Weekly Flylady Thread 16th July 2007

borderlakland

evening to everyone

school leavers assembly was sad loads of tears from everyone songs were all very good.at the mo they have the big brother of one of the pupils doing music with them.he played(v v well)the guitar to accompany them.
biggest suprise was dd1(whos leaving) winning the rotary club award for good citizenship.:j they said it was for her kindness and gentleness and for the way she has always helped the younger pupils in school.(aaah) she was given a certificate and £25 cheque(i blubbed all the way through)she was so suprised am so proud of her.

apart from dailies flying has taken a backseat today but what the heck....

lil_me

Congratulations to your DD borderlakland, you must be very very proud of her. Exactly, what the heck, not every day your little girl leaves for the big school and gets such a great award.

LJD1_2

That's fab borderlakland, i'm not surprised your so proud of her. Only four more hours of school yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm more excited than the children. I should be in bed now but remembered a bill I needed to pay online. That's done so i'm off.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz xx

lil_me

I should be going too, I think/hope mine are in all day tomorrow, with that list I NEED them to be, been warned they have LOADS of stuff to bring home inc my sons model which has been displayed for the last few months in the entrance as they thought it was the best, might be best taking the car down as last year I did and ended up with things that dozens of kids couldn't carry dropping it all off.

Night night everyone.

galantvr4

Evening everyone

Very little flying done today but I have made 32 muffins to give to DS's teacher/class tomorrow, took blinkin ages as my baking tray only takes 6 at a time!!

Visited sis and new baby-weight amendment he's actually 10lb13oz!! He is feeding like a little piggy, sis is shattered!!

Know what you mean about lunch money prices, DS is on packed lunch phase at the moment but he goes to breakfast club and now DD is starting mornings at pre school she'll want to go with him, that will cost 5 pounds a week! They don't want to go for the toast, it's to play games etc. before starting school! and they always have breakfast before they go anyway!

Hope you've all had a good day and happy flying tomorrow:j

Going to enjoy my glass of wine now:beer:

pigpen

I know I haven't posted much this week and now is probably not the best time
I could choose because I drank WAAAY too much today.... but.. this is what I have done!!.....


Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[strike]Clean floors[/strike]
Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean floors
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky [/strike]
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• [strike]
  
• Wipe the outside of all your small appliances (kettle, toaster etc)
• Clean out the freezer, I find the vacuum cleaner is good for getting up any crumbs in the bottom or stray peas etc. Defrost it if it needs it.
• [/strike]
• Sort through one cupboard, emptying it, wiping it out and wiping items before putting them back

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
[strike]Vacuum floors and sofas[/strike]
Level 2
[strike]Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/strike]
Level 3
[strike]Wipe light switches and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
[/strike]Tidy shoes, coats and bags
[strike]Vacuum under furniture[/strike]
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• [strike]Clear one hotspot, or just spend at least 5 minutes tackling it [/strike]

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing

Level 1
[strike]Check fire alarms are working[/strike]
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Level 2
[strike]Remove bed linen and replace with fresh linen[/strike]
Level 3
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• [strike]
  
• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Sort one drawer, making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
• [/strike]
• Clean windows in these rooms
• [strike]Clear any one hotspot[/strike]

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[strike]Clean floors in these rooms[/strike] (even if it is around the clutter)
Level Two
[strike]Clean bath, toilet and sink
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard and mouse [/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Clear clutter from floor
[/strike]Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

• Wash your bathroom mats
• Sort a wardrobe or part of, a drawer or set of drawers making sure it has what needs to be in it and any 'extras' are put where they should be.
• [strike]
  
• 15 minutes paperwork sorting!
• Clean windows in these rooms
• [/strike]

Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see)
Level Two
[strike]Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be
Dusting and cobweb removal! [/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors [/strike]

Extra Mission Tasks, as per usual you can choose one of these if you fancy something extra

• [strike]Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference [/strike]
• [strike]Dampen down one hotspot, even if it's just for five minutes [/strike]
• [strike]Another 10 minutes paperwork sort, we will clear it eventually, baby steps remember! [/strike]
  
  FRIDAY EXTRA - Don't forget your ME time this weekend, even if it's just a nice relaxing bath or catching up with an old friend, go on you deserve it!!

DeniseNZ

Cold and miserable today. Very envious of all of you who get summer hols. Could do with some nice warm sunshine right now.

Had two lots of visitors today, so not a lot done! (Which isn't to say that alot would have been done anyway . . . )

Oh, took Arsha to the vet again, and she got some fluid syringed off her chest - she wasn't best pleased!

Laundry - daily
Walk Arsha
Get finances up to date
[strike]Phone accountant[/strike] - Done
[strike] Phone Vet re dog food prices [/strike]- Done
[strike]Spend at least 5 minutes tidying each room of the house[/strike] - Done
Dust whole house
Vacuum whoe house
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Wipe light switches
Clean mirrors
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
Vacuum under furniture (only if you won't hurt yourself doing it, don't want any injuries)
Check fire alarms are working
Change all beds
[STRIKE]Clean ensuite[/STRIKE]
[strike]Clean main bath, toilet and sink[/strike] - Done
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
Sort paperwork - 15 minutes
Job hunt for some extra work (OH has just picked up some night fill work - we want to increase our mortgage payments . . . )


I'm bl00dy hopeless!

AnW'sMum

Morning all

Denise you are not hopeless, it's me that holds that medal I never seem to get a fraction done of what everyone else does. And having visitors means you can't fly plus taking Arsha to the vet I think you did well to get anything done today.

Well it's Friday, nothing still done here and a long day at work for me. Might have to take Nannie up on the offer to watch the kids while I finish packing as we aregoing to have to be up at 4am :eek: on Sunday morning. So only 1 1/2 sleeps to go

Have a good day everyone.

7_week_wonder

Good morning everyone,

How did it get to be Friday already? For those of you who are breaking up today - I hope it goes ok and you are ready for the mayhem of the summer holidays. Here's hoping the weather improves for at least some of it.

I didn't get much chance to come on-line yesterday as I was tied up the computer doing stuff for my new job. I'm pleased that I managed to get round to doing it though.

Michelle: I wish I hadn't read the definition of FLY - it's far to schmaltzy for me: we should try and come up with some alternative definitions.

Borderlakland: Well done on your DD for winning the award.

Galantvr4: I'm not surprised your sister is exhausted. I break out in a panic even thinking about such a big baby .

I had a pretty quiet day yesterday. The highlight was catching up with DHs cousin and husband for an hour in the evening (I managed to drop books and videos off at the charity shop on the way - so there is a bit less junk in the house). They were in town for a conference so we met up with them for a drink, which was fun.

I'm beginning to make in-roads on the paperwork - and the house is definitely seeing the benefit of all this attention. I'm just wondering how I'll cope when I'm back out all day - how do you other people manage?

Right yesterday's list:

Level One
[strike]Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)[/strike]
Level Two
[strike]Clean bath, toilet and sink[/strike]
[strike]Clear any clutter from desk[/strike]
Dust PC and desk gets done as part of Tuesday as desk is in hall
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
Level Three
[strike]Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
[/strike]
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

• Wash your bathroom mats saving it for next week prior to parental visit!
• Sort a wardrobe or part of, a drawer or set of drawers making sure it has what needs to be in it and any 'extras' are put where they should be.
• 15 minutes paperwork sorting!

[strike]Clean windows in these rooms [/strike]

Today shouldn't be too bad as the spare room hasn't been used for a couple of weeks. I'll give it a once over though in preparpation for mum and dad's arrival next week. Then I'll concentrate on the clutter which is at least hidden in drawers - but there's not much room for any more!

Have a good Friday everyone, and I hope you get chance to chill at some point today.

7WW

lil_me

Phone calls made (DS1 will have to start new school without uniform as it's not arrived yet), boys to school (even if DS1 did leg it) collected stuff from school for charity shop which I'll be going to after breakfast, doing some cheesey scrambled egg on toast dogs sorted. PC room cleared ready for cupboard to go in. That's about it so far. Sports day cancelled due to weather which to be honest is a bit of a relief as one less thing to do. Also puts hold on laundry as won't be able to get it dry. Right best go finish scrambled eggs before they burn!

Oh and DPs spotted that the F1 car will be in the Gate in Durham today so might end up there aswell.