes
Ironing - DD's job
Wash up - DD's job
Work orders
Transfer work money

Right, I best go get us some lunch :wave:

aklmatthews

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
15 minutes...
Open those windows/doors and let in the summer sunshine...
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
30 minutes...
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Clear the mantel and only put back the items which are supposed to be there.. and that doesn't include letters, keys or other treasure!
Got an hour...
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks...
Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it
mop floor

All done

wendywitch

I'm here I shall try my best to be in all week but a pack of BD has moved in so things aren't great

Washing hung out, washing brought back in as it's now piddling down :mad: was forecast for late afternoon so thought it was worth a chance. It's now on the airer. I'm annoyed as I'd put a second lot in the WM so that'll have to go on the airer too.
DW went on a clean last night and is currently on.
DD1 and BF are dog sitting for a week. I had dinner round there last night. It's so cute seeing them "playing house"
I cleaned the inside of all the windows yesterday, except the kitchen which will wait 'til kitchen day.
All animals fed, DD2 and little friend are upstairs listening to music. She's not such a "little" friend now, she's taller than DD1 now but as they share their name she'll always be called "little" lol. DD2 has been told she is not going out 'til her room is tidy, I hope she listened.
Had letters regarding child benefit and child tax credit changes so new budget written up this morning _pale_ tight is not the word for it
Meal plan needs looking at too but I think I need to take some pills first, got a nasty headache coming on.

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
15 minutes...
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
30 minutes...
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clear the mantel and only put back the items which are supposed to be there.. and that doesn't include letters, keys or other treasure!
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE] No plants owned
Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks...
[STRIKE]Sort out school bags and lunch boxes and other school related stuff for the new year.. including coats and shoes.. what needs replacing??[/STRIKE] New trousers and blazer needed
Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it

I have thought of something for my August Challenge - DECORATE THE GIRLS ROOM. I have all the stuff, except some filler.