Weekly Flylady Thread 4th January 2016

kazwookie

Morning

Hard frost here
Late shift today
Lunch made
About to finish off doing the daily stuff

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all
Busy again all day so will play catch up tonight.
Hugs good wishes posi vibes sticks and spoons where needed.

Jazee

Morning all. You've all been busy, there are so many pages I've not had a chance to read back, so hugs etc where needed.

Yesterday I did the dailies and put a curry in the slow cooker. Today I've done the dailies and the ironing. There is now about 30 minutes before the paid stuff, so I'll take a quick look at the list.

Have a great day everyone.

ionafan

Morning all

MinnieMousesMummy wrote: »

Well I am late on the go tonight but I have made great progress today with regards to my to do list.

It's good to see you posting a shorter list, MMM - I have frequently wondered where you would ever find enough hours in the day to do everything, because so many of your jobs seem to be at least an hour long :eek: Doing less paid work will take the pressure off you in this respect at least and give you a bit more time for studying.

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

So, dog to vet first thing, just have to be brave and get this over with. Its an hour and a half at the most right? Glad its not later in the day.

Thinking of you and sending calming vibes for all of you (including the vet!). I agree that it's a good thing to get it done first thing in the morning, then you can enjoy the rest of Friday and look forward to the weekend

Biscuit_monster wrote: »

Yesterday went well :
[STRIKE]Dailies
HHI
Bathroom floor
Clean bog, sink and bath
Change bath mat
15 minutes paperwork [/STRIKE]
Decorating if time.

I must put decorating the ensuite ceiling top of my list for next week - but looking at my diary, in reality that means I might start it next Wednesday if I'm lucky. Perhaps I can persuade DH to do the cleaning off and start the filling before that He is spending a lot of time just sitting around atm , as there aren't any trains running during January. He even bought another jigsaw from one of the charity shops yesterday - but at least I can join in with that and do bits in odd moments;)

My list for today - I shall be mostly working at my desk so must remember to get up and go down- and upstairs at least every hour (good excuse to get regular :coffee: ):
[STRIKE]- Sort out flickering desk light [/STRIKE]- probably non-repairable: replaced it with the one from the top of the piano
- Shower and breakfast
- DH to a meeting at 10.00
- Send 2 emails and make a phonecall
- Course writing
- Quick lunch
- More course writing
- Remove molehill from lawn and cut back old hellebore leaves so that we can see the flowers
- Laminating
- Prepare papers for Trustees' Meeting
- Tea
- Church choir practice - remember to take Christmas cards for the recycling box and DH's book for the charity box *fling*

See you all later - (((hugs))) spoons and sticks all round, as needed x

pigpen

1:30am I got to bed.. Blooming Pixie was not sleeping. then we had to wake the insomniac Dot this morning for school, it seems everyone has overslept in here.. lots of kicking and yelling going on!!


Pixie slobbed on the chair already.

My nails have just been chopped really short so I can barely type haha.. so excuse multitude of typos!!

Cuppa made and hospital at 10:30.. I think we should all just move in.. or adopt one of the consultants haha.. we're always there!!


DD3 away until Sunday with school
STILL no money through from cf and I need to get DD3 a passport sorted asap and no money spare.

nicki_2

Morning all.

Went to get a shower this morning and DD has used ALL the remaining towels and all the flannels :mad: I had a wash load of them to do last night but since it was 9pm and I only did a load on Tuesday (Okay I've had one shower so used 2 towels since then but still!) I thought there were plenty there to be used so I could leave them until this morning. Apparently not. As soon as I came down I put a load on so now my shower needs to wait, and she's been told to start folding/hanging them on the radiator rack and use them at least twice since she's showering every day! I've also decided she can clean the bathroom, she's left it in a right state this morning :mad:

On top of that I discovered ickiness all over the jeans I wanted to wear today so I need to do some ironing to have some wearable ones. Add in oversleeping by more than an hour and still needing to put half my books out (it started hailstoning and then DD started with a million and one problems she had to tell me about which couldn't wait, next thing I know its 8pm, pitch black and cold.) today is already a poopy day.

I was going to town today. But I've decided against it. I have too much to do here at home and my bank balance also says no I get paid Monday so I'll go then. Hopefully there will still be stuff available in the sales, and maybe they might even be reduced a little more Plus I'm just too tired to walk there today and I'm loathe to pay £4.20 in bus fare when I don't really have it (well I do, but I'd rather put it towards paying off my overdraft than lining the pockets of the bus company when I know I can walk it quite easily )

Personal:
Set up & organise budget properly - a rough one is scrawled on scrap paper...must do better
Sort stickers (1cm square)
Bank <<Monday
Laundry
Ironing
Register fr33view box warranty on website
Print email confirmation for box.
NYCP
Set up wireless headphones
Book dentists
Change heads on toothbrushes (find them first!)
Mr A/Al for milk!
New Cold Callers sign for the door.
Shop returns & lists <-- Monday. As long as they're done by 14th I'm okay.

Work:
Deliver books

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One...
Mop the floors
Level Two...
Wash the units and appliances.
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Level Three...
Sort paperwork, warranties, insurance docs, phone contracts etc into a file so they are easily accessible and make notes of when things need renewing!
Clean table and add a clean cloth if needed
Dust and deweb
Extras

• HHI
• Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example)
• Make sure diaries/calendars are up to date with appointments!!!

Tuesday - Lovely Living Room
Level Two
Dust any areas below eye level
Level Three
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

Extra Mission Tasks

• Clean any ornaments, mirrors, clocks or other dust collecting collections
• 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!

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Clean windows in these rooms

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
Level Two
Clean bath and sink
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
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

• Remove anything from window sills in these rooms, clean before replacing the items (which you have of course given a wipe)
• Wipe skirting boards in these rooms

Flipping Friday!! - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself! Anything you like.
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc for at least 10 minutes
Dusting, all those shelves and flat surfaces
Level Three
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattress, replace with fresh linen
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors (yes including the handles)

Extra Task List

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames
• Hotspot cleaing, spend 10 minutes tackling one at least
• Grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house. Can be rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend/freecycle

Its raining here so I'm going to set up the ironing board and clear some of the pile while I wait for the towels. I'll find something to watch as well while I'm at it. Then I'll put the books out when it's stopped raining. :wave:

pigpen

DD3 off on her trip until Sunday with school today.. I need to sort her a passport when she gets back and I DESPERATELY need the money from CF.. we have nothing at all coming in at the moment apart from the wrong amount of tax credits.. they've been 'sorting it' since November..

*DELETE CHUNK*... ok incentive grown.. ebaying of huge amounts of detritus it is!!! it will all be low price stuff but at least it will be something coming in.. it has to help! *skint*

Hospital again at 10:30.. best get Pixie dressed actually she is being left at DD1's and hopefully we will be back in time to collect Dot.. if not DD1 is getting her so I need to take the pushchair round for her too.

Cuppa slurped.. off to dress Pixie, feed WM's and TD and head out.. back soon xx

nicki_2

My ironing pile is clear, now I just need to do DD's and I might as well do it now as there's not that much of it really. That'll leave hardly any ironing to do when the uniform gets washed this weekend so I should be able to keep on top of it. Its only been there since the 30th Got to have a cold drink first though, I'm roasting!

Dailies upstairs in the bedrooms done, and a batch of dishes washed, towels are washed & dried so when I've cleared this ironing I can have my shower then nip out to put the books out and go for milk. Since I have £10 left in my budget for this week I'll have a yellow sticker hunt while I'm there or I might just buy DD a pizza for tea (I have one in the freezer already) and save the rest to put with next weeks budget when I need to buy some stock up things. I'll wait and see what there is.

Time to get moving and see what this clingy dog wants :wave:

mummyroysof3

The cat keeps weeing out of the door of the cat tray with a lid....any ideas cos I'm fed up of cleaning it up.

Have hoovered whole house, cleaned some Windows, put some of shopping away...hubby took it in and put fridge and freezer stuff away. Cleaned out under sink and found a mop head...shame I ordered 2 yesterday and can't cancel order duh

Middle bedroom has a damp mouldy corner again grr. Will run dehumidifier in there a couple times a week while eldest at school.

Right coffee then work.

Hope everyone ok x

Smoosh

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

The cat keeps weeing out of the door of the cat tray with a lid....any ideas cos I'm fed up of cleaning it up.

Have hoovered whole house, cleaned some Windows, put some of shopping away...hubby took it in and put fridge and freezer stuff away. Cleaned out under sink and found a mop head...shame I ordered 2 yesterday and can't cancel order duh

Middle bedroom has a damp mouldy corner again grr. Will run dehumidifier in there a couple times a week while eldest at school.

Right coffee then work.

Hope everyone ok x

Is the cat getting in the litter box and just missing? Is it one with a hooded bit? If so, the cat might just not like it, some don't. If it's purposefully weeing outside of the litter box then it can be a sign that something is wrong, as if they're feeling any pain or discomfort when weeing then they usually associate it with the litter tray.