Weekly Flylady Thread 30th May 2011

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!

There are levels 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, level 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. Then for our super high flyers there are the extras.. a mixture of decluttering, cleaning and general improvement of your home. Don't feel you have to do any of it, just do what you can, anything you do which you didn't before is a step forward and to be rejoiced!

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 just ask.

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!

I hope you all have your frog list to hand.. you will need it! ~ You know the 10 items I asked you to think up on Sunday ~ RIBBIT RIBBIT!

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Do items 2 and 7 from your frog list!!!
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances and kickboards
Wash all the skirtings and door and window frames!
Level Three
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!



Extras

1. Thoroughly clean the tins/jars cupboard!
2. Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
3. Clean all the filters and door seals etc
4. Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed turned vacuumed other side and redress bed
Items 3 and 4 from your frog list!!
Level Two
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows in these rooms
Wipe all the doors and frames in these areas
Level Three
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!



Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. Binbag for charity
3. Sort out your own shoes and bags.. can any be rehomed?
4. HHI

Wednesday - Living area, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
Froggy items 6 and 9
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two
dust over all the electrical appliances.. be careful though I don't want any accidents!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Level Three
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Degrot the under stair space/cupboard.. I'm good to you all I know!
Dust mantle and polish any display cabinets or bookshelves etc

Extras

1. Wipe and water the plants
2. Clean out the pets
3. Wash any smelly soft furnishings
4. Get a pile of filing done!!

Thursday ~ bathroom/loo and cruddy study!
Level One
Declutter the clutter!
Froggy items 1 and 8
throw out 100 things from the house!
Level Two
Wash/vacuum floors
Clean the baths/basins/bogs etc and the keyboard and mouse!
Wash the bath mats, shower curtains and toilet hats!
Defrag the pc
Level Three
Declutter the pc desk and give it a wipe!
Wash all the windows and doors
Empty all those upstairs bins!

Extras

1. Dust and deweb
2. Polish any fire surrounds/radiators in these rooms
3. Clear a shelf/cupboard wipe everything before replacing neatly
4. Do a five minute job you have been putting off forever.. like changing a lightbulb or moving a hotspot...

Friday - Brats rooms, spare rooms or wherever!
Level One
Declutter the dog shelf
froggy list items 5 and 10
Don't forget your Friday you time.. half an hour spent solely on you!
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

1. Empty all the bins!
2. Binbag dance
3. Wipe over the paintwork
4. HHI

tootifruities

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

:heart: R.I.P.:heart:

Money Saving Diva
mummyslittleboy
:A:heart:

toottifrootti

i am in - list to follow

Thanks for the new thread pigpen xx

Frog List

1. meal plan
2. [STRIKE] sort through wool[/STRIKE]
3. fill in council form
4. fill in IS form
5. [STRIKE] fill in dietician's form[/STRIKE]
6. email shirley
7. move pc
8. ebay postcards
9. do study work from celia's book and return it
10. [STRIKE]sort photos files & doc files on laptop[/STRIKE]

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Do items [STRIKE]2 and[/STRIKE] 7 from your frog list!!!
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances and kickboards
Wash all the skirtings and door and window frames!
Level Three
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Extras
Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!
Tuesday ~ Master bedroom
Level One
Items 3 and 4 from your frog list!!
Level Two
Wash the windows in these rooms
Wipe all the doors and frames in these areas
Level Three
Extras
HHI
Wednesday - Living area, hallway,
Level One
Froggy items 6 and 9
Level Two
dust over all the electrical appliances.. be careful though I don't want any accidents!
Level Three
Dust mantle and polish any display cabinets or bookshelves etc
Extras
Wipe and water the plants
Get a pile of filing done!!
Thursday ~ bathroom/loo and cruddy study!
Level One
Froggy items 1 and 8
throw out 100 things from the house!
Level Two
the keyboard and mouse!
Defrag the pc
Level Three
Wash all the windows and doors
Extras
Clear a shelf/cupboard wipe everything before replacing neatly
Do a five minute job you have been putting off forever.. like changing a lightbulb or moving a hotspot...
Friday - spare rooms or wherever!
Level One
Declutter the dog shelf
[STRIKE]froggy list items [STRIKE]5 and[/STRIKE] 10[/STRIKE]
Don't forget your Friday you time.. half an hour spent solely on you!
Level Two
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!
Extras
Wipe over the paintwork
HHI




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

1. filing - job for May!!!! WIP to be finished in june:(
2. sort shred and file bank stuff
3. shred old accounts stuff that was in shed
4. [STRIKE]sort through pc files (I know its not strictly paper!!) WIP[/STRIKE]
5. make updated list of debts WIP
6. purge files WIP
7. Gather insurance documents WIP
8. Gather important papers for solicitor/DB/house & put in new file
9. Passport - fill in form, take to PO and submit - (need £85)
10. declutter and eBay the stuff to get the money for heater for (new)LR/ trip switch repair/ debts /passport £85
11. Wash the vacuum cleaner innards and filters.. do not reassemble until completely dry!!
12. sell and payout F's eBay stuff WIP
13. find and label all chargers
14. do contacts list for DB- 1 list done WIP
15. get emergency contact numbers for emergency box on top shelf
16. clean screen
17. clean tower on outside
18. do a Valli on the inside!
19. Clean keyboard -yeuch!
20. dispose of books from 2nd bookcase
21. wash voiles in LR
22. Sort through boxes of photos
23. clean and cover garden table
24. get garden parasol [STRIKE]repaired or replaced or[/STRIKE] dumped
25. move rest of stuff from shed and plants to new place WIP
26. find window cleaner who will do conservatory roof as well

(started with 205)

May
do all filing
use all 100 free listings on ebay- [STRIKE]83 DONE / 17 LEFT:D[/STRIKE] 100 done!
read and return 4 books to Celia)
read and return 2 books to Chris) looks like these are jobs for June

June
finish filing
use 100 free listings 0/100
read and return 4 books to Celia
read and return 2 books to Chris
do stuff for Jenny 4/12
bucket list

head down and batter on:rotfl:
toots xx

seafarers_wife

im in again not in work till friday but got lots to do in the new house so will be following the lists to the letter so that i can have the existing house nice and tidyish well clean anyways for anymore rental viewings we get.

my frog list is really the new house as got shed loads to do there as starting to get furniture delivered from next week and the sofas the week after that so really need things to be sorted asap.

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Do items 2 and 7 from your frog list!!! (highlighted in green on my "toots" list)
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances and kickboards
Wash all the skirtings and door and window frames!
Level Three
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!
Extras
Thoroughly clean the tins/jars cupboard!
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. write away with change of name - work in progress
11. sort out power of attorney
21. book dentist before OH goes back to sea
26. get quote for carpet cleaning rented house
27. back up all my spreadsheets onto both desktops and OH netbook in case my laptop goes belly up - MUST DO THIS AS MY LAPTOP GETTING VERY SLUGGISH
28. get pics of edinburgh and sydney framed.
29. take edinburgh prints with me this weekend.
30. sort out electrical box before we move
36. get up to date on filing
37. clear my shredding pile - wip
38. build our bed
39. build spare bed
40. sand down paintwork in our room
41. wipe down all paintwork in our room
42. paint woodwork in our room
43. paint our room
46. sand down living room skirting boards
47. paint living room skirting boards
49 sand down holes in walls
51. fix skirting board in bubs room
52. strip skirting board in bubs room
53. undercoat and paint skirting board in bubs room
54. paint walls in bubs room
55. buy carpet and get fitted in bubs room
56. demolish wardrobe in spare room
57. sand woodwork in spare room
58. undercoat and paint woodwork in spare room
59. paint walls in spare room
60. buy carpet and get fitted in spare room
61. loft ladders to be fitted
62. move everything from the rented house and deep clean before handing keys back

The_Dragon

I'm in - monthly/weekly list to be posted later :beer:

cyclingyorkie

I'm in too - tomorrow's aim will be to reduce the ironing pile!

ajmoney

I am in again, thanks for the lists and support. Many of my frog items are weather dependant but I will try number 7 even if it is only for 5 minutes.

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Do items 2 and 7 from your frog list!!!
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances and kickboards
Wash all the skirtings and door and window frames!
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!
Extras

1. Thoroughly clean the tins/jars cupboard!
2. Run the WM through a clean cycle
3. Clean all the filters and door seals etc
4. 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 M T W T F
Landing/Spare Room M T W T F
Bathroom M T W T F
Garden M T W T F Weather permitting!


List of 10 things
1 Gardening of any sort
2 Finish filling out passport forms
3 Gardening of any sort
4 Clean my car
5 Gardening of any sort
6 Clean OHs car
7 Gardening of any sort
8 Get a quote for sorting car door out
9 Gardening of any sort
10 Sort out cupboard in LR

My own list for tomorrow
Piano practice
Shopping
Piano lesson

fedupandskint

I am in and will be completing tomorrows list on the day now that uni is over for a few months and also off work for the day too with the BH!

Looking forward to catching back up again like I used to before I went back to uni juggling it with a full time job

froddington

I'm in as usual - thank you pigpen and Toots :A

I have been doing more sorting and flinging today and am feeling rather pleased with myself

Listy to follow ..................

embb

Thanks guys x

First page again - anyone would think I was keen.

I'm now full of jam doughnuts and giant chocolate buttons, don't feel good - yak! Off to get some water.

boddy

Im in again thanks to FCC.