Weekly Flylady Thread 14th December

Valli

TYVM (see DD it so IS a thing) for last week and this week. Mama decided we would finish the wallpapering today (rest was done in summer hols LOL)- so, by the time she and Papa arrived I had taken down the blind, and the curtain, (I have vertical blinds - sun comes in first thing) and the rail, and reduced the coffee table to it's constituent parts (no takers on FB when offered for sale; given previous experience when giving stuff away I am not offering it for £0) so that will go to tip tomorrow, en route to the paid stuff. And stuff needed brought down from loft...

and fast forward to this evening - decorating done, window cleaned, LR almost all cleaned (am working round) sofas swapped around, tree up. Missing are garland for banister and candle bridge so a reluctant child will be pushed into loft to look in old bedding box as that is only place they can be - to look. Tree decorated and up. Tha Vallikids wnat to be collected Fri/Sat (DD) and Sun (DS) so am glad I didn't book ticket for work night out (also Sunday - likelihood is I would be too exhausted (was going to type 'K' word) or late to go. Am now pondering thought of going for DD straight from work on Friday as will be already half way there. And if I set off before 4pm traffic might not be too horrendous..

Please bear in mind cleaning includes washing down hence why it's a l-o-n-g job! Took all glass lightshades down and washed them. Thus removing arachnid abseiling evidence :eek:

That Christmas Stocking is beautiful...

Anyway the main post 'builders' in cleaning is now done, so hopefully, by Friday, Villa Valli will be perfect. To quote Mama 'you're in a tip' (trans - the house is both a mess and dirty) well yeah - been so busy...

MinnieMousesMummy

Thanks for last week thread and thanks for the new one for this week. Sorry I did not manage to keep up with the goingons of last week. This week is going to be so busy so I need to get my act together.

Monday - a bit of everything!
Back to basics and shine your sink!
Clear your hallways and stairs - we don't want any accidents!
Clear and wipe your table. Replace with fresh table linen as needed, or even just a fresh tea towel.
Dust and deweb all through downstairs
Sweep or vac too
Wipe down your front door, inside and out.
S&S the downstairs loo / cloak.
Uni/Work/Family
Let the chickens out to roam
Take kids to school/nursery/childminder
Go into uni (9-12)
Check uni emails
Complete assignment for uni (due Wednesday)
Do m.sing that is in for today
Check online banking and move money arouns
HH filing
Collect kids from childminder
Close chickens away before dark
Extras
Dig out festive tableware / linen, if you use it - does it need a wash?
Check on spare bedding if you're expecting guests
Take a bit of time to reflect on the year so far
Make dentist appointments for the kids
Check through presents to see what else is required
Put ironed clothes away
Go through mountain of sock and pair/put away
Catch up with thread
Sort through dd's clothes and get rid of small ones

Tuesday - kitchen and dining room
Clear & wipe your counters
Wipe down small appliances - any need descaling?
Empty and clean the fridge out
Defrost the freezer
Wash a window
Wipe the tiles / splash back
Wipe switch plates and remove grubby finger marks
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe the big appliances and units
Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Clean the oven
Spend 15min on a DR hotspot
Wipe the table - including underside and legs
Wipe over the seats, wash any removable covers
Uni/Work/Family
Take kids to school/nursery/childminder
Let the chickens out to roam
Attend dd's part at nursery
Check uni emails
Spend 2 hours on uni work
HH filing
HHI
Do m.sing work that is in for today
Collect kids from childminder
Close the chickens away before dark
Extras
Make space in a cupboard if you'll be buying extra food in
Spend some time with your diary
Check your naughty and nice lists or any other lists
Are all your cards posted?
List unwanted stuff for sale
Clean out the pets
Catch up with thread
Put batteries in signing things

pigpen

Organising my days...


Monday.. Post parcels, sort cards and SS, finish scarf and block 3 items, sort Avon. Wrap DS1 stuff.. only 2 boxes so not too long I suppose. 1 parcel delivery, book appointment @ SMB
Tuesday.. 2 parcel deliveries, post parcels again, post SS & cards,
Wednesday.. meeting @ school 3:30 re DS3, Help mother pm, More deliveries
Thursday.. second meeting at school, help mother pm. nursery Christmas service 11am
Friday.. nail appt. help mother pm or sack off her mess and go out for lunch nursery Christmas party
Saturday .. Mimi's b-day.. need cake! Must fit in a Tesco trip at some point (delegate to OH). finalise Christmas Tesco delivery for Monday. .. Ahead of myself!!
Sunday.. Wrap last bits.. sort into bags.. ignore for a few days and cry with relief that its all done.. contemplate baking during the week.. I miss my delicious Christmas scones!..
Monday.. Fruit/veg deliveries £85 (inc £30 of my mothers) meeting for boys 10:30am, ring PIP and CMS .. and solicitor, he needs yelling at, I forgot,
Tuesday .. hospital appt. am .. packing pm. Avon order in!
Wednesday.. packing.. meat delivery £60
Thursday.. Christmas day in my house
Friday.. sort bags of presents for family.. might do Christmas dinner.. might!
Saturday.. have my house trashed.
Sunday.. spend another day tidying, freeze cooked meats, excess scrannage donated to DS1/DD1
Monday.. head off to mankchester until the 2nd or 3rd.. not sure yet ... anyone need a Christmas friend?

yeah.. I'm not baking lol

Monday - a bit of everything!
Level 1
Back to basics and shine your sink!
Level 2
Sweep or vac too
Level 3
Wipe down your front door, inside and out... not the outside.. its gross.. and freezing out there!


Tuesday - kitchen and dining room
Level 1
Clear & wipe your counters
Level 3
Spend 15min on a hotspot
Extras

• Are all your cards posted?.. haha, yeah, you're fuuuuunnnyyyyy

Wednesday - head upstairs
Level 1
Feather dusters at the ready: deweb
Level 2
Floordrobe clearance:
Level 3
Vac through all your lovely clear floors!.. weekend job!

Thursday - living room
Level 1
Remove all the bits and bobs that don't belong here and spend 15min rehoming them.
Level 3
Vac through all your lovely clear floors!

Friday - bathroom and study / PC area
Level 1
Empty any bins, clear your windowsills
Clean sinks / toilets
Level 2
Wipe over any tiles easily reached .. I mop mine!
Do the floors need a mop / wipe?
Extras

• Get any last minute cards sorted - post by Saturday if 2nd class!
  
  Everything done or irrelevant deleted.. tiles I will clean 'the next bit' its taking a while to deal with all the excess grout.

Dustykitten

Good Morning all

Thanks Bossy great lists, very doeable.

MummyR3 I'm going on Tuesday to (also have a pain so hoping it is just my TMJ), I'll be thinking of you x

Busy week for everybody this week I expect, try to find moments for yourself, you can't give from an empty vessel.

Mumof2_2

Morning everyone, can't believe it's Monday already! J has gone to Basingstoke and will be going to France later in the week - back in the UK 22nd December, home 23rd December. We talked some more on the weekend, I raised his control issues (again) - he doesn't think he has any but said we can work it out and I actually told him the way he was on Thursday was the equivalent of kicking a dog and then being really overly nice to it afterwards .... not that I'm a dog but you get the gist. Anyhow, he has apologised for the way he has been behaving and realised that it is unacceptable, I think we have cleared the air and I'm standing strong.

So today I need to go to the shops, I have a typing job to do plus today's cleaning jobs. Bit more wrapping to do too. It's S's birthday on Saturday but everything is all done for that thankfully.

Have a good day and sorry to ramble on about J; thanks for all your help and support over the last week with this.

Biscuit_monster

Morning all,

Started typing a post last night to say sorry for being awol last week, just so so busy, but fell asleep in the middle of it.
Anyway I'm in. Last few days I have finished Christmas present shopping, wrapped a lot of it, wrote cards, posted cards, (including flycards and secret santa) Ps natty I fear they may be a day late, really sorry xxx
There was a lot of water on Saturday, dizzy I hope everything is OK with you. Our garden flooded again (thankfully house escaped) and really most of the lawn is now completely round.
I have also done a bit more decorating , cleaned LR, and trimmed up. Thanks for lists Bossy ,I'm going to try and do some of them as well as decorating this week as the house is a dump. not in paid stuff until Thursday.

Plan:

Daily stuff.
Bit of list.
Sweep up outside a bit.
Finish present wrapping.
Touch up paint in girls new bedroom
Final floor varnish also
Start sanding filler in hall

Phew!

Have a good Monday all x

atypicalblonde

Good Morning all,

Thank you for the list Bossy So far today I have set the WM going, franked all of my business post to drop off this morning and made DH packed lunch. Next job is to package up an ebay parcel, then coax the littlies to eat brekkie...

Have lovely days all xx

cyclingyorkie

Morning all.

Up at sparrows cough ( or my cough, more like ) and have got more rubbish out in bins.

I'm in, well fluttering anyway. House is a tip and no decorations up yet. We must get our act together.

Today is shopping with DD1. She slept here last night so we will catch the bus into town early.

Good luck with helping your mum Pigpen.

YORKSHIRELASS

Mumof2 wrote: »

I'm standing strong.

Well done, keep going, glad you are talking it through. And keep posting, I find it helps to talk on here because you can say things that you maybe wouldnt say to anyone else.

I havent written any cards yet, I dont do many but have one or two to post so I will get that sorted this afternoon.

Have a good Monday everyone x

mrs-moneypenny

Thanks for the lists bossy and natty.
Pigpen I need to do what you've done and do an organise my days list as well. So much going on, can't believe we break up this Friday for Christmas. Got a great week ahead, party today, panto later in the week, games day, plus making cards and calendars. Sad but will be taking the deccys down in the classroom.
Have a couple more bits to post so must do them today.
Hugs to all that need them
Got a couple of things to wrap before school so better make a start.