Weekly Flylady Thread 24th March 2008

kazmeister

Hugs to holly

gonna carry on with cleaning my living room now

lil_me

Evening, sorry hectic night and I am shattered. Big hugs for holly and your partner of course x Sorry not up to reading through and posting loads as I am aching so a big ((squishy hug)) for you all and good night, will hopefully see you in the morning....oh before I forget tutor has allowed a 1 week extension so fingers crossed that CD arrives sharpish!

boddy

Morning everyone.

Just a quick catch up. Havent managed to get through the thread as Im getting ready for work. So hugs to anyone who needs them. Hi to any newbies. Was so tired when I got in last night went to bed early. I hadnt slept the night before.

As for flying I am doing a quick S&S before going to work. Catch you all tonight.

soappie

Morning all,

Hugs and condolences to Holly and your family

Right, off to work in a moment. :cool: ORF ops- Buster is awake and should be accessible :cool:

Have a good flying day ladies

mumofjusttwo

Hollyh and family (((hug))) to you all. It is never easy is it?



Master bedroom & landing - Wednesday
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of..
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Clean windows in these rooms
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
39 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Clear a box of clutter from the landing
Clear the top of a bedside cupboard/chest of drawers or shelf
Bake us a cake please mummy!! Or Daddy.. he can bake cakes too! Are we having it with custard or ice cream?
Childrens list.. As it is parents bedroom today I thought you could do a few jobs around the house which would still be very helpful..
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe the table[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Collect up all the dirty laundry from upstairs and plop it in the laundry basket!.. NO clean things please!![/STRIKE]
Can you fill the washing machine (WM) with the sheets from mummys bed?
If you are a bigger little person could you spend 15 minutes tidying or vacuuming on the landing.. whatever needs doing.. I am sure there is a job that you can do that would be greatly appreciated!


Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level Three
Vacuum hall and stairs
Extras
Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs
Wipe front door.. inside and out!



To Do List
Fix magnet so DD can't get to the DVD's need to buy new screws
put wooden bit back on blind
do loft ladder
mow front garden
get rid of BIG suitcase
get small skip
buy disney ticket
put windscreen wiper on car
collect prescription
book hairdresser
[STRIKE]pay in cheque[/STRIKE]
get usd - not T/C
[STRIKE]sort out isa.[/STRIKE]

juliejim

Hugs Hollyh and your family - sorry to hear about the OH's dad

gunsandbanjos

Justamum wrote: »

How do you entertain an easily bored 40-something child? :rolleyes:

Give him your flying list

Condolences to you and your OH Holly.

LO managed to sleep til 7 this morning when DH got up:D Anytime after 7 i'm fine with! We are having a staying in our jammies day, will get all the washing done, maybe some cooking too. Made Toxic Lemons chewy oaty bars last night, they are yummy. Need to make some pizza dough for the weekend.

Right, time to round up that washing...

See you later alligator;)

Fi27

Posted by kazmeister Following on from the kitchen I decided that while washing all the sofa cushions covers I'd hoover through and mop floors all downstairs (ok get down on my hands and knees with a cloth as I havent found a mop yet that doesnt leave smears). Happily got as far as halfway down the hall and realised that DS (15) was upstairs playing on his laptop, DD (9) was watching a DVD in her room and OH was sat at the computer pi55 @rsing about. I was livid, anyone would think I was the only one who lived here, so I threw a massive wobbly and told DD and DS that they had to do some washing walls and woodwork etc as I was fed up doing it all and working full time, this is supposed to be my holiday. DS refused to help DD get her bowl of water and stardrops so I stormed out in the car and left them all to it. After feasting on a Reeces nutty bar and 2 packs of Reeces cups I decided to go home before I ate more and made myself sick. DD was still cleaning bless her but DS had 'done' his and gone back to his laptop. He was supposed to wash the walls down on the stairs and to be honest DD would have made a better job, so another shouting match with him still refusing to do it again. Mad as hell, little s0d doesnt want to thing i'll pay towards his school trip, he can go out to work with Grandad even more till he can pay for it all. Lazy @rse. And I will make sure my dad works him real hard :rotfl: . I wasnt going to cook him any tea but decided I cant be that cruel, but from now on he can do all his washing as well as his ironing. DD on the other hand has really bucked her ideas up.

I know EXACTLY how you feel. I am having probs with my lazy DS nearly 15. I ask him to do anything and it results in a cheeky remark from him, refusal to do whatever i asked him to do and me getting very :mad: with him. I work with young children, hence how i was easily able to entertain my 4 year old nephew yesterday and still fly, but i struggle with my own son!

I have been having a few choice words with my OH recently too as it doesnt set a good example to DS if OH sits on his a*$e at the weeekend, they both think if they play xbox and stay quiet i wont notice them!!!!!! And like you i am running round the house and they are sat relaxing.

I feel better knowing that i am not the only one with this prob!!! MEN :eek:

Fi

moo2moo

6 days to go until Hubby goes on holiday. Kids and I are starting to get very excited. Have promised the littlest that she can camp in her sisters room so that we can plaster the holes in her bedroom walls and paint. Shes been very busy sorting through her old toys.

Meanwhile I haven't got much done as I've been left with 2 pages of A4 of things that need doing before he leaves. Mostly involving lying on my back in a pool of oil (not the Ann Summers kind!). Hes driving from here to Morocco, round Morocco and back again by Land Rover for almost a month. The idea of 6000 miles off road with a 5 year old really didn't appeal.

House and garden are strewn with the things hes removed from it as not required (4 seats), things he may need, food and camping gear and lots and lots and lots of spare parts. De-cluttering is not going well. Everytime I generate a bit of space he finds something grease covered to stick in it. Good part is that once he and the Landie leave I have his estate and a trailer for a month so can get all the big stuff thats been lying round the garden taken to the tip. Hell would freeze over before he got round to it.

However on a more positive note have made him sort through his wardrobe under the very very vague guise of helping him pack and have made him part with an awful lot of things that no longer fit him or that I haven't seen him wear in over a decade.

All the bedding now either in the washing machine or on the line. Off to make a start on the bookshelves on the landing. Guess I can reduce their contents by 1/3rd. Everything is stacked 2 books deep and piled on top. May even find enough shelf to dust!

fallen_angel_shelley

Morning all. big hugs for everyone that needs one & even if you don't need one you getting one from me anyway. this time tommorw i will be at the airport:j. i will be so happy at not having my noisy neighbour waking me up at 5am every moring, he walks round stamping his feet and slaming doors and his flat is underneath me and i can still hear him stamping his feet, i'm sure he is doing it on purpose and then the guy that lives next door in another flat is just as bad. right thats my moaning over with. i have got loads to sort out today plus my ex-sil might be calling in after her scan if she has time. i called my dad the night to tell that i will be arriving on thursday, he said he would get my half sister to pick me up, told him it was o.k as i have booked my own transfer, i booked it so as 'she' wouldn't have to pick me up, i can't stand her, the type of person that looks down her nose at people who don't have a nice car, job or money etc, a stuck up [EMAIL="b!@tch"]b!tch[/EMAIL] in other words.

To do list
empty rented garage & hand back keys.
take library books back.
pick up few bits for going away.
bank.
pack.
pack DS stuff, check he has all his uniform.
empty fridge.
bath, fake tan and nails.