Weekly Flylady Thread 8th February 2016

Mumof2_2

You're more than welcome to join in Coppers! Just do what you can as you can and you'll soon start to see a difference.

Sounds like you had a fun evening Frizzle and great you were able to talk to that midwife (nearly typed in madwife!!) who was able to reassure you.

Going to do quick lunch now for me and the kids as we need to leave just past 12.30 for Agility. I've been flying - here's the list of things remaining to do:

Thursday Thrills- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Spend that half hour crafting, knitting, cross-stitch.. whatever thing makes you happy!
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches etc
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!

MinnieMousesMummy

Morning everyone, I didn't manage to get back on last night to update my list, as it was hectic all day so by night time I was shattered. Thank you everyone who has given me kind words, it helps to keep me positive, so much so that I managed to speak to dh last night but he is sure that he is not feeling depressed so I told him that he really needs to get his act together, which might have worked he applied for 4 jobs last night and currently he has taken the little ones out for a walk to shops to get a couple of things that we needed.

Marvellous Monday Mayhem! ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Most important of todays tasks.. HH-knitting or whatever delightful creative pass time you choose!
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Pounce upon the piles of coats and shoes and fling the ones that are no longer worn/needed/fit/wearable
Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Filing.. find a pile and file it
Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
HHI

Terrific Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Replace all your dead lightbulbs!
Sweep and mop floors
Clean the hob
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe all the windows in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Muck out the fridge.. use up all those bits that are on the verge of getting themselves out of the fridge and biting you!.. or just eat them... nomnomnom
Empty the medicine cabinet.. throw out everything manky/out of date (some medicines are actually poisonous after a certain length of time!!.. AB's being one of them!!) and restock.. all those coughs and snots that are flying around you must have depleted your stock, sore throats and wheezes... go on.. shoo...........
34 fling boogie..
Empty the kitchen bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Wonderful Wednesday wishy-washy-wipe!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Look into benefits that I might be able to claim, short term till things get sorted
Clear a cluttered top in your room.. or spend at least 15 minutes doing it
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead
Air the duvet
31 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Clean the sticky hand prints off the wall ALL the way up the stairs! (apologies to those with more than 2 floors!)
Clean windows in these rooms
sort your own shoe and bag collection.

Thursday Thrills- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Let the chickens out to roam and feed all animals
Check uni emails
Finish job applications on the council website
Finish job applications that I started yesterday (about 5)
Get electric for the meter before it runs out
Get dh to get the bit off the car that needs replaced and then he can try and source the part, which will mean that he can repair it keeping the cost down
Order required part for the car
Check banking and update diary with D/D
Spend 3 hours on course work
Spend some time with the kids, as on half term
Close the chickens away before dark
Check the bus times for dh getting to work at the weekend
Check if its possible for me to get buses for next week
Clean floors in these rooms
Spend that half hour crafting, knitting, cross-stitch.. whatever thing makes you happy!
Get 1 load of washing done
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
empty out the bathroom cabinet.. clean it.. fling what you don't need and stash the rest in a beautiful manner.. colour ordered so you have a cupboard rainbow..
have you sorted your valentine things for your lovey-dovey one?

Everything updated I best get on with it, as its going to be another very busy day.

ionafan

G'day everyone. Sorry I've been MIA for the most of this week so far. I've got one of those grumbling migraines again. Took some tablets this morning and slept for half an hour before lunch, but I still feel as if someone is inside my head, trying to push my eyes out. Oh well, it will go when it's ready, so I'd better just get on with life.

I managed to marzipan the 4 wedding cake layers this morning. I had guessed the amount of marzipan and have still got 4 large packets left over. If anyone needs some, PM me your address and I'll post a packet to you!

Big (((hugs))) to MMM - it sounds like you're having a rotten week, worse than mine. Hopefully things will improve for you soon. Keep an eye on your DH though - people who are depressed often don't recognise that they are, because the symptoms build up slowly over a period of time.

Hope your DS has enjoyed his "open day", YL.

Get a move on Baby Frizzle!

CY said she would be starting her course of chemo this week, so I expect she is feeling the effects atm.

DGD1+2 are coming for an hour this afternoon between school and swimming lesson. I kept a piece of wrapping paper with colourful owls on it especially for them, so I think we will do some quiet cutting and sticking rather than have them jumping all over my DH which is their usual game, to conserve their energy for swimming!

I'm going to S&S the bathroom next, then go out in the garden for half an hour and tidy up the flowerbeds. The sun is shining, and we've got some lovely hellebores and crocuses in bloom.

See you later x

pigpen

iona.. I just eat marzipan .. I slice it like cheese and eat it!! lol Gross I know! You could make marzipan animals for the grandbeasties!

Frizzlef

Just having lunch so having an update...

Coppers- welcome. Hope your first day is going Well.

Left to do...
Wrap bro's pressie up
Write party invites
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round

Wonderful Wednesday wishy-washy-wipe!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Clean the sticky hand prints off the wall ALL the way up the stairs!

Natty68

*bounces in*.. Afternoon everyone Have a day off from therapy and what do I do - book the car in for her MOT..!!! Was hoping to go out for a birthday lunch but I fell asleep on the sofa.. boy does this therapy take it out of me...lol. Anyway the car has to go in for 3pm and then I am heading to a friends for a "kiddies" party - mine!!! My little nieces and nephews want to give me a real kiddies party - jelly and ice cream and stuff.. We are even hoping that my great nephew can be released from hospital tonight too - he was rushed in on Friday evening with what turned out to be meningitis, poor wee thing is really grumpy and just wants to come home. If they agree he will have to go in once a day for his intravenious antibiotics, but that is up to the hospital I suppose.

Please keep fingers crossed that my little car passes her MOT later, otherwise I am screwed because I have to drive to therapy three times a day..and not sure if they have a courtesy car..lol

Oh well better go and do some flying - the washing up needs doing as does the cat tray. Thrilling!!!!!

ionafan

:bdaycake:
Happy Birthday, Natty - enjoy your party, especially the jelly and ice cream nom-nom

Pigpen, I used to eat marzipan by the slice too, and I did eat a little bit this morning but I've gone off sweet things. Yes, I might make some marzipan animals with / for the grandbeasties, - but not four large packets' worth :eek:

greenbee

I have a children's party every year Natty (followed by a grown-ups party). It's always fun

Ionafan - battenburg cake?

nicki_2

Afternoon all.

Coppers - Just join in with todays list, don't try and play catch up just yet. Do what you can each day from Level 1 and the following week it'll be easier and you can add in level 2's and so on. The house didn't get in a mess overnight, and it won't get all cleaned & sorted overnight either

Iona & Pigpen - I just eat marzipan straight as well. I've had to stop buying it until I need it as it never lasts more than a week

Just cracking on with some filing/clearing my hotspots so watching TV while I'm at it. My letter rack is cleared now except what should be in it, so its onto my planner basket and updating budget sheets which should have been done sooner I'd have done the windows etc except I appear to have no cleaning cloths again, I may have to buy some more. Washing is in the drier or on the line. Its not drying due to lack of sun and lack of wind. I think I'll just stick to the two loads today as a result.

Zack is currently snoozing on the sofa after being traumatised while I vacuumed downstairs. It would appear that when he gets stressed he likes to run round in circles, jump on the sofa and try to get hold of DD's photo on the bookcase or anything that smells of us. Its like having a toddler again having to keep things up high :eek::rotfl: It also explains why my journal was in the middle of the floor when I got in yesterday. My landlady had knocked while I was out so he must have got stressed out

Marvellous Monday Mayhem! ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 2
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –
4.HHI - working on making the pile first :rotfl:

Terrific Tuesday - Kitchen
Level Three
Wipe all the windows in these areas!!
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, and cooker hood filters need to be done too!!
Extra Mission : help yourself
2~ Empty the medicine cabinet
3~ 34 fling boogie..

Wonderful Wednesday wishy-washy-wipe!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 2
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers. - weekend job
Level 3
Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

1. Clean the sticky hand prints off the wall ALL the way up the stairs!
   

Thursday Thrills- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Extra mission: Take your pick!

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these room

Time to get the calculator out :wave:

Honey_Bear

coppers wrote: »

Hi can I join in please, could really do with the motivation to get the housework done.

Welcome Coppers! :wave: Posting really does help with motivation, so let us know how it's coming along.

Happy birthday Natty!

I've been to the dentist and been drilled and filled but I have to go back on 4 March to get the rest of the work done. The temazipam I took to take the edge off the nerves sent me into a wonderfully happy place for a whole hour which should be rather worrying but ... who cares! If they go on having this strong an effect I'll start positively looking forward to treatement.

One WM load out on the line and it's just been rained on a bit, so I got the smaller things in. I somehow managed to get beetroot juice on two of them so they're now soggier than if I'd left them out there.