Weekly Flylady Thread 8th September 2014

nicki_2

Quick cold drink break here before I attack the bathroom which is currently soaking in cleaner & bleach down the toilet DD was told to clean it last Tuesday and I didn't realise she hasn't done it until I put the cleaning cloths in the wash and notice there were no "blue for the loo" ones in there :mad: I haven't exactly been looking closely as I've been busy.

I've got the Arg0s app on my phone and as I'm doing jobs I'm adding things to my wish list on it. Always sorting by cheapest price first, so I won't be sitting there going "erm....which XYZ was I going to order?" when I next place an order Its proving useful and I can do it one handed while dusting or moving stuff

Just vacuum packed DD's bridesmaid dresses (one from her dads wedding this past February and the one from her Aunties wedding 6 years ago which DD is insisting on keeping) they've gone from taking up about a good 10" to almost nothing thanks to a hanging bag from Dun3lm I may get another 2 or 3 for off season coat storage and my "just to small" things

DIY
Gloss Paint touch up (by window, fire surround, meter cupboard, door frames)
Emulsion touch up (along edges throughout, by door where DD has rubbed it away when trying to clean some spillage up )
Radiator foil back
Order FF, bookcase, shelves (need to work out which bookcases & how many shelves to order)
Deep clean floor to remove paint splashes - in progress
Rug out from understairs to be put back down - out but not to be put down just yet. Still need to clean the floor but needed it out of the way.
[STRIKE] Put paint away understairs [/STRIKE]
Other:
Prepare pulled pork for tea,
Laundry (DD bedding, [STRIKE]dark[/STRIKE], towels x2 , DIY stuff, [STRIKE]cleaning cloths[/STRIKE]) Plus lots of folding of stuff that was done yesterday which DD had "folded" aka folded the sheets sort of then dumped them ontop of the rest of it! :mad:
Form for school

Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces - need to do shelves!
30 minutes to spare...
Sweep and mop floors
Clean the fridge and work anything that needs using soon into your meal plan
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc [/STRIKE]
Wipe all the windows in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Wipe out a dirty cupboard... get rid of everything you no longer need and make it all pretty and tidy!
Extra Mission : help yourself

• S&S [STRIKE]over the hob and[/STRIKE] oven
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• 34 fling boogie..
• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell heavenly
• Sort through storage containers in kitchen, fling any tubless lids or lidless tubs if they can't be used for anything, anything broken or past it's use by!

Bouncing Bedroom
15 Minutes..
Hoover the floor
Empty any bins
30 minutes to spare..
Dust surfaces
Polish mirrors and any other shiny surfaces...
Got an hour...
Sort through the wardrobe - is there anything that you don't need or can be rehomed.
Clean the light switches
Extra challenge:

• Clean the window - make it sparkle in the sunshine
• HHI

Barnacled Bathroom
15 minutes...
Empty bins
[STRIKE] Clear all empty bottles/toothpaste tubes etc.. Do we really need to keep that empty box of q-tips.[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare..
Clean sink and bath
Shine the taps, don't forget to get underneath the taps with a toothbrush.
Got an hour...
Hoover/mop floor
Replace those manky towels for lovely fresh towels.
Clean windowsill
Extra challenge:

• Clean windows
• Wash curtains
• HHI

Living Room, hall and stairs
15 minutes....
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
30 minutes to spare..
Dust standing objects including electrical items
Turn over and plump sofa and chair cushions.
Got an hour to spare...
27 fling boogie
Sort out one cupboard/drawer, even that cupboard under the stairs if you want...
Wash windows and nets
Extras...

• Sort out any mending that needs doing and have a go at it..
• Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it..

Frightening Kids rooms
15 minutes...
Make an appointment for some ME-time.. hairdressers? manicure? night out with friends? .. whatever just do it! - Saturday, going to sit and do nothing except read my magazines while DD is out with Ex
30 minutes to spare..
[STRIKE]Vacuum the floor[/STRIKE]
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Got an hour to spare...
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! All out on the bed ready to be tried on! I'm sure quite a few things are too small now, but I thinks its going to need to be a "see it herself in the mirror" job for some of them
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extras...

• [STRIKE]Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle[/STRIKE]
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
• HHI
• [STRIKE]Binbag dance!!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend![/STRIKE]

Time to head back upstairs now I've changed the CD and cooled down a little. Now where did DD put my polish & dusters? :wave:

YORKSHIRELASS

Oh I am so behind, but just very tempted to sit here doodling about and doing nothing.

Off to crack on and do what I can for half an hour until DS2 lands home, then its a trip to the hairdresser!

ionafan

I dropped DH off at the hospital for Warfarin clinic this morninging, then went to Sainsbugs and picked him up an hour later. We went into town: I got my specs adjusted, bought oddments from the Valli shop and £Land, and then wasted more than an hour sitting outside the French Deli with a coffee, waiting for DH who was changing his bank account from H5BeeSee to N@tionw1de. Eventually I got bored with waiting and drove home, leaving him to use his bus pass.

So far today I have only
- food shopped
- bought a new shredder because I overworked the old one to death
- hung out WMx2 in the sunshine
- made soup for lunch
- decided what to cook for evening meal
- fielded a phonecall
- caught up with all the news.


DH is delivering the leaflets this afternoon (after his nap :eek: ) so I shall go out in the garden for an hour or so and plant out the rest of the shady plants. I have just ordered yet more hardy perennials - I love penstemons and will find spaces for them somewhere, even if it isn't very :money:, and it would be simply criminal not to order the multicoloured erysimum on special offer for free at the same time :rotfl:

Later I must update the charity website, but the sun is shining in on the study atm so I can't work for more than a few minutes at a time - that's my excuse, anyway

You are doing very well with your kitchen clearance, LW :T and you with your flinging, pigpen :T

(((Hugs))) and spoons to all, especially bossy and skinty (hope the car is going to be OK).

bmma

Today: washed cats bedding:)tidied.dusted and vacimed living room:)sorted bookshelf:)vacumed dining room:)AND the bag of recycling has been sorted-was strict with myself only three items kept for the charity shop-the rest binned:beer:

pigpen

Dead on my feet.. Girls room is far from perfect, I have 5 boxes left to sort through and a binbag to list on ebeast.. not the actual bag but its contents


Dress finished..




At least she kept clothes on today so she must love it!!

I have washing to hang out and send someone to shop and dinner is done in SC. I love easy peasy dinners

pigpen

Oh I may as well bore you with bedroom pics too..




the blue, yellow cardboard and 2 clear crates need sorting through.. the red one has dressing up stuff inside.




that is all the toys in the room!! they don't actually have *that* many toys!! they are just all over all the time!!

clothes appear to be my problem in here..


friend messaged again re chazzer collection!

kazwookie

More gardening done
More apples pealed, I reckon so far I have pealed about 300 of them, about the same again to go, good job there is room in the freezer

Dustykitten

All the things I needed to do done and S2's student finance has finally been approved. need to start on the governor work now.

dancemum

I went back to zumba this morning.
Top up shop at a bargain sm

Frog eaten (cleaned a very greasy cooker hood using the Aston..h. I think I would have done it ages ago if I knew what to use. Cupboard front is wood with a plasticised finish.)
House henried
3xwm out on whirley
1.5hrs spent in boys' room
Moved books to DVD shelf then half back again as DVDs smelt a bit of mould?? And I didn't want the very large beast que..t books to succome as they should generate a little cash in the near future as they have cost a fortune.


AF still on holiday. Maybe I should go to gp and investigate.

Sorry about your car troubles Skinty x

Hope you are recovering Bossy x

Well done Dusty x

I also went to the hospital to collect ds2's medicine but couldn't park
And called in at local pharmacy for ds1's meds and they weren't in stock grrr

LameWolf

Piggers that dress is delightful! No wonder she wants to actually keep some clothes on now.:D

Mr LW is on his way home; nut loaf (HM, from the freezer) with rice and HM sweet'n'sour sauce (I must go and mix the sauce in a mo) followed by choccie mousse (2nd half of the stuff I made yesterday) for dins, then the plan is to fill another archive box - I want to get the big mixing bowls and some other miscellaneous stuff packed up, and maybe see if there's a few more bits we don't really need can go to the CS.;) It's an excellent opportunity for a good turf out.:o

I just hope the ruddy workmen turn up on Monday!!:eek:

Nitey-nite.:D