Tuesday FLY - Hubble, bubble, no toil, no trouble

[TheMadHouse]

Morning

Mission

baby steps

Zone clean

Clear cobwebs
Wipe skirting
Polish Furniture
Clean leather suite
Wash Ornements
Clean Windows
Clean picture frames
Clean Blinds
Sort Bookcase
Sort Magazines
Wash throws
Wash pillow cases
Clean TV and Video
hoover
Clean TV unit and DVD player (inside)
Wipe Doors down
Wipe light switches

Morning all.

Just to show I still have one, here is my zone list:

CLEAN WINDOWS & DOORS 10 MINS
CLEAN WINDOW SILLS 2 MINS
CLEAN MIRROR 2 MINS
CLEAN PHONE 1 MIN
CLEAN TV ETC 3 MINS
CLEAN COFFEE TABLE 2 MINS
CLEAN COMPUTER TABLE 10 MINS
CLEAN OUT MAGAZINE RACK 2 MINS
DUST COBWEBS 3 MINS
DUST ORNAMENTS 2 MINS
MOVE FURNITURE, VACUUM, SHAMPOO CARPET
POLISH FURNITURE 5 MINS
PUT DVDS & COMPUTER GAMES AWAY 5 MINS
SHREDDING 10 MINS
STRAIGHTEN BOOKCASE 5 MINS
STRAIGHTEN DVD UNIT 2 MINS
STRAIGHTEN DRESSER & DRAWERS 5 MINS
SORT OUT TOYS 5 MINS
WATER & PRUNE PLANTS 5 MINS
WIPE FINGERPRINTS FROM WALLS & TOUCH UP PAINT SCRATCHES

Now I've looked at it again I realise it is quite good and the times show me it doesnt take long so I will do that this week.

Off out swimming and then playdate today but have 2 hours before then so will make an effot in between getting the girls dressed.

Morning Mad and Anne and all who follow,

Thanks for thread mad

We spent most of yesterday taking mum to hospital for meeting with her new consultant, it took 2 hours from leaving home to getting to right department, then they were running over an hour late , we had a 20 min app then 2 hours to get home again . I was so knackered I did nothing except dinner, bath, bed!

So today I am playing catch up again! I have 3 hours until we go to my friends so will crack on.
Going to borrow mad and anne's detailed cleaning lists if thats ok?

Enjoy swimming anne

Morning Mad and Anne . Excellent lists!

Hope you're feeling better today Mad, rest up a little to let your body recover (if the boys let you lol).

Have a good swim Anne.

To do
morning stuff
zone stuff (cleared out a load of toys yesterday so should be easier)
Water plant
plant bulbs in Xmas plant pots
Laundry.

Am taking DCs into town today so back later.

jas re dh job. Hope you can sort something out so you have some income.

New to thread, but been trying to FLY for a couple of weeks. Shakey start, but loving it when it happens.
Loving your lists posted here too. Real help.
I have to visit a friend who lives about an hour away today, so may not get all jobs done. And I'm Still in pyjamas but they are new and lovely so just making the most of them whilst DD (6 months) gone back to bed - sleeping off a bug and restless night.

But other than that, so far so good this morning.

Bed made
Swished and Swiped Bathroom
Bottles washed and Steriliser on.
Fridge given a clean over
Veggie delivery sorted and put in clean fridge.
Sweet potatos baked and cooling for peeling and pureeing.
Frozen Spinach puree out of freezer.
Cottage pie Dinner for tonight part made and in fridge last night in anticipation of being at friends today.

Just left to do

Laundry load in.
Get washed and dress self
Do hair and lippy
menu planning for week,
order online shopping
Make up bottles and more fruit and vegie purees
Wake dd up to eat/wash/dress
Pack Bag
and then off to visit friend.
Oh and Zone 5 mission (proabbly tonight and ironing too. .

Best be off then if to get to friends on time .
Hope to chat more tommorow.
LT

Welcome *LavenderteaP

heating has gone again, so have rang and left message for the plummber - yah, pants

Jas Hope something comes up for DH

Scatty Christmas bulbs sounds good, but I hate the smell oh hyachinths (sp)

Anne Enjoy swimming, ou rturn tomorrow and thanks for the list - realised I have missed some things off mine

We are off bowling for a penny in a minute as DH is off still today and then to get a heated underblanket for DS1 and door curtain. Might even have lunch out, then back for baking and hopefully a plummber.

Hi Shanna - sounds like a frustrating day yesterday .
Hi Lavendar - at snuggly new PJs!

Off now.

Hi Mad, Scatty, Jaz and Anne,

Sorry forgot to say hello in my attempt to remember everything I have to do today.
Hello and thanks for the welcome.

Oh one more thing to my list
Phone bank and cancel standing order.

Okay going to get dressed now and take off the lovely pj's

Hi all, am gonna give today a try at "Flying", thanks for the link Anne.

SO far I have got dressed (but not to lace ups!!)
Had breakfast
IRoned shirts
Ran washing machine
Changed my bed
Begun sorting the pile of clothes in the bedroom
Got distracted and did food shop online!

Today i want to;
swep and wash floors
clean cloakroom
tidy my bedroom
I also have tesco delivering, visit to pal whos had baby and a plumber coming at 5.

Right...so do you all get together later and see how much each others done??
Not sure how the "fly" thread works!!!

tia

Welcome Lavendar and to everyone else.

Jas - sorry about DHs job. Sounds like a nightmare.

Have managed a hotspot in the living room, have dusted with a babywipe and have got all of our stuff ready to go out.

Still to do.
CLEAN WINDOWS & DOORS 10 MINS
CLEAN MIRROR 2 MINS
CLEAN COMPUTER TABLE 10 MINS
CLEAN OUT MAGAZINE RACK 2 MINS
DUST COBWEBS 3 MINS
MOVE FURNITURE, VACUUM, SHAMPOO CARPET
SHREDDING 10 MINS
STRAIGHTEN BOOKCASE 5 MINS
STRAIGHTEN DVD UNIT 2 MINS
STRAIGHTEN DRESSER & DRAWERS 5 MINS
SORT OUT TOYS 5 MINS
WATER & PRUNE PLANTS 5 MINS
WIPE FINGERPRINTS FROM WALLS & TOUCH UP PAINT SCRATCHES

xpost. welcome daisy cat.

We have a new thread each day. There is a link to flylady babysteps and also today's mission. We try and go through the zones as per flylady and we have all gradyually built morning, afternoon and evening routines. Some people post the lists, others just say they have done what they need to.

I recommend going though babysteps if you havent yet as it is a system that works brilliantly if you do it properly.

Morning all
flying again going well here.
have done
dishwasher
washing machine (pegged out even though it is 2 degrees )
beds made
SS bathrooms

Need to
clear the dining room (again!)

Detailed cleaning for Sittingroom
Clear newspaper rack
sort DVDs
sort toys
clear ironing pile
take cushions off sofa and hoover inside
pull out sofa's and hoover underneath
dust ceiling lights
dust mantel piece
clean TV screen
Hoover curtains

So Welcome LavenderTea (lovely name BTW!)
Morning TMH thanks for the thread - hope you have fun bowling and that your plumber turns up
Scatty hope you have a good time in town.
Tigger sounds like you had a hard day yesterday.. hope today is more peaceful for you
AofA enjoy swimming - good looking list !

DH has taken car to the garage with DS1 so DS2 and I are going to get some stuff done then we are all going into town for a few hours.
I have to call a good friend and cancel getting together on Friday as I have double booked!! ARGHHH

Making good progress today
Still to do:
DUST COBWEBS 3 MINS
MOVE FURNITURE, VACUUM, SHAMPOO CARPET
STRAIGHTEN BOOKCASE 5 MINS
WIPE FINGERPRINTS FROM WALLS & TOUCH UP PAINT SCRATCHES

I'm going to send shredding into office as our shredder has broken.

Morning. Thanks for your thoughts ladies. DP def has no job, which means he will spend ages chasing his last weeks wages, too (boss is a very bad payer and now has less invcentiove to keep employees happy iyswim)

He is out hunting for something today, but not happy as fil is coming to stay the night and they have a strained relationship at times, not helped by fil being very judgy about dp not working, as if it was dps choice

Oh, and thanks for the link last night Ruby I'm pretty sure we had it at the time, but always worth everyone checking.

Morning Everyone

Ive been away for a week or so. DP took me to stay in a little cottage by the sea for a few days to try and blow away the cobwebs and knock this PND on the head.
I feel better- maybe the drugs have kicked in! Today is the first day on my own with the DC's since I broke down and came clean about it and went to the GP's.
The morning's been good so far...DS is being good so that helps!

Done-
DC's washed and dressed
Breakfast
Load in w/m and on
Been to shop and post office

To Do-
Load d/w and on
Clean kitchen surfaces
Sort out fridge
Hotspot- kitchen table
Empty w/m and hang out
Ironing
Bake cake with DS
Room rescue- lounge
Sort laundry into piles
Put laundry away

Watch out - Plummber/Boiler company rant.

They have said that they can not get out till Friday and are currently experiancing the wrath of TheMadHouse.

Conversation went something like this:

We can not get out to you until Friday.

Me - That is unacceptable

Them - You are lucky to be getting someone this week at all

Me - so I have a 2 year old and a three year old in a house that is 4 degrees, what so you suggest

Them - no idea

Me - Please can I speak to someone more senior

Them - there is no one avalable we will ring you back - suprise suprise

So in the meantime I rang the company that we bought the house from and asked to speak to The Managing Director and I got threw - eek.

Anyway - we now have an engineer coming out tomorrow - result

Moral - Do not mess with a pissed off Mad

In a past life I was a Facilities Manager for a large software company and am so used to dealing with contractors.

Bowling was fantastic

Afternoon all

Well Done Madhouse result!

Done-
Loaded D/w and on
Cleaned kitchen surfaces
Lunch
emptied w/m and t/d on
made cake with DS, in the oven at the moment

To Do-
REclean the kitchen after cake making!
Hotspot
Ironing
Room rescue- lounge
Sort laundry
Sort fridge

Back from town. Had a good time and managed not to spend much. Took DCs to Fenwicks toy dept to get ideas of what they want for Xmas, dd - no surprise wants a 'baby', ds did surprise me as he seems to be gradually moving on from Power Rangers and was really taken by a spy set [hhm] so glad I went.

Cafe hi, good idea to have a trip away, a bit of space really helps I find. Glad you feel more up, take it one day (1/2 day lol) at a time. .
Daisy hi. Sometimes we come back and say what weve done, sometimes we just chat lol (esp me as I never finish my list).

greyskull phew some list.

mad good for you girl!

jas my in laws (and my parents tbh) don't spend much time in the real world either. Plenty of inappropriate advice but little actual help.

Done:
town
plant bulbs - does anyone know if they should be kept in the dark? I want them to flower at Xmas.

BBl

afternoon all,

We have just got back from a lovely lunch out, ds2 is tired but its too late for sleep now so will have to put up with grumpyness!

I have started working through the deep clean lists and should have them finished by the end of the week.
I have bil and sil coming to stay next week with their heavily pregnant daughter so feel I must clean big time before they come!

Helo and welcome to daisy and lavender mad well done for sorting out plumber
scatty how old is your ds? I have got no idea what to ds1 for xmas as he keeps changing his mind, he is just 5.

Still have this to do:
MOVE FURNITURE, VACUUM, SHAMPOO CARPET
STRAIGHTEN BOOKCASE 5 MINS
WIPE FINGERPRINTS FROM WALLS & TOUCH UP PAINT SCRATCHES

Plan to do tomorrow.

DS is 5. Up til now he has been PR mad (plus spiderman, Ben10, Batman etc) but he has lots of this stuff so its a relief that he has shown an interest in something else. He has no interest in lego (so far).

Oh Ruby. Your poor DD. Look, you need to deal in fact so the private option is the way to go to get a definitive diagnosis. What is the name of the condition? Is there a charity/organisation associated with it? If so they will have excellent advice on how to get the best treatment through the medical profession.

Ruby - your DD is 6 so if it somes to explaining that an op can prevent her from getting ill in the future she will understand that. You are right to go private to get this checked out. Try not to worry. From your stats 75% of people go on to have no affects from this.