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Weekly Flylady Thread 16th March 2009
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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.
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!
Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen and dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the table
degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
Level Three
wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
Extras
Level One
Declutter ALL the floors!!
Clear the mantle of junk
Level Two
Vacuum/sweep all the floors.. stairs too!
Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas
Level Three
Wash the windows
Wash any soft furnishings that need it
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!
Extras
Level One
Strip and wash the bedding
Clear the floordrobe
Level Two
Air the duvet.. if nice hang it out on the line for a blow!
clear the floors and vacuum them!
wash windows
Level Three
sort through a hotspot
Organise your toiletries and make-up stash
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy
Extras
Level One
Declutter the floors
wipe down sofas and seats
Level Two
Dejunk the desk and wipe off the gunge
Vacuum/mop floors
Scrub the bath, sinks, toilets, showers and tiles etc
Level Three
Wash the windows
Empty out a cupboard clean it out and put back only the bits you need to keep
Defrag the pc and delete 50 useless emails
Extras
Level One
Strip and wash any bedding that need it
Make half an hour appointment or you time!! you deserve it.. nails done, hair appointment.
Level Two
declutter the floor.. inc under the beds and units
vacuum floors
dust and deweb the whole room
wipe away sticky marks
Level Three
wash windows
Straighten up a chest of drawers or wardrobe
binbag dance!
Extras
A chance for the whole family to get involved and share the tasks!
My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is..............
Small announcement!!.. I REALLY don't want to do this but I feel I must.
In the last few weeks the thread has grown exponentially.. which is brilliant and wonderful and I am so pleased to welcome new fly-bodies... BUT.. this also means that some members are unable to participate as they are overwhelmed by the sheer number of posts and cannot keep up. I value ALL the members, the ones who post once a day and the ones who don't post at all and the ones who we all know so intimately. However, I feel there is a lot of 'chitchat' and general gossipy posts being made which have no relevance to the thread. Could all member PLEASE remember this a thread to support each other in flying and decluttering and making their homes beautiful and try to keep the posts on topic (not to the exclusion of all gossip!).
I'm sorry I have to do this but alas.. you all waffle too much!!
We have a lovely little community and I do not want anyone to feel excluded from this.
We have the yahoo group and the facebook group if people want to chat over there that is wonderful but can we please keep THIS thread on track. I know you don't want to lose it any more than I do! PLEASE CAN YOU ADD YOUR MSE USERNAME TO YOUR REQUEST SO WE KNOW YOU AREN'T SOME WEIRDO!!
The weekends you can chat to your hearts content..
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!
Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen and dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the table
degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
Level Three
wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
Extras
- Deweb and polish
- Clear out a cupboard of junk!
- Wash any curtains/table cloths that need it
- S&S the hob & oven
Level One
Declutter ALL the floors!!
Clear the mantle of junk
Level Two
Vacuum/sweep all the floors.. stairs too!
Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas
Level Three
Wash the windows
Wash any soft furnishings that need it
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!
Extras
- Wipe and water plants
- Dust all the electricals.. carefully.. don't want any frazzled flybodies
- Binbag dance
- HHI
Level One
Strip and wash the bedding
Clear the floordrobe
Level Two
Air the duvet.. if nice hang it out on the line for a blow!
clear the floors and vacuum them!
wash windows
Level Three
sort through a hotspot
Organise your toiletries and make-up stash
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy
Extras
- Half hour... FILING... meanness I know
- Deweb and dust
- 36 fling boogie!! .. GO
- empty and wash out all the bins!!
- quick one.. check those smoke alarms!
Level One
Declutter the floors
wipe down sofas and seats
Level Two
Dejunk the desk and wipe off the gunge
Vacuum/mop floors
Scrub the bath, sinks, toilets, showers and tiles etc
Level Three
Wash the windows
Empty out a cupboard clean it out and put back only the bits you need to keep
Defrag the pc and delete 50 useless emails
Extras
- collect all the laundry from upstairs
- HHI
- Change any lightbulb you have been leaving.. (we have 3!!)
- Sort out the coats and bags and shoes..
Level One
Strip and wash any bedding that need it
Make half an hour appointment or you time!! you deserve it.. nails done, hair appointment.
Level Two
declutter the floor.. inc under the beds and units
vacuum floors
dust and deweb the whole room
wipe away sticky marks
Level Three
wash windows
Straighten up a chest of drawers or wardrobe
binbag dance!
Extras
- Catch up on necessary phone calls inc making those much needed appointments
- Ring someone you've not spoken to in a while..
- delete some of those old contacts and texts off your mobile phone!!
- HHI
A chance for the whole family to get involved and share the tasks!
- Ring someone you love just to tell them so
- HHI
- Get all the stuff ready for Monday
- Catch up one room to level three
- Wash any neglected windows
- Clean out the car
- HHG. trim a bush or mince your grass.. or other half hour task!
- Sort the rubble and junk from school and work bags
- Empty and wash out all the bins
- Do a cupboard stock take and sort a meal plan and shopping list
- Wash any bedding that hasn't been done this week
- 28 fling boogie
- 5 things on ebay
- fill a binbag for charity shop
- Clean out pets/wash beds
My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is..............
Small announcement!!.. I REALLY don't want to do this but I feel I must.
In the last few weeks the thread has grown exponentially.. which is brilliant and wonderful and I am so pleased to welcome new fly-bodies... BUT.. this also means that some members are unable to participate as they are overwhelmed by the sheer number of posts and cannot keep up. I value ALL the members, the ones who post once a day and the ones who don't post at all and the ones who we all know so intimately. However, I feel there is a lot of 'chitchat' and general gossipy posts being made which have no relevance to the thread. Could all member PLEASE remember this a thread to support each other in flying and decluttering and making their homes beautiful and try to keep the posts on topic (not to the exclusion of all gossip!).
I'm sorry I have to do this but alas.. you all waffle too much!!

We have the yahoo group and the facebook group if people want to chat over there that is wonderful but can we please keep THIS thread on track. I know you don't want to lose it any more than I do! PLEASE CAN YOU ADD YOUR MSE USERNAME TO YOUR REQUEST SO WE KNOW YOU AREN'T SOME WEIRDO!!
The weekends you can chat to your hearts content..

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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alwayshappy
AMG2B
angelnikki
AnW'sMum
ashia
Beccah
beccatje
beemuzed
benjacksmum
beth.194
betty_blue
boddy because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
carlsberggal
carol22
casleigh
cazzie
cha97michelle
charliee
ChasingButterflies
Cheapskate
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Dazi
DeniseNZ
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Dustykitten because I keep falling off the wagon and love the community spirit
egon
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flybabybunting
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froddington
funfairprincess
galantvr4
gerturdeanna
gratefulforhelp
GreenandThrifty
greenbee
Gryfon - because I have far too much to do in far too little time so need help!
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JAMIEDODGER
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jha
JillD
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jjef
jo1972
Johanne
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julie_d
juliejim
julliff
Justamum - because I have (virtual) friends here
KAAT_LADY
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kazmeister
kazwookie ~~ here for support and friends
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langold
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Lil_me - because she hates having CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) but it comes naturally
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Mrs_Beatson .. lurks!
Mrs Dawn
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Mudbath - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Mum on a mission (MOAM)
Mummyof5
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Natty68 ~ reminder ~ do not to overdo it at the moment and to rest up now and again and not go for it hell and leather..
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Nicki - learning to juggle "w*rk" and home and play
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PIGPEN.. You may call me ma'am, HRH or merely 'Oh illustrious leader'
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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
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If you are not on the list please add a christmas tree to your post so I can see you!!
(196 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. Please do not 'quote' the list further up the thread as it will only confuse people and me- I will amend it here as and when I see you complete your days!
You dont have to complete the list on the same day to get your star
Remember the 'extras' are extras and dont count towards the stars!
please make it obvious when you have finished a list so that I know you need a star - for exampleMonday - Kitchen and Dining room 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 havent 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:We are slipping ladies and gents - we only had 18 flyers get all 5 stars 182 stars in total!!!!
w/c 9/3 -18/182
w/c 2/3 -23/177
w/c 23/2 -25/200
AbbieB :staradmin:starmod:
Alwayshappy
AMG2B :starmod:beth.194
boddy :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Davgirl
Dusty
elly2 :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
fedupandskint
fernliebee :starmod:
froddy :starmod::staradmin
funfairprincess :starmod::staradmin:staradmin
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hollyh :starmod::staradmin
jackywhizz :staradmin
JAMIEDODGER
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jjef :starmod:
kassey
kazwookie
kymbo82 :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
lil_me :starmod:
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mozzy
Mrs. Dawn :starmod:
mudbath
mumoffour77 :starmod::staradmin
mumofjusttwo :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
mummyyof5
mummy2mygirls :starmod:
newby money saving chicki :starmod::staradmin
penelope penguin
philb120 :starmod:
pollybear
princess Jane :starmod::staradmin
Quillion
rosepink :staradmin
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SAVVYMUMMY
scared1980 :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
serena :starmod::staradmin
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soappie :starmod::staradmin
sunnygirl :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
TAG :staradmin
The Dragon :staradmin:starmod::staradmin
toochoosey :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
twinmummy :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
valli :starmod::staradmin
vivw
xx_Jo_xx :starmod:
ZCC72 :starmod:Peace will be mine
could do better - must try harder
Live each day as if its your last
DFW Nerd #1000 Proud to be dealing with my debts
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Ha did it! Post 4!
Thanks for the lists, the stars, the support and the laughs!
Post Count: 3,300
numbers for TrikerDon't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily DickinsonJanice 1964-2016
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I'm in - thanks pigpen and Toots. Not sure how well I'll do as next weekend will be quite busy - I'll have to try and do a bit more flying in the evenings :rolleyes:
I'll repost about the meets in a bit so people don't miss it."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 -
Thanks Pigpen and Toots, I'm determined to do better than last week when I did very little flying! Thanks for all your hard work
Frodders, I would like to come on th meet - a walk sounds appealing
I'm on the first page, I can't believe it! Hee hee hee!"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together."
Sealed pot challenge no.576 Loose change pays your debt challenge #2 no.1 Wannabe flylady
Weight lost since 9 June 2009: [STRIKE]5.5[/STRIKE] 6 lbs0 -
Im in again thanks for the list pigpen and Toots thanks for the stars. Was hoping it was the kitchen.0
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I'm in again this week - thanks for the list pigpen and thanks for the stars toots. I hope to complete all of the lists this week as only managed 4 last week.Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.I married Moon 8/4/2011, baby boy born 26/9/2012, Angel Baby Poppy born 8/11/15, Rainbow baby boy born 11/2/20170
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I am in too xx:beer: Officially Debt Free Nov 2012 :beer:0
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I'm in too! Thanks for the list Pigpen, and the stars toots (I hope to get some this week, as my mum's coming to stay so I need the house to be spotless!0
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