Weekly Flylady Thread 1st December 2014

gilly1964

gilly1964 wrote: »

Good Morning Everyone,

Effy - I hope OH's op went okay and he will be home soon

I was MIA yesterday, so have more to do today, but enjoyed my day shopping, walking the dog with a friend and just making the most of the dry weather.

Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
15 minutes
Clear the floor of clutter Done
Remove anything now which can give more space for putting the tree up (or tidy your tree if it is up)
Wipe the mantle and coffee table
30 minutes to spare ...
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Got an hour....
Wash the windows
Sweep you step, tidy your porch and wash down the paintwork to make it welcoming

Wednesday - bathroom, study/desk
15 minutes
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!Done
Only got 30 minutes...
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
Clear your desk, wipe it and only put back what belongs there
Got an hour ....
Wash bathmats/shower curtain Went in WM at 1030
Wipe any dusty places in these rooms, on top of cabinets etc
Hoover and wash the floors
Extras
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it Did this last week
Throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles - make sure your have enough stock of everything to last the month, including tissues and cold relief, don't forget the cream for the Rudolf nose - festive but sore - Did this last week


Extras
Post all cards
Wrap some presents
Wrap Ebay sales
Post some more on Ebay
Online banking Done

Have a good day all

Getting a wiggle on and now hoping to get some time in the garden:j

mrs-moneypenny

morning all (just)
effy - hope everything went well and your DH recovers quickly
love the elves and their antics (wish i knew about those when mine were little)
hugs and healing vibes to all who need them
lots of sticks to fend off the circling BDs
just been round mils and done her cleaning -she must be feeling better as she was out at cinema with friends. need to meet her this afty for injection and check if shes up to shopping on friday
it was me that won raffle at school so found my ticket to prove it (the name on the winners list wasnt mine but the first letter of the surname had been read as 2 seperate letters so it looked like an initial and a different surname -still with me:rotfl: the only reason i guessed it was me was i asked the person who wrote it to put DL for dinner lady after my name so i spotted that. i have the ticket so should be a £10 coop voucher better off by the time i come home from work:T
thank you again for the kind comments about the stockings, i printed the pattern off the web a few years ago so i will look for it again later. if i cant find it i will have to be pming a few people as i cant repost as i dont know who to credit as the op. im sure ill be able to find the link

need to get ready for work now so better shoot

Monday - Kitchen
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Use a cloth to get into the corners and wipe the skirtings
Clean WM filter and drawer and DW too
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe all door handles and light switches to cut down on bugs
Sort the cupboard under the sink
Clean the window
Sort through tea towels, table cloths etc and find the Christmas ones
Extras
Write a list to stock up on Washing powder/liquid, kitchen roll, foil etc to see you through into the new year

Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
15 minutes
Clear the floor of clutter
Remove anything now which can give more space for putting the tree up
Wipe the mantle and coffee table
30 minutes to spare ...
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Got an hour....
Wash the windows
Sweep your step, and wash down the paintwork to make it welcoming
Write some cards if you need to

Extras
Get yours overseas cards in the post some last dates are this week. Check dates here
Sort out toys/DVDs/books - any for re-homing before gifts arrive.

Wednesday - bathroom, study/desk
15 minutes
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Only got 30 minutes...
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
Clear your desk, wipe it and only put back what belongs there
Got an hour ....
Wash bathmats/shower curtain
Wipe any dusty places in these rooms, on top of cabinets etc
Hoover and wash the floors
Extras
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
Throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles - make sure your have enough stock of everything to last the month, including tissues and cold relief, don't forget the cream for the Rudolf nose - festive but sore


this weeks list
[STRIKE]martial arts club[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]explorers - doing both journeys -take money in for enrolment[/STRIKE]
success builder week at high school
mil injection
take all parcels and overseas cards to post office
DS1 at concert
check if it is me thats won and school and claim prize
mil hospital appt
[STRIKE]mil cleaning[/STRIKE]
christmas concert at church
shopping with mil and DD2
tree and deccys up

5 things to do in december
get back turf laid
write all cards
complete all wrapping
ice christmas cake
finish knitting scarf

decogecko

Afternoon all


Efy - healing vibes to your DH
pigpen - getting there and back safety vibes for OH and calming vibes for you
Mrs M-P- congratulations on the raffle win and the stockings are lovely (have knitting envy!)
HB - hope Mrs Dog is ok x


Flying yesterday did not consist of much flying. I made veggie lasagne and then tidied ish the kitchen after.


Have a new window cleaner cleaning the windows today, they've not been done in almost a year as my original window cleaner (and neighbour 3 doors up) was asked in April to do them and never did. About 30 mins after booking new window cleaner, there was a knock at the door - old window cleaner! He has a new wash and reach system and was waiting until he got it as my bay window is sash. He was finding cleaning it was time consuming as there are knooks and cranies. To his credit he did apologise for not saying something earlier. It's a shame as he's a nice guy, but if you don't communicate with your customers, you'll lose them.


To do list:


Buy birthday card
Check xmas decs - can't remember what ornaments I've got
Write xmas cards - I only send them to those people I don't see regularly and family.


Have a great afternoon all


Deco x

bossymoo

Wow it's cold out!

But it's gloriously sunny. Just popped to town (there and back in <40min :T) and the atmosphere is really festive. Shop staff were very jolly, people milling around in hats and mitts chatting. Really nice, it may not be the most affluent part of Britain, but it must be one of the friendliest today

Bought few Xmas cards for posting (I only send a very few, mostly to people who live far away and I don't see, hate just writing 3 names on them ). Also some vinegar spray. Few dots of mildew on DS window frame :eek: so just been up to squirt. Few mini decs for our mini tree, and some choc lolly moulds.

Oh and a mulled wine candle - might have that on my desk actually

Couple of hours work then I may get the garden vac out...

Dustykitten

Got a nice stash of books from oxfam bookshop for the kids as presents - some fab hardbacks are only 20p in there -obviously only read once. Ordered some cricket stuff online and have written a list of things I still need to get but not too many gaps now - I'll start to think about others now (like to get my boys done first).

Cuppa next and then some flying and still some condensation to dry up.

Narc0lepsy

Hugs and good wishes to everyone - lots of ops, worry, illness and general need of friends for many of you.

I gained a bit of time today as my 1pm student is ill and let me know well before I left home. Determined not to waste it, and inspired by Ionafan and others, I have now achieved:
- business emails
- booked in some resources which arrived yesterday so I know immediately where the invoices etc are for next year's tax return.
- blitzed the (previously decluttered on whatever day it was) long kitchen worktop and all which rests thereon. Now I am embarrassed; how many of you have had to use a palette knife to scrape the grease off a toaster? No I thought not. Mortified. Anyway, after that I wiped over the kitchen kettle, front of dw and wm and a few cupboards - none of which were as bad as the toaster thankfully.
- I keep a small tray next to the kettle with a coffee canister and teapot on. All are now sparkly and the coffee canister refilled. I could say that I was waiting for it to be empty before I gave it a good wash but I don't lie.
- swept kitchen floor AGAIN didn't I do that last week? But now mopped, and mat which goes in front of the aga is now soaking.
- vacuumed hall, dining room, lounge and stairs.
- remembered to get mince out of freezer for tonight's lasagne; had wondered whether I'd get it part cooked while free electricity (sun out and consider myself strong-minded having avoided scrapping the housework for gardening). However I need to leave at 2pm for a student at pm, so won't have time.
- have overseas cards by front door ready to post on the way to uni.

Lunch now.

Dustykitten

Another present sourced and ordered online. cold now so going to hoover. Friend wants me to visit tomorrow rather than today, that is ok, more time for flying.

mrs-moneypenny

bargain with the books Dusty-great find

hope everyone warms up soon

LameWolf

GWS vibes for Mr Effyb4.

Still battling the BD:( - thanks for the taser Piggers; I shall put it to good use!;)

Don't think there's much on the List for me to do today:
Wednesday - bathroom, study/desk
15 minutes
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins! Done at weekend, with Mr LW's help (I can't move the bath-lift by myself) - we don't have a 2nd loo.
Only got 30 minutes...
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing All 3 (that is, pc, laptop and netbook) defragged and scanned earlier this week
Clear your desk, wipe it and only put back what belongs there Tomorrow.... most of what's on there is Daisy's and she's going home tomorrow.
Got an hour ....
Wash bathmats/shower curtain Mats are clean, as is shower screen (it's acrylic and I do it with vinegar)
Wipe any dusty places in these rooms, on top of cabinets etc Done
Hoover and wash the floors Done
Extras
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it Done recently; Mr LW desperately needed a new flannel.
Throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles N/A - I keep this done as a matter of course as I can't abide dribbles in the bottom of bottles. - make sure your have enough stock of everything to last the month, including tissues and cold relief, don't forget the cream for the Rudolf nose - festive but sore Checked last week, to ensure Mr LW has a supply of L3msip available (I can't take OTC cold remedies)

Time to get dressed up for the Arctic and take Daisy for her walk now.:o

just_the_two_of_us

Hi - it is warmer outside than in here - have just been out!!


Thanks for heads up re books Dusty. Great bargain.


Have done shopping and banking and collected parcel.


Now have to make mince pies to take tomorrow.


Laters x