Weekly Flylady Thread 7th January 2008

Pink_Fairy_2

lil_me wrote: »

THESE LISTS ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS AND NOT A MUST DO LIST, ALWAYS WELCOME TO POST AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN.

This is brilliant! I work full time, have a young adult with a health problem, OH often away with work etc and needed the motivation this has given me. I'm making me a list and may even have it laminated to put up in the kitchen! Thank you.:T

lil_me

Pink Fairy, I hope this thread helps you. I will mention that the lists do change each weekly, mainly in a different order for tasks (so if you only do level 1 in the kitchen for 3 weeks you haven't only cleaned the floor) and different extra tasks. Some do exactly what you have said and laminate the lists, some do lists from a few weeks (if you add weekly+flylady+thread into the forum search box up there ^^ then the rest will come up on the search aswell as a few other threads) then rotate them.

vanilla

Ahhhhhhh toothache :mad:

Everyone in bed but me so gonna take this tablet and hopefully have a good night's sleep.

Serena i hope your not coming down with this bug, get plenty of rest.

I think it is just the downer after christmas but hubby is so doing my head in:rotfl: payback tonight i made him help DD with her homework which he has never done before and she's in P.3:eek: .

It is so cold in this house it's beyond a joke, one half of the house is fine but the bedroom are freezing it's like standing at the north pole. At the minute i have an electric blanket under bed sheet (it doesn't be put on, but keeps some heat in), 2 winter quilts, 2 hot water bottles and an electric heater on in our room everynight and it's still freezing.:eek:

The sooner this house is sorted the better, that's what me and hubby's arguing about, he want's to leave it all and what till the summer when the damp proofing is done but i want to try and get the house in better shape now:mad: .

Kimberley

lil_me wrote: »

Kimberley you are braver than me, I threaten to do that but just can't cope when it builds up, I end up with more panic attacks wish I could do something like 'Mum's on Strike' as it'd take me not being here for me to be able to do it, saying that they also show you the videos of how they are coping and I'd end up on the next bus home!!!

Ha ha, well it probbaly will only last a few days, but i'm hoping the shock will get their backsides into it, they are not young kids either :eek:

Maybe i should just let them live in their own mess

kazmeister

Evening all.

Hope you all had a good day, busy chatting again i see so cant poss keep up with all of you but did see tia was poorly - glad you got someone taking you to Dr's as there is no way you should drive when feeling like that. I remember when I was in the ambulance service going to a girl who had been sent home from work as she was feeling dizzy, went home on her moped. We picked her up off the side of the road on her way home - broke her back :eek: .

Today I have done

• Up at 545 to sort uniforms and packed lunches as too lazy to do it last night.
• Left for work at 730
• Finished work hour early again as worked thru lunch to help out.
• Went into town to get OH birthday cards and pressies from kids for tomorrow.
• Came home 20 to 5
• Cooked spag bol for me and DS (DD at friends and OH going to work)
• Answered tel call from my friend who I have sent flowers to for her birthday for at least the last 10 years to find her birthdays not 9th but 13th
• Went to parenting class or whatever they want to call it - large group of about 20 and of course OH managed to get out of it by doing overtime. Have learnt that I'm not alone with my troubles and that there are some who have bigger problems than me, but I think I was the only one to have had a child rescued off the roof by a fire crew :rotfl:
• Picked up DD from best friend and learnt she is moving to Nottingham at half term :eek: so arranged for her to come round for the day on Saturday
• Wrapped up OH's pressies and written cards
• Got DD into bed and done a quick tidy of her room

Still have to clean tea things up and S/S kitchen so decided (sorry lil_me) that your list can wait until weekend

Outstanding list from yesterday
Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing

[strike]Check fire alarms are working[/strike]
[strike]Remove and wash bed linen[/strike].
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs.. not ready for that yet
[strike]Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible[/strike]
[strike]15 minutes floordrobe clearance[/strike] - longer than 15 mins and 1 side of the rooms cleared
Vacuum floors in bedroom - one side done
[strike]Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed[/strike] clearing as I went
[strike]Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one[/strike]. bedroom is the hotspot
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• [strike]27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter[/strike] - found a bag with about 60 pairs tights/stockings that havent been used for years as cant remember last time I wore a skirt so they've been slung
• [strike]Clean windows in these rooms[/strike] - no way yet
• [strike]Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by (maybe recycle for rags if possible, you could donate old sheets oor towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)[/strike] - dont have one
• [strike]Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers (if safe to do so, no pregnant flyladies on ladders please delegate the job instead)[/strike] no wardrobes
• [strike]Check through undies drawers, anything more holy than the church which needs to go/be repaired? Anyone need anything replacing? [/strike]- no ratty ones and those braswhich need the wires sewn back in are in a pile to do where they've been for a couple of months
  

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms

Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
[strike]Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/strike] all done Tuesday as in LR
[strike]Wash your bathroom mats[/strike] - dont have
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
[strike]Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or don't work[/strike] - up to date

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
• Remove anything from window sills in these rooms, clean before replacing the items (which you have of course given a wipe)
• Clean toilet bowl inside and out, the floor in front of it aswell if you need to
• [strike]15 minutes paperwork filing/flinging. Deal with anything urgent now.[/strike]
• Wipe skirting boards in these rooms

Saturdays going to be a busy day again !

lil_me

:rotfl: my friend's son was rescued off a roof before Kaz, thinking of how dangerous it was I shouldn't laugh but like his Mam said 'if you don't laugh you'd cry'. He was spotted by a delivery guy thankfully as it was about 11pm and she had no idea he was on the roof. You're definately not alone in having problems, with the 'partner' as they call them sometimes, mine avoided 90% of the classes, the ones he did attend he just moaned/grumped etc his way through. That was after I had to get him out of the house to go which involved making sure he didn't go to work, ignoring his screaming hissy fits over having to go, dragging the sheets off him in the bedroom to stop him pretending he couldn't hear me trying to wake him etc, suppose part of me then understood why I had some of the problems with my son, because he had that for a role model! Well done for going, can be daunting at first, I hope it does help you. I know what you mean about others having bigger problems, as one course went on that I did a lady had her son taken into care, I cried just listening to her breaking her heart over it, was awful but also the people in the group were very supportive which was nice to see.

AnW'sMum

Hi everyone

Just a quickie from me way back here on pg 28 (no idea how far ahead you all are now!!!)

Having a mini catch up session just before bed.

pigpen wrote: »

AnWsmum.. big hugs for you and W this morning.. I hope he finds sleep easier tonight... My hubby was 5 when he lost his daddy so knows first hand how it is. ((((hugs))))

Thanks to you tracy, lil_me, Dusty, torianut for the hugs this morning, I really appreciate them As I type my lil boy is fast asleep in this own bed having been to after school club today and thoroughly enjoying himself

Been busy doing 27 million fling boogies at work today, am knackered lol I have been packing up paper work that we have to keep for years to send to a big black hole somewhere. All has to be boxed and logged, kept me out of trouble anyway But the question is why do I find it so easy to do at work but not at home?

Will read a few more posts and then bed, so expect random replies!

Hope you are all ok, have a good day tomorrow and I'll see you all at the w/e. xx

liloandstitch

Hi, well Ive finally caught up with the thread, and can post. Have not had a bad week, although definately only level one. Havent even had chance to clear out any carp, which is my top job. I am pleased with how tidy the house is looking in general though, this thread has really made a difference. Cant say it is much cleaner though, but there are some clean skirting boards etc in the house!!!
Well, I have started IVF again, and had my first jab today. Only one this time, and I start with the second one tomorrow. All being well, egg collection will be roughly two weeks time. So, apart from tootling around the house, my biggest aim is to keep as stress free as possible, cos last time I was really really stressed, and I think that this was probably why it didnt work. So Chilling as much as possible - and yes I probably should be in bed by now!!! Still, now I have caught back up on the thread, I should be able to post again.
Tia, I hope you get your dizziness sorted at the docs tomorrow, that sounds really awful you must be desperate for some relief
Pigpen - well done for posting those photos, my spare room would be a match for yours, but other than that I,m not doing too bad. I hope you moved the lakeland box before bed, It didnt look soft enough to sleep on!
AnW's mum, big hugs for your little boy - you are all doing so well, you are so strong, we can all imagine what it must be like, but the reality must be so much more.
HUGE HUGS to everyone else, I have been reading for ages and I cant remember anymore, anyway nighty night
Lilo

rach

AnW - glad he is ok, can't imagine how hard it must be for you all. big hugs.

i miss being on the thread more now i have started going out to work rather than working from home. i've done 4 days this week (not starting fill time til after wedding & honeymoon etc). tomorrow's plan is to drive back to bournemouth, finish packing as removal guys come first thing monday - OH is going to help me pack this weekend apparently. also doing fun things tomorrow like birthday / leaving party and meeting a friend for coffee. OH is coming in the evening after work to take me out for a curry!

It's my 30th tomorrow (guess today now!), can't believe it, it has got rather lost within all the wedding / new job / moving plans!

Ellidee

HAPPY BIRTHDAY rach ! Enjoy your day (+weekend)