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Weekly Flylady Thread 13th September 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
Dot-to-dotting ~ AnW'sMum's patented:rotfl: method of doing her house - you select a an area - not a whole room - maybe just a chair or the coffee table or a piece of worktop - just one small place and you clear it, you clean it and only put back what is meant to be there - deal with what you have cleared awy - the trick is to keep that 'dot' tidy - you can then do another or leave it until you have time and move on and do the same to another bit - just like dot2dot books you aim to join up your 'dots' and have a whole area tidy
Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Shine the sink!
Level Two
Wipe fronts of appliances and units
Descale the kettle!
Wipe table and replace cloth if needed
Level Three
Clear and wipe window sills
Clean out the oven thoroughly..
Quick s&s of the fridge
Extras
Level One
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
Level Two
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Change duvet for winter one if you need to.
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Sort stuff from the top of the wardrobe.. don't hurt yourself just if you can!!
Sort that present cupboard.. incorporate what you can to birthday/christmas list
Sort through a box of junk fom the landing
Extras
Level One
Clear and vacuum floors
Clear and vacuum sofas.. wipe away any sticky grubby marks
Level Two
Dust and deweb.. shine any glass/mirrors/electricals
Hang winter curtains and stock up on coal/oil etc for stoves if needed
Binbag dance
Level Three
Vacuum under furniture you can move safely
Check windows and doors for draughts and sort them before winter bites your bum!
Sort out ALL the paperwork strewn about.. put it all in a heap and work through it!
Extras
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
fling open the windows
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
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
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
Dot-to-dotting ~ AnW'sMum's patented:rotfl: method of doing her house - you select a an area - not a whole room - maybe just a chair or the coffee table or a piece of worktop - just one small place and you clear it, you clean it and only put back what is meant to be there - deal with what you have cleared awy - the trick is to keep that 'dot' tidy - you can then do another or leave it until you have time and move on and do the same to another bit - just like dot2dot books you aim to join up your 'dots' and have a whole area tidy
Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Shine the sink!
Level Two
Wipe fronts of appliances and units
Descale the kettle!
Wipe table and replace cloth if needed
Level Three
Clear and wipe window sills
Clean out the oven thoroughly..
Quick s&s of the fridge
Extras
- Sort all those unpaired socks!!
- Wipe skirtings
- wash windows
- Thoroughly clean out 1 cupboard
Level One
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
Level Two
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Change duvet for winter one if you need to.
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Sort stuff from the top of the wardrobe.. don't hurt yourself just if you can!!
Sort that present cupboard.. incorporate what you can to birthday/christmas list
Sort through a box of junk fom the landing
Extras
- Tidy floor of the wardrobe!
- Binbag dance
- Sort under bed!
- Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs!
Level One
Clear and vacuum floors
Clear and vacuum sofas.. wipe away any sticky grubby marks
Level Two
Dust and deweb.. shine any glass/mirrors/electricals
Hang winter curtains and stock up on coal/oil etc for stoves if needed
Binbag dance
Level Three
Vacuum under furniture you can move safely
Check windows and doors for draughts and sort them before winter bites your bum!
Sort out ALL the paperwork strewn about.. put it all in a heap and work through it!
Extras
- HHI
- Sort out one drawer/cupboard
- Sort a pile of stuff you have been ignoring for an age!
- Tidy a bookcase
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
fling open the windows
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?
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
- Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
- Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
- Sort through one box or toys.. if you have no children find a box of junk.. is there anything that needs to go?
- 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!
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.)
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WOAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Great to see people being keen, but please wait for Toots to make post 2 of the Thread Welcome before we have more posts.
I'll move some posts to last week's thread once Toots is here, and move this one later (so as people don;t think their posts have been deleted
)
ETA - I've moved to last week's thread the posts of the wives of Grum and Seafarer
and deleted the post of Zed (who has reposted below )
TIA :A:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
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
(P) carrying a flybaby
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:heart: R.I.P.:heart:
Money Saving Diva
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To do before the end of September
Our room
deep clean window
wash the floor
Hall
Deep clean landing window
Bathroom
deep clean window
wash down wall tiles
scrub shower tiles
Wash blind
Living room
sort out video cupboard
Family room
sort out boxes of pictures
sort out cupboard
[STRIKE]clean out box on desk[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]clean lights[/STRIKE]
Kitchen
clean AGA
DH office
deep clean
sort out cupboards
sort out packing drawers
paperwork
review pensions
sort bond
crb renewal
finish details document
[STRIKE]sort desk drawers
[/STRIKE]
Garage
sort cupboards
Side shed and playhouse
Tidy and sweep
Needs washing
duvets - 2 done
[STRIKE]DS1 bedroom blind - washed needs restringing/rod putting in[/STRIKE]
living room curtains
To buy
DS3&2 astro turf boots
flea/wormer treatments
Blind DS3 room
Blind shower room - need to put up
New garden fence
Bike for me - entered comp
[STRIKE]toilet brushes
washing line[/STRIKE]
To organise
chirstmas lists
christmas cards - how many do I have
new fence
new bike
friends's 50th presnetThe birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair0 -
Hi there .... long time MIA on my part !
I'm in this week, with DD back at school from last week, and me re-starting college this week, I need to get life in order ... bit by bit
Right, now off to form a mealplan for the week too, in for a penny, in for a pound
Look forward to getting cracking in the morning .....GC - March 2024 -0 -
I'm in :j Thanks to all at FCC :A Will do my soft shoe shuffle and see you all properly tomorrow :T:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0
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apologies my pc decided this was a perfect time to freeze!:heart: R.I.P.:heart:
Money Saving Diva
mummyslittleboy:A:heart:
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I'm in as far as possible but so far this week I've got
Monday night - Beavers
Tuesday night - free so far
Wednesday night - Cubs
Thursday night - staff meeting & Scouting interview
Friday night - Camp
Saturday - DS's birthday - friends coming for tea
Sunday - Camp
A fun week then!
Thanks to all at FCC
JueNST #10 Steps 7K 2/30 10K 2/12 5 a day 3/30 NSD 0/20
MBNA £55000 -
I'm in as usual this week quite a few things on my list to do alongside the usual
Things to do this week
Take things for car service
Make soup
Get uni stuff ready to register - certificates, letters etc
transfer funds
mend jumper
take photos for ebay
treat shoes with appropriate treatments ready to wear
Tidy out spare room wardrobe/chuck/bin/charity/ebay as appropriate
Take binbags to charity shop
Put container in back of car
Sort out winter box and list what is left to get
Start to empty out shed
Buy wedding wrapping paper and dark red flowered paperfinal unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550 -
I'm in in my own small way!
dusty that's a list and a half!!
Here's my small but perfectly formed list (most of it left from last week!)
Wash baby cardis(and throw in the mobile)
Wash carseat cover
Wipe over bouncy chair cover
Phone work re payslips for July & Aug
get more changing table baskets
Phone liz re nappies
post/give baby bits to Anna
put DH's opera bookings on calendar
do church magazine
book car in for MOT & service (oops runs out on 10/09)
Do birth plan!
strip & wash main bed (dh can remake)
meal plan from freezer
phone caroline
phone childminder re possible look around
phone hospital re looking round labour ward/dvd tour
cook chicken & ham
Monday - baby cafe (am)
Tuesday - Cathy 1.30-1pm (buy bag of ceaser salad for lunch)
Wednesday - Lindsey
Thursday -
Friday -Mum to gorgeous baby boy born Sept 2010:j0 -
And again...
Been decluttering the bathroom, managed to bin at least 10 bottles of various shapes and sizes, also wiped down the bath and shelf.
It looks marginally better, haven't got the energy to clean it up properly, pushed myself too far yesterday and am paying for it today.
Anyway, off to make tea, fajitas tonight, so best get on as we're all hungry.
Obviously I'm in.
Oh my lovely hubby has finished one wall of wallpapering the upstairs front bedroom.DFW Nerd 267. DEBT FREE 11.06.08
Stick to It by R.B. Stanfield
It matters not if you try and fail, And fail, and try again; But it matters much if you try and fail, And fail to try again.0
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