Weekly Flylady Thread 8th October 2007

lil_me

LJD1, big hugs, hope your friend makes a full recovery soon, will be thinking of you both
Michelle, I am shocked, what a stupid thing for her to say
Punky hope the celebration goes well, Happy Birthday to Mr Punky
Hugs to anyone else who wants/needs one. With 5 pages to catch up on I left my memory behind on page 10 I think.

Somehow, the list is done inc taking cupboards down and over, DP also went crackers in the garage and ripped all the old shelves down. Unpacked the food we took over aswell. The space in the kitchen is much better than I thought. I've also packed another 6 boxes to take over will be back in the morning with an equal size list, just pray tomorrow that the paint in the bedroom looks ok once it is dry, round the top needs another coat which I know, but hopefully 4 coats on the rest has done it!!

AnW'sMum

Phew just got the boots order done in time!!!! And feeling pretty pleased with myself. Not a lot else done here today (trying to think what I have done!!!) *scratches head* ermmmmm well we put A's furniture back in place and I hung some temporary curtains up for her, groovy chick ones which just about meet in the middle! given to us ages ago, was going to ebay them but they do the job for now

Can't think of anything else, all I can think of is 3 for 2 before midnight!

AnW'sMum

Well done to everyone else today, good job done all round from what I have read. Michelle I agree with the others, terrible handling of the situation by school. LJD will be thinking of you tomorrow, you'll be fine at the hospital and it doesn't matter if you go to pieces on us lot that's what we are all here for, to support each other.

Better rescue uniforms out of the dryer, school pics tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed we get a good one, need it for Christmas presents!!

Night night all xx

ShirleyPark_2

Morning all. I didn't fly at all yesterday, in fact I was hardly in the house. Thankfully I don't have kids, and my spare room is the rat room which was sorted out at the weekend, so nothing really to do in there, hence I can do yesterdays list today.

The ex has found a flat, so hopefully all the checks should go through and then he can move out, just need to hassle him to find out when he's planning on finishing off the things that I wanted doing - grrrrrr


Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Clean a window or two.
• Ring someone you love, just to tell them you love them!!

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

Terrible Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Clean floors
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
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..
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. an old toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Clean oven if you didn't do it last week

Deep Clean Challenge
Get in that pan cupboard. Give it all GOOD scrub out before replacing the things you need to keep. If no pan cupboard do a different one! Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

My list for the week (alternatively known as the stuff that didn't get done today)
Put cover back on sofa
Ditch broken DVD player, box up amplifier
Put TV back where it used to be
Clean skirting in lounge
Put curtain rail back up properly and rehang the remaining curtains
Move drawers back into bay window in lounge
Get 4 boxes - charity shop, [strike]freecycle, sell, return to owner[/strike], and clear stuff from understairs, storage room into the boxes.
Get smoke alarms put back up
Sort through blanket box
Clear bedside cabinets
Tidy tools and stuff from spareroom away
Move books / cds from study and storage to bookshelves on landing - in progress
Clear paperwork on desk
Make a christmas card list .. do it on the pc so you don't lose it! Make a note of posting dates for friends/family overseas! - while doing it, check birthday's left for this year
Make christmas present list
Sort out bills
Order extra doors for rat cage
Contact mortgage guy as to why there is an admin fee
strip paper in hallway

scaredy_cat_2

morning everyone - i have decided that i just don't like kitchen days and often fall apart or avoid it!! what can i do to solve it - i just hate cleaning the kitchen.

oh well - well i hope everyone is ok today - some of you seem to have a lot on - moving, friends, pregnancy - it can all take its toll so make sure you chill. I hope everyone had some of their me time! or is that today? will check in a mo - i am on the preschool rota today so will aim to do a few bits first - i did make tonights dinner yesterday - cottage pie - so very little cooking to do

i might like to make choc loaf ! - any chance of a recipe please pigpen or others

right off to get dressed and wake up with shower now dh is down - girls both up but good night so doesn't matter.

yesterday dd2 (age 2) was up to the table doing beach fuzzy felts and dd1 came in the room - dd2 said 'you look just like a fuzzy felt'! she did look remarkably like the fuzzy felt girl!

bye bye

FrankieM

I had a really weird dream last night. I dreamt that all the things I was selling on ebay got stolen by burglers.....how weird is that...??

So, today.....I just stripped my bed and put sheets in the WM. Having a cup of tea now...!
Will potter till kinders gone to school, then crack on with my room.....

x_raphael_xx

Morning all, well I started on the bedroom, but until it gets a bit later I can't do the vacuuming so I'll leave it for a minute.
WM is on, so tumbledryer will be on shortly, then the second load which includes the bed covers etc can go in.
All my boot sale junk has been shoved under the bed for the minute, I will sort it properly when I get back from my short hol. At least it's out of the way! Couple of things tackled, and now I'm going to make a start on the dreaded ironing while I wait for the people in the upstairs flat to wake up.

Wacky Wednesday - Bed room

Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! paint your nails, make an appointment to have your hair done, a lovely soak in the bath.. whatever you feel like!!
Level Two
[strike]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc[/strike]
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Level Three
[strike]Strip beds, turn[/strike] and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

• 30 minutes ironing.. you love me & you know it!

Daily Tasks:
Dishes
Brush dog
Walkies
Clean yard

To do list:
Washing
Wash and vacuum car. Check oil etc.
Sort out the pile of [strike]junk[/strike] quality items that didn't sell at the boot sale.
Ring local paper and list some of ^^^ for sale. List rest on eBay.
Tackle my huge pile of ironing.
[strike]Sort & tidy thru my bedroom drawers.[/strike]
Start packing for Fri, or at least write a list.
Get some plaster mix & fix hole in the kitchen wall (made by poochie!)

Solwaykid

Back in the saddle and raring to go! It's been a whole week since I followed the list and the thread. Anyone feel up to a quick summary gossip-wise for me?

I've just seen Blokey off to work after having him stay at mine since Friday and a couple of days off together.Man could seriously drive me bonkers unless I learn to embrace untidyness.. The house is an outrage and I've been itching to spend some time cleaning but I've got the rest of the week off to do some jobs so I'm going for the deep clean mission.
No kids room here so today I'm going to backtrack and play catch up. I see the rooms are switched about this week - I'll bet that threw a few folks!
Quick cuppa while I write my list of must do's this week. Then I'm going to make a start in the kitchen.
Yay, I'm back in the land of Flylady and I feel less frustrated already!!

Have a good day, hugs to those who need one. Back later.

nicki_2

Morning all :hello:

I have a mountain of washing to do, hotspots have appeared on the desk which are annoying me but the rest of the place looks great *polishes halo* I think I need to go shopping today, I might see if I can put it off until tomorrow.

Discovered last night that I have something on sometime in the next couple of days but I'm not saying anything more except :j:D NO it's not a date Nor is it me and OH getting back together, or me going out for a job or anything like that. I'm just looking forward to something very much MUM and Johanne if you're reading this I'm not telling you two either!

Right, I think I should go and sort out some washing to put on and hurry DD up. Laters :wave:

scaredy_cat_2

oh Nicki - sounds intriguing - i'm sorry as i have been away for a few months hadn't realised you and oh were not together anymore - sorry about that