Weekly FLYLADY Thread - May the Fourth be with you!

Valli

Bank Holiday Bonanza! - a bit of everything, or a bit of a rest!
Level 1
[STRIKE]Back to basics and shine your sink![/STRIKE]
Sweep or vac through your entrance hall, and as far through to the back door (if you have one!) as you have the energy for.
Level 2
[STRIKE]Put away those stray coats and shoes, and get the school / work etc ones ready for morning.[/STRIKE]
Wipe your table - is that cloth clean? Replace with fresh table linen as needed, or even just a fresh tea towel.
Make a brew and enjoy the sunshine (fingers crossed you all have some!)
Level 3 for you hardcore flyers!
Get the de-webbers out and follow where you've swept or vacced. Better still, do this first and vac up the remnants!
Wipe down your front door, inside and out.

Extras - for any gluttons for punishment!

• Collect any towels that need washing and get them in the WM then out on the line.
• HH in the garden, any mossy or weedy bits you can grab as you wander round?
• [STRIKE]Find 3 items that can be GOT RID OF![/STRIKE]
• Wipe all the downstairs door handles - help stop any germies spreading...
• Ditto all the upstairs ones.
• Make another brew. That's an order!

Terrific Tuesday - Living Room, Hallway & Stairs
Level 1
Wipe the coffee table
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Vaccuum your floors
Level 2
Dust any electricals - take care now!
Clear and wipe down the mantle - try not to put the clutter back on it!
Wipe the fireplace
Level 3
[STRIKE]Replace any blown bulbs (I have 3 )[/STRIKE]don't have these:A
Shine a window or mirror
Dust any picture frames / wall art
Extras

• [STRIKE]Find another 3 items to "GET RID OF"[/STRIKE]
• Check any summer supplies you need, antihistamines, sunscreen, do the kiddies hats still fit and do you know where the sunglasses are (I know, I'm hopeful )
• Dare to bare? Feet, that is! Get the pumice out and treat your feet. Bit of foot cream and some nail polish might be nice! Chiropodist booked for skin decluttering:p:D
• Do a little job you've been putting off
• Say hello to a neighbour (if it's safe to do so!!! :eek:)

Wicked Wednesday - Kitchen & Dining Room
Level 1
Clear your work tops and give them a wipe
Dust and deweb, get at those corners and skirtings
Clear your floors and give them a mop!
Level 2
Wipe your small appliances and underneath them
Wipe down cupboard and drawer fronts - don't forget your kick boards!
Wipe the fridge - inside and out
Level 3
Clean a window
Clean your hob - and your oven too if you feel like it! (Does anyone ever feel like it?)
Run your dishwasher and / or washing machine on a hot, clean cycle and sort those filters
Extras

• Pick out a new recipe to try in the next week or so
• Sort out that fruit bowl, any squidgy ones you can cook?
• [STRIKE]Check over your calendar - any birthdays or important events coming up?[/STRIKE]
• HHI
• HHDD - half-hour day-dream

Thoughtful Thursday - Bathrooms and Study / PC area
Level 1
First things first, sinks and toilets please!
Clear and clean the floors
Use your vote!
Level 2
Clean the bath / shower
Spend 15min decluttering your desk - does your PC need any attention?
Delete some unwanted emails, unsubscribing as you go where needed
Level 3
Any toilettries bottles to be decanted / recycled?
Any old bath mats, bath toys gone a bit mildewy? Is it time to fling?
Make a list of what toilettries you have to use up - and which ones are running out and to be added to your shopping list
Extras

• Do you need to back up any photos?
• Smart phones and tablets - can you "declutter" these too to help with storage / memory?
• Any paperwork to file - do it!
• HH me time - perhaps using up some of those toilettries?

Fantastic Friday - Bedrooms (as many as you choose, or delegate to the occupant!)
Level 1
5 minutes floor clearance in each room, set your timers, go!
Dust right through as many bedrooms you dare cross the threshold of!
Level 2
Follow with the vacuum - get those tools out and brush over the skirting too.
Make those beds - do any need clean linen?
Level 3
Bin bag boogie
Wipe a window or two - let that sun shine through!
Extras

• Religious socks? Is it time to let them go?
• Tidy / declutter a drawer
• Kids rooms - any obvious bits they've grown out of (toys / games / clothes)?
• Coat cupboard - anything for winter that can be washed and stored (I'm still using my winter coat, lol, brrr)

Excellent set of lists Bossy.:T

As usual my major Flying is restricted to the weekend (until July, at any rate.)

Congratulations Dusty - excellent work on the Job. Hope your brother is doing well Ionafan. And well done on the nosewiping Wolfie!

I shall refrain from carping on about the election.:mad:

Daily routines (such as they are) involves rounding up dirty things and putting them in machine until they are clean. Weather has been awful. AF is here and boy is she.

Vallis weekend wonderlist

clean kitchen
Clean bathroom
Take DDs outcasts to cash4clothes (been once, on way home last night. They had fluffed off early - I was there before their advertised closing time of 5:00 pm:mad:)
Clean living room (a tickle round will do.)
Clean bedroom inc strip bed
Catch up on ironing (not much tbh)
Finish wondrous all-singing all-dancing spreadsheet for work
Upadate diary as per to-do list on i pad
Plan devious 3 month prescription pre-payment certificate purchase (I have 3 items which I now have a script for - well one is one item really - but as there are two different tablets in some of the bubbles I have to pay double - even though it is in ONE PACK. Go figure...)
Update banking

YORKSHIRELASS

Jazee wrote: »

then I am playing in my first match today.

Bit worried that I won't be able to keep my sports kit whiter than white going forward.

Ooh good luck! Is that tennis then - or maybe ladies cricket? Or some other sport involving white clothing that I cant think of. Let us know how it goes. I have given up with DSs cricket whites. There is no way of getting them spotless - I think most other parents feel the same.

We love a toasted sandwich here but the bloomin thing is a nightmare to clean. OH has discovered a solution to this problem. Leave said sandwich toaster on the worktop covered in melted cheese (now dried on) until your wife gives in and cleans it. Sigh.

Back to the airing cupboard - why do I have so many towels??

MinnieMousesMummy

Just updating my list

Bank Holiday Bonanza! - a bit of everything, or a bit of a rest!
Spend 3 hours on course work - 2 hours done, 1 left to do

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Make a list of what is in the cupboards, fridge and freezers
Repair 2 things on the mending pile
List 3 things on Facebay for sale

Wicked Wednesday - Kitchen & Dining Room
HHI
Do some more work on tax form
Take little ones out for a walk

Thoughtful Thursday - Bathrooms and Study / PC area
First things first, sinks and toilets please!
Clear and clean the floors
Clean the bath / shower
Finish painting dd's bedroom
Any old bath mats, bath toys gone a bit mildewy? Is it time to fling?

Fantastic Friday - Bedrooms (as many as you choose, or delegate to the occupant!)
Dust right through as many bedrooms you dare cross the threshold of!
Follow with the vacuum - get those tools out and brush over the skirting too.
Make those beds - do any need clean linen?
Wipe a window or two - let that sun shine through!
Pair up the clean socks that are in the basket and put them away
HHI

Weekend
Finish writing up and submit survey reports
Do 4 hours course work on Saturday
Do 3 hours course work on Sunday
Take the kids out for an afternoon (if they are feeling better)
Catch up with the laundry
HHI
Get new shoes for dd
Feed animals and check for eggs
Get clothes and bags ready for the Monday
Make a list of things that ds2 needs to get for school trip
Phone dm
Check and scan the shopping and put it away
Submit s&s information

froddington

Updating list - hope all are having a good day. Lovely and sunny here

Bank Holiday Bonanza! - a bit of everything, or a bit of a rest!

Sweep or vac through your entrance hall, and as far through to the back door (if you have one!) as you have the energy for.
Collect any towels that need washing and get them in the WM then out on the line
Get the de-webbers out and follow where you've swept or vacced. Better still, do this first and vac up the remnants!
Wipe down your front door, inside and out.

Terrific Tuesday - Living Room, Hallway & Stairs

Wipe the coffee table
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Vacuum your floors
Dust any electricals - take care now!
Shine a window or mirror

Wicked Wednesday - Kitchen

Clear your work tops and give them a wipe
Dust and deweb, get at those corners and skirtings
Clear your floors and vacuum them
Wipe your small appliances and underneath them
Wipe down cupboard and drawer fronts - don't forget your kick boards!
Wipe the fridge - inside and out
Clean a window
Clean your hob

Thoughtful Thursday - Bathroom and PC area
First things first, sink and toilet please!
Clear and clean the floor
Clean the bath
Spend 15min decluttering your desk

Fantastic Friday - Bedrooms

Dust right through as many bedrooms you dare cross the threshold of!
Follow with the vacuum - get those tools out and brush over the skirting too.
Wipe a window or two - let that sun shine through!

bossymoo

Howdy all

Fairly peaceful here, we're all tired still. Popped to beaver leaders this morning so DBS done and kiddies played while we drank tea

Since then we came home and put our pjs back on. DS is playing on the kindle, DD watching Barbie films and I've listed what's in the freezer. Just about to meal plan around it. Tea tonight is sorted anyway - fish chargrill for me, scampi for DSL and chunky fish fingers for DD. With a selection of potato wedges, bread and veg. I fancy mushy peas

Fridge is almost empty so I'll give that a wipe out, and I've some washing to hang up. Hoping for a drier day tomorrow so they can get outside a bit more.

Oh, my new blinds arrived yesterday :T they are lovely. So I can now start looking into my paint colours and go carpet shopping. I'll also plan out what I need to do - the more I can prep before the weekend in question, the better. There are stickarounds to remove, furniture to rehome, old carpet to take up etc...

Think we'll all have an early night tonight! Yawn!

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all. Have decluttered about 8 carrier bags to the charity shop/recycling full of bedding and towels. I had 18 bath towels in my airing cupboard!!! We all have our own towels - 2 each - so I have kept another 4 for guests and the rest have gone. Same with duvet covers, one on the bed and one spare and that's it.

I had a few spare storage boxes so everything is rolled and sorted into boxes. Looks lovely and I am very happy!

Frizzle_2

Jazee- good Luck with the match. I was also pondering which sport it might be!!!

Given up on Fridays list. I have done bits but can't honestly delete anything off it! The ironing basket is empty though! :T until tomorrow that is!

Have decluttered some of the nursery furniture tonight and my purse is a little fuller!!:T they also took the mattress and all the bedding so lots of stuff gone from the garage and loft. There is an end in sight to the loft sorting!
Boxed up some more of the kids toys! Have to do it quick before the kids see and start dragging them out again. It is very therapeutic sorting toys out and putting them back in their original boxes. I am sad and keep lots of the original toy boxes! But now the Duplo and mega blocks sets have all been seperated into their original boxes!

Pottered all day as we haven't gone out all day. Also played board games and watched a film!

Dustykitten

Jazee hope the match went well

YL well done on your towels

I have spent most of the day kondoing paperwork, so much more to do, I'm aiming for the end of May but that may be optimistic. Still some is done and I've caught up with some emails I needed to send too.

Tomorrow is a cricket teas day, aim is to get up early and get organised.

Narc0lepsy

Dustykitten wrote: »

There you go:

http://www.melskitchencafe.com/rhubarb-muffins/

I used coconut milk and gluten free flour, worked fine..

They sound lovely, thanks for the recipe I have bookmarked it.

Narc0lepsy

Biscuit_monster wrote: »

Evening all,
narcolepsy hope your MIL is ok.

Thanks. Mr N spoke to her yesterday and she is a whole lot better. We've been visiting friends in Suffolk overnight, came home this eve so I expect one or both of us will check up on her tomorrow. At least she's only 10 minutes drive away.