Weekly flylady thread for 2nd July 2007

lil_me · 1 July 2007 at 2:33PM

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, we now have levels. 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 are anything you need to do on a daily basis like washing, swish and swipe kitchen and bathroom, ironing, making beds, vacuuming high traffic areas, making meals etc
Nighttime 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.
27 Fling Boogie - stick on some loud music, grab a binbag and whizz around the house finding 27 items that can go out with the rubbish, recycling, for charity shop, basically anything that will stop it cluttering your home.
Swish and swipe 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

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

Wipe the outside of all your small appliances (kettle, toaster etc)
Clean out your vacuum cleaner, get rid of the hair from the brushes, clean the filters is they are washable and clean anything else you can like the ‘muck bucket’ etc, make sure you leav it to dry thoroughly before putting it back together.
Clean out the freezer, I find the vacuum cleaner is good for getting up any crumbs in the bottom or stray peas etc. Defrost it if it needs it.
Clean under small appliances and bigger ones if you can manage it

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean window
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
Vacuum under furniture (only if you won't hurt yourself doing it, don't want any injuries)
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

Clear one hotspot
Gather any borrowed items or library books and return/rebook/check dates
Wipe the leaves of your plants
Sort through any magazines or paperwork lying around

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Level 2
Remove bed linen and wash, replace with fresh
Clean window & wipe windowsill
Level 3
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Wipe doors and handles
Declutter Mission Task
27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)
Level Two
Clean bath, toilet and sink
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
Level Three
Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clean windows
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

Make any important calls you have been putting off
Clean tops of wardrobes
Wash your bathroom mats
Sort a wardrobe or part of, a drawer or set of drawers making sure it has what needs to be in it and any 'extras' are put where they should be.

Friday - those frightning Friday kids rooms and spare rooms

Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can get to
Level Two
Put anything that isn't in it's place where it should be
Level Three
Dusting
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see)
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

As usual pick any one or more of the following if you fancy an extra challenge today and are still alive after entering the kids rooms!!

Clean any door frame and door, inc the handles
Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference
Storage area sort, sort through any one neglected dumping ground
Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing

For those with kids or wear uniforms for work, try to get them in the wash tonight, mkes the weekend easier. Apart from the dailies and night time routines that's the lot for the week, of course if you still want to join us over the weekend you are more than welcome

FRIDAY EXTRA - Don't forget your ME time this weekend, even if it's just a nice relaxing bath or catching up with an old friend, go on you deserve it :T

AnW'sMum · 1 July 2007 at 3:13PM

Well it's raining just for a change here but nothing like it was last week.

It's three weeks till we go on hols so I should really try and get this place sorted (well better than it is now!) so that it's nice to home to.

First tasks are to find passports so we can e-check in and find the paper part to my drivers licence so I can drive the hire car.

newMS · 1 July 2007 at 3:27PM

its the 1st of july today not the 2nd

witchypoo · 1 July 2007 at 3:41PM

Yep but Monday is the 2nd and lil_me wanted to get this posted before then as she is getting back late tonight

pigpen · 1 July 2007 at 3:49PM

Well.. I can cross off most of Mondays list as I've done it today.. and I can cross off some of Tuesdays as well!!

Monday list..

[strike]WM[/strike] x2
[strike]TD[/strike]
[strike]Hang out washing[/strike].. it's not raining.. yet!
[strike]DW[/strike]
BM
[strike]fold[/strike] and put away laundry .. including at least 70 pairs of socks
parcel up and post ebay stuff
[strike]S&S bathroom
S&S kitchen[/strike]
[strike]Cobweb removal from the whole house[/strike].. I have a thing on a stick which is fabulous... takes minutes to do everywhere.
binbag dance upstairs
Sort 2 binbags for charity shop!!!
1 bag for recycling
[strike]At least 1 phonecall to make[/strike].. cancelling DD5's 2 year assessment because it is a waste of time!! That was infuriating!!!
[strike]Vacuumed front room , hall and stairs.[/strike]

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[strike]Clean floors[/strike]
Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike]
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
[/strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
[strike]Wipe dining table[/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike]
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky these can go in the DW later
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

[strike]Wipe the outside of all your small appliances (kettle, toaster etc) [/strike]
Clean out your vacuum cleaner, get rid of the hair from the brushes, clean the filters is they are washable and clean anything else you can like the ‘muck bucket’ etc, make sure you leave it to dry thoroughly before putting it back together.
Clean out the freezer, I find the vacuum cleaner is good for getting up any crumbs in the bottom or stray peas etc. Defrost it if it needs it.
[strike]Clean under small appliances and bigger ones if you can manage it[/strike]

maralum · 1 July 2007 at 4:09PM

I can say with a smile that I've been going great guns this weekend! However, I must admit that it's only because I've ignored the place completely for the past couple of weeks.

Still, I've now done the bathroom, my room, Owen's room, and a full kitchen clean! I still need to hoover the hall and utility room, do the kitchen and sitting room floors and dust the shelves in the front. Oooops and do ALL the windows inside and out. Oh, looks like there's more left to do than I thought. Oh well, mustn't grumble!

Things were going so well here, I thought that the baby had just gently slipped into our lives, but as we all know, things can always change when children are involved. Owen has become an absolute nightmare. My angel boy has started throwing tantrums, punching, shouting and generally being pretty yucky. I really don't know what I'm supposed to do to help him feel better. I try to calm him and be nice to him, but at the same time, I want him to realise that his behaviour is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. He's started lying too. I don't know if it's all linked to Freya or if he's scared of going to big school or if four year old boys are just plain horrible in phases. I've been re-reading the Good Child Guide in the hopes that the answer will be in there, but I'm not so sure. Any advice would be gratefully received.

Please help.

pigpen · 1 July 2007 at 4:20PM

maralum.. boys are always horrible at times!!! I swore after my third boy I'd not have any more boys and had 3 girls after him lol.. my girls are, on the whole, a breeze! Have a look at 1,2,3 ,magic it is great and works REALLY well with my lot and is about the only thing that does.. as well as being consistent and firm but fair.

AnW'sMum · 1 July 2007 at 4:27PM

Maralum my guess would be that now Freya is here and the initial extra interest that generates in you all Owen is perhaps starting to feel jealous, he is old enough to realise that she will not be going away and he has to share you and Daddy from now on. It all sounds normal and just his way of sussing out his place in the new pecking order. Doesn't make it any easier to deal with but knowing it's normal should help.

Do you give him pocket money yet? If not perhaps you could get him to earn it by helping you with Freya or helping to keep his room tidy/doing his homework/shining his shoes etc. Or what about a new activity for him, cubs, swimming, having a school friend back for tea.

You are right not to tolerate bad behaviour and I am sure he is just as miserable when he is naughty. He will be fine and I am certain this is only a phase.

Sending you hugs

HopeElizzy · 1 July 2007 at 4:31PM

Afternoon - hope you're all well

Here I am trying again........
I did manage the dailies last week but not much else. No w**k this week so I'll do some proper cleaning in the morning then ds and I can play till we have to go get dd from school.

Maralum I thought I'd gotten away with it with my dd (2yo) when ds was born - she was fine for about a month. Although she was toilet trained she suddenly started wetting herself whenever I sat down to feed ds. I solved it by taking her to the toilet then sitting her down with a drink and snack and a book or DVD where I could see her while I fed ds. I also promised "mummy" time if she was good while I fed ds - when ds was sleeping I made sure we had 1-to- 1 time where I didn't do anything but play with her. Reward the good, ignore the bad!;) Good Luck! HTH

LJD1_2 · 1 July 2007 at 4:39PM

Hiya
Well, i'm slowly starting to be normal again. Actually tidied the kitchen up a bit today so i'm going to go for level 1s all week and then back to normal next week.

Shrek 3 was ok, pretty funny in places, but as usual I thought 1 and 2 were better. Did a tesco shop on way home as DH away weekdays through July. Spent £166! Nearly died, but, apart from salad and fruit that should last the month. It better had!

Right, need to pack for daughters school trip now, she's away for two nights and can't wait.

Have a great week xx

maralum · 1 July 2007 at 4:39PM

Thanks you lot, I'll definitely try the 1, 2, 3 magic pigpen, he really seems to enjoy the attention he getsfrom being naughty. He pushes an pushes until DH gets angry, then he stands there with an honest-to-goodness smug grin on his face. It's a bit weird to be honest.

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