Weekly Flylady Thread 7th April 2008

Amandaj32

I'm usually a lurker and have posted a couple of times but I really do need to start joining in!

My boiler went off last night and we had to phone for an engineer at 730pm. He has fixed it on a temporary basis and is coming back today so it would be nice to have the kitchen looking a little tidier than it did last night!

Unfortunately this means that I won't be able to make the appt at the Vets for DDoggie's injections. That's annoying - because I hate putting things like that off.

I'll start with the list
Mad Monday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
[STRIKE]Wipe and water neglected plants - no plants[/STRIKE]
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Clear a hotspot
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Wash any nets/curtains that need cleaning.. put up fresh ones!
• Sort that corner full of shoes and coats and bags... I know you all put this off so get it sorted.. before the better weather hits!!

Killer Kitchen - Tuesday
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Open the windows and let in the spring!
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed
Clean all those small appliances, wipe their home then put them back.. are there any you don't use that can be flung?
Take EVERYTHING out of the cupboard under the sink give it a deep clean..
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• HHI .. with your clean iron!!
• Clean windows and sills
• treat the pets for fleas!!! This is prime time for them to be developing an infestation.. the last thing you need in your house! (still not done mine.. bad me!)

Also need to...

Do ironing
Put laundry away
Put rubbish out
Phone vet
Make hair and eyebrow appointments.

cha97michelle

Morning Ladies!

:bdaycake: Happy Birthday to Sharon - hope you have a lovely day whatever you are doing

9 more days of DS being at full time nursery, and appointments tomorrow and Thursday mornings, so i think i need to make a bit of effort to potter more efficiently this morning at least. Me and DH are plodding on, but kind of burying our head in the sand a bit about how close B day is, and the volume of tasks. We were both exhausted last night though, so what more can we do. Although for me, i think it was more the stress of not being able to get on much and 'waiting'. The story of my life at the moment.

I might have to stay off the computer a bit today - think i am getting a bit addicted again at the moment. Not good till i am further on. Right, going to start by making a cuppa, and then tackling that under the sink cupboard. I will make it more presentable.

No: of items of rubbish found and binned/shredded today: 59 :j

Tuesday 8th April
Mad Monday - Living room/dining room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and dining table
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, etc.
Clear a hotspot
Vacuum hall and stairs, all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras

• Wipe front door. inside and out!

Killer Kitchen - Tuesday
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed
Clean all those small appliances, wipe their home then put them back.. are there any you don't use that can be flung?
Take EVERYTHING out of the cupboard under the sink give it a deep clean..
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must
• Clean windows and sills

Jobs for today:

• [strike]Drop DS at nursery[/strike]
• Wash my hair
• [strike]Reassemble airers[/strike]
• [strike]Hang up yesterdays load of washing[/strike]
• [STRIKE]Wash some of DH’s stuff[/STRIKE] 2nd of 3 loads in, 1st load hung on airer
• Wash some of my stuff
• Best do some ironing, DS ran out of T shirts for nursery today
• Pop to shop – fruit/OJ/milk for DS
• Defrost and clean freezer
• Sort school stuff out so it can go in the garage
• Cook chicken casserole for dinner
• Pick DS up from nursery

extras:
dealt with post
dealt with horrible computer desk of doom - now a lot cleaner and decluttered
List of shame – sort asap:

• under sink cupboard needs a drastic tidy - flea treatments can then go in there, and also i can then put away things like the bottle of disinfectant on the side which has been there 3 weeks.
• i need to sort the toys out - moving some upstairs, and the toy box back to its home - it has all been in the wrong place since the TV guy came on Tue 24/03.
• the bathroom wall DH tiled is still covered in grouty finger marks that need cleaning off.

Jobs for this week:

• Get rid of old carpet
• Get charlie’s feet measured – buy shoes for wedding
• Pick up Suits for the wedding
• Help DH write speech and pub quiz for wedding
• Pick up my travel cot and mattress/bedding before wedding, to stop at hotel Sat night
• Make a decision and deal with my wedding dress
• Work out what I need for the baby/hospital bag
• Give A bag of maternity clothes back
• Give W Easter pressie
• Repair hem on my black trousers so I can wear them to the wedding
• Dentist – thur 9:45am
• Midwife – wed 10:30am
• 9LI/JK schemes checked for work before thursday so i can put them on the School R drive
• laptop emptied of personal stuff before Thursday so i can hand that back in
• get tax disc for old car to R
• post parcel to ILs

Jobs for before baby

• get newborn and 0-3 stuff out of loft and washed/sorted
• buy – changing mat
• pack hospital bag
• write a birth plan
• pack DS an overnight bag to send to sisters – started – 3 pairs PJs, 3 pairs socks,
• fire engine bed assembled
• new pictures put on wall
• get DS next size clothes ready in new wardrobe
• pack away any too small DS clothes to go in the loft
• put new baby clothes in wardrobe
• find out bouncer chair/baby bath/moses basket/car seat from loft, checking if clean and make sure they are ready to use
• make myself an opticians appointment
• bulk buy larger nappies for DS
• Take up curtain for hall and rehang
• Ring CTC – tell them about my mat leave and DS’s reduction in childcare hours

embb

Morning :wave:

Happy Belated Birthday wishes Michelle :bdaycake: sorry I missed it x

Happy Birthday Sharon have a lovely day. :bdaycake: x

LG Good Luck with the wedding plans, I've always thought the less time you had to plan the easier it was, no time to put things off probably lol.
Lil_me Good decision re: the OU course x

Had no computer yesterday, windows wouldn't load but didn't have time to fix it ysterday morning cause I had to go to work, got back in did some running around then had a go......how the hecky peck do I know what installation I want to repair stoopid safe mode lol.....anyway booted from disk, it didn't work, I took it out in temper and bingo! fixed pc :j glad it started up this morning ok I would have not been a happy bunny

Work this avo but can do a few bits this morning, littleys still in bed, I've just emptied the bins then put the bin out for them coming or else I'd still be there too, made a cuppa then gonna do some stuff.

put bins out
hoover through
make beds
take clean washing upstairs
^^^^put away
clear stairs of junk (I'm gonna get one of those stair baskets from lakeland - I'm a devil for hoiking stuff on the stairs)
empty DW
put maiden down
find summat for tea
have a mooch in littleys room, see what can be flung/tidied
pay rent
phone tax people

Think that's it....will add later if I find something else. x

ChasingButterflies

Hi everyone,

Happy Birthday Sharon_party_

Well last night was a washout - cooked supper - felt ill afterwards went for a lie down and crashed out before 8

Probably going to take a couple of hours before I feel even half normal again but will make the most of it when it comes... utility cleared and ff in the middle of the kitchen again.

LikkleGibbon - Everything will work out perfectly - tbh probably better that you have less time to think/worry about it. It can get a bit stressful... but it can be done! We got engaged in Oct 1999, IL's insisted on a long engagement :rolleyes: so we settled on August 2001 however DD1 popped along in late 2000 Apart from the venue for wedding and the reception by April 2001 I had nothing organised:rolleyes: It was a very hectic few months though and I had lists coming out of my ears... I am looking back now and though!

ok gtg 12 hours with a vapor plug 3ft from my nose and I still can't smell a thing :rotfl:

gunsandbanjos

Killer Kitchen - Tuesday
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces
Open the windows and let in the spring!
[/STRIKE]Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc
[STRIKE]Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
[/STRIKE]Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed
Clean all those small appliances, wipe their home then put them back.. are there any you don't use that can be flung?
[/STRIKE]Take EVERYTHING out of the cupboard under the sink give it a deep clean..
Extras

• Clean oven/[STRIKE]hob if you must[/STRIKE].. *rolls eyes*
• HHI .. with your clean iron!!
• Clean windows and sills
• [STRIKE]
  
• treat the pets for fleas!!! This is prime time for them to be developing an infestation.. the last thing you need in your house! (still not done mine.. bad me!)
• [/STRIKE]

embb

Right, I've rung the tax people I'm now registered as self-employed, it was one of those things that I kept putting off (you know what I mean) but noticed there was a £100 fine if I didn't do it within 3 months - that spurred me on lol I was asked if I wanted to pay NI contribtutions errrr I dunno.. do I.. well not really, but I guess I should if I want to get any future benefits and pensions, they're sending the bill but I do have the option apparently. So that's out the way and a weight off....

Paid my rent too it's shot up to £69 pw, my mortagage would only be £70 (not inc. any insurances I'd have to take out with it).....need to make an appointment to get it sorted ASAP.

K, littleys now up and watching Zoey101, need to get her fed and think I'll make another cuppa whilst I'm at it.

Some for those that want one..:coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:

beanynharrison

Monring all

Happy birthday Sharon. Hope you have a lovely day.

DS didn't sleep so well last night and was up and down with him so I am feeling a bit tired this morning. A few brews and I should feel human again. Have no social plans today so no excuses here!!

Killer Kitchen - Tuesday
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
[STRIKE]Open the windows and let in the spring![/STRIKE] Too cold
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor and through lounge
Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed
Clean all those small appliances, wipe their home then put them back.. are there any you don't use that can be flung?
Take EVERYTHING out of the cupboard under the sink give it a deep clean..
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• HHI .. with your clean iron!!
• Clean windows and sills
• [STRIKE]treat the pets for fleas!!! This is prime time for them to be developing an infestation.. the last thing you need in your house! (still not done mine.. bad me!)[/STRIKE] no pets

My list

1. Wash up
2. wm - whites
3. post letters
4. ring antenatal clinic to arrange tour of unit
5. ring friend to sort out going over at the weekend
6. ds hair cut
7. 15 minutes paperwork

Have nice days everyone hugs to those that need them
Rach x

Sharon_1970_2

Quick question - What would you use if you wanted to "flush" out your washing machine? Mine is definately smelling a bit stagnant. I think I read somewhere something about soda crystals but I may have imagined that and wanted to check first

ChasingButterflies

Sharon_1970 wrote: »

Quick question - What would you use if you wanted to "flush" out your washing machine? Mine is definately smelling a bit stagnant. I think I read somewhere something about soda crystals but I may have imagined that and wanted to check first

I just do a 95 degree wash (but we have a septic tank so have to be careful about "upsetting the balance" out there!) a cup of vinegar in as well?

luby-lou

Happy Birthday Sharon!

Hope you have a lovely day.

Anyone up for a HHC 11-11.30. Need to clear my cupboard under my sink, do the window ledges and mop the floor (swept it already last night). Expecting the gas man this morning though, so might get interupted.

Anyone in?