Weekly Flylady Thread 18th February 2008

Mudbath

Lil_me - i know what you mean about that little girl. My DD is 9 in April and lots of her friends are already 9. I just can't imagine... Here's to her coming home safely xx

Mudbath

Dustykitten wrote: »

Mudbath - it may be raining tomorrow so do you have an umbrella to match your squirrel suit?

Oh Dusty now you're being silly! Have you ever seen a squirrel with an umbrella? Pleeeaaasssseeeee!

Are you standing down as chairperson then? I nearly got hooked for that job last year but I avoided it by stairing at the floor and humming loudly. They all think i'm mad now! xx

kazmeister

Evening ladies and the ever absent flyboy

Tonight I was going to just S/S the kitchen and have a long soak in the bath as I was shattered at work today, too many nights with 4 1/2 hours sleep.

Wot did I do, I flew, and I have only read this page so have pages 21 - 29 to catch up on (maybe if I'm lucky I can do it at work tomorrow.)

Update on my list then I'll finish washing the living room floor then bed.

Marvellous Monday - Master Bedroom & Landings
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landings
Clean windows in these rooms
Wipe down the skirting in the bedroom and on the landing.

Twinkling Tuesday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Air the room.. NO ITS TOO COLD
Wash the windows in these rooms.. and shine the mirrors Windows at weekend
HHI... a bit more gone! I'm having a hate ironing week/month

TODAYS LIST FROM HERE
Whitening Wednesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike] Done
[strike]Sweep and mop floors[/strike] - Both rooms hoovered and mopped
[strike]Sort & clean fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there![/strike] - done sunday
[strike]Wipe dining table..[/strike] - done
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike] - done
[strike]Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc[/strike] - done
[strike]Clean out the cupboard full of pasta and packets and pickles[/strike].. - done saturday when I did cupboard inventory update
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..[/strike] - done
[strike]Check those filters and drawers for ickiness, gackiness and fluff!! [/strike]- done
[strike]Wipe window sills[/strike] and clean windows in these rooms - windows at weekend
[strike]Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk![/strike] - done
[strike]Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob or a knob!![/strike].. - done only needed a quick wipe ove
29 fling boogie.. GO!
[strike]Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET [/strike]- done bin day tomorrow and I use smelly binbags and keep the roll in the bottom of the bin to keep it nice

Thundering Thursday- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
[strike]Vacuum floors and sofas[/strike] - Stairs wiped down, floors in hallway hoovered and mopped, Living room hoovered mopping to do yet sofas all hoovered
[strike]Dusting, even if around everything & water & wipe the poor neglected plants![/strike] done but plants need watering (tomorrow)
[strike]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe[/strike] - all clear
[strike]Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/strike] - done
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself[/STRIKE] - nope i did this last week and decided to leave it again til next
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. Are there any that need rehoming?
Wipe skirtings, doorframes and other paintwork
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –
Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.. the bottom 6 inches is just rubbish it has been there so long I'm surprised it isn't compost!!
Change any dead lightbulbs in the house!
[strike]Clean a radiator or two[/strike]. - done
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
HHI.. get that mountain gone!

DAILIES
Work uniform ready - morning
[strike]Kids uniforms ready[/strike]
[strike]Packed lunches for tomorrow including mine[/strike]
[strike]Make tea - done and prepared Moroccan lamb casserole for tomorrow[/strike]
S/S Kitchen - not needed
[strike]S/S Bathroom[/strike]
[strike]Wipe table[/strike]
[strike]Wipe stairs down as they get hairy[/strike]
TD emptied and reloaded - not needed
WM reloaded - not needed

Early night (before 11) - No chance again - maybe 1130 which will be earlier than normal

And that lot was on top of a days work I'll have him know !!!

JillD_2

and list for tomorrow ..

Thundering Thursday- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Water & wipe the poor neglected plants!
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself


Extras and Leftovers
Check fire alarms are working
Clean downstairs loo door etc
CTF form
[STRIKE]Shuffle money about
[/STRIKE]
Shuffle more money about
Sort out kids artwork pile
Preschool forward planning form
Clean kitchen radiator
Clean the bins


Dailies
DW empty
Brekkie and tidy up
Tidy upstairs
Lunch and tidy up
Post
Dinner and tidy up
Tidy downstairs
Laundry


Jills Hair-raising Half Term Week
Thursday
am: meet friend - soft play ?
pm: 16:00 DS swimming lesson
eve:WW then babysitting, take cross stitch

Friday
am: 9.30 all to creche
9.30 gym
pm: 15:00 friends coming for play and tea
eve:free

JillD_2

JillD - are you including in your diary something just for you every day? If it's down on the list, you have to do it! Even if it just says - '30 mins sit and do nothing' .

Serena - oops no I'm not, but I do go to the gym etc so I suppose that counts, but you are absolutely right I will make sure to add it
Thank you

JillD_2

shell - :rotfl: at the bandage on your bottom :rotfl:

taffy1969

Evening everyone. We baked hundreds of biscuits!!! I got a choc biscuit recipe off OS somewhere! Halved it, made 25 biscuits. Then we made anzac's biscuits also off here, made about 40!!! Only prob was I didn't have brown sugar so subbed with castor. Once I tried them realised castor is sweeter than brown! I've been flying for hours!!!!
Done most of the lists for the last 3 days except the comp area!!! I know I know but it will be done tomorrow. Left the oven till Fri/Sat night as need to soak the shelves in bag things and really couldn't face it after all that cooking, bread cooked too. dd1 loves my hm bread, made the lunches for tom, cleared the kitchen again!!!
Now going to hang shower curtain back up and then off to bed.
DH SHOULD be home fri teatime. He works offshore and will have been away 2½ weeks by then so he better be home. Girls are really starting to miss him now. Me too obviously!
Good luck all with your mission tomorrow, if you are desperate for any help PLEASE let me know and I will willing leave work and come and help. Really don't want to go in tomorrow, all this OS cooking, cleaning, tips and stuff really makes me want to give up work and be PROPER wife and mum!!! If only we could win the lottery!!
Good night everyone, hope those with tinys get more sleep tonight.

JillD_2

Pink Fairy - re the laptop you might find the insurance people may try and get it mended only to find it would have been cheaper to just provide you with a replacement, and then give you the replacement but make your claim seem like the cost of tryng to fix it plus the cost of a new one IYSWIM. This happened to us a couple of years ago, we got a replacement digital camera worth about £200 but the claim was allegedly for £3000. We are still arguing about it with them as they have bumped up our premiums accordingly :mad:
Laptops have come down a lot and you can get one for a couple of hundred, you might find its cheaper for yourself to buy one rather than pay the excess and the amount the premium goes up. The pain would be moving stuff over etc.

Angelmummy - welcome and good luck. Just do short bursts dont burn yourself out on the first week

galant - :T :T :T woo hoo well done keep it up :T :T Does that mean in 2.5 days you would have spent £18.88 on fags ???? :eek: :eek: :eek: What are you going to do with all the extra cash ??

vanilla

Lil_me our dog loves tyres, he won't even look at the tyres unless the car is switched on. As soon as the car started i have to take off down the lane like a blue a**ed fly and even then he's got his head near the tyre, biting lumps out of it. kiwk fit was very amused yesterday to see the tyres and asked what was attacking them :mad: . The dog is now left in the house when we leave.

Heres a pic

JillD_2

shell - if I were you I wouldnt do the work for the lady whether paid or not or anything. A one off to get out of an awkward situation will set you up for them asking you more. If its going to have an adverse effect on your family then you shouldn't feel bad about putting your family before her. You are not putting yourself first, you are thinking of your whole family - grumpy tired Mummy does not a harmonious home make. Even if she is nice and gets your girls wee pressies it doesnt mean you need to be doing paid work for her.
I'm sure if you explain that it just isn't right for you at this moment in time she will understand. You could also make a point of saying "dont keep the position open for me as I dont really know if or when I would be in a position to help out". You could wimp out and say you checked with oh and he isnt happy with you doing it at all .....