Weekly Flylady Thread 4th June 2018

Amzwoody

klew356 wrote: »

Sit down with a cuppa, relax and write a list going through each room of little things you need or want to do to improve it, i have this list on my phone and as i do things i delete them off the list, sometimes i think right there’s nothing on the box at 6pm il do some of those jobs now, even if it is simple things like wash the dishes, put clothes away, sort a wash out – you do feel satisfied when the jobs are done, even if it is sort a cupboard in the kitchen, start a pile for out/skip. When i started i started with the living room as this was the room i wanted to be able to relax in

Thank you klew356 I'm going to try and work thought my list one job at a time and will hopefully start to get things pulled back round soon xx

Amzwoody

wishingthemortgaheaway wrote: »

Amzwoody,
A few years ago, 4 maybe. I got signed off work with depression/anxiety/ work related stress it was this time of the year.
One of the things that had slipped was looking after the house. So, one Sunday night I setttled down to watch the French open tennis and wrote the most enormous to do list. I split many of the jobs down into tiny tiny segments, even to the point of :
Take shoes upstairs
Take clean clothes up stairs
Put cups in the dishwasher
Empty kitchen bin
Empty living room bin.
Really really really tiny tasks.
Hoover xxx

Then, thanks to the French open being shown on itv4 and there being lots of adverts, every time the tv switched to adverts I did 1 or 2 jobs. I couldn't do any more as the Ad breaks are not long.
Over the course of the evening I couldn't believe the dent is made in the to do list. The next day I put a film on and did a couple of Big 'sit down jobs' like the filing of bills etc.

Once I'd broken the back of this two things 'advert length jobs' and 'sit in front of a film' jobs I felt much much better and could tackle some of the jobs that didn't fit into those two categories.

Even now, if I'm very tired I will put something trashy on the tv with adverts and do the jobs I need to do in the adverts.

It might not work for you, but it really helped for me.

Thank you for your great advice wishingthemortgaheaway, small steps can make a big difference, hopefully i can do a few extra things this week that will mean following the thread list will be easier to manage next week xx

LameWolf

"Flying" has been all outside for the last 2 days; four large pots emptied (contents have gone in the garden, by the back fence) and re-purposed for potting-on. Ably assisted by Honey, of course. I am now completely krackered, and will be doing no more today other than preparing food and clearing up afterwards.

Honey_Bear

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

I have an interview for the dream job on Friday so everything crossed and will be on eggshells till then.

Best of luck for Friday, and I'm glad the weekend went well.


(((Hugs))) Dancemum.

Amzwoody wrote: »

Hi all, I seem to be stuck in the cycle of i need to sort my house and it will wait another day!! Problem is another day rarely comes !!! So id like to join in and try to bring some order to my house and life i suppose. I suffer with depression on and off, i kind of float between good weeks/months to bad ones. I try my hardest to keep up with the bear minimum like washing up, cooking and making sure clothes are washed but on my bad times i just don't see everything else mounting up. so that brings me to the good days, like today where now i can see it all and just don't know where to start. Can anyone give me any hints, tips or advice on how to pull round my mad house of 5 and keep on top of it ???

I rather suspect that there are four people who are leaving most of it to you. I'd suggest that each one of them has alloted tasks, like emptying bins and putting the rubbish out in time for collection including sorting the recycling; filling and emptying the dishwasher or doing the washing up, drying up and putting away; pegging the washing out, bringing it in, folding it and putting it in each person's room; sweeping and washing the kitchen floor. They're the tasks that anyone can do well, and that would leave you to deal with the things that need attention, because no-one else will even see that things need to be done. Everyone in the house should help - you are not their servant.



I've munched another large frog, which means I've got one big one to go and then I've dug myself out of the morass that built up after I moved here 25 years ago and never managed to get on top of. It's an amazing feeling to be so close to only having to deal with day to day things after that. I'll still be playing catch up on finishing huge jobs that I've done most of but not quite finished for a while, but the bulk of everything except this large frog has been tackled. I'm really, really relieved. Hovel to Haven is really working, at long last.

wishingthemortgaheaway

[STRIKE]Tomorrow[/STRIKE] Todayis a day out with some
Family who are visiting from the big smoke. So very little will get done as we are going out for a meal in the evening
Too.

This week:
Monday: [STRIKE]work from home [/STRIKE]
Tuesday: [STRIKE]Extended family day out[/STRIKE]
Wednesday:Work from home
Thursday: reserved for supply teaching
Friday: Be a Mum
Saturday: family day
Sunday: Family day

To do

Must
[STRIKE]Tidy kitchen following family visiting for tea[/STRIKE]

Should
Put dry clothes away will do this while hubby baths Pickle, will update later if completed now been done, but the strike through button has disappeared.

Could


Extra


Happy flying

Wish.

wishingthemortgaheaway

Wednesday

Breakfast out with relatives in the morning, hubby home all day (but he has homework to do) I need to prep for an inspection and 2 visits for work in the afternoon.
Home in the evening, so should make the most of it.

This week:
Monday: [STRIKE]work from home [/STRIKE]
Tuesday: [STRIKE]Extended family day out[/STRIKE]
Wednesday:Work from home
Thursday: reserved for supply teaching
Friday: Be a Mum
Saturday: family day
Sunday: Family day

To do

Must
Vac pac the flipping spare bedding!!! 3 weeks this has been needing to be done.
Cleaner proof the house (please don't sack me from this thread for having a cleaner)
Washing
Stuff to cellar
Stuff to loft

Should
Strip wallpaper

Could


Extra


I need to consult the flying list, I shall edit later. have consulted list, not going to add to the list now as 'cleaner proofing the house is a serious job.

Happy flying

Wish.

Valli

Huge hugs, Dancemum.

Pleased to read about progress.

I have pegged out DD's washing, last night I ironed.

Flying on work day limited to making bed and basic WUDUPA; laundry; bin emptying

tboo

Thumping Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level One …
Level Two…
Level Three …
Wipe paintworks and any grubby marks off walls etc
HHC in the porch

Extras

• Clear a hotspot or 3!
• Clean light shades/fittings and lamps
• Clean a window or two.
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings!
• Clear one hotspot, or just spend at least 5 minutes tackling it
• Wash a pair of curtains, or some nets or a throw from a chair or bed
• Groom the hairy pets... or the children lol
• 29 fling boogie

WM X 1

DW X 1


Weed killer spray at the front of the house

kazwookie

Marks on carpet scrubbed
Kitchen cleaned.....................!
Wm x loads done
Cat flea treated
OH has a big birthday this year, so his daughter and I have been planning I now need pirate invites................

pigpen

Kaz... I'd do parrots with eye patches for invites.. lol.