Weekly Flylady Thread 12th July 2010

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 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 - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Declutter and vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Wipe sticky marks from sofas.
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Wipe and water plants
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Level 3
15 minute hotspot clearance!.. and/or filing
15 minutes sort of the junk on the landing!
Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it
Check the smoke alarms




Extras

1. Clear and wipe window sills
2. Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
3. Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
4. HHI

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Empty the junk drawer
wipe over light shades
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean fridge and see what needs using first
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!



Extras

1. Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
2. Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
3. Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob.. mines gross.. you need to shame me into cleaning it!
4. scrub the greasy tiles

Wednesday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check smoke alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the boiling hotness!
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of... and a pair of shoes only counts as one thing! likewise socks!
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extras

1. HHG.. weather permitting
2. Clean all the upstairs door frames
3. Clean windows in these rooms
4. Clear the top of a bedside cupboard/chest of drawers or shelf

Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! 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, shower curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Collect all the dirty laundry

Extras

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
3. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
4. If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
5. Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles

Friday - childrens rooms and spare room
Level One
Clear the floor and vacuum
HHC on yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!
Level Two
Strip the bedding get it washed and remake the bed
Wash windows
Binbag dance (doesn't have to be in one room it can be from all over the house!)
Level Three
tidy the cupboards /drawers of clothes
Catch up on important phone calls
Wipe grotty marks from the walls and paintwork
Extras

1. Clean out any pets
2. dust the light fittings/curtain poles etc
3. HHI
4. HHC in a room that needs lots of attention!!

tootifruities

PLEASE NOTE POST 2 IS FOR THREAD ADMIN - PLEASE DO NOT POST UNTIL THE LIST OF NAMES ETC HAS BEEN POSTED - THANK YOU.

Those who are new this week are posted in blue at the end of the list.

Please let me know if your name is missing - also let me know if you are a lurker so I dont take you off the list!!!! (I take off anyone who hasnt posted for more than 6weeks otherwise the list would become unmanageable)

PIGPEN.. You may call me ma'am, HRH or merely 'Oh illustrious leader'
toottifrootti.. Our official meeter. greeter and names keeper (as tootifruities)
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.
toots3(or asbotoots or substitoots) another backup for toots


(L) permanent lurker!
(P) carrying a flybaby


ajmoney
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angielovesveg (L)lurking because if I actually posted I would never get the housework donex
AnWs_mum
ashia
aytch
beckiem
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boddy.. because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
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Dustykitten because I keep falling off the wagon and love the community spirit
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toochoosey - cause every now and then i need a kick up the @rse
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Vanilla because I hate housework and need motivation
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1 step closer
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New this week
merlin1
roundtuit
SkintGypsy
LittleBit
danemi1
allchange

Penelope_Penguin

Oooh, oooh! I just missed being first last week - better luck this time?

Thanks to all at Flylady Central :A

hex2

Limps in *pathetically* Thanks everyone for the support

Count me in, last chance to get straight before the summer holidays..............

kazwookie

I'm in thanks to flylady central command

mummyslittleboy

I am in thanks to all at flylady central command. I need to get on top of things this week as the school holidays are getting closer:eek:

tyadog

I'm in too, and thanks to Flyland Command Centre!

Can anyone tell me what it is I need to use to get the sticky stuff from a label off glass please??

Thanks!
tyadog

toochoosey

I'm in, Thanks all xx

gotnodosh

Hello, I am in this week. Maybe Toots can put me on permanent Lurker status as I am pretty rubbish at posting.

Thank you too the Usual Suspects!

Pigpen you are keeping me in suspense of what list it is tomorrow!!!

MrsChaos

Thanks to everyone for the thread - I'm hoping to be in, if only in a fashion. Less school work to do at home this week, I think, but very busy days in school. I'm hoping to go to the theatre on Thursday with a friend, but otherwise should manage some flying in the evenings. It's a must, really, as next weekend will be manic. Shopping for mask making material, end-of-year thank-you cards/presents, DS1's DofE silver expedition (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 evening meals). Also summer fair at the club where DH is on the committee, High School Musical performance at school, washing/packing for DS1 ready to wave him off on Sunday afternoon. Should be good...:(

I hope everyone has a good week. x

froddington

I'm in again, although I'm 'camping' at school from Weds - Fri so won't anything done then. I'll pop home briefly after school finishes on Thurs to feed and water the furries but other than that things will have to be done at the weekend.

Thanks as always to pigpen, Toots and all her alter-egos!