Weekly Flylady Thread 5th November 2007

AnW'sMum

Found it! Was by the kettle (where it normally lives) just not plugged in!!! Mobile now charging and before you all descend on me MSE style, it is switched off at the plug when not charging

Well one phone call received and sorted, another made and awaiting return call. So that must mean :coffee: time want a biccie with yours embb? Anyone else while the kettle is on?

Hope the school does something about the other kid shell

shell2001

1 bed done in the littles room, hoovered, remade and bedding in wash. May do other one later or tomorrow as no space on my whirlygig at mo. Right I will go and do the wardrobe top but need step ladder.

This child is driving me mad! Apart from the fact I did not get enough sleep neither did she and whilst I am just bad tempered she becomes the spawn of satan!

embb

Ooooh cuppa and a biscuit! Yes please!

nicki_2

:dance:#I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...# :dance:

• Dailies
  • [STRIKE]beds[/STRIKE]
  • [STRIKE]Bathroom S&S[/STRIKE]
  • Dishes [strike]- 1 lot done and another to do We were both too busy with our new mobiles to wash up last night :rotfl:[/strike] Just the slowcooker pot now to wash
  • Kitchen S&S
  • Evening meal - no idea
  • Paul McKenna CD
  • [STRIKE]Wash Load[/STRIKE] Rug & dark wash from yesterday still drying so will put stuff in to soak once I've done the next batch of dishes.
• Livingroom, hall & Stairs
  
  • Dust
  • Damp wipe where necessary (banister, switches, coffeetable)
    
  • Dry clean window (microfibre cloth - no pets so don't really get dirty on the inside, just dusty )
  • Paperwork Clearance
  • Wipe skirting boards
• Kitchen
  • Sort fridge
  • Wipe small applicances
  • Clean windows
  • Clean cycle on WM
  • Freezer inventory
  • Clean oven
• DD's Room
  • [strike]Vacuum[/strike] see below
  • [STRIKE]Tidy up[/STRIKE]
  • Dust
  • [strike]Change bed - at the weekend[/strike]
  • [STRIKE]Find all "next size" trousers - yet another growth spurt :rolleyes:[/STRIKE]
  • Sticky mark removal

Didn't do the Christmas stuff BUT I've decided I'm not vacuuming until we get a new vacuum :rotfl: I've seen one in Asda for <£30 so I'll get that at the weekend and OH can put it in the car to bring it home The one we have we've had since before we moved in here so thats at least erm...3 years and it wasn't exactly expensive (<£50) so I can't see a problem with getting a new one.

I've found a more efficient setting on the fire - it's on its highest heat setting but I've switch some flue (sp?) thing on it off so it's now belting all the heat out into the washing - drying things much faster :j

Right, upstairs to S&S bathroom & make beds...while I'm there I'll grab the whites which need to go in to soak, and the jeans/pink wash

gunsandbanjos

Done so far:
DW been on and will empty when cooled
WM on
S&S in Kitchen
Dishes done
Fridge raided and out of date stuff chucked
Bird cage deep cleaned( they are messy birdie boos):D
Ebay stuff listed

JAMIEDODGER

Tuesdays List
*[strike]Ironing[/strike]
*[strike]Bake loaf[/strike]
*[strike]Get dinner out of freezer[/strike] [strike]and peel spuds[/strike]
*[strike]Post office run and withdraw housekeeping money[/strike]
*[strike]Make a crumble for pudding[/strike]
*[strike]Hang washing out instead of forgetting it and then having to use TD[/strike]
*[strike]Front room needs hoovering and a good dust[/strike]

Wednesdays List

*[STRIKE]Do 2 washes and hang on line[/STRIKE]
*Ironing 10 items again
*[STRIKE]Make phonecall to breakspear[/STRIKE]
*[STRIKE]Paperwork[/STRIKE]
*Make christmas present list
*Bake loaf
*Make dough for pizzas
*Make candles for order
*[STRIKE]Have a little tidy of stock room[/STRIKE]

im getting through it quite quickly this morning:) note the avoidance so far of the ironing lol

Pollybear

Morning

Wednesday is still master bedroom day for me too I actually dust and vacuum all the bedrooms on Wednesday but I strip my bedding today. Two loads of washing on the line and blowing well, some sun too. The forecast is for it to get colder so I fished the winter duvet out of the airing cupboard and put that on. I let the lighter one air out over the banister for an hour and now that's packed away in the airing cupboard for next year. I think the reason the winter duvet warms me up is because it's so big and puffy (feather) that I get boiling hot wrestling the cover on

Also remembered to do the stairs and then dusted and vacuumed living room and hallway. S&Sd kitchen and vacuumed.

No cooking because we've got stew left that I just need to heat up at dinner time. I like that! No cooking

Waiting for a parcel that was supposed to be delivered between 3rd and 6th. *Taps foot.* I hate waiting for anything.

Parcel just got here, with the postlady. Marked TNT Light. I've had letters marked TNT post before delivered by Royal Mail, but never a package. Must be why it was so slow if it had to be sorted by TNT first and then Royal Mail. Glad I ordered early! I've got another parcel due tomorrow, wonder if that will be the same. It was all one order from Amazon but they split it up.

rumblytum

Hi lil_me

lil_me wrote: »

Rumbly, welcome, some of the people on this thread do work full time, some part time (some in addition to being Mam's) and some are full time Mam's, a job in itself. What I will say is it is amazing what you can fit in to a small space of time. On much busier weeks I have a list of jobs with a time on them of roughly how long it takes, it takes me say 10 minutes to vacuum sitting room, dining room, kitchen, utility and conservatory...so if I have a 10 minutes spare I do a 10 minutes job. I'd started doing this between DS1 getting on his bus for school and taking DS2 to school but his bus keeps being late, grrrr, means no 10 minutes spare.

Thankyou so much - that's such a great tip. It's very easy for me to say I can't vacuum on working days because of the time I get in - but if I work out the time it takes, 10 minutes vacuuming isn't going to drive the neighbours too mad. Brilliant!

Feeling embarrassed not to have thought of that before

rumbly x

nicki_2

Jive Bunny on again :rotfl: I've just had to put our shower in to soak in the bath (it's attached to the taps so just unscrews so easily ) as it had that horrible pink slimey ick on it :eek: So I'll S&S the bath when that comes out

Just got a shock when I went upstairs, OH had a HUGE (well for him anyway) pile of clothing next to the bed Rang him at work and said "whats for the wash & whats supposed to be in the drawer?" Turns out he'd put a few layers on for Bommie night to keep warm and had just dumped them on the shoe rack (which doubles for his bedside table ) to sort last night, but between parents evening & his new mobile he'd forgotten :rolleyes: So jumper & trackies in the wash, another jumper in the drawer and jeans/tshirt/jumper left out for him to wear tonight Has meant I've ended up with another load of washing to do but I don't mind as I'm actually toasty but not hot today

Right, I suppose I should put the dishes away, have some lunch, wash more dishes (including my lunch ones ) and then put these blouses & socks in to soak :rolleyes: :wave:

rumblytum

Hiya

solwaykid - I am the same - the weekends are taken up with house cleaning, so I would be immensely grateful to find a way of spreading the load. I think my problem with Flylady is that I've tried to do too much too soon, so I really like the idea of different levels. It will take a while to set up new habits, so I mustn't expect to run before I can walk!

kazmeister - thank you also for the welcome and the tip about meal planning. I'm partially there, I think. I plan a few meals - but not for specific days - and buy the ingredients accordingly, then decide the night before what the next day's meals will be. This is great when it works, and I can really see the advantages, but I think I need to be a bit more specific in advance, because some times I find I've only got a meal that needs a lot of prep., but because I'm going out I have to ditch it and have pasta instead. I will look at this area again.

I'll be out of action next week, but am really motivated to join you all the week after!

rumbly x