Weekly Flylady Thread 15th February 2016

Narc0lepsy

Morning all, lost track. Welcome home to Frizzling
Most of house pretty ok having had the friends to stay, tho their lovely whippet had an accident in the hall which (very mortified) friends were frantically mopping when I got up. Have sprayed with carpet foam so no worries.
WM on.
Floordrobe picked up.
Today's list is mostly work:
finish A's report
organise paperwork for today and tomorrow's assessments
ring car insurance company to amend quote hopefully
change utilities supplier when Mr N gets home
2 important emails to reply to.

Valli

After stressing because I couldn't find some key information I had written in a safe place, to go with some data attached to an email to allow me to upload it I opened the email and found I had efficiently emailed it to myself. :rotfl:

Today I need to check my passwords for here and FB so I can use my i pad (or should that be Ionafan pad - dontcha love 'psychic' algorithms that 'think' they know what you're going to type? (if you're still puzzled see #86)) when I am in the Deep South (of the East Midlands :rotfl:) this weekend and keep up with you all and attempt to thrash my cousin at Scrabble!

I have mopped up cat wee - she is perfectly capable of going out but got lazy yesterday and has added to it today (think the cold put her off) it's on carpet - whiff removal/deterrent advice much appreciated. At the moment I am swabbing with citrussy fragranced stuff.

Honey_Bear

Ah, Valli, cats peeing indoors. Never a good sign. The best advice I've come across is to put a litter tray exactly where they're peeing, make a vet appointment and take a urine sample with you, which is easy to say and tricky to get. The only solution I found was:

Get a scrupulously clean litter tray (I bought a 99p one that doubles as our 'spare').
Put a thin layer of fish gravel in the bottom - it feels and sounds like cat litter.
Let the cat pee in it.
Scoop up the pee into a sterilized pot and chuck out the gravel - no matter how many times you wash it you'll never get the pong out.

If they suddenly start peeing indoors it's usually because they have a urine infection or they're too frightened of another neighbourhood cat. They feel very vulnerable when they're crouching outside.

For dealing with the niffs, biological liquids would get rid of them as far as we're concerned, but sadly smell just as though they're the right place to pee to a cat. Best solution I've found is washing with carpet washing liquid (I use Bi$$el's) very, very diluted, followed by drying by stomping on a towel all over the affected patch and when it's completely dry - good old bicarbonate of soda.

mummyroysof3

Magnificent Monday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs have moved in....

Extra Mission
Clean windows in these rooms
Wipe down the skirting in the bedroom and on the landing


Twinkling Tuesday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Clean baths/shower, toilets, don't forget under the rim! and sinks
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.
Clean shower screen
Collect any stray laundry from upstairs.

Extra mission:
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
Wipe down the doors and frames in these rooms.
Clean the radiators in these rooms
Wash the windows in these rooms.. and shine the mirrors

Whitening Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort & clean fridge
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..

Extra Mission
Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob or a knob!!..
Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Vacuum floors
Dusting, even if around everything
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Level Three...
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Wipe skirtings, doorframes and other paintwork

Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –
Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum
Clean a radiator or two.

!

Finally Friday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Level Two...
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! paint your nails, make an appointment to have your hair done, a lovely soak in the bath.. whatever you feel like!! I'm having my nails done this morning as usual
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets & pillows need freshening up too!!
Level Three...
Rummage ALL the junk from one shelf and sort through it..
Sort through a toybox chuck out all the things they don't need any more.. charity or freecycle or whatever.
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

Extra Task List
Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!
Half an hour in the garden clearing the mess and making it nice for spring to arrive.. the sooner your garden is nice the sooner it arrives! Honest!

LameWolf

kazwookie wrote: »

Bossy, tell them to **** off, you are on days off and it is halftem week in most places, spend the time with your children, they are about to make you redundant, are they paying you any extra for working on your days off? tell them to do one!! (kaz gets off her soap box and puts it away )

*Gets own soapbox out and scambles onto it*
*Repeats precisely what kaz said*
*Gets off soapbox and puts it away tidily, as per the Valli mantra*

Sending a super dose of healing to ValliCat just in case it's a urine infection.

This week's gone downhill rapidly; Mr LW had an accident on the way home last night. Thankfully he's unscathed. An oncoming driver's headlights dazzled him as he was entering one of those beastly "traffic calming" chicane things on the way home from work, he clipped the island with the front wheel, and burst the tyre. So I got a call saying he'd be in when the RAC rescued him!:eek:

So I'm afraid today is a washout. Thus far I've done a WM load of Mr LW's clothes, walked Millie via the post box (two jobs in one, and gets me out of going out alone) and played with her tennis ball in the garden - this entails me sitting on a chair on the patio and hitting the ball down the garden with a tennis racket, and her bringing it back. Repeat til dog is cream crackered!:D

procrastinator

Magnificent Monday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One...
[STRIKE]Check fire alarms are working[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Fling open that window and blow those cobwebs out!! Air the room[/STRIKE]
Remove and wash bed linen to be done next
Level Two...
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
30 minutes floor clearance.. that includes floordrobe and junk!
Level Three...
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/STRIKE]

Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs have moved in....hovered dust from surfaces I could find.


Playing catch up. Pleased with what has been done in bedroom.

Twinkling Tuesday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean loo and sink and shower screens[/STRIKE]

Whitening Wednesday ~ Kitchen

Level One...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces - will do once bedding in mc

Level Two...
[STRIKE]Vacuum floor[/STRIKE]

Need to get into kitchen and clear up from yesterday so I can cook dinner today! That is next job for me today. Sorry haven't been posting much have been very depressed. The numb cant' be bothered sort. Feeling too sorry for myself.

Question
How do you copy the list in colour. It won't when I use ctrl C followed by ctrl V?

Valli

She's been outside now.
(I did complain and tell her what she was doing was wrong:rotfl:)
It's the old cat. What she used to do (if she was desperate) was use the coir doormat (this was in pre-catflap days) but that was flung. Where she has 'gone' was where the Christmas tree was and where she left me a present when she was trapped in the room so she could probably smell something I couldn't IYSWIM

nicki_2

Afternoon all.

Sorry I've not remembered anything that I've read. So hugs, sticks, spoons, vibes and Yays to all.

I overslept this morning and just made it to the dentists in time for our appointments. DD had no problems again, whereas I needed another filling in one of my back teeth & the back of my front teeth cleaning again (seems to be a recurring issue with my teeth no matter how I clean them!). I had some local anaesthetic and now I'm feeling very very sleepy. Not sure if it's the lack of caffeine in my system as I only got a mouth full of coffee with my breakfast or the anaesthetic. Either way I'm going to go to bed for a nap when I've posted this. The spelling mistakes I'm making and having to correct tells me it wouldn't be a good idea to try and work right now

We've been to Mr A and spent £38 despite my list only being milk, bread, vinegar and flour. We got chocolate, crisps and huge YS pizzas for tea....can you tell I was hungry? :o DD has washed the dishes, and there's a wash load in the machine atm but its on a proper long cycle in an attempt to get tomato stains out of my hoodies.

Not quite sure what the rest of the day will bring, but I know laundry and dealing with work are definitely in there. Frogs might not get munched this half term after all as we're taking stuff to the charity shop tomorrow and then running a couple of errands in town. But there's always Easter holidays or a weekend when we're not busy.

Right, I'm off to see if an hours sleep makes me feel any better. :wave:

bossymoo

Thanks folks. I have done no more than my allotted hours this week - I have logged off the lappy and switched off the blackberry too - unheard of!

So I'm finished for the week phew!

Just having a cuppa and catching up on a few bits online before I go get the wee ones in an hour or so.

Last night I had the urge to go up in the loft for my holiday clothes. So I had a sort and got rid of a fair sized pile of stuff that was looking tired or just makes me look like a git :rotfl: no idea what possessed me at that time of night, but, you know, strike while the iron is hot!

I really need to mop my floors. Shall I do it now? I could mop myself into here and finish my tea while it dries... Off I go!

dancemum

Glad Mr LW is ok x

Sorted conversatory garden cupboard to make list of decorating supplies
Tv stand dusted
Computer desk dusted
Ground floor henried including corners in the living room
Mr W visited and took advantage of Bogof deal
Argos visited for ds2 to scan next knight emblem. He bought a Lego set with earnings from his sales.
Pictures and photos removed from LR and rehung upstairs
Hooks removed ready for filling
Top of drawers cleared
More stuff rehomed

Having a break them will do some more