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Weekly Flylady Thread 5th January 2015

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  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
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    Read page 1 whilst having my coffee break.
    Off to do HHI (well folding mainly!) if anyone would like to join me?
    Will listen to my new Dolly CD whilst doing it :)
    Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.
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    2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.
  • Morning / Afternoon.


    Achieved a fair bit so far today:-


    Done weekly shop (slightly more than I wanted, but it's our turn to do theme night)
    Taken hubby's suit to dry cleaners - £9.50!!!
    Yesterday's 3 bin liners to charity (don't need any more mess in conservatory as yet to touch that this year)
    Quickly made 3 bed's and quick hoover (don't touch DD's room) in our room. Have discovered 2 small, what seem like, burn marks, in DS2's room, so this needs to be investigated when he gets back from school.

    and made a start on today's list, I've decided to do forgotten computer room for pc area and not my office - to be honest, only I really go in there so it's probably the most tidiest in the house :)
    Thursday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
    Level One
    Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap VERY ON GOING STILL LOOKING FOR FLOOR
    Clear desk of papers and junk.. give it a good wipe DONE
    30 minutes to spare...
    Wipe mouse, keyboard and polish screens while pc runs defrag.
    Declutter 50 emails, 5 dead links and any unused programs.. make backup disc of pics etc.. just in case!
    Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers DONE
    Got an hour...
    Wash shower curtains/mat etc that are grotty WASHED SHOWER CURTAIN YESTERDAY :)
    Clean paintwork and shine mirrors DONE
    Empty and wash out bins
    Extras

    • Sort through that pile of hotspots!
    • Make room in the bathroom for your new christmas smellies! and get them installed DS1 DID THIS FEW DAYS AGO
    • Clean radiators.. don't forget the back (sock on a stick/coat hanger!) DONE IN BATHROOM
    • Get those christmas 'Thank you's' sent out! MUST DO :)
    Loving life to the full, just need purse full too :)

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    50p Challenge 2015 - £62.50
  • Bathroom got a good clean on Friday but is probably due again so will focus on that today and do as much as I can. We don't really have a study/PC area - all have laptops but our dining table is a hotspot so will declutter that.


    Thursday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
    Level One
    Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap
    Clear desk of papers and junk.. give it a good wipe
    30 minutes to spare...
    Wipe mouse, keyboard and polish screens while pc runs defrag.
    Declutter 50 emails, 5 dead links and any unused programs.. make backup disc of pics etc.. just in case!
    Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers
    Got an hour...
    Wash shower curtains/mat etc that are grotty
    Clean paintwork and shine mirrors
    Empty and wash out bins - no bins in our flat (I know), it all goes in a plastic bag hung off the kitchen door
    Extras

    • Sort through that pile of hotspots!
    • Make room in the bathroom for your new christmas smellies! and get them installed - DONE when we came back from OH's dad's after Christmas
    • Clean radiators.. don't forget the back (sock on a stick/coat hanger!)
    • Get those christmas 'Thank you's' sent out!
    Personal extras:


    Do yoga
    Practise Spanish
    Write wedding thank you cards (ideally I'd like to get all these in the post this weekend)
    Write a blog post
    "A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." - Tyrion Lannister
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    Lose = the opposite of find/gain (eg "I'm going to lose weight this year")
  • lotti379
    lotti379 Posts: 787 Forumite
    Frizzle wrote: »
    And today, I have been playing duplo with ds2 who turned three on Tuesday! Great fun but won't get the cleaning done!


    In my book, that is a more important activity anyway!
    Feeling really quite guilty as you all appear to have put me to shame this morning as I have done precisely nothing!!!!!



    I would stop this guilt nonsense right now!


    I was, in fact, coming on here to confess I had a serious case of the cba's last night, so sat on the sofa watching midsomer murders instead of doing anything productive. I just about managed to persuade myself to wash up yesterday's dishes but that was absolutely it! :rotfl:


    I did put some washing in this morning to run while I'm at work, so I'll hang that up tonight, do some ironing and attempt 15 minutes in the RoD. I intended to do 15 minutes a day this week, but that hasn't really happened... Oops :o
    “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

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  • Frizzle_2
    Frizzle_2 Posts: 1,104 Forumite
    Quite productive hour. Just having lunch with my little chap with lovely hm bread. Kitchen is almost done! Yay!

    Updated list...

    Wm2 (1 done, 1 to go)

    Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
    Sweep and mop the floors
    shine the taps
    Clean table and add a clean cloth if needed
    Dust and deweb

    Extras
    Binbag dance
    HHI x4


    Tuesday ~ Living/family room, hallway and stairs
    Declutter EVERYTHING that does not belong in these areas
    Dust and deweb
    30 minutes to spare...
    Vacuum/mop.. inc. under furniture you can move without hurting yourself!
    Tidy coats and bags and shoes and make certain everything is ready for back to school!- will delegate to ds1!!
    Wipe banister rails/stair spindles/paintwork
    Tidy away christmas decs in the loft!

    Extras
    Catch up on important phone calls... if you do it now you have time to chase the follow up calls later in the week!

    Thursday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
    Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap
    Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers
    Clean paintwork and shine mirrors
    Empty and wash out bins

    Extras
    Make room in the bathroom for your new christmas smellies! and get them installed
    Clean radiators.. don't forget the back (sock on a stick/coat hanger!)
    Get those christmas 'Thank you's' sent out!

    Oh..... Thought I'd done more than that! Just finishing lunch and then back to it!
    Grocery challenge-
    J- 52.40/£200 M- 187.56 A- 212.93 M-193.44 F-201.31 J- 240.62 D- £149.27 N- £210.69 O- 196.80
    S- 213.68 A- £213.03 J- 249.66 J-206.29, M- 252.91, A-£250, M- £250

    debt free as of feb 2015. Now saving for deposit for new house! Moving in June 2015!!!
  • System
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    edited 8 January 2015 at 8:53PM
    Thursday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
    Level One
    Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap
    Clear desk of papers and junk.. give it a good wipe
    30 minutes to spare...
    Wipe mouse, keyboard and polish screens while pc runs defrag.
    Declutter 50 emails, 5 dead links and any unused programs.. make backup disc of pics etc.. just in case!
    Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers
    Not done much flying today as my baby Grandson is my priority for today but he's in his cot now fast asleep and I can focus on the housework again. The bathroom is clean and no cleaning is needed but since I need to do what I need to do in near silence, I will concentrate on the office/pc

    Done:
    Vacuuming up
    Vacuuming down
    Laundry


    Need to do:
    [strike]Put laundry away,
    Wipe monitor, pc and mouse,[/strike]
    Run CCleaner. I do it daily anyway,
    Virus scan
    Defrag
    [strike]Shift a few pictures onto google+[/strike]
    [strike]Declutter a few emails[/strike]
    [strike]Tea - Shepherds pie[/strike]
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  • Natty68 wrote: »
    Thursday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
    Level One
    Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap
    Clear desk of papers and junk.. give it a good wipe
    30 minutes to spare...
    Wipe mouse, keyboard and polish screens while pc runs defrag.
    Declutter 50 emails, 5 dead links and any unused programs.. make backup disc of pics etc.. just in case!
    Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers
    Got an hour...
    Wash shower curtains/mat etc that are grotty
    Clean paintwork and shine mirrors
    Empty and wash out bins
    Extras

    • Sort through that pile of hotspots!
    • Make room in the bathroom for your new christmas smellies! and get them installed
    • Clean radiators.. don't forget the back (sock on a stick/coat hanger!)
    • Get those christmas 'Thank you's' sent out!


    Hello everybody .... used to be on old flylady forum a while ago ... need a reboot - here goes .....
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    OH turned up just after 9:30... some twerp has driven into the car while he was stopped at the lights on his way home from school.. MORE rubbishness piled on the heap of rubbishness. Noone was hurt but it is just the faff of getting everything fixed. The light, bumper and side panels need replacing with an assortment of brackets and fixings too..


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    Vet quite happy with Crackers progress so he is on 2 tablets a day forever now and on 3 month checks ups and 4 weekly repeat prescriptions.. one bit of good news!
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    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
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    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • DundeeDoll
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    oh pigpen what a pain. we had some lunatic write off our car a few years back. no apology, though i guess she was rather shaken. again no one hurt but not what you need!
    Thursday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
    floors cluttered, desk cleared and wiped, paperwork in a heap (gonna be a frog to sort), mouse and keyboard wiped, half way through 50 emails challenge, don't know what's meant by deadlinks (and bathroom done before coming to work). Go me :D
    MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
    25 for 25: 371 / 625
    declutter: 173 / 2025
    frogs eaten: 10
  • No fly for me today. I only get a few hours at home between work, sleep and school run on a Thursday. I usually fill that with time for the kids. However, I will take care of some of the little bits and do the vacuuming that I failed to complete yesterday :)
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