Weekly Flylady Thread 7th June 2010

snowmaid

pigpen wrote: »

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 or 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/todailies are anything you need to do today and every day stuff like laundry, 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/binbag dance - 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!

Other abbreviations you may find useful

WM ~ Washing machine
TD ~ Tumble dryer
SC ~ Slowcooker
BM ~ Breadmaker
DW ~ Dishwasher
SOAADFA ~ Sit on 'bottom' and do 'nothing'
KH/XH ~ Ex-husband and other not so polite version
DH/DD/DS/DW/DP ~ Dear husband/daughter/son/wife/partner/whatever
OH/SO ~ Other half/significant other
NN ~ nice neighbour
Toxic (friend/mother/sister/whoever) ~ person in your life that seems to exist to make your life miserable
AF ~ Aunt Flo 'time of the month'.. nothing to do with flying but it comes up often.
ETA ~ Editted to add
gibble ~ miscellaneous crap that appears forever homeless

Monday ~ Kitchen and dining room!
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Two
Clean the oven and hob
Wipe the units and appliances
Clear and wipe table, replace cloth if necessary
Level Three
HHI
Wipe out the fridge.. meal plan for June!
Scrub the sink and tiles





Extras

1. dust and deweb.. make sure you do any blinds/lightshades too!
2. Empty and wash out all the smelly bins
3. Sort through a cupboard.. Only put back what you will use..freecycle or fling anything else!
4. bake a cake/buns or prepare a new meal for our family!

Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe over sticky sofas.
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean mirrors and other glass things that are meant to be shiny!
Level 3
Wipe paintworks and any grubby marks off walls etc
Clean any fluffy electricals and defluff behind the radiators!
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself




Extras

1. clear a hotspot or 3!
   
2. Clean light shades/fittings and lamps
   
3. Clean a window or two.
4. Wash any smelly soft furnishings!

Wednesday ~ Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash.. replace well before edtime!
Level Two
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!..
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere..
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades



Extras

1. Wash any curtains that need doing
2. binbag dance
3. Clean the windows
4. 15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome!

Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Air the room.. fling open the windows and let in the summery air!! I don't care if it is 13' below and snowing!!! lol
Level Two
Clean baths/shower, toilets, don't forget under the rim! and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc whatever needs cleaning.
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. and delete 10 dead/unused links from your favourites!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect any stray laundry from upstairs.


Extras

• Wipe the paintwork in these rooms
• Clean the radiators in these rooms
• Wash the windows in these rooms.. and shine the mirrors
• HHI... a bit more gone!
• Do any toothbrushes/sponges etc need replacing?

Friday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! paint your nails, make an appointment to have your hair done, a lovely soak in the bath.. whatever you feel like!! I'm having my nails done this morning as usual
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

Extras

1. Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
3. Sort through one box or toys.. if you have no children find a box of junk.. is there anything that needs to go?
4. End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

I really think it would be much easier if you just came and did it for me......:D

Triker

Wow what a difference, phone and inernet fixed...it was apparently the huge coil of cable that Sky should have fitted properly into the house but didn't that was causing all the problems...


Anyways, swept dining room floor

cleaned chickens

sorted cat bowls (bought her new ones as a treat)

TD on again

swept garden path

weeded a bit in front garden and swept step

shifted the compost bin somewhere else in the garden

raked some detritus up from garden and disposed of it

stardropped sink in bathroom

Plonked all dry washing in basket to be folded by others.

Now off to find some food, coffee and then on again with my listy.

I do feel better today, antibiotics must be working already (crosses everything and hopes I haven't spoken too soon )

Dustykitten

Afternoon all

Invigilating finished for the week.

I need my lunch and then I think dusting and paperwork in the family room but I must mop the kitchen floor too.

New virgin media HD box is broken after 3 days! nobody is very happy about this and I made that very clear to the various people on the 'helpdesk' - that is a loose term and against trading standards rules I would imagine.

Grateful hugs for you, MiL and DH at what I sadly know is a very stressful time.

Carol hoping you are still enjoying your freedom

Soappie - you alright Mrs? I hope the Mad Hatter did not come to your tea party cause I don't think I've seen you post since. Lots of love x

Toots - so happy you have been paddling and I hope you are having a wonderful time (thanks AnW'sMum)

Penelope_Penguin

Dustykitten wrote: »

Soappie - you alright Mrs? I hope the Mad Hatter did not come to your tea party cause I don't think I've seen you post since. Lots of love x

I'd noticed Soappie's absence, too, and your post has prompted me to PM her. Hope you're OK :A

Grateful - hugs coming your way, too :A

Snowmaid - welcome. I won't post you a tree just yet, though

Winchelsea - 49 years - some achievement :T

Hope you all like my new avatar :rotfl:

gratefulforhelp_2

Thanks for all the hugs, and soappie we love you.

carol22_2

Hi everyone!

Freedom is gooooood! Haven't caught up, have only just about recovered from last night... and the night before...

[STRIKE]Last exam! - Study study [/STRIKE]study
Buy food for Conor's friend coming
[STRIKE]Pick up photos
Hairdressers Thursday 11.30
Eyebrows
Buy 3 photo albums[/STRIKE]
Buy suede protector
[STRIKE]Dry cleaning
Email KR- food[/STRIKE]
Sort German insurance
Cancel gym membership
[STRIKE]Change of address letters[/STRIKE]
Get tickets for end of exams parties
[STRIKE]Get refund on TV licence[/STRIKE]
Buy single bed linen
Buy rest of work clothes
[STRIKE]Repaint holes in bedroom[/STRIKE]
Finish packing up everything
Defrost freezer
Clean kitchen
Clean living room
Clean bathroom
Clean bedroom

Busy weekend coming up, I think the next time I'll be checking in with you all is when I'm in Germany!

Love to everyone, hugs and vibes as appropriate!
xxx

nannyboo1

Afternoon fellow Stepford Wives (I wish)hope you are all well.

i feel that this would be more easy to do than explain why I need lists

Note to self – do not reply to threads attacking friends and be up till stupid o clock at night or you don’t want to get up for work in the morning

for your birthday wishes JulieJim, LW, Valli,

Gratefulforhelp – Sending hugs/positive thoughts for you and yours at this time – thinking of you

Okay sorry for the following tongue in cheek reply I promise no more after this post

Kez lou – you mean you actually had a day out and have a life how strange – sounds like a wonderful day out

oh and did I thank you Valli for showing me how to do Smilies in the post - do you think I have gone over the top

Pollybear

Afternoon all

I did all the bedrooms on Wednesday, so today I've vacuumed through downstairs, done a load of washing which is already dry and put away, and made an apple cake. DH home today so he's mended the back gate (again).

Hope everyone's OK.


I pm'd Soappie last night but I haven't heard back so I hope that just means she has some work to do.

Dustykitten

Floor mopped!

Started to sort the mound of paperwork in the family room but almost school pick up time now so I'll continue when I get back.

Yippeee the sun is starting to come out for the weekend.

serena

Making very slow progress here today.

DS1 decluttered to school for maths, picked up and dropped into town for lunch, then he has to do Graphics this pm.

I went straight from school to very helpful tyre etc place we use, armed with detailed list of instructins from OH - didn't try to sound at all as if I knew what I was doing!! They checked the tyres, asked if I'd hit any potholes recently...Are you joking, all my routes are pot holes loosely connected by thin strips of tarmac. The rear passenger tyre was badly deformed, and so they swapped it for the spare while they ordered two new tyres which will be fitted Tuesday, when they'll also adjust the tracking. Juddering duly sorted. They didn't even charge me for this morning, which probably took 45 minutes. I'm happy.

I've also had my haircut, so don't look quite so bedraggled.

I need to pick up DD sometime, and get her photos for AS photography printed off. They were supposed to be handed in today, but several of the staff are off, and they don't seem too fussed, so she'll get them in Monday.

Must, must get the bathroom cleaned, it's a hovel. The only motivation is that I'm scared of pigpen.;)


Have a lovely weekend AnW's mum. (I didn't read your post of course, it wasn't very interesting.:p:D)

Love the avatar PenPen, just didn't recognise you...

Hugs for grateful and OH, will be in my thoughts.

Love and hugs especially for toots, Lady-Liberty and Diva.