Weekly Flylady Thread 8th September 2014

Kaz2904

Dustykitten wrote: »

Monday - Kitchen
Got an hour...
Wipe down some paintwork

Extra challenge:
Choose your messiest drawer and give it a good tidy, wipe out if you have the time


Tuesday - In memory of our dear friend Toots who left us a year ago today
30 minutes to spare........
write your Toots list if you don't have one or if you do complete one item from it

Wednesday - Living Room, Hall and downstairs loos
30 minutes to spare..
Wipe mug rings and sticky finger prints away, wipe the remote control
Got an hour...
Sort out a cupboard in one of these areas
Clean the toilet and sink
Work on that paperwork mountain with 15 minutes shredding, filing, recyling etc
Do a 5 minute job you've been putting off for too long
Extra challenge:
Locate walking boots/shoes check they fit


Thursday - Bedroom, you choose which one
30 minutes to spare..
Hoover right into the corners and under the bed if you can
Clean a window or two
Dust or wipe the skirting boards
Got an hour...
Dust the light shades
Do you have a bedroom hotspot - deal with it
Dust the dressing table

Extra challenge:
Do another 5 minute job you've been putting off

Just prepping for morning. Dog is still going to toilet everywhere! . Need to re read training book to find out why on earth she is just stopping in doorways en route to loo. She's blatantly refusing to move without a treat. *shrug

ionafan

Another job crossed off my toots list - all the shady plants are sitting comfortably in new, big pots And I planted out some other bits into the flowerbeds. And I washed all the used pots and trays. The back yard is really tidy now, and I have made room to put in a small raised bed or planters for a few veg next year. I miss my home-grown food.

Then I folded up the washing, cooked a late meal, and we managed to see most of GBBO.

I've also put my new shredder to good use and nearly got rid of about 3 reams of old copy invoices and financial statements - they will gradually be added to my compost bin over the next month or so.

One box of old utility bills to go through before I fall into bed. We need to get up early in the morning so that I can take DH to the railway for his vol job, then I can do my new vol job nearby in the afternoon and pick him up when he finishes work. I've also got a hair appointment and need to go to the garden centre for some more anti-slug pure wool pellets to protect my potted hostas - the four that I've done look very snug with the blanket tucked round them, but it's not as pretty as Dot's rainbow dress.

The website didn't get a look in today and I've got very little free time tomorrow.

pigpen

I am knitting a couple of winter hats for DD1's inhabitant .. she is due November so baby will be needing titfers!

I have 25 items thrown at ebeast now.. hopefully they will shift themselves sharpish for a squillion quids.. just shifting would be satisfactory! Why is it way quicker to list on your phone than it is to list online?? I can pop them up in 2 minutes now.. I tend to do a listing when I go to the loo lol.

Nesty time for me and OH.. I am shattered and we have diabetic clinic with DS3 tomorrow.. that should be fun.. I need to pick Tiddles up at 3:15, then DS3 and Moomin at 3:30 at a different school and get to hopsickle for 3:45 .. it may be tight!!

kazwookie

Morning

Wm is on
Lunch made
Pastry made to make susage meat pie later on.
Kitchen done

To do,
More apple
More gardening
More hoovering

laters xx

Dustykitten

Morning all

Hard to get up this morning as I stayed up way to late looking at data still I did a huge amount of it and cleaned kichen up before bed.

Off for a shower and thn hopefully walking will fully wake me up before my meeting.

just_the_two_of_us

Morning everyone. Just done HHI to distract myself from the fact I am having a fasting blood test so can't have brekkie/drink!!!


Off out now then straight to charity shop so will take some fruit with me.


Will catch up later - love Dot's dress Pigpen - don't suppose you have an easy cushion cover pattern lurking about please? - no idea where to get patterns locally now as most wool shops round here are closed and Hobbycraft is rubbish for patterns!!


Have a great day. x

pigpen

what kind of cushion?? I have a few super easy ones.. I was looking at a couple of bog standard square types last night.. I knitted a baby hat instead.

wendywitch

I was out and about all day yesterday so nothing got done.
I took my best friend to see my mum who's feeling really down. She received a letter from my sister basically blaming my mum, me and my DD1 for everything that's ever gone wrong in her life :eek:
We took her out for coffee and subw@y (she's never been before) and attempted to put the world to rights
In the evening DD1, her boyfriend and I went to collect some vivarium lights, one for the boyfriend and one for me
Then myself, DD1 & 2 went to help out at my friends drama group. Didn't get home til gone 10 and were all shattered.

Today I have to wait in for someone to come and inspect my car for repairing. My next door neighbour drove into me last week :mad: those on fb will already know this.
They're coming sometime between 8 and 4 :cool: I hope its quickly and I hope I get left with a car, whether it's mine or a hire car, I have have stuff to do. Need to buy more locusts and kitten food.
I'm going to go room to room doing a Toots List while I have time.

Monday - Kitchen
15 Minutes..
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe the worksurfaces, only put back what belongs here[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare..
Sweep and mop the floor, right into the corners and wipe any skirting boards kick boards
[STRIKE]Wash out the washing machine drawer[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Clear a hotspot
Are the spiders coming in from the cold, go on a cobweb hunt[/STRIKE]
Wipe down some paintwork
[STRIKE]Sort out the baking cupboard/pantry - use those almost empty packets as inspiration for something to bake this week[/STRIKE]

Extra challenge:
[STRIKE]Choose your messiest drawer and give it a good tidy, wipe out if you have the time [/STRIKE]- Did the cupboard of plastic boxes and things
Renew library books, fill in that form you've been meaning too, check for birthdays in the next few weeks.

Tuesday - In memory of our dear friend Toots who left us a year ago today
15 minutes ......
[STRIKE]make contact with somebody you have been meaning to email/text/phone or visit[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare........
write your Toots list if you don't have one or if you do complete one item from it
Got an hour .........
Then it's me time, life is too short, when our final day comes we will all still have a 'to do list' so do something you enjoy for an hour

Wednesday - Living Room, Hall and downstairs loos
15 Minutes..
[STRIKE]15 minutes tidying, putting away or sorting a pile in the corner[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare..
Hoover the floor
[STRIKE]Wipe mug rings and sticky finger prints away, wipe the remote control
Spot clean sofas or rugs[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
Sort out a cupboard in one of these areas
[STRIKE]Clean the toilet and sink[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Work on that paperwork mountain with 15 minutes shredding, filing, recyling etc[/STRIKE]
Do a 5 minute job you've been putting off for too long

Extra challenge:
Locate wellies and waterproofs, check they fit
Change pet bedding, they will be spending even more time in them now the weather is turning - do they need worming/flea treatment?
[STRIKE]Check the prices of logs, oil, coal etc and place your order before the rush - chimney sweep or boiler service required?[/STRIKE] N/A

Thursday - Bedroom, you choose which one
15 Minutes..
Strip the bedding and remake with fresh linen
30 minutes to spare..
Hoover right into the corners and under the bed if you can
Clean a window or two
Dust or wipe the skirting boards
Got an hour...
Dust the light shades
Do you have a bedroom hotspot - deal with it
So which summer clothes did you not wear? Is it time to let go of them?
Dust the dressing table

Extra challenge:
Locate your winter woolies, do they need debobbling
Do another 5 minute job you've been putting off

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
didnt make it in yesterday, spent the morning sorting Cs stuff and finished boxing and bagging (there was more than i thought!) then did mils cleaning, then work, then spent the whole afternoon playing dvd tetris and sorting all the racks out trust me there are lots:eek: all are now neatly racked up and i have a bag full of doubles that ive told Dh we need to give to friends or donate to charity. if they arent gone by christmas the high school fayre will benefit as by then everyone will have forgotten about them;)
someone lent us a shredder so i had a HHCx2 chipping conifer but it was such a faff ive decided to just use the loppers and bag it for the council if they want it shredding they can do it themselves.

today need to blitz round and play catch up wit the lists. ive got stuff to put in the attic to clear the landing and want everywhere nice and tidy. DHs rellies are over for a meal at lunchtime and may come back here, so ive got tidying till work, grab a shower go work then meet them at the pub, with possibility of all back here.

doubt ill be around much so ive done myself a paper list so i can crack on.

pigpen, the knitted dress is gorgeous as is your DD

bossy hope you are still taking it easy

LW hope you and mrLW are well and his recovery is going to plan

hugs good wishes and positive vibes to all who need them



Monday - Kitchen
mop the floor, right into the corners and wipe any skirting boards kick boards
Wash out the washing machine drawer
Wipe down some paintwork


Tuesday - In memory of our dear friend Toots who left us a year ago today


Wednesday - Living Room & Hall
[STRIKE]Wipe mug rings and sticky finger prints away, wipe the remote control[/STRIKE]
Locate wellies and waterproofs, check they fit
boiler service required?

Thursday - Bedroom, you choose which one
15 Minutes..
Strip the bedding and remake with fresh linen
30 minutes to spare..
[STRIKE]Hoover right into the corners[/STRIKE]
Clean a window or two
Dust or wipe the skirting boards
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Dust the light shades[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Do you have a bedroom hotspot[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust the dressing table[/STRIKE]
Extra challenge:
[STRIKE]Do another 5 minute job you've been putting off[/STRIKE]

my list
[STRIKE]mil hospital appt[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]martial arts club[/STRIKE] paperwork pay some more rent
[STRIKE]DoE kit check gather stuff up and supervise DS2 packing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]ring/text friend to confirm explorers journey share[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]do all explorer paperwork.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Email Dh US cousin to arrange meal[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]book table for meal[/STRIKE]
clear ironing pile
do some mending
[STRIKE]clear table[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]mils cleaning[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]take old mags and new throw to hairdresser friend[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]sort stuff for CS[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Ring DD1 to arrange her lifts to here for frank turner concert[/STRIKE]
DH to take everyone to concert and back
plant spring bulbs in garden
[STRIKE]send drum payment to school[/STRIKE]
DS2 away for weekend with DoE - transport and phone tree
do nails
do [STRIKE]5[/STRIKE] 2 panels on scarf.

nicki_2

Morning all

Fizz - I do the same when I get new cleaning things :rotfl: I'm going to buy an attachment for my vacuum which means I'll be able to do above the stairs without trying to hold the henry in one hand and use the tube part at full extent while standing on tip toes to try and get the cobwebs that always seem to appear there Last time I nearly fell down the stairs and with a radiator & the front door right at the bottom that would not have been a good thing! :eek:

I didn't manage to get back on yesterday as DD came home and was doing homework on her laptop while I carried on with jobs and then I couldn't be bothered getting mine out and waiting the 90mins for it to do its virus check before I could use it So I watch GBBO and DD was getting very annoyed with me as I kept saying stuff like "its sank because she put too much liquid in it while it was still warm" or "I'd cool it down by whacking it in the freezer for 5mins then icing it to avoid that problem" :rotfl: She keeps saying I should go on it, but I'm nowhere near the standard required and I don't cook loads of different things, I stick to what I know which is basic cakes, basic biscuits, twinks and basic bread. Which reminds me, I want to make some dough for pizza this weekend

I decided to concentrate on doing upstairs yesterday as it needed it. Today I'm going to do downstairs around paid stuff. I have lots of admin type stuff to do, my order is due by 10pm, I have to pay my last invoice still... so I'm going to do this in HHC today as I also still have loads of laundry to do. It seems never ending this week! Of course DD switching the washing machine off mid cycle didn't help yesterday as by the time I noticed (I was upstairs when she did it) the programme needed to be started again

If its gone its done or doesn't apply. It appears to be ironing & cleaning windows upstairs now :rotfl:

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.

Other:
Prepare pulled pork for tea,
Laundry (DD bedding, towels x2 , DIY stuff)
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...
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 oven
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• 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
30 minutes to spare..
Polish mirrors and any other shiny surfaces...
Extra challenge:

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

Barnacled Bathroom
:D:D:D
Extra challenge:

• Clean windows
• 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
Wash window
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
Got an hour to spare...
Clean 2 windows
Extras...

• HHI

Right, off to put a wash load on, wash dishes (DD seems to have lost all ability to do the dishes since she went back to school :mad: ) and then I think I'll fly downstairs and spend this afternoon doing paid stuff until DD gets in. I'll iron this evening while playing catch up with TV from the weekend which DD wants to watch as well. HHC then a coffee I think :wave: