Weekly Flylady Thread 1st October 2007

torianut

Morning all!

Shirley - HELP!!! I saw a mouse run across my kitchen last night before I went to bed - what do I do?? I am annoyed as my kitchen has never been so clean!!!

Anyone know what to do? - I am sitting here with my legs up in case he comes back!

Going to playgroup in a mo so will do my flying later - if I'm not mouse catching!!

FrankieM

vanilla wrote: »

Anyone for a cuppa and a piece of apple pie ?(hubby made it and it's better than the one i made )

I'd love a cuppa and a piece of apple pie.
I've listed everthing I already had photos for and have taken photos of the other things I've found, so while I'm having a cuppa I'm going to get them listed.....

Pollybear

Morning all

Sun is shining! It was foggy earlier but it's clearing beautifully. One load of washing on the line, when DD gets up and strips her bed (it's her day off) I'll get that washed too.

I've cleaned the sink, toilet and bath. I did the floors yesterday. No blinds or mats to do.

Computer desk was done yesterday (it's in the hall), I do a disc clean up every night before I close down and I defragged last week. The desk was pulled out a couple of weeks ago when the computer went off to the workshop and it's too heavy to do that very often! I vacuum under it whenever I do the hallway anyway - most days.

Living room is tidy but can't vacuum until DD gets up.....I want to put my music on too, hope she gets up soon!

vanilla

Here you go frankieM :coffee: and apple pie.

I'm so cold.
Need to start planning the decorating now that we know which rooms we can get on with. So need to get more paint brushes this week end.

nicki_2

Morning all :hello: Slept like a log last night (woke up looking like I had measles I slept so "heavy" last night :rotfl: ) so since I've just finished my second cup of coffee for today I'm ready to go Well except for the nightclub playing trance music that appears to be next door :mad: I think I'm going to get one of OH's Mark Ronson CD's on (oh my! I now know why he doesn't listen to it when DD is around - the language is :eek: :rotfl::rotfl: )

The stew for tea last night in the slow cooker only got eaten by DD (I was waiting for OH to come in so we could eat together and discuss our day since he had an open evening to do) so that back on with some more veg thrown in for tonight. There's no ironing as I did it last night while DD and I watched The Phantom of the Opera (DD was in tears at the end cause Christine didn't choose the phantom ) so if any materialises today I might do it tonight while DD and I watch a film together again. She loves doing it that way I also took advantage of OH not being in and got the livingroom completely tidy and all the dishes washed so I can actually clean today instead of tidying then cleaning

This morning I've already stripped our bed again (very sweaty as last night we went to bed at 9pm both exhausted and it was hot in our room even thought the heater was off :rolleyes: ) - thats already washed (with the quilt & pillowcases from DD's bed from the weekend which I hadn't gotten around to washing due to the weather) and its out on the line. I'll put in another load at 10am as the sun isn't shining in the yard yet much so it won't be helping the washing dry. :rolleyes:

SOoooooo its time to get stuck in with a shortened list - lets see :

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
[strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there![/strike]
Wipe dining table..
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 .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!!
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• [strike]Wipe window sills [/strike]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 you didn't do it last week
• [strike]30 minutes ironing.[/strike] 2 hours worth last night instead

Deep Clean Challenge
Get in that food cupboard. Give it all GOOD scrub out before placing the things you need to use soon at the front. Check dates and freshness on older things, and See if you can incorporate these into next weeks meal plan! [strike]Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!![/strike]


Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
[strike]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/strike]
Water any thirsty plants, wipe their poor neglected leaves!!
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
[strike]Tidy shoes, coats and bags[/strike]
[strike]Put up linings or winter curtains to keep out those draughts.[/strike]Curtains up at the doors Just need to sort out the plastic covering on the door glass now
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.
• [strike]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[/strike]

Deep Clean Challenge
Clean light fittings, skirtings even the ones behind furniture. Clean fire-surrounds. Wipe sofa's down. [strike]Clear as may hotspots as you can.. see if you can get it all into one pile instead of 15!!![/strike]

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing

Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
[strike]Remove and wash bed linen.[/strike]
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
[strike]15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/strike]
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
[strike]Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.[/strike]
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• [strike]Put away those summer clothes from someones cupboard and get out the winter woollies.[/strike]
  
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in.. doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it!

Deep Clean Challenge
[strike]clean out that airing cupboard!!!!!! get rid of those things you don't need.. use dead towels as cleaning cloths etc.. be ruthless!!!! you REALLY don't need that 'thing' you've saved for 10 years.. 'just in case'[/strike] - Only thing in there apart from towels & bedding (minimal - 1 clean set only ) is single bedding from DD's old quilt for when we have sleepovers, Xmas pressies for DD (some cookery books), my sewing kit, hangers, and my clothing that doesn't quite fit yet! Oh, and a pile of old clothing which I'm going to turn into a blind (OHs old dressing gown - just the right size to make a new blind for the bathroom!) and some draught excluders Plus my decorating clothes & trainers so :p:p:p

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area

Level One
Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
[strike]Clear any clutter from desk [/strike]
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
[strike]Clear clutter from floor [/strike]
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment the pc while doing this (programs.. accessories..system tools.. defragment!.).. if you do the disc cleanup as well it clear all the cookies and temporary files too
[strike]Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or are dead![/strike]
Clean/wash the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone electrocuted!!
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc - easier option, I chucked the blind! It was disgusting! Will have to make a new one now though.
  
• grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

Deep Clean Challenge
Pull out the pc and desk and clear under and behind it.. how much money did you find? (I found a £2.50 postal order! and 12p)
clean windows, hang up clean nets and draught-proof curtains and any table cloths/throws or other dust and grot gathering bits of fabric!
Wipe sticky and dirty marks off the walls and doors.


RIGHT - I'm off to tackle the kitchen jobs, back later :wave:

Pollybear

Got the bedding in the machine now and music on




Our resident ghost has struck again. I put the soap on the side of the bath while I was cleaning the sink and it has disappeared. I wonder where it will turn up, it was only about 10 minutes before DD went in to wash her hands and couldn't find the soap. We've checked the bin etc.......never mind!

Dustykitten

Morning all. Not feeling great today, feel really sick for no apparent reason. Slept badly Nicki I was cold in bed and so was OH we both ended up with socks on!

Torianut I watched 'Help me Anthea I'm infested' last night and one of the homes on there was over run by mice - they had to call the pest man in. Do you have a cat? Mine sometimes bring in live mice and let them loose. I get OH to catch them or we have those human trap things to catch them in - don't work very well though. Good luck and stay up high. I'll tell you a vile story. Once I put my hand in my bag which was hanging with the coats to get my purse. It is a sheepskin job so furry inside. As I put my hand in a mouse jumped out. It had been living in there and had shreeded some tissue up as bedding:eek:

Right I plan to do half an hour in each room by turn working on the principle a little in each room will help.

Kitchen
Hall/stairs/landing
living room
bathroom
master bedroom.

Anytime left at the end to be spent turbo listing

pigpen

My nails look pretty and I found a huge web in the kitchen doorway.. so we have a homeless spider now! Hubby has the kettle on.. anyone??

What do you mean I have to 'fly'???

HopeElizzy

Morning all! hope you're all ok.....?

My flying isn't coming to much so far this week.... the dailies are getting done but not much else. I've been doing overtime at work, getting most of the dailies done before I leave around 11am but I'm not back till 8pm-ish, get some dinner then I'm too shattered to do much else.

I do have a dilemma I was wondering if anyone can help with.......?

Since the beginning of the school year my outlaws have been looking after/fetching from school my 2 littlies while I go to work. While this is saving me money in childminding it's wearing me out. I come back from work at 8pm and the house looks like armegeddon and I could cry. I cleaned the kitchen on monday....did all of Pigpens list.... then left for work. When I came back there were pots, plates, cups and other stuff everywhere. I leave a meal for them so there shouldn't be such a mess. They drink loads of tea so the white sink is brown. They let the littlies have all the toys out and don't put them away. I've spent an hour and a half getting glittery stuff off the dining room, lounge and hall carpets this morning. I feel like sobbing.
Any solutions or suggestions without sounding ungrateful to the outlaws or causing a war with them?

Thanks for listening to my mad rant!! Will go and get the dinner ready to leave out for later.

Much love xx I miss you all on my work week

mumoftwo

mumoftwo wrote: »

Good morning lovely flygirlies (and boys)

I am looking after my friends son today, so we probably all go out to the pictures. The weather is miserable today.

My aims for today are:

[strike]fold and put away all washing that has just came out of the dryer.[/strike]
more washing, machine already on
hoover living room
start on DLA form (hate that stupid form, it makes me depressed)
keep kitchen sparkling (sorry kids, no eating or drinking anything today )

Night night Denize, have a good day everyone else :grouphug:

[strike]ok, computer clean up first, while I am here..[/strike]

[strike]Asda order been delivered and put away (wiped out fridge again while I was there)[/strike]

[strike]Wiped PC area, cleaned keyboard with antibac. wipe[/strike]
Ironing and put away

kids watching Spy kids 3D, makes me dizzy looking at it as I walk past

Vanilla: AHH, Bless your DD's cotton socks, castles and princesses for her then! Call me dim, but I read your post saying that DD is getting a bedroom, are you building one?
HopeElizzy: That is a difficult one. They are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, surprised that they leave such a mess, My SIL looks after her grandaughter and she does their washing, ironing if needed, and cleans and her DIL doesn't like that much either, I don't know how you could approach it without hurting their feelings, maybe hiding the glitter and glue away. I feel for you, I really don't know how you do it, working and a family.. my hat of to you, and stop trying to be superwoman. have you got a dishwasher? (Just got one 2 days ago, it's fab)

I watched Anthea's infected programme, eeeuuuww, the bedbugs, we had a wee field mouse once behind kitchen cabinets, saw it behind the dryer, called council but because we owned the house they wanted something like £50, so just went to B&Q and got poison, put it behind the dryer and a few days later I found it dead there. I did feel a bit quilty, poor wee thing.

Onwards