Weekly Flylady Thread 7th April 2008

Amandaj32

Morning all!
I was full of good intentions yesterday but I'm afraid I didn't get much further than a huge ironing mountain! After waiting in for the boiler engineer all morning I finally got a call to say he couldn't make it and would be coming today instead. I had cancelled my vet's appointment and remade it for today so I told him that it had to be after 11 - I didn't want to cancel again.

Today I want to try and get everything looking reasonable before I go back to work tomorrow. If possible I'll be getting to the bedroom stuff but more likely I'll still be working on Monday's lists!!

gunsandbanjos

Thanks embb, got a million thoughts going through my head right now. Including will i be able to carry on with my OU course, it was funded for me because i got WTC, now i'll probably have to pay for it myself

pigpen

Mudbath wrote: »

.... if you need a giggle just look at the amount of pigpen's lists that she's completed - usually a big fat zero:rotfl:

{mudbath goes into hiding} xxxxxxx

*moons at Mudbath*

gunsandbanjos

Did anyone else see the eclipse, no? Oh it was just pigpens @rse:rotfl:

embb

Teenies now got a list as long as your arm, he'll be an honorary flyboy today - I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he reads it :rotfl: I want another brew but not sure I've got time I have to leave in 25 mins - oh sod it I'll make one.....I'll pack my work bag too, thank goodness I made my sarnie last night.

AnW'sMum

Morning all

HUGE HUGS for MOAM, Johanne and G&B

Didn't get loads done yesterday by some peoples standards but things look a bit better round here so hurrah for us. We cleared the bottom half of the stairs and A hoovered them for me I did some ironing as well and I am sure there were some other things we did between us!

Right, brekkie, shower and then onwards. Have to deliver a bday pressie and card today and think we will take some flowers to DH.

My Dad has just 5 working days to go to retirement or to put it another way 40 (ish) hours!!!!!!

cha97michelle

Morning lovely ladies.

Sorry there are a few problems about again this morning.

MOAM if there is anything we can do, just shout. Hope all is over quickly and just a scare.

Johanne take it as easy as you can hun! you are too close now to get so upset. Try sitting upright to get bubs to move.

GandB that is really crap - i'd best prioritise ringing up CTC, i only get about £50 a month, but what's the betting they take that off me now i am on mat leave.

Tip of the day from me - i learned at work that Unison have grants for people doing OU courses, for anyone who is a member. A lady at work got a couple of hundred quid, which isn't huge, but it paid her course fees.

Midwife for me this morning. So i am going to start with a list and a cuppa. Not running round too much before then as i don't want to be dirty or sweaty for that, so i will see what i can knock off. I might sneakily do a bit of the rug. I did 15 items of ironing last night, and packed a box of school stuff of the dining table. I need to tackle box city in the hall as i can't actually get past it without walking on tip toes, and lifting the bump. :eek:


Wednesday 9th April: No: of items flung/shredded today = 67
No: of items ironed =
Mad Monday - Living room/dining room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
[strike]remove clutter from dining table[/strike]
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
[STRIKE]Wipe and water neglected plants[/STRIKE]
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, etc.
Vacuum hall and stairs, all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs and sockets/light switches
• 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
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*
• Clean windows and sills

Master bedroom & landing - Wednesday all done Mon when carpet was fitted and we moved room again
Level 1
[strike]Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.[/strike]
Level 2
[strike]Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..[/strike]
[strike]Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen.. [/strike]
[strike]Air the duvet[/strike]
[strike]15 minutes floordrobe clearance[/strike]
Level 3
[strike]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/strike]
[strike]Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of.. you WILL have nothing left lol!![/strike]
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• [strike]33 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter [/strike]
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Clear a box of clutter from the landing
• Sort through that airing cupboard!!

Jobs for today:

• [strike]Make DH’s pack up[/strike]
• [strike]Remind DH to take R tax disc for old car, and to get paperwork to pick up suits tomorrow[/strike]
• [strike]Drop DS at nursery[/strike]
• Pick up t shirt from yesterday, leave a new spare T-shirt
• Defrost and clean freezer
• [STRIKE]Sort school stuff out so it can go in the garage[/STRIKE]
• [strike]Sort out midwife notes ready[/strike]
• [strike]Attend midwife appointment[/strike] baby now 4/5 engaged, so not going to be in the next day or two (i hope!)
• [strike]Food shop – OJ, milk, fruit, fajhita stuff, bread[/strike]
• [strike]Post office – send book to ILs[/strike]
• [strike]Put food shop away[/strike]
• [strike]Put midwife notes away[/strike]
• [strike]Deal with post[/strike]
• Wash my hair
• WM – [strike]my dark stuff[/strike], top to wear for wedding, A’s maternity jumpers to give back to her.
• [STRIKE]Wash up breakie/lunch dishes[/STRIKE]
• [strike]pack bag for DS to take to parents this evening[/strike]
• Pick up DS from nursery
• take to visit parents - bath time there, fall asleep in car then bed
• pick up birthday stuff from Mums, plus travel cot and bedding ready to stay at hotel on Sat night for wedding
• Cook chicken fajhitas
• [strike]Empty personal files off the laptop[/strike]
• Finish off the 9LI/JK schemes for work
• [strike]Empty shredder[/strike] – [strike]shred rest of paperwork from my mammoth sort out[/strike]

extras:

• found out baby weaning books to lend to my mate
• got cash out - will do for wedding on Saturday
• loaded car ready for later
• created a new shredding pile and dealt with it
• done some of my rug

List of shame – sort asap:

• 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 ongoing - we've done some every night
• Work out what I need for the baby/hospital bag list started
• 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
• 9LI/JK schemes checked for work before thursday so i can put them on the School R drive
• [strike]laptop emptied of personal stuff before Thursday so i can hand that back in[/strike]

Jobs for before baby

• get newborn and 0-3 stuff out of loft and washed/sorted
• buy – changing mat, cotton wool,
• pack hospital bag
• write a birth plan
• pack DS an overnight bag to send to sisters – started – 3 pairs PJs, 3 pairs socks, 2 outfits (jeans, T-shirt and jumper)
• 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

skintscotslass

(((johanne)))

(((G&B))) - can you appeal about the DLA? Tax is changing as well, so you might find out that you may get something back. There was a calculator in Martins email this week. It probably wont be much. Think it was £20 a month for me, but every penny counts, eh? xx

Master bedroom & landing - Wednesday
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers[/STRIKE].
[STRIKE]Fling open the window and let in the spring![/STRIKE]
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
[STRIKE]Air the duvet[/STRIKE]
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.. you WILL have nothing left lol!!
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 33 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Clear a box of clutter from the landing
• Sort through that airing cupboard!! DO I HAVE TO?????

pigpen

ooohhh.... My tax credits have increased.. £13 extra in my bank account!!! not a lot but it all helps!!!

Best pay a bill..

*dashes off to collect her diary to see who is due to be paid*

nicki_2

Who left the shower running? I'm soaked from taking DD to school and I've got to go to the job center for 1pm as well :rolleyes: Oh well, other than the poor weather today hasn't been too bad, but then I'm rather chuffed that Liverpool won their match last night Don't usually follow the football but DD heard there was a match on and since we'd been out to town and were late getting back I let her watch some of it, then I carried on watching once I'd put her to bed :rotfl:

Lots of stuff still on my list to do, but I'll get there easily as the house looks good and you know what - it only really needs hoovering and dusting so I'm crossing everything else (except one-offs) off my lists

Mad Monday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
[strike]Vacuum under the furniture you can move[/strike]I do this anyway
[strike]Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.[/strike]They get wiped when I dust anyway
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs DD's job
• Wipe front door.. inside and out! not until it stops raining!

Killer Kitchen - Tuesday
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
[strike]Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc[/strike] Can't do that as can't get to the filter on the WM, but the draw is clean.
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!! DD's job to do cupboards
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?
[strike]Take EVERYTHING out of the cupboard under the sink give it a deep clean..[/strike] did this the other week and its still okay.
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• HHI .. with your clean iron!!
• Clean windows and sills

Master bedroom & landing - Wednesday
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers. - SUNDAY
Fling open the window and let in the spring! - too wet! but they were opened monday
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
[strike] Air the duvet[/strike] done last week
[strike] 15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/strike] there isn't one
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
[strike] Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of.. you WILL have nothing left lol!![/strike] I haven't anything left! :eek:
[strike] Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.[/strike]
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• [strike]33 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter[/strike]
• Clean windows in these rooms
• [strike]Clear a box of clutter from the landing[/strike]
• Sort through that airing cupboard!! - once I can find a permenant home for all the spare bedding thats appeared I will. :rolleyes:

• Dailies
  • [STRIKE]Beds[/STRIKE]
  • [strike]PACKED LUNCH[/strike]
  • Bathroom S&S
  • Dishes
  • Kitchen S&S
  • Lunch
  • DD - reading book
  • Finances
  • Uniform etc out for tomorrow (check)
  • Exercise
  • Tea
• Fill in finance form for OU course [strike]Need proof documents signing and[/strike] job center to stamp it. POST
  
• Make doctors appointment for sometime this month
• Update CV
• [strike]Write letter to MC about ex's card being destroyed. [/strike]
• Clean brass - pointless as its raining
  
• Sweep front - DITTO
  
• Clean out wheelie bin THURSDAY
• Clean outside of windows. - Raining today so will have to wait again.
• JOB CENTER - WEDNESDAY 1pm otherwise I'll forget.
• RING COUNCIL FRIDAY - re council Tax
  

Just spent the past hour clearing out emails still! :rolleyes: I've got 2 bids on stuff on ebay but quite a few watchers on some of them

Right, need to find my e-savings account details to fill in on this OU form. Forgot yesterday