Weekly Flylady Thread 20th September 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
Dot-to-dot
this is a AnW'sMum's way of tidying - pick a small area (not a whole room) like a chair/coffee/table/shelf/worktop or wherever- thats your first 'dot' - totally clear it - clean it - and only put back what should be there - deal with what you have removed (not just move it somewhere else) then if you have time move on and do the same to another 'dot' -the idea is just like a child's dot to dot book, you aim to join up all the dots and have a tidy room. The trick is to keep each dot tidy until you get them all joined up!

The Spoon Theory
http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/ar...e-miserandino/

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
Decrumb the toaster!!
Wipe table and replace cloth if needed
Level Three
Clear and wipe window sills
Clean out the fridge thoroughly..
Clean the burners and removable things from the hob thoroughly so they shine!

Extras

1. Make a start on christmas pickles and cakes!
2. Wipe skirtings
3. wash windows
4. Thoroughly clean out 1 cupboard

Tuesday - 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 those smoke alarms!.. get fire brigade to come do a home check if you have none..
Level Three
wash windows
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

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI
3. Wipe and water any plants
4. Sort a paperwork pile.. filing, shredding and organising bills to be paid!

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Sort medicine cupboard, check BB dates.. and refill first aid box.. don't forget to stock up on cold supplies!!
Remove bed linen and replace with fresh linen
Declutter the floordrobe
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs.. make sure to do the bed base.. mine was gross
Vacuum mattress before replacing fresh linen
15 minutes grotspot clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage
Wipe woodwork...

Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. Air the duvet.. fling it over the line for half an hour if you can.. fly away bugs! If you need to put on your winter one arrange the summer one to be cleaned and stored for next spring!
3. Clean windows in these rooms

Thursday ~ Bathroom and study..
Level One
Declutter floors
Clean bath, loo, shower.. etc etc.. you get the idea..
Level Two
Mop/vacuum floors
Wipe the desk keyboard monitor etc..
Pull out the desk and clean under and behind..
15 minutes filing
Level Three
Clean doors
Empty and wash out bins
Clean radiators/fires in these rooms
Extras

1. Wash windows and sills
2. Decant dribbles from bottles into fuller ones and recycle those empties
3. Wipe over sofas & chairs in these rooms
4. Clean paintwork

Friday ~ Childrens/Spare room or substitute for a neglected room
Level One
Declutter floor
Strip bedding.. washed and replaced!
Level Two
Vacuum floor
Sort a box of toys or junk
Rehome/bin 5 items
Level three
Dust, deweb and wipe away sticky grots
Straighten the shelves.. replace all the stuff thtat shouldn't be there
Tidy the clothes cupboards
Extras

1. HH-garden tidying!
2. 15 minutes filing
3. Wipe doors and paintwork
4. Wash windows

tootifruities

Ooops caught napping! Count this as my smash and grab

Asbo xx

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
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Penelope_Penguin

And relax .............

Thanks to all at FCC :A I'm in this week Will be finishing my own list before starting on the Thread List :T

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
Decrumb the toaster!!
Wipe table and replace cloth if needed
Level Three
Clear and wipe window sills
Clean out the fridge thoroughly..
Clean the burners and removable things from the hob thoroughly so they shine!

Extras

1. Make a start on christmas pickles and cakes!
2. Wipe skirtings
3. wash windows
4. Thoroughly clean out 1 cupboard

Penelope_Penguin

PenPen's Must Do By Tuesday List
· monthly meal plan
· investigate experimental garlic
· finish upholstering DD's ottoman
· label some photos
· [STRIKE]let down DS's 2nd pair of school trousers
· [/STRIKE][STRIKE][/STRIKE]label jam
· ebay more stuff
· collect windfall apples and pears
· library to return book
· [STRIKE]empty PM box [/STRIKE]
· [STRIKE]Mori survey on charities (for Scouts)[/STRIKE]
· [STRIKE]actions from Scouts meeting[/STRIKE]
PenPen's Must Do Next Week List
· sew badges onto DD's camp blanket
· download and print bank statements
· empty the wood basket of gibble and line it with newspaper in readiness for filling with logs
· dig, cook and freeze beetroot
· bloods taken for Breakthrough Generations Breastcancer survey
· asthma check
· pick tomatoes, cucumber and compost plants
· pick courgettes
· new glass shade
· PO to post packets
· pack away summer clothes to go into loft
· prepare football accounts for AGM
· check football subs after 14/10/10
· check DH has been paid
· sort some receipts
· charity commission return for scouts (by 03/11 - but DO IT SOONER!)
· make offer to Humbs Scouts (once we have cheque banked)
· ring brewery
· empty PM box
· order Brahms CD (when I get Amazon voucher )
· update Halifax security

tootifruities

Blimey nowt like keeping a girl on her toes! The real toots will be chasing me :rotfl: no where near her usual standards but hey ho.

Welcome to rach3lt and gilly1964 I will send you a PM in a few mins with the official welcome

pigpen

*trots off to find list*

I have a snotty baby though so may get nothing done.

Mumto5

I'm in. Thanks to FCC!

Got to take DS3 to Doctor soon. His cough has developed in to painful earache which had him up in the night. Don't know if he will make it into school yet.

Laters......

Zed42

Morning all

I'm back for week 2, hopefully, should go a little smoother (but highly unlikely, life doesn't seem to work like that, LOL!)

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
[STRIKE]Decrumb the toaster!![/STRIKE] Yippee, no toaster, and grill cleaned after each use
[STRIKE]Wipe table and replace cloth if needed[/STRIKE] Kitchen table thoroughly scrubbed yesterday, and dining room table not used since I changed the cloth on Wednesday
Level Three
Clear and wipe window sills
Clean out the fridge thoroughly..
Clean the burners and removable things from the hob thoroughly so they shine!

Extras

1. Make a start on christmas pickles and cakes!
2. Wipe skirtings
3. wash windows
4. Thoroughly clean out 1 cupboard

My List (for the week):

Make fairy skirt
Ironing
Venture out to the greenhouse and admit defeat on the tomatoes
College homework
Type up mealplan and print off
Source lining paper for replacing the newspaper on top of the kitchen cupboards
Scan 1yrs worth of credit card statements
Clean the dining room windows (outside)

Maxonian

Morning all - please count me in
x

MissHiggerty

Thanks for the lists, as ever. I'm in, but I really need to do my sitting room today, so I'm substituting my own list if that's OK:

Clean Sitting Room:

Tidy desk area and hoover underneath
Hoover beams and light fittings
Hoover lamp shades
Tidy and polish coffee table
Tidy newspapers, pencils, ornaments
Dust/Hoover fireplace, chimney hood, seats etc
Sticky mitt piano and all wooden furniture
Turn the seat pads on the sofa; hoover underneath
Windolene picture glass, TV screen and mirrors
Hoover skirtings and edges
Hoover carpet
Hoover underneath tall boy and behind bench

Wash hoover filter and leave to dry

Will be starting a HHC at 10:00am, though it will probably be a whole load of other little jobs first. Anyone want to join me?

MissH
xxxx

Dontknowanymore

Morning peoples!
Ok I'm up and determied, I have a docs appointment for my first ever smear test today :eek: then got a domestic violence course this afternoon so just popping on here, then going to crack on with level 1, i think that will be enough for me today.