Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd July 2007

pigpen

Todays dailies

[STRIKE]WM[/STRIKE] x6
[STRIKE]TD[/STRIKE] x4
[STRIKE]DW[/STRIKE] x2
BM
[STRIKE]fold and put away clean laundry[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hang laundry out to dry[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]church summer club BBQ at 12:30[/STRIKE]
persuade a child to photograph sisters ebay stuff.. (delegate!!)

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[strike]Clean floors[/strike]
Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike]
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
[strike]Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
[/strike]Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/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:

• Clean inside of fridge
• Take a duster and wipe around the tops of your door frames – as many as you can manage in 5 minutes
• Use a wire coat hanger and a duster to get down behind the radiator and get them bits you never normally reach
• Clean OVEN I did the hob!!!

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
[strike]Vacuum floors [/strike]and sofas
Level 2
[strike]Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
[/strike]Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets.. don't have any
Level 3
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
Vacuum under furniture (only if you won't hurt yourself doing it, don't want any injuries)
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• [strike]Clear one hotspot[/strike]
• Clear one shelf, dust and replace items after giving them a wipe over
• Clean any other glass in these rooms, mirrors, picture frames etc
• Clean windows in these rooms

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing

Level 1
Remove bed linen and wash, replace with fresh linen
Level 2
[strike]Check fire alarms are working[/strike]
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Level 3
[strike]Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs about [/strike]
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
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[/strike]
• Clean windows in these rooms
• [strike]Sort one drawer[/strike]
• Wipe tops of door frames, even if just what you can do in 5 minutes

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[strike]Clean floors in these rooms[/strike]
Level Two
Clean bath, [STRIKE]toilets and sinks[/STRIKE]
[strike]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

• Clean tops of wardrobes
• 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.
• Clean window

Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum Floor
Level Two
Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be
Dust, make sure you get the tops of wardrobes/drawers
Level Three
Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen
Extra Mission Tasks - pick any one or more

• Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Declutter one hotspot anywhere
• Clean any mucky marks off kids doors and walls, oh and those lightswitches and door frames.

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!!.. it is all ME time!!!


I'm a bit behind this week... argh!!.. I've spent much of it on my big behind you see!!.. Oh well.. Tomorrow wil have to do.. I'm going out.. with my gladrags on.. now.. which shoes shall I wear.. :D:D:D

lil_me

Wondered where you were hiding Pigpen, shoes, erm, sparkly and red, 'Dorothy' style

Hmm still not much done and DP is coming home for dinner for a change, which means if I don't spend time with him he'll moan, don't get me wrong I don't mind but can't just ignored him, so have left my room etc but kidiwinks in bed thankfully and they've taken all their books etc upstairs with them, this reward chart is working wonders When he goes back to work I am going to run myself a nice bath (my Me time as usually I only have time for quick showers), put the rest of the laundry away while it is running and clean all but the bath, then wipe the bath when I am done, might have time to rearrange shelves while I am there if not it can go on tomorrows list with the rest of it (uniform sort through will be done tomorrow) Sunday at the airshow so no work on Sunday for me apart from dailies, making packed lunches, seeing to the dogs, running round after kids) See what did I say about plans, wonder how this one will turn out!

Solwaykid

It's finally Friday and I need to flop. A late night out last night and a busy-head day today. Neither body nor mind are fit for anything other than 2 hours of Midsommer Murders.
Tomorrow is another day and I'll have to pull my finger out early before my week end visitors arrive.

Enjoy your ME time, get that 'taking' and 'giving' balance sheet back to some equilibrium.

Tired ta ta x

poohbear59

Hi Everyone,
We had loads of teenagers here again overnight so I stayed upstairs til they had all gone home. Sorted a mountain of clothes to the correct rooms. Okay I had a bit of help from DD and DS2 whose friends were here. We are back down to 11 now which is getting better. DD and I spent this afternoon trying to fill in DLA form. Its a relief that she is home as she can help me try to concentrate on it.
I think pigpen needs to be warned that the more kids you have the more you seem to accumulate. We never seem to have just ours here. Why do they all want to come and stay here? I gave the visitors washing and drying up to do so they could help our kids and they still like it here!

DH is choosing the easy option while we have all these extras here and hasn't come home yet. He will be in the pub. I know he needs a break from it all but he is out at work all day and he gets away from here already. He did take me last night when he realise that all the extra people were getting to me and I think I was going into teacher mode. I did teach all of the kids who were here except one.

Todays list was
post parcel-packaged up but forgot to take it
[strike]sort clothes[/strike]-there were so many on chair in our bedroom DH said we almost could do without curtains:rotfl:
DLA application-started but a long way to go
sort paperwork
EMA forms
[strike]Student loan application for DS3[/strike]
[strike]check bank account[/strike]
[strike]Go out somewhere[/strike]-I went to local co-op!
Kids to do own rooms-no spare room, lounge and kids den also being used as bedrooms this week.

Emmie and lil_me thanks for info regarding aids for the house and lil_me for the link to leaflet. I haven't heard form anyone yet but hope they can help me.
rach, I hope your headache is better soon
jo1972,Hi:hello:
kazmeister. glad you are feeling a bit better
LJD hope you get that infection sorted soon
galantvr, shell2001, nicki, tinselfairy, pollybear, solwaykid and everyone I have forgotten, hi to everyone

pigpen

I've been doing church summer club runs, shopping in the outside, taken the grubs to park and not had much time for anything else!!

Oh, we had DD2's 10th birthday party on Thursday too.. took me a whoke hour to organise the party.. not bad for me.. then it only took about 20 minutes to tidy away their mess.

Today has been the first sunny day in weeks so we scootled off to park for an hour before tea.. chased ducks, ate ice cream and played on the swings.. I did struggle trying to keep 3 swings going at the same time!!!

Both wm's are on.. I've caught up on the clothing washing.. just the beds need to be changed now.. all 9 of them!!! DD5 is almost out of nappies so I have to put her cot down to a bed and then she can be night-trained as well.. Or I may bottle it and buy another pack and put it off another 2 months lol (she is 3 in November and been dry during the day for about 8 months so I am just being lazy, lol)
The DW is on and the TD.. washing is also on the line

I may go S&S the kitchen while hubby wobbles his stuff upstairs and then I'll go get me a shower... loo first..

pigpen

poohbear59 wrote: »

I think pigpen needs to be warned that the more kids you have the more you seem to accumulate. We never seem to have just ours here. Why do they all want to come and stay here? I gave the visitors washing and drying up to do so they could help our kids and they still like it here!

Do you know how many children I have?? lol

poohbear59

I have more than doubled what I started with, okay I only have 6 extra tonight, another one arrived after my last post. So all told I actually only have two more than you, I was exaggerating a little bit.:embarasse

pigpen

lol.. I had 12 one day this week.. and only 2 extras were invited the other 2 just turned up.. When it was DD1's birthday I had loads.. our BBQ at easter we had 15 children.. to me, hubby, SIL and BIL.. MADNESS reigned!!!



don't be fooled!!!!

dd2 10(yesterday), DD5 2, DS1 16, DD4 (front) 4, DS2 (back) 11, DD1 13, DD3 6 and DS3 8.. #they used to have names but I forgot them as there are too many so they are all called child now with their relevant number.. and sometimes gender as well

pigpen

Don't you think that picture looks like the monkey house at the zoo?? Or baboon island!! lol

poohbear59

They all look lovely, I forget what my boys are called and I only have three! DD is relieved I don't mix her up with the boys. Numbers are a much better idea. :rotfl:I don't know how you manage to remember yours. My cousins all have six kids each so when we go to the park etc people think we are a school outing. 22 kids from four of us and I am the one with the small family.