Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd June 2008

Dustykitten

Cooked at lunchtime today as OH and the younger 2 having lunch out before heading home. Lamb chops and the first couple of pots from the garden with homegrown sugar snaps and mange tout - getting a bit sick of them now!

Really Really cross with myself. There were hardly any elderflowers left - all dropped and lots of the strawberries have started to rot due to lack fo picking. I must learn to stop putting things on lists and not doing them!

Where is my list?

Dustykitten

Dusty's List update

Must do today
[STRIKE]
pick elderflowers
collect stuff from JL
plant life survey
[/STRIKE]return boden
ebay 2 items
ironing
library

Bathroom
[STRIKE]

Clean baths, toilets and sinks
[/STRIKE]
wash floor

Garden
pick up plant prunnings
trim edge of back lawn
plant out dahlia
pick strawberries/raspberries
water front garden
support peas
[STRIKE]remove old lettuce[/STRIKE]
plant out dahlias
put up mint/chives

Ongoing:
plantlife survey update notes
pick elderflowers make champagne and see if I can see anymore this week
kids savings accounts
bond
mum tax
current accounts - interest
advert corner shop photos now taken
Paperbill
Moors plan
Check CC statment OH to pay

hex2

It has taken me six hours to deep clean the snug! I am filthy, but it is spotless for the first time since the chimney/fireplace/wod burning stove was done. I have dusted what feels like thousands of books. DH has finished pointing the other bit of bedroom wall so hopefully we will the partition up next weekend. We have gone back to exposed limestone on the gable end - he has replaced and brushed abck the lime mortar, and it is absolutely beautiful. Poor DH, I now have ideas about every room having some exposed stone!

Ideas please- what do I use to clean the wood burning stove? I have just dusted it down for the minute. Black cast iron type.

and opinions please. Re-designing top floor, victorian stone built long house, can't afford architect opinion. Going forward we will have five bedrooms - one large double, two small doubles, long single plus one other. The fifth bedroom can be small (9 x 9 plus a built in wardrobe), or it can be a small double - all five bedrooms are occupied. Would you choose a big bathroom or a big fifth bedroom? We will have one en suite eventually plus this family bathroom. If we go for the smaller bathroom do we make it a shower/wet room so it feels bigger, and put the roll top bath in the en suite as only I use the bath? any thoughts welcomed.

Hope everyone is ok, I have read through but the thanks button isn't working.

pigpen

Kleeneze do a thing that you paint on and it makes it black again.. personally I like them looking 'used' so mine will NEVER be cleaned! hubby says he'd use blackboard paint!..

To clean the inside.. I'd get out Henry his sucking ability is second to none and removes all debris in a few minutes..

pigpen

I have ebay stuff ending later and am now doing the 'refresh'... 'refresh'... 'refresh'... every 15 seconds.. save me!

prettypennies

Hello everyone, I got seriously waylayed in the kids room yesterday and spent about three hours sorting through boxes and drawers of toys. I wish I had taken some before and after pics. I may put the after pics on as there is little chance of it staying tidy for long :rolleyes: .

Still seem to have loads to do:

Kitchen

Clean floors,
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table.. and check the underside.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Dust any extra furniture in dining area
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
Clean oven if you didn't do it last week
Extras

1. Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
2. [strike]
   
3. 30 minutes ironing!!!
4. [/strike] 2 hours more like!

Living Room, Hall and Stairs

[strike]Vacuum floors and sofas
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Dusting, even if around everything
[strike]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/strike]
Wipe light switches, sockets and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
[strike]Tidy shoes, coats and bags
[/strike]Extra Mission:

1. [strike]Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.[/strike]
   
2. [strike]Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself [/strike]
   
3. Clean a window or two.
   
4. [strike]Get yourself a bag or box, go around collecting things that are not in the place they should be, then put them back where they should be, or better still give them to their owners to put away themselves[/strike]

Master Bedroom & Landing
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
[strike]Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs.. (make sure to do the bed base.. mine was gross last week!)
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/strike]
[strike]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
[/strike]
Bathroom
Clean floor
[strike]Clean bath, toilet and sink
[/strike]Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen


kids room
[strike]Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see [/strike]
[strike]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!![/strike]
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
[strike]Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors [/strike]

Weekend List

1. [strike]Wash and make ready that school and work uniform for Monday! [/strike]
2. Wash any bedding that didn't get done
3. Mow the lawn or trim the hedge.. or just a HHG ..raining again
4. Fill a binbag for charity shop

witchypoo

sinderella wrote: »

Witchypoo, love that name, I'm in Devon too!!! (the messy house down the road....)

Hiya from not so sunny Devon lol
Bet mine's messier!
I've only crossed off 3 things from that huge list I posted! Oh well -lol. Might run the vacuum cleaner round the house later
x

vanilla

One load of washing on the line, another on the rad and one in td. Wm back on again. Next dishes and kitchen.

DS1 away with hubby for walk (he doesn't think he could handle the other 2 ) and PIL, DS2 and DD watching tv for now but i think i'll get them to give me a hand with their rooms then they can get there ticks (have to start that back up again because there all total bonkers.:rotfl:

Right cuppa got so better get back to it....

prettypennies

Pics of the kids room (walls in serious need of re-plastering!!)


That innocent looking table is capable of storing the size of Wales in junk!

juliejim

Prettypennies - my kids' bedrooms aren't that tidy even after they've tidied them - you've done really well.