Weekly Flylady Thread 27th April 2009

pigpen

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!


Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven and hob
HHI
Level Three
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!
Extras

1. Thoroughly clean the food cupboard
2. Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
3. Clean all the filters and door seals etc
4. Scrub down the radiators and/or paintwork!

Terrible Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed turned vacuumed other side and redress bed
Level Two
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Level Three
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!
Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. Binbag for charity
3. Sort out your own shoes and bags.. can any be rehomed?
4. Wipe hand rails on stairs

Wednesday Wonders ~ Cruddy Study & Bathrooms
Level One
Declutter floors!
Mop/vacuum/sweep floors
Level Two
Scrub tiles while running a defrag
Clean the bath, basins, shower trays and loo's
Degrot the desk and dust and polish the monitor and pc case etc
Level Three
Wash windows
Wash bath mats/shower curtains etc
Collect all the laundry from upstairs

Extras

1. Empty and wash out bins
2. Wipe all the sofas/chairs inthese rooms
3. Wipe paintwork in these rooms
4. Clear and wipe a shelf or two

Thursdays are Thrilling!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two
Wash the windows and the front door.. inside and out!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Level Three
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Wipe all the paintwork!
Dust mantle and polish all the trinkets upon it.. and get all the junk off it!
Extras

1. Wipe and water the plants
2. Clean out the pets
3. Wash any smelly soft furnishings
4. Get a pile of filing done!!

Friday is Funky! - childrens rooms! ~ spare rooms or just attack a neglected room!!
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

1. Catch up on necessary phone calls inc making those much needed appointments
2. Ring someone you've not spoken to in a while..
3. delete some of those old contacts and texts off your mobile phone!!
4. HHI

This weeks MACAW (Make a Change a Week challenge) Basically you choose one thing you would like to change about your lifestyle, your habits or whatever you fancy and incorporate it into a new way of life.. anything from cooking one meal a week from scratch, learning a new skill, shining your sink every day, reducing your alcohol consumption, doing some exercise.. whatever you fancy! This is only for those who WANT to participate and being run alongside flylady rather than being part of it.


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..

pigpen

Those who were new this week blue

AnW'sMum
ashia
Beccah
beemuzed
blueberrypie
boddy because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
broke.22
buggalugs
cally_c
carol22
casleigh
cazzie
cha97michelle
clarissa_D
Craftyscholar
Davgirl1
DayDreamBeliever
DeniseNZ
domino sue
Dustykitten because I keep falling off the wagon and love the community spirit
egon
embb
emily jackson
EssexHebridean
floxxie
flying_fresian
Flylady_flower
froddington
funfairprincess
gingernutbizkit
gratefulforhelp
greenbee
Gryfon - because I have far too much to do in far too little time so need help!
gtx
gunsandbanjos (GnB)
harib0uk
heather38
hellsbells45
hex2
Hippy110
hollyh
iriedaughter
jackie_w
jackywhizz
JAMIEDODGER
jayjay14
JennyBee
JillD
jjef
Johanne
juliejim
Justamum - because I have (virtual) friends here
KAAT_LADY
kassey
kazmeister
kazwookie ~~ here for support and friends
kindlesgirl
Lady-Liberty
Lauradora
likklegibbon
Lilysue
Lil_me - because she hates having CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) but it comes naturally
liuhut
lizzy dripping
loopy-loo73
maralum
menolly
methekidsandthecat
milliejo
Mooloo
moonflower
m0zzy
Mrs_Beatson .. lurks!
Mrs Dawn
mrsmortenharket
msgnomey
Mudbath - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Mum on a mission (MOAM)
Mummyof5
mumofjusttwo
Mumoffour77
mummy2mygirls
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..
newby money saving chicki
Nicki - learning to juggle "w*rk" and home and play
oddjobkia - wants something witty after his pink name but can't think of anything.. But he claims to be a good scrubber
penelope penguin
penguin83
Penny2myName ~ is working hard.. and lurking!
philb120
PIGPEN.. You may call me ma'am, HRH or merely 'Oh illustrious leader'
Pink fairy
polkadot
Pollybear
Poohbear59
princessJane
quillion
rach
rosepink1984
SarahShattered
Scared1980
serena
sexymouse - cause teaching and having a clean house should be possible
SGT
shazba
shell2001
skintscotlass
skipsmum
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
SpiritoftheSouthWest
stefejb
SummerMoon - sometimes lurker, sometimes posting
Sunnygirl
sunnyGirl
susif1973
suzieq
TAG
thriftykatie
thriftmonster
thriftyscotslass
Tiamai_d - hoping to find a cure for lazyarzitis sometime soo
Tired_mummy
Tontodollydog
toochoosey - cause every now and then i need a kick up the @rse
toottifrooti
torianut
Triker
twinmummy
Valli
Vanilla because I hate housework and need motivation
vivw
wendywitch
wilf55
wit40iwtwan
witchypoo
xx_Jo_xx
ZCC72
*zippy*
3tabbycats
83rachel

If you are not on the list please add a christmas tree to your post so I can see you!!

(140 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!

toottifrootti

This is the list of flyers who have completed a day's list.I will amend it here as and when I see you complete your days!

1. You dont have to complete the list on the same day to get your star
2. Remember the 'extras' are extras and dont 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 - Kitchen and Dining room Done!
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 havent already done earlier in the week and try to substiture similar type jobs - 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!!:rotfl: :rotfl:

Well done everybody - last week there was 193 stars in total awarded with 27 flyers doing all five days lists. Another excellent week!!

w/c13/4 - 189 (23)
w/c 06/4 - 202 (21) (new total to beat)
w/c 30/3 - 144 (16)
w/c 23/3 - 152 (15)
w/c 16/3 - 164 (18)


AbbieB :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
boddy :starmod::starmod::staradmin
brighterfuture :starmod:
broke22 :starmod:
cally_c :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Carol22 :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod::starmod:
Cazzie :starmod::staradmin
Craftyscholar :starmod:
cranbornekat :starmod:
DayDreambeliever :staradmin:starmod::starmod:
DustyKitten :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
emily :staradmin
flylady flower :starmod::starmod::staradmin
flying fresian :starmod::starmod:
froddy :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
funfairprincess :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
gingernutbizkit :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
gratefulforhelp :starmod:
hex :starmod::starmod::starmod::staradmin:staradmin
hollyh :starmod:
jackywhizz :staradmin
jjef :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
kassey :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
kazwookie :staradmin:staradmin:starmod::starmod::starmod:
moonflower :staradmin:staradmin:starmod::starmod::starmod:
mozzy :starmod::starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
Mrs Dawn :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
mummyyof5 :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
natty :starmod::starmod::staradmin
nicki :staradmin:starmod::starmod:
Penelope Penguin :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Pollybear :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
princess Jane :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
Quillion :starmod::staradmin
rach :starmod::starmod::staradmin:starmod::starmod:
rosepink :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
roxy7699 :staradmin:starmod::starmod::staradmin
sammiell :starmod:
serena :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod::starmod:
sexymouse :starmod::starmod:
Sharon_1970 :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
soappie :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
SpiritoftheSouthWest :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Summermoon :starmod:
SunnyGirl :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
TAG :starmod:
thriftykatie :starmod::starmod:
toochoosey :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Valli :starmod::starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
wit40iwtwan :starmod::staradmin
*zippy* :starmod::starmod::staradmin

toottifrootti

Thanks for the lists pigpen - hope you are ok and assignments are going well.
I'm in as usual and hope to ket my kitchen back together by the end of the week
toots xx

froddington

Thanks pigpen and Toots - I'm in again although I'm away tomorrow so no flying then! Tuesday's flying will depend on how shattered I am when I get back!!

toochoosey

I'm in, thanks Pigpen and Toots..............

Valli

Toots is in and so am I
Thank you for the list Pigpen and the star chart Toots

Quillion

I am in xx Thanks for lists. xx

SunnyGirl

Thanks Pigpen & Toots I'm in again & hoping to clean some of the kitchen cupboards tomorrow as well!

xx_Jo_xx

Im in too.

thriftykatie

Thanks for the list Pigpen.

Good one for me to start the week as kitchen isn't in too much of a state (only having finished it today from last week's list!) and don't have a dining room, just a dining area in the living room. Anyway, will be a positive start to the week as should be able to complete all levels tomorrow evening as not tutoring. A star at the start of the week would be good, but going to make myself clean out the food cupboard as part of the list as that really needs doing.

My own list for this week is:
15 tasks for this week
1. sort out car insurance x 2
2. put stuff in loft
3. sort out magazines
4. sock drawer
5. menu plan for this week
6. email sis
7. sew buttons on dress and mend cardigan and t-shirt
8. PM Serena re trip
9. menu plan
10. sort out grant application
11. send birthday card
12. send thank you card
13. card to DD
14. update finances spreadsheet
15. get fuse for strimmer


Hope I am more successful on my personal list than I was last week - the first 7 things on the above list are carried over from last week :rolleyes:

Going to get myself sorted for tomorrow - only thing is I have just had a couple of glasses of wine (left over from a bottle opened last night) so feeling very mellow and mellow doesn't seem to go with flying :rotfl: