Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd November 2015

Valli

Bossy - when learning to read/improving there should only be one word in 20 that the reader struggles with. Phonics, if well-taught, gives decoding skills, but the reader may not understand all words. He/she should be able to work out the meaning in context though.

HTH

(ough is a rotten grapheme though as there are so many pronunciations!)

mrs-moneypenny

Happy birthday Iona, hope you've had a lovely day.
Hope all are well
I've been at work all day then stayed on for the Christmas fayre afterwards, dd2 and family came and stayed after for tea so I feel like I've only just sat down.

Grabbing a glass of vino and a few pages of a book now.

Have a good weekend all.

pigpen

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

Pigpen now I have got this idea about you taking an axe to that fireplace !!!.

Kilkenny limestone... sledgehammer!

Wall painted ...

I will bore you with pics in a bit when I've sorted some space. It looks so much cleaner and brighter, I may like it.. just need to disappear the crap in there now!!

MinnieMousesMummy

Good evening, I am tired and sore after a very busy day today, therefore I am just going to update my list and then head to bed.

Monday ~ Lovely Living Room, Happy Hall and Safe Stairs
Vacuum these areas
Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Binbag dance
Check you have your Christmas card list done
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself
Fling Boogie (27), you know the routine, grab a bag and clear that clutter!
Clean out the vacuum cleaner, empty the bag/bucket, clean filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY!
Complete next section of Maths course work

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and dining room
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe down all the major appliances.. clean filters/drawers/seals etc
Wipe over the cupboards fronts and kickboards
Spend an hour writing notes up
Wipe the table
Sweep and mop the floors
Deweb and defluff these rooms
Clear and mop/vacuum the floors
Scrub down the dining chairs..
Binbag dance! Grab a binbag.. fill it up.. and chuck it out!
Clean the oven.. and the shelves!
Wipe and replace ALL the small appliances
Clear out a manky cupboard

Wednesday ~ Master Bedrooms and Landings
Remove floordrobe, make sure all clothes are put away neatly
Strip bed linen and wash, replace with clean linen
Vacuum floors in these areas
Clean tops of drawers
Clean windows in these areas
Cobweb removal upstairs, go on grab a duster and swipe them down
Clean light fittings and light switches in any room, more than one if you like
Organise uni notes into a folder - Work In Progress, as I have ordered plastic folders

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted
Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
Clean windows in these rooms
Check house for places where draughts are getting in such as doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it
Clean out that airing cupboard, get rid of those things you don't need, you can use dead towels as cleaning cloths etc be ruthless! Yes this means parting with the 'just in case' things you have kept and you'll never use!
Clean the toilet bowl on the outside and the floor in front of it, especially for those with little boys!

Friday!!~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms!
Go into school for paperwork required for DS2
Sort through one pile of paperwork
Declutter the floors
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Put all the discs in their boxes and the books on the shelves and the toys in the chests!
Sort through a chest of drawers/wardrobe and fling anything that no longer fits.
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Drag the junk from under the bed and put it in its proper homes.
Fill a binbag for charity shop.. Santa will be here in 30 days so make some space!
Dust and vacuum and wipe of sticky grotty bits.
Contact landlord regarding repairs that are still needing to be done
Tidy a box of 'stuff'
Binbag dance!.. See how many toys you can fling before the large guy in red arrives.
HHI
Check through what decorations etc you have and what needs replacing/buying/finding, check lights etc
Scrub your grill pan..
Clean where your Christmas tree and any other decorations are going.
Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!!

Saturday
Let the chickens out to run and feed all animals
Clean out the chickens and give them fresh bedding
Clean out the hamster and give her fresh bedding
Check experiment for uni and update results
Check uni emails
Check through Mr T delivery and put away
Make a start on unit 4 for uni
Do 3 loads of washing
Submit s&s information
HHI
Catch up with the thread
Sort through one pile of paperwork
Organise diary for next week
Ask DH where the decs are
Get an early night

I really hope to get a lot of this list completed tomorrow, as I am just going to potter around the house all day and work through it.

Dustykitten

Evening all

Got all the hoovering done, floors mopped/washed and finished cleaning the bathroom.

Done a heap of governor reading/emails.

I need a list for the weekend now and to just finish up in the kitchen then bed and a book.

Dustykitten

This week's outstanding list
Clean shower room
Change DS3 bed
Dust DS3 bedroom
Sort baking cupboard; write list of what is needed for Christmas baking

Niggling HH jobs for the coming week:
[STRIKE]Governor emails
Change bathroom filter[/STRIKE]
Fix cord on blind in spare room
Hem cricket troussers
Sort out 'the' kitchen drawer
Filing

Adding for the weekend

[STRIKE]Dust LR[/STRIKE]
Mum's paperwork
Repot bay tree aah new pot is too small
Remove dahlias from pots and store for winter rain stopped play, cut back but not dug up
Update Christmas list
Check all bank accounts
Get down Christmas lights and get DH to put up

Massive sort of the dining room to be started so that it is clear for Christmas

Mumto5

Thanks for the suggestions. My day got worse! Cambridge park and ride has taken 5 hours of my day. work was 5 hours. I relieved DD1 who took DD2 to meet Santa ( so gutted I could not get there in time. DD2's belief is hanging on by a very thin thread). Went back to get my car and managed ro scrape another car getting out of my sardine tin parking space :-(

DH has been brilliant. He put his phone no on the note we left on the damaged car, spoke to the owner who was very reasonable. He pointed out out to me that i've worked 3 weeks and my recent paycheck will just about out the insurance excess! Its 11pm now and i have to go back to work for 9 am tomorrow. Better go to bed!

dancemum

How horrid mumto5. Hugs x

I lost a long post earlier

Edited version. Lots of flying and I have eaten my oldest frog. I have sorted some court papers from 2000-2003. It was still unpleasant. 2 hours shreading followed.

Happy Birthday Ionafan x

Christmas cards found and written x

pigpen

Love and hugs to all... I have a major wheeze going on.. as well as my throat infection and UTI and the goddamn cough!! My lungs are filled with rubber bands! ... but I'm still alive...

Off to paint a bit more and reshuffle some furniture! Then I can bore you with pics!

ionafan

Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I've had a good day - a very pleasant drive to a productive meeting this morning, though it began raining on the way back; lunch out with DH; another productive meeting this afternoon in the opposite direction; managed to pick up another click and collect item from Merry Hell on the way there; choir practice this evening (they all sang to me ); food shopping on the way home; and a long chat with DD. DS1 says he will pop round in the morning, and DS2 has sent a card that mad me laugh out loud. Flying has been limited to putting away the shopping and making coffee!

Tomorrow I have to get DH to the station by 07:30 so that he can go and steward at the big model railway show at the NEC. I've got choral society rehearsal all afternoon and the concert in the evening. Hoping to get some more paperwork and tidying done between times, and I need to weigh out cake ingredients ready for baking on Sunday.

Sorry your day has been miserable, Mumto5.
Well done on dealing with your oldest frog, dancemum. Shredding can be very therapeutic.
Hope your course went well, froddy.
LW, are you enjoying the patter of muddy feet now?
Pigpen, be careful of your health, please - there are some very nasty chest infections around atm.

See you all tomorrow x