Weekly Flylady Thread 7th January 2008

pigpen

AnW'smum... I'm glad W has settled tonight.. I hope the 'calm' lasts for you all.. much love.

Anyway.... Hubby doing lunches.. I've found uniforms.. including the next size trousers for DD2 who has grown overnight and 6 pairs of age 4 trousers for DD4 that I had forgotten I had saved fom DD3.. don't you hate it when that happens!!!???

oooh I smell a cuppa.... :coffee: anyone ??? It is hot chocolate!

Oooh... Lilo.. fingers crossed this one time wil be THE one time!!... everything crossed from my eyes to my nose... the long way round! We seem to be aiming for some sort of baby boom on here.. pregnancy does NOT mean you cannot fly.. I 'nested' from day one with my lot.. I never knew how soon they'd arrive!

Friday.. woohoo... I was so glad to see Tuesday come round.. and it has been such a long week I am even more glad to see Friday come back round again too.. Dance class Saturday, so I still have to get up.. just got 2 to dress and get out though!

This time tomorrow the boys room WILL be much improved in terms of messiness.. I may even threaten to whizz out my roller and repaint their walls.. and put up the blind.. and shelf.. and paint the woodwork..

ok ok.. I'm not getting carried away.. I need driving away.. by the men in white coats and the yellow van!

Off to bed because I am waffling rhubarb now.. sorry..

See you all about half nine once I have dumped the munchkins!

xxxxxx

soappie

Happy birthday Rach! :bdaycake:

Well it's positively pouring down here this morning. I guess it'll be an evil journey to work. But, tomorrow's Saturday and I'll be able to lie in

My ebay items are doing well! half of them have bids already and lots have watchers. The first lot end tomorrow so it'll be an exciting afternoon! I must put more up tomorrow.

I might give flying a miss today (apart from dailies) and do it tomorrow. I'm meeting a friend for a drink after work this evening so my 'flying' time will be taken up. I promise I'll do them tomorrow!

Have a good day everyone.

Flipping Friday!! - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself! Anything you like.
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc for at least 10 minutes
Dusting, all those shelves and flat surfaces
Level Three
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattress, replace with fresh linen
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season (do they need anything replacing?)
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors (yes including the handles)
Extra Task List

* Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
* Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames
* Hotspot cleaing, spend 10 minutes tackling one at least
* Grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house. Can be rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend/freecycle

juliejim

Morning All

I did catch up with the thread last night - just didn't post - went upstairs when the kids went to bed and got in the bath - dozed off - got out about 2 hours later:o and went to bed.

:bdaycake: Happy Birthday rach - hope you have a fab weekend.

Lots of people needed hugs - I'm sorry I can't remember them all so :grouphug: to everyone! Hope the poorly ones are feeling better soon.

Yesterday I washed the dishes, WM x 2, TD x 1 ...err that's it.

Tonight I'm going to my parents' house straight from work so shan't be getting much done today.

Lilo - hope everything goes well for you - I'll be keeping my fingers and everything else crossed - just chill, keep yourself occupied (you could even do some flying;)), and DON'T GET STRESSED!

Right I'm going

Hope everyone has a good day

Jue

Solwaykid

Happy birthday Rach!

Late start at work for me this morning 'cos it's dreaded MOT day and I can't drop the car off until 8.30. I've got the evening to myself though so expect a few HHCs to help me play catch up.

Have a useful day. See you this evening.

kazmeister

Morning

Happy birthday Rach and fingers crossed for lilo

This morning has not had a good start!

OH text to say he wouldnt be home until at least 815 (I'm supposed to start work at 8 1/2 hr drive away) so could I sort DD out ????? Think he meant take her to childminder - so ok rush rush but we'll do it. OH NO - DD wont get up because she doesnt want to go to school as she's going to get in trouble for not doing her homework, no amount of placating or coaxing would get her up. OH's answer just leave her, YEAH RIGHT thats what the McCanns did and NO, WE have a parental responsibility to her.

So instead of being at work now I am still waiting for him to come home (and I think DD has now made her way downstairs - EDIT No she hasnt) so I will be at least 3/4 hour late, have a stress headache which will probably last all day now. And its OH's birthday and I do not feel like celebrating anything.

But at least I've cleared last nights tea things into the DW that I couldnt be bothered to do last night.

Hope you all have a good day

Kaz x

truly1

Hi again

Wed and thurs were a bit of a washout, only got the bare minimum done - it seems that if I have to out during the day I dont get anything else done. By the time I've done the school / puppy / house basics routines its time to cook dinner and the next minute its bedtime.

Anyway, today is a new day and I'll catch up with the other stuff at weekend, or more realistically next week.


Daily
WM
DW
TD
Put laundry away
Quick tidy round
S&S Kitchen
S&S Bathroom
Kitchen floor


Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see)
Level Two
Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen
Level Three
Dusting and cobweb checking
Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be
Extra Mission Task Choices

• Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference
• Sort through some toys/books/clothes even if it's just for 10 miutes, making sure any broken ones are dealt with/flung, dirty ones get wiped/washed before putting them back and anything that should be parted with is.
• Clean kids rooms windows (check the curtains etc while you are there to make sure they don't need cleaning/wiping)
• Wipe any sticky marks off doors and walls in the kids rooms, may aswell wipe the lightswitches and handles over too
• Spend 10 minutes sorting paperwork, filing or flinging

Extras

Paperwork
Purple form!
Front door + glass - outside
Clear leaves and debris from garden, after storm


xx

embb

Morning :wave:

Happy 30th Birthday, Rach :bdaycake:

Oh dear Kaz, ((((((((hugs))))))) the day can only get better x
Fingers crossed lilo x

Kids at school, my bed made, hw bottle emptied, windows flung open to air, gonna start on the kitchen shortly then that's done and out the way. Quick tidy of living room also done and the window open in there too, it's cold today butt......s wont be open for long.

Flipping Friday!! - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself! Anything you like.
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc for at least 10 minutes
Dusting, all those shelves and flat surfaces
Level Three
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattress, replace with fresh linen
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season (do they need anything replacing?)
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors (yes including the handles)
Extra Task List

* Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
* Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames
* Hotspot cleaing, spend 10 minutes tackling one at least
* Grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house. Can be rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend/freecycle

Don't forget your ME time this weekend go on you deserve it.

Nothing to do in littleys room except the bed, a good hoover and a clean, I'm so glad I tidied it all the other day as I don't think I could face it today lol Looked in teenies room and could barely get in the door so shut it again, that's something he can do over the weekend.

Littley staying over at nanas tonight, teenie will probs stay over somewhere too so I'll have the house to myself so the bath I didn't get last night will be on the cards, a good 'ole pampering sesh and Big Bro eviction night on the tele - woot!

Laters lovelies! x

rumblytum

Morning everyone.

Happy Birthday rach :beer:

Plan stress relieving things into your week next week lilo :hello:

tia - I really hope you're feeling better. I've had labarynthitis, and it's truly distressing, and I live in such terror of it returning that I don't travel anywhere without the sea sickness tablets I used to control it.

Welcome to pink fairy - don't overdo it to start with, and do come along and let everyone know how you're doing - everyone's SO supportive

Hugs to embb and AnW

serena - Hope it's not the dreaded - has it subsided today?

Well, I did well again yesterday:

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms

Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or don't work[/STRIKE]

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
• 15 minutes paperwork filing/flinging. Deal with anything urgent now.
  
• Wipe skirting boards in these rooms

And also did a bit more to Tuesday's neglected list. Swished and swiped kitchen/bathroom before work, made lunch, defrosted something for dinner and worked for 11 hours, and then went out for music group practice in the evening. Definitely like trying to keep on top of it, because it means there's SO much more free time at the weekend. Will pick some of the extra tasks when I can, but have a huge neglected in-tray that I need to tackle in stages.

Have a good Friday everyone.

Oh, and I love the pictures pigpen - keep positive - if there isn't much floor to be seen, there isn't much floor to be cleaned....

Disgusting day today, visibility terrible, lashing wind and rain, cats legs are crossed but refuse to go out :rotfl: Remember, though, that we're past the shortest day now, and I've already noticed I'm seeing more daylight.

rumbly x

gunsandbanjos

:bdaycake: Happy birthday Rach!

Not a good start to the day Kaz, i hate being rushed, and i hate being late:p
Sendind soothing, calming thoughts to lilo:cool:
Just finished breakfast, going to have an S&S in kitchen, do some washing, and a 27000 fling boogie:D

embb

Hope you've got enough bin bags G&B

I've noticed it's getting a bit lighter too rumbly it gave me a bit of a boost yesterday infact, I love the light nights, spring is on it's way - yay :j

Think I'm gonna have to go and do some complaining within the next few days, one of the neighbours on our row leaves a dog out all day and it does nothing but bark - none stop! Gawd knows how those that live next door to it are coping, It's driving me doo-lally and I'm a few doors down. May find out which house it is exactly and go and have a word with them, maybe they don't know it barks all the time

Shell just wondering how you are today, lovely x