Friday To Do - 5 Minute Challenges?

[ValiantJoy07]

I need some motivation Dh is going to be gone 6am-10pm tomorrow and I want the house clean today (we will be out all day tomorrow). so Sunday I can enjoy a day off

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To Do:
empty dishwasher
load it
Wash load of laundry
sort 2 baskets
Put dd2s mattress cover back on.
Vaccum
sweet
Clean bathroom
Take out trash and boxes fro HFS

Pick up girls room
Vaccum:think

[knitlove]

I need this too. This is my only day that I get to just stay home and I am neaver motivated to do any thign I want to just relax.

to do NOW:
put away clean dishes from yesterday :bag
wash breakfast dishes
read to Early Bird
pick up living room/put chairs back to gether for the 2nd time this morning
mend pants that I want to wear today
try to see about getting snow tires on this afternoon.
fold laundry and put away

oh and I HAVE to Clean the bathroom today it has been getting bumped all week long

[mollobe]

Thought of this thread when I just watched this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq1w0syylZI&noredirect=1). Thought I'd post it before I get up offa my thang and get started. :wink

[swimming with sharks]

Write check for shoeboxes - donated on line and got upc codes to follow our boxes :rockon
take shoeboxes to church
go to WFS
go to Farmer's Market
help dd with school
dishes
finish laundry
wash bathroom floor
sheets
take a MOMMA BREAK tonight :dance

[mollobe]

Just sorted and brought the recycling out to the curb for pickup.

[easygoinmomma]

Good Morning All! :)

So far:
Breakfast for the boys
Changed baby
Coffee
Garbage out
Rinsing the diapers one more time just to make sure all the saop is out

---------- Post added at 09:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:45 AM ----------

Made my bed
Tidied my room

[backtobasicsmum]

Morning ladies!

showered and fixed hair
made blueberry pancakes for the kiddos
wiped up a broken egg mess from ds4 (he can reach waaay up on the couter :doh)
wiped up sloshed juice from ds1 :doh
kitchen swept
dishwasher unloaded
eggs and coffee for me while I use my light box :rockon

[knitlove]

[QUOTE=knitlove;4955523]

to do NOW:
put away clean dishes from yesterday :bag
wash breakfast dishes
read to Early Bird
pick up living room/put chairs back to gether for the 2nd time this morning
mend pants that I want to wear today
try to see about getting snow tires on this afternoon.
fold laundry and put away

oh and I HAVE to Clean the bathroom today it has been getting bumped all week long

[backtobasicsmum]

vitamins for everyone
dishwasher loaded and kitchen wiped down

[ValiantJoy07]

I need some motivation Dh is going to be gone 6am-10pm tomorrow and I want the house clean today (we will be out all day tomorrow). so Sunday I can enjoy a day off

---------- Post added at 08:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 AM ----------

To Do:
empty dishwasher
load it
Wash load of laundry
sort 2 baskets
Put dd2s mattress cover back on.
Vaccum
sweet
Clean bathroom
Take out trash and boxes fro HFS

Pick up girls room
Vaccum:think
Also did:
Cleaned kitchen...washed pots and owns and wiped counters
swept floors
tidied laundry room and started laoding washer
Showered
Got the older 2 dressed...waking and nursing babe now..the. we're headed out to run errands

Cleaned livin g room
wiped tables

[easygoinmomma]

Phone call with SIL
Started the boys on their morning routine
:nak2

[knitlove]

put away clean dishes from yesterday :bag
wash breakfast dishes
read to Early Bird
pick up living room/put chairs back to gether for the 2nd time this morning
mend pants that I want to wear today
try to see about getting snow tires on this afternoon. - have a place trying to coordinate with my mom
fold laundry and put away

Lunch
Lunch dishes
Clean the bathroom

---------- Post added at 11:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:22 AM ----------


put away clean dishes from yesterday :bag
wash breakfast dishes
read to Early Bird
pick up living room/put chairs back to gether for the 2nd time this morning
mend pants that I want to wear today
try to see about getting snow tires on this afternoon. - have a place trying to coordinate with my mom
fold laundry and put away

Lunch
Lunch dishes
Clean the bathroom

[easygoinmomma]

Swept my room and the boys room
Really wanting baby to nap so I can shower

[Johns_Gal]

Yay!

Clean Kitchen Counter Area Two :bag <-- yesterday's task
Entertainment Center :bag <--- also yesterday's task
Wash couch cushion covers
Dust blinds
Bring in garbage cans
Finish clearing kitchen island



You know what I did last night? My house is trashed, DH is coming home Saturday, and I decided to scrub green tea stains off my white counter grout. With a toothbrush, for half an hour. I sometimes doubt I am an NF, and then I do crap like that. :doh :lol

[backtobasicsmum]

slop bucket out
morning chore routine with kiddos
school stuff
snacks
W is "cooking" using dandelion root flour he made this summer :shifty

[easygoinmomma]

Showered/dressed and all that jazz ;) :giggle

[backtobasicsmum]

helping two kids that got konked on the head from baby :crazy
sorting all the clean laundry

[Niphredil]

Coffee made
Breakfast eaten
Kitchen cleaned

[JenniferJuniper]

Coffee
Fed baby breakfast
Started laundry

TO DO:
Laundry.
Kitchen
Bathroom,
Living Room
Make bday cakes
Vaccumm

[backtobasicsmum]

:nak

[easygoinmomma]

me too :nak2

*I know the secret to the two different sized :nak :P~

[twoplustwo]

I better join in . . . maybe I can make my last 2 hours count. (only 2 hours left :doh)

So far I have done:

laundry - 1 load in dryer, 1 in wash
dishes - dishwasher running (but really it was mostly full, just added breakfast dishes to it)- still need to hand wash those & put away once its done
napped (<-- judge me not, I have a cold and got up and ran at 5:45 this morning!)
shower
bible study
lunch is in the oven

I hope to be back with a bigger update in a bit!

[Niphredil]

Picked up the LR, started laundry.

[backtobasicsmum]

finished sorting all the clean laundry into piles
laundry folding party time! :shifty We've got 6 loads from yesterday to take care of.

[tazmom]

Today T is going to be my shadow/helper. :)

So far:
Dogs fed & watered
Plants watered & blinds opened
Load of whites folded & put away
Kids blankets in washer
Breakfast dishes done
Prepped crock pot honey dijon chicken
Thoroughly washed everything the raw chicken touched :yuck
Started hsing T
Ordered more enzymes online

Still to do:
Strip kids beds
Wash kids sheets
Finish hsing T
Kefir
Lunch
Lunch dishes

I need to be done with everything by 2pm when we go to hs park day.

[easygoinmomma]

Brought in some outside toys and put them downstairs for the boys to play with
Vitamins

[Niphredil]

Sentences with Nora. We got through three without whining! Progress!

[ValiantJoy07]

Fed the kids
Dressed dd3
Took kids to target and playground
Installed new (very cheap but not permanently stained :sick it has been bothering me almost 2 years- $7 why do I put these things off?!?") Toilet seat
fed kids...tucked them in he'd for nap.
now need to run boxes out to trash and eat my lunch and knit.

[knitlove]

I wrapped up my MBOY

I want to be done for the day :hissyfit and I want cookies

[ValiantJoy07]

Boxes are out...lunch half eaten...nursing dd3 again. :sigh

[backtobasicsmum]

laundry all folded and put away (except ds2 who is wasting time :shrug)
lunch to all
cleaned mirrors in bedroom and bathroom
got out rest of winter gear from basement
bundled up 3 kids and sent them outside
ds3 came back inside in about 2 minutes (it is BLOWING out there)
loaded dishwasher
:nak

[twoplustwo]

Ok, my last 2 hours were much more productive!

Done:

So far I have done:

laundry washed, dried & folded.
napped (<-- judge me not, I have a cold and got up and ran at 5:45 this morning!)
shower
bible study
vaccum'ed whole home
cleaned entire downstairs incl. bath (not such a huge task as I did half of it already on Wed)

Still need to do:

2 loads of laundry put away.
Dishes (dishwasher emptied, & hand washed ones washed) <-- this will get done during kids snacktime, that easier to do with kids home than mopping.

[easygoinmomma]

Lunch
Worked on morning routine a bit more (yes, I know it is no longer morning)
Dh surprised us by coming home way early! :rockon (yay for snowstorms :shifty)
Nursed baby to sleep

[backtobasicsmum]

kids are snacking
I'm just holding a sleeping babe

Norma, yay for hubby coming home! :heart Enjoy your long weekend.

[twoplustwo]

All done! :rockon

laundry washed, dried & folded & put away
napped (<-- judge me not, I have a cold and got up and ran at 5:45 this morning!)
shower
bible study
vaccum'ed whole home
cleaned entire downstairs incl. bath (not such a huge task as I did half of it already on Wed)
Dishes (dishwasher emptied, & hand washed ones washed)

Everyone have a wonderful weekend!

[tazmom]

Done!

Heading out to pickup A from school and then to hs park day. Yay!

[Lily]

playdate with potential gcm.... I seriously love this girl!
unload dishwasher
make lunch, clean up lunch
pecans
put away my clean clothes (that have been folded for 2 days!)
dry, fold, put away blue sheets
wash, dry, fold, put away brown sheets
new sheets on spare bed
sweep and mop

[JenniferJuniper]

Oh jeeze! You all just reminded me that I have a load of wet laundry to flip! :doh *runs off*

[easygoinmomma]

Swept up dog litter
Coffee
Peeled potatoes
Tidied around the house

[Niphredil]

Took all three tiny miscreants to the doctor
Didn't kill anyone
Rewarded my self with Starbucks.

[backtobasicsmum]

cleaned up wet outside stuff
did more school
snacks
kitchen swept
poopy diaper stuff
now it's computer game time for the kiddos and I'm going to do something just for me

[easygoinmomma]

:poke whatcha doing? :nosy

Tried to fold a load of laundry, but baby just wanted to be held.

[knitlove]

dh is home and :bag I still haven't cleaned the bathroom - I wonder if I can do it quietly enough to do it after Early Bird is asleep?

[easygoinmomma]

Potatoes on
Carrots peeled and cut up
:nak2

[Niphredil]

Picked up the LR and DR
Sorted the mail

[backtobasicsmum]

I just read for a while, and didn't feel guilty about it. :giggle

The computer wouldn't work this afternoon for the kids, so they watched a movie instead.
made dinner
only 1 kid would eat it
dh home late
dinner cold :doh

The only thing I'm going to still do tonight, housework wise, is get the dishes all washed up. Other than that, I'm taking it easy tonight. :yes

[mollobe]

Emptied & loaded the dishwasher. Hand washed all the pots, pans, knives, etc. :phew All while watching Downton Abbey, so it went by fast. :yes

I was just online ordering Jimmy Johns because I'm starving...asked DH what he wanted from there and he decided to make dinner for us all. Huh...guess I should try that more often! He'd rather cook than spend money - who knew?!

[Niphredil]

Awww, Moolllyyyyyyyyy. I just looked it up and JJ doesn't deliver here. :hissyfit

[mollobe]

:pout It's dangerous - not only do they deliver to my house...it's also FREE delivery. :jawdrop So I just tip a buck or two and it's way.too.easy.

[Niphredil]

Shaddup. :snooty

[knitlove]

I got the bathroom clean - a day late but it actually got done this week ! !