Weekly Flylady Thread 21 August 2017

greent

Slow start today - although 1 x WM on line and another in machine (stripped DS2's bed whilst putting things away in his room)

MONDAY - Kitchen (am ignoring the leg0 play area/ laundry area previously known as the dining room )

Extras:
In your Room of Doom put three things (no more, no less) away where they belong. For the rest of the week, not just today, every time you go in there put three more things away. - DS2 and DS3's rooms - oops - forgot
HHI - ran out of time
Airing cupboard (maybe) - another day - DONE Tues - and paired up all the odd socks :T

Tuesday: Bathroom/s

Level 1
Wash toothbrush holders and glasses - N/a
Put toothbrushes etc to soak in boiling water for 15 minutes - only changed electric brush heads over weekend
Dust the high bits and deweb
Spritz the sink and loo and give them a clean
Scrub the shower and bath

Level 2
Sweep/vacuum the floor
Swab it
Polish the towel rail

Level 3
Turn out the cupboard under the sink
Polish the mirror
Clean the windows

Extras
Put as much of a bag of soda crystals down all the plug holes in the house as will go and swill it down with a kettle of boiling water. Do it more than once if it’s a slow drain. - N/a - all of ours are running fine atm
Change all the towels, bathmats, - DONE
Keep going with putting three things away each time you go into the Room of Doom
HHI

Am hoping to get some stuff sorted into sets ready to list on fleabay another day. Also need to go and collect DD from train station this afternoon.

roundtuit

Thank you ionafan and Honey Bear :eek: I am so glad I didn't throw caution to the wind and use the stuff! I'll make a note in my bullet journal to take it to the pharmacy the next time I pick up my prescription, and I need sodium carbonate. :idea: I have some bicarbonate of soda - but I can't think that's the same stuff. I bought it to wipe out the new fridge with. Would that work? There's an item on Mr G00gle which implies it will. (Beginning to wish I had taken O-level Chemistry now!!!! I chose Physics instead - will that ever come in handy, do you think?)

And also thank you Honey Bear for the word 'offhand'. That's exactly the word I was looking for and couldn't think of.

Towels are in WM; yesterday's laundry has been put away :T ( I don't iron, I wash carefully ); pots are washed and draining while I cool down a little. It's overcast, but I think that humid air is here so I'm flying in my nightie, then I'll have a shower and get dressed to take a friend out for lunch. Good thing we're not American flylady - I believe you have to have your shoes on and laced up to fly there. I only wear shoes outside - and then not always

Healing prayers being said for Mr ionafan

Rx

ETA Thank you greent I'm not going to risk it!

kazwookie

Ironing done and away
one bucket of apples done half a bucket of pears started, then I cut slightly my finger so plaster on nad having a break!
Might go blackberry picking later on, there are plenty of rural hedgerows around here.

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all
Good wishes for all who need them especially healing and coping vibes for mr and mrs Ionafan x

I'm in again hoping to iron and get all the chair bows finished today.

Honey_Bear

Bicarbonate of soda is probably a similar but different substance, but it works to de-stink anything, in the same way as soda crystals do. It's usually food grade stuff, so it's considerably more expensive than soda crystals. On the back of the dp soda crystal's bag (dp being the manufacturer of the stuff most widely available here) it says how to mix up a strong, medium or weak solution - which would be perfect for wiping out the fridge.

I used to buy kilos of bicarbonate of soda from the Chinese supermarket round the corner, but they've moved so I don't any more. Besides which, I found out at roughly the same time that while it looks most dramatic if you put bicarb down the plug hole and then pour in vinegar, it doesn't shift much gunge after all, and we've got very, very slow drains in the shower and shower room sink the lodgers use. If anything gunges them up, like hair and soap ends which happens reglarly, they block instantly and I need something that will deal with that pdq. Soda crystals do the trick nicely.

OH and I have just cleared the junk in the back alley at the hermit-like unsociable neighbour's request so the scaffolders can get through next week. Oh yay! I know he wants to sell and move, so hopefully this will mean the cumulative effect of neglect over the past 22 years will finally be addresseed and he'll be OFF! I've got a carload's worth to take to the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump tomorrow and then another load straight after. It's taken me years to persuade OH that stuff has to go and it's happening! Hurrah! But not much on the listy has happened because we were busy doing that.

greent

Phew! It's so muggy and oppressive here today - it's like walking around in a permanent after-effect of a hot flush!

Bathroom done. Teens do their own bathrooms - although I did nip in and throw some stuff down their sink drains in the end. Still need to do downstairs loo but need to cool down! Also vacuumed & polished my room and changed my bedding - figure that should get me a head start on another day

LameWolf

[FONT=&quot]HB thank you for making it Bathroom today; I want to give ours the works before Cookie arrives on Friday (I don't like using the steam cleaner with an excitable dog around)[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

Tuesday: Bathroom/s[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Level 1[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Wash toothbrush holders and glasses DONE (this is on our Dailies list)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Put toothbrushes etc to soak in boiling water for 15 minutes Change the heads - battery operated t/brush here[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Dust the high bits and deweb To do[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Spritz the sink and loo and give them a clean [/FONT][FONT=&quot]To do[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Scrub the shower and bath[/FONT][FONT=&quot]To do - and the bath lift[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Level 2[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sweep/vacuum the floor [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Swab it Floor was done yesterday[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Polish the towel rail[/FONT][FONT=&quot] To do[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Level 3[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Turn out the cupboard under the sink N/A - we don't have one[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Polish the mirror [/FONT][FONT=&quot]To do[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Clean the window [/FONT][FONT=&quot]To do[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Extras[/FONT]

• [FONT=&quot]Put as much of a bag of soda crystals down all the plug holes in the house as will go and swill it down with a kettle of boiling water. Do it more than once if it’s a slow drain. Drains are Mr LW's province - duly delegated
  [/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Change all the towels, flannels, sponges, bathmats, net and shower curtains if you didn’t do them last week DONE already
  [/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Give yourself a pedicure Prob won't get around to this; but I do intend to do the wax bath on my hands and feet today (again, not something I'd do with a dog in the place - hot wax and canine noses not a good mix.)
  [/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Keep going with putting three things away each time you go into the Room of Doom Run out of things to put away.:D[/FONT]

pigpen

Mudders.. chaos here as always.. just got back from hollibobs yesterday so spent today washing.. 5 loads so far.. but I've run out of pegs.. I think they have been eaten. Is it really THAT long since you got Stripes?? Wow.. that has passed super quick!!

soda crystals only seem to block anything I use them on.. I have some superb drain cleaner.. though boiling water does a decent job on ktchen sinks that are usually just full of grease.

Twinkle upchucked her breakfast .. again ..
I'm getting a new grandbeast about June time
My cats have spread fleas about my house while I've been away.. so need something to deal with those.
DD2 has been doing some cleaning.. and I need to get her to the GP to sort her issues.. she has requested an appointment with the MH team and not followed it up so I will get on that too.

Best feed the beasties... and shuffle laundry

LameWolf

We're done!:T
Does anyone remember the 1973 hit "Ballroom Blitz"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFBuYHldeY
Well, today I think we have achieved Bathroom Blitz! :rotfl:

I have also made a start on my Canine Behaviour Training Course.

greent

Passable achievements today - 2 x WM all line dried (lots of ironing now!), bread baked, daughter collected from station, crazy 8s, Rummikub and Cluedo played with smalls.

MONDAY - Kitchen (am ignoring the leg0 play area/ laundry area previously known as the dining room )

Extras:
In your Room of Doom put three things (no more, no less) away where they belong. For the rest of the week, not just today, every time you go in there put three more things away. - DS2 and DS3's rooms - oops - forgot - DONE
HHI -

Tuesday: Bathroom/s

Level 1
Wash toothbrush holders and glasses - N/a
Put toothbrushes etc to soak in boiling water for 15 minutes - only changed electric brush heads over weekend
Dust the high bits and deweb - DONE
Spritz the sink and loo and give them a clean - DONE
Scrub the shower and bath - DONE

Level 2
Sweep/vacuum the floor - DONE
Swab it - DONE
Polish the towel rail - DONE

Level 3
Turn out the cupboard under the sink - DONE - our bathroom has a large c-o-d in (towels, spare loo rolls, spare toiletries etc) - tidied and sorted
Polish the mirror - DONE
Clean the windows - DONE

Extras
Put as much of a bag of soda crystals down all the plug holes in the house as will go and swill it down with a kettle of boiling water. Do it more than once if it’s a slow drain. - DONE used the remains of a bottle of Mr M drain cleaner down DD's and DSs' bathroom sinks - also meaning 1 less bottle under kitchen sink :T
Change all the towels, bathmats, - DONE
Keep going with putting three things away each time you go into the Room of Doom - DONE (DS2 & DS3 rooms)
HHI

Looking to get the 2 x HHI done tonight (may clear 1/3 of the mountain!) after smalls in bed.

DS1 has just gone out on a driving lesson. DD meant to be sorting her room in anticipation of new bed arriving Fri. Easy dinner of warm potato & bacon salad with bbq chicken pieces, corn on cob and coleslaw