Weekly Flylady Thread 9th May 2011

pigpen · 8 May 2011 at 7:56PM

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!!!

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 - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven and hob
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!

Extras

Thoroughly clean the cupboard under the sink!
Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
Clean all the filters and door seals etc
Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!.. and scrub the cat flap

Tuesday - Bathroom and study!!
Level One
Clear and declutter the desk of doom!! lol
Declutter the floors and sofas!
Level Two
Vacuum floors
dust the fluff away
Wipe over the sofas/shairs/desk etc
Level Three
Scrub the bath, shower, basins and loos
Scrub down the tiles
Wash any bath mats.. don't forget the slimy underneath!, shower curtains etc that are in need

Extras

Clean the windows and mirrors
delete 50 unwanted emails!
defrag the pc
Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash the filters etc make sure all are dry before rebuilding!

Wednesday - Living room, hall, stairs and porch!
Level One
Declutter ALL the floors!!
Clear the mantle of junk
Level Two
Vacuum/sweep all the floors.. stairs too!
Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas
Level Three
Wash the windows
Wash any soft furnishings that need it
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!

Extras

Wipe and water plants
Dust all the electricals.. carefully.. don't want any frazzled flybodies
Binbag dance
HHI

Thursday - Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip and wash bedding!
Clear some floordrobe
Level Two
Clear landing floor.. or sort a hotspot out there!!
Wash windows
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Sort out shoes and coats and bags! etc
Binbag dance
HHI
Extras

Reorder and tidy a chest of drawers.. if there is anything to get rid of.. DO IT!!
List 5 things to sell..
Dust and deweb
Make sure those smoke alarms are working!!! (do not set fire to anything.. just press the button!!)

Friday - Brats rooms, spare rooms or wherever!
Level One
Declutter the dog shelf
Binbag dance!
half hour YOU time!
Level Two
Strip and wash the bedding
vacuum and turn mattresses and remake
Drag all the junk from under the bed and place it all where it is meant to be!
Vacuum floor
Level Three
Wash the windows
Deweb, dust and destickify the room!
Straighten the cupboards of clothes!
Extras

Empty all the bins!
Clean out all the pets!
Wipe over all the paintwork
S&S the kitchen!

tootifruities · 8 May 2011 at 7:58PM

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

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)
Make sure you read the first post carefully as it contains all the info and abbreviations that we use!
A new list is added to the 1st post every evening by pigpen-the order changes every week
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!
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!
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.
Post what you have done and forget about what you missed. There is no such thing as failure here!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.

AnW'sMum · 8 May 2011 at 7:58PM

Evening all

ebayqueen_2 · 8 May 2011 at 8:00PM

Hi all
I am going to give it a go....thanks so much for this thread:T

toottifrootti · 8 May 2011 at 8:01PM

Thanks pigpen - I am in this week xx

Monday
ebay ebay ebay
filing
bike
finish C's books(3)
LL to finish work here
Dietician
phone E before tomorrow night
arrange home report with Solicitor
post 3 ebay sales
need milk, porridge, lurpak,
make bread
return forms to Council
return NIV form
check trip switch
phone R re church work
sell DW
sell wall paper stripper
water indoor plants
change of address/phone number
change of emails
Tuesday
as quiet a day as possible/ knit
bike
ebay ebay ebay
filing
chase up bed raiser fitting
check freezer/cupboards
meal plan for shopping thursday
bank transfer
Wednesday
pay plumber
eBay ebay ebay
filing
bike
morning service
prayer group
sort through something in spare room
Jenny
help Jenny with online order of cards
bank transfers
discussion group 5.45/ empty tops basket/ put on an instruction card
Thursday
ebay
filing
bike
assisted shopping - post packages, collect brochures, close bank accounts, birthdays for next week
special evensong 5.30 - give out books
Friday
eBay
filing
bike
empty last box of books
Saturday
ebay
filing
bike
Group day at Annie's
Sunday
eBay
filing
bike
church
1pm eye test

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floor

Extras

Clean all the filters and door seals etc
Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!.

Toots' list.............

filing= job for May!!!! WIP (sort and gather instruction booklets and guarantees /sort shred and file bank stuff/kids pictures/gather together all paperwork that has to stay with flat(boiler, re-wiring, plumbing drawings etc) /shred old accounts stuff that was in shed /sort through pc files (I know its not strictly paper!!) /make updated list of debts WIP
purge files WIP
Gather insurance documents
Gather important papers for solicitor/DB/house & put in new file
Gather papers for selling flat WIP
Passport - fill in form, take to PO and submit - (need £85)
declutter and eBay the stuff to get the money for heater for (new)LR/ tumble dryer/ trip switch repair/ debts /passport £85/outside plumbing repairs(flat)/
Wash the vacuum cleaner innards and filters.. do not reassemble until completely dry!!
sell and payout F's eBay stuff WIP
charge ewbank - cant find charger still cant find it
find and label all chargers
do contacts list for DB- 1 list doneWIP
get emergency contact numbers for emergency box on top shelf
clean screen
clean printer and see if fixable
clean tower on outside
do a Valli on the inside!
Clean keyboard -yeuch!
empty white box
water and re-pot plants
dispose of books from 1st bookcase
dispose of books from 2nd bookcase
repair burn hole on settee cushion
polish leather chair
get remote for leather chair repaired
wash voiles in LR
repaint scuffs/chips radiator in bathroom
Sort through boxes of photos
polish up briefcase and use for papers for DB/solicitor
shred stuff in briefcase
register exercise bike for guarantee
fill and polish C o D
lift hall runner and clean floor
clean small steps
clean and cover garden table
clean any jewelery needed
put all jewelery in new jewelery box
get garden parasol repaired or replaced or dumped
get rid of washing machine
move rest of stuff from shed and plants to new place WIP

(started with 205)

will need to add a few more now but this is the original updated - more will come off as it gets tarted up for selling.
May
do all filing
use all 100 free listings on ebay 12/88 left
read and return 3 books to Celia
read and return 2 books to Chris
do Stuff for Jenny

head down and batter on:rotfl:
toots xx

paulies_nixie · 8 May 2011 at 8:01PM

Hi Folks

Thanks to FCC for the thread

I'm in

gunsandbanjos · 8 May 2011 at 8:03PM

I is well and truely in this week!

jet77 · 8 May 2011 at 8:06PM

Count me in please

Feel all motivated because I sorted out 2 big cupboards full of stuff - had a BIG clear out and turned the larger cupboard (which has a light) in to a computer room

My house has an extra room all for a few hours work! I need to paint the walls and lay some lino but .... it's great

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One - Done

Tuesday - Bathroom and study!!
Level One -Done (at weekend)
Level Two -ooops ran out of time ... honestly I did .... didn't do any of level 2!!
Level Three
[STRIKE]Scrub the bath, shower, basins and loos[/STRIKE]
Scrub down the tiles
[STRIKE]Wash any bath mats.. don't forget the slimy underneath!, shower curtains etc that are in need[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash the filters etc make sure all are dry before rebuilding![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Sorted out at humungus hotspot in bathroom corner[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoovered whole house[/STRIKE]

Wednesday - Living room, hall, stairs and porch!
Level One
Declutter ALL the floors!!
Clear the mantle of junk
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum/sweep all the floors.. stairs too![/STRIKE]
Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas
Level Three
Wash the windows
Wash any soft furnishings that need it
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!
Extras

Wipe and water plants
Dust all the electricals.. carefully.. don't want any frazzled flybodies
Binbag dance
HHI
List stuff on ebay

Thursday - Master bedroom and Landing
Level One - Done

Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear landing floor.. or sort a hotspot out there!![/STRIKE]
Wash windows
[STRIKE] Vacuum floors[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Sort out shoes and coats and bags! etc
Binbag dance
HHI
Extras

Reorder and tidy a chest of drawers.. if there is anything to get rid of.. DO IT!!
[STRIKE]List 5 things to sell..[/STRIKE]
Dust and deweb
Make sure those smoke alarms are working!!! (do not set fire to anything.. just press the button!!)

Friday - Brats rooms, spare rooms or wherever!
Level One
[STRIKE] Declutter the dog shelf[/STRIKE]
Binbag dance!
half hour YOU time!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Strip and wash the bedding[/STRIKE]
vacuum and turn mattresses and remake
Drag all the junk from under the bed and place it all where it is meant to be!
Vacuum floor
Wash the windows
Deweb, dust and destickify the room!
[STRIKE]Straighten the cupboards of clothes![/STRIKE]
Extras

[STRIKE]Empty all the bins![/STRIKE]
Clean out all the pets!
Wipe over all the paintwork
[STRIKE]S&S the kitchen![/STRIKE]

ajmoney · 8 May 2011 at 8:06PM

Going to try and get at least a basic clean done this week, the house is tidy which is a start. Thursday will be a write-off so will work around that, trying to persuade OH to take Friday off too so we shall see. He commented earlier that maybe he should have taken some more time off as he only has Thursday for the funeral so far, his sister has taken quite a bit of time.

Thanks for all with the thread and for the support last week, you are all amazing x

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven and hob
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!
Extras

Thoroughly clean the cupboard under the sink!
Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
Clean all the filters and door seals etc
Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!

5 min declutter/cleaning challenge
Living Room M T W T F
Kitchen M T W T F
Main Bedroom T W T F
Spare Room M T W T F
Bathroom M T W T F
Garden M T W T F

Dustykitten · 8 May 2011 at 8:08PM

Thanks for the thread. Busy week for me but I'll be here.

Ebay listing done so to the ironing board - wonder who I can get to make me a cuppa.

Monday
Hoover upstairs
Hoover and mop downstairs
Make Pecan Pie
Make soup
Meal plan[STRIKE] and shopping list[/STRIKE]
HHG - [STRIKE]Tie in beans,[/STRIKE] sow french beans and [STRIKE][STRIKE]corn[/STRIKE][/STRIKE], finish edging
HHPaperwork
DS3 cricket match

Tuesday
Invigilating
Friend's cofee
Dust our bedroom, landing and DS3 room
DS3 school cricket and to a friends

Wednesday
Shopping and library
DS3 squash coaching
clean bathroom
HHG - weed gooseberry bed, sow nastershums
HHP

Thursday
Early Governor meeting
Dust DS1&2 bedrooms
[STRIKE]Hoe back garden[/STRIKE]
DS3 away cricket game

Friday
Possible trip to STA
Dust downstairs
DS3 afterschool athletics
Saturday
Sunday

sammiell · 8 May 2011 at 8:09PM

Im in this week im off til friday so no excuse i need to spend some time in veg patch and i have some plants to put in loads of washing and ironing could do with some of that on the list if our leader is watching:D
my display cabinets are a disgrace
the witches are still at it but its saved and printed Dh is going into school in the morning id just get upset and make a fool of myself
right im off to boil some ham!!!! laters samxx

ps thanks for all the support and helpful comments i really appreciate it Mmmmwwwwwwaaahhhh

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