Weekly Flylady Thread 30th July 2007!

nicki_2

Well I've hardly done any flying today and tea was a plate of gravy & chips :drool: and I'm not doing anymore tonight either :rotfl: My plan is to sit here at the computer and play games while drinking Fosters as my ME time :beer::beer:

sallya_3

Phew, Friday at last!

Had a pretty good day today:

Level One
[strike]Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see) [/strike] I hoovered DS2+3's room, which was pretty grim this morning. Have swept DS1's room, need to mop it tomorrow
Level Two
[strike]Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen [/strike] - Did it on Monday
Level Three
[strike]Dusting and cobweb checking
Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be[/strike] Did both rooms
Extra Mission Task Choices

• [strike]Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference [/strike] - I filled a bag full!
• [strike]Sort through some toys/books/clothes even if it's just for 10 miutes, making sure any broken ones are dealt with/flung, dirty ones get wiped/washed before putting them back and anything that should be parted with is. [/strike] - Yep, chucked out a load of old ones, sorted the rest back into their boxes
• [strike]Clean kids rooms windows (check the curtains etc while you are there to make sure they don't need cleaning/wiping [/strike] - Did both rooms
• [strike]Wipe any sticky marks off doors and walls in the kids rooms, may aswell wipe the lightswitches and handles over too[/strike] - Both rooms

I think this is the first time in ages that the whole house is reasonably tidy on a Friday night :T :T :T Not immaculate, but I could happily let a visitor in at the moment. I need to clean the bathroom tomorrow, because I didn't do it yesterday, but it's not grim so shouldn't take too long.

This board is fab - you all are!

Have a good weekend, everyone - I'll definitely be back on Monday!

Sal
x

serena

Hi everyone!

The hall, stairs and landing are now all Almond White! I have to give the coving downstairs another coat tomorrow, as it was a darker colour, and it still shows through.

Whizzed downtown to buy DD's present for DS1 (thanks for the good wishes Lil'me!), cards and wrapping paper. I couldn't get the book he wanted, so have ordered from Amazon. I could have done that in time if he'd told me he wanted it before today!

I'll have to find time to do the bathroom tomorrow, it's not going to wait for next week...

Must do the washing up now, and do some wrapping up.

cha97michelle

I'm feeling very pleased with myself tonight with what has been a successful day. Just got DH on with cooking dinner, shopping was delivered so the cupboard and freezer are full to brimming, but the fridge still looks fairly empty but that isn't a bad thing as we go away next Wed-Mon.

I've just done a clamber around over the recycling to find something to drink in the garage, and we are on a bottle of Moet tonight. We were loosely waiting to celebrate something special, but really, tonight is as good a night as any. We are going to raise a glass to charlie being raised to 9 months successfully, and the fact that we survived this week. :rotfl:


Quick check up then, as dinner is almost done:

• last nights dishes were put away
• my bed stripped, and bedding has been washed
• charlie has been well entertained and is now down for hopefully a long nap
• post has been dealt with
• got chilli out of the freezer for tea

list for rest of day, which i will probably add more to as i think of:

• [strike]hang washing on line[/strike]
• remake our bed
• [STRIKE]strip cot,[/STRIKE] wash bedding and [STRIKE]remake[/STRIKE]
• [strike]clean fridge ready for internet delivery of food tonight as it will be a hectic weekend[/strike]
• [strike]bring bin in[/strike]
• [strike]put other bags of garden rubbish from under my front window straight into bin[/strike]
• [strike]empty kitchen[/strike] [strike]and bathroom bins[/strike]
• [strike]change cat litter tray[/strike]
• [strike]wash a load of charlie's lights[/strike], [strike]and another of his darks[/strike]
• try to pack another box of too small clothes away ready for DH to put some in the loft either tonight or tomorrow
• [STRIKE]hoover living room/dining room and kitchen again[/STRIKE]
• wipe dining table
• [strike]wash up all of the glass mats[/strike]
• [strike]sterilise and make up bottles[/strike]
• hoover porch, hall, stairs and landing
• hoover bathroom, charlie's room and our room
• [strike]dust the rest of living room and dining room that i didn't complete earlier in the week[/strike]
• quick clean of bathroom sink and loo
• [STRIKE]accept delivery of food shopping between 7-9 tonight[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]put all food shop away[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]make up some pancake batter for dinner (chilli pancakes)[/STRIKE]
• [strike]transmit shop and scan stuff[/strike]
• [strike]check internet banking - expecting to be paid soon for my SAT marking[/strike]
• [strike]clean cat feeding mat[/strike]
• put compost out
• [STRIKE]put recycling out[/STRIKE]
• change water in my flowers

extras:

• cleaned kitchen sink, and drainer
• ordered £20 of debenhams vouchers from shopandscan (for new work stuff for me)
• accepted delivery of a couple of months worth of cat food - think DH can move that from the hall to the garage when he gets in as it is pretty heavy.
• accepted delivery of DH's birthday pressie, which is now hidden - birthday not until 8th of September so how organised am i?
• played drawing with Charlie for the 1st time - now he's covered in blue washable felt tip - didn't really get the idea and spent most of the time eating the pen :rolleyes:

so a little bit to do in the morning, but not too much, and i will obviously remake the bed before we get in. Will probably be back later after dinner, but take care my lovelies and enjoy whatever you are doing this evening.

Michelle, x

kippers

Well i've just completed my first flylady week and i'm shattered. I have sorted all our wardrobes toys etc out and have filled two charity shop bags.

I finally have a house where i don't mind visitors calling (bet no one calls when its tidy & clean). I've got to keep this up now, i hope i can. I work in a school so i've got the rest of the holiday to get into a routine (it has been really getting on top of me). I'm just a bit worried i wont be able to keep it up when i go back to work...is there any advice anyone can give me?

pigpen

You know.. I've barely stopped all day.. and I've just walked through the house and other than the bathroom it is a bearpit.. all of it.. are my standards that bit higher than they used to be or is my house REALLY this full of rubbish???

lil_me

Higher standards Pigpen, must be with all the clearing you have been doing, must be. With 2 kids I have now come round to the idea I'll never have the perfect home, not that it's just them as we're messy hoodlums aswell, but with 8 I'd be happy to just last the day with my hair!!

Kippers well done, you're doing great, it does get easier the other girls will tell you that

Michelle, you enjoy that drink, great to hear you sounding more positive, you both deserve it, will be thinking of you as I drink my hot choccy. :rotfl: couldn't help but laugh at the eating pen, wonder what they taste like

Well DP has now come round to my thinking, thankfully! I've had a pretty relaxed evening, eaten in peace etc. Probably too much but nevermind eh, not as if I'd had more than a slice of toast and a cookie all day. He's having another quiet night at work so isn't impressed and will probably need to stay late. I think I will have an earlier night as it'll be well after lunch before he gets up tomorrow.

Pollybear

We need some more photos before we can comment pigpen

LJD1_2

Hiya everyone
Flying has gone well
Children have been stars today
Dog's been well behaved
Cat's been quiet
Guinea pigs have been squeaky
House is looking pretty good
Husband is annoying the !**$^& out of me.
Sorry, but he has, is it the time of year? No, I think not, I think it's just because he's a man! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr xx

JillD_2

Evening all,
another knackering day here. Really bad start with kids creating on and off all morning, my 4 year old DS is pushing back big time on everything I ask him to do, 2 year old DD is a little wind up merchant who misbehaves and then her big brother copies her and they both think its hysterical to do things like rip up magazines all over the floor, pur milk on the table and smear it around, clatter their spoons off the metla table legs etc etc. I am a candidate for Supernanny. I screamed at them so loudly in the car today that two pedestrians turned around as I drove past :eek: Oh well.
This afternoon was MUCh better, they were really well behaved this afternoon round the shops, even shoes shopping for DS, and we had a lovely cuppa and dnack in a cafe - I even got to read a couple of pages of a free magazine :T

Anyway got lots done in the new baby's room and got a few errands done out of the house too.
Oh and had THE most gorgeous dinner. Our Indian neighbours made us these lentil dumplingy ball things ages ago that I froze. They're a bit like falafel. We had those with roasted veg (cherry toms, aubergine, courgette, pepper), yoghurt dip, and quinoa (like couscous but I didn't have any in the cupboard. The quinoa was best before 2003!!!! oops!!!!). It was GORGEOUS Hubby even had second helpings of quinoa. He's never had it before and I was expecting him to hate it :j

I decided to do today's list for the baby's room, and will finish kids rooms tomorrow, amazingly they aren't that bad anyway.

Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
[strike]Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see) [/strike]hoovered every inch of baby's room, inc moving all furniture
Level Two
[strike]Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen[/strike]stripped sheets off kids beds and got cot bits down from loft for baby. wiped down cot and mattress.
Level Three
[strike]Dusting and cobweb checking [/strike]did all bedrooms
[strike]Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be[/strike]cleared out final few bits from baby's room into DD's new room, and tidied up few toys etc in kids bedrooms
Extra Mission Task Choices

• [strike]Sort through some toys/books/clothes even if it's just for 10 minutes[/strike]sorted out stuff from baby's room into DD room

Other:
ironing
[strike]pay credit card bills[/strike] took forever as I am anal and make separate payments for evey transaction - but its done
[strike]pay window cleaner[/strike]cheque written though I have no address so need to wait til he calls round
[strike]
wrap present for DS to take to party on Sunday
de-cobweb baby's room
dust baby's room
put away pile of clothes sitting in baby's room
[/strike]



Other stuff I did:
- bought new shoes, plimsolls and wellies for DS for school
- delivered friend's baby's 1st birthday card
- did mystery shop
- tried to post cousin-in-law's new baby present but post office queue too long
- cleaned inside of microwave
- scrubbed skirting boards in landing, think it may have been 3 year old sick :rolleyes: I don't know why I only spotted it this week but it was v crusty


My List

Do Now:
[strike]- pay credit card bills[/strike]
- finish and post letter to my Dad in hospital
- move maternity leave fund from low interest account to new higher rate one
- open a new account for bills and stuff and move money in there

[strike]- pay window cleaner[/strike]
[strike]transfer all aranged play date things to diary and calendar[/strike]done just now, was bugging me such a simple thing could sit on here for so long!

Longer term:
[strike]
- shred big pile sitting beside shredder
- wash and put on spare room bed linen
- hang pictures in spare room
- hang curtains in DD new room
- stick up wall stickers in DD new room
- move DD door name plate
[/strike]
[strike]- put up baby's name plate[/strike] DS (4) very sweetly asking why the name part is blank still - bless - (baby not born yet LOL)
[strike]- clean room ready for baby[/strike]hoovered, including inside of wardrobe, cleared out inside of wardrobe, damp dusted all furniture, scrubbed skirting boards - yuck
[strike]- get cot, moses basket etc down from loft and clean[/strike]hubby got down everything we could think of - cot, moses basket, steriliser, bottles and bits, cot mobile, play gym, bath etc, car seat, baby clothes - now I need to add lots of new items to this list to get it all clean :rolleyes:
[strike]
- batch cook shepherds pie
- batch cook chilli
- batch cook sausage caserole
- batch cook quorn and veg caserole
[/strike]
- batch cook cheesy quorn veg pie


Baby stuff:
- clean baby bath stuff
- clean car seat and base
- launder all baby covers for double buggy, moses basket, bouncy chair, play gym, car seat
- clean steriliser and bottles etc
- wash all newborn baby clothes
- sort out a hospital bag
- print out a list of names and numbers for friends to look after kids when baby on the way
- print out birth plan (for what its worth LOL)

Sewing machine stuff:
- hem curtains in DD new room
- make cushion covers for cushions for DD new bedroom
- seam curtains in our bedroom

Other:
- make mini album of holiday photos of kids for my Mum
- get printer in study up and running again
- get DVD in playroom sorted
- move DD height chart
- hang swimming certificates up in kids rooms
- get new curtain pole for our bedroom
- label all boxes of stuff in garage so we can find things
- finish edging on rug for baby's room
- make Ruby Wedding album for Mum and Dad (it was 14 months ago )
- sort out photos into nice storage boxes OH bought me
- make sure everything I need is off old laptop and decide whether to sell
- make sure everything is off old PC which kids now use
- organise recipes
- clear out bureau


WOW I am impresed with myself, I really feel like I am getting somewhere :T :j
Have great days tomorrow everyone