Weekly Flylady Thread 8th February 2010

hypno06

Count me in please!! Thank you to everyone for starting the thread as usual xx

Monday~ Living room/family room or other reception room!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floors!
Clean out a sideboard/bookcase/other storage
Level Two
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move!
Dust and deweb.. Make sure smoke alarms are still in good order
Clean the sofas.. vacuum under/between/backs cushions.. turn them over for even wear if possible.
Level Three
Sort out magazine racks/piles of newspapers etc.. can any be recycled?
Clear and wipe window sill.. do not put back the clutter!
binbag dance

Extras

1. Finish/do a small DIY job
2. Wash any soft furnishings that are ickified
3. Catch up on phonecalls.. to friends, family or nagging ones you have been naughtily putting off!!
4. wipe/wash/dust any ornaments

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining Mess
Level One
Sweep, vacuum and mop floors
Declutter and wipe worksurfaces
Shine that stinky sink
Level Two
Wipe table replacing cloth if necessary.. I want to see pretty tables piles of mail and pens and goodness knows what else has to go!
Clear out a cupboard.. The one with baking supplies or the one with pans and plastic boxes.. GO!! Or you could, if you have one, clear the pantry!
Wipe and replace small appliances.. Clean one thoroughly!
Level Three
Wipe units and large appliances.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe the insides of all the cupboard doors!
Organise any cookery books.. Dusted, destickified and placed back tidily!
Dejunk window sills
Extras

1. Wash/replace any scanky dishclothes/sponges etc
2. Throw out those bacteria breeding chipped mugs and plates etc
3. Sort out and restock medicine cupboards (I threw out loads from mine today )
4. Wash the brushes, mops, dustpans etc.. how gross do these get?

KazLA

OK, lets give this a try! Just going to aim for level 1 for my first week, anything else will be a bonus.

Thanks for putting some fun into cleaning!

kalojac

Thanks to Pigpen, Soapie and Toots again :T

I am in again this week hoping for 5 stars again. Hoping to get out into the garden this week if it stops raining for long enough to get the stray papers, recycling etc picked up and binned and also to get the path ways swept.

Hope everyone is well, good luck to everyone with their stars this week, Kalojac xx

Valli

I'm sort of in...
on Thursday I am going to visit my sister so I shall possibly try and blitz on Friday BUT I might have to go in to work and my teens have two INSET days this week - cruelly timed to match my non-paid-work days...having said that there is always Saturday....
***note to self IF I do some vacuuming at, say 9:30 am on Saturday I MIGHT not have to wake the kids UP by shouting them muhahahahahahahaha***

Many thanks to The Three Musketeers - All for One and One for All!

and I MUST MUST MUST UPDATE BANK ACCOUNT SPREADSHEET...
I'm so far behind...
***wanders off muttering about groats and farthings***
and e-mail the CSA
***goes to find hair shirt and flail***

have had a phone call from the boys-in-blue - well one of them, checking location of incident and what, exactly, I saw. Apparently a statement will be taken at some point...

ETA I forgot I am supposed to be going out on Friday night in Steel City...

ETA and I suppose it might be sensible to write down what happened yesterday before I forget:o

helen_jelly

I'm in again
Thanks to Pigpen, Toots ans Soappie for the thread


My extras which will stay on my list for about 7 weeks as they are big jobs for us/me to do;

1. Make a start on the bedroom cupboards - this will be on here for some time as there are 7 big cupboards and they are full of tat so its 1 cupboard a week
2. Major declutter in the kitchen cupboards to make room for the stuff on top of the freezer and for the Wok which we can't buy until there is room to put it somewhere and that drives DH mad
3. Put all the Xmas wrap in the Airing cupboard so its out of the way and frees up under bed storage for more essential things
4. Re paint mirror for DD and then put it up
5. Get sideboard out of garage on Friday morning for Age Concern

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Remove bed linen and replace with fresh linen
Declutter the floordrobe
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs.. make sure to do the bed base.. mine was gross
Vacuum mattress before replacing fresh linen
15 minutes grotspot clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Defluff and demuck woodwork... skirtings, window frames, door frames dados, picture rails etc

Thursday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
Level One
Declutter floors
Vacuum/mop all these floors
Level Two
Wipe keyboard/monitor etc.. bath, basins, bog.. the works!!
Check bath sealant/grout.. does it need replacing? If so either do it or arrange for it to be done
Wash bath mats, shower curtains, net etc
Level Three
Wipe paintwork up the stairs.. it always looks so much nicer cleaned and vacuumed!
Clear and tidy and sort a bookcase/shelves!
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc

toochoosey

Daily routines/todailies
laundry, M T W T F S S
swish and swipe kitchen M T W T F S S
swish and swipe bathroom M T W T F S S
ironing, M T W T S S
making beds, M T W T F S S
vacuuming high traffic areas,M T W T F S S
making meals etc M T W T F S S
15 mins in the attic M T W T F
15 mins in the spare bedroom M T W T F

Night-time routines
preparing clothes for the next day,S M T W T F S
swish & swipes of the kitchen S M T W T F S
tidying the living room before you go to bed S M T W T F S



Monday~ Living room/family room or other reception room!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floors!
Clean out a sideboard/bookcase/other storage
Level Two
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move!
Dust and deweb.. Make sure smoke alarms are still in good order
Clean the sofas.. vacuum under/between/backs cushions.. turn them over for even wear if possible.
Level Three
Sort out magazine racks/piles of newspapers etc.. can any be recycled?
Clear and wipe window sill.. do not put back the clutter!
binbag dance


Extras

1. Finish/do a small DIY job
2. Wash any soft furnishings that are ickified
3. Catch up on phonecalls.. to friends, family or nagging ones you have been naughtily putting off!!
4. wipe/wash/dust any ornaments

Thanks to all involved.....some rooms are looking great....others, well need a major overhaul!!!!

cosmomo

I'm in again. I need to start on the attic - now I've said it, I'll have to do it! Nag me if I don't mention it! It needs clearing so that builders can insulate it from the inside and DD1 wants it as a bedroom. I'll take a picture and show you the problem tomorrow....

Thankyou to the terrific threesome and here's hoping for a good week ahead!

pillion

Please count me in again. I have been a bit lazy the last 2 weeks, and it's showing, but tomorrow I'm going to try really hard.

Em586

Can I please join this week?

I've been following the thread since the start of the year, but I've had to do so much decluttering just to be able to do the tasks that I haven't really been able to join in, but last week I managed level 3 for 3 days, and nearly everything on the last 2 days (I work Thurs/Fri so I struggle to get motivated when I get home!)

We live in a small 2 bed terrace with a 2yr old, nearly 1yr old and a black cat (and cream carpets) with no storage space so things are tight.

I'm going to aim for 3 stars, as the master bedroom (aka dumping ground) is gonna get me every time.... but this thread has really helped me get things going and the house looks sooo much better than it did.

keggie

Thoroughly enjoyed my first full week so would love to try again this week. Thanks for the new thread etc.

Monday~ Living room/family room or other reception room!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floors!
Clean out a sideboard/bookcase/other storage
Level Two
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move!
Dust and deweb.. Make sure smoke alarms are still in good order
Clean the sofas.. vacuum under/between/backs cushions.. turn them over for even wear if possible.
Level Three
Sort out magazine racks/piles of newspapers etc.. can any be recycled?
Clear and wipe window sill.. do not put back the clutter!
binbag dance

Extras

1. wipe/wash/dust any ornaments
2. Make bread
3. Complete uni self evaluations