Weekly Flylady Thread 17th September 2007

karen51_2

Back at work this week and by heck can I tell. Last week a doddle compared to today. I have managed some but will probably have to catch up later in the week. As for Ebay HELP!!!

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room

Level One
[strike]Clean floors
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Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces [/strike]
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
[strike]Wipe dining table.. and check the underside.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
[/strike] Need to do this daily with my kids!!
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
Clean oven if you didn't do it last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
  
• THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE!! Photograph 25 items for ebay.. .. and list on turbolister 5 today!.. Don't upload.. we are doing that later in the week!!
  
• Put WM's/DW's on a 'clean' cycle.. make sure those doorseals and filters are clear.. soda crystals and white vinegar get rid of unpleasant smells and germs.. I usually put a cap full of bleach in mine too.
  
• [strike]
  
• 30 minutes ironing!!! After last weeks challenge you should be pretty much atop of this!!
• [/strike]
• Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
  
  Level 1
  Vacuum floors and sofas
  Level 2
  Dusting, even if around everything
  Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
  Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
  Level 3
  Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
  Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
  Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing in preparation for cold weather!! See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house!
  Extra Mission:
  Pick one or more of the following tasks:
  
• [strike]
  
• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• [/strike]
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• Get yourself a bag or box, go around collecting things that are not in the place they should be, then put them back where they should be, or better still give them to their owners to put away themselves

Those up for the 5 per day ebay challenge.. that’s on your list too!!

Right off to try and work on tuesday's list repeat after me "you can do this"!!!!

Karen

PS does anyone else get anoyed when kids/OH comes home and messing up. Found myself shouting on more than one occasion last week "I've been cleaning all day for you to come home and mess up like this!!!" Sounded like a right old nag, ok will put that on my list
Do not nag!!
Right enough of my waffle - hi ho hi ho off to clean we go!!!

ShirleyPark_2

Evening all, my kitchen is just about done, looking better than it's looked for the past couple of weeks Dishwasher is almost full, so that will get a clean out once it's been on and then emptied.

The oldest litter of rat babies should have their eyes opening very soon, they are sooooo cute at the moment, all velvety and soft. The younger litter just look like pink sausages.

lil_me - huge hugs, I agree with the others, it sounds like bed might not be a bad idea.
sproggi - pets sound like such cool pets.
tiamai - those hampers look great, I'm sure whoever they are for is going to love them
pigpen - if ever I get the desire to have children I'm going to look back and your posts, it's enough to put anyone off. Then again I have no intention of having them anyway

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room

Level One
[strike]Clean floors[/strike]
Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
[/strike][strike] Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
[/strike][strike] Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc [/strike]
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
[/strike][strike] Clean oven if you didn't do it last week[/strike]
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• [strike]Wipe window sills[/strike] and clean windows in these rooms
  
• THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE!! Photograph 25 items for ebay.. .. and list on turbolister 5 today!.. Don't upload.. we are doing that later in the week!!
  
• Put
  

[strike]WM's[/strike]

• /DW's on a 'clean' cycle.. make sure those doorseals and filters are clear.. soda crystals and white vinegar get rid of unpleasant smells and germs.. I usually put a cap full of bleach in mine too.

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing in preparation for cold weather!! See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house!
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks:

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• Get yourself a bag or box, go around collecting things that are not in the place they should be, then put them back where they should be, or better still give them to their owners to put away themselves

Those up for the 5 per day ebay challenge.. that’s on your list too!!

Plus my list:
Finish striping the paper on the landing
[strike] Look online for the cheapest place for new rat cage[/strike]
Finish uploading wedding photos
Do expenses for work

Dustykitten

Lil_me hugs hun, you sound really worn out sweetie and you know what happens when you are worn out don't you!! You get sick. Being older but probably not wiser than you I want you to take care of yourself, let up on being hard on lil_me. Life is what happens whilst we are making plans, hope you feel better in the morning x

borderlakland

shirley
i wish i lived closer to you i would love to see your babies.i have been tempted a few times to breed with my girls(friend has got all boys)but decided not to.i have 6 at mo inc 2 dumbo rats(ellie,eloise,kim,mika,lily,thelma)

kazmeister

Huge cyberhug for lil_me

Its very difficult to try and do it all, go to bed relax and take a fresh look at the situation in the morning. I remember my friend doing her law degree as a single mum to a 3 and 5 year old and holding down 2 part time jobs. The times I had to have her kids while she rushed over to uni 40 miles away to hand in assignments at the last minute or ask for an extension. Its still morning at 11.59 and if you havent been given a deadline you might be able to finish it when the boys are at school and still get it in. My pal did hers and we were all so proud when she got her law degree. fingers crossed for you.

Well I've achieved tonight, ok not as much as everyone else but I've done what I set out to do, and a little more,

Dailies
[strike]Prepare tea - Sesame Pork noodles tonight[/strike]
[strike]Walk doogie[/strike]
[strike]S/S Kitchen[/strike]
[strike]S/S Bathroom[/strike]
[strike]Sweep floors downstairs[/strike]
[strike]Wipe stairs[/strike]
Get uniforms out for morning - only thing to do and will do when go upstairs
[strike]Make packed lunches[/strike]
In bed by a reasonable time - I will make 11pm

Level 1
[strike]Clean D/Rm & Kitchen floors[/strike]

plus
Monday - [strike]Baking for pack ups[/strike] - chop chip muffins made plus plain and cherry and almond flapjacks
Tuesday - Pick raspberries from allotment
Wednesday - Some ironing (sorry now have 2 big baskets)
Thursday - 1/2 hour dejunking a hotspot
Friday - Make jam

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room

Level One
[strike]Clean floors[/strike] - swept and mopped
Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike] - done
[strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/strike] - all done Sat when shopping put away
[strike]Wipe dining table[/strike].. and check the underside.. OMG the underside What are you expecting :eek:

Well thats it for tonight I'm off to bed, gotta be up at 6 to get ready for work. Night Night ladies

PS DD didnt tell me she hated me today so big smiles

Dustykitten

Updating list and deleting anything I did not do today that really does not need to be done until next week to prevent playing catch up

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room

Level One
Clean floors
30 minutes ironing!!! After last weeks challenge you should be pretty much atop of this!! only 5 items to go so will do this evening

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs only got round to this on Friday so just a quick once over

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks:

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• ring tax office
• post tax forms
• email PBs
• bank x2
• shopping
• hoover kids rooms whilst I can see the floors

Those up for the 5 per day ebay challenge.. that’s on your list too!! Will see if I can start this tomorrow, not found anything to sell yet.

pigpen

kazmeister wrote: »

OMG the underside What are you expecting :eek:

Tell me what you found!!!

kazmeister wrote: »

PS DD didnt tell me she hated me today so big smiles

((((hugs)))) I love you! It is nice not to be hated! Mine wanted me dead tonight.. I made them tidy their mess in the front room

borderlakland

((((hugs)))) I love you! It is nice not to be hated! Mine wante me dead tongiht.. I made them tidy their mess in the front room[/quote]

he he he
i made mine tidy their rooms AND put their clean washing away..then made them put their dirty school shirts out to wash and get their lunch boxes out of their bags. in their minds i am the devil reincarnated:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: to add to it all i insisted they all had a shower:eek: :eek: even though they had one yesterday and washed this morning.what ever will i make them do next?????

lil_me

Right, after crying my eyes out and DP eventually noticing something was wrong (without just throwing a strop calling me hormonal) he came down and we went through what I'd tried to do together (he's doing the same course but had given up on it) anyway stupid me being tired, stressed etc was hammering away at a question wondering why it wasn't right, well it'd help if I could add up to 180 115 and 75 isn't 180 see all I needed was a fresh pair of eyes on it which just shows how bad I'd got with stress trying to rattle through it. Anyway I've redone that and it works so that's 10 marks out of the 75 earned if it's right-long way to go! Or 1.25 marks to gain to be able to retake, now comes that explaination.....

Basics are it's minimum 30% pass, if I don't get 15% can't retake it, so 15% is MINIMUM. I will speak to them about extension in the morning but states on the paper must be applied for in writing 2 weeks before date due (seems harsh but that's what it says) with proof of problem (don't know what I could give as evidence apart from my terrorised kids!)

KAZ - The 40 miles to hand in in person, done that with 2 of the recent assignments, will have to with this one (due Wednesday so it's either post in morning or by hand Wednesday which gives me an extra morning for writing up!) . Taking this course on would have probably been ok, then DS1 hit issues at school and I was in meeting after meeting sorting out applying for SEN school and had him at home on the days school couldn't cope with him. Work over the summer was hectic but managed it. This has been the final blunder!!!

Thanks for letting me have my rant, for some reason made me sit and think right, time to have another look which made me/us see the silly mistake. The support on here is amazing, I can't thank you enough for the support you have given me and my family over the last few weeks, which have been tough I think is a mild term to use. Anyway that question is done so putting it away, 10 minutes me time then bed!

PS - Visit to new house went well, have decided if we get it to make them leave washing machine and FF in (mainly because mine won't fit! my big American style one will have to live in the garage ) so I can use theirs instead of mine, if I'm paying for furnished may aswell use them!! DS2 refused to leave the house for school this morning because of neighbour being outside and kept saying 'I want to not live here any more' so fingers crossed housing officer gets this reference done asap and landlady accepts us as I hate seeing him so upset.

ShirleyPark_2

borderlakland wrote: »

shirley
i wish i lived closer to you i would love to see your babies.i have been tempted a few times to breed with my girls(friend has got all boys)but decided not to.i have 6 at mo inc 2 dumbo rats(ellie,eloise,kim,mika,lily,thelma)

Are you on fancy-rats.co.uk forum ? There's lots of pictures on there, basically I've been posting pictures of all the litters everyday, you can really see the colours coming out.

They are hard work at the moment, and I dread them opening their eyes and eating solid food as then apparently they turn into little pooping machines, maybe I should be thankful that I only have a litter of 6 and a litter of 8.