Weekly Flylady Thread 14th August 2017

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Was in bed by 9.30pm and snoring by 10pm last night. Woke up at 5am feeling rather confused, as I had only gone up to put my phone on charge.

My day has consisted of fixing agricultural equipment, transporting a couple of bales of green hay, seed collecting and distributing.

Himself, however, spent the day packing, depositing gear with a friend who is driving down there the day before and will set the tent up and finalising arrangements for the weekend and next week. And, bless him, as I was coming back into town, he texted to say there was a pint waiting for me in the pub. I went full on Ice Cold in Alex on it after he'd had his fun in telling me I looked and smelled like I'd been living in a rabbit hutch. He's lucky I looked where I was putting my feet, or it would have been essence of sheep byre instead.

He is cooking, I am going to fall into the bath, eat loads of food and then tomorrow will be packing up the last things and nagging him about the essential pre holiday prep - making the bed up so it's fresh and perfect when we come back, getting everything that might turn evil in the kitchen out of the house (like I didn't just spend yesterday morning doing it whilst he snored) and ensuring we don't come back and find that we've run out of teabags and coffee :eek:

Natty68

Have a lovely holiday JoJo. Hopefully you'll come back all rested and to a lovely house too

bossymoo

Well I'm not quite sure where today has gone! But it wasn't spent cleaning bathrooms :eek:

Late home with kiddies tonight after visiting a friend who is moving away nice evening, kiddies had a cupcake - fuelled trampolinathon. Thankfully no one vomited :eek: but a little sad about them moving.

Possibly won't be around tomorrow either, day out planned. Assuming the kids can get out of bed at a reasonable time after tonight!

Just had a quick whizz round kitchen so I don't have it all to deal with tomorrow, and now I'm off to bed too. Yawn!

MinnieMousesMummy

Just going to update my list and then head to bed as back to early starts in the morning.

Monday Minging & Flinging - Kitchen and Dining Room
Defrost the freezer
Sweep and mop floors
Sort & clean oven and hob
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)

Tuesday Triumphs
Sort through wardrobe in the master bedroom

Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Let the chickens out, feed animals and collect eggs
Take kids to school
Paid stuff 10-2
Collect kids from school
Look at ways to save money on uni budget
Sort uni planner for November
Update kitchen noticeboard
HH decluttering bedroom floor
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the rain sunnyness
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!
Freshen up any curtains or bedding that needs doing!
Clean all the upstairs door frames
Clean windows in these rooms
Close the chickens away
Check emails and declutter 50

Carried over till later in week in prep for painting
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Clean the fridge.. it is smelly!!
Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
31 fling boogie..
GO! buy yourself some flowers from the shop.. your reward for making the kitchen shine!
Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks. Make them sparkle, sparkle!!!!
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Hoover/Sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry
MAD half hour
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
Fling all those empty bottles and tubes, do you really need that empty shower gel bottle?
If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles

lynnejk

Evening folks

Hope you enjoy your holibobs Jo-Jo

Dailies done
All rubbish and recycling put out
Plants watered on balcony
Dusted top to bottom in LR
Spanish lesson done
Tablet recharged and updated
Kitchen WUDUPA, bunkers and hob wiped over
Order placed for Mr T delivery
Bank accounts checked and did the money shuffle

Monday Minging & Flinging - Kitchen and Dining Room
Sweep and mop floors
Extras
Clean the fridge.. it is smelly!!Cleared dross, but too full yet to clean until end of week

Tuesday Triumphs - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks. Make them sparkle, sparkle!!!!
Clear any clutter from desk
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Hoover/Sweep and mop the floors in these rooms.
Extras!
MAD half hour
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it

Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom
Check fire alarms are working
Fling open the window and let in the rain/sunnyness
Vacuum floors in bedroom
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!
Extras
MAD half hour….
34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most....

MAD today. Emptied one of the CD x 50 stands and dusted each CD and hoovered out the stand. Just replaced, in alpha order, the ones I want to keep - rest in heap for DH to check. Hope to do other stand tomorrow.

Hugs, sticks and spoons for anyone needing some
Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday
Lx

Narc0lepsy

Honey_Bear wrote: »

I truly am a slatttern, Valli. My idea of the perfect day would be to spend it in bed with a never-ending pot of coffee, a never-ending box of chocolates, a pile of books and the radio, Devil Cat and Kelpie for company. And maybe the laptop. I need to get to grips with things.

Is that not normal? Gosh. No, it's coffee, kindle, tablet, chocolates and the conservatory for me..........slinks out.

Well while I'm here, I'll just say that this week has included the usual eclectic mix of just about keeping up with basics, lots of gardening, fruit picking, zumba, Mr T and other ......stuff....

ionafan

Morning all.

I did a big shop yesterday afternoon so the fridges are full again after their clean on Monday. And I also finally got through on the phone to the energy company to switch to a new 12-month fixed rate when my present one expires in a couple of weeks' time. Staying with the same company was what the MSE Cheap Energy Club advised :money:

Yesterday morning I let Rosie off the lead on the lane behind our house for a short time, when there was nobody else around, and in the evening she walked 1/4 mile off the lead, coming back to me for a treat every time I called her. I put her back on the lead going through the woods where the squirrels are a great attraction and then let her off again on the dog-walkers' field. She had a great time playing with some other dogs, and on the way home raced up and down the lane with great excitement. Such a joy to see! Mind you, she was really tired last night and still hasn't moved this morning from her usual spot in the study-bedroom: she's just lying there very relaxed.

Today I have a dental check-up and I need to do some more work on my assignment. Progress is veeeeerrrrrry sloooooooow, and I am fed up with being surrounded by piles of paper.

Onwards and upwards... Hope everyone has a good day x

Valli

Morning all.
DW x 1, WM x 2.
Am going to pop into work today, to take the cardboard, junk for junk modelling (I have been saving little boxes in prep for 'free choice'), clean scissors etc. So my dining room will be a bit clearer.
I might dust it when I get home!

greent

OH has passed his lurgy onto me (caring is NOT sharing in this case! ) so I am not doing much. Will be back later with updated/ reduced lists

Have a great break, Jojo

roundtuit

Hello :wave:

I'd like to jump back on the wagon please. It's been a while and the house bears testimony to that but I've been lurking and inhaled some of your motivation so I'm able to report that I'm on top of the pots and of the laundry.
My Dailies ( note to self: which are to be carried out DAILY =

make beds
WUDUPA
feed birds
put out rubbish/ recycling
sort laundry

I'm also on a decluttering mission. I'm going to use your lists as a guide and have MAD sessions in appropriate room each day until actually following the lists is possible. eg your 'wipe dining table' will be my MAD 15 minutes x as many as it takes to 'unearth dining table putting stuff away not just moving it somewhere else until it ends up back on dining table'.

So looks like I'll be MAD in my bedroom today :T

Thank you
Rx