Weekly Flylady Thread 19th Nov 2007

tiamai_d

Elbow grease!

I had a red corderoy type one. Used to use baby soap and a face cloth.

Get a basin of water, dip the baby soap in, rub it on the dirty patches. Then get a damp face cloth and rub at it for as long as it takes!

Then I'd use the steam cleaner to soften up the material. But you have to wash it first, steam cleaners don#t seem to clean very well...

Or hire a vax!

mumofjusttwo

thank you-don't mind the elbow grease if i know that I am not going to riun the thing!!

May give that a go later.

Find tidying the living room not to bad but difficult to work around the children and tend to leave most of it until they have gone to bed. MUST try and do some of it the night before. If I tidy up behind the settee the night before that would be a great help !!

mumofjusttwo

quick question re Thank You's. do some people have them set to automatically say thank you for each post they read or do they say thanks to each post manually? I have been thanked 694 time , would love to think I am that helpful

gunsandbanjos

Pretty sure you have to do it manually, i dont know of any other way to do it

Daisydoll

Right have found my list

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room/Area
Level One
[strike]Clean floors in these areas
[/strike]Level Two
[strike]Wipe down surfaces
[/strike]Wipe kitchen cupboard fronts and kickboards
[strike]Wipe down fronts of major appliances (cooker, firdge, freezer etc)
[/strike]All my appliances are behind doors
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe & replace small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc (wipe under too, especially the toaster!)
Clean washer drawer, filters on the dryer, dishwasher and cooker hood filters
[strike]Clean the oven if you missed it last week or it needs it

[/strike]Did it last week

Extra tasks if you want to do more

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Empty one shelf, clean it, clean what's on it and put it all back
• Clean out and organize one cupboard, more if you like
• Check the freezer, see what you have which needs using to make room for Xmas goodies

Tuesday Triple - Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
[strike]Vacuum floors and sofas [/strike]
Level 2
[strike]Dusting, even if around everything [/strike]
[strike]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/strike]
[strike]Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/strike]
[strike]Water any thirsty plants, wipe their poor neglected leaves!![/strike]Don't have any
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
[strike]
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.
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• [strike]Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself [/strike]
• 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!!

· Sort xmas pressies and wrap
· [strike]Take some pics of the kids to order photo cards for xmas [/strike]· 30 mins ironing
· Put away clothes in bedroom
· Send off 2 phones to envirophone
· Do VAT return(Urgent!)

shell2001

Morning all

Just spent half hour reading through this lot! So its your fault my ironing is not done:p .

Dosed myself up with cold relief caps and they appear to have done the job. Still a bit sniffy but not dying like i usually do. I have whizzed through the house doing a S & S everywhere, have hoovered through, mopped kitchen, bathroom and porch floor.

Next task is to do half hour ironing (which should clear it) and time left on my timer and i will tackle the underwear pile. Its doing my nut in to have to rummage throught it every morning.

Cuppa and a bit of cake, will put ironing board up whilst kettle boiling.

sexymouse

I tend to thank everyone on this thread cos everyone is really nice, and it's nice to be thanked. It also shows me which posts I've read and which I haven't if I thank as I go along.

vanilla

Hopefully this will work. ohh the shame:embarasse

vanilla

Sorry there so big, i don't know how to resize.
This is the end result last night.

gunsandbanjos

OOH, very impressed Vanilla well done, it just needs to stay that way now:rotfl: