Weekly Flylady Thread 10th September 2007

embb

Morning :wave:

Welcome new people

I've got a tummy bug and feel pretty rotten so don't think I'll get much done today, gonna go and curl up in bed and try and sleep some of it off, hopefully I'll have pulled myself round a bit later on. I seriously need to S&S the kitchen if nothing else, If I was a restaurant I'd be shut down. :eek:


Laters x

Squiggly_Diddly

Morning all,
just sitting with coffee & cinnamon toast, slow getting going today... the after-effects of all that work Saturday. I hate this :-( I'm not used to feeling like this... I know it will improve though.

Going to tackle admin type stuff for the next couple of hours, then get moving properly around lunchtime.

Chore list working well so far - and told oldest 2 DD's who didn't do one of their jobs yesterday that if they did it today they wouldn't lose 50p off their pocket money. Also said that would be last chance, next time they don't do it on the day it is supposed to be, will just deduct money. All 3 have already lost £1 for arguing/backchat/bickering.... (This is in advance, so they may or may not have any money to come on Friday!). That seems to be quite effective & beats nagging for hours which is equally as tiring as doing the jobs myself!
Have a good day everyone! :-)

vanilla

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room


Level One
Clean floors,(DONE)
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front(DONE)
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)(DONE)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean the INSIDE of the microwave... don’t forget the ceiling!!! (DONE)
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
15 minute fling and tidy in that junk drawer in the kitchen.. get rid of all that stuff you put in there for ‘later’ .. mind those prehistoric mousetraps!!

Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wash the washer drawer out if it is icky, check filters too!!
• 30 minutes ironing!!! I KNOW you’ll love me for that one!
• Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week

Having another cuppa and then i'll get on again, been on the phone half the morning so far.

nicki_2

Right, back from my walk, but I'm going to go back out again very soon, the fresh air seems to be helping my hands They're now dark pink rather than red raw :rolleyes:

Manic Monday - Kitchen

Level One
Clean floors - If I can get the laundry out of the way I will try to hoover it, but gripping stuff hurts!
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces - will ask OH to do this
[strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/strike]
Level Three
[strike] Clean the INSIDE of the microwave... don’t forget the ceiling!!! [/strike] Haven't used it since I last cleaned it
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances - Another job for OH
[strike] 15 minute fling and tidy in that junk drawer in the kitchen.. get rid of all that stuff you put in there for ‘later’ .. mind those prehistoric mousetraps!! [/strike] - Did that last week and confused the hell out of OH :rotfl:
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms - For OH, he can reach better anyway!
  
• Wash the washer drawer out if it is icky, check filters too!! - OH
  
• 30 minutes ironing!!! I KNOW you’ll love me for that one! - Will probably clear my pile so I might wait until all the washing is done first then get it all done in one go
  
• Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week - OH can wipe it out for me later

Right, next door appear to be out so I'm taking the phone "off the hook", switching my mobile off and putting my music on loud Laters :wave:

lil_me

Morning all, been phoning round estate agents all morning, all but one house I like has gone so going to see that at some point, downside being it's a bit expensive.

Gas & Electric bill next problem, they're wanting £120 a month off me all money isn't it!

borderlakland good luck Becca well done you've got every right to feel proud!

pigpen

I have now applied online for several temporary jobs fro over christmas period.. so we shall see where I end up.. I WILL have these debts paid off if it kills me, which actually going out of the house to work might, lol. Ah well.. new experiences and meeting new people are definitely on the cards.

I also applied to be parent governor at my boys high school.

AND!!! I got DD2's high school forms today!!! :eek:!!! I've only just come to terms with the fact DS2 is at high school I can't cope with another round!!! I also need to locate her baptism certificate as she wants to go to the same school as DD1 and they need to see a copy of the certificate.. and I don't know where it is!! .. oh I might have just remembered!

Anything else they can throw at me???

AND I am starving to death!!!!! Must find food..

tinselfairy

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room


Level One
[STRIKE]
Clean floors,
[/STRIKE]Level Two
[strike]
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces [/strike]
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
[/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining area,[/strike] [STRIKE]checking for cobwebs on way round[/STRIKE]Clean the INSIDE of the microwave... don’t forget the ceiling!!!
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances[/strike]
15 minute fling and tidy in that junk drawer in the kitchen.. get rid of all that stuff you put in there for ‘later’ .. mind those prehistoric mousetraps!! haven't got a junk drawer in the kitchen, may have to find one in another room

Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• [STRIKE]Wipe window sills[/STRIKE] and clean windows in these rooms
• [strike]Wash the washer drawer out if it is icky, check filters too!![/strike]
• 3[strike]0 minutes ironing!!! I KNOW you’ll love me for that one!- [/strike] nothing outstanding
• [strike]
  
• Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
• [/strike]

buy cinema vouchers for my nephew's birthday
buy smellies for him as extra gift from DS
[strike]take a form into school office after dropping off DS[/strike]
post parcel
[strike]buy mushrooms for spag bol[/strike]
phone to book car in for MOT later this month

Just having a cuppa and a hot cross bun.
Will get cobwebs on the ceiling when I vac in kitchen and dining room in a minute.
Need to go out about 1.30ish to clear a few tasks off my list and will walk there and bus back, nicki has motivated me to walk more!

Becca- well done on the no smoking! :j
Squiggly- hope your new methods help with your DD's
embb- hope you feel better soon

Hugs and hellos to all, enjoy your day :dance:

AnW'sMum

Right, kids at school had coffee with a friend whose lil girl has started part time today, just updating Jill's list with relevant delegations

Jill's list

My List - Done=79, ToDo=19:T

- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there Get this done online today

- charge up and sync iPod so I can take it to hospital TODAY! If that babe arrives early you won't have it ready

- source some kind of water bottle for hospital bag ditto above

- make Ruby Wedding album for Mum and Dad (it was 14 months ago ) Gather 25% of pics together today (if you don't do this now it won't get done until BOTH kids are 18 )

- get some stills off M&D wedding DVD for Ruby Wedding album

- collect freebie packs from pregnancy pack and have a coffee and a cake with a mate while you are out

- make some baby thankyous in advance of number 3! Prepare a thank you you can print out from the PC with a pic of the new babe on = easy and quick to do once he/she arrives

- write up pregnancy diary summary in baby's book

- write up children's diary books

- make sure everything is off old PC which kids now use

- recategorise online photos, they're a right mess


Sewing machine stuff:
- make some trial breastpads life is too short buy some when you collect the freebie packs for now so you are prepared

- make cushion covers for cushions for DD new bedroom

Jill's DH's list
- get new curtain pole for our bedroom give Give DH a pic and size of what you want and he'll get it
- return DS slippers get DH to return these when he fetches the curtain pole
- buy and put up new medicine cabinet DH to buy this at same time as returning slippers and curtain pole buying
- collect drycleaning DH can collect on his way back with the other stuff!
Garden: all for DH to do Jill to sit and give out instructions
- level patio with sand
- get hubby to dig me a new flower bed
- plant things in new flower bed!

Think your DH will be after me for all that delegation!

Reckon if you tackle it in this order then if the bairn arrives early the more important stuff will be done.

pigpen

Jill's list ... which we are all having a go at!!

My List - Done=79, ToDo=19:T

- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there Get this done online today Go through quidco and get cashback!!

- charge up and sync iPod so I can take it to hospital TODAY! If that babe arrives early you won't have it ready Make sure you have new songs on it too Does the battery go flat if it isn't charged/used regularly?

- source some kind of water bottle for hospital bag ditto above

- make Ruby Wedding album for Mum and Dad (it was 14 months ago ) Gather 25% of pics together today (if you don't do this now it won't get done until BOTH kids are 18 )

- get some stills off M&D wedding DVD for Ruby Wedding album

- collect freebie packs from pregnancy pack and have a coffee and a cake with a mate while you are out We'd come, but it's a bit far

- make some baby thankyous in advance of number 3! Prepare a thank you you can print out from the PC with a pic of the new babe on = easy and quick to do once he/she arrives

- write up pregnancy diary summary in baby's book

- write up children's diary books .. these are really nice to do while feeding baby.. so if it doesn't get done..

- make sure everything is off old PC which kids now use Can this not be delegated to hubby as well??

- recategorise online photos, they're a right mess


Sewing machine stuff:
- make some trial breastpads life is too short buy some when you collect the freebie packs for now so you are prepared Having BTDT.. bought ones were better.. tesco ones were about the best I found.. and I've done 12 YEARS BF I know my pads!!

- make cushion covers for cushions for DD new bedroom

Jill's DH's list
- get new curtain pole for our bedroom give Give DH a pic and size of what you want and he'll get it
- return DS slippers get DH to return these when he fetches the curtain pole
- buy and put up new medicine cabinet DH to buy this at same time as returning slippers and curtain pole buying
- collect drycleaning DH can collect on his way back with the other stuff!
Garden: all for DH to do Jill to sit and give out instructions
- level patio with sand
- get hubby to dig me a new flower bed
- plant things in new flower bed!

If all else fails.. threaten to pay someone to do the work.. that usually shifts my lazy lump ito action!

Think your DH will be after me for all that delegation!

Reckon if you tackle it in this order then if the bairn arrives early the more important stuff will be done.

aimeelister

Morning all.

Hugs all round.
Pigpen thanks for donning the mules and preparing to give us the kicks we need.
Lil_me glad it was quiet for you
Jill, glad your taking it easy
Becca - congrats on being ciggy free
embb - get well soon
rach well done on talking OH round
sexymouse - your better off out of there!
borderlakland - good luck, my fingers are crossed for you

Hello to the newbies.

Well the weekend was good, spent most of it watching tv - rugby (and the lovely backsides that go with it!) We spent 9hrs in the pub yesterday watching the games

So my list of today and this week. I really must get back on top of things. I realised ve been a bit depressed recently and have just been lazy and not doing things. So im going to turn a new leaf and get everything sorted and try and remove myself from the cycle im in (eating badly, not doing things which just means im tired, so dont do things and round and round we go!!) so im going to crack on with the list after work and try and get things done and get back on top.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room


Level One
Clean floors,
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Level Three
Clean the INSIDE of the microwave... don’t forget the ceiling!!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
15 minute fling and tidy in that junk drawer in the kitchen.. get rid of all that stuff you put in there for ‘later’ .. mind those prehistoric mousetraps!!

Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week - i bought some bicarb so im going to have a go at this one!
• Sort out the cupboards to see what i have and to plan some meals so i dont get lazy (might even wipe inside them as i go :rolleyes: !!)

Weeks list
Post parcel to mum
Post parcel to nan
Split some logs and get them stacked ready for winter
Get the chimeny cleaned out ready for winter
Go through the house finding things to go to car boot or ebay - i will reduce the amount i have in the house there isnt much at the moment but i just want the bare minimum!!
Sort my wardrobe out. I put all my summer clothes away on Sunday and fished the winter ones out now to have a sort and see what i think i will actually use!! - i have far too many clothes and they are slobby ones from when i was a student now i have to buck my ideas up!

Right back to work

See you later
Axxx