Weekly Flylady Thread 26th May 2008

pigpen

TEA BREAK I have children picking up mess in the front room.. it was a sty in there.. I am removing their boxes of toys to up the stairs and the sofa from the back room to the middle room.. it is a bit nearer the front door and out then..

Once they have finished the front room I am having them clear the back room while I vacuum upstairs... apparently nobody elses parents make them tidy up.. I said they are not teaching their children to look after themselves them.. lol

sillyvixen

i was going to do so much in the house today!! but i opened the curtains to sunshine so have decided to spend my day off sorting the garden - i figure cleaning inside in the rain is much more do-able than weeding in the rain, so have decide to make the best of the weather and sort out outside!! i have spent 3 hours weeding the frount (3 binbags of weeds!!!!!) quick lunch break and back to the back garden! i feel quite good as i have been meaning to get round to this for ages but it always seems to rain on my day off!! the only house chore that will get done today is washing as it will line dry!!

juliejim

Anyone up for a HHC 3.15 - 3.45?

I've been out all morning and haven't done anything apart from some washing yet today.

tiamai_d

I have a feeling af is due, I'm crabbit and my legs ache. And DS1's teacher pulled me up about his homework. Yes, I know he has it, Yes, I do ask himt o do it, then I tell him several times, then I physically sit him down to do it, then he is a little !!!!!! and I tell him it's his homework and he will get told off if it's not done. So it doesn't get done because instead fo being told off he is sent into the office to do it and has a nice gossip with the receptionists.

Been to asda, need to unpack it all though but I also need a list or nothing will get done.

I have been keeping up, honest!

List.

Unpack shopping
Have :coffee: and some paracetamol
Load TD
Load WM
Dishes
Make spaggy bolly for dinner
Hoover
Wipe down sofas and wet wipe
Try not to loose temper at kids when they suddenly decide they hate spaggy bolly
Change beds
S&S bathroom
Mop floors

luby-lou

Hi everyone,

About to start flying. My mission today is to sort out DD2's bedroom. I'll have a go at posting before and after pictures later. Have taken the before pictures already and moved the mountain of clothes, toys, etc. to the lounge whilst she's in bed so I can start sorting into piles.

Nicki - well done on getting your assignment finished.:T :T :T

GnB - My DD is 5 1/2 and she is only dry in the night if we get her up for a wee at 11.30pm ish. She goes into a really deep sleep and the odd occasion when she does wet before 11.30 she's not even realised she has. She was 4yrs 9 mths before we got to that stage. For a while we got her up at 11.30 and she would still wet after that too so we just kept her in nappies for a while longer (cheaper than pull-ups). In comparison her friend who is exactly the same age was dry from 7pm-7am at the age of 2 1/2!!! They're all different.

Michelle / Johanne - you're both doing brilliantly!!!!!! Its really hard having a newborn without adding in the no sleep factor. I just can't function properly without sleep (just ask DH!!) We introduced a formula or expressed breast milk bottle for the last feed (10.30pm/11pm) so that I could get to bed early, DH could get a bit more involved and because by that time I was so knackered my milk supply was low.

My friends mum who used to be a health visitor pointed out to me that years ago new mums concentrated on breast feeding and resting. Everyone had family that lived on the same street so mum, aunties, sister, etc would cook meals, clean and help look after older children so new mum could rest, as producing breast milk needs calories and rest!

Lil'me - congrats on your caravan purchase. We stay in IL's static which is fab but they used to have a tourer that we stayed in and its great that you can just pack up and go where you want.

Right - time is ticking on and I've not started and DD2 will be up in a bit.

Pollybear

Washing all dry, folded and put away. Cut the grass back and front and did the edges and swept up. It really looks like rain now. Probably when I'm going to work:(

Very quiet round here considering it's half term. When my children were small there were always loads of them playing on the green out the front. I quite like the peace, but it seems strange that there's no-one out there when I know there are children living in the houses round it. Perhaps they don't let them out to play nowadays.

Evilspartacus

Triumphant Tuesday - Kitchen of Kreation
Level One
Open the windows and let in the light (we could clean them but this is simpler!) DONE
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table DONE
Level Two
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances DONE
Clean out drawers and filters
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor DONE
Shine the grotty windows
Empty out a grotspot and make it beautiful

Wondrous Wednesday - Superb study & Bathrooms of Bubbliciousness
Level One
Declutter the floors DONE
Empty and wash out bins DONE
Clean any windows
Level Two
Clean the bath, sinks, toilets, showers.. shine the taps! DONE
Vacuum/mop floors
Declutter the pc desk
Level Three
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, sockets, switches and telephone
HHI
Clean under any furniture you can move but don't usually bother moving

Thrilling Thursday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level One
Open the window and air the room DONE
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash
Level Two
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet (I dangle mine over the washing line if it's nice)
remake with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!! DONE
Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. your bedroom is NOT a shed!!
binbag dance..
Fantastic Friday - The Land of 'Spare Oom' and the neighbouring Land of child Grot
Level One
Open the windows and collect the smelly laundry! DONE
Strip the beds that need doing
Find the floor.. books on shelves, toys in boxes, games in cases and restacked. DONE
Vacuum new found floor
Wipe windows,
Level Three
Tidy the drawers and cupboards of clothing.. stuff everything back in that is dangling out
Turn mattresses and remake the beds



Yeah i fell behind because i was in both the GF's & My allotments.

Must do BETTER

pigpen

The sofa in the backroom that hasn't seen the light of day in months is now sparkling.. I have a freecycler coming to collect it in the morning lol

The friend I was goin gout with tonight has stood me up so I'm having to escape with hubby for an hour then going to collect my mother and go with her.. hubby won't let me cramp his 'style' for too long lol.. 'm not best pleased but.. hey ho!

Best set the children on clearing the junk from the back room now.. and get dinner in.. I am STARVING!!!

juliejim

Is anyone else having trouble getting onto the quidco site or is it just me?

tiptoes

Will some one give me a swift kick as I need to get off the computer and get some flying done today.

Though I did get another application form done, this afternoon after DS went off with his dad for the weekend but I've been ssssssssoooooooo lazy. DD ihas been out with her youth group today, so I've had a empty house but still got nothing done,