Weekly Flylady Thread 18th February 2008

lil_me

Morning, well I've opened the post, glared at the 15 day elec/gas bill that's arrived, will get DP to check the readings as these are based on estimates and is £40 gas £20 electric for 15 days.....If my usage is anything near this I best up the DD which is only at £74 PCM or I'll end up with a stonker of a bill again.

Dishwasher emptied, put cleaner stuff in because it's not cleaning anything and set away again. Washing machine filled and on. Breakfasts made, dogs been out and to be honest that's about all I have managed to do. I think the grey & miserable day has made me feel the same, yesterday I was bright like the weather (ok DP will say I was cold aswell ) amazing how much it effects your mood.

Suppose I should get off my bottom and do something but I really can't be bothered yet, so I think I'll have 30 mins slob on the sofa with the laptop then aim for a HHC at 11.30am....see if I can motivate myself. I might even get dressed properly after that, I'm half dressed, did the top half, just got pj bottoms on because they are comfy. Terrible when I have a day where I don't need to dash around everywhere, which doesn't happen often, as I take ages to even get myself dressed.

pigpen

Back from my HHC.. HHlate!!! lol I got carried away.

My kitchen is done apart from the floor which I'll sort later.. I need to fold the laundry which makes fluff everywhere so I'll do that when Tidles has had her lunch and gone to her nest.

Dailies..

[strike]WM[/strike] x2
[strike]TD[/strike]
[strike]DW[/strike]
BM
SC
[strike]fold [/strike]and put away laundry
parcel ebay stuff
post ebay stuff
off collecting tonight..

Twinkling Tuesday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level Two
[strike]Clean toilets [/strike]and sinks
[strike]Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/strike]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe down tiles in bathroom[/STRIKE]
Extra mission:

• [strike]Clean the radiators in these rooms[/strike]
• [STRIKE]Wash the windows in these rooms.. [/STRIKE]

Whitening Wednesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[strike]Clear [/strike][strike]and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike]
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
[strike]Wipe dining table.. [/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. [/strike]
Clean out the cupboard full of pasta and packets and pickles..
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..[/strike]
Extra Mission

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob or [strike]a knob!![/strike].. I did a knob and the front

Thundering Thursday- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and [strike]sofas [/strike] I actually just wiped the sofas.
Level 2
[strike]Dusting, [/strike]
[strike]water & wipe the poor neglected plants![/strike]
Remove clutter
Vacuum under furniture
Level 3
[strike]Wipe light switches, sockets and banister[/strike]
Clean windows [strike]& any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc [/strike]
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
[strike]Wipe skirtings, doorframes and other paintwork[/strike]
Extra Mission:

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper
• Change any dead lightbulbs in the house!.. I have 2 need doing but I can't reach.. and I don't know if I have any replacements!!
• Clean a radiator or two.
• [strike]Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!![/strike]

Oooh.. I best run actually.. I have a postal order to sling in the bank.. it may well only be £4 but it is £4 in my account not someone elses!!

Wee time.. and tiddles collection.. I WILL be putting her in for one full day a week after the next half term.. I hate doing 3 school runs a day.. and it'll be a Wednesday.. as I do 4 runs then as 2 are at after school club until 4pm.. which doesn't even give me time to get home and back really.

The high school letters go out onthe 1st March.. :eek: it is really funny.. this time last year I was REALLY nervous about getting DS2's letter and this year I am amazingly calm about DD2's because I know she will get in the same high school as DD1 and she will do really well ..

lil_me

Time for my HHC now, will get the boys dressed and DP up aswell. Fingers crossed this gets me motivated!

shell2001

Been doing some writing and number work with DD2, which ended up with her drawing and cutting out and glueing but she had fun!

Thrown some sausage rolls in the oven (and some spicy wedges) so will scoff them soon I hope, am feeling cold and hungry. DD2 at nursery this pm so my action plan is to do some ironing. Next load in WM but not switched on yet. Have done meal plan for next week but if inlaws come over saturday instead of sunday not sure if to switch roast days over. Must find out their plans later.

Will also think about throwing a coffee cake together.

poohbear59

Good morning, just a flying visit before kids and DH come in for lunch. I am doing dailies but have left everything else to those who are much more capable than me. Still on my 'me' time with special exercises etc.

I am printing up daily flying lists for others to do and they have done a few things so we have hope that the house won't totally collapse under all the detritus that accumulates in a few days.

Next week I will be away all week at a spa so will totally forget flying ever existed.

The high school letters go out onthe 1st March.. :EEK: it is really funny.. this time last year I was REALLY nervous about getting DS2's letter and this year I am amazingly calm about DD2's because I know she will get in the same high school as DD1 and she will do really well ..

I found it much easier and not so worrying once I had two at high school because they would have someone eles there to look out for them too.

DS3 went to a totally different school to all the others and was really happy but did not do so well academically. I knew the other school picked out kids and hot housed them .

DD got really stressed by it all and I knew DS3 would have been really unhappy but would come out with higher qualifications. In other words I helped them choose somewhere where they would be happy rather than the best exam results. ( I was a year head at the school where the kids were hot housed and I had no control over it. Needless to say I left and kids moved too! )


Must go and do my exercises!!

Pollybear

Afternoon all

Two loads of washing done, including DD's bedding. Out on the line, blowing round well although it's cloudy out.

Dusted living room/computer desk and vacuumed right through downstairs.

Hope everyone's OK.

pigpen

Poohbear.. my oldest 2 are on the gifted and talented for 4 and 5 subjects.. DS2 is on school action plus and DD2 will do just as well wherever she goes because that is the type of child she is.. DS3 will go to the same school as the other 2 boys. Both school hot-house as well.. but.. only certain pupils.. the ones they know have the potential to do extremely well. I have chosen the best schools possible without having to pay.. which considering our LEA is bottom on the school league tables isn't that fantastic!! DD2 will be really upset if she doesn't get a place but she should as DD1 is there (the boys are at an all boys school) Let's put it like this.. if she doesn't get a place there will be hell to pay.. especially after they have just made a new form group for the Polish children.. 'not at the expense of the local children' will be the headline!!!! We shall see.. one more week!!

Justamum

Thundering Thursday- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas Will have to do that later when DD has finished leaving crumbs everywhere
Level 2
[strike]Dusting, even if around everything & water & wipe the poor neglected plants![/strike] I even trimmed off the dead leaves and moved the pots to better locations![strike]
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/strike]
[strike]Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/strike]
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself See vaccing above
Level 3
[strike]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[/strike]
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!![strike]
• Change any dead lightbulbs in the house![/strike]

They get changed as soon as they blow.

• Clean a radiator or two.
• [strike]Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!![/strike] Nothing to fill it with!

[strike]HHI.. get that mountain gone![/strike] I've only got one hankie which needs doing so there didn't seem to be any point in getting the ironing board out!

Other jobs done

Cleaned the loos and bathroom sinks before I took the children to school! I even managed to make scotch pancakes for them for breakfast. How good am I? Mind you it's doing Flylady all week which has helped. I'm definitely going to be a regular on this thread.

Got two loaves on their first rise
Wiped down the extractor hood which I forgot to do yesterday. Well it wasn't on the list!
Washed teatowels/dish cloths, put them in TD
Load of clothes now washed. Will have to go in TD as it's either raining or threatening to.

I didn't manage to mop the floor last night

I did some more re-arranging of the dining room. It's still got boxes in it from our move - mainly DH's stuff (and he's always complaining that I'm untidy)

Yesterday I managed to complete one of Monday's tasks. I bought some new knickers and chucked out my ancient old things.

Still to do

Mop the kitchen floor.
Do the vacuuming tasks for today.
Take stuff to the dump - DH has the car tomorrow so I want to do it today, but will do it on the way to picking up DS from school.
Update accounts on spreadsheet.

Long-term ''to do's"

Sort out photos and buy four photo albums, one for each of the children when they are older and one for me.

Buy CD racks so I can finally get the CDs out of the cardboard box and maybe get a chance to listen to some of them.


My friend's stepmum phoned me earlier to say that she had some girls clothes which a friend of hers had given her for her DD. They are too big for her though so she asked if I wanted them. Obviously I said yes!:j There are loads!! My DD's wardrobe is stuffed full atm but I'm sure we can get rid of some of the clothes she already has. I do like a freebie.:D

My DD2 had her first "accident" today, which isn't bad considering she's only been out of nappies since Monday evening! I even took her to town yesterday without any problems.

ChasingButterflies

Hey there,

Just caught up with thread - and then my mind went blank :mad: - in mitigation 3 hrs sleep and not enough coffee yet!!!

ok so far I have:
Taken little people to school
Taken DH to work
Stopped at charity shop on way home and emptied boot
HHI
Descaled coffee machine
WM on.

I managed to spend a grim amount of time doing an ironing blitz last night and it doesn's look much better :eek: Must stop putting WM on :rolleyes:

So in order of importance I need to:

Make supper so it ready to pop in oven when I get back,
Make treats for lunch boxes,
Check fruit situation and write shopping list for once kids are in bed,
Hoover lounge and check sofa, sort cushions etc.
Fold PJ's and put in homes, pair socks and home,
Sweep hall, hoover stairs, Mop hall and landing.
Wrap presents for this weekends parties, find cards and get ds to write them.
Pick up kids, collect DH,
Feed everyone, homework, shower, bed.

Lounge had a really good going over last week - and is the one room that there are no toys allowed...

... don't want to move - nice and comfy here... ok thinking of tired, hungry troops.

FrankieM

I've cleaned the bathroom and sorted out the kitchen. Just waiting for DH to go out and then I'm going to dust and hoover.
I've put more washing in..its never ending!!
Going to put a spud in the microwave for lunch...catch yous later...