Weekly Flylady Thread 14th September 2015

Mumto5

CY I love your splat the rat idea. Great analogy! I hope you get the remaining 3 sessions out the way in good time for :xmastree:


I've had a good morning. Family bathroom and en-suite are done. I've unloaded the DW, Put 2 loads of washing on and washed all the hard floors.


I took a very deep breath and entered DS2's bedroom. Like Valli I have picked up a million grubby socks (40). I've picked up the floordrobe and put in in neat piles on his bed for him to put away when he gets in from college. I've evicted everything from his walk in cupboard and have a good pile for the CS.


I'm just having a cup of tea then I'm going to dust and hoover DS2's room (now I can see the floor). I have delayed doing this so far as DS1 is still asleep (Works night shift until 2am).

minerva_windsong

*joins CY's rat-splatting/shrinking visualising team*

Had a bit of a slow day yesterday as was back in paid stuff with an event all morning and then an afternoon of catching up on emails from when I was on leave, and then had a Tesco order coming in the evening so didn't get much done. I did do Level 1 before work yesterday though which made me feel incredibly virtuous! Onwards and upwards then...

Tuesday Trauma - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE]
Clean the fridge.. get rid of all those furry things growing in corners!
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, microwave etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard..

Extra Mission:

• Run the WM through 'clean cycle'.. hottish wash with a splosh of vinegar, soda crystals bleach.. whatever you fancy just clear those pipes of gunge!
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• 31 fling boogie..
• Wipe over the oven and hob
• [STRIKE]Empty the bin[/STRIKE].. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Wednesday wobbles- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Scrub down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry[/STRIKE]

Extra mission:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• [STRIKE]Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it[/STRIKE]
• Make a long list of those bodies you need to purchase christmas gifts for!!.. exactly 100 days!! lol

My list for today
[STRIKE]S&S kitchen
Get outfit ready for tomorrow[/STRIKE]
Washing machine x 1
Put away washing on airer
[STRIKE]Bring blue bin in[/STRIKE]
Cancel laptop insurance
Change account mobile phone direct debit is paid from
Buy envelope for nephew's birthday present
Practise Italian
Write a blog post

Biscuit_monster

Afternoon all,

CY, I will allow you to use the C word this early, as long as I'm still allowed to be in complete denial until the second week in December;)

Off list today. Not really been on list yet this week. Have done five miles with do this morn, and have decided today will be laundry and ironing as it has reached serious crisis point. So:

DW
Quick tidy through
Quick Hoover through
Mop kitchen floor (3 dogs running around it this morn)
[STRIKE]S&S
Make beds[/STRIKE]
WM
WM
WM
Ten years ironing

Got until half four when I take girls to swimming

Wish me luck x

cyclingyorkie

That suits me fine Biscuit monster! I normally don't think about the C word until after DD2's birthday on December 9th. Then I normally panic. This year I want to enjoy it. And enjoy planning it.

bargainhunterss

CY - I'm happy to join in splat the rat with everyone and lots of withering vibes for the nasty cells. I hope the next courses of chemo are ok and not too draining for you.

Piggers - glad to hear your OH is enjoying his college course. Mr B has been talking about wanting to move in another direction and get another job, I just hope he finds something he will enjoy!

The list :eek::eek:

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum the hall and stairs (did the LR at the weekend)
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Clear the mantel and only put back the items which are supposed to be there.. and that doesn't include letters, keys or other treasure!
Level Three
Water (all) plants
Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
Change the bed

Extra Mission:

• Have a bit of a tidy in the cupboard under the stairs. :eek::eek::eek:

Tuesday Trauma - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Clean the fridge.. get rid of all those furry things growing in corners!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, microwave etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard..

Extra Mission:

• Run the WM through 'clean cycle'.. hottish wash with a splosh of vinegar, soda crystals bleach.. whatever you fancy just clear those pipes of gunge!
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Wipe over the oven and hob
• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Wednesday wobbles- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mat
Scrub down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry

Extra mission:

• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
• [STRIKE]Make a long list of those bodies you need to purchase christmas gifts for!!.. exactly 100 days!! lol[/STRIKE]

pigpen

Well I'm refusing to give in to the tired.. I did a school run, dyed yarn, fed the DW x2 and now sorting party food.. I'm so going to be in bed for 9pm lol.

My hands are blue!

BH.. tell him to apply now he can probably get places on most courses at college still or even try a couple of 6 week taster courses to give him an idea what he might want to do. OH is making a bathroom cabinet! I'm so utterly delighted he has found something to do he enjoys even if school runs are slowly killing me

bossymoo

Phew, just finished paid stuff (sort of, might do another hour later). Been a good first week back.

School run was ok too - DD was out on time, enabling me to get to DS class before they were evicted :T Then I went into the office to ask the receptionist to book them both out for a day as medical appointment - last year I had to put it in writing and explain the whole bliddy bereavement thing again. This time, no questions asked, not even for an appointment card! Yaay!

I'm just about to grate some cheese then they can make their flatbread pizza snacks, which they've decided is for tea. DS is also having a fruit kebab made in school - it has apple, grapes and tomato on it :rotfl: what a combo!

I've just put a wash on and emptied DW! And need to have a look at the list to see what I've missed

Tomorrow, for the first time in 4yrs, I'm going to a salon for a haircut! It's the first of my non-working days since DD started school, so I'm also going to meet my mother for a :coffee: after at the shopping centre nearby :T

YORKSHIRELASS

Enjoy some me time Bossy and have a great holiday Lynne.

I decided to do the kids bedrooms today so they have had a good dust, hoover and declutter. Sorted a couple of e-mails that need to be dealt with. 2 loads of washing done, its a lovely day here.

I decided that when DS went back to school I would get my act together with mealtimes and start planning and using my slow cooker again. I am really pleased with how this is working out, it makes life so much easier when you are organised. Gym class tonight and I need to be getting ready soon. Will just put some laundry away first.

Honey_Bear

I hope you enjoy your hairdresser appointment, Bossy and your day out.

Progress:

[STRIKE] Muck out my office
Turn it into accommodation room
Clean shower room
Clean landing windows for secondary glazing
Get draught excluder curtain down from attic, along with LA's cushions and pillows, and put the dog crate and sewing stuff up there.
Turn superking around
Turn double around[/STRIKE]
Defrost kitchen fridge
Wash the kitchen floor again
Wipe out lodger's fridge

I also went to collect some drugs for the dog to dose him up. He's been getting a little bit more hysterical each day since I ran out of soothing drugs about 10 days ago and the last 24 hours were obviously very worrying for him. I decided to put him back on them, checked the dosage I was giving him and discovered he'd been on half the ideal dose for a dog his size, which was obviously why I didn't think they were that effective. Gave him his first one at about 11.00 am today and he's lying back in a deckchair with his sunglasses and speedos on, sipping a pina colada.

That's enough for one day. I'm going to hop in the bath to Fly myself.

nicki_2

I've managed to prepare my 99 books, I have 42 newsletters printed, my calling book (so I know where I've put books through) is updated with the Christmas only customers, and I was going to put them out tonight but I still need to do new customer letters. However I'm getting square eyes from looking at the computer all day watching catch up TV so I'm going to run to Mr A with DD for a top up shop as we're out of milk then do the rest of it.

Flying wise I've tided the kitchen, finished the laundry and hung it all out to dry. We need to get moving to Mr A though or we won't get any bargains from the reduced section. :wave: