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Weekly Flylady Thread 13th July 2009
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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 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
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 - 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!
Ok here goes this week!
Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Empty and wash out the bin.. make it smell sweet!
Level Two
Wipe all appliances.. large and small
Wipe over units and kickboards
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Sort and wipe a cupboard.. throw away all those germ harbouring chipped plates and mugs!
Thoroughly clean the fridge
Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth?
Extras
Level One
Declutter the floors
Declutter the flat surfaces above the floor!!
Level Two
dust and deweb
Vacuum and mop
Wipe over the sofas, or any marks off them
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Wipe and water plants
Wipe over any cabinets/electricals get rid of those stick finger prints!
Extras
Level One
Strip the bed and wash sheets.. replace them BEFORE BEDTIME!
Declutter the floor of clothing, shoes, junk etc
Level Two
Declutter the flat surfaces.. even if you just spend 15 minutes trying to find a deeply buried place!
binbag dance
Vacuum all the floors!
Level Three
Sort through a cupboard.. airing cupboard if it needs it but any other will do IF the AC doesn't need it..:p!
Wash any other soft furnishings
wipe paintwork
Extras
Level One
Declutter floors of grot, laundry and junk!
Scrub the tiles and tubs and toilets and tinks!
Level Two
Declutter the desk and give it a wipe.. don't forget the keyboard etc
defrag the computer, delete 50 useless emails and uninstall an unused programme!
15 minutes filing
Level Three
Wipe over any chairs/sofas in these rooms
vacuum/mop the floors
Clear and wipe a shelf or two!
Extras
Level One
declutter and vacuum floors!
strip any bedding, wash and replace
Level Two
put all toys and books away
clear any laundry and the floordrobe
wipe sticky grots from walls and doors and radiators etc
Level Three
dust and deweb
binbag dance
wipe over the paintwork, pc's, consoles etc
Extras
New Weekly Challenge...
Right you each have to think up 5 jobs you want to get done THIS WEEK.. not this century.. this WEEK!!
For example.. clear the desk could be on Greenbee's list, HHRoD on AnWs_mums 5 times
... Count guinea piggy poop on Mudders .. Sit on bottom on Toots list!! ... but choose 5 things... You will get a pretty little smiley chosen by Toots for each one that you complete
This is to be run in conjunction with the stars so those who do not need to take part in this challenge can still work towards their usual stars.. for this week... .. next week may well be completely different!
This is aiming to help you deep clean, declutter or maintain a room to a high standard..
oh.. and I need your lists by the end of Monday .. so we can see who is achieving what.
This weeks MACAW (Make a Change a Week challenge) Basically you choose one thing you would like to change about your lifestyle, your habits or whatever you fancy and incorporate it into a new way of life.. anything from cooking one meal a week from scratch, learning a new skill, shining your sink every day, reducing your alcohol consumption, doing some exercise.. whatever you fancy! This is only for those who WANT to participate and being run alongside flylady rather than being part of it.
My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is..............
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 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
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 - 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!
Ok here goes this week!
Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Empty and wash out the bin.. make it smell sweet!
Level Two
Wipe all appliances.. large and small
Wipe over units and kickboards
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Sort and wipe a cupboard.. throw away all those germ harbouring chipped plates and mugs!
Thoroughly clean the fridge
Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth?
Extras
- Run appliances through a clean cycle
- Wash the windows if they need it
- Clean/descale a small appliance.. shake the crumbs from the toaster.. defuzz the kettle... de-mank the microwave
- Scrub out the oven and hob
Level One
Declutter the floors
Declutter the flat surfaces above the floor!!
Level Two
dust and deweb
Vacuum and mop
Wipe over the sofas, or any marks off them
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Wipe and water plants
Wipe over any cabinets/electricals get rid of those stick finger prints!
Extras
- Wash windows if they need it
- Wipe any grubby paintwork/marks off walls/doors
- Polish any metal (brasses or silver!)/glass
- Empty and sort a cupboard or drawer
Level One
Strip the bed and wash sheets.. replace them BEFORE BEDTIME!
Declutter the floor of clothing, shoes, junk etc
Level Two
Declutter the flat surfaces.. even if you just spend 15 minutes trying to find a deeply buried place!
binbag dance
Vacuum all the floors!
Level Three
Sort through a cupboard.. airing cupboard if it needs it but any other will do IF the AC doesn't need it..:p!
Wash any other soft furnishings
wipe paintwork
Extras
- list 5 things to get rid of!
- 15 minutes filing
- make those important calls you've been putting off!
- Phone a friend/family member just for a natter!
Level One
Declutter floors of grot, laundry and junk!
Scrub the tiles and tubs and toilets and tinks!
Level Two
Declutter the desk and give it a wipe.. don't forget the keyboard etc
defrag the computer, delete 50 useless emails and uninstall an unused programme!
15 minutes filing
Level Three
Wipe over any chairs/sofas in these rooms
vacuum/mop the floors
Clear and wipe a shelf or two!
Extras
- HHI
- binbag dance
- Wash any sticky windows
- Wash any smelly soft furnishings
Level One
declutter and vacuum floors!
strip any bedding, wash and replace
Level Two
put all toys and books away
clear any laundry and the floordrobe
wipe sticky grots from walls and doors and radiators etc
Level Three
dust and deweb
binbag dance
wipe over the paintwork, pc's, consoles etc
Extras
- Allocate each person a job that is their very own to do each day or each week depending on their age.. we aren't at school so noone has any excuse not to help!
- spend half an hour or 30 minutes doing something for YOURSELF!!! That does not include going to the shop on your own to buy little Timmy new undies! Hair appointment, nail appointment etc..
- Make any vital phonecalls
- Make sure your tax credit renewal is done as you only have until the 31st to get it in.. it is quick and easy to get it done over the phone!!
- Clean any pets that need doing
- Wash any windows that are in need
- Gather up any scattered laundry
- Finish a long standing DIY job
- HHI
- Empty school bags and bin what needs binning.. inc the bag if a new one will be required
- Plan a day out for next week providing everyone is well behaved and their rooms are tidy
- Spend an hour all together just talking!
- Ring someone you love just to tell them so!
- binbag dance
- List 5 things to sell
- Sort the understair cupboard.. fling all the rubbish!
- Wash any soft furnishings/bedding that has been neglected
- Fill a binbag for charity shop!
- sort through all the school clothes.. fling what needs to be gone (or put it up on the swaps thread in the facebook page!) and make a note of what is needed new!
New Weekly Challenge...
Right you each have to think up 5 jobs you want to get done THIS WEEK.. not this century.. this WEEK!!
For example.. clear the desk could be on Greenbee's list, HHRoD on AnWs_mums 5 times
... Count guinea piggy poop on Mudders .. Sit on bottom on Toots list!! ... but choose 5 things... You will get a pretty little smiley chosen by Toots for each one that you completeThis is to be run in conjunction with the stars so those who do not need to take part in this challenge can still work towards their usual stars.. for this week...
.. next week may well be completely different!This is aiming to help you deep clean, declutter or maintain a room to a high standard..
oh.. and I need your lists by the end of Monday .. so we can see who is achieving what.
This weeks MACAW (Make a Change a Week challenge) Basically you choose one thing you would like to change about your lifestyle, your habits or whatever you fancy and incorporate it into a new way of life.. anything from cooking one meal a week from scratch, learning a new skill, shining your sink every day, reducing your alcohol consumption, doing some exercise.. whatever you fancy! This is only for those who WANT to participate and being run alongside flylady rather than being part of it.
My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is..............
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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Those who were new this week blue
AnW'sMum
beemuzed
Beki
Bevan840
BlimusOreilly
boddy because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
cally_c
Carlsberggal
carol22
cazzie
cha97michelle
choccybix
chunky79
Craftyscholar
cyclingyorkie
DAYDREAMBELIEVER
delain
DeniseNZ
domino sue
dragonflygems
Dustykitten because I keep falling off the wagon and love the community spirit
egon
embb
emily jackson
EssexHebridean
fedupandskint
feefeelalabelle
Floxxie
flybabybunting
Flylady_flower
froddington
funfairprincess
GettingHitched
gratefulforhelp
greenbee
Gryfon - because I have far too much to do in far too little time so need help!
gsysezz
gtx
gunsandbanjos (GnB)
Helen jelly
hermione
hex2
HH62
Hippy110
hollyh
huston_kw
iriedaughter
jackywhizz
JadeLD
JAMIEDODGER
jayjay14
JillD
jinky67
jjef
Johanne
juliejim
Justamum - because I have (virtual) friends here
kassey
kataratarina
kazmeister
kazwookie ~~ here for support and friends
kdean
Lady-Liberty
lav1979
liamsmum
likklegibbon
Lilysue
Lil_me - because she hates having CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) but it comes naturally
Little Miss Frugal
liuhut
lizzy dripping
Looby_loo
loshypops
Madcatgirl
mammamia2
milliejo
minibudgetgal
m0zzy
Mrs_Beatson .. lurks!
Mrs Dawn
msgnomey
Mudbath - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Mum on a mission (MOAM)
Mummyof5
mumofjusttwo
Mumoffour77
mummy2mygirls
Natty68
neveah
Nicki - learning to juggle "w*rk" and home and play
nikflo
oddjobkia - wants something witty after his pink name but can't think of anything.. But he claims to be a good scrubber
Orkneystar
Pauper1
penelope penguin
penguin83
PIGPEN.. You may call me ma'am, HRH or merely 'Oh illustrious leader'
phizzimum
Pollybear
Poohbear59
poorbutrich
puss14
quillion
rach
raggydoll
rosepink1984
rosieben
SarahShattered
serena
sexymouse - cause teaching and having a clean house should be possible
SGT
SiannieLaz
skintscotlass
soappie- because housework is not one of my strong points and my life is so full with work, community stuff etc., I need something like this to help me focus
Solwaykid
SpiritoftheSouthWest
SummerMoon - sometimes lurker, sometimes posting
Sunnygirl
sunnyGirl
sunshinesheli
Swinstie73
TAG
The Golden Goose
The Shuffs
thifty
this is it
thriftyscotslass
Tiamai_d - hoping to find a cure for lazyarzitis sometime soo
tinkerbellsmum
Tinkabell25
toochoosey - cause every now and then i need a kick up the @rse
toottifrooti
Triker
Valli
Vanilla because I hate housework and need motivation
vivw
wilf55
witchypoo
xx_Jo_xx
ZCC72
*zippy*
1 step closer
3tabbycats
83rachel
If you are not on the list please add a christmas tree to your post so I can see you!!
(139 are on the list so far.. cos I KNOW you want to know that)
I have taken a few off.. so if I've taken you off and you are still here feel free to prod me!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
This is the list of flyers who have completed a day's list. I will amend it here as and when I see you complete your days!
- You don't have to complete the list on the same day to get your star
- Remember the 'extras' are extras and don't count towards the stars!
- Please make it obvious when you have finished a list so that I know you need a star - for example Monday Done!
- 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!
- Similarly when it says childrens rooms then you should substitute spare room/utility room/conservatory...etc if you have no childrens rooms.
- 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 - make an effort please!!
- You should not be deleting stuff just because you CBA!!
- You may delete stuff if you are not physically fit to do something!
- 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!!:rotfl: :rotfl:
w/c 06/7 - 151 (16)
w/c 29/6 - 141 (17)
w/c 22/6 - 153 (20)
w/c 15/6 - 142 (20)
w/c 08/6 - 136 (16)
w/c 23/5 - 128 (14):(
w/c 06/4 - 202 (21) (new total to beat)
And 173 red heart awarded with 18 flyers doing all of the five extra jobs on their lists WTG - thats brilliant
Daily Lists
BlimusOreilly
blueberrypie :starmod:
boddy :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
Beki :staradmin
cally_c :starmod::staradmin:staradmin
carlsberggal :starmod:
Choccybix :starmod:
chunky79 :staradmin
DayDreamBeliever
DustyKitten :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
fedupandskint
Froddy :starmod:
greenbee :staradmin
helen jelly :starmod::staradmin
Hex2
hollyh
jackywhizz :starmod::staradmin
jjef :staradmin
kassey
kazwookie
LadyLiberty :starmod:
Loshypops :starmod::staradmin
Madcatgirl :starmod:
mammamia :starmod::staradmin
mrsmortenharket :starmod:
mummyyof5
natty68 :starmod::staradmin
newby money saving chicki :staradmin
OrkneyStar
PenelopePenguin
pollybear
poohbear59 :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
PrincessJane :staradmin:starmod:
Quillion :starmod::starmod::staradmin
rosepink :staradmin
rosieben :starmod:
Scared1980 :starmod::starmod::starmod:
serena :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
soappie :staradmin:starmod::starmod:
Sunnygirl (1) :staradmin
SunnyGirl (2)
Swinstie73 :starmod::staradmin:staradmin
TAG :starmod:
thifty :staradmin:starmod::starmod::staradmin
tinkerbellsmum :starmod::staradmin
toochoosey :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
valli :staradmin:staradmin:starmod::starmod:
witchypoo
1 step closer :staradmin:starmod:
Special award
Scared 1980's new man for being a gem!
Weekly Challenge
Beki
BlimusOreilly
boddy
cally
carlsbergalgal
Choccybix
Craftscholar
DustyKitten
embb
fedupandskint
helen jelly
hermoine
hex2
Hippy110
hollyh
jackywhizz
jjef
juliejim
Lady-Liberty
loshypops
Madcatgirl
methekidsand the cat
mumofjust2
Mum on a Mission
mummyyof5
natty
OrkneyStar
PenelopePenguin
penguin83
phizzimum
poohbear
Quillion
rosieben
serena
SGT
soappie
Sunnygirl (1)
SunnyGirl (2)
tinkerbellsmum
toochoosey
Valli
witchypoo
xx_Jo_xx
1 step closer
3Tabbycats
Flyers to be added
andrinaperry
ashia
BHE
blueberrypie
Boodle
elf06
mrsmortenharket
newby money saving chicki
princess loki
Scared1980
Tilli-Tot
Tinkabell25:heart: R.I.P.:heart:
Money Saving Diva
mummyslittleboy:A:heart:
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Hello - I'm in again this week!:DMarch 2016 - £178,914.59; July 2017 £146,160.38
Mortgage end Sept 2043; Target - pay off by March 2022, now Sept 2021
Target balance July 2018 £112,5600 -
Woohooo I'm in
Going to stick with RoD x 5 for this week although with 2 extra days at work this will definitely be a challenge!Official Mascot and Chief Cheerleader for the 'Mortgage Free in Three' Gang0 -
Thanks Piggers and Toots (glad you got in there gal!)
I shall concentrate on tomorrow's list tonight.
I shall have to think of the five things: Ahh - I've thought of the first and that needs to be done tomorrow
1. Toenails and feet! - Wipe of old varnish, pamper feet in the foot spar, clip nails and repaintI am the leading lady in the movie of my life
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Been sitting here awaiting new list......I'm in!!!
Thanks pigpen for getting us set up
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Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
[STRIKE]Empty and wash out the bin.. make it smell sweet![/STRIKE]
Level Two
Wipe all appliances.. large and small
Wipe over units and kickboards
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Sort and wipe a cupboard.. throw away all those germ harbouring chipped plates and mugs!
Thoroughly clean the fridge
Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth?
New Weekly Challenge...
(wk start Mon 13th July)
1. Check friends mail at least twice a week.
2. Wash lounge curtains.
3. Wash DS bedroom and our bedroom curtains.
4. Start making more cards so some on ‘stand-by’ and also DS birthday thank you cards.
5. Find swimming my costume and see about swimsuit for DS
MACAW:
(wk start Mon 13th July)
- do physio/exercises (not too good last week!)
My Dailies
(Mon 13th July):
1. feed cat
2. water plants
3. e-mails/surveys/finances
4. take bag of clothes to charity bin
5. WM and HO/HU
6. bake
7. check ebay and pay if won.
8. order prints and also write to CD.Ermutigung wirkt immer besser als Verurteilung.
Encouragement always works better than judgement.0 -
Just in case you missed it
Last week there was 151 stars awarded with 16 flyers doing all five days lists.
And [STRIKE]166,170[/STRIKE] 173 red hearts awarded with 18 flyers doing all of the five extra jobs on their lists WTG - that brilliant
and 8 managed BOTH lists!!!!!
wtg everybody - thats 173 extra jobs done this week that you prbably wouldnt have done otherwise??
I am very proud and pleased for you all.
hope you keep it up this week
love and hugs
toots xx:heart: R.I.P.:heart:
Money Saving Diva
mummyslittleboy:A:heart:
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:xmastree::xmastree:i want to join in too please!!!!:xmastree::xmastree:
have made a good start over the weekend - two fridge freezers defrosted but now the rest of the kitchen needs a good scrub. and my keyboard keeps dissappearing under the mountain of paperwork!!
please guys give me some motivation and help me get the house in shape
it's nice to be important but more important to be nice!! :kisses3:0 -
Welcome LokiI am the leading lady in the movie of my life
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Here’s my list of 5 for the week, including carried over stuff from last week:
- Clean out and wash handbags
- Sort out boxes of cosmetics in bathroom/bathroom cabinet
- Clean out airing cupboard for the plumber – URGENT coming on Tuesday
- Sew button on trousers and sew up broken bra
- Cancel stupid insurance policy
- sort out new bank account (carried over from last week)
Also, my following weekly challenges are:- Go running 4 times this week/do pilates 4 times
- Make lunch every day
- Eat healthy tea every week day
- Buy presents for family
March 2016 - £178,914.59; July 2017 £146,160.38
Mortgage end Sept 2043; Target - pay off by March 2022, now Sept 2021
Target balance July 2018 £112,5600
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