Weekly Flylady Thread 20th June 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!

Monday ~ kitchen!
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Empty and wash out the bin.. make it smell sweet!
Level Two
Wipe all appliances.. large and small
Wipe over units and kickboards
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Sort and organise all the drawers in these rooms!..
Thoroughly clean the fridge
Wipe the table.. does it need a clean cloth
Extras

1. Clean filters and doorseals!
2. Wash the windows if they need it
3. Clean/descale a small appliance.. shake the crumbs from the toaster.. defuzz the kettle... de-mank the microwave
4. Scrub out the oven and hob

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
Level Two
Deal with the floordrobe
tidy the underbed stash of junk and miscellaneous gibble!! Rehome those dust mammoths!!
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Level Three
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!

Extras

1. fill a binbag for charity shop
2. fill a binbag for the bin
3. fill a binbag for a friend
4. fill a binbag for recycling!

Wednesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Declutter the floors
Declutter the flat surfaces inc. mantle.. even if you scoop it all into a box to deal with later!
Level Two
Vacuum the floors, stairs and sofas etc
Wipe any marks off the sofas
Dust and deweb!
Level Three
Sort a shelf.. or bookcase.. or cupboard
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move
Catch up on those important phone calls

Extras

1. Wash any soft furnishings that are grubby
2. Wipe the paintwork over
3. 15 minutes filing
4. Sort through the box/bag you chucked your 'decluttering' into!!!

Thursday ~ bathroom/loo and cruddy study!
Level One
Declutter the clutter!
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 & declutter the pc desk and give it a wipe!
Level Three
Declutter the email inbox and delete some useless links from your favourites
Wash and polish all the mirrors!!
scrub down the tiles
Extras

1. Empty all the bins AFTER 15 minutes filing/shredding!
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 - childrens rooms and spare room
Level One
Clear the floor!!!
vacuum the floor
Half hour you time!!!!!
Level Two
Strip the bedding get it washed and remake the bed
dust and deweb!
Clear out under the bed!
Level Three
tidy the cupboards /drawers of clothes
Catch up on important phone calls
Wipe grotty marks from the walls and paintwork
Extras

1. Clean out any pets
2. Wipe over any electricals etc Put away discs/games
3. HHI
4. HHC in a room that needs lots of attention!!

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!
13. Frog list - this is a list of annoying or horrid jobs that you have been putting off doing for too long - stop procrastinating!
    

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:

Pollybear

I'll be in

paulies_nixie

I'm back - and therefore in.
Thank you for the lovely thread ladies

Need to find someway of paying off holiday... so much for being debt free :mad: at least it's only a little!
Had an amazing time (pictures enough to bore you senseless on my facebook)
Probably wont be back properly till Friday when DH is back at work, but thought I'd declare my intentions early

Hugs sticks and spoons to all!
(And if you know how to loosen up back muscles - lemme know, that standing up thing has become a very painful experience )

shellysue

ready willling and hopefully able as I am not [paid] working this week :j

uropachild

Oooh new fred!

Zero flying done today, but i have drugged myself up and forced myself to go out into town for a bit to the family fun day celebrations we have locally. Was a real misery guts though.

Got told off by nhs direct for taking 12 paracetamols in 24 hours this morning and told to lay off them for 24 hours. On yer bike!! They may be crap pain relief, but it's the only thing stopping me from sobbing. I've rationed them out better today though and intersprearsed ibuprofen throughout too. Roll on 8pm for my next lot!!!!

Thanks to whoever posted that link to the drugs info - very useful!

Frittered_Away

Hello again I'll be working through my toots list, and maybe I'll clean my bedroom

Teeth still in pain. Going to have to look up dentists doing emergency appts I think :eek:

I know after my ankle incident I said I wasn't going to take ibuprofen again but I think it might help

AnW'sMum

Evening

Have hardly been on this week (which seems to be the norm at the moment ) But count us in for next week.

Dorastar

In and pottering through lists slowly - am working on my own lists tonight so can fit in round icklies, dh mad shifts, work and life.

LameWolf

:beer:I'm in as far as Level 1; rest of the time will be making sure what we want to take on holiday is washed and packed; I also want to steam-clean the carpet tiles in the kitchen and hall if I can manage it.

I'm only around on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week, in any case, so we'll just have to see what I can manage to get done.;)

greenbee

uropachild wrote: »

Oooh new fred!

Zero flying done today, but i have drugged myself up and forced myself to go out into town for a bit to the family fun day celebrations we have locally. Was a real misery guts though.

Got told off by nhs direct for taking 12 paracetamols in 24 hours this morning and told to lay off them for 24 hours. On yer bike!! They may be crap pain relief, but it's the only thing stopping me from sobbing. I've rationed them out better today though and intersprearsed ibuprofen throughout too. Roll on 8pm for my next lot!!!!

Thanks to whoever posted that link to the drugs info - very useful!

Paracetamol can cause liver damage so take their advice. Hopefully they've told you the best way to combine it with ibuprofen and what the doses are. Painkillers can be problematic when the pain is keeping you awake, as you can easily end up taking more than you realise. I have made myself very I'll on occasion by not paying attention to instructions (or getting things mixed up )

Clearly I'm not in this week, but hopefully the house won't get any grubbier while I'm away....