Weekly Flylady Thread 16th July 2007

AnW'sMum

*whispers* sorry for waking you shell hope your littlies are feeling better soon *slinks back out to get ready for school run*

nicki_2

Yes it's that time of the week when I already wish it was the weekend :rotfl::rotfl: I've woken up shattered again as I was up until midnight dealing with ebay listings that were finishing - 27 items sold Prices to be dropped and relisting of about 50 or so I think, plus I have a box of nearly new books for school and 2 boxes of stuff to go to the charity shop which I'm not going to waste my time relisting
to all the newbies, guess you should be called maggots since you're new flyladies but that doesn't sound too nice does it:eek: :rotfl::rotfl: Take it slow, aim for level one and get that complete before you aim for level 2

Elizzy - take it easy, don't worry about sharing things no matter how down they may appear to be, we're all friends here and we'll "listen" as thats what friends do

Broomstick - :eek: WTG :T There is no way I could run 10k - go you!

Lil_me - thanks for that, I thought it would have been a case of "new part" rather than repair Will let my OH know as soon as possible *toddles off to MSN OH*

Right, I have no idea where I am working as I haven't had coffee all weekend and surprisingly I can feel the effects, a snail in reverse moves faster than my brain is going today :rolleyes: So my list is basically kitchen, dailies, ebay listings, photographing the logbooks (I MUST get this done ASAP!) but my top priority when I get back from the school run is a BATH. :rotfl::rotfl: Will post again later when I can actually sit down and get my brain working enough to compile a proper list. DD breaks up Thursday, OH has already broken up but still works through the holidays but at least I shouldn't need to iron any shirts or smart pants until closer to September Oh, and we're away this weekend (Car permitting) and DD is staying on at IL's until next weekend when we'll go back up again for a party :rolleyes: So I guess I had better think about packing as well :rolleyes: Urgh! :wave:

galantvr4

Morning
Shell Sorry about the sickypoos, not what you want in the middle of the night!! Enjoy your cuppa!

Hoping for a dry day, 1st wash in, loads of muddy clothes from yesterdays romp around whe woods:eek:

If I want to do any flying today i'd best have a look at that list!!
See you Later

DeniseNZ

Welcome Kayjay
HopeElizzy - you've had a rough week, thinking of you . . .
Broomstick - I'm completely kn@ckered just reading how far you ran!
Shell - hope your kidlets feel better soon.

The past few weeks have been a bit of a nightmare really, so I hoping to get back on track (yet again **sigh**)

What I sneakily cross off on the Monday list was actually done on Sunday :rolleyes:

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces [/strike]
Clean floors
[strike]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[/strike]
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week - oven wiped
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• [strike]Wipe the outside of all your small appliances (kettle, toaster etc)[/strike]
• 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]Clean oven if you did not do it last week[/strike] - wiped
• Sort through one cupboard, emptying it, wiping it out and wiping items before putting them back

Other stuff done today:
Laundry - one load of towels
Walk puppy - OH did that this morning
Weekly menu
Grocery List
Work
Grocery shopping
Banking
Dinner
Tomorrows laundry in WM now, and will be hung on airer to dry.

aimeelister

Morning all. I hope everyone is ok. Had a lovely weekend with friends and then was taken out for lunch by the parents for my birthday. Its a bit of a shock to the system to be back at work!!!

Elizy - huge great big hugs for you.
Lil_me - Get well soon, take it easy, glandular fever knocks you for 6 or even 12. Lots of rest is called for as it can linger for years.
Kayjay - Welcome
Broomstick - way to go. Thats impressive.

Right my list for today

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Stairs
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
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
Wipe down stairs
Level Three
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
[STRIKE]Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week [/STRIKE] not used it!
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe the outside of all your small appliances (kettle, toaster etc)

Also got to put the washing away.

Have a good day all.
Aimee

Pollybear

Morning all

Wiped round everything in kitchen, can't hoover yet because DD is still in bed (after getting home from Brazil yesterday).

I couldn't possibly get any more washing on the line It has been sunny so far but the clouds are building now. I hope it doesn't rain yet.

witchypoo

Thanks for the new list lil_me!
I am another who is hoping to be more productive this week. It's my OH's leave for the next 2 weeks and we go away for the a night on Friday early morning, back home late Saturday. I'm going to feed the cats before we go and they can wait till Sat night for their next meal, save bothering my parents to come down. They'll be having the kids for 2 nights, and unfortunately the school announced it's sports day on fri so it will be my son's last, and the first one I have missed but my folks can come and watch him before they pick him up. Our two don't break up from school until the 25th.

Good luck to all the new flybabies! I'm still relatively new to these forums but I have been fluttering (or trying to) for a few years now. Good advice above, don't overdo it or you will be put off!

Sorry to hear about all your sad news HopeElizzy, and the upset of last week over your son's leg. I hope all goes well for you this week and you are not too emotionally drained.

Congratulations broomstick on your impressive achievement! Wow I could not do that!

Shell, hope your DDs feel better soon. My son sometimes, about once a year, develops the temperature and sickness thing and (this is not proper medical advice of course) I rang the doctor first time it happened when he was about 6yo, as he could not keep even water down him, the doctor advised to let him rest for 4 hours and then try him with a sports or glucose drink (or lemonade if nothing else) and if he could not keep that down to leave it another 4 hours. I remember being very concerned he'd get dehydrated but in fact it worked out fine and he was all better later. Of course, it's better if they are drinking but in the event that they cannot even keep water down I'd advise to ring the doctor as often they can give help over the phone for such a common complaint.

My son spent yesterday finishing a project on Octopi and other Cephalopods that's due in today. He's had 3 weeks to do it and only had done about a third because he thought he had 4 weeks, but thankfully he finished it and even had time to colour the pictures he had drawn The best one in the class gets a booktoken. I really hope he wins as it is really good and he wrote it all himself with remembered facts rather than copying from the net.

We were supposed to go for a lunchtime walk and picnic to give him a break yesterday, but as it was raining we decided to get a rug and sit on the living room floor and have an indoor picnic instead It brightened up the afternoon. After they'd gone to bed and between ad-breaks I threw together a banana loaf as I had 4 black bananas which would otherwise have been thrown away. I made double quantities and baked it in a big traybake tray so I will cut that into squares later and put it in a container. Hubby wants me to ice it but I know it doesn't really need it and anyway I'd have to buy icing sugar! Oh well maybe I will...

I'm meant to be cutting down on cakes and biccies this week as I said that ages ago I wanted to lose a few pounds, and so now I really do want to lose a couple before I go away at the weekend. I know with the flying and eating sensible things I'll balance out.

Here's my list for the day:

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Clean floors
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Clean the fridge
Dust all round kitchen
Wipe kitchen table
Wipe window sill clean any marks off window
Wash the washer drawer out and lint trap

extras:

• Wipe the outside of kettle, toaster, microwave
• Clean oven and remove stain from hob
  
• Clean out the freezer and check contents, Defrost it if it needs it.
• Sort through one cupboard, emptying it, wiping it out and wiping items before putting them back - do others if there is time
• Wipe walls down around oven area and remove greasy cobweb pieces from ceiling that never get picked up by feather duster

pigpen

Dailies..

[STRIKE]WM[/STRIKE] x2
[STRIKE]TD[/STRIKE] x1
[STRIKE]DW[/STRIKE] x1
BM
Fold & put away clean laundry
vacuum through downstairs
[STRIKE]pay electrician from March!![/STRIKE] (oops)
summer music concert at school at 6:30pm.. arrange a baby sitter!!
print off and post letters of complaint to school
Apply for governing body of son's high school.. I'm pretty sure they have a vacancy and I want it.. I am sick of their policies and behaviour so I will be in!
photograph sisters ebay stuff... ooh.. need to find camera charger first.
[strike]pay 2 bills[/strike]
Fill binbag of carp for charity shop.. from the middle room!!
[STRIKE]binbag of rubbish[/STRIKE]..

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

• 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.
• Sort through one cupboard, emptying it, wiping it out and wiping items before putting them back

Now I am NOT cleaning the floors twice!!!

HopeElizzy.. Those first 4 letters say it all!! Hope!! It is terribly tragic about your friends mum.. but as the attending paramedic she got to spend those last minutes with her mum which she otherwise wouldn't have done.. it was obviously her time to leave and she had her daughter by her side. Your friends illness is possibly more tragic, what that poor family must be going through I wouldn't wish on anyone, but you are obviously a brilliant, loving and caring friend whom she has entrusted with the care and support for her husband and little ones, what a fabulous honour for you!! She clearly loves you very much. Hopefully DS's leg will have healed beautifully and he can get over his trauma very soon.. ((hugs to you all))

nearlynewbie

Can't belive how tired I am this morning. However, wasn't up in the night with sick little ones - so hugs to all who were (hope they are bettter soon).
Elizzy- hope you hae enough emotional stamina for the week ahead.
Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
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
Level Three
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
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• 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.
• Clean oven if you did not do it last week
• [strike]Sort through one cupboard, emptying it, wiping it out and wiping items before putting them back[/strike]did this one first 'cos could do it sitting on the floor!

Kazmeister- that's a lot of baking /cooking you are planning to do today/yesterday evening!
Lil_me thanks for post

Have masses of stuff to sort out name /put away- went to second hand uniform sale for my 3DSs on Saturday and then to Sports World for new football boots (to be converted in to rubgy boots by change of studs!)> had a house full all weekend- 20 for Sunday lunch.
Off to attack the kitchen - will do Sudoku and have bath if get to level three tasks and put everything away in my bedroom and done flylday mission of the day.

kazmeister

Morning all

Flying this morning.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[strike]Clean floors[/strike] - both swept and washed
Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike] - done
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances[/strike] - done
[strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front [/strike]- done sat
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike] - done
Level Three
[strike]Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)[/strike] - done
[strike]Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required[/strike] - done
[strike]Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky[/strike] - soaking in bleach in sink
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week - Still his job

Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• [strike]Wipe the outside of all your small appliances[/strike] - done
• [strike]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] - not needed
• Sort through one cupboard, emptying it, wiping it out and wiping items before putting them back

Dailies
[strike]Make lunches[/strike]
[strike]Walk Dog[/strike]
[strike]School run 1[/strike]
[strike]S/S Kitchen[/strike] its kitchen day today
[strike]S/S Bathroom[/strike]
[strike]Mini hoover all downstairs[/strike] - all done except 1 living room where OH is snoring on sofa
[strike]Wipe dust off stairs
[/strike]School run 2

Cooking to do
Prepare curry for tea
Make Banana Walnut loaf
Make mini lemon meringues
Make lemon cheesecake
Make Orange/Ricotta scones
Poss try make lemon curd (glut of lemons this week)

Hotspots to clear (not all today or even this week)
Kids bookshelf
Landing
Utility room
Old au pair room
Spare bedroom
Our Bedroom

Also !
Post parcel to Emilie old au pair (still not done)
Phone for appt for dog vaccines
Book travel insurance
Order new iron again (diff place this time)

Woo hoo what a start

PS forgot have also had 1 lot of washing out, dried and back in again.

Had me coffee now so gonna start baking which I really enjoy (and so do all the others !)