Weekly Flylady Thread 13th August 2007

Solwaykid

Stopping for a cuppa and a quick update of my list.
Sexymouse, very sensible, it wouldn't have occured to me to ring CAB.
lil_me, I hope the new drugs work and I'm very impressed with the defrost button!
Michelle, happy reorganising when it arrives. Very jealous.
Pollybear, I'm glad you haven't cried today. You might if your sponge cake turns out like mine do!

So windy I've just put washload number 5 out on the line, been scrabbling around to find washing and get as much done before the weather changes but the downside is dreaded ironing.


Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear any clutter from desk
Level Two
[strike]Clean bath, toilet and sink [/strike]
Dust PC and desk
Level Three
[strike]Vacuum/sweep and mop these rooms [/strike]
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
[strike]Wipe down tiles in bathroom[/strike]
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt
Clean windows in today's rooms
[strike]Wash your bathroom mats [/strike]
[strike]Sort your toiletries, flinging anything well past it's use by and those empty containers. Leave out what needs using first like the last bit of shower gel in a bottle etc.[/strike] Always on-going

My list for today
[strike]Ring Happy Birthday Bro[/strike]
[strike]Colour hair[/strike]
[strike]WM x3 good and windy today[/strike] 5 done
[strike]Ring vet. Bob's been fighting again and limping on the other foot[/strike] 4pm
Charity shop drop off walked round with 1, 2 to go
[strike]Go to Tip with branches[/strike] might be some more in a bit if I get going
then Clean car out
Sort car insurance
Ring loans people -there must be a better deal Got my settlement figure and they couldn't better it so carry on looking
Look at all my direct debits - in vain
Clean windows (my mother coming over on Sunday!)
Write a 'snagging' list for my lovely Step-Dad.
Pot house plants on
Clean up a big bag of honey jars I rescued from work.

Back at 3 for more of the same and a bit more crossing off hopefully.

mumoftwo

It is quiet on here this morning, does that mean everyone is cleaning wildly?

I have done my daillies:
hoover
washing
tidying

I also made quiche for tonight, Thursday is our busy night with clubs etc so need a ready prepared meal and everyone here prefers their quiche cold, made a tomato salad and a roast pepper salad to go with it

Did bathroom yesterday, could do master bedroom but not really in the mood but I suppose I could make myself, let me think: ironing, masterbedroom?, ironing, masterbedroom? ..... both as bad as eachother, need to do both really, see how I feel after my lunch of left over chili from last night
:wave:

Lil-me : Hope your throat gets better soon with the new meds. Magic, a defrost button on your cooker. I have read about these new fangled cookers where you hold the barcode of the food in front of it and the oven knows how long to cook it for and on what setting. Has anyone heard of these or has one?

lil_me

Mine hasn't got a barcode, I think I have seen them on microwaves rather than ovens, also seen the advertising on food. Samsung do them, smart ovens I think they are called. Would be pretty pointless to me as I don't buy much pre packed food now.

The defrost button on mine does however use electric as it just makes the fan go (doesn't heat up) from what I can gather, so will only be used when needed (like in cheesecake emergencies!)

Edit found this artical http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/2795/3819/samsung-smart-oven-ready-meals.phtml seems it's mainly Samsung partnering up with Bird's Eye so far, could be one of those things that is only ever useful for one product.

Dustykitten

Afternoon all. DS had a lovely time at the activity centre and is exhausted so I feel fine about him lying on the sofa with the tv on for a bit.

Going to crack on with DS2 bedroom and then comes down and sort the toys with DS3 in a bit. Be back later.

BTW what has happended to Hev?

jjef

I am having a day from hell :eek: :eek:

First the kids woke me at 5.30am (so much for the 8.30 yesterday) complaining of being hungry - thats what they get for not eating their tea last night.:mad:

Then during breakfast the youngest knocked her cereal off the table when she was fighting with her sister, broke the bowl and sent milk and frosties everywhere (on my recently cleaned floor):mad:

Then the council decided not to empty the garden bin as it was apparently full of soil & turf (it has neither just an awful lot of weeds), I phoned the refuge people to get a supervisor to come out and after explaining for 20 mins that there wasn't anything in there that shouldn't be there they agreed to send someone. That someone has just been and my bin is too heavy and they will not empty it until I have removed some of the weeds etc, to which I asked where have I to put the excess, apparently I could take it up to the tip, HOW. Anyway I then stated that I would empty some out into the general bin as that is fairly empty, to which he told me that no that bin wouldn't be emptied as I had filled it with the wrong stuff/materials.:mad: So i have been left with a full garden bin and no solution.

Also took the kids with me while I did a quick shop but they spend the whole time going round asda's asking for this that and the next thing that I finally snapped and told them to stand in the one place witht he trolley and not to move and I went round finishing my shopping bringing the shopping back to them.:mad:

Anyway rant over, I am away for a cuppa and to start my list although on the plus side I did 2 hours of paper filing last night so the study is looking much better and the desk is clear enough to wip down.

Bibbitybob

Hello everyone! Newbie here - I've looked at the flylady site before as I have M.E and everything looks so much more manageable! Would I be best waiting until next week, starting this week's today or starting from Thursday and missing Mon, Tue & Wed? Thanks!

pigpen

I've been and had my nails made all pretty again.. Done a bit of shopping.. have enough for dinner tonight and done most of the 'dailies'.. Just need to make start on everything else now!!

My Thursday list..

[strike]WM[/strike] x2
[strike]TD[/strike] x1
[strike]DW[/strike] x1
[strike]BM[/strike]
[strike]Laundry on line..[/strike]
[strike]Fold[/strike] and put away clean laundry
[strike]Buy a couple of GBA games [/strike]to keep them occupied on the way to our holiday!!
[strike]Sew school pinafores & trousers for DD4[/strike] my mother has borrowed my overlocker so these will have to be done next week now.. or the week after.. before school anyway!
[STRIKE]Put children to bed!!!!! [/STRIKE]HALLELULIAH!!!!

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 3
Tidy [strike]shoes[/strike], coats and bags
Vacuum under furniture
Extra Mission:

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Level 3

Wipe doors and handles
Extra mission tasks

• Wipe at least one door and it's frame, don't forget the handle
• Dust skirting boards in any one room

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area

[strike]Clean bath, toilet and sink[/strike] some dirty troll has smeared poo on the sink in the loo again so she can clean it off tomorrow
Level Three
Vacuum/sweep and mop these rooms
Wipe keyboard and mouse
Wipe down tiles in bathroom

Adding extras.. hubby's list is red!

Sweep kitchen
Mop kitchen
clear back room
check dance shoes/leotards and see whose needs replacing
Find paint for the boys room
Buy paint for bathroom
[strike]food shop.. [/strike]
refix the curtain track in the back room
sand bathroom walls ready for painting

jjef

jjef wrote: »

List for tomorrow -

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[strike]Clear any clutter from desk[/strike]
Level Two
Clear clutter from floor
[strike]Clean bath, toilet and sink [/strike]
[strike]Dust PC and desk [/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Vacuum/sweep and mop these rooms [/strike]
[strike]Wipe keyboard and mouse [/strike](these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
[strike]Wipe down tiles in bathroom
[/strike]
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

• [strike]Clean any light fittings and switches in these rooms [/strike]
• [strike]Wash your bathroom mats [/strike] did today:j
• Sort your toiletries, flinging anything well past it's use by and those empty containers. Leave out what needs using first like the last bit of shower gel in a bottle etc.

my bits
[strike]
hoover bedroom
hoover main traffic area
water plants in greenhouse
put out bins
pack bags for the girls who are having a sleepover with their cousin
bank
[/strike]

Apologies for my earlier rant much calmer now - a neighbour who only has grass in their garden is going to empty half of my bin into his for next weeks collection so that is one thing less to worry about but still very p****d off with the whole thing.

It has obviously got me fired up as I have worked my way more or less through todays list as well as getting out and dried 4 washes I reckoned that I would take advantage of the sunny & windy day and catch up on the washing.

Off to sort out tea - only me and OH as kids are being fed elsewhere they are also staying for a sleep over,as we are heading to the football tonight, so I think that once they have gone I will grab some time for a bath and some quiet time:D


Bibbitybob its up to you whether you start today or wait for next monday, all the rooms will get repeated during next week so you will soon catch up. I started midweek and it didn't make a difference. Welcome onboard.

Solwaykid

Hi there Bibbitybob, welcome to the thread!
Thursdays is usally bathrooms so you could jump in tomorrow when the list goes up if you wanted. Friday is kids rooms, but some of us with none at home have the day off . Either way you'll be made welcome and have a good chance to have a moan or a chat into the bargain. Just remember Baby steps at first it pays in the long run.

Edit to say, oops it IS Thursday. I've lost the plot!

Dusty, I 'saw' Hev on another thread last week I think, maybe she's having a break?
jjef,infuriated on your behalf other than sneaking it into bags in the regular stuff I don't know what I would do.

Cuppa time and update. I'm flagging a bit so a 'narna too.
My list for today
[strike]Ring Happy Birthday Bro[/strike]
[strike]Colour hair[/strike]
[strike]WM x3[/strike] good and windy today 5 done
[strike]Ring vet[/strike]. Bob's been fighting again and limping on the other foot 4pm
Charity shop drop off walked round with 1, 2 to go
[strike]Go to Tip with branches [/strike]might be some more in a bit if I get going
[strike]then Clean car out
[/strike][STRIKE]Sort car insurance[/STRIKE]
Ring loans people -there must be a better deal Got my settlement figure and they couldn't better it so carry on looking
Look at all my direct debits - in vain
[strike]Clean windows[/strike] (my mother coming over on Sunday!)
[STRIKE]Write a 'snagging' list for my lovely Step-Dad.[/STRIKE]
Pot house plants on
Clean up a big bag of honey jars I rescued from work. Dumped in garage, not happening today.
[strike]Mowed the lawn [/strike]too which wasn't on my list :T

Going to do some light gardening duties for half an hour 'til its time to catch Bob for the v.e.t.and the sit down jobs can wait 'til this evening.

I found a HUGE frog (maybe a toad?) living in the storage bench where I keep my garden bin bags and pots. I'll have to see if one of my neighbours has a pond for it.

Have fun doing what you're doing, back this evening.
It is awfully quiet on here, I feel like a right chatterbox today!

JillD_2

Afternoon people :wave:

We had a lovely night out last night, maanged to fit in a coffee before the film, and the film was very good. Long though, we were sat down almost 3 hours, my bladder just about held out, but I thought my bump was going to cut off blood supply to my legs it felt so heavy :rotfl:

As usual I am completey shattered but hubby let me have a bit of a lie in today which helped, and I have done loads including all of us going out for a sandwich for olunch at Waitrose (oo how posh).

My list for today:

[STRIKE]- get kids up, dressed, breakfasted
- tidy up after breakfast
[/STRIKE]- hoover out whats left of double buggy and clean chassis - will I ever do this
- reassemble double buggy covers
- clear out bureau - really must do this, its been on list for ages
[STRIKE] - washing on
- washing out on line
- clear draining board
- do lunch - hurray we went out instead
- tidy up after lunch- hurray didnt have to as we went out
- hoover main bedroom
- hoover kids bedrooms - in advance of tomorrow
- dust and cobweb kids bedrooms - in advance of tomorrow
- hoover stairs and all downstairs rooms
[/STRIKE]- fix spare room cupboard door
- sort receipts
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
- check hubbys expenses and offset against credit cards where required
- do tea
- tidy up from tea
- get kids bathed and to bed
- tidy playroom
- ironing
- dishwasher on
- dishwasher emptied

As I've done the kids rooms I shouldn't have too muc to do tomorrow which is good as we are out for a lot of the day, and then I could get some bits done off my list when we are at home.

Right now wll go and read todays posts!

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
[STRIKE]Level One
Clear any clutter from desk
Level Two
Clear clutter from floor
Clean bath, toilet and sink
Dust PC and desk
Level Three
Vacuum/sweep and mop these rooms
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
[/STRIKE]Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

• Clean windows in today's rooms
• Clean any light fittings and switches in these rooms
• [STRIKE]
  
• Wash your bathroom mats - did bath toys instead
• Sort your toiletries, - cleaned out bathroom cupboard
• [/STRIKE]