Shifting this debt one £ at a time.

jwil

tattycath wrote: »

Fingers crossed your DH job will be safe jwil.

retiredandskint wrote: »

Fingers and everything else crossed that your DH job is safe.

Thanks guys, just on edge now waiting to hear. The kiddies are both ill so a visit to the docs has kept me distracted!

pennywisepoundstupid wrote: »

Ok thankyou, still paying down the debt but everything is on 0% so we are having a life too, as we decided it won't be long before the kids are off and we will have missed enjoying them. So will take longer to be debt free but you can't get that time back with kids.

That sounds good to me, I agree that as long as it's all coming down well, there's no point in missing out on everything for the sake of it.

jwil

Monday Mayhem ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level One...

Vacuum floors and sofas
Level Two...

Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets

Level Three...
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
[STRIKE]Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing in preparation for cold weather!! See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house![/STRIKE]

Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –
Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Clean a window or two.
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!


Deep Clean Challenge
Clean light fittings, skirtings even the ones behind furniture.
Wipe sofa's down.
Dust all those trinkets!
Clear as may hotspots as you can.. see if you can get it all into one pile instead of 15!!!

Terrible Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One...

Clean floors

Level Two...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!


Level Three...

Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clean the windows in here!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!!

Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:
Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
Clean oven if you didn't do it last week


Deep Clean Challenge
Get in a manky cupboard. Give it all GOOD scrub out before placing the things you need to use soon at the front, throw out everything you don’t want/need. If no messy cupboard do a food inventory!! Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

Wacky Wednesday ~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms

Level One...

Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see


Level Two...

Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!

Level Three...

[STRIKE]Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season![/STRIKE]
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Make a start on that decorating job you REALLY want to get done before christmas!!!!!


Deep Clean Challenge
Sort the book shelves.. and toy boxes.. what can be flung? we are making room for those lovely new things Santa will be bringing soon if we are all being good boys and girls!!.. So get rid of all the things that are no longer required! Just keep flinging, just keep flinging!!

Thrilling Thursday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One...

[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen.[/STRIKE]

Level Two...

Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen.. do you need that winter duvet yet?
15 minutes floordrobe clearance

Level Three..

Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Put away those summer clothes from someones cupboard and get out the winter woollies.. don’t store anything that is past its best! Make a list of things you need to buy!!
Clean windows in these rooms
Check house for places where draughts are getting in.. doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it!

Deep Clean Challenge
Clean out that airing cupboard!!!!!! get rid of those things you don't need.. use dead towels as cleaning cloths etc.. be ruthless!!!! you REALLY don't need that 'thing' you've saved for 10 years.. 'just in case' If you did this last week.. you can do the under the stairs cupboard!!!

Freaky Friday- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area

Level One...

[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms[/STRIKE]

Level Two...

[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets and sinks[/STRIKE]
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc

Level Three...

[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc[/STRIKE]
Wipe down tiles in bathroom..
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or are dead!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it! ..

Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
clean the radiators and woodwork in these rooms
Get those uniforms, games kits, coats and things in the wash which you will need on Monday

Deep Clean Challenge
Scrub down the dirty marks on the walls in these rooms, and any dirty marks on the walls. When did you last clean 'under the rim'? Get a mirror and check it out.. how gross???

jwil

It's not good news

tattycath

jwil wrote: »

It's not good news

oh no, I'm so sorry jwil. (((Hugs))).
Is it final? Or is there still a chance that your DH can keep his job? X

jwil

tattycath wrote: »

oh no, I'm so sorry jwil. (((Hugs))).
Is it final? Or is there still a chance that your DH can keep his job? X

Nope, no chance. He's out.

tattycath

jwil wrote: »

Nope, no chance. He's out.

Oh no. I'm so sorry.
When does he finish?

retiredandskint

So sorry jwil it must be so worrying for you both. Having been made redundant three times myself it's not easy.

pennywisepoundstupid

Jwil, I'm so sorry to hear about your OH job, thinking of you.x.

abba1772

Oh no.........how long has he got left..........that's terrible jwil

jwil

Thanks everyone. He finished yesterday but is paid til the end of the month. Flipping annoying.



I had a number of sales yesterday so that's good, 15 parcels packed this morning.

I've also been trying to catch up on surveys. I'm 15 points short of a £50 redeem on you gov so hoping I get another survey soon!