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Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd August 2010
pigpen
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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!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and a couple of shelves!!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Clean any fluffy electricals
Check when fires are due for servicing and make appointments for chimneys to be swept ready for winter.. order coal/oil for those who rely on it for heating etc.. I don't want anyone caught out!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!.. get fire brigade to come do a home check if you have none.. I want you all to be safe!
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT! Tidy coats/bags/shoes
Empty and wash out any bins
Extras
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Clean the sink!
Level Two
Wipe fronts of appliances and units.. kickboards too!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. clean 1 to perfection..
Wipe table and replace cloth if needed
Level Three
Sort out the medicine box.. we are coming up to snot and grot season make sure you have plenty of drugs to keep you going!!
Tidy the drawers.. fling those bits of junk you hid in there!
Wipe over oven and hob and fridge.
Extras
Level 1
Remove bed linen and replace with fresh linen
Declutter the floordrobe
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing fresh linen
Sort through your make-up/toiletries.. what can be flung?
Clear tops of bedside units/tables
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes
Defluff and demuck light fittings and behind radiator!
Extras
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 sofas/chair in these places
Wipe the paintwork/spindles/hand rails up the stairs hall and landing!
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc
Extras
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
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!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and a couple of shelves!!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Clean any fluffy electricals
Check when fires are due for servicing and make appointments for chimneys to be swept ready for winter.. order coal/oil for those who rely on it for heating etc.. I don't want anyone caught out!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!.. get fire brigade to come do a home check if you have none.. I want you all to be safe!
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT! Tidy coats/bags/shoes
Empty and wash out any bins
Extras
- Binbag dance
- Wipe the windows in these areas and clear sills
- Wipe and water any plants
- Sort a paperwork pile.. filing, shredding and organising bills to be paid!
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Clean the sink!
Level Two
Wipe fronts of appliances and units.. kickboards too!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. clean 1 to perfection..
Wipe table and replace cloth if needed
Level Three
Sort out the medicine box.. we are coming up to snot and grot season make sure you have plenty of drugs to keep you going!!
Tidy the drawers.. fling those bits of junk you hid in there!
Wipe over oven and hob and fridge.
Extras
- HHI
- Run appliances through a clean cycle.. you could put dishcloths in for a good clean!!
- Descale taps!
- Empty and wash out bins!
Level 1
Remove bed linen and replace with fresh linen
Declutter the floordrobe
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing fresh linen
Sort through your make-up/toiletries.. what can be flung?
Clear tops of bedside units/tables
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes
Defluff and demuck light fittings and behind radiator!
Extras
- Binbag dance!
- Air the duvet.. fling it over the line for half an hour if you can.. fly away bugs! Do you need you winter one on yet? If so arrange for your summer one to be cleaned and nicely pscked away!
- Clean windows in these rooms
- HHI
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 sofas/chair in these places
Wipe the paintwork/spindles/hand rails up the stairs hall and landing!
Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc
Extras
- HHI
- Catch up relevant phonecalls
- Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever.. an email or letter or whatever!
- If you are going to be making christmas cakes.. sort out what you need and get it on your shopping list!
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
- Make a list of 5 things you want done by the end of the holidays (or this half term if yours have already gone back to school!)
- HHI
- Clean out pets.. make appointments for any vaccinations they need!!
- Wipe away all sticky fingerprints and suchlike
LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
Hope to be debt free until the day I die
Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
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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!
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Posting cos I'm first!!:p
Not doing anything til tomorrow, but saw the thread was up and running, I might have a look and see what jobs are there for tomorrow...
It's only a game
~*~*~ We're only here to dream ~*~*~0 -
I'm in and will be starting tomorrow evening with the LR - easiest room for me!final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550
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Yey!! I am excited about trying a full week at this. Thankfully much of the LR & hall has been done this weekend, so an easy day for me tomorrow i should think. It's a good job too cause i am supposed to be working from home, it's my penultimate day of work before maternity! WOO!
Sarah.
DD is 8 years old DS1 is 6 years old
DS2 is 14 months old0 -
I'm in, but will probably be lurking as i've got loads to do this week and will never keep up with the thread!
Thanks to flylady central command.The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.Bertrand Russell0 -
Evening all, thanks to all the ladies who organise this, most grateful. Will try again this week, hope to manage level 1. Youngest starts school next week, so will be able to do level 3 soon! Will take a while to get over my baby leaving though, feel weepy at the thought. Am I being daft....Sealed pot challenge member no 1057
No toiletries in 2011, well shampoo, toothpaste or deodurant!0 -
Oooh can I get the fire brigade to come and do the home check thingie even though my smoke alarms work perfectly (as demonstrated whenever I cook anything under the grill)? Uniforms.....So, there are these boys,
They kinda stole my heart,
They call me Mummy
WW 37lb (2 STONE 9lbs! :j ) lost since July, 11tybillion to go...0 -
Hello, I am coming out of luresville this week as the house is a bit of a mess and I got another inspection coming up in a couple of weeks so got to get it shipshaped.
Thanks to the Usual Suspects!
My DS has moved back in with me so I might have to give him a couple of jobs to do. Or he can keep DD2 amused, that would help a lot.
Went for 20 week scan with DD1 last week. It was quite sureal actually, to think that my baby is going to be a mummy soon. I am not old enough lol!!! Looks like its going to be a girl! She got quite a few pictures too. They have already decided on a name, Maya.
I will try my best to post everyday next week, I need to get motivated and it will help if I post my list on here. Give me a bit of a spur on to make the list shorter lol!
Anyway, hugs to all that need them!
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and a couple of shelves!!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Clean any fluffy electricals
Check when fires are due for servicing and make appointments for chimneys to be swept ready for winter.. order coal/oil for those who rely on it for heating etc.. I don't want anyone caught out!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!.. get fire brigade to come do a home check if you have none.. I want you all to be safe!
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT! Tidy coats/bags/shoes
Empty and wash out any bins
Extras- Binbag dance
- Wipe the windows in these areas and clear sills
- Wipe and water any plants
- Sort a paperwork pile.. filing, shredding and organising bills to be paid!
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Evening all, I am in again after a few weeks AWOL - real life kinda caught up with me for a bit! My lovely brother is getting married a week today so I am away for 2 days and want to come back to a nice clean house! xxx
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and a couple of shelves!!
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Clean any fluffy electricals
Check when fires are due for servicing and make appointments for chimneys to be swept ready for winter.. order coal/oil for those who rely on it for heating etc.. I don't want anyone caught out!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!.. get fire brigade to come do a home check if you have none.. I want you all to be safe!
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT! Tidy coats/bags/shoes
Empty and wash out any bins
Extras- Binbag dance
- Wipe the windows in these areas and clear sills
- Wipe and water any plants
- Sort a paperwork pile.. filing, shredding and organising bills to be paid!
Pay Debt by Xmas 16 - 0/12000
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.0 -
Ooh! Can I join this week, please?
I have 3 children underfoot at the moment, so cleaning during the day is a bit difficult and, when my wonderful husband is at home in the evening, I generally have to work while he listens out for the baby, who likes waking up several times a night.
Anyway, for the next 4 weeks, he's working night shift so I'll be able to get some housework done in the evening as I'll be working in the afternoon. Much easier to listen out for baby while doing housework than other work.
And, the living room is the room I wanted to start with tomorrow :T.0
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