Weekly Flylady Thread 24th July 2017

SunnyGirl

Morning all.

Pigpen Hope you find the correct dosage/tablet that will help your pain it's awful x

On the subject of paying someone to do the jobs we hate I say go for it! When I was working in a well paid but stressful job I paid for the ironing to be done and DS1 was paid for thoroughly cleaning the house once a week. Nowadays I am cash poor but time rich in the uni holidays so do it all myself, or not as the case maybe which is why I've joined in :rotfl:

I had an hour in the kitchen last night wiping down and cleaning old blind dog gibble from where he'd been licking the front of the food cupboard! The fridge has been cleaned this morning and table and chair legs wiped with glass cleaner so they're all sparkly. I'll post my list later on.

I now need to get showered and dressed seeing as I'm lazily still loafing around drinking coffee

I can't remember who it was but good vibes for the lady with a daughter at the hospital this morning

mummyyof5

Lamewolf...wish I hadnt been drinking whilst reading that....make note to clean laptop,floor and soft furnishings where I spluttered my drink out laughing xx

kazwookie

Car passed MOT, so paid for that.
Now taxed said car £10 this year, from 1st Aug, I do love my car :T
(it is a Hybrid, hence the low low tax)

Sandwich eaten
OH gone to work, he asked me to make him a salad, :eek::D

atypicalblonde

Ended up helping M-i-L do some decluttering - it was surprisingly enjoyable. Took a car load to the tip, had a lovely lunch and now we are at home. Kiddies having a snack then hopefully some quiet time is on the cards - they are both a bit grumpy today.

In my MAD half hour I cleaned out our black wheelie bin :eek: it was emptied this morning, but when I pulled it back in I noticed there were still loads of carp stuck to the bottom. Marigolds on, stinky manky stuff pulled out and bagged up, bin bleached out then hosed. Happy with that :T

I have come to realise that the house badly needs some money spending on it. We are pretty much clutter-free, and it is all fairly clean and tidy most of the time. But there are things that are niggling me, such as lack of splashback in downstairs loo (had tiles for ages, just not sorted tiler), need to wallpaper feature wall in bedroom (CBA choosing paper there are waaaay to many to choose from), living room carpet needs professional clean etc etc. Think I will make a list and take it from there.

Natty68

Afternoon lovelies Have just munched lunch and am waiting for it to go down before I finish what I was doing before lunch

FBO Well done on passing your first 3 topics on the Visual Basic Course.
Welcome back JoJo. Congratulations on decluttering lodger and for finding a lovely 'OH' Your idiot cat sounds just adorable although a pickle..:D Wow what a huge amount you've done on your lists- Can you send some of your energy to me please, especially as the cleaner isn't here this week.
Reading about your summer lists you've just reminded me Valli about my house list of things to do over the next 3 years so we can move - and now I can't find it anywhere Can't remember what was even on it..lol
My MAD consisted of sorting out my debt payments that I've been avoiding/burying. It's amazing what you can sort out online now..I've even managed to sort out a couple of payment plans this way. Now why was I so scared of dealing with this
How are you feeling at the moment Bossy? Hope you feel better soon.
Piggers my ninjacat used to sleep in my knicker drawer when he was a baby - not on top though more buried underneath. It must be something the best loved cats do
Green my neighbours are often seeing me in pj's in the garden hanging washing out. They have even seen me hang the washing out, in the heatwave, in my undies.
Kaz I had to laugh at your OH watching tv with the cat's playmate That did make me giggle :TWoohoo at your car passing it's MOT:T
How was the theatre last night LW, did you have a nice time ?
Dizzy did you say a 'friend' had eaten DH's card while your DH was on a night out. How on earth did DH explain that to the credit card company? And why didn't this friend eat his own card...?
ATB is it worth sending phones to Music Magpie? I have a couple here from when I've upgraded just collecting dust. If I can get a little bit for them then I shall declutter them from the cupboard
Welcome SunnyGirl to the thread

Well things have turned upside down here the past few days. We went to D's mum's at the weekend, even though he really wasn't up to it. I had to drive as there was no way D could in his condition. Unfortunately after something that happened that I will truthfully say wasn't my fault even though she still said I had done it. As you can imagine the fur flew.. I actually swore at her and let rip at her. Told her what I thought of her and how I had a lot to deal with and she didn't have the monopoloy on major stuff. It was at this point I told her that her son was on chemo drugs and was really really ill. And how we thought he was going to die sometime back and he still isnt' out of the woods due to his immunity being dead!! It was at this point that D told her we were going home and wouldn't be back until he was fully well enough. And that she should be grateful he was there at all then. Well she has certainly cooked her goose as they say. I won't be going to hers again..if she can't apologise to me then that's it. And the pup definately won't be going there again. And as D can't drive then he won't be there as he has to rely on me to drive at the moment. Wooo that was long winded...lol

D has had his medication increased from 5mg to 15mg of chemo drug. And he is off work this week as he is in no fit state to go up to London. So he is working from home with his bosses permission. Although with the increase in drug I doubt he will be working from home when that kicks in.

And then to top it all someone who was instrumental in my main care at my childrens home at a very pivotal point of my life, has passed away. I was also dealing with this when we went to D's mums and kept bursting into tears which probably didn't help matters. And then I am struggling with my own mental health issues... Blimey I think I'll just hibernate away now..lol


Marvellous Monday - Blitz those bathrooms

Level 1
Wipe switches and sockets

Level 2
Level 3
Wipe sills and shelves
Wipe soap bottles
Polish towel rails
Sweep, wipe or vacuum floor as appropriate

Extras
S&S kitchen
month end approaches - write list of birthday cards etc for August

Terrific Tuesday - Kitchen
Level 1
Clean windows - this includes glass panels in doors
Wipe mats and/or change cloth
Wipe switches and sockets

Level 2
Clear sides and wipe down
Wipe kettle and other small appliances
Empty toaster and wipe crumb tray

Level 3

Extras

MAD half hour - Sorted out a debt plan for a couple of things that I had been hiding.
Check your meal plan for the week - can you double up on one meal to make a freezer filler ready for a lazy day? (Or a busy day when you have no time to cook)
Freezer inventory
S&S bathroom

Valli

atypicalblonde wrote: »

I have come to realise that the house badly needs some money spending on it. We are pretty much clutter-free, and it is all fairly clean and tidy most of the time. But there are things that are niggling me, such as lack of splashback in downstairs loo (had tiles for ages, just not sorted tiler), need to wallpaper feature wall in bedroom (CBA choosing paper there are waaaay to many to choose from), living room carpet needs professional clean etc etc. Think I will make a list and take it from there.

That'll be a Toots list then ATB; a flylady staple.
Dare I suggest that a downstairs loo splashback (unless it's hideously complicated with pipes etc) might be a possible DIY project? I'm sure AnW's mum, who was a regular a while back, tiled her own kitchen floor!

Have wiped down kitchen; just need to vacuum then mop floor. Yesterday I went to Dunelm and bought a large (ie high) step stool. So I have cleaned the windows without precariously teetering on a chair, which is slippy on the tiles. £9. Whey did I wait so long? And it fits snuggly in the 'utility' next to the TD under the worktop.

Got DD an intro to a local business because, in a former life, I knew the owner (like when I was at school; she was a teacher). DD drove over to see her. The job (waitressing) is hers if she wants it:T:T:T:T

Natty saw your post on FB; sending you my sincere condolences but I'm glad you had someone like that in your life. And those 'admin' jobs are the ones I put off and they are ALWAYS easier than I thought they would be!

ETA

Kitchen shiny
Bathroom S&S - after DS showered and shaved so a double bonus that I left it until this afternoon
Bin emptied; vacuum also emptied - black bin due to be emptied this week so need to make sure everything gets chucked that should be chucked.

list completed!

any particular room requests for tomorrow?

SunnyGirl

Terrific Tuesday - Kitchen
Level 1 Done

Level 2 Done

Level 3 Done


Extras

MAD half hour - post yours! Didn't do today
HHI Not done oops
Make a me-time appointment for sometime this week Have painted my nails a fabulous bright red!

Check your meal plan for the week - can you double up on one meal to make a freezer filler ready for a lazy day? (Or a busy day when you have no time to cook) Monthly meal plan and online shopping done to be delivered on Friday
Freezer inventory Done and I found so many bread bags with crusts in haha :rotfl:
S&S bathroom Done

mrs-moneypenny

Right I've done some so will get a bit crossed off been busy all day in there but it not actually taken much off the list. Got to nip bottle bank and battery recycling now and go mils.

Terrific Tuesday - Kitchen
Level 1
Clear sills and wipe
Clean windows - this includes glass panels in doors
Wipe switches and sockets

Level 2
Wipe kettle and other small appliances
Empty toaster and wipe crumb tray
Check fridge and fruit bowl for anything that needs using or flinging.

Level 3
Wipe down cupboard fronts - and tops and bottoms of doors - to removed dried-on drips and dust
Wipe handles of cupboards and drawers
mop floor

Extras

MAD half hour - I clean the oven
HHI

Tardis4

Lazy day yesterday as I had a sick child at 03:30, luckily she is better now. Today have done both bathroom and kitchen and very pleased how they look too (: Now to look into this "meal planning" that I keep seeing mentioned, lol.

Tardis4

SunnyGirl wrote: »

Freezer inventory Done and I found so many bread bags with crusts in haha Done

Time for crouton-making, SunnyGirl!