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Weekly Flylady Thread 15th March 2010

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pigpen
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edited 18 March 2010 at 3:09PM 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 ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Sweep and mop floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and appliances..
clean blinds/curtains
Clear and wipe table.. clean cloth!
Level Three
Scrub out the fridge
Clean oven and hob!
Clear window sills of gibble!




Extras
  1. Binbag dance
  2. HHI
  3. Wipe small appliances
  4. Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash filters etc!
Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Change any lightbulbs that need doing!
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras




  • Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs & wipe front door.. inside and out!
  • Wash any nets/curtains that need cleaning.. put up fresh ones!
  • Clean out your handbag.. how many receipts??
  • 15 minutes filing
Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.

Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry


Extras
  1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
  2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
  3. replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
  4. clear a clutter spot in the bathroom and make it clean and decluttered!
Master bedroom & landing - Thursday
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the spring!
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of..
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

Extras
  • Binbag dance
  • Clean windows in these rooms
  • Clear a box of clutter from the landing
  • Sort through that airing cupboard!!
Friday ~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Make an appointment for some ME-time.. hairdressers? manicure? night out with friends? .. whatever just do it!
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Make a start on sorting out the summer stuff to out away/get rid of
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extras

  1. 15 minutes in the garden.. preparation for winter, harvesting, weeding or just enjoying!
  2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
  3. HHI
  4. Friday fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!
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.)
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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
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    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
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  • tootifruities
    tootifruities Posts: 1,384 Forumite
    edited 21 March 2010 at 8:59PM
    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 166 stars awarded with 11 flyers doing all five days lists. Well done everyone!
    That means 166 rooms across the country were cleaned and sparkling this week.
    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: 1078

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  • AnW'sMum
    AnW'sMum Posts: 4,416 Forumite
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    Timed that well! Just popped my head in and there the thread was :D
    Official Mascot and Chief Cheerleader for the 'Mortgage Free in Three' Gang :D
  • toochoosey
    toochoosey Posts: 7,371 Forumite
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    Thanks girls for all the hard work, def. in and after Fridays mammoth effort should be a bit easier this week xx
  • juliejim
    juliejim Posts: 7,943 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm here and with 1 thing and another I did hardly anything last week and the house is like a bombsite!
    NST #10 Steps 7K 2/30 10K 2/12 5 a day 3/30 NSD 0/20
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  • Glamazon
    Glamazon Posts: 8,401 Forumite
    I'm in this week! Started Mystery Shopping last week and have had loads of jobs! My house is a tip! All I managed to do this week is clean the bathroom :o

    Am glad the kitchen is on for tomorrow its a tip!

    Toots - I'm assuming you are going into hospital tomorrow? (Hope I've not got that wrong, I've not managed to keep up) Hope it all goes OK, will be thinking of you xxxx
    A very busy Yummy Mummy to a 1 year old gorgeous boy :smileyhea

    Where does the time go? :think:
  • froddington
    froddington Posts: 6,697 Forumite
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    I'm in this week - thanks to pigpen, Toots and soappie :A

    Hope you all had a good day. Mum and I went out to lunch and then to see Alice in Wonderland :D

    Toots - hope you don't get too bored next week; will be thinking of you :A

    Love and hugs to all xx
    "There's only one way of life and that's your own" - Levellers

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  • gotnodosh
    gotnodosh Posts: 251 Forumite
    I'm in this week, not done much last week and it shows. Somehow life got in the way. Glad its the kitchen, it needs a good scrub!
  • tootifruities
    tootifruities Posts: 1,384 Forumite
    Not a good week for you all so I hope you all achieve better this week.
    Take care all
    see you next week
    toots xx
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  • soappie
    soappie Posts: 6,794 Forumite
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    AnW'sMum wrote: »
    Timed that well! Just popped my head in and there the thread was :D

    Me too - did the blagged bit but Pen Pen, could you do a quick shoe shuffle for us? ;) xxx
    I am the leading lady in the movie of my life
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