Weekly Flylady Thread 5th January 2015

pigpen

is 11am to early for alcoholic beverages??? I may murder someone very soon!!

Dot screeching because her hair is being unknotted.. she is a twiddler so it has to be de knotted before it can be brushed!

She had her first day at nursery yesterday.. it was like being in heaven



I have mountains of washing but the airers are all full and I don't want the dryer on 24/7

DS1 has just royally pee'd me off! Telling me I know nothing, you cannot train for a career after you are 19 and he doesn't know how to enrol at college... then telling me I don't know anything when I give him the relevant info and chew his ears about his endless excuses for his laziness.

nicki_2

Morning all.

Having a slow morning as I've done something to my back in the night and some movements hurt, particularly lifting things

The fellas are back next door today. They're currently filling skip 4 and they're not upstairs yet! :eek: Furniture is starting to come out, and a few kitchen things, but some of what they chucked out yesterday was dated 1986!!! The house is smaller than mine, as mine has been extended. The homeowner is throwing things away though, and not pulling things out as much as he was yesterday :T They are working their way through the places where all the legal paperwork is though so its a slow job. Yesterday I overheard that they're going to repair/decorate the house, put new furniture in and the homeowner is going to be moving back in

So my list is looking like this:
Wed: Newsletter for work & put books out
Meter readings (to do at 10.30am exactly 1 year to the date/time from last years January reading ) Pay work invoice
Thu: Order to submit
Fri:
Sat: No Ex
Sun: Ex here, money to DD.

Misc:
Update/sync diary (comp & book) - nearly there.
Toots list
HH paperwork - planner
Walk 7miles minimum for week (Set myself a target of walking 365 miles this year )

Monday ~ Kitchen
mop the floors
Wash the units and appliances.
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Extras

• HHI
• Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example)

Tuesday ~ Living/family room, hallway and stairs
Wipe banister rails/paintwork
Extras

• Vacuum sofas.. don't forget under cushions!

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and Landing!
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Strip, wash and replace bedding with one arm !!!!![/STRIKE] Done with two arms, and lots of swearing under my breath
Got an hour...
Wipe over paintwork and window sills
Extras

• Dust and deweb with one arm !!!

I'm going to do some sewing repairs instead of ironing as there's a couple of things of DDs in there that she needs, then lunch and work. :wave:

System

Pigpen Dot is very cute and as for DS1, well kids, you cant tell them anything... well you can but they never listen. I had the same sort of conversation with my youngest daughter last night. Ok, shes 28 but she still knows more than me.:rotfl:

minerva_windsong

minerva_windsong wrote: »

Tuesday ~ Living/family room, hallway and stairs
15 minutes...
Declutter EVERYTHING that does not belong in these areas - DONE
Dust and deweb - DONE (though not much to do as I did a lot of it on Friday)
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum/mop.. inc. under furniture you can move without hurting yourself! - DONE
Clear tops of cupboards/coffee tables/magazine racks etc
Wipe and water plants - no plants in our house!
Got an hour...
Tidy coats and bags and shoes and make certain everything is ready for back to school! - DONE
Wipe banister rails/stair spindles/paintwork
Tidy away christmas decs - DONE

Extras

• Filing.. all the papers you just gathered up (will file papers from yesterday as well)- DONE
• Wash any soft furnishings that have not been done in a while or need doing
• Wipe door handles and tops of door frames- DONE
• Vacuum sofas.. don't forget under cushions!
• Catch up on important phone calls... if you do it now you have time to chase the follow up calls later in the week!

Much better yesterday - am oddly pleased with myself! I also made a batch of Toblerone cookies for my WI meeting tonight, did my yoga and wrote a blog post. So not bad going


However am signing myself off from today's list as will only have about 30 minutes between coming home from work and going to my WI meeting to get changed and eat something, and won't be back until about 9.30 or so this evening. I will try to do a quick S&S in the kitchen and living room before I go out though.


ETA: Should add I did a big bedroom clean and declutter when I was off work on Friday so thankfully it's mostly OK at the moment!

bonnie_bumpkins

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Binbag dance
HHI
Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example) DONE
Make sure diaries/calendars are up to date with appointments!!! DONE

Tuesday ~ Living/family room, hallway and stairs
Declutter EVERYTHING that does not belong in these areas
Dust and deweb
Filing.. all the papers you just gathered up
Wash any soft furnishings that have not been done in a while or need doing DONE
Wipe door handles and tops of door frames
Vacuum sofas.. don’t forget under cushions!
Catch up on important phone calls… if you do it now you have time to chase the follow up calls later in the week! DONE

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and Landing!
Strip, wash and replace bedding with one arm !!!!! DONE (WITH BOTH ARMS THO)
Declutter the floor and vacuum!
Dust and deweb with one arm !!! DONE – WITH ONE ARM!
Declutter a hotspot
Sort through your makeup and bin anything not used for a while.. it breeds bacteria and such nasties! DONE
Sort underwear and get rid of anything unwearable or that you would be ashamed to be run over in.. if the paramedics can’t see it noone should!! DONE

xx_Jo_xx

Hey all,
I haven't done as much from my lists as Id wanted, but it has been productive so far nonetheless..


I have done the school run,
downloaded the new uni timetables and updated my diary - also added in school dates until the summer...
Swished & Swiped the bathroom and kitchen
made the beds
done dishes etc..
HHE


And I have started the ironing... This is a three man job. Why oh why do I let it pile up? I hate oh hate ironing with a passion...

xx_Jo_xx

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
15 minutes...
39 minutes to spare...
fling the plastic tubs with no lids/botttoms/broken
Got an hour...
Sort paperwork

Tuesday ~ Living/family room, hallway and stairs
15 minutes...
Dust and deweb
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum/mop..
Extras

• Filing.. all the papers you just gathered up
• Wipe door handles and tops of door frames
• Vacuum sofas..

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and Landing!
15 minutes...
30 minutes to spare...
Sort out your toiletries
Clear out a pile on the landing, be that on a table or in a cupboard
Got an hour...
Tidy away those homeless clothes and shoes and bags
Wipe over paintwork and window sills
Clearout the bedside units.. or the place you stash all your 'stuff'
Extras

• Dust and deweb
• Sort through your makeup
• Sort underwear

Klfin10

Hi all
Had a rubbish sleep last night due to cough I've had already 3 weeks seriously needs to do one now, ended up downstairs so not to disturb DH the returned to bed when he left for work so not a lot of energy today.
I have managed to do some of list and also ironing and another load of washing just tea to prepare now.

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and Landing!
15 minutes...
Strip, wash and replace bedding with one arm !!!!! - Gets done every Sunday not with one arm though sure that would take all day haha
Declutter the floor and vacuum! - done Xmas boxes from goodies in in
30 minutes to spare...
Clear the top of at least 1 cupboard, wipe it down and make it look nice with one arm !!!! - failed
Sort out your toiletries and squeeze new ones in to be used.. sort out which presents are to be - decorating bathroom next week so gunna wait to put new toiletries out then
Clear out a pile on the landing, be that on a table or in a cupboard - failed
Got an hour...
Tidy away those homeless clothes and shoes and bags - all away
Wipe over paintwork and window sills - not done
Clearout the bedside units.. or the place you stash all your 'stuff' - was all cleared out before xmas and not added any junk to them has yet
Extras
Dust and deweb with one arm !!! - not done
Declutter a hotspot - not done
Sort through your makeup and bin anything not used for a while.. it breeds bacteria and such nasties! - have done this but make up brushes need a clean so will let them soak tonight
Sort underwear and get rid of anything unwearable or that you would be ashamed to be run over in.. if the paramedics can't see it noone should!! - haha that would leave me with nothing so until I lose some weight to buy some new ones they stay put

Hope everyone has a good day

LameWolf

Not getting a vast amount done today, as Mr LW is wfh. This is because I have to visit the physio-terrorist at 18:00 this evening though, so it's for my benefit really.:o

I need to work out all the errands to do on Saturday; one thing I must do without fail is visit the bank. They've sent me notification that my fixed-term bond is about to mature, and offering me the option to re-invest. Yes I do want to re-invest, but I also want to add some more to the invested sum, and the form doesn't appear to allow for that, so I'll have to go in and actually *gulp* speak to them.:eek:

Need to get some chloroseptic spray too; mine's nearly empty, and I've had a raging sore throat for the past week.:(

The place isn't looking too bad though; I'm back to my colour-coded list, and managing to gradually whittle it down.:o

lotti379

pigpen wrote: »

DS1 has just royally pee'd me off! Telling me I know nothing, you cannot train for a career after you are 19 and he doesn't know how to enrol at college... then telling me I don't know anything when I give him the relevant info and chew his ears about his endless excuses for his laziness.

What the bl**dy whaaaat?! Infuriating! I don't blame you for being royally pee'd off! What, in his world, is one supposed to do with oneself after age 19? I think by that logic we had all better collect our bus passes now. :rotfl:

Granted, though, I think it is likely to be a bit more difficult to start an apprenticeship post-19 as the government funding to the employer is reduced, but they still exist (actually, that is one of my reasons for leaving my former employer, our big cheese refused to employ a 23-year-old apprentice in a crucial job that will be seriously understaffed in a few years as the average age of the staff doing it is about 62, just because there wasn't as much funding around. Hardly a small company that didn't have the cash either. Shortsighted I say.).

Have been lurking this week ready to join next week, or maybe the week after, but indignation got the better of me I'm afraid...