Weekly Flylady Thread 18th April 2011

pigpen

Do not lose heart if you cannot keep up with everyone else or reading the thread, don't try to reply to everyone and please remember to include something about flying in all your posts, chat is for the weekend when your home is looking beautiful!!! Things will settle again in a couple of weeks so don't worry it will return to normal and we will hopefully have some new fledglings.

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 - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Sort out coats, shoes and bags.. can those winter coats be washed and put away/charity shopped/ebayed?
Clean any electricals.. don't be frazzling yourselves though!
Level Three
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling those broken umbrellas and junk mail!



Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
3. Clean fires/behind radiators
4. Wipe the windows in these areas

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Declutter the floor!!
Strip bedding, wash and replace.. air the duvet while it is naked!
Level Two
Tidy up a chest of drawers.. fling anything that is unloved.
Vacuum floors!
Clear a box of stuff.. put it in its proper homes or get rid!
Level Three
Empty bins and do a mad 5 minutes filling the binbag!
Polish any mirrors or glass.. inc. dirty windows!
Wash any nets/curtains that are in need!


Extras

1. 15 minutes filing/shredding
2. Catch up with an old friend/relative you've not spoken to in a while
3. Tidy up the linen cupboard.. throw away anything unused/past its best
4. HH-something..

Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and large appliances
Give one small appliance a good clean!
Wipe out the fridge and get rid of anything gross and slide the stuff that needs using now into your meal plan
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Clean the filters and door seals and detergent drawers and run the machines through a clean cycle.
Clean through the cupboard full of food.. what needs using soon?

Extras

1. Clean the oven and hob
2. Wipe down all the paintwork
3. Wash the windows
4. Clean any pet bedding/poo trays/stinky tanks etc

Thursday ~ Cruddy Study & Bathrooms
Level One
Declutter floors!
Mop/vacuum/sweep floors
Level Two
Scrub tiles while running a defrag
Clean the bath, basins, shower trays and loo's
Degrot the desk and dust and polish the monitor and pc case etc
Level Three
Wash windows
Wash bath mats/shower curtains etc
Collect all the laundry from upstairs
Extras

1. Empty and wash out bins
2. Wipe all the sofas/chairs inthese rooms
3. Wipe paintwork in these rooms
4. Clear and wipe a shelf or two

Friday ~ Childrens rooms/spare rooms or neglected rooms!
Level One
Declutter the floors
Strip and wash bedding.. replace with clean
Spend half an hour doing something for YOURSELF!!!! You work hard and deserve it!
Level Two
Drag the junk from under the bed and put it away nice and tidy
Vacuum/mop floors
Dust and deweb
Level Three
Sort through a box of toys or 'stuff' and get rid of the junk and rubbish!
Sort through a cupboard of clothes and get rid of the stuff tat no longer fits and make it all tidy
Binbag dance
Extras

1. Straighten up the bookshelves
2. Wash the windows if needed
3. Scrub down the sticky paintwork
4. Tidy up computer/PS's etc and unsnaggle all the cables!!

pigpen

Hello and you are very welcome to join us on the flylady thread -we are delighted you want to try it.
I hope you will find the following helpful but please dont be afraid to ask anything -no matter how silly it might seem.We all have the t-shirt!
If you want to get your house ship-shape then you have definitely come to the right place!
Dont worry if you dont have time to post or read all the thread.

Hope we see more of you!



WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY FLYLADY(& GENTS) THREAD

1. A new thread starts on a Sunday evening via a link from the current thread so keep a watch out and dive in! (Click on the big writing)
2. Make sure you read the first post carefully as it contains all the info and abbreviations that we use!
3. A new list is added to the 1st post every evening by pigpen-the order changes every week
4. Dont get stressed with the mess just try to do the list to whatever level you can manage depending on your home circumstances - work, children, OH's!
5. Even if you only manage level 1 everyday when you come back to that room next week you will find it is easier and as time goes on it becomes more manageable and you will see huge differences. I know it sounds impossible but I can vouch for the fact it works!
6. Remember your home didnt get in a mess overnight so dont expect it to get tidy in a day!! Dont try to do the whole house at once - you will tire yourself out and sicken yourself -we have all tried it! BABYSTEPS -little and often and you will be amazed at the improvement.
7. Post what you have done and forget about what you missed. There is no such thing as failure here!
8. If you want to post a list and strike out what you have done -choose the 'go advanced' (its down at the bottom of the messages) and then highlight the line you want to strike out -press the S with the line through it (its near the end of the list of symbols above your page) and it will say'strike' at each end -when you post your message it will show with a line through it!
9. If you want to answer a particular post then press 'quote' and you will then be able to type a reply. To help keep the thread tidy & short if there is only a small bit of the post that you want to reply to then just delete the bits you dont want but be sure to leave the 'quote' at each end.
10. Dont worry if you cant keep up with the thread it moves very fast -just pop in and post so everybody know hows you are doing!
11. To defrag your pc (it appears on the list!) go to Start>>All progs>> Accessories >>System tools >>Disk defragmenter. You should do both C &D discs but 'C' is the important one - the more often you do it the less time it will take.
12. All posts should include some mention of the flying you have been doing - except at the weekend when we can chat more!

The support, encouragement and friendship on here is simply THE BEST! ask any questions and we will give you our tuppence worth - sometimes sensible sometimes totally insane!


We dont bite -well most of us dont -have fun!!
WELCOME to the totally bonkers mad house!!
toots:D

Money Saving Diva R.I.P.

sparkleworld

I'm in this week please

Dustykitten

Thanks for the thread, this week will be an upstairs week for me.

Monday
Our bedroom
[STRIKE]Hallway
hoover and mop downstairs
haircuts
cricket match
meat order[/STRIKE]

Tuesday
DS2 braces off - 2 trips to ortho
[STRIKE]bank money
WHSmith school stuff[/STRIKE]
Bathroom
DS3 room

Wednesday
DS2 room
[STRIKE]DS3 squash lesson[/STRIKE]
possible trip to boating lake

Thursday
[STRIKE]DS3 friend for bowling and day[/STRIKE]
DS1 room

Garden jobs for the week
[STRIKE]plant pond irises
nab some soil[/STRIKE]
Strawberry beds
plant out tuplips/blue bulbs - started
plant pond beds
plants for pond
[STRIKE]sow flower trug[/STRIKE]
do plant order
compost for veg patches

Misc
[STRIKE]easter trees[/STRIKE]
check CC statement
[STRIKE]street party email
governor emails[/STRIKE]
governor notes
reply to loads of emails/pms

4nnabella

I'm in this week! Have managed to keep the house nice and tidy over the past few weeks, except the bedroom which has an ever-growing floordrobe again! Every morning it's been 'I'm going to sort these clothes out today' but a week has passed and short of pulling one or two bits out of the pile and putting them away, I have not been successful! Oh well... maybe this week!

Anyway, am off to make the bed with my freshly laundered sheets!

fedupandskint

Count me in!

boddy

Im in again thanks to the flylady team.

paulies_nixie

Thanks for the thread Piggers

I'm in, and at the house with an iron fist. Hopefully burn some more calories

(**wanders off muttering** stupid flipping weight, been 500 under calorie goal 2 days in a row (taking into account exercise deductions) and I've PUT ON 4lbs! why bother really? why? **mutter mutter mutter**)

shell2001

I need to be in this week!

I have had another productive day and managed to:-

Mow & weeded front garden
Wash DH car - once kids gave up on it lol!
Helped DH put up girls bunk beds (he did most of it)
Cleaned window and net in girls room
Touched up paint in girls room and rejigged furniture
Washed all bedding
2nd load Washed
Built garden bench
Made strawberry pavalova and vanilla ice-cream
Made dinner (DH did dishes)
Hours ironing - still another hours worth to go

Will be glad to go back to work tomorrow me thinks!!

DD1 just had a meltdown 'cos some older girl at holiday club has been talking about ghosts - something to do with "bloody Mary" which I remember was on an episode of Supernatural - this other girl is 9 surely not suitable viewing. Anyway she told Elise if she hadnt forgot about the ghost by today they would haunt her tonight and kill her! Nice kid hey! Anyway lots of talking and trying to resassure her but she is currently in our bed, where I am sure she will wake up still alive tomorrow. So need to have discussions with the staff tomorrow.

Few bits to put on freegal so off to do that now.

msgnomey

I'm in!!!! On the first page too!!!!

chocolateteddy

I'm in sort of!! I am working full time mon, tues, wed so little time to fly but....
Yeah I did sitting room today as didn't get a chance last tuesday, so I have done already
Monday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One - Done
Level Two
[STRIKE]
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
[/STRIKE]Sort out coats, shoes and bags.. can those winter coats be washed and put away/charity shopped/ebayed?
Clean any electricals.. don't be frazzling yourselves though!
Level Three
[STRIKE]
Check those smoke alarms!
[/STRIKE]Wipe paintwork and [STRIKE]dusty places[/STRIKE]HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/[STRIKE]stairs[/STRIKE], wipe paintwork, fling those broken umbrellas and junk mail!



Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
   
3. Clean fires/behind radiators
4. [STRIKE] Wipe the windows in these areas[/STRIKE]
   

Rest DH can do with children tomorrow and try and keep house tidy while I work!!!


Today I also spent this afternoon in the garden potting on tomatoes, generally clearing up old leaves etc Just got to plant petunias and lobelia this week.

Never seen my house this clean and tidy just need to keep it that way but I'm sure with your help I will be fine:D