Weekly Flylady Thread 5th November 2007

liloandstitch

Hi all, Im in this week too

Great news about Matthew, lilme, you must all be so relieved. Its amazing what they can do these days, and on babies so small.:T :T

Im going to really try hard this week cos the house has been a bit neglected while we have been ebaying and de-cluttering. Im doing some more at the weekend so it would be nice if the house was tidy.

List for tomorrow -

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cables.
Water any thirsty plants, wipe their poor neglected leaves!!NO PLANT CAN SURVIVE IN MY HOUSE!!
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing in preparation for cold weather!! See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house! ALL DONE
Put up linings or winter curtains to keep out those draughts. ALL DONE
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
• 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. Dust all those trinkets! Clear as may hotspots as you can.. see if you can get it all into one pile instead of 15!!!

If I get that lot done I will be happy!!!!
Nighty night - Lilo

jenagain

:wave: Newbie here!

My flat is in desperate need of a major sort out so thought I'd join in if that's ok! I have a 23 month old DS and a demanding 8 week old DD so housework has to be done as and when I get a minute! I need serious bum-kicking to do something in the time I'm not being their slave!

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter [strike]making sure stairs especially are safe[/strike] (1st floor flat - no stairs!)
Clean TV, other electricals and cables.
Water any thirsty plants, wipe their poor neglected leaves!!
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing in preparation for cold weather!! See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house!
[strike]Put up linings or winter curtains to keep out those draughts.[/strike] (No need for different curtains - feels like we live in an oven and don't even use heating)
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
• Ring someone you love, just to tell them you love them!!

Also need to:

• Write a letter of complaint to Sainsburys.

• As much ironing as possible (washed about 6 loads over the weekend and haven't ironed anything yet, it's all on my hall floor )

• Put the washing machine on as much as possible (had a big sort out of clothes and got loads to wash before giving to charity shops/eBaying)

• Find at least 5 things to list on eBay.

• Sort out 2 drawers from 10-drawer chest of drawers.

• Mop living room floor when everyone else is in bed.

Hmmmm.... lets hope the babies are good tomorrow!! I'm going to make a start now with a (quiet) bin bag dance! Might clean the TV and do the dusting too....

Jen xx

Miss_Cinnabon

well im in this week too, was slacking a bit last week:o

getting my new sofa in tomorrow and cant wait, going to give it a clean with my vax as it is second hand but it looks brand new:D anyway will have to get some polish of somesort as i think hubby used all mine while he was doing up the car today!

got all my xmas lists to do, cant belive it is only 50 days to go:eek:

will post my list tomorrow, head is too fuzzy at mo:rotfl:

susie

HopeElizzy

Evening flybabes!

Thanks for the list pigpen.
I'm here in spirit though getting myself motivated to do anything other than the dailies is hard work atm. I've been dropping the littlies at school and playschool then going to work and arriving home just as they're getting into bed about 7.30. Mostly they've been awake and I've got my cuddle quota in, which the main thing .
Then it's downstairs to have my dinner, empty and refill the DW, prepare the following days dinner, make up the lunches, put a load of washing in the WM and transfer the stuff I put in the WM, before I went to work, to the TD. In the morning I'm trying to do a bit of swishing before I leave at 8.30 but I think it's mostly swiping. Hopefully I'll go back to being part-time very soon - I don't know how you flybabes that work full-time and have families do it - you're fabulous and I'm knackered!!!:rotfl:

Any tips for making this easier would be much appreciated!

Have a good week and I'll hopefully read even if I don't post........
xx

newmrslockwood

Morning everyone. Looks like we're all back to normal this week.
Lil-me Great news about baby Matthew. Looks like all the good vibes and prayers worked, with a little help from the hospital staff.

I'm in big time this week. gonna have to get used to hubby being under my feet and just get on with the cleaning.

rach

happy monday everyone

for some reason i woke up at 7 and couldn't get back to sleep. so have mixed up my brownies except for the egg and fat which i'll do in a minute when i'm dressed and get eggs at the shop. should make the soup too but can't really face the smell so early!!!

gunsandbanjos

morning, (not good, just morning)
Woke up feeling like i've been run over...
Feel really flu-ey and cant keep anything down_pale_
Was planning a really busy day, but i'll just see what i can manage:o
On the upside, found out the dates for the Bon Jovi concert and when they go on sale:j

Little_Miss_Saver

Morning Everyone

Thank you for all your welcomes last week, I'm here with the best of intentions anyway and determined to start cleaning my house again. I'll be taking "baby steps" as you all advised!

Everywhere is now tidy with the help of DS yesterday. I've printed the list and will have a good go once I've had a shower and got myself dressed. (that's a job in itself).

Mr T delivering shopping this morning and I've got some ironing to do as well.
I'm also hoping to bake my DS a cake as a thank you for helping me so much since I had my operation 2 weeks ago.

See you all later

LMS xx

Pollybear

Morning all

One load of washing out but I don't think it will dry, too cloudy and cold.

Haven't done much else yet, will start when DH goes to work in half an hour. I've peeled the spuds for dinner and I've just put some broth mix in to soak so I can make a stew or something tomorrow.

Daisydoll

Morning ladies.....So glad it's living room today, can cope with that on a monday:D

My list of extras today are:

• post ebay parcels
• Get dd1 a fish tank & food for her new goldfish(won at fair last night lol)
• List more ebay stuff
• do weeks meal plan(a bit late I know!)
• Do at least 30 mins ironing