Weekly Flylady Thread 29th December 2025

Valli

YORKSHIRELASS said:

Hi all

Valli has your friend who suffers with anxiety listened to Claire Weekes podcasts?  Sorry if that's not a good suggestion but I found her helpful when things were difficult. 

I will mention this to her husband; thank you.  I did ponder on whether to share her illness but I want to help so there we are!

I did two WM - the towels have been TD but the sheet and other white bits are on the line.  Yesterday they froze first but they did dry - like where Round is though it's bitter cold there's no water on the ground to freeze.

I'm hoping to get the decs down today as DD will be around to help (ie go into the attic) but she's gone to the opticians.

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

Lazy start but I have spent the last couple of hours putting away everything that came back from our New Year trip, rehoming assorted Christmas gibble and generally trying to set things straight.  I think I approached this task in the most inefficient way possible and seem to have been up and down the stairs about fifty times, but I suppose that I am getting my steps in.

So far I have found a pair of trackie bottoms belonging to DS2 and a remote control, hat and pyrex dish belonging to DS1.  Oh and GFs toothbrush.  No keys or anything that will cause any of them huge problems, so that's good. 

Two loads of laundry over the airer.  It's sunny out but very cold and no breeze so I decided not to hang anything out. 

Waiting for DH to finish his sandwich and cuppa then he will get the decorations box out of the loft and I will strip the Christmas tree.  I also want to update my finance spreadsheets. 

Christa27

New here, I seem to be deep cleaning things in halves this year, half the living room, half the kitchen, half the dining room. Will try to finish one complete room today. Lots of decluttering to do to make the house more manageable. 

Yesterdays tasks completed 
cleaned microwave 
cleaned wooden ikea unit and food storage containers
cleaned kitchen side panel
retrieved Lego from dining room floor
cleared air filter machine
untangled hoover rollers  
de furred my reading chair and blankets 
dusted and cleaned side table, bureau, pictures and mirror 
hoover cleared area of dining room 

todays tasks
clear dining room table 
put everything away in its place 
clean dog bowls and stand 
wipe down drawer unit 
clean lightshade 
put Xmas Lego away 
clean cupboard doors and glass 
hoover downstairs 
mop downstairs 
wash curtains 
clean radiator 
wash one load of clothes 
run dishwasher 1 ✅ 
run dishwasher 2 

non cleaning things to do 
list 10 items on eBay 
pack parcels to go out tomorrow 
make dinner 
start this years business spreadsheets 

eltee2

eltee2 said:

Today so far....
• Windows opened (shutting again soon 🥶)✔️
• DW on - Emptied & refilled
• TD quick blast to finish off yesterdays washing✔️
• Nice warming brekkers of porridge, blueberries & honey washed down with a cuppa✔️
(Guess who's finally discovered where the bullet points are - they disappeared when phone updated)

Next...
• Cuppa number 2✔️
• FUPA - all of it!
• Strip*✔️, air & remake bed with lovely clean bedding and extra warm duvet

Later...
• Begin operation Pack Away Christmas ✔️- Christmas tree de-baubled, lights next-
• S&S kitchen & bathroom

Much later...
• Flop on setee with cuppa and the last of the Christmas chocs

Getting there....

ionafan

I can confirm that Widow Twanky's Laundry is back in operation - WMx4 (including guest bedding) and short TDx4 completed today, towels lining up for tomorrow's onslaught, and the bathroom airers and radiators have come into their own.

Rosie was very keen to go out for a walk an hour ago, and stood at the back gate wagging her tail, but unfortunately the moment she stepped out onto the land she was frightened by popping noises (more likely to have been someone working in the barn opposite, rather than any sort of shooting) so she turned round and ran straight  back.  It's very cold out there: it was -7 at 6am and still down at -5.5 at 9am, and although the sun has shone all morning and melted some of the ice, there are still areas where the snow and ice are still in full control. Brrrr!!!

Glad to know that other people are being persuaded to help take down decorations and put them away safely.  The way things work (or don't ) round here, I shall end up taking almost all ours down by myself, but it's times like these when I am grateful that I have eaves storage which is easily accessed from the upstairs rooms.

Valli

More vintage knitting/crochet patterns listed.  I'm doing them in bundles, they're going, albeit slowly.

I've also listed a vintage concert t-shirt which was my sisters.  I now have 36 active listings.  Since I only actually sell 1 or 2 at a time it is manageable.

This is, of course, flying as it means stuff is leaving the house.

roundtuit

I've been round to see Pops and wish him a Happy Birthday. And bon voyaged him and Babs.

Two loads of washing swished and draped on the airer. 

Tree down, and everything boxed / bagged ready to go back upstairs.

Every little helps.
Rxx

twinklie

I’ve worked my little bottom off today. Got loads done. 

Decluttered lots of boxes to be recycled. 

Cleaned all upstairs windows. 

Sorted the boys clothes, uniform drawers, packed DS1s bag for tomorrow, sorted school bags - only need to still do cooking stuff for DS1. 

Put all dry laundry away.
Hung a load on the airer.
Put a wash on. 

Dusted my room. 

Sorted office (cleaned to within an inch of its life) ready for btw tomorrow. 

Windows in house open - but closed rapidly when it started to snow and blow inside! 

Still to do:
Change my bed. ✅

Hoover all upstairs and the stairs themselves. ✅

Then I think it’s time to focus on back to school prep, food, bath, bed and a sit down before an early night ready for tomorrow…which could prove interesting given how cold it is. 

eltee2

Woo hoo, nearly finished all of today's planned jobs, plus a sneaky WM load & TD, which has been put away instead of folded-up-and-left-on-chair-for-days-on-end.  Could this be the start of a new, improved Eltee?

• FUPA - all of it! ✔️DONE!
• Strip*✔️, air ✔️& remake bed with lovely clean bedding and extra warm duvet✔️DONE!


• Begin operation Pack Away Christmas ✔️- Christmas tree de-baubled, de-lighted (as am I), cut in half and left outside for council collection.  Just fireplace decorations & bits & bobs to do tomorrow
• S&S kitchen✔️ & bathroom✔️ DONE & DONE!


• Flop on setee with cuppa and the last of the Christmas chocs - COMMENCING IN 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....MMMMM..

kazmeister

Bon Soir

Second attempt at a post as lost the earlier one while trying  to do it on the Ipad

Welcome Christa27 - I hope you find it useful here, dip in and out as it works for you.

I too had a lazy start today but feel I have achieved a fair bit.

• Decluttered last of decs to upstairs, DH helped carry the tree up. Some bits still need to be boxed up but they are upstairs in my room (which currently looks like a bomb site) waiting to go under the eaves in there
• Checked fridge for needs and walked out to shops. Lovely walk but cold.
• Hoovered both living rooms, hallway, stairs, dining room and kitchen
• Damp dusted both living rooms
• Checked the fridge freezer and big freezer contents against Google keep list as I hadn't been keeping up to date with what we had taken out or added. I now have to meal plan most of it in as there is a lot.
• Prepped dinner ready to go on shortly.
• One load in WM then transferred and drying in TD as we speak
• Spent ages looking for the bag of sweets I bought yesterday as I need a sugar hit - found them 

That doesn't look like much but felt like a lot earlier. The additional sanding has not been done and neither has the last lick of paint

Honey Bear
I have compared my figures to yours and it seems like they are higher and I have some extras and I had forgotten that the figure included the 0% interest free loan for bathroom work

Power (gas and electricity)     £1,912.07           £2980 (Old house not fuel efficient so we do burn free wood on an open fire in the winter)

Council Tax                             £2,298.42           £2448

Water                                      £   594.00           £494

House Insurance                    £   770.44           £740

Car Costs (including petrol)    £   441.56           £975 (Insurance, RAC and MOT/Service - NO FUEL included!)

Computers and Wifi               £   581.80            £718 (Talk talk and Netflix)

TV Licence                             £   174.50           £180

Animals (inc insurance)          £2,021.25          £1065 (Insurance, Vaccinations Flea worming and grooming every 8 weeks)

Total                                        £8,793.48          £9600

Life Insurance                                                    £380 (I think this may end in Jan as mortgage finished now)
Boiler cover                                                        £636
Caravan storage and insurance                         £551
Garage rent                                                        £1310
Total additional                                                   £2877
plus loan                                                             £5230 (overpaying to reduce period)
Grand Total                                                         £17707
I then spend around £400 per month on food and £75 on fuel which is another £5700  :'(

I have 5 years to retirement so will need to reduce some of the costs by then as that's ridiculous

In my personal budget I give every penny a purpose but it is what has saved me from the debt hell since I found MSE all those years ago when I first joined this thread. Wonder where are some of the old names are now Pigpen, Lil Me, AnW's mum, to name but a few. I do see a few on FB now and then but can't recall their MSE names.

Anyway gonna crack on with dinner now so hopefully will see on next weeks thread