Weekly Flylady Thread 16th June 2008

pigpen

Dusty.. you done any of your list today??? (kick kick)

Tiddles has fallen asleep on the floor and I have 45 minutes before I have to go collect the rest of the brood so I guess I could make a start in the front room.. or do a stint in the girly room???

I'll go play with the laundry and the DW while I consider it!

Dustykitten

Thank you leader - update:


Therapeutic Thursday - Sparkling Study

Clear the floors of clutter
[STRIKE]
Clean/vacuum the floors
[/STRIKE]Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
declutter the pc desk
[STRIKE]HHC on paper work[/STRIKE] more to do
print off cc statement

wash bath towels and mat
letter mum tax
hand sewing

Sitting Room of Sunshine and Hallway of Happiness
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
HHC in the porch - wash outside walls
Extras

1. Groom the hairy pets... or the children lol
2. magic sponge hall walls
3. finish prunning shrub around the door
4. clip back hedge by decking and bottom of garden
5. sort coupons started

You are right Miss PP - very poor effort - I will get going right this minute until 3:00

cha97michelle

hi everyone.

having a bit of a busy week. I am trying to keep up with the thread, but if i want to achieve anything in the house or get anything else done, then it has to be my 2nd priority. Shame though as i miss it.

Anyway, i will update what i have managed.

yesterday - hoovered kitchen, living room and dining room, did a load of light washing, washed a load of light kids clothes, had the woman from the surestart centre come to visit and spent most of the day feeding DS2 and dealing with the grumps from ds1.

today - i have

• washed Ds2s bedding as 2 grobags copped it through the night, and they are on the line blowing
• peeled spuds and carrots for lunch
• gone to baby clinic - ds2 now 12Ib4oz
• had a cuppa while ds1 had a snack in the community cafe
• paid a cheque into the bank finally, and made an appointment for next Tuesday to open ds2 a savings account
• been to supermarket - bought a cheap beef joint, bread, milk and carrots - going to try buying things as we need them like last time i was on maternity leave as i had to throw quite a few bits out this morning as the fridge resembled a science project - and that annoys me at the waste
• posted DVD rental back
• got the boys home, ds1 put in bed, shopping away, ds2 fed and then asleep
• checked emails - did survey and wrapped an amazon sale - only a couple of quid but the 2nd sale in a week so more carp gone

it doesn't look that much written down like that, but believe me, it was a mission and a half co-ordinating both boys to get out the house as i had to lift the double buggy out the house over my car, then get ds1 in it, then back in the house for ds2, then back again to lock the house and get my bags - hard work remembering everything. Then again, it was a great workout for the whole body pushing my double buggy. I have no idea how much the buggy weighs, but ds1 is about 28Ibs and Sam is 12, and i bet it is a good few Kg, then the food shopping too. I should take a walk with them every day

Anyway, need the loo, then i suppose i should start cooking lunch, as we missed it, and then wake ds1 up to eat.

Michelle, x

hex2

Dusty I will join you till 2.45 when I have to go and collect DS1. WM is now on, and I have put a curry in the slow cooker - otherwise a pathetic lack of flying has happened here today.

nicki_2

Why does decluttering seem easier to do today than the actual cleaning? Ah well, getting little things done and alot of decluttering. Just thrown out another binbag of stuff mainly from my room :eek: How the hell I had so much in there I don't know. I also managed to find a box of "offer to people"/ebay/charity shop stuff :rolleyes: Which needs stashing ontop of the fridge before DD gets in and tries to retrieve stuff.

Just had lunch (the last "fresh" potato as a jacket spud with the end of a jar of mayo and some mozarella :drool: ) and finishing my cuppa. BM smells divine and is due to finish any time

DD has requested a night in, so no walk to the duck pond unless she changes her mind, but I'll put Star Wars 3 on for her while I fly instead. Something fishy for tea tonight since its Friday, don't know what yet but it will be something fishy as I have tinned tuna, salmon encroutes, breaded fish, white fish fillets and smoked coley ( ) and thats just off the top of my head :rotfl: Which reminds me I should really sort out my inventory....

Dailies :

• Dishes
• WM - waiting for DD to come in
  
• [strike]Beds[/strike]
• STUDY

Magnificent Monday - Kitchen of Klutter and Dining room of Disaster
Level One
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table
Level Two
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Clean out drawers and filters on the big appliances and the kettle!
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Shine the grotty windows

Extras

1. Deweb the downstairs of the house!!

Tootling Tuesday - Sitting Room of Sunshine and Hallway of Happiness
Level One
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
HHC in the porch - polish brass
Extras

1. Spend 15 minutes tackling the hotspot in your bag.. the one you use the most!!

Wonderful Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level One
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash - SUNDAY
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
[strike]Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. your bedroom is NOT a shed!![/strike]
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades
Extras

1. Clean the windows

Therapeutic Thursday - Bathroom of Bubblovia and Sparkling Study
Level One
[strike]Clear the floors of clutter[/strike]
Level Two
Clean/vacuum the floors
Shine the bath,bog,basins etc
Twinkle the tiles
Level three
Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
declutter the pc desk
Sparkle the mirrors and windows in these rooms
Extras

1. 15 minutes filing

Frivolous Friday - The Land of 'Spare Oom' and the neighbouring Land of Child Grot
Level One
Strip the beds that need doing - SUNDAY
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! even if it is just sitting out in the gloaming with a cuppa. - REGULARLY! Maybe I should just add up all the time I've spent texting my friends today instead - about 2 hours probably by now
Level Two
Vacuum new found floor
Wipe windows
Level Three
Wipe away any sticky messes and grub-spots
Extras

1. Get rid of them then!!! lol In progress, anything to be binned is gone, ebayable is in boxes..

I had an :idea: before - DD is having trouble getting to sleep as her room is so light at bedtime so I was going to safety pin her other set of curtains up with the ones already at her window but that just wasn't working out well,. So I got some spare curtain hooks and set the second pair of curtains up as if I was going to hang them, then hung them from middle row on the header tape on the pair of curtains that were up. Okay so they're bigger than the ones that are up so they show at the bottom, and they're now "backwards" but Anthea Turner has left the building here, this is now a HOME not a show house so anyone who doesn't like it can sod off!

I think I'm going to go and see if I can declutter any in the livingroom before DD gets in ..... :wave:

Mudbath

Hex - OMG that's outrageous that tesco was charging so much for it. I think that's the best suntan lotion but it's so thick it doesn't rub in and the children end up looking like white ghosts. Tempted though I am I can't do that to them!!

Dusty - i'm with you on the last minute revision though I am three days early this time. I rewrite and rewrite my notes until they're as condensed as they can be. By the time I come to learn them I find that I already know great chunks of it.

Ok, I now know all about the structure and function of bones, functions of the skeleton and how the foot is contructed and what the arches of the foot are for. I'm going to go over it once more and i'll learn the nervous system at the allotment which actually means i've learnt 2 and a half pages so i'm ahead of schedule!!!! Whoooooooo!

Johanne - hope things are ok xx

lil_me

pigpen, seriously try Freecycle for crutches, amazing how many people are like us and don't hand them back, we'd have had 2 sets if DPs friend at work haddn't smashed his leg up, you might however be better asking for a physio referal.
hex2 Barkeepers Friend! http://www.lakeland.co.uk/content/products/8/8/6/8868_large.jpg loads of places inc Tesco and Wilkinsons I have seen it sold. I don't think the baths work very well (my Dad used to collect brasses)
Dusty, thank you for asking, I'm surviving on coffee and proplus sorry, assignment needs doing so had to keep away somehow, so next week I'll be trying to get myself back off the excess caffeine
Michelle, never worry about keeping up, you have enough to do. Oh I haven't checked Facebook for ages is there any new piccies of the boys on there?

WOHOOOOO!!! Question 1 is done!! I've not even allowed myself lunch until it was done, if I'd got off the chair it'd have been left again, so currently trying to scoff lunch and type as I have about 5 minutes for that and toilet before DS2 needs picking up. DP asleep so will leave him in for DS1. Got to take him to pick his car up after school but he'll have to wait as DS2 will want to go to the park, as usual.

Right, 5 minutes I mentioned is almost up so loo, quick brush of my mop and dash for DS2, trying not to give myself cramp, all at the same time, all fun stuff isn't it. Might be late when I pop back as I'm mid meal plan so might brave taking the boys shopping seeing as we'll be up that way................toodles.

cha97michelle

Right - lunch cooking, and the sink and drainer have been scrubbed, and i washed up all of todays pots so far.

lil-me is it really a year since you moved? That has gone scarily quickly - although it must be as it was round then i ran it for a week when you were away.

dishwashers - cor i wish we had room for one, as we suddenly are going through a lot more pots now we are at home 3 meals a day. I leave a lot of it for Dh though as my hands get really dry and crack, even with gloves.

shell glad the interview went well. Sounds like you are shrinking away. nicki too. I think i need to do some of that.

Right, i think i might have some spuds to smash and a boy to wake up - i hope he isn't too grumpy but he has been asleep 3 hours already, and that is what i know of as he fell asleep at some point on the way home. :rolleyes:

I do know the house is a lot tidier for going out for a few hours - good planning there, as it will be easier to get some cleaning done then while DH is around at the weekend

Dustykitten

update:



Therapeutic Thursday - Sparkling Study

[STRIKE]
Clear the floors of clutter
[strike]
Clean/vacuum the floors
[/strike]Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
declutter the pc desk
[/STRIKE][strike]HHC on paper work[/strike] more to do
[STRIKE]print off cc statement[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]wash bath towels [/STRIKE]and mat
letter mum tax
hand sewing

Sitting Room of Sunshine and Hallway of Happiness
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
HHC in the porch - wash outside walls
Extras

1. Groom the hairy pets... or the children lol
2. magic sponge hall walls
3. finish prunning shrub around the door
4. clip back hedge by decking and bottom of garden
5. sort couponsstarted

Thank you Miss PP - family room all done.

Got to do school run and then I have a pile of odds and s*ds on the table to sort/bin.

Dustykitten

Mudbath wrote: »

what the arches of the foot are for.

Do share as 2 of my kids don't really have any!

hex how did you get on with your HHC?