Weekly Flylady Thread 14th January 2008

liloandstitch

Well done to everyone, you all seem to be doing well. Sorry about the DLA and bedding problems lil-me, I hope it all sorts out. Love the nails pigpen.

I am not flying, I dont feel like it, I feel carp, I just want to go back to bed and pull the duvet over my head!!! Still, back in the real world .....

Keeping up to date with the dailies, and flapping the odd thing around, house fortunately still relatively tidy so I am going to leave it until I have some enthusiasm. Shop has sold out at mo, but promises to get some back in soon. Lilo

tiamai_d

I put away most of the shopping....

I need caffine

pigpen

I'm away to collect tiddles.

I need a wee lol...

Shall I take the buggy to collect her??.. she walked there but now it is piddling with rain!

Pollybear

I dusted and vacuumed all the bedrooms on Wednesday, but I've been in the spare room today (still trying not to call it DS's room, he has his own place now ). The bed has been stripped since he went back after Christmas but I've taken off the mattress cover (old sheet) and put on a clean one and then made up the bed. The room looks much better with the bed made up.

One load of washing done first thing and I've put the machine on again with the sheet and a couple of other things. Raining, of course, so draped round indoors.

Dusted and vacuumed living room and vacuumed hallway and kitchen.

Took cat back for her check up, she's fine. She sorted out a Jack Russell that stuck his nose too close to her catbox. He ran back to his "dad".

I made stew and dumplings yesterday and we've got enough for today, so no cooking. I like no cooking.

I wish I could stop feeling miserable when I've got nothing to be miserable about. I suppose it's the time of year and the lack of any real daylight. Plus I'm a miserable cow.

Zed42

Morning all, yesterday was a little hectic, so let's see how far we got (probably not very far!) and see how far I've got to go today (equally may not be far, but over the w/e all should be completed, at least that's the aim!!)

Sorry that so many people are having a tough time at the moment, I don't think the weather helps much either. Hanging washing outside ... I wish! I've got the towels to do today ...... hrmph!

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area

Level One
Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)
Level Two
[strike] Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk, wipe with damp cloth if grimey
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/strike]
Level Three
[strike] Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Tidy up the desk top on your PC
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/strike]

Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:

* [strike]Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms[/strike]
* Clean downstairs loo if you have one, or ensuite for the lucky ones!
* [strike]Clean the outside of the toilet [/strike]
* clean the radiators in these rooms
* Do a disc clean up on PC

Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
[strike]Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see) [/strike] - Did on Tuesday
Level Two
[strike](kids room) Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen[/strike] - Did last Saturday, will do again next Saturday
(spare rooms) Check if linen or curtains need a wash
Level Three
Dusting and cobweb checking inc the high reach places if safe to do so
[strike]Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be - if this task is huge just spend 10 minutes on it [/strike]
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

[strike]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 gone! [/strike] - Did this completely on Saturday
Clean kids rooms windows and the sills!

• Wipe any sticky marks off doors and walls in the kids rooms, may aswell wipe the lightswitches and handles over too

• Spend 10 minutes making any important calls or doing paperwork filing

Extras

Finish finance transfers
Do my order for Phoenix Cards
[STRIKE] Grocery shopping
Meal plan for the week[/STRIKE]
Washing .... towels / bath mats / normal (about 4 loads )
Tackle the bookshelf in my office, for at least 10 mins .. because it's scaring me!!

shell2001

Time for an update:

Tidy kids room list plus sort through wardrobes
S & S kitchen, lounge, bathroom - ALL DONE
Change our bed - DONE
Hoover through - DONE
Mop porch, bathroom & kitchen floors - DONE
Sort through clean undies basket & pair up socks
Put clothes away in our room - DONE, even tidied shelves and put a couple more things in charity bag
Pop to collect DH inhalers from chemist
Put wash in TD - DONE

Also gave computer desk a good clean including monitor, keyboard and tower.

Kids room looks like bomb hit it cos I had to pull equivalant to my body weight in teddies and dollies off with bedding so they are now on floor waiting to be put back to bed when beds made. Once beds done i can crack on with rest, should not take too long but I want to go through girls draws and see what clothes they need as having shopping trip planned for tomorrow.

Will call at chemist on way home and be ripped off for DH inhalers. May also attemp another HHI session if little will go on cbeebies for a while.

Right 15 mins till I need to leave so off to do something, scared if I stop I may not get going again.

Lil_me - sorry your having such a crappy time at the mo! Hopefully things will take a turn for the better soon. You deserve some good luck, positive flylady vibes being aimed in your direction hun!

Polly - Hugs to you. I dont what you mean about feeling miserable and having no reason to be - I hate that and it make me feel even worse. I am sure you are right about lack of sunshine maybe we should all fly off somewhere sunny (I wish) lol!

LJD1_2

Lil_me - hugs to you, hope you get a decision soon.
Pollybear - I love cats with attitude! Sounds like ours.
Pigpen - does your nail person draw the squiggles on freehand...she's really good.
Hugs to everyone else.

I'm still tired...this is getting boring...so i'm having a quiet day just pottering about doing little cleaning bits.

Speak soon xx

purpleivy

Hi there Polybear,

I expect you've heard of SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, as there's been quite a bit in the press about it recently.

Even if you don't have full blown SAD, you may suffer at a lower level, subsyndromal SAD or Winter Blues.

I have full blown SAD and use a lamp each day from September thru until March usually, depends on weather really.

If you need to ask more, get in touch.

Pollybear wrote: »

I wish I could stop feeling miserable when I've got nothing to be miserable about. I suppose it's the time of year and the lack of any real daylight. Plus I'm a miserable cow.

likklegibbon

HHE done - now the muscles in my bum are objecting

Pigpen - do you just go out drinking on Fridays or a bit of boogieing too? - cause that can count as your HHE - nails look fab BTW

I seem to suffer the same mad hair probs as the rest of you - too much and permanently unruly - it even takes the hairdresser 30 mins to straighten my mop so I never bother - I can't do reverse in a mirror and my arm goes dead before I'm half way round - rather stick with a reddish hayrick. Hate having it cut too cause mom never let me til I was 15 and it was 4.5 foot long - used to take all day to dry and 3 ladies to get a swimming hat on me for PE.

Todays jobs:-

Sweep bathroom floor and mop
Vacuum upstairs
Vacuum hall
Towel wash
Dust spare room
Clean window in spare room
+
Post invoice
Asda shop
Quick mooch round shops
Ring work to check tomorrows shift hasn't changed

Anyone fancy a HHC at 1pm?

tracyg

Afternoon all.

Well I've been very good today and got loads done before we went swimming and then carried on as soon as we got in. Proud mummy alert! - DS has finally learned to kick his legs at swimming, he floated for the first time in ages and then he ws sharing out his snack with 2 others after.

Tori - how awful about your DH's cousin, the poor family must just feel in limbo, I always think you just start getting your head around losing someone and the funeral brings it all back again. How terrible. Hope your LO's doing a bit better.
Shell - I've got to collect DH's inhalers today too, you know the things he'll that if he doesn't use he'll DIE but they'll charge us £14 for them anyway, ggggrrrrrr! Oh it really grates on me
Lil_me - huge, huge hugs hun xxx

Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
[strike]Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see) [/strike][strike]
Level Two
(kids rooms) Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen
(spare rooms) Check if linen or curtains need a wash [/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Dusting and cobweb checking inc the high reach places if safe to do so[/strike][strike]
Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be - if this task is huge just spend 10 minutes on it [/strike] even pulled furniture out and hoovered under/behind
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
• [STRIKE]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 gone! [/STRIKE]
• [strike]Wipe any sticky marks off doors and walls in the kids rooms, may aswell wipe the lightswitches and handles over too[/strike]
• Spend 10 minutes making any important calls or doing paperwork filing
• PLUS [strike]Swimming[/strike][strike]
• Wash our bedding[/strike]
• Have also hoovered through downstairs and all of 1st floor
• Tided our room, hoovered mattress and under bed
• Tided downstairs
• Sorted another wash load to go on when TD finishes
• Changed DS totally due to amazingly wet nappy and down for nap

So because I've been a good girl and done all my jobs, I'm going to eat lunch and then slob on the sofa with the dogs and read my book!