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Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd March 2010

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pigpen
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edited 25 March 2010 at 10:25PM in Old style MoneySaving
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it!

Following requests to start things steadier for new members who did not realise the tasks list wasn’t a must do, just an encouragement. There will now be level 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 being very basic it has been requested that this is just one task per day, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. If you want to do level 2 you add the tasks on level 1 with the level 2 tasks, if you want to do level 3 you add the tasks on, easy peasy. Choose a level to aim for but be realistic, if you’ve got a busy day on or are just starting etc aim for level one, if you get higher then great, if not then not to worry its only suggestions. Every room comes back around next week. Trust me some days I'll only be doing level one myself.

THESE LISTS ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS AND NOT A MUST DO LIST, ALWAYS WELCOME TO POST AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN.

Also adding a declutter mission each day. Another one where it’s up to you if you want to do it or if you need to. This follows requests from members who are looking to declutter. Fling boogies, hotspot clearing, cupboard sorts, drawer sorts etc will all be on this list. Any problems with this of any suggestions do please let me know.

A few of the basics before we start the week

Hotspots are any areas which if one thing gets put there, loads of other things follow!

Daily routines/todailies are anything you need to do today and every day stuff like laundry, swish and swipe kitchen and bathroom, ironing, making beds, vacuuming high traffic areas, making meals etc

Night-time routines are all things which make getting ready in the morning easier, preparing clothes for the next day, making lunches, swish & swipes of the kitchen and tidying the living room before you go to bed plus personals like shower/brush teeth etc.

Fling Boogie/binbag dance - stick on some loud music, grab a binbag and whizz around the house finding items that can go out with the rubbish, recycling, for charity shop, basically anything that will stop it cluttering your home.

Swish and swipe/S&S means have a quick wipe over an area such as a sink or toilet to prevent the build up of dirt. This is usually done on a daily basis
HHE/HHC/HHI Half Hour exercise/challenge/ironing ... run around for 30 minutes to the Benny Hill music frantically cleaning, exercising or ironing.. other music may be used if you prefer!
5GC five minutes gardening.. make it lovely for your family and enjoy it!

Other abbreviations you may find useful

WM ~ Washing machine
TD ~ Tumble dryer
SC ~ Slowcooker
BM ~ Breadmaker
DW ~ Dishwasher
SOAADFA ~ Sit on 'bottom' and do 'nothing'
KH/XH ~ Ex-husband and other not so polite version
DH/DD/DS/DW/DP ~ Dear husband/daughter/son/wife/partner/whatever
OH/SO ~ Other half/significant other
NN ~ nice neighbour
Toxic (friend/mother/sister/whoever) ~ person in your life that seems to exist to make your life miserable
AF ~ Aunt Flo 'time of the month'.. nothing to do with flying but it comes up often.
ETA ~ Editted to add
gibble ~ miscellaneous crap that appears forever homeless

Ok here goes this week!

Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace..
Vacuum floors you can see and sofas
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Level Two
Vacuum under the furniture you can move safely
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
muck out manky pets!
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!

Extras
  1. Wipe woodwork in the living room/s
  2. Wash any smelly soft furnishings
  3. Sort spreadsheets/finances/meal plans etc
  4. 15 minutes filing
Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Declutter the floor
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..

Wash windows and nets/curtains
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Sort through a box or bag of stuff you've not looked at in months.. I am certain you don't need most of it

Extras
  1. Binbag dance
  2. Finalise the easter pan.. are all the bonnets made? Eggs bought?
  3. Binbag dance!
  4. Wipe grotty paintwork.. touch up any bits that are looking shabby
Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Sweep and mop floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..
Empty and wash out bins
Clear and wipe table.. clean cloth!
Level Three
Scrub manky marks off walls and tiles
Empty and clean out fpan and crockery cupboards.. fling chipped and cracked stuff
Clear window sills of gibble!

Extras
  1. Binbag dance
  2. HHI
  3. Clean out fridge
  4. Wipe over oven and hob!
Thursday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Level One
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Ring someone you love just to tell them so.. we never do this enough!
wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing
Level Two
Vacuum the floors
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Level Three
declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras


  • HHI..
  • Clear a hotspot
  • Degunge around the bottoms of the taps!
  • Wipe cupboards and polish mirrors!
Friday ~ Childrens rooms and spare rooms
Level One

Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see

Spend half an hour on YOU..
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!

Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Level Three
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Drag all that junk out from under the bed and deal with it as required e.g. bin, put away, wash etc
Tidy the chests of clothes!
Extras
  1. Fun one.. look in that medicine cupboard... is there anything you can fling? Is there anything you need to stock up on? Hayfever season and bite and sting season are both on their way!
  2. Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area!
  3. Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or if you have the bug today you could do both! ;)
  4. Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing
LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
Hope to be debt free until the day I die
Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
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  • tootifruities
    tootifruities Posts: 1,384 Forumite
    edited 28 March 2010 at 8:37PM
    1. You don't have to complete the daily list on the same day to get your star
    2. You must do levels 1,2 and 3 to get a star but remember the 'extras' are extras and don't count towards the stars!
    3. Please make it obvious when you have finished a list so that I know you need a star - for example Monday Done! make sure I can see it!!!!!!
    4. If you dont have something on the list then it gets deleted - e.g. clean out pets - if no pets no cleaning out done - delete!
    5. Similarly when it says childrens rooms then you should substitute spare room/utility room/conservatory...etc if you have no childrens rooms.
    6. If you have no spare room or any other room not on the weekly list then make sure you do any thing thats on that list that you haven't already done earlier in the week and try to substiture similar type jobs - and make sure all the extras are done - make an effort please!!
    7. You should not be deleting stuff just because you CBA!!
    8. You may delete stuff if you are not physically fit to do something!
    9. And for goodness sake remember that the stars are for FUN - there will be no discrimination - no sulking - no striking - no bribing- no cheating - or there will be no stars!!! so there!!

    Last week there was 140 stars awarded with 11 flyers doing all five days lists. Well done everyone!
    That means 140 rooms across the country were cleaned and sparkling this week.

    w/c 15/03 - 140 (11)
    w/c 08/03 - 166 (11)

    w/c 01/03 - 209 (20)
    w/c 22/02 - 243 (26)
    w/c 15/02 - 217 (21)

    w/c 08/02 - 221 (25)
    w/c 18/01 - 252 (24)New record to beat!!
    w/c 27/07 - 120 ( 5)(worst ever!!)


    REQUESTS FOR STARS NEED TO BE POSTED BEFORE 8PM ON A SUNDAY.

    Updated to: 1085

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  • tootifruities
    tootifruities Posts: 1,384 Forumite
    Lovely! Well done the pair of you! I shall go eat my dinner in peace xxx
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  • toochoosey
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    I'm in, thanks all xx
  • AnW'sMum
    AnW'sMum Posts: 4,416 Forumite
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    Wooohooo must have intuition popped on and again the thread just popped up :D
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  • carol22_2
    carol22_2 Posts: 650 Forumite
    edited 26 March 2010 at 3:14PM
    Hi everyone

    I am in this week, off home and then to Boyf's parents' next week so want to leave the flat nice and clean before I go.

    Have a healthy, peaceful and happy week everyone xx

    Here we go with a list...

    Monday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
    Level One
    Vacuum floors you can see and sofas
    Level Two
    Vacuum under the furniture you can move safely
    Level Three
    Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!

    Tuesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
    Level 1
    Level 2
    Level 3
    Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
    Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
    Extras

    Binbag dance

    Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
    Extras
    Binbag dance
    HHI

    Thursday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
    Level One

    [STRIKE]Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
    Ring someone you love just to tell them so.. we never do this enough!
    wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing[/STRIKE]

    Level Two
    Vacuum the floors
    [STRIKE]Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
    Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.[/STRIKE]

    Level Three
    [STRIKE]declutter and dust the pc desk
    Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
    wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
    Clean the windows.[/STRIKE]

    Extras
    HHI..
    [STRIKE] Clear a hotspot
    Degunge around the bottoms of the taps!
    Wipe cupboards and polish mirrors! [/STRIKE]


    Friday ~ Extra jobs
    Level One

    Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see

    [STRIKE]Spend half an hour on YOU.. [/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    [STRIKE]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
    Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!

    Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors[/STRIKE]

    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
    Drag all that junk out from under the bed and deal with it as required e.g. bin, put away, wash etc
    [/STRIKE]Tidy the chests of clothes!
    Extras
    [STRIKE] Fun one.. look in that medicine cupboard... is there anything you can fling? Is there anything you need to stock up on? Hayfever season and bite and sting season are both on their way!
    Time for the Friday Flylady Fling[/STRIKE]

    Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or if you have the bug today you could do both! ;)
    Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing

    ETA - How rude of me - THANKYOU to everyone who works so hard to make this thread the wonderful place it is.
    Chifundo Uzuri Siochain
    "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost" - JRR Tolkien
    ~ <3 ~ Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, but love leaves a memory no one can steal ~ <3 ~
  • kittykirsty
    kittykirsty Posts: 304 Forumite
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    Hey, and thanks all once again. I totally fell off the wagon the last week and a half because life has been chucking whatever it can at me and I really didn't feel like doing anything.

    But I'm in this week :) Will be a good distraction too! Anyone else have problems finding their brain's off-switch? I'm sure mine is broken! :eek:
    :j Ready to take control of my life! :j
  • juliejim
    juliejim Posts: 7,944 Forumite
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    I'm in - thanks to all.

    However this week I have:
    Mon - Beavers
    Tues - Parents' eve so late night
    Wed - My kids' parents' eve
    Thurs - Parents' eve so late night
    Fri - Tea at mum and dad's

    Not going to have much time in the week then!
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  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
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    I'm in this week - will be aiming for a room a day to keep me busy and off the lappy!

    Also planning to exercise each day this week too......faints with shock.............!

    Thanks to the usual suspects for helping my house sparkle and be decluttered!

    Today I chucked out some more small boxes into the recycling, threw out some DVD cases created some more space in the spare room.

    Living Room then for tomorrow - pet already done as he had a bath today, blanket and basket washed too
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
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  • Triker
    Triker Posts: 7,247 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Ooh hello. Been away this weekend, got back earlier, now in my jammies and showered, just going to catch up. x
    DFW Nerd 267. DEBT FREE 11.06.08
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    It matters not if you try and fail,
    And fail, and try again; But it matters much if you try and fail, And fail to try again.
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