Weekly Flylady Thread 24th March 2008

Mudbath

soappie - capture the shot?!?! i'm a dim squirrel remember!!! seriously, i'll try. mu mum does the survey thing for the rspb. think i'll have a look at it as it will make me stop and watch them for a while each day. thanks for the link xx

Ginger_Girl

Evening!
Am chilling out with medicinal white wine and prescribed mini eggs! (Classy or what!) Have finished Hotel Babylon and managed to get some school work done too! Todays major achievement was washing the kitchen venetian blinds in the bath - they were scuzzy - but now all nice and shiny and smelling slightly of star drops!!!
Tomorrow - will rope Gingerkids into stripping beds and sticking washing machine on, then hopefully a trip out somewhere as DH has day off work and I would like him to have a break from decorating! Ikea could be a good bet - the kids (and me to be honest!)love the meatballs and chips!! Other plans are weather dependent!
Need to spend some time sorting out home office - it's become a dumping ground for rubbish, so maybe tomorrow!!

taffy1969

Evening All.
Trying again to catch up but too tired and need to go to bed.

What I have done today:
Gutted the kitchen - soo sparkly
Lounge - polished, windowsills, tv(DH did this as it's his baby!)
Girls room - we(me, dd1, dd2) spent about 2 hours in here tidying and getting rid of 'rubbish'. They also gave me a few toys to give away, will take to old creche, and they let me give away the baby changing monstrosity(sp) from their room. This is a major result.
While we were doing the room asked dh to sweep and wash floors in kitchen and lounge but unfortunately he apparantly didn't hear me and was far too busy on his xbox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aarrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

Kitchen man came round today and measured for new kitchen. Designed it on his laptop, looks so cool! And is getting back to us with prices - I must be sat down when the quote comes! It is going to be excellent when it is finished, at the moment my kitchen is about 8ft x 13ft but we are knocking the garage into the kitchen so it will be 17½ft x 13ft I'm sooo excited!
Tomorrow my mates dh is coming round to measure up to put the wall in the girls bedroom and HOPEFULLY it will get done on Thursday!!!! Yay

So list for tomorrow:

Sort ALL of girls clothes out so that I can freecycle wardrobes etc as have 2 complete bedroom sets in the garage at the moment.

Try to get rid of some more toys, they are going out with nanny and grandad, but can only get rid of what they won't notice - iykwim.

Anyway, off to bed now so, (((hugs))) for those who need them and have a good nights sleep.
nite nite.

Fi27

Dustykitten - My eldest is 14 and is not as good as the younger ones at helping. I find the only thing that motivates him is cash. I don't just give pocket money, they have to earn it. Trouble is if he doesn't need the money it doesn't have the same effect. He is better at jobs like cutting the grass or washing than car than hoovering say. Has he said why he does not want to help?

I agree totally about the pocket money thing. DS likes to have money but we have never done 'pocket money' as he doesnt help out. He says he hates drying dishes it's boring :eek: welcome to the real world eh? I think i did everything for him when he was younger and he always went to his dads or grandmas at the weekends so got a bit spoilt there. Now he just streches out on the sofa and expects me to carry on doing everything for him. Another part of the problem is certain other relatives (his grandma - not my mum, the other one!) insist on dishing out cash to him. He has come back from grandmas tonight for the second time in 2 weeks with ten pounds :rolleyes: which makes the 'you have to earn money' lesson more difficult as he has plenty cash to keep him topped up! I did speak to grandma about it but she wont hear of it :mad: Aaaarrrrggghhh

He is at home tomorow so i will suggest the childrens list and see how it goes you never know he might surprise me!

Looking forward to tommorows flying list, bedrooms definately needing done

Fi

pigpen

doggy bickies for Mudbath.. nice to see you do SOMETHING.. it really makes a change!!!

Michelle.. MW's aren't necessary.. it can be postponed for a week to enable you to assert yourself with the slave... you can hold your own against 30+ 15/16 year olds.. this is one man.. he ain't scary!!! tell him exactly how you want thing and make it clear you will make him come back to rectify any crap!! Needless to say we do everything between us.. like dropping loft hatches on me!!

Well I have walpaper .. and paste.. and at some point this week will be losing a fireplace and knowing our luck.. half a wall!!

Oh the joys...

As I am in bed.. I shall go do.. in the bed things.. knitting.. sleeping.. etc.. until the mooning... sleep in !!!!!!£.. heehee!! xx

pigpen

AND.. noone reminded me it was opticians today #i am most disappointed with you all

hollyh

Hi all

I've got very little done today.

I went to the hospital with OH last night and we sat with his Dad for a few hours, we went home about midnight.

At 1.30 OH had a call from his sister to say his Dad had just passed away. We don't live together so he went to the hospital to say his goodbyes without waking me. I woke up to a missed call and a text i feel so bad for sleeping through it. We were expecting it as he's had lung cancer for a year almost and he's only recently gone into hospital. He hasn't done badly for 83. It's just sad.


I also had to do a massive shop with a migrane because we had hardly any food due to my absess last week:rolleyes: . I drove there and back which is 20min each way, filled up a trolley and was home in a hour. It was that bad i even let the kids pursuade me into spending £4 on Potnoodles:eek: :eek: :eek: . I parked the car and ran in the house to throw up leaving the shopping Ds1 Ds2 and my stepdaughter in the car.:o ( they are 11, 2 and 14 so mostly able to get themselves out;) ) Then Ds2 and DSd got all the shopping out of the car, unpacked it all and gave Ds2 some lunch:j . An hour and 2 nurofen plus later i was ok:rolleyes:

So all in all not a great day.

I'm off to catch up with the thread now.

Ginger_Girl

HollyH
Sorry to hear about your loss. (((((HUGS)))))

JillD_2

hollyh ((hugs))) sorry to hear about your OH's Dad. And your mirgaine, yuck, cant believe you managed to drive and shop with it. shudder.

will update list tomorrow , too tired, meant to go to bed half an hour ago but laptop crashed and wanted to sort it tonight, not tomorrow

Night all
:wave:
Jillx

Pink_Fairy_2

Evening - briefly. Flying by and crash landing!

Welcome Newbies :wave:
Vanilla - what awful news
Hope all are improving if not well. Hugs and good wishes to all
Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room/Area
Level One
Clean floors in these areas DH did this while I was in North Som.

Level Two
[STRIKE] Wipe down surfaces
Wipe kitchen cupboard fronts and kickboards
Wipe down fronts of major appliances (cooker, nice shiny new fridge, nice shiny new freezer etc) and inside the microwave[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean washer drawer, filters on the dryer, dishwasher and cooker hood filters
Clean the oven

Extra tasks if you want to do more

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps, a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Empty one shelf (or the top of a cupboard) clean it, clean what's on it and put it all back
• Clean out and organize one cupboard, more if you like
• [STRIKE]Wipe & replace small appliances like kettle, toaster etc (wipe under too, especially the toaster!)[/STRIKE]

Daily Tasks:

[STRIKE]SS bathroom/shower room[/STRIKE]
Empty dishwasher
Load washing machine
Set breadmaker
Feed dogs, cats and fish
Walk dogs
Plan dinner
Work prep

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE] Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter
Clear anything from the stairs! Safe stairs are a must[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Level Three
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup!
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe
Extra Mission Tasks - as usual if you fancy tackling something else you could try one or more of these

• Check where important documents like passports, birth certificates, driving licences, medical cards are and make a note of where they are and if any need replacing, changing etc (yes I know it's repeated but lots of members were not about when it was done)
• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• Wipe down window frames in these rooms (inside) clean any marks from window
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner, empty the bag/bucket, clean filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY!
• 20 minutes ironing time to get that pile down, oh and make sure you put it away!

Dailies:

[STRIKE]SS Bathroom/shower room
Empty DW
Empty/load DW
Set BM
Feed dogs, cats, fish
Walk dogs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Plan dinner
Work prep[/STRIKE]

Tomorrow - DH still decorating in lounge - it's going to take a while though as it needs stabilising first! I'll be out of the way in Swansea. :T

Wednesday - Master Bedrooms and Landings
Level One
Strip bed linen and wash, replace with clean linen
Check fire alarms are working
Level Two
Remove floordrobe from the floor!
Vacuum floors in these areas
Level Three
Vacuum mattress
Clean tops of drawers
Check through one drawer making sure only what needs to be is in there!
Extra mission tasks, as always if you fancy an extra challenge try one or more of these

• Spend 30 minutes doing something for you, anything you like, call it 'midweek me time'
• Empty the top or bottom of your wardrobe, wherever you 'store' things, sort through it, clean wherever it goes, remove what shouldn't be there then replace what should be
• Clean windows in the bedroom, make sure you wipe the sill too
• Clean doors including handles downstairs

Dailies

SS Bathroom/shower room
Feed dogs, cats, fish
WM
DW
BM
[STRIKE]Plan dinner[/STRIKE]
Work prep

Off to bed. Sleep tight all.