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Weekly Flylady Thread 9th June 2008
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pigpen
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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.
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
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 spring flowers and sowing
Ok here goes this week
Mad Monday - Kitchen of Kreation
Level One
Open the windows and let in the light
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table
Level Two
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Clean out drawers and filters
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Shine the grotty windows
Drag everything out of the tins cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.. Get rid of the things you will never eat or incorporate them into your weekly meal plan!!!
Extras
Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.
Terrific Tuesday - Bathroom of Bubblovia and Sparkling Study
Level One
Clear the floors of clutter
Open the windows and air the rooms
Level Two
Clean/vacuum the floors
Shine the bath,bog,basins etc
Twinkle the tiles
Level three
Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
declutter the pc desk
Sparkle the mirrors and windows in these rooms
Extras
Order a Diet Water when you go out to eat, with a serious face.
Wonderful Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level One
Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash
Level Two
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet (I dangle mine over the washing line if it's nice)
remake bed with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. your bedroom is NOT a shed!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades
Extras
Finish All Your sentences with 'In Accordance With The Prophecy.'
Fluffy Fursday - Sitting Room of Sunshine and Hallway of Happiness
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Wipe and water the plants
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Wash any throws/curtains/cushion that need freshening up
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort through the shoes and coats and bags.. make them pretty!
HHC in the porch
Extras
Tell Your Children Over Dinner. 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'
Funky Friday!!.. Childrens rooms or the spare room of doom
Level One
There used to be a floor in here.. can you find it?
Change the smelly bedding
Level Two
Clean the windows
Polish the monitors/tv's etc
Wipe the grotty patches of the walls and woodwork
Level Three
Vacuum the floors
Clean any beanbags or other soft furnishings.. cushions, curtains for example
Sort through a cupboard make it all neat and tidy
Extras
Fill a binbag of rubbish
Fill a binbag for charity shop
Find something to freecycle
Find something to ebay
Now get rid!
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.
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
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 spring flowers and sowing
Ok here goes this week
Mad Monday - Kitchen of Kreation
Level One
Open the windows and let in the light
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table
Level Two
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Clean out drawers and filters
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Shine the grotty windows
Drag everything out of the tins cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.. Get rid of the things you will never eat or incorporate them into your weekly meal plan!!!
Extras
- HHI
- Fill a bag for charity shop
- Deweb the downstairs of the house!!
- Scrub down the woodwork.. skirtings, door frames etc
Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.
Terrific Tuesday - Bathroom of Bubblovia and Sparkling Study
Level One
Clear the floors of clutter
Open the windows and air the rooms
Level Two
Clean/vacuum the floors
Shine the bath,bog,basins etc
Twinkle the tiles
Level three
Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
declutter the pc desk
Sparkle the mirrors and windows in these rooms
Extras
- Binbag dance
- Throw out/get rid of 3 things from every room in your house!!
- 15 minutes filing
- HHG.. if your garden is already beautiful go out and enjoy it for half an hour!!
Order a Diet Water when you go out to eat, with a serious face.
Wonderful Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level One
Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash
Level Two
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet (I dangle mine over the washing line if it's nice)
remake bed with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. your bedroom is NOT a shed!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades
Extras
- Wash any curtains that need doing
- HHI
- Clean the windows
- 15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome!
Finish All Your sentences with 'In Accordance With The Prophecy.'
Fluffy Fursday - Sitting Room of Sunshine and Hallway of Happiness
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Wipe and water the plants
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Wash any throws/curtains/cushion that need freshening up
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort through the shoes and coats and bags.. make them pretty!
HHC in the porch
Extras
- Groom the hairy pets... or the children lol
- 29 fling boogie
- Spend 15 minutes tackling the hotspot in your bag.. the one you use the most!!
- Wipe the woodwork in these areas
Tell Your Children Over Dinner. 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'
Funky Friday!!.. Childrens rooms or the spare room of doom
Level One
There used to be a floor in here.. can you find it?
Change the smelly bedding
Level Two
Clean the windows
Polish the monitors/tv's etc
Wipe the grotty patches of the walls and woodwork
Level Three
Vacuum the floors
Clean any beanbags or other soft furnishings.. cushions, curtains for example
Sort through a cupboard make it all neat and tidy
Extras
Fill a binbag of rubbish
Fill a binbag for charity shop
Find something to freecycle
Find something to ebay
Now get rid!
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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OOOOO never been one of first to reply to anything
I follow the list each week but I'm afraid I never get time to read all the posts or to post anything myself. Had a mad cooking/baking day today so kitchen needs a good clean. That means I'll get a head start on tomorrow:j
Have a good week everyone and a big thanks to Pigpen for doing this each week :A
Kitty:xmastree:Merry Christmas0 -
Oooh am I the first???
ETA - no! LOL Oh well, I've level 2'd today in prep for viewing. Think I can manage level 3 tomorrow
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skintscotslass wrote: »Oooh am I the first???
NO!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHALB 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 -
Hiya
My list for this week though i'll probably edit it;
Mad Monday - Kitchen of Kreation
Level One
Open the windows and let in the light
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table
Level Two
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
[strike]Drag everything out of the tins cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.[/strike]
Extras
- [strike]HHI [/strike]
- Fill a bag for charity shop
- [strike]Deweb the downstairs of the house!! [/strike]
- Scrub down the woodwork.. skirtings, door frames etc
- Walk the puppy frog
- Help out at school for the morning
- Scan and put shop away
- Sort out football kit
- S/S dining room
- Phone call x 2
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I'll be in this week. It's going to be a heavy week at work so I need to be focussed when I'm home in the evenings....I am the leading lady in the movie of my life
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I'm posting just so I can find this again tomorrow.... I might be in. Just depends on how much sleep I get tonight plus I have OU work to do. Will sort a list tomorrow. Off to bed NOW!
Creeping back in for accountability after falling off the wagon in 2016.Need to get back to old style in modern ways, watching the pennies and getting stuff done!0 -
Hi ya
Well I attempted last week and sort of gave up by Wednesday. Ended up working everyday as well so that didn't help matters. Should be working my normal hours this week plus DD has a teacher training day tomorrow and I've already done all the ironing I can really get a good start to the week.
Mad Monday - Kitchen of Kreation
[strike] Level One
Open the windows and let in the light
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table[/strike]
[strike] Level Two
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances[/strike] Did that this morning
[strike] Clean out drawers and filters[/strike]
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Shine the grotty windows
Drag everything out of the tins cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.. Get rid of the things you will never eat or incorporate them into your weekly meal plan!!!
Extras
[strike]HHI
[/strike]- Fill a bag for charity shop
- Deweb the downstairs of the house!!
- Scrub down the woodwork.. skirtings, door frames etc
Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that. Will feel like I work at McD's by bed time :rolleyes:
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Oh, I'd done the kitchen today, messied it again at tea time :rotfl: I'm swapping the tins cupboard for the cleaning one, because I had to find some cotton earlier, the box is at the back of the corner cupboard (goes in corner, has rack for the top) which was at the bottom of the back of the cupboard, made me realise how disorganised it is in there.....so needs doing
To add to tomorrow
Usual dailies - boys up, dressed and fed. vacuum downstairs. S&S bathroom. 1 laundry load. meals (inc lunches)
Go with DP to his bank to tell them to stick his account charge and see if can negotiate interest on his loan
Go to Argos to collect swingball
Put dogs on tethers for 15 minutes again
Empty boxes of awning stuff and find the bag to put it in
Online banking, emails & freecycle stuff
StudyingOne day I might be more organised...........
GC: £200
Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb0 -
I'm in for at least tomorrow, as am working from home so should have time. place is not too bad at all but i'd like to give it a good going over this week as work is a little less taxing than usual!
Mad Monday - Kitchen of Kreation
Level One
Open the windows and let in the light
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table
Level Two
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Clean out drawers and filters
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Shine the grotty windows
Drag everything out of the tins cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.. Get rid of the things you will never eat or incorporate them into your weekly meal plan!!!
Extras
- HHI - don't iron so will make it HHE!
- Fill a bag for charity shop
- photo & turbo list ebay stuff
- meal plan
- food shop - apparently we're on cereal this week as DH needs to lose some weight to fit into hired suit for his brother's wedding this weekend!
- library
- take keys back to friend
- WM
- post cards
Mum to gorgeous baby boy born Sept 2010:j0
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