Weekly Flylady Thread 26th 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 - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Dust and polish electricals and fire surround
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Wipe over paintwork
Clean any bookshelves, ornaments etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Change any dead bulbs
HHC in the hallway.. sort those treasures brought home from school! and other mess!!

Extras

1. Vacuum AAALLLLLL the way up the stairs
2. Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
3. Spend 15 minutes tackling a hotspot!!
4. Check smoke alarms.. if you have none.. get some we had our lives saved by ours this morning!!!!

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sweep and mop the floors
Level Two
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Scrub cupboards, appliances and kickboards!
Scrub inside cupboard doors.. and do one cupboard thoroughly!
Level Three
Wipe over the back door
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean fridge and see what needs using first

Extras

1. HHI
2. Clean out the grill pan!
3. Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob..
4. Wash lightshades, cooker hood and change any manky filters!

Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
Level Two
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Wash windows
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use
Extras

1. Sort through a box of junk fom the landing
2. Binbag dance
3. Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs!
4. HHI

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!!
scrub the tiles.. paying particular attention to yellowed grout.
Wash bath mats, shower curtains, net etc
Level Three
Wipe paintwork on the landings
Clear and tidy and sort a bookcase/shelves!
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc
Extras

1. HHI
2. Catch up relevant phonecalls
3. Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever.. an email or letter or whatever!
4. Make a start on a craft project you've been wanting to do for ages!

Friday ~ Childrens Rooms, Spare rooms Or just neglected spaces!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor!
Strip and wash and replace stinky bedding
Make half an hour for YOURSELF!!!
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard of clothing
Sort through a box of toys/junk
Binbag dance
Level Three
Tidy/straighten a bookcase/shelf unit
Wash any curtains/cushions etc that are in need
Dust and deweb
Extras

1. Make a list of 5 things you want done by the end of term
2. HHI
3. Clean out pets.. make appointments for any vaccinations they need!!
4. Wipe away all sticky fingerprints and suchlike!

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 4 weeks 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


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New this week

kazwookie

Guess what I am in again!!!!

Thanks to all in flycentral command.

Get well all those who are ill. xxx

mumofjusttwo

Right I am in again this week.

Thanks for ll those that help with the thread.

Didn't do to well last week with the flying front and still need to get my house over as have CHAOS
Had a lovely day out with the children and my BF

juliejim

Okay I've just posted and it's disappeared! I'm in anyway - thanks to all

froddington

I'm in again - properly this week!

Thanks to pigpen, Toots, soappie and asbo!

List to follow ..........

froddington

pigpen wrote: »

Check smoke alarms.. if you have none.. get some we had our lives saved by ours this morning!!!!

:eek: pigpen - hope all is ok. What happened?!!!

MrsChaos

I'm in this week - thanks to Central Command! I'm in charge of the school run, as DS2 doesn't finish until Friday. No breakfast club/child minder needed. I'll go in to work Mon-Wed and Fri, making use of the free childcare to clear the CHAOS in class/storeroom. Hopefully I'll manage around 5 hours each day. It's DH's day off on Thursday, so we may go out somewhere.

I have some extras, too:
phone DS2's dentist
phone GP
phone my dentist (they cancelled Tuesday's appt :mad:)
print off stuff for holidays
check up on Muse tickets for Sept
sort insurance for holidays
book Moulin Rouge
Organised Mum order
order last bits of uniform (polos and Ts)
check that DS1 returns paperwork to college
get something to suppress weeds on patch of ground in back yard
plant last baskets and herbs
tidy back yard
use wii fit daily
sort prescriptions before holiday and buy joyride tablets

Ok, I'm off to get washing in/water plants/get DS2 ready for bed. Will catch up later.

Forgot to say: DS1 was bitten by a dog on his paper round this afternoon. :eek: It looks more like a graze and doesn't hurt, but I phoned NHS direct just in case. Will check with GP in the morning if his tetanus is up to date. Must also phone distributor for free paper to let them know that he won't be delivering to this house in future. Not sure whether (and how) to pursue it further, as he did go through the gate and there's a warning sign. xxx

soappie

pigpen wrote: »

1. Check smoke alarms.. if you have none.. get some we had our lives saved by ours this morning!!!!

Another fire? :eek: Blimey Piggers - hope you're all OK

toochoosey

I'm still here and in, (when I can) Thanks all xx

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

DD2 off on holiday for 3 [sniff] weeks with KH2/MIL2/whoever. Have established that KH2's OH believes that I don't clean, purely on the basis of DD2's clothing going over there filthy dirty and covered in cat hair. Next time, I shall send her a note, explaining that perhaps she could explain to DD2 the concept of PUTTING THE $^@(!£^$*$@&$@ CLEAN WASHING AWAY WHEN IT'S GIVEN TO HER! :mad

However, I have gained suitable revenge. DD was forced to engage in a major blitzing of her room today. Whilst I would have preferred to use the old fashioned means of Blitzing it (anyone got a spare Stuka anywhere? ), the neighbours might have objected, so we;

Got rid of DD1's bed and mattress.
Stuffed the cpra and gibble she hasn't bothered taking to her father's into her drawers and sellotaped them shut.
Moved DD2's bed.
Vacuumed everywhere.
Thrown away 5 bin bags of assorted gibble and s***.
Moved around the musical instruments.
Found a mic that needs to be rewired. The Bloke shall be teaching me to resolder it.
Chucked a small storage bench which self-disassembled as it was touched and threw away 90% of the art related gibble inside.
Deluttered an awful lot of rude words about the room.

I made her ladyship work for 5 hours .

She has now departed happily, knowing her room is cleaner than it has been for a very long time.

On my list for tomorrow (as The Bloke's Mother is coming to stay :eek:) is

Wash windows.
Relocate all but the books of extreme sentimental value to the charity shop, empty bookcase and make bed with poshest bedlinen.
Bunch of flowers on drawers.

and now I am going to declutter some coursework.

My life is non stop fun and laughter, isn't it?

Sigh.