Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd August 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 - 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)
Wipe cupboards, appliances and kickboards!
Scrub out rubbish/recycling and compost bins .. we don't want bugs in them!
Level Three
Wipe over the window sills
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean oven and hob


Extras

1. HHI
2. Clean out the foody cupboards
3. Clean fridge
4. Run appliances through a clean cycle if they've not been done recently

Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Wipe and water the plants
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Dust the mantel and put back only whaat is supposed to be there
Straighten/tidy a bookcase
Clean any electricals.. be careful!
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Wipe sofas and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. sort those coats and shoes and mess!! .. don't miss the huge bags of gumf brought home at the end of term!

Extras

1. Dust dados/coving/skirting etc
2. Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
3. Spend 15 minutes tackling a messy cupboard or drawer.
4. Wipe the sofas

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!! (baby wipes are fantastic for this!!)
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important).. And your house phone.. they must be just as vile..
Level Three
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clean the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone electrocuted!
Extras

• Sort through those half empty bottles or ones with only a dribble left and decant into one bottle and recycle the rest!!
• Wash your bathroom mats etc
• Sort a wardrobe or part of, a drawer or set of drawers making sure it has what needs to be in it and any 'extras' are put where they should be
• Spend 15 minutes shining mirrors and picture frames

Thursday ~ master bedroom and landing
Level One
Declutter floors
Strip bedding, wash sheets and remake the bed.. BEFORE BEDTIME!!
Level Two
Vacuum floors
Tidy away floordrobe/chairdrobe and top of chest of drawersdrobe!
Sort through one cupboard of clothing
Level Three
Sort out the airing cupboard or linen cupboard.. wha t can go? What do you need to keep?
wash any curtains/nets that need it
Sort through one box of junk
Extras

1. Do a small job you have been putting off forever
2. check all the smoke alarms are working as they should!
3. Sort out the junk from your favourite/most used handbag!.. Get rid of those receipts from 1982 from your purse! lol
4. Fill a binbag for charity shop (or the bin if you prefer!)

Friday ~ 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. 15 minutes filing
3. List 1 item to sell
4. sort the shoes, coats and bags!

tootifruities

hose 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


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


ajmoney
ALIBOBSY
allie23
Amandaj32
angielovesveg (L)lurking because if I actually posted I would never get the housework donex
AnWs_mum
allchange
ashia
beckiem
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boddy.. because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
Cally_c
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Ishtar
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jjef
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juliejim
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Kevie192
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leed
lemanie
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MrsChaos
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msgnomey
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seafarers_wife
serena
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Sunnygirl
TAG
thifty
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toochoosey - cause every now and then i need a kick up the @rse
Triker
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Valli
Vanilla because I hate housework and need motivation
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kazwookie

I'm in again thanks to all at Flylady Central Command

Get well soon all those that are ill, thinking of you all xxxx

fedupandskint

Hello, well I didn't post last week and only did the WM run and a quick S+S of kitchen and bathroom

Felt tired this week and esp yesterday which is my usual flying catch up day

I'm climbing back on board the flying wagon this week to free up next weekend so I can go walking on one of the days

Thanks to all the flyladies and the Leaders x

Penelope_Penguin

I'm in again :j thanks to you all :A

juliejim

I'm here - thanks to the relevant few.

Mum_on_a_mission_2

I'm in again - thanks to the "three"

I'm working this week, DS at day camp, and now I'm coming down with a throat or chest infection? Suffice to say I'm more than croaky and can't stop coughing so will follow my own, not making me cough, lists.

HHsurf of web with a cuppa then a HHI.

Moam

nannyboo1

I've been absent a few weeks but can I be included in again not promising miracles but hope to get some of it done. Thanks to everyone for all the hard work put into the thread.

youngmum_2

Count me in please

I need all the help I can get, lol...

cazzab_2

Hi All,
Hope everyone is well. I'm in this week. Not getting a lot done lately- feel so tired. I am still breastfeeding baby which is being quite demanding at the moment, and the 2 girls (4yrs and 2yrs) don't seem to be sleeping too well either - and getting up so early! Just doing what needs to be done. DH working longer hours so that he can work a 4 day week and try to get some of the DIY jobs done. We've had a lovely day today - picnic, football and walk by a lake. Nothing done in the house but I don't care!
One of our cars has died so I can't go far next week - no excuse not to crack on in the house!

gunsandbanjos

I'm in though i don't know how much i'll get done.

DD is in hospital on wed for tests/xrays and in on thursday for surgery. My dad starts his radiotherapy on wed too so stressful week.

Hope everyone is ok. Hugs to those in need.