Weekly Flylady Thread 27th August 2007

Dustykitten

pigpen wrote: »

I don't do 'babies' either.. !!

I can't believe this from somebody who has had 8 - I thought you must love 'em.

Hope DS3 has said a big sorry, how old is that one?

Lil-me sonic is fab, I never knew you could get mini ones - can you feed him slugs when he is bigger - that would be fun.

Dustykitten

Tuesday Living Room
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Extra Mission

• tmf

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing

Vacuum floor in bedroom
Level 2
Remove bed linen and wash, replace with fresh
Clean window & wipe windowsill
Level 3
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Wipe doors and handles
Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
Level Three

Extra mission:
15 minutes paperwork sorting!
Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see)
Level Two
Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be
Dust, make sure you get the tops of wardrobes/drawers
Level Three
Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen
Extra Mission Tasks - pick any one or more

• put cricket clothes away until January
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Declutter one hotspot anywhere
• Clean any mucky marks off kids doors and walls, oh and those lightswitches and door frames.

Ah good plenty left to keep me busy tomorrow!!!

Ginger_Girl

Evening!
Just caught up - Lil-Me, Sonic is SOOOOO cute!!
Mind you - DD1 has just got over the sad demise of Declan the goldfish (2 weeks old) - his buddy is still happily swimming around though!
Have managed to everything on list EXCEPT for the ironing. Oops - just didn't seem to get started and as such was very hard to finish! I guess it'll have to stay there till Saturday now!
Have made sure DH knows what to feed little ones for tea 2morrow - and have provided clear instructions - so should flow like clockwork (watch this space!)
Just off to have a relaxing glass of white stuff - anyone care to join???

hollyh

Hi everyone

I don't seem to ave done anything for the last two days

I was out all day yesterday at Folly Farm but i'm not sure what todays excuse is.:rolleyes:

Oh well i have a nice long list for tommorow.

Lil_me Sonic is just the cutest i want one.

Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Level 2
[STRIKE]Remove bed linen and wash, replace with fresh[/STRIKE](one thing i actually did today)
Clean window & wipe windowsill
Level 3
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
[STRIKE]Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
[/STRIKE]
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
• Sort one clothes drawer or wardrobe area, even if for 5 minute, remove anything that shouldn't be there
• Clean your vacuum cleaner out, get that hair off that brush, it'll improve it's performance aswell as being cleaner!

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)
Level Two
Clean bath, toilet and sink
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
Level Three
Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

• [STRIKE]
  
• Wash your bathroom mats
• [/STRIKE]
• Sort a wardrobe or part of, a drawer or set of drawers making sure it has what needs to be in it and any 'extras' are put where they should be.
• 15 minutes paperwork sorting!
• Clean windows in these rooms

Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see)
Level Two
Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be
Dust, make sure you get the tops of wardrobes/drawers
Level Three
Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen
Extra Mission Tasks - pick any one or more

• Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Declutter one hotspot anywhere
• Clean any mucky marks off kids doors and walls, oh and those lightswitches and door frames.

List next 10 items ebay
Buy new school shoes for ds1
Label uniform
Take up trousers
Mend coat
Get wood chippings
Lay down black plastic to stop weeds
Weed small garden
Sweep path
Bring bins in

Solwaykid

Ha ha, I'm back again. I recorded 45 mins of static last night so nothing doing on the Silent Witness front. What a fool.

I generally don't do Fridays list but I thought I might just look at the 'extras' (apart from the ME time obviously..) Being a lazy thing I didn't go to the first post and just had a look once Dusty had cut n pasted it.. Dusty, I thought your "put cricket things away 'til January" was a Lil_me suggestion and thought Crikey, that's a bit specific! What a fool I am again.

Tomorrow I'd like to (well, ought to is what I mean)
Clean the inside of the windows
Shopping
Learn how to use the video
Strip some more of the kitchen
Measure up curtains for lining fabric.
ME time is probably Saturday 12-4


Gingergirl, no white stuff of any description in the house 'til I shop. Raising my mug of instant Hot Choc though. Cheers!

rach

evening all

fab evening, chatted to our hearts content and all it cost me was £5.60 train and £1.30 for a cup of tea. had meal in bella italia courtesy of my tesco vouchers and friend bought the wine (that was the deal as they were my vouchers). train only every hour so we opted not to be too late home which is nice, as we meet in the middle so have to travel alone. am tired now so i think will go to bed (once i've remade it) with harry potter (thanks 7ww, am getting there with it!) and get a good sleep. will still be 12 by the time i've sorted and read!

my list from today i'll carry over to tomorrow as no kids rooms here

night all

JillD_2

sexymouse - sounds like you had a lucky escape from Zizzi. Hope you get the pay thing sorted, that sucks about the tips though, cheeky sods.

lil_me - oooh how cute is Sonic

7ww and pigpen - another one here that doesn;t do babies - why am I having another one ?? LOL. Just not into the whole newborn thing, they are much more fun once they walk talk etc except then they won't sit still/shut up :rotfl:

rach - are you reading the new Harry Potter ? I finished it last week, it was fab!

[STRIKE]- unload veg box - first delivery in months
- decide on tea
- cook tea
- tidy up from tea
- DW on
- put yesterday's washing away
- remade bed
- made hubby tidy up junk heap at his side of bed
[/STRIKE]- DW emptied
[STRIKE]- Asda online shop
- sorted bureau out[/STRIKE]

Tomorrow:
- kids up and breakfasted
- tidy up from breakfast
- get packed lunch ready for gym
- drop kids off in creche
- enjoy sitting down in cafe at gym
- hoovering
- take kids to their friend's house
- get stuff off old laptop
- clear hotspot on top of filing cabinet
- make tea - butternut squash and runner bean thai green curry off Riverford site
- clear up from tea
- make a start ion M&D album ?
- write up some stuff in baby books (would be good if DS and DD were a bit more up to date before #3 comes along )
- sort out more receipts I found in the bureau

Over weekend:
- return library books
- return DS slippers that didn't fit

Mammoth list update
- unfotunately am adding couple of things to it

My List - Done=63, ToDo=19:T

Yay I am winning BIGSTYLE!
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
- clean steriliser and bottles etc - friend returning them on Monday
- get new curtain pole for our bedroom
- make Ruby Wedding album for Mum and Dad (it was 14 months ago )
- make sure everything I need is off old laptop and decide whether to sell
- make sure everything is off old PC which kids now use
- get some stills off M&D wedding DVD for Ruby Wedding album
- write up baby books
- sort out receipts found in bureau
- return DS slippers
- return library books
- filing cabinet hotspot

Sewing machine stuff:
- make some trial breastpads
- make cushion covers for cushions for DD new bedroom
- seam and hang curtains in our bedroom

Garden:
- level patio with sand
- fill in paths with bark chips
- get hubby to dig me a new flower bed
- plant things in new flower bed!

Done: (leaving it here to make me feel good!)
[STRIKE]- clear out bureau
- paint DS room
- cut grass
- hem curtains in DD new room
- weed paths
- weed and prune flower bed
- sweep up all debris
- move old tubs and discard dead plants
- wash buggy raincovers
- try paint samples on DS room
- select and buy paint for DS room
- label all DS school stuff
- sort out a hospital bag
- wash grobags, muslins, bibs and soft toys
- organise recipes
- get down grobags for baby from loft so I can wash tiny ones
- move DD height chart
- fix spare room cupboard door back on (it fell off this week)
- build cot
- get fitted for nursing bras
- buy apron for DS for school
- make mini album of holiday photos of kids for my Mum
- batch cook lasagne
- label all boxes of stuff in garage so we can find things
- batch cook cheesy quorn veg pie
- sort out overnight bags for kids in case we have to farm them out when baby comes
- wash boy newborn baby clothes
- move budgeting account money from low interest account to new higher rate one
- wash girl newborn baby clothes
- wash neutral newborn baby clothes
- hang swimming certificates up in kids rooms
- launder all baby covers for double buggy, moses basket, bouncy chair, play gym, car seat
- assess sheets for baby, do they need washing
- look for Avent bottles which appear to have got lost!!
- retrieve 2 buggies from under mountain of wood in garage
- get DVD in playroom sorted
- get down 0-3 boy and girl clothes from loft, to top up neutrals
- finish edging on rug for baby's room - will do whilst babysitting on Thursday
- print out a list of names and numbers for friends to look after kids when baby on the way
- clean baby bath stuff
- fix freeview in playroom
- sort out photos into nice storage boxes OH bought me
- finish and post letter to my Dad in hospital
- print out birth plan (for what its worth LOL)
- clean car seat and base
- buy newborn nappies and emergency formula
- get printer in study up and running again
- pay credit card bills
- pay window cleaner
- transfer all aranged play date things to diary and calendar
- shred big pile sitting beside shredder
- wash and put on spare room bed linen
- hang pictures in spare room
- hang curtains in DD new room
- stick up wall stickers in DD new room
- move DD door name plate
- put up baby's name plate
- clean room ready for baby
- get cot, moses basket etc down from loft and clean
- batch cook shepherds pie
- batch cook chilli
- batch cook sausage caserole
- batch cook quorn and veg caserole
[/STRIKE]

lil_me

He's a specific breed, African Pygmy, UK ones not bred for pets. Shame is the cost, £150+ and they live for about 4-5 years, so not a replacable hamster type cost.

Slugs not really as might be carrying nasties from garden (same with captive bred other animals they become 'softer') but mealworms, wax worms, crickets (if I am willing to hold it they are too slow to catch them) things like that aswell as his 'spikes dinner' hedgehog biccies, cat food, other treats like meats, cheeses etc been told they enjoy. Threatened to stop feeding him tonight if he doesn't stop cacking on me!

Oh I'm fine with babies, even human ones, until they can move/refuse to do things.

pigpen

Dustykitten wrote: »

I can't believe this from somebody who has had 8 - I thought you must love 'em.

Hope DS3 has said a big sorry, how old is that one?

Lil-me sonic is fab, I never knew you could get mini ones - can you feed him slugs when he is bigger - that would be fun.

No I tolerate my own spawn because I have to and avoid other peoples wherever possible..

He is 8.. and a half!! lol

and no he didn't apologise.. hubby had a nag at him as well.. so tomorrow he will either be good as gold or an absolute terrorist.. in case it is the latter I shall be ready to take him to hubbys place of employment and leave him there with him!!!

pigpen

NOW... I'm going to bed!!!

See you all ... Later!!!!!