Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd March 2015

Frizzle_2

Just having lunch with my little man. Have made a slowcooker chilli which is now cooking nicely and cleaned out some Freddie cupboards. The cupboards in the utility room haven't been cleaned out since we moved here lost 7 years ago :eek:
There is so much c**p! Curtain hooks, candles, flower food sachets etc! Stuff that I thought might come in useful! I haven't used them and now thinking am I ever likely too?
It doesn't make the house look any neater but at least it will help when/if we move!

List update

Tidy up hallway
Wm X1
Hhi x3

Mystical Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Sweep and mop the floor

Twinkling Tuesday ~ Living Rooms, Reception Rooms, Hallway and Stairs
Declutter and vacuum floors
Hoover stairs
Check smoke alarms
Wash any soft furnishings and plump cushions and fluff up throws
Vacuum sofa and chair cushions, including underneath them.
Tidy coats, bags and shoes
Catch up on any important phonecalls and make any upcoming appointments.

Wishful Wednesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Hoover floor in bedroom and on landing
Empty and wash out all bins upstairs
Binbag dance
Dust surfaces
Sort oIt the airing cupboard
15 minutes floordrobe

bossymoo

Hi all

Sounds like you're all busy! DD and I went to the dentist this morning. He told her she was very good and she had all the right teeth so she was allowed a rummage in the sticker tub I was also told I was good and my teeth are fine, but my routine x-Ray showed up a small gap above my crown (which must be nearly 20yrs old!) so he said he'll have to take it off and re-do it. Yikes. That's about £200! :eek:

Also got some shopping in, and done a couple of hours paid stuff while DD had some lunch and watched a film.

Feel better than I did yesterday, thank heavens. MIL called to see if I was ok and said she will come and sort the washing etc if I need a rest :A I declined as she's coming over tomorrow to have the littlies while I'm at hosp which will be enforced rest anyway. I can manage for another day. I might leave the ironing though.

Shoe shopping after school, we'll get the kids some tea while we are out (I'm fasting now, although I can have drinks until 6am) then off to beavers.

Don't quite know what to do with myself now.

Narc0lepsy

Catching up at uni as 1pm student had timetable change and can't come.
This morning abandoned gym in favour of digging out unwanted Berberis shrub from front garden; pruned it to the ground a couple of weeks ago but hadn't got round to digging the blighter up. Probably used more calories than Body Balance anyway, and have swimming stuff in car just in case I can muster the enthusiasm on way home.

One load washing done and hung out.
Bedroom floordrobe tidied somewhat.
Few emails decluttered.
Er.....is that all? Gulp.

bargainhunterss

Narc0lepsy wrote: »

I have a special basket in my bedroom for any single socks. They go straight in, no searching for partners. Then every now and then I just tip up the basket, find any pairs and put the rest back in the basket. Simples. If I recognise any persistent singletons after several 'rounds', in the bin they go. Of course I usually find their match the week after.

Not a bad idea......think I'll be getting/making a sock basket!

The list...

Mystical Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Basic Flying...
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe the worktops, removing everything that shouldn't be there
Dishes!! Although such is life, this is never ‘done’!
Deep Cleaning...
Scrub manky marks off walls and tiles
Empty bins (still need to do recycling mountain)
Decluttering...
Empty and clean out food cupboards, make inventory so you know what you don't need to buy!!
Clean out the cupboard with the miscellaneous items!

Twinkling Tuesday ~ Living Rooms, Reception Rooms, Hallway and Stairs
Basic Flying…
[STRIKE]Declutter and vacuum floors[/STRIKE]
Hoover stairs
[STRIKE]Tidy coffee table (currently used as our magazine rack...) May need a re-do![/STRIKE]
Check smoke alarms
Deep Cleaning…
[STRIKE]Wash any soft furnishings and plump cushions and fluff up throws
Vacuum sofa and chair cushions, including underneath them.[/STRIKE]
Dust and deweb
Polish electricals, glass and any unit tops.

Decluttering...
Tidy coats, bags and shoes
[STRIKE]Catch up on any important phonecalls and make any upcoming appointments.[/STRIKE]

Wishful Wednesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Basic Flying
Strip, wash and replace the bedding
Hoover floor in bedroom and on landing
Deep Cleaning
Empty and wash out all bins upstairs
Binbag dance
Dust surfaces and make sure no cobwebs
Decluttering
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage, make sure only what should be in there is. Anything that has had it’s day or doesn’t belong there remove it. (although it says master, there’s a stockpile in the back bedroom that could do with a swish!!)


Thrilling Thursday ~ Bathroom, WC and Study
Basic Flying...
Polish taps so that they shine..
Sling shower curtain/bathmats in the wash
Vacuum/mop floors in these rooms!
Deep Cleaning...
Scrub the bath/shower/basins/toilets etc.. don't forget the outside of the loo and under the scanky rim.. it gets naaaaaasty under there!!.. oh, and don't forget the top of the cistern!
Replace bathmats/shower curtains/sponges and toothbrushes that are manky

Decluttering...
Clear and wipe window sills and frames and make the blinds/curtains nice and clean
Clean out the toiletries cupboard and put back the stuff you use.. and fling the stuff you don't!

pigpen

kitchen swept
airer shuffled.. it was full of cats!!
TD airing off a few bits
2 loads on the line.. its not sunny but it is blowy.
DW on
sausages in for casserole tonight
all the clean stuff folded.. 2.5 baskets of socks to pair up *cry*
OH bossed to move the stuff he wants to keep or i'm binning it
broken airer gone... got to love a !!!!! for something.


I need to get spudatoes for diinner.. OHs mum visiting..

Dustykitten

Afternoon all

Yin yoga done
Birthday presents bought
New socks for DS3 bought
DS3 bed stripped, washed and on the line

Going to list something on the bay which I know will sell and then dust the bedrooms before settling to paperwork, banking and energy switching.

Frizzle_2

Have sorted out the airing cupboard! Didn't really throw anything away but it looks so much better! I am aware we have too many towels- will sort some out at some point to go to rescue centre or something.
Have also tidied the hallway.
I am being very indecisive today as there are some jobs that I know that if I do now I will have to redo before the viewing ie hoovering! But there are still plenty of other things to do!

Just having a cuppa then picking up ds1 from school and taking him to his swimming lesson. I will update my list later.

mrs-moneypenny

bargainhunterss wrote: »

Not a bad idea......think I'll be getting/making a sock basket!

I used to have a child's pillowcase but found it held too many, I've got mine in the bottom of the laundry basket, might look out one of the spare draw string backpacks to put them in so they are tidy.

mrs-moneypenny

Sounds a good plan elastic. Enjoy your 'me' time.

Catching up on a few emails and puter stuff, and just had a couple of phone calls to deal with. Tempted to get my stitching out but if I do I'll still be stitching at 6pm and nothing will get done

LameWolf

Elasticmoney wrote: »

Amount achieved today....A BIG FAT ZERO.

Same here; but I do have something of an excuse.
Saw the consultant earlier, and he's given me a cortisone injection in my right shoulder, and I now have to not use that arm for a day or so to allow it to "take"properly.
So now that's both wrists and both shoulders done.

I think I've fathomed out how to use the new Sky box; it's the first time we've had one with an integral hard drive, we've always taped programmes onto VHS tape before. But it looks like I've successfully downloaded the three programmes Mr LW missed when the old box died, plus the one from last night that he wants to see.:o

Did I mention, I finally got that waistcoat finished, that I bought the wool for in 2007?:D And I've now started on a cardigan, in brown & white cotton yarn, which seems to be going quite well. I can still only do 4 to 6 rows at a sitting, but it's an improvement on how it was.:o

ETA: Happy anniversary Mr & Mrs lynnejk and a belated Hoppy Birdday to the Pigpen Teen