Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd January 2017

fairy3

Hi all,

Please may I join in? Have no excuse really following taking early retirement six months ago. Left with 20 odd years of house build up whilst working so determined to get it all shiny and clean with rubbish out.



Marvellous Monday Kitchen Klean Up (and dining room)

Level 1

[STRIKE]Wipe table and chairs - don't forget the legs
Clean/change cloths or wipe mats
Clear sides and wipe down[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean all filters - dishwasher, washer, tumble dryer
Wipe sticky switches and sockets with a just-damp cloth[/STRIKE]

Level 2
Clean drawer and door fronts
[STRIKE]Dust any areas in dining room
Sweep/mop/vacuum floors[/STRIKE]

Level 3
Polish all the windows
[STRIKE]Clear and clean sills[/STRIKE]
give a neglected cupboard some attention - empty, wipe out and put back tidily
Dust BEHIND any mirrors/pictures...

Extras
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE] did 45 minutes whilst watching Taboo (Tom Hardy)
[STRIKE]Binbag dance[/STRIKE] bins collected tomorrow so cheeky extra bag added.
Make sure everything in the dining room has a proper home
[STRIKE]S&S in the bathroom[/STRIKE]
If you've got piles have 15 minutes working through one of them - and be ruthless!

Worked through a pile of paperwork and post which was 'relaxing' in the hallway :rotfl:

Finishing cardigan for newborn who arrived 10 days early - better get a move on.....

Everyone sounds to have had a busy day..

Mad_with_money

Oooh me too, may I join? Am a long time 'reader' just don't post much.

Managed to clean my surfaces today, cleaned the kitchen window and sill, wiped out one cupboard, de-cobwebbed and steamed the floor

Ticked off pretty much all of the rest of my list bar one item so happy with that.

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi Mwm and Fairy3 welcome to the fold.

Well, 30 minutes done in the kitchen at silly o'clock. All worktops properly cleaned and every available surface wiped down. Kettle and microwaved cleaned. Bathroom swished. On to paid stuff no. 1. Called at the shops for some essentials and home to crack on with paid stuff no. 2. Parents called with some paperwork, sorted them out, made pizza and oven wedges, took DS1 to work.

I am supposed to still be working but waiting for something to download so just sneaking on here for a few minutes. Must try and do kitchen floor before bed.

Dizzy I was waiting in the car for DS1 to finish footie training the other night. I was amazed at the parents driving their kids (16 year olds) as close to the entrance to the astroturf pitch as possible then having to do a very tight 3 point turn or reverse back out again. What's all that about? The kids were going to play sport for heavens sake ... could they not walk across the car park???

Right, work to do.

Honey_Bear

ionafan wrote: »

.How on earth have we collected about 25 bottles of whisky, 3 mead, 4 port, 2 Malibu, 2 Baileys, 2 rum, etc etc, when DH hasn't had a drink for almost a year and I hardly ever touch the stuff? - I just use a few tablespoons of Drambuie for my special cakes and slosh a bit of brandy in the Christmas puds! I don't see the point of keeping it all. Do charities still raffle alcohol?.

The nursing home where my mother was down here did 8 years ago! Actually, they auctioned them off at a fundraiser and people paid silly prices, so I'd check with a local charity you support, and ask them to let you know how much they raise - you should be very, very pleasantly surprised. I hope so.

kazwookie wrote: »

Been for my interview, went ok, at one point one of the panel, said' kaz how do you know all this stuff' so I am taking that as a good point!! apparently they are making phone calls tomorrow afternoon, so fingers crossed.

Long drive tomorrow

Everything here crossed for you for tomorrow's phone call, and safe journey tomorrow.

loudmouth wrote: »

I have organised an oven cleaning company to do my oven on Thursday, he quoted me £28, I thought not bad, then he says, do you want the hob doing? Ermmm yes, I thought an oven clean was just that cleaning the entire oven. So another £12 on top of that. He then asks if it's glass door and top and what about the grill ? Oh god, I wish I had not bothered. I have a feeling the don't do the out sides as well. Is it me being thick?

No, you're not being thick, but an oven is an oven and a cooker is a cooker. I suspect most people have been caught out by the confusion over the terminology. Lots of people now have a seperate built in oven (we've got an electric one) with a built in gas hob, so they would classed as seperate, and if we had a grill on it's own as my mother had, that wouldn't be included. It's great that you found someone who isn't going to charge for something some customers don't have. Personally, I was too embarrased by the state of our oven, which was entirely down to me roasting ducks in it for year and never, ever cleaning it. I bought a bottle of Oven Mate from a friend who did Kleeneze to support her and forgot about it for years, thought I'd give it a try and wow! So I do ours now, following the instructions to the letter. Lakeland also supplies it and I wouldn't be without it. Evil chemicals notwithstanding, it was the only thing that worked and I'd tried pretty much everything else.

Welcome MWM and Fairy3! :wave:

2nd load pegged out. It's blinking freezing here, so it'll be drier in the morning than it is now.

FurryBeastOz

LAmewolf can you tell whichever mischief maker has gone of with DH's car keys that we need them Back NOW. Its is only key and I have to work tomorrow so I can't get him to work and back. Any other time of year I could be flexible but just NOT NOW.

:eek::mad: Seriously stressed.

Mumof2_2

So I had a really really bad weekend. To cut a long story short back to GP this morning and managed to explain what's going on without bursting into tears. She said that I'm under an awful lot of pressure and has put me onto some sedatives to take the edge off my anxiety. Thank goodness! Been hard to type as head full of stuff and my hands have been shaking with the sheer amount of adrenaline coursing through me!

Apart from that done some paid stuff, run WM and DW and seen a friend. GP says I'm not to go looking at new jobs etc; just try to relax and make sure I get some me time too. Really going to do my best to follow her advice as think I'm on the verge of making myself really ill.


Apart from that though hope all OK. I did read through but confuddled head not taken anything in ..... sorry. Hi to newbies!

Valli

Key finding vibes for you FBO

E bay sale posted...an item that was on my 'round tuit' list...*fling*
Crossword finished...for the first time in many months.
Going to iron while I mentally compose the list...

Fayolle

Arghhhh! FBO. I'm feeling your stress from here. Hope they have turned up.
Whoops -sorry- forgot my manners! Thank you Valli for the list. Slightly disappointed not to be doing a turn in my scullery maid outfit but I'm sure Mrs Beaton's turn will come! Oh and yes please, I'm in again!
Fingers crossed Kaz for tomorrow.
Managed to S&S the bathroom very quickly before going to work. WM run this evening and reloaded for tomorrow. Dinner cooked, eaten and cleared away, recycling out for the morning. Picked a few easy ticks from the list so the floor is swept, table wiped (seem to have forgotten the legs ), and the light switches wiped. Not too bad for me on a Monday!

FurryBeastOz

Wow. The power of MSE. Don't know how you managed it. We started looking at 0530, I looked for about an hour during the day, and we spent another 1/2 hr this evening. I just looked - somewhere that had already been 'searched' apparently. Yahooooooo:D

Will still need a new car in a couple of weeks but DH doesn't have to take time off from studying to go and find a more expensive one quickly now.

Mumof2 Have you told DH all this, and pointed out a possible solution!. Take care of yourself as ordered.

Mumof2_2

FBO yes I have told him plus he came along to my appointment today. So glad you found your keys by hte way!