Weekly Flylady Thread 19th March 2018

What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole task easier and quicker. We also accept that, sometimes, life just gets on top of us and we can't keep up, maybe because we're time-poor, not in the best of health and/or we have littlies who need us. We are definitely NOT control freaks aiming for perfection and utterly spotless show-homes.

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. You're more than welcome to join us in the everlasting battle against dust, grime and gibble. The aim of our thread is to make those onerous tasks less daunting, and to support each other - and to make time for the finer things in life!


Please do remember we have to abide by MSE rules; each post should, ideally, include some mention of flying.

Thank you Natty for last week's thread

Please follow the forum rules on this thread as Flylady has been here a LONG time and is a fabulous support and resource for lots of us. All posts should have some Flylady-related (ooh a compound adjective) content!

The idea is that even if you are really busy you don't need to fall off the wagon!

Every room comes back around next week so please don!!!8217;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!
WM ~ Washing machine
TD ~ Tumble dryer
SC ~ Slowcooker
BM ~ Breadmaker
DW ~ Dishwasher
SOAADFA ~ Sit on 'bottom' and do 'nothing'
KH/XH/FW ~ Ex-husband and other not so polite versions
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 ~ Edited to add
Gibble ~ miscellaneous crap that appears forever homeless
Dot-to-dot ~ pick a small area (not a whole room) like a chair/coffee/table/shelf/worktop or wherever- thats your first 'dot' - totally clear it - clean it - and only put back what should be there - deal with what you have removed (not just move it somewhere else) then if you have time move on and do the same to another 'dot' -the idea is just like a dot to dot puzzle, you aim to join up all the dots and have a tidy room. The trick is to keep each dot tidy until you get them all joined up! All credit to AnW's Mum for this one
RoD ~ Room of Doom, the one room that feels like it is a permanent pit and cannot be used to its potential!
MAD half hour
- Mad is the abbreviation for Make A Difference.
The idea is that you have a Forth bridge (ie never-ending - or just huge) task but that you work on it in half-hour bursts. This way you know you ARE stooping, and that you won't get it finished but you will make a difference - so it might be clearing out - the garage or shed, or clothes sorting, or weeding - you get the picture - but rather than keep going until you've lost the will to live you do half an hour...but, eventually those half hours will get the job done!

Mr S/A/T/M/L/Al - supermarkets Sainsburys, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Lidl, Aldi. You get the picture!!

Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide

ok Here goes this Week...

Monday - Kitchen and dining room

Level One

Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe the cupoard door and drawer handles

Level Two

Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear a sticky dishevelled cupboard

Level Three

Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Binbag dance!
Clean the oven and hob.

Extras

Clean blinds/curtains and light fittings
Wash the windows
HHI
Take a freezer/fridge inventory and see if you can start using it up
Work on challenges - MAD half hour


Twinkly Tuesday - bathroom/en suites/cloaks

Level 1

Polish mirrors
Polish towel rails
Dust everywhere
spray then scrub baths/showers
Put out clean towels etc

Level 2
Scrub inside and outside of loo
scrub sink
degrot grot round taps
de hair plug holes
clean plugs

level 3
clear cupboards and fling unused/old toiletries
clear dead flies from light fittings
dust blinds
scrub floors

Extras
S&S kitchen beofre it deteriorates into cesspit of doom
MAD -
scrimpy - what can you cut back on?
H2H - do something to start the smooth transition to perfection
flymarketeers - find summat to flog (for those in the South/who are posh - search out somehting you no longer need which you can sell)
Slinkies - research a new recipe (try pinch of nom) and enjoy!
Mummies - Easter approacheth. Make two and freeze one - bolognaise/stew/lasagne to save time/stess when it's the hols
HHI

Wednesday - Bedsday - your room

Level 1

Open windows
strip bed
clear floordrobe/chairdrobe

Level 2
remake bed with fresh linen
Dust everywhere
Wipe cosmetics bottles with a lightly damp cloth
Polish Mirrors

Level 3
Vacuum everywhere
- inc edges
wipe sockets, switches and skirtings
Clean windows

Extras
S&S bathroom(s) and kitchen
MAD half hour

Thurday Thrills

Love your lounge

Level 1

Open the window
Clean the chairs/sofas - vacuum including under the seat pads.
Wipe leather seating
Plump cushions
replace
clear and clean coffe tables
declutter magaziens/papers
empty bins/ashtrays

Level 2
polish windows, mirrors and other gass including lighting and wipe bulbs

Level 3
dust everywhere in skitrings
wipe sockets switches and where sticky fingers linger on the foors/handles
Vacuum/sweep/mop floor

##extras

work on challenges
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
MAD challenge work
peg out some washing!

Friday lourish Hall stairs landing

level 1
beat,vacuum or wash doormats
clear all gibble NOTHING on those stairs!
De web high celings and light fittings

level 2
Polish mirrors
clean windows
dust everywhere

Level 3
Wash down ouside of doors - beast from the east left me with dusty gritty doors ugh
Vacuum/sweep mop floor
replace mats

extras
Binbag dance - fill it and fling it
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
MAD half hour