Weekly Flylady Thread 5th October 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.

Binbag dance - Grab a binbag and run around the house filling it up with rubbish.. I like to do this the day the bins are due to be emptied.. it fills the bin and decutters!

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 Madness ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter the floors.. make the stairs safe and the hall clear
Vacuum said floors.. and up the stairs.. it looks so much better when you have clear stairs
Level Two
Wipe the sofas
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Wipe the paintwork.. inc. the skirtings behind the sofas!
Level Three
Clear all the paperwork into a box or bag, clearing those cluttered surfaces
15 minutes filing.. from above box/bag if you just filled one! Elsewhere if you didn't!
Dust and deweb those corners and mantel
Polish the electrical.. without blowing yourself up please!



Extras

1. Wipe the hand rails, banisters and spindles
2. Clear and tidy up all the bags and coats and shoes
3. FIRES/BOILERS SERVICED, TEST RUN C/H TO CHECK IT IS OK BEFORE IT IS FREEZING AND GET THOSE CHIMNEYS SWEPT.. ESP. IF YOU BURN WOOD/PAPER AS IT STICKS TO CHIMNEY INNARDS!
4. binbag dance.. get some decluttering done!

Tooooooooooooosday ~ Kitchen and Dining room!
Level One
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Sweep and mop floor
Level Two
Empty and clean out a cupboard.. fling all that is dead, mouldy or inedible.. and DD1 says all weevilly things too.. but I like them.. they are full of protein!
Wipe units and cupboard fronts
Wipe and replace all small appliances
Level Three
Clean out the microwave.. or another appliance if you are without
Clean out the fridge.. you do not need furry food!
Dust and dewed.. and clean the blinds/curtains



Extras

1. HHI
2. Binbag dance
3. wash out bins
4. Run appliances through a clean wash.. and clean filters and door seals!

Wednesday ~ Master bedroom and landing
Level One
Declutter the floor
Strip wash and replace the bedding.. do not wait until you want to get in it!!
Level Two
Vacuum floors
Dust and deweb
Empty and clean out bins
31 fling boogie!
Level Three
Clear the floordrobe.
Sort through your cupboard and get rid of those items of clothing you no longer wear or need or are worn out.. memories are in your heart not in things you no longer use!!
Declutter some of the stuff you have stashed under the bed, in the bottom of the wardrobe e.g.



Extras

1. Wash windows
2. Wash curtains or other soft furnishings that need it
3. Straighten your shoe and bag collection.. can any be rehomed?
4. Sort through a box of general junk that is lurking

Thursdeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ~ Bathroom, loo and study!
Level One
Declutter floors
scrubify the tiles
Level Two
Clean the bath, loo, shower etc...
Defrag comp while you vacuum/mop
Wipe chairs keyboards, mouses monitors etc..
Level Three
Wash shower curtains/bathmats etc
Clean the radiators and paintwork
Shine the taps and descale the shower head!


Extras

1. 15 minutes filing
2. HHI
3. Delete 100 useless junk emails!
4. Dust deweb and wash some windows!

Friday ~ The Chicken Song...
Level One
Clear the floor in a neglected room
Change any bedding that hasn't been done recently
Evict some spiders!
Level Two
De-grot a hotspot!.. all of one.. the whole mound.. what did you find underneath?
HH-something.. study, exercise, challenge, garden, iron.. what did you do?
Empty and clean out a cupboard.. fling the stuff you don't need and put back neatly the stuff you do!
Level Three
Spend half an hour doing something for YOURSELF!.. hair, nails or simply a bath!.. What did you do?
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Vacuum a fluffy floor!
Extras

1. Wash any windows you have left and can now no longer see out of! (that would be all of mine!)
2. Wash any curtains that need it and put up your winter weight ones
3. binbag dance
4. Wash the sticky paintwork in one room!

pigpen

Those who were new this week blue

PIGPEN.. You may call me ma'am, HRH or merely 'Oh illustrious leader'
toottifrooti.. Our official meeter, greeter and star giver
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. Toots assistant.
ALIBOBSY
alwaysconfused
AnW'sMum
beemuzed
Bevan840
bitsy beans
boddy.. because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
bonsibabe
boodle
cally_c
Carlsberggal
carol22
catznine
chunky79
Craftyscholar
cyclingyorkie
DAYDREAMBELIEVER
DeniseNZ
dinx1972
Disdisbiff
dollydaydream07
domino sue
dragonflygems
Dustykitten because I keep falling off the wagon and love the community spirit
elf06
ellenandjess
elly2
embb
EssexHebridean
fedupandskint
Flylady_flower
froddington
funfairprincess
Ginger Girl
gratefulforhelp
greenbee
Gryfon - because I have far too much to do in far too little time so need help!
gsysezz
gtx
gunsandbanjos (GnB)
Helen jelly
Herewegoagain
hex2
Hippy110
hollyh
hope6804
Ishtar
jackieglasgow
jackywhizz
JAMIEDODGER
jayjay14
jaynebryan96
*jellie*
JennyBee
jinky67
jjef
Johanne
Jojo the Tightfisted
jtb34237
jtb2412
juliejim
Justamum - because I have (virtual) friends here
kassey
kazmeister
kazwookie ~~ here for support and friends
Lady-Liberty
lav1979
likklegibbon
Lilysue
Lil_me - because she hates having CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) but it comes naturally
Littlebit
lizzy dripping
loshypops
Methekidsandthecat
milliejo
moonflower
Morganlefay
m0zzy
Mrs_Beatson .. lurks! or holds up the bar
Mrs Dawn
mrsmortenharket
msgnomey
Mudbath - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Mum on a mission (MOAM)
Mummyof5
mumofjusttwo
Mumoffour77
Natty68
neveah
nikflo
Orkneystar
Pauper1
penelope penguin
penguin83
Pollybear
Poohbear59
poorbutrich
p-pincher
Purpledreams
quillion
rach
rosepink1984
SarahShattered
Scared1980
serena
sexymouse - cause teaching and having a clean house should be possible
SGT
shell_542
skintscotlass
SpiritoftheSouthWest
SummerMoon - sometimes lurker, sometimes posting
sunshinesheli
Sunnygirl
sunnyGirl
Swinstie73
TAG
tashja
thifty
thriftyscotslass
toochoosey - cause every now and then i need a kick up the @rse
Triker
Valli
Vanilla because I hate housework and need motivation
vivw
wilf55
xx_Jo_xx
zara*elise
ZCC72
*zippy*
zoelikesjam
1 step closer
83rachel
3tabbycats
ajmoney
angelnikki
eltee12
freyaluck
lell
MadMayFly
nicnacnoo
pukkamum
shazba
tiredanddesperate
Twilightgirl
wiseowl1
achtunglady
Brighterfuture
BungleGirl
chickadee
donna73
GemmaBuckle
huston_kw
Lo-Lo
mammamia2
michbright
pretz
princess lou
tinkerbellsmum
cha97michelle
Choccybix
lou1981
Money Saving Diva
MissHiggerty
prettypennies
daphne descends
esmf73
hellsbells45
jackie_w
Jassa
jet77
MrsChaos
sassi0306
shop-to-drop
FrankieM
Looby-Loo
blottedcopybook
Sunny Angel
sammr85
dreamywings1
sammiell
smileyt
victoria_ice
Mermaid
Chris25
jexysbird
lala1974
rosieben

tootifruities

1. You don't have to complete the daily list on the same day to get your star but try and do some in the week to give yourselves more free time at the weekend
2. You must do levels 1,2 and 3 to get a star but remember the 'extras' are extras and don't 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 Done! make sure I can see it!!!!!!
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 haven't 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!!

Last week there were 152 stars awarded with 9 flyers doing all five days lists. Well done everyone! Brilliant !!!!!

w/c 28/9 - 152 (9)
w/c 21/9 - 149 (14)
w/c 14/9 - 159 (15)
w/c 07/9 - 132 (9)
w/c 27/7 - 120 (5):eek:
w/c 06/4 - 202 (21) (new total to beat)

Stars awarded this week
achtunglady :starmod::staradmin
ajmoney
angelnikki :staradmin:starmod::starmod::starmod:
boddy :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Boodle
cally_c :starmod:
carol22
donna73
dreamywings1
DustyKitten
Eltee12 :staradmin
embb :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
fedupandskint
froddy :staradmin:staradmin
FunFairPrincess :starmod:
gingababe :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
hollyh :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
huston_kw
hypno06
Jassa
JillD :staradmin
jinky67 :staradmin:starmod::staradmin
kassey
kazmeister :starmod:
kazwookie
Lala1974 :staradmin:starmod::starmod:
lil_me :staradmin
Lo-Lo
lou1981 :starmod:
MissHiggerty :starmod::staradmin:staradmin
Mrs Beatson :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Mrs Chaos :staradmin
MummyEmm :starmod::staradmin
mummyyof5
PenelopePenguin
Pollybear
poohbear :starmod::staradmin
sammiell
sammr85 :starmod::starmod::staradmin:staradmin
serena
soappie :starmod::staradmin
thifty :starmod:
toochoosey :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
valli :staradmin
victoria_ice :starmod:
wilf55 :starmod:




New this week
gingababe
hypno06
ageandjo
MummyEm
JillD

soappie

tootifruities wrote: »

I am here nearly missed it

Well done Toots - I was on standby!

tootifruities

piggers caught me unawares being early i was just finishing off the stars!!!

thanks for holding back Valli xx

At least I can catch up on the old thread now at my leisure!!

gratefulforhelp_2

Thanks, pigpen, toots and soappie.

Imagine if there was no list...thanks for all your efforts.

hex2

Thanks Pigpen, Toots and Soappie.

Count me in please.

and back to the ironing....

Multi tasking - this, facebook scrabble and spotify whilst using the ironing press

soappie

I fear it may be a few more days before I get a living room star - but at least all the skirtings are being washed down as well as the floorboards!

Pollybear

I nearly bought something browsing online waiting for post 3 to appear! Just stopped myself

I'll be in.

toochoosey

Good evening all, hope you are all well and glad to hear mudbaths DS is on the mend xx

Feeling rough today, not sure whats brewing but aching all over and hot/ cold flushes.
DSD had tidied the spare room and left the place tidy, so a good start to the week xx

Ishtar

I'm in too....just about to finish up for the day and switch off PC. Pleased to see the list up before I sign off...Thanks to Pigpen, Toots and Soappie for the thread (my house is beginning to look much, much better).

But right now, I'm off for a glass of wine in front of the TV, and to knit a little more of DD's aran cardigan.

Take care
D