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Just two weeks to go and last full week of the kids at school so let's get flying
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.
There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.
Every room comes back around next week so please don’t stress about catching up
These lists are only suggestions and not a must do list; you are more than welcome to post and follow your own lists.
Also adding a declutter mission each day will help to gradually clear the clutter and make flying easier.
A few of the basics before we start the week
Hotspots are areas where 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 bin bag and whiz 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!
Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide
Ok here goes this week!
Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Sweep and mop the floor
Remove all kitchen/dining room hotspots into an empty box
Level Two
Wipe the work surfaces
Wipe out the fridge and meal plan using up what’s in there
15 minutes wiping anything that is grubby
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink
Empty and clean out your bins
Polish the table
Extras
DW/MW filters and drawers – do you have enough powder/salt etc to last over Christmas?
Polish the table
Put away appliances not being used to make space for Christmas cooking
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Dust or wipe any surfaces you can
Level 2
HHI
Make sure all toys have a home, can any be put away for a while or sort a drawer
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Level 3
Remove all hotspots into the box you started yesterday
Clean your dirtiest window
Can you recycle any newspapers/Christmas magazines etc
Extras
Sort out your bag and purse, put receipts away safely
Wax any furniture that needs it
Spend 15 minutes with your feet up thinking about your New Year resolutions.
Wednesday – any downstairs area which is left especially if it’s a room of doom
Level 1
HH putting stuff away
Do a small job which you have been putting off
Level 2
Clear and Hoover floor
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
Deal with outstanding post, bills, emails
Level 3
Wipe computer keyboard and mouse, clean the screen
Change any pet bedding that needs it
If you have been putting all your hotspots into a box/pile now is the time to deal with them
Extras:
Write a few more Christmas cards
Update your address book
Delete unwanted numbers from your mobile or house phone.
Polish your silver/brass
Thursday – Bathroom and Landing
Level 1
Remove anything from these areas which doesn’t belong here
Is it time for a new toothbrush? Especially important if you have been unwell
Level 2
Clean baths, sinks and toilets
Clean the floors right into the corners
Level 3
Clean the shower screen or wash the curtain
Throw away anything old and yucky
Wipe window ledges and dusty areas
Extras:
Use vinegar to descale around taps and plugs
Degunk the drains with soda crystals and hot water
Check supplies of soap, shampoo etc to last over Christmas
Clean the mirrors
Friday/Weekend – Bedrooms – any or all your choose
Level 1
Change all the beds
Hoover the bedrooms
Level 2
Dust all fluffy surfaces
Kids to get those rooms totally tidy
Half Hour Ironing
Level 3
Clean any window your choose
Finish any outstanding jobs on your lists
Sort some socks, get rid of any threadbare ones
Extra mission:
If you’ve got this far you deserve a well earned break! Do anything your heart desires.
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.
There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.
Every room comes back around next week so please don’t stress about catching up
These lists are only suggestions and not a must do list; you are more than welcome to post and follow your own lists.
Also adding a declutter mission each day will help to gradually clear the clutter and make flying easier.
A few of the basics before we start the week
Hotspots are areas where 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 bin bag and whiz 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!
Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide
Ok here goes this week!
Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Sweep and mop the floor
Remove all kitchen/dining room hotspots into an empty box
Level Two
Wipe the work surfaces
Wipe out the fridge and meal plan using up what’s in there
15 minutes wiping anything that is grubby
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink
Empty and clean out your bins
Polish the table
Extras
DW/MW filters and drawers – do you have enough powder/salt etc to last over Christmas?
Polish the table
Put away appliances not being used to make space for Christmas cooking
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Dust or wipe any surfaces you can
Level 2
HHI
Make sure all toys have a home, can any be put away for a while or sort a drawer
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Level 3
Remove all hotspots into the box you started yesterday
Clean your dirtiest window
Can you recycle any newspapers/Christmas magazines etc
Extras
Sort out your bag and purse, put receipts away safely
Wax any furniture that needs it
Spend 15 minutes with your feet up thinking about your New Year resolutions.
Wednesday – any downstairs area which is left especially if it’s a room of doom
Level 1
HH putting stuff away
Do a small job which you have been putting off
Level 2
Clear and Hoover floor
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
Deal with outstanding post, bills, emails
Level 3
Wipe computer keyboard and mouse, clean the screen
Change any pet bedding that needs it
If you have been putting all your hotspots into a box/pile now is the time to deal with them
Extras:
Write a few more Christmas cards
Update your address book
Delete unwanted numbers from your mobile or house phone.
Polish your silver/brass
Thursday – Bathroom and Landing
Level 1
Remove anything from these areas which doesn’t belong here
Is it time for a new toothbrush? Especially important if you have been unwell
Level 2
Clean baths, sinks and toilets
Clean the floors right into the corners
Level 3
Clean the shower screen or wash the curtain
Throw away anything old and yucky
Wipe window ledges and dusty areas
Extras:
Use vinegar to descale around taps and plugs
Degunk the drains with soda crystals and hot water
Check supplies of soap, shampoo etc to last over Christmas
Clean the mirrors
Friday/Weekend – Bedrooms – any or all your choose
Level 1
Change all the beds
Hoover the bedrooms
Level 2
Dust all fluffy surfaces
Kids to get those rooms totally tidy
Half Hour Ironing
Level 3
Clean any window your choose
Finish any outstanding jobs on your lists
Sort some socks, get rid of any threadbare ones
Extra mission:
If you’ve got this far you deserve a well earned break! Do anything your heart desires.
The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair
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More Christmas Challenges for those who want them
Monday
Meal plan for the Christmas week, do you need stuffing, cranberry sauce, what about crackers or party popper. Please share your meal plans with all of us!
All organised then make something for the freezer for the New Year
Tuesday
Wrap any presents you need before the 25th, gifts for teachers or friends. Do you need to give Christmas Boxes to milkmen, window cleaners etc or has this tradition died?
All done, sort your present drawer for the rest of the year and see what gaps there are which you could fill in the January sales, write a list now.
Wednesday
Sadly house break-ins increase at this time of year. They are most common late afternoon and early evening so please make sure you leave a light on a timer or just on so it looks like you are home. Make sure to always lock your door (even if just popping to a neighbour who may invite you in for a mince pie). Windy weather is also a great cover for the toe rags as if you hear a bang or breaking glass you put it down to the weather. Please look out if you hear such things.
So today check all your window locks, where are the keys, set timers if possible or if not which light with a low energy bulb can you leave on.
Thursday
It simple today my friends get all those cards which have to be posted written, addressed and stamped.
Don’t need to do cards? Are you organised for next year’s birthdays, especially ones which are easy to forget at the end of December or early January. Do you have a stock of cards for last minute postings?
Friday
It's a wrap flyladies. If it's done great, if it's not make a start if possible getting the kid's ones done as lots will be finishing school today.
If you've done all your wrapping do anything christmasy you like, maybe go for a walk and enjoy the lights.
Seafarer's Challenge
Safely deliver a bouncing baby:D
Cuddle your lovely new baby lots and lots
Let Daddy have a turn at cuddling baby
Post us a picture of your lovely BenjaminThe birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair0 -
Thank you Dusty, in again this week. Need to make the most of the last week of school...So, there are these boys,
They kinda stole my heart,
They call me Mummy
WW 37lb (2 STONE 9lbs! :j ) lost since July, 11tybillion to go...0 -
Thankyou Dusty. I'm in.
Good luck Seafarer's, I'll be thinking about you xxIT ONLY TAKES SMALL DAILY ACTIONSFOR MAGIC TO HAPPENRosemary Ikpeme
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I'm in, I intend having some people round over the christmas period so need to keep on top of the decluttering and sprucing up.
Thanks Flylady collective for the lists and the thread.DFW Nerd 267. DEBT FREE 11.06.08
Stick to It by R.B. Stanfield
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.0 -
I'm in this week, thanks dusty :A
Good luck seafarers :j thinking of you this week
Love & hugs to all
BBxx*If you have nothing nice to say... say nothing*"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King Jr0 -
Count me in again - major things for me to do this week are wrap all the gifts and sort out the study - the latter may take me the WHOLE week!Well lets see - I dip in and out of MSE all the time but I still come back - have done since 2007!!! 2023 - Fashion on a ration - 5/66 2023 - 1p Chalenge - £18 in Monzo pot (cannot do pennies so am rounding up)2023 - Frugal Living - Budget still to be finalised - ambition is to cut my food budget by 20% by shopping smarter and meal planning 2023 - January - NSD 15/20 February - NSD 3/150
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I'm in again - thank you Dusty
5 more working days :j
Monday - kitchen
Level one
Sweep and mop the floor
Remove all kitchen hotspots into an empty box
Level Two
Wipe the work surfaces
Wipe out the fridge and meal plan using up what’s in there
15 minutes wiping anything that is grubby
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink
Empty and clean out your bins"There's only one way of life and that's your own" - Levellers
"I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night" - Bon Jovi0 -
Hi - I haven't been round for a while for various reasons, the main one being having baby #3
Would love to rejoin though - I'm going to try to go the whole list as I have kept reasonably on top of general day to day things and it's the scrubbing corners and dealing with hot-spots that I struggle with Here's hoping everything will be gorgeously sparkly for Christmas
Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Remove all kitchen/dining room hotspots into an empty box
Level Two
Wipe the work surfaces
Wipe out the fridge and meal plan using up what’s in there
15 minutes wiping anything that is grubby
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink
Empty and clean out your bins
Polish the table
Extras
DW/MW filters and drawers – do you have enough powder/salt etc to last over Christmas?
Put away appliances not being used to make space for Christmas cookingPart time GCer, NSDer, Comper and (Bad)Flylady
A big shot is just a little shot that kept shooting ...0 -
Hi everyone, I'm in again this week. I need this sort of structure or else housework just overwhelms me and then nothing gets done.0
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Evenin' all,
I'm in this week, thank you for the lists & thread.
Good luck tomorrow Seafarer's wishing you a happy, healthy delivery.
Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Sweep and mop the floor
Remove all kitchen/dining room hotspots into an empty box
Level Two
Wipe the work surfaces
Wipe out the fridge and meal plan using up what’s in there
15 minutes wiping anything that is grubby
Level three
Clean the kitchen sink
Empty and clean out your bins
Polish the table
Extras
DW/MW filters and drawers – do you have enough powder/salt etc to last over Christmas?
Polish the table
Put away appliances not being used to make space for Christmas cooking
More Christmas Challenges for those who want them
Monday
Meal plan for the Christmas week, do you need stuffing, cranberry sauce, what about crackers or party popper. Please share your meal plans with all of us!
All organised then make something for the freezer for the New Year.
love to all,0
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