Weekly Flylady Thread 16th May 2016

pigpen

Well I've spent ALL morning trying to sort out 3 very simple things.. 1. change a hospital appointment.. that took 45 minutes! .. 2. sort the council tax reduction.. 50 minutes!! 3. tax credits.. 40 minutes...

seriously, these were 5 minute conversations! Though the tax credits guy was in Belfast so I could possibly have talked to him all day lol

I'm undecided re the GP change.. I have hated our surgery for years but it is just a total faff changing everyone over.. and what if they are no better?

funfairprincess

I'm up sort of decluttering some caffeine and nicotine to get that human feeling!

HRH is having the 'day off' so she thinks I'm about to make a start on the upstairs bedrooms and she's 'helping'! She's just said remember when I was wee and I used to put my pinny on and Toots gave me stars, I miss Toots.

Piggers See your lists are still evil :rotfl:😈, cutlery drawer :eek:

Right let's locate some bin bags it's going to be that sort of day!

Monday - kitchen and dining mess
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe and replace small appliances
Level Two
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there.. have we had a medicine spoon cull recently??
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed
Clean out the fridge
De-web and fluff the room
Extras
Wash the windows
Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
Clean filters and detergent dispensers
HHI


Tuesday twinkles! - Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum!
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself! .. make yourself a hair appointment or something!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Wash windows
dust and deweb!.. don't forget furry skirtings!
Level three
Wash any soft furnishings that need doing
Vacuum right the way up the stairs!
Sort through coats n bags n shoes etc
Extras
Sort through a handbag
Sort through a cupboard or drawer of junk
29 fling boogie...
HHI
Wednesday ~ Childrens rooms/spare rooms or neglected rooms!
Level One
Declutter the floors
Strip and wash bedding.. replace with clean
Spend half an hour doing something for YOURSELF!!!! You work hard and deserve it!
Level Two
Drag the junk from under the bed and put it away nice and tidy
Vacuum/mop floors
Dust and deweb
Level Three
Sort through a box of toys or 'stuff' and get rid of the junk and rubbish!
Sort through a cupboard of clothes and get rid of the stuff tat no longer fits and make it all tidy
Binbag dance
Extras
Straighten up the bookshelves
Wash the windows if needed
Scrub down the sticky paintwork
Tidy up computer/PS's etc and unsnaggle all the cables!!

pigpen

funfairprincess wrote: »

HRH is having the 'day off' so she thinks I'm about to make a start on the upstairs bedrooms and she's 'helping'! She's just said remember when I was wee and I used to put my pinny on and Toots gave me stars, I miss Toots. .. you know... I was reading the older threads a few days ago and Toots was doing stars and it made me cry.. I miss her too.

Piggers See your lists are still evil :rotfl:😈, cutlery drawer :eek:

If you kept it tidy, it wouldnt be so scary!

funfairprincess

pigpen wrote: »

If you kept it tidy, it wouldnt be so scary!

But what would I do with all the [STRIKE]rubbish [/STRIKE] valuable stuff I [STRIKE]shove[/STRIKE] place in there for safe keeping :rotfl:

pigpen

funfairprincess wrote: »

But what would I do with all the [STRIKE]rubbish [/STRIKE] valuable stuff I [STRIKE]shove[/STRIKE] place in there for safe keeping :rotfl:

In the corner there is a receptacle with a black bag inside.. store it in there for future need.

Jobseekers applied for for DS2.. he WILL get some income before I am forced to hoik him out.. I cannot afford to keep him! He hasn't had a bean since January because apparently he isn't eligible for anything as he is at college.. it's effing ridiculous.. no wonder so many young people have no FE qualifications.. how are they supposed to live in order to go to college? He is on a FT course as it is.. there aren't enough hours in the week! (not to mention the total lack of jobs here!.. there aren't even any takeaway/bar jobs it is that dire at the moment!)

bossymoo

Paid stuff finished for the week - woot - 3 days left

DS collected and DD ushered off to friends house for birthday tea. DS is colouring in Lamborghini pictures and we are going to get him some new football boots, then he wants to go to F&Bs for tea - he likes the puddings there apparently...

We need to be back to collect DD at 6:30

Meantime I will go sort the kitchen. Again. I'm not sure how I've made so much mess. Tomorrow, after the dentist, I shall be cleaning up this pit!

Called the alarm man, he's going to drop me a text when he's checked his diary so that's another thing to pay for - payday Friday - phew! I also need a plumber. Which reminds me... To avoid kitchen duties I might just browse some radiators lol

funfairprincess

So I'm in DS2's room of doom so far I have.......
Cleared the floor, NEWS FLASH, we have carpet!
5 black bags of empty crisp packets, ginger cans and sweetie boxes and various other dribble
3 black bags of clothes that are either too small or he doesn't wear *fling*
1x birthday card 1x mothers day card found and a box of chocolates obviously he couldn't locate them at the time!
1x tub filled with coins that were scattered around the room.
Bed stripped
Wardrobes and drawers emptied, sorted and refilled

Just the carpet to hoover and a duster needed. Moral of the story ... Tidy up before you go on holiday or mum does it!

Caffeine and nicotine then on to HRH's room :eek: she's more girlie dribble than me!

Piggers that's shocking hope you get something sorted for your DS.

mrs-moneypenny

Back from work. Didn't think it had rained that much but the water butt is almost full, so I think that will be cost effective as I'll no longer have to trapse watering cans through the house.
Got to nip ships for bread and a phone top up then I'll decide what I'm doing for tea, thinkI ng quorn and leek pie as I have all the stuff in for that.
Then I'll do the couple of bits of ironing to keep the basket empty, I'm sure stuff breeds if left in there for long.

lynnejk

Afternoon all and welcome back FFP

Hope you're all having as good a day as possible

Have just finished filling nearly all the boxes and tubs on the balcony - run out of compost now. Will be trying to persuade DH to take me to the garden shop on Saturday to get some plants and will have to pick up another bag of compost.

Have cleaned the bathroom thoroughly
Did my Spanish lessons
Did a bit of a freezer shuffle. Need to defrost up-right soon.
Just about to de-clutter a cuppa
Next job is make something for dinner whilst waiting for Mr T delivery
*Going to have a long, bubble bath later and wash my hair.*

I'm trying to get on this week, as I want to go shopping t/m afternoon and DH is off Friday and we're going over to help my DSD move into her new house. We aren't doing the actual move but need to help put beds together etc and measure up for some shelving and new window hangings.

Monday - kitchen and dining mess
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there.. have we had a medicine spoon cull recently??

Wednesday ~ Spare rooms
Spend half an hour doing something for YOURSELF!!!! You work hard and deserve it! - SEE ABOVE*

Back laters
Lx

funfairprincess

Update
HRH's room gutted
Rabbits stuff all bagged will give it to someone I know who has a rabbit.
Another 3 black sacks filled and flung
Hoovered upstairs rooms and landing
Bathroom cleared and cleaned
Bath mats flung in WM

With help of OH
Dishes.. Washed, dried and put away
Bunkers cleared and cleaned
LR floor cleared
Hotshot of hairdryer, straighteners curlers and make-up delegated to HRH

OH has been decluttered to the Chinese takeaway, I'm starving and CBA cooking now.

So much for my day off! Not even as much as written a quiz question down for tomorrow night will get to it tomorrow. I'm going to knit and slob on the sofa now!