Weekly Flylady Thread 8th October 2007

ShirleyPark_2

argh another weekend of trying to get the house clean and tidy. The hallway is nearly striped for the plasterer to come in on tuesday, that's the last bit of plastering Plus I'm off all next week, so hopefully by the time I go back to work the house will be in some sort of order as there is no excuse next week.

If you are planning to give photographs this christmas make sure you have an appointment booked.. and pretty things to wear.. and get it sorted!!!
I guess then I'd better sort out when I'm going to take the photos for all the people who've asked me to take them for them for christmas !


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 –

• 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
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Clean oven if you didn't do it last week

Thrilling Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Check fire alarms are working
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Clean windows in these rooms

Frantic Friday- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom..
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• clean the radiators and woodwork in these rooms

Deep Clean Challenge
Scrub down the dirty marks on the walls in these rooms, and any dirty marks on the walls. When did you last clean 'under the rim'? Get a mirror and check it out.. how gross??? Wash any chair covers/throws/blinds etc. When did you last replace the bath sponges & toothbrushes??

FRIDAY EXTRA - Don't forget your ME time this weekend, even if it's just a nice relaxing bath or going to the pub with Pigpen!! go on you deserve it

WEEKEND Frolics
For those who have extra weekend time and can't function without tasks... lol If you don't have time or want to spend time with your family that is brilliant.. go for it. It is a list of tasks to do over the weekend if you get chance.. no pressure at all.. just ideas and reminders and winter preparations!
This is also a chance to get hubby's and children involved in the flying

• Who is making their own christmas cards?? Do you have all you need?? Do you have recipes for everything you want to bake for christmas? Cake/pudding/stuffing/sauces
• If you are wanting to take part in the flylady christmas card swap please PM pigpen your details!! .. name address and email addy.. some people want to send e-cards
• Change any bedding you didn't get chance to do over the week!
• Meal plan for the next week and make a shopping list... based on what you found in the freezer and those things that need using from our Tuesday cupboard sweep
• Fill a binbag of things to get rid of.. charity/bin etc
• check you have christmas cards and presents sorted for those friends/family overseas which will need posting soon!!
• If you are planning to give photographs this christmas make sure you have an appointment booked.. and pretty things to wear.. and get it sorted!!!

My list for the week (alternatively known as the stuff that didn't get done today)
Put cover back on sofa
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
Tidy tools and stuff from spareroom away
Move books from study and storage to bookshelves on landing - in progress
Clear paperwork on desk - getting there
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 - sky done
Contact mortgage guy as to why there is an admin fee
sort out with K&D about their wedding photos

nicki_2

Solwaykid wrote: »

(Nicki, enjoy your non-date!).

Thank you Been awake since 9am and trying to keep myself busy but so far I've failed miserably :rotfl: Need to go and sort my stuff out, the amout of time it will take me to have a bath, get dressed and actually put make-up on I need to start about 11am to leave here at 12.45 :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Oh well, OH wants to go for a bath so I best go and hurry DD up :wave:

Pollybear

Morning all

Hope you have a good time Nicki

Weather is mild but dull again and the washing is once more just sulking on the line. Ah well, at least it's out of the house for a few hours.

Everything else is fairly tidy here. All washing up done. DD's bed airing and mine made. Hoping to go out somewhere this afternoon just to get out of the house for a while. I don't really like going out much but sometimes I get a bit stir crazy!

juliejim

Have a great time Nicki

nicki_2

OH has only just gone in the bath :mad: That MAN annoys me sometimes - he said he was going up at 10.15 then went on the computer instead :mad::mad::mad: So I suggested at 10.50 I would jump in and get out again so he could have one but he said "No I'm going up now"! I wouldn't mind but there's nothing else I can do until I manage to get in the bath! :rolleyes: Oh well, at least if I'm rushing to get sorted I can't get too nervous - only nervous as this is the first time I've seen him for a long time and I have no idea how we're going to get on :o Ooo I think that might be the bathroom free :j :wave:

ShirleyPark_2

enjoy your "not a date" Nicki

cha97michelle

:rotfl: Just had to share this. I had a facebook email from a friend who noticed that i love to fly and that he could ask his dad to take me out on his plane if i wanted him to.

I didn't know whether to laugh or cringe at the thought of explaining myself to this old school bud,

DH was sat in stitches laughing at me. So eventually i decided to laugh too. So what if an old school friend ii never see thinks i am a geek.


In terms of todays flying, i was up early with charlie this morning as DH was out working late last night. We were at morrisons for about 9:30, so weekly food shop has been done and been put away.

We let charlie try and feed himself breakie this morning, and he was really good, not as much mess as i thought, and the spoon hit his mouth every time so i am proud of him.

Anyway, must make lunch for charlie so off i go, and i will see you later

shell2001

Hello All

Not been around this week although I have been flapping my wings. Life just seems to be running away with me lately. I thought I would have time on my hands now DD1 at school at DD2 at preschool 5 sessions a week but it is so NOT the case .

DD2 keeps waking in the night usually about 1am and after 3 weeks of it me and DH and feeling extremely tired, still they are over at Nannies for sleepover tonight so may get to sleep later than 5.30am:j .

Am at work today so not much done in line of flying. I have managed to list some stuff on ebay, mainly hubbys PS3 and Wii games:rolleyes: that he played for about an hour each but had to have:mad: .

Hugs to all that need them (extra special ones for baby matthew).

Hope to get back into the swing of things next week!

Nicki - enjoy the "none date", and practice that flirting:D !

embb

Afternoon everyone :wave:

LJ Sorry to hear that, how very sad x
Jill nice to hear from you again, glad everythings hunky dory x
lil_me great to hear there's some improvement with Matthew, you're all still in my thoughts x
nicki enjoy your [STRIKE]date[/STRIKE] day out
pigpen I understand that guilt feeling, but he's ok don't beat yourself up about it x
shell been wondering where you were, sorry to hear you're not getting much sleep x
torianut Thanks, I'll pm you

*yawns* what a night! kids were all at sleepovers last night so OH invited me to 'sleepover' at his house, first time we've spent the entire night together in 4 years though we didn't get much sleep *coughs*

We're going to board out his loft later on today - oh joy - so no flying for me but with no kids to mess it up it's still clean and tidy so it's all good.

catch you later xx

nicki_2

Oh I'm going to enjoy myself alright - he's cancelled :mad: