Weekly Flylady Thread 19th 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 ~ Master Bedroom
Level One
Declutter the floors
Strip the bedding get it washed dried and the bed remade!
Level Two
vacuum the floors
Straighten a cupboard of clothing
Empty all the bins upstairs
Level Three
Tidy a box of 'stuff'
Tidy up the floordrobe, inc. shoes bags and toiletries.
dust and deweb


Extras

1. HHI
2. Wash windows
3. Binbag dance
4. Check doors and windows for draughts and make a plan of action for dealing with them

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter the floors
Vacuum said decluttered floors!
Level Two
declutter and dust the mantle putting back only what should be there
Wipe the sofas if needed
Wipe and water plants, dust and deweb
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Clear and wipe window sills, and any electricals and picture frames etc
Empty and clear out a cupboard..


Extras

1. HHI
2. binbag dance
3. Wipe the paintwork and bannisters
4. Wash any windows that have been neglected

Wednesday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
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 and wipe a shelf or window sill
Level Three
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..


Extras

1. Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
2. Wash the windows
3. Drag out a large appliance or 2 and clean behind and under it
4. Dust and Deweb

Thursday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
Strip , wash and replace bedding
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard.. any cupboard, could even be a kitchen one!
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed!
Straighten the toy boxes and shelves
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that need it.. or the duvet!
Dust and deweb
Wipe sticky grotmarks from the walls, doors and paintwork

Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI
3. List 1 item to sell
4. sort the shoes, coats and bags!

Thank Crunchie it's Friday ~ Study and Bathroom
Level One
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself! Coffee with a friend, hair appointment... whatever
Declutter the floors!
Level Two
vacuum/mop floors
wash the bathmats/shower curtains or anything else that needs it
scrub the fixtures! polish the mirrors and taps
Level Three
Clean and sort a cupboard or shelf and recycle all those empties
dust and defrag the pc and declutter 50 unwanted emails and 5 links from your favourites.
Wipe over the desk and any chairs that are in these rooms

Extras

1. empty and wash out bins
2. wash windows
3. wipe doors and paintwork
4. wash any stinky pet beds.. or the pets themselves if you wish

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
Bevan840
bitsy beans
boddy.. because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
boodle
cally_c
Carlsberggal
carol22
catznine
Craftyscholar
cyclingyorkie
DAYDREAMBELIEVER
Disdisbiff
dollydaydream07
Dustykitten because I keep falling off the wagon and love the community spirit
elly2
embb
fedupandskint
Flylady_flower
froddington
funfairprincess
gratefulforhelp
greenbee
gsysezz
gunsandbanjos (GnB)
Helen jelly
Herewegoagain
hex2
Hippy110
hollyh
hope6804
Ishtar
jackywhizz
jayjay14
*jellie*
JennyBee
jinky67
jjef
Johanne
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
lizzy dripping
loshypops
Methekidsandthecat
milliejo
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
Orkneystar
penelope penguin
penguin83
Pollybear
Poohbear59
poorbutrich
quillion
rach
rosepink1984
SarahShattered
Scared1980
serena
sexymouse - cause teaching and having a clean house should be possible
SGT
skintscotlass
SpiritoftheSouthWest
SummerMoon - sometimes lurker, sometimes posting
Sunnygirl
sunnyGirl
TAG
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
*zippy*
zoelikesjam
1 step closer
3tabbycats
ajmoney
angelnikki
eltee12
lell
MadMayFly
nicnacnoo
shazba
tiredanddesperate
Twilightgirl
achtunglady
BungleGirl
chickadee
donna73
GemmaBuckle
huston_kw
Lo-Lo
mammamia2
michbright
pretz
princess lou
tinkerbellsmum
cha97michelle
Choccybix
lou1981
Money Saving Diva
MissHiggerty
prettypennies
daphne descends
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
gingababe
hypno06
ageandjo
MummyEm
JillD
smartie12
Daisydoll
louboutingirl
Madcatgirl
trinity_bleu
moonflower

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 172 stars awarded with 16 flyers doing all five days lists. Well done everyone! That means 172 rooms were cleaned and sparkling this week. Brilliant !!!!!

w/c 12/10 - 172 (16)
w/c 05/10 - 150 (18)
w/c 28/9 - 152 (9)
w/c 21/9 - 149 (14)
w/c 27/7 - 120 (5):eek:
w/c 06/4 - 202 (21) (new total to beat)

Stars awarded this week
angelnikki
boddy :starmod::staradmin:starmod::starmod:
carlsberggal :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin:starmod:
carol22 :staradmin:staradmin
Choccybix :staradmin
donna73 :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
dreamywings1
Dustykitten
fedupandskint
feefeelalabelle :starmod::staradmin
helen jelly :starmod:
hex2 :starmod::starmod:
hollyh
jackywhizz :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Jassa
JillD :starmod::starmod::staradmin:staradmin
Jinky :staradmin:starmod::starmod:
jtb2412 :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
kassey
kazmeister:staradmin
kazwookie
lala1974
lil_me :starmod:
Lo-Lo :starmod:
louboutingirl
Madcatgirl :starmod:
MissHiggerty :starmod::starmod::starmod::staradmin
mumofjusttwo :starmod::starmod:
mummyyof5 :starmod::staradmin:starmod::starmod:
Mumto5 :staradmin
PenelopePenguin
Pollybear
poohbear59 & DH
pretz
rach :starmod:
sammiell :staradmin:starmod:
serena :starmod::starmod::staradmin
smileyt :starmod:
soappie
thifty
toochoosey :staradmin:starmod:
Valli :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
xx_Jo_xx :staradmin


Special Award
LadyLiberty
(must post every day so we know what she is up to!)





New this week
w/c 19/10/09
doodledoo
jtb2412
Alwaysthebusybee
pinkbrick
Mumto5
feefeelalabelle
charlylovesphil
twoflower169
Swinstie73

pigpen

dreamywings1 wrote: »

Add me again please xx

you are already on the list you don't need to be added!

ajmoney

I am in again, maybe next week's attempt will be a bit better than last week

huston_kw

I'm in again, thanks pigpen, toots and soappie.

likklegibbon

Whoop whoop 1st page for ages...

I'm in again - just posting at work - just finished shift then off to see Tom Jones tonight at the NEC - absolute bargain - got ticket for a £5 donation to charity - OS or what!! Bunch of us going so off for a quick shower then a few in the Wetherspoons before we stagger across from here in the airport - may well be dead tomorrow tho'

sammiell

im in thanks Pigpen Toots and Soappie out at nec tommorrow so might get started toni
ght

Valli

waves enthusiastically
I though aj said she was gonna be making butter...:rotfl:

froddington

I'm in again! Have done the bedding today so that's a good start!

Thanks pigpen, Toots and soappie

Only 5 days til half term - thank goodness :j

soappie

froddington wrote: »

Only 5 days til half term - thank goodness :j

Half term? :eek: It seems like the schools have only just gone back!