Weekly Flylady Thread 27th December 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 vital tasks for basic cleanliness, level 2 usually has some decluttering and clearing, 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. Binbag dances, 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 or carrier bag 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/FW ~ Ex-husband and other not so polite versions
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 dot to dot puzzle, 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!
RoD ~ Room of Doom, the one room that feels like it is a permanent pit and cannot be used to its potential!

The Spoon Theory

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/ar...e-miserandino

Ok here goes this week!

Monday...

Do your dailies and go spend time with your friends and family..

Tuesday...

Do the dailies..
and those who are doing the ironing challenge.. HHI
Binbag dance
Straighten the living room
S&S kitchen and dining areas

Wednesday

Dailies
Ironing.. time is running out for you doing the challenge
Binbag dance.. how many of those infernal wire ties did we get? :eek:
Bins emptied and cleaned out.
S&S kitchen and bathroom
Find home for some of the presents
Change some of the bedding!
When is everyone back to school?????????

Thursday

Dailies
HHI
Quick whizz over the downstairs with the vac and mop
Bins emptied and cleaned out
Wash coats ready for back to school next week and get homework/bags done.
Reshuffle boxes to get new stuff homes
Wipe over cooker and kitchen units
Check fridge for food that needs using up now!

Friday

Dailies
Catch up on listy its you missed or need redoing..
for those with family do's tomorrow get any prep done today..
Tidy away christmas stuff again and go relax!

tootifruities

Those who are new this week are posted in blue on 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)
or asbotoots another backup for toots

(P) carrying a flybaby

ajmoney
amancalledmartin
AnnaBeth
AnWs_mum
artichoke
ashia
boddy.. because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
cally_c
Carlsberggal
castri09
cat_smith
chazsucks
Chloris
Choccybix
choogirl
cosmomo
craftdaft
Craftyscholar
Curlytop40
cyclingyorkie
**dancingbutterfly**
diddly74
Dippypud
Disdisbiff
Doozergirl
dreamywings1
Dustykitten because I keep falling off the wagon and love the community spirit
embb
ExtremeBlonde
fedupandskint
franby64
froddington
funfairprincess
gotnodosh
gratefulforhelp (P)
gravitytolls
greenbee
grumswifie
gunsandbanjos (GnB)
harib0uk
Helen Jelly
Hellyboo
hex2
Hippy110
hollyh
invisiblecabbage
Ishtar
jackywhizz
jenagain (P)
jinky67
jjef
Jojo the Tightfisted
jools27
juliejim
kalojac
kassey
kazmeister
Kazsaver
kazwookie ~~ here for support and friends
kezlou
Lady-Liberty
lala1974
LameWolf
Laura D
lauradora
lemanie
life in termoil
likklegibbon
Lil_me - because she hates having CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) but it comes naturally
liloandstitch
lindseykim13
littlemissmanics
LKBlogg1980
Looby - Lou
loopy-loo73
lottie379
lou1981
macpep1
Maxonian
maybemischief
Mazzarati2000
melliec
MissHiggerty
Missus Aka
Mollina Girl
Money Saving Diva
Moneytroubles (P 05/11)
Mooloo
mrsmortenharket
msgnomey
Mudbath - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
mummyslittleboy
MummyEmm
mummyroysof3
Mummyyof5
mumoffour77
Mumof2
mum of 5 and a husky
mumofjusttwo
Mum on a mission (MOAM)
Mumto5
nannyboo1
Natty68
nattyt
newlywed
nicki
onestep
pavlovs_dog
pebbles88
Penelope Penguin
pipersky
pinkpig08
Pollybear
Poohbear59
poohspals
princesscupcake
rach
rachelet
rainbow81
raphanius
RealButter
sabs10
Sagaris
sammiell
sammr85
Sammy_Dee
SarahShattered
Sazzy6
seafarers_wife
serena
sexymouse - cause teaching and having a clean house should be possible
shopaholic232
short_bird
Shysarah
skylight
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.
sockdrawer
sparkleworld
spinks
SummerMoon - sometimes lurker, sometimes posting
Sunnygirl
TAG
tattycath
thifty
tiredwithtwins
toochoosey - cause every now and then i need a kick up the @rse
Triker
trulymadlydeeply_indebt!
twinmum07
twoflower169 (P 07/01/2011)
uropachild
undercoverblonde
Valli
Vanilla because I hate housework and need motivation
vivw
VJ2010
welshkaz
wilf55
Winchelsea
wit40iwtwan
woody1612
xx_Jo_xx
1 step closer
3tabbycats
4 Times Mum

Known lurkers
angielovesveg
beemuzed
ceebeeby
cloverfan
dinx1972
Eltee12
GeDink
*H*
huston_kw
jackieglasgow
Jassa
JennyJewell
lav1979
Molly41
mOZzy lurking down under!
Mrs_Beatson
MrsChaos
nattyt
Nicifer_noonoo (P 240111)
nightsong
nikki_angel
penguin83
Quillion
saver-j
SGT
Stefejb
TheFiendNextDoor
x_raphael_xx


And back by special request:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

the challenge is to have all your ironing done by New Year's Eve - to start 2011 with an empty ironing basket.

Do you think you can rise to the challenge? let me know and i will add you to the list

AnW'sMum nope!
boddy :T
Chloris
cyclingyorkie
Dustykitten
fedupandskint:T
Froddy:T
funfairprincess
helen jelly:T
hollyh
Jassa
jenagain
JennyJewell:T
jjef - life got in the way -maybe next time
JoJo
jools27
juliejim = WTG going the kids rooms - the ironing can wait
kazwookie - the mouse did it!!! yeah right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LadyLiberty not quite but who cares :T
macpep1:T
Maxonian
maybemischief - work got in the way
Mollina Girl
MrsChaos - almost but not quite but under control
MummyEm
Mumto5
Natty68 - didnt manage but its not that bad!
nattyt
nicki - aw well its washed ready for doing
onestep - not this year!
PenPen:T
Sagaris
sammiell
sammr85
saver_j
Short_bird:T
Shysarah:T
Sunnygirl
toochoosey:T
toots not this year!!!
trulymadlydeeply_indebt
twinmum07
Valli (should be a doddle for her!) :T
wit40iwtwan
amancalledmartin:T

this is not a competition - there is no prize except feeling good that you are starting a new year with an empty basket - try to encourage each other - we all want to succeed
dont wait until the week (or day) before to get started:eek: - try to do a little bit as often as you can.
toots xx

gunsandbanjos

I'm in:T:T:T Thanks Piggers and Toots. Hope you've had a fab birthday Ms Pigpen.

Mumof2_2

Thanks all and I'm in! xx

soappie

Well done!

Penelope_Penguin

Just popping in to say hello :beer: I may pass by during the week, but there will be fluttering only to keep CHAOS at bay

grumswifie

Hi there

Hope you have all had a good christmas. Thank you board ladies for all your hard work.

I am going to go for it this week, the house looks dreadful every room has at least one pile of displaced stuff in in. Spent about an hour today looking for DD1's ds lite which DS2 hid and can't remember where....

Triker

I'm in, phase one of Seasons festivities complete, onwards to phase two....New Years Eve.

Hope you're having a great birthday Piggers. xx

nicki_2

I'm in this week. DD is away until Thursday so nice and easy for me in theory :rotfl:

Mondays list for me:
Wash up
Laundry x 2 (will wait until X has dropped off DDs pressies though in case there's clothing in that lot)
Ironing
Asda - bits (write list first) as early as possible...thinking of skating there as its looks so slippery out and DEFINITELY a taxi home :eek:MUST REMEMBER NON-DIGITAL SCALES for kitchen :mad:
Put DD's gifts away (including de-boxing etc as appropriate)
Set Budget for 2011 (basing figures on no change in circumstances for the year)
Watch films that I've recorded for me
Make Pate for freezer (going to go and get the liver out now )
Sit & do NOTHING :D

Right, I'm off to scribble a list and then heading for bed. See you all in the morning when I get back from the shops :wave:

Dustykitten

I'm here for the company more than the flying this week. Only planning on keeping things ticking over with stuff all over upstairs with the decorating.

froddington

I'm in! Thanks to all at FCC for their hard work!

I think I may achieve Monday's list Thanks pigpen