Weekly Flylady Thread 7 April 2025

Honey_Bear

Sitting room finished, double letting room done, all the light switches and door handles in the house washed, high dusting with a soft brush on a stick done throughout the house, superking just needs to be vaccuumed but the cordless thingy conked out on me.  Banisters all washed and rinsed.  They were pretty bad because Wren throws her Kong down the stairs to get the stuff to loosen and bounce out, and a fair amount ends up on the walls and banisters.  The walls I knew about and they've been washed but the banisters I hadn't realised.  

Pictures still need dusting.

I was dusting an extremely dusty light fitting in a cobwebby corner and the wretched thing broke into a million pieces.  More detritus on the stairs to be picked up and I did them yesterday.  I suspect the other similar type of light fittings will fare the same over the next few months.  They're thin plastic and they've been here longer than I have.  They're obviously so brittle that if you so much as touch them they disintegrate.

Good excuse not to high dust for at least another 20 years.

Valli

black bin raided and missing peeler found - we have 3 peelers but I can only use the one I accidentally binned.  Washing line dried.  Napped.  Knitted. Ebay sale posted

Decorator has painted brown doors white,  they look much better.

eltee2

eltee2 said:

Morning all

So far have opened windows, aired & remade bed, exercises pt1, brekkers & a cuppa.   Another cuppa next, then will be continuing with AOD+W today & tomorrow.

Living/dining room - cont.
✔️Sort out hotspot in the corner of the room
Clear & clean mantlepiece, put fewer things back
Clear, sweep/clean hearth, put fewer things back
Box up & PA excess things (mostly candles)
✔️Straighten throws etc.

Kitchen
✔️Clear, wipe & tidy worktops
✔️Fridge shuffle
Wipe over cupboard & appliance fronts
Wipe over kettle & toaster (de-crumb)

✔️S&S bathroom
✔️Ironing
✔️DW
Dust high & low
Vacuum
✔️Exercises2

EL

Oops, got sidelined by a walk with OH, fish 'n' chips & a sneaky half in the pub 🍻.  Back to it tomorrow

eltee2

Morning all - Happy Wednesday

Continuing with all of downstairs + whatever.  It's looking much better now, despite yesterday's defection 👍

✔️Open windows
✔️Air & remake bed
✔️Exercises pt1
Clear & clean mantlepiece, put fewer things back
Clear, sweep/clean hearth, put fewer things back
Box up & PA excess things (mostly candles)
✔️Finish & FUPA the ironing
✔️DW & WUDUPA excess
✔️S&S bathroom
Wipe kitchen worktops/cupboard/appliance fronts
✔️Wipe & decrumb toaster
✔️Descale & wipe kettle
Deal with a 🐸 cupboard
Jollops down plughole
Sweep kitchen floor
Vacuum hallway, stairs & Living/dining room
Exercises pt2

Hoping to fit in a garden mooch session too

👍

kazwookie

Kitchen done

10K walk done

Yesterday cut the lawns, look lovely, glad I did them yesterday in the sun, today cold, grey overcast.

Walk yesterday, I saw our local lifeboat going off to a new location, it did a farewell 'drive' by, very sad. All because the lifeboat house is no longer fit for purpose, no sure what they are planning on doing, time will tell.

Been watering the garden new fruit trees as very dry.

Honey_Bear

Strands with masses of hints, one line on Connections and Wordle in four.

I thought I'd have time to do stuff this morning but I didn't, and having run all the errands I needed to run I've just got home and am absolutely shattered, so I won't be Flying today, other than I did clean the bath this morning after my shower, and hacked at my toenails, which I'd been meaning to do for a week or so. 

Back in tomorrow for a full day again, which I hope will see all of the main Flying done, after which I can swan around with a feather duster, pretending.

eltee2

eltee2 said:

Morning all - Happy Wednesday

Continuing with all of downstairs + whatever.  It's looking much better now, despite yesterday's defection 👍

✔️Open windows
✔️Air & remake bed
✔️Exercises pt1
Clear & clean mantlepiece, put fewer things back
Clear, sweep/clean hearth, put fewer things back
Box up & PA excess things (mostly candles)
✔️Finish & FUPA the ironing
✔️DW & WUDUPA excess
✔️S&S bathroom
✔️Wipe kitchen worktops/ cupboard/ ✔️appliance fronts
✔️Wipe & decrumb toaster
✔️Descale & wipe kettle
Deal with a 🐸 cupboard
✔️Jollops down plughole
Sweep kitchen floor
Vacuum hallway, stairs & Living/dining room
✔️Exercises pt2

✔️Hoping to fit in a garden mooch session too

👍

Did a couple of hours in the garden - hope to finish downstairs stuff tomorrow

roundtuit

Good morning my lovelies xx 

Dipping in to say hello 👋.  

Someone somewhere has had a word at TT and, lo and behold, this week I'm in the roles I'm supposed to be in. I was all ready to go in and fight the battle, and I didn't need to. Which was a huge relief. Obvs. So I've had two days in Job 1, and today I have my first day going solo in Job 2. Rolling my sleeves up ready.....

I'm up, made my bed,  dressed, packed my lunch bag,  taken my meds,  turned over the calendars,  completed Strands with no hints,  completed Wordle in five (it made my brain hurt 🙃), completed Connections with no lives lost,  eaten breakfast and supped a brew. Bins are at the gate waiting to be emptied. 

I'll feed the birds and put out the recycling before I set off.

Weird weather this week. Breakfast time: scrape the ice off the car; lunchtime: sunbathe; evening: put the heating on. And yesterday it was glorious sunshine until I reached TT where it was thick fog. I suggested it was the rays of doom being emitted by TT. Most people agreed, one person said it's because we're in a dip. No imagination some folk 🤣

Anyhoo. I just wanted to let you know I'm here and reading along.

Love to all 😘
Rxx

Fayolle

Morning all,
Yesterday passed in a haze of meaning to post, but then the day had gone. The morning was at the allotment for a couple of hours, but it is so dry that the ground is now cracking which makes everything such hard work. Back at home, I cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed upstairs, including the long established dusty bits that I have been seeing whilst lying on the floor doing my leg exercises. Mr M delivered the shopping, the builders came and went - much progress made there. 

This morning it is grey and cloudy, but no rain in the forecast. I intend to skip the allotment workout, but that plan might change. I have some bread brewing for cooking later, another small shop coming later for our weekend with house guests, and the kitchen definitely needs my flying attention. Unfortunately I also have a good library book which is due back in less than a week. Luckily my sewing has been packed away so that I can get the sofa bed down for the weekend, otherwise that would be another distraction. My procrastination knows no bounds.

eltee2

Morning All - decidedly chilly this morning so my walk to the bus stop might be quicker than usual 🥶🚶‍♀️🚍

Good news re the job round 👏

Compiled today's list - looks rather full, likely to become the list that takes me until Monday🤔

20 min walk
CS volunteering
Open windows
Air & remake beds
Exercises pt1
Exercises pt2
WM x3
DW
S&S kitchen

Bathroom
Towels & bathmats to WM
Clean loo, sink, bath/shower/screen/taps
Wipe over bathroom cabinets & tiles
Sweep & mop floor
Put out clean towels & mats,
Jollops down plugholes

Mon-Wed leftovers
Clear & clean mantlepiece, put fewer things back
Clear, sweep/clean hearth, put fewer things back
Box up & PA excess things (mostly candles)
Deal with a 🐸 cupboard
Sweep kitchen floor
Dust high & low
Vacuum hallway, stairs & Living/dining room, bedrooms (a.k.a. everywhere)

Better get a move on 💃