Weekly Flylady Thread 14th January 2019

shirlgirl2004

Am going to TRY and motivate myself to play catch up; I know it's not the Flylady way but I need to keep busy. Took DD2 to the GP this morning then to school. Stopped off at JL to send my phone back for repair. Kind tech man removed the piece of hay that was stopping the charging lead from going in and phone can now charge. Well done JL. :j

On the list for today
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]
Check your car is topped up with anti-freeze, radiator water, oil,petrol. Check your tyre pressure too, if your car is being used during upcoming freezing weather.
Level Three
Sort the utensils.. half melted spatulas are not necessary!
HHI.. then wash the ironing board cover!
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven - because I know it wasn't on the list last week
Check you have essentials in the car, if you are driving, i.e. chocolate, flask, torch, warm blanket and charged up mobile phone. We don't want you to get stuck in any snow.

Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:
[STRIKE]Wipe out the fridge, make sure the drain is clear[/STRIKE]
Wipe over little appliances, wipe under them before putting them back
Clean dishwasher, cooker hood (if washable) and tumble drier filters
[STRIKE]Wipe window sills, [/STRIKE]clean any marks off windows if required Really must clean windows but there's no difference when I do because my cleaning is sooo bad.
Wipe the front of large appliances

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Dusting, even if around everything
[STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe[/STRIKE]
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level Three
Wipe light switches and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
[STRIKE]Tidy shoes, coats and bags[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture (only if you won't hurt yourself doing it, don't want any injuries)[/STRIKE]
Get a winter emergency box for your car.. it's still not too late SEE HERE for ideas!

Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –
Clear one hotspot or spend at least 15 minutes clearing it a bit
HHI
[STRIKE]Give the inside of the front door a wipe (if it's not raining you could do the outside too)[/STRIKE]
Wipe the leaves of your plants
Sort through any magazines or paperwork lying around
Clean windows and sills in these areas

Mademoiselle

Delivery has arrived so I no longer had an excuse not to hoover (can't hear doorbell with hoover on) so I've done it, All of downstairs hoovered and our bathroom. Only a quick run round with the rechargeable but trying to do it regularly, we have hard floors so it keeps the dust to a minimum if I hoover.

Early lunch eaten as I'm off to work soon and want time to digest. 2nd load in WM and 1st load dry so I'l go and iron, fold and put it away before I go out. Might even try and put some of the sofa covers into wash (they've been waiting in the bath since July). But first a coffee.

kazwookie

Afternoon

Now idea where the morning has gone, but it has flown by.

Small shop done
Birthday cards bought plus a Christing card
Salad made
listy made for this afternoon

Valli

hhc at 1:15 anyone?

Itisme_2

I've been doing a lot of decluttering recently -- I've been focusing on digital files in general. I even put as my laptop background a picture that has the quote "Decluttering is the intentional promotion of what we value most - and the removal of anything that distracts from it."

I've also been trying to be more mindful in general. Which I think will help, not only with this, but with many things. Admittedly I'm still struggling with something in particular, which is I really like a guy and I haven't seen him in over a month, it's long distance anyway, and I have no idea how he feels, et al. ~sigh~. I'm not trying to be better for him (although he does inspire me) but I really would like that to be another outcome of things getting better for me.

I suppose that's another thing, though, I'm trying to keep busy and distract myself. It doesn't stop me thinking about him, but it makes me realise that he's not all that matters to me.

I've got some shopping to do later; I know it may not be totally cheap, but I'm going to try and spend less money where I can.

Valli

kitchen AND bathroom both sparkly. Towels/cloths in WM.
Just having a :coffee: and thoughtfully writing my errands/shopping lists.

funfairprincess

Hi all x

Still struggling with the bug but I've forced myself to wash up, empty and clean the double cupboard under the sink, tidy up the food press, empty the winterdykes and make my bed. 10 jars of baby food bagged and sat aside to go to the food bank. I'm absolutely shattered now, it's ridiculous feeling like this but I'll need to get back to work as I don't get paid.

Honey_Bear

*Healing vibes* for Ionafan and FFP. Bucket of sticks by the back door for everyone's BD, because there's a lot of it about at the moment.

House looks reasonable and I've managed to sort two drawers that needed doing, as per my own lists. Finished Kelpie's final vet claim and dropped off another box of stuff that needed to be out of the house. Twirling laundry in the TD at the moment because it's been overcast and drizzling all day. Foodwise, we've been given a recipe for Shakshuka by the lodger who left on the weekend, and we've got all of the ingredients because she left them behind, so I'm going to make that tonight.

LameWolf

Nasty little Frog duly eaten - I've cleaned out the [STRIKE]grot hole[/STRIKE] cupboard under the sink. It all started on Saturday when I did the bathroom, and wanted some mould buster for the bit where the window meets the tiles. And couldn't find it. I knew we had some, but couldn't remember what colour container it was in, and hence couldn't lay hands on it.

Anyways, it's all lovely and tidy - and dewebbed - in there now, an empty starch container (why was it even there??) has been ditched; two less-than-half bottles of lock cylinder lubricant have been amalgamated into one; some weird washing stuff I'll never use has been ditched; and I know where everything is in there now. (Mr Wolf will muck it up at his own peril).

I'm another who has been struggling badly with anxiety of late - that horrible feeling like your heart is going to pound it's way right out of your chest. Awful! And I'm not sleeping - doesn't matter if I go to bed at 22:00 or 02:00, I lie there til gone 04:00 with everything whizzing round and round in my brain. Bleurgh!

Still - I did three meet'n'greet visits last week (a big source of major anxiety in themselves) and every single one has resulted in a booking. :T

Fayolle

Well done LW :T:T

It’s been a pretty productive day:
Downstairs floors swept through
Ditto dusted and tidied
Cooker hood taken apart, bits soaked and cleaned
Oven shelves soaked and scrubbed
2 hours digging at the allotment and spinach picked for dinner tomorrow
Made myself drive to small town to get shoes in the sale of the specialist shoe shop there. Too successful as I came out with 3 pairs. Fantastic bargain but spend that I didn’t quite intend.
Mending done
Clothes that DD has asked for for her birthday ordered
Odd bits of outstanding admin done.

On the down side I think that I am going to have to get the Valli mantra framed and hung in various rooms. Putting away is a skill that is still to be perfected in this household.