Weekly Flylady Thread 4th January 2016

pigpen

no ta Bossy.. I'm knitting

grastgirl

Had paid work yesterday and one of those days where other things got in the way. Hope to catch up a bit tomorrow.

Natty68 wrote: »

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter [/STRIKE]
Clear anything from the stairs! Safe stairs are a must These were clear until OH came home
Level Two
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Level Three
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup!
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe

• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• Take down the Christmas tree :xmastree: and pack it away for another year
  

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance[/STRIKE]
Level 3
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/STRIKE]
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

• Check through undies drawers, anything more holy than the church which needs to go/be repaired? Anyone need anything replacing?

bossymoo

That's better! Quick whizz round with a cloth and my spray bottle, and putting things away. Even smells nice in here. Rug could do with the sweeper on it but I'll do floors tomorrow.

I have 3 bin bags of goodies ready to be collected tomorrow by local charity shop that have been waiting in the garage patiently since before xmas hurrah, more leaving the house :T

That's me done for tonight, although I will wash those couple of cups before I go to Bedfordshire.

Dizzy_Imp

Evening ladies - just catching up on all the news and admiring the beautiful knitting. Very talented Mrs MP and Pigpen both!

Not much done today as I've had a day of builders questions, sand deliveries, foreman queries, surveyor phone calls, BT fault reporting, tea making, toddler entertaining and dog training.

Tomorrow the new WM and TD arrive. The mountain of stinky laundry will finally be addressed. My bathroom reeks. Boys and men are awfully smelly creatures :shocked: I've already sorted it into colours, lights/darks etc. so hoping it will just take the rest of the month to wash, dry, iron and put away.

YORKSHIRELASS

Bossy I was with you, you just didnt know it.

Dizzy cant imagine living with my three menfolk without a washing machine. I agree they are smelly beasts.

Feet up time.

Frizzlef

Wow! Busy thread this week! Took an age to catch up!

Ladies- lovely knitting! So clever!

YL- well done to your ds!

One more week of the paid stuff and then I'm on maternity leave although seem to have made a lot of plans so not a lot of time to put feet up! Not that you can when you already have children!

Did a bit of tidying up tonight but hubby ran me a lovely bubble bath to try and help me sleep tonight! So just posting this and drinking my cuppa and then turning out the light!

List for tomorrow
Friend visiting
Midwife app
Go to carpet place
Wm x 2
Dw
Declutter family room
Hoover family room
Empty all the bins

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Declutter kitchen

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter
Clear anything from the stairs! Safe stairs are a must
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup!

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
[*]Give everyone at home a bag to collect the things which belong to them that are not where they should be, give them 15 minutes to find them all and put them away You could threaten to bin whatever is left if they don't seeing as everyones being quite ruthless this week

Biscuit_monster

Evening all!

What a day! According to my fitness tracker thing I've done 22739 steps today, which explains why I am knackered!

Have:

Done most of daily stuff
Changed and washed bedding
Long dog walk
Put away shopping delivery
27 fling boogie

I went to clean out all the carp from old car ready for mot tomorrow. It has been stood for about a month, and when I opened the door the interior was covered in mold! Turns out the back seat footwear was six inches deep in water from some unidentified leak. Yuck. That took some cleaning.

Me and OH also rescued a duck in distress that my friend and I found while walking dogs. It had got trapped under a cattle grid. We had to build it a ramp out of planks and coax it out with bird seed!

Lovely knitting, both you knitters!

Bossy you are lucky not finding any passengers, I've been struggling with the little blighters for weeks.
Nit combing religiously over holidays, thought I'd cracked it, got about five each off the poor girls tonight.

Yuck yuck yuck.

Considering shaving their heads!

Harleyquinn

I've been really unwell with an awful bug for the past two days so not been able to do much more than lie in my bed so i've obviously not been flying.

Hoping to feel a lot better in tomorrow so I can play catch up since I'll be completely home alone, everyone's at work and the dog is at daycare giving me peace and quiet to get thing done

MinnieMousesMummy

Good evening everyone. It has been another busy day here but I am getting through my to do list so all is good. I am just going to update my list and head to bed, as tomorrow is going to be busy.

ionafan wrote: »

MMM, you sound very positive. Keep aiming for that dream job!

Thanks ionafan, Yes I feel really positive at the moment so hopefully it will last and things will actually happen this year.

Mumof2 wrote: »

Minniemousesmummy so sorry to hear that you got laid off, sending a hug

Thanks Mumof2 I was needing a hug yesterday morning but determined to see it as a positive sign.

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Wash the units and appliances.
Deweb
Binbag dance
HHI

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
HHI
Dust any areas below eye level
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Do 2 loads of washing and hang up or put in dryer
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Fill in nursery paperwork for ds2
HHI
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Clean windows in these rooms
Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by
Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
Quick shower
Let the chickens out to roam and feed all animals
Do school and nursery run
Uni (9 - 12)
Confirm experiment date and time
Update diary and get rest of month organised so I know availability
Do paid stuff
Do s.e paperwork
Meet friend for a coffee
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Wash your bathroom mats
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or don't work
Look for ds2's birth certificate as needing it for nursery
Collect ds1 from school
Make sure ds1 does his homework for tomorrow
Close chickens away before dark
Attend meeting with client
Check conservation jobs on offer
Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
Remove anything from window sills in these rooms, clean before replacing the items (which you have of course given a wipe)
Clean toilet bowl inside and out, the floor in front of it aswell if you need to
15 minutes paperwork filing/flinging. Deal with anything urgent now.(need to print insurance docs, find medical cards and birth certificate)
Get paperwork to sort driving licence
Wipe skirting boards in these rooms
Spend 15 minutes tackling a cupboard/storage area you have been avoiding dealing with.
Update list and sort list for Friday
Get an early night

Time for bed, as tomorrow is going to be very busy but getting there so all is good. Night x

lynnejk

Evening all :hello:

Mumof2 wrote: »

Lynnejk sorry you are feeling unwell lovely

Thanks for that. Don't think all the cold and wet weather helping
YL - great news for your DS. It sounds like it will be good
Mrs MP and Piggers - love all the knitting
Harleyquinn - sending gws vibes for you

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Sweep and mop the floors

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms
Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Extra Mission Tasks - as usual if you fancy tackling something else you could try one or more of these
Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
Clean any ornaments, mirrors, clocks or other dust collecting collections

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Check fire alarms are working
Vacuum floors on landing
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers


Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms

Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or don't work
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
Remove anything from window sills in these rooms, clean before replacing the items (which you have of course given a wipe)
Clean toilet bowl inside and out, the floor in front of it aswell if you need to
15 minutes paperwork filing/flinging. Deal with anything urgent now.
Wipe skirting boards in these rooms
Spend 15 minutes tackling a cupboard/storage area you have been avoiding dealing with.

Hugs, sticks and spoons - help yourselves
Hope you all have a super Thursday
Lx