Weekly Flylady Thread 1st August 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 ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Declutter the guff and put it where it belongs!
Empty bins etc
Attack a frog!
Level Two
wipe the sofas
Vacuum the floors, including the stairs
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs
Level three
Wash any curtains/nets soft furnishings that need it
Vacuum under any furniture you can safely move
wipe and water any plants

Extras

1. Update spreadsheets/meal plans etc..
2. HHI
3. 15 minutes filing/shredding
4. Binbag dance!

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
Declutter floors and work surfaces!
Wipe worksurfaces
Munch a frog!
Level Two
Wipe all small appliances and replace
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe over large appliances and unit doors.. make sure insides are clean too
Level Three
Wipe table and replace cloth if necessary
Clean out the grotty fridge
S&S the hob & oven

Extras

1. clean filters and door seals of large appliances
2. Clean windows and sills as necessary
3. HHI
4. Run washing machines and DW through clean cycles

Wednesday ~ Bathroom & Study
Level One
Declutter the floors
Scoff a frog
Clean the baths, loos, showers, sinks etc
Level Two
Collect all the laundry and deposit in the basket!
Wash shower curtains/bath mats etc
Defrag PC while you clean the tiles and shine the mirrors!
Level Three
Wipe any sofas/chairs in these places
Empty and clean out any bins
Recycle/bin any empties and make a note of what you need to restock on
Extras

1. dust and deweb
2. Clean windows and sills as necessary
3. Wipe over any paintwork
4. 15 minutes filing and desk clearance!

Thursday ~ Childrens Rooms and Land of Spare Oom
Level One
Strip beds, vacuum and turn mattresses if needed and remake with clean bedding
Put ALL the toys back in their homes!
Chomp a frog
Level Two
Declutter the floor
Laundry in the basket
Dust and deweb
Level Three
Sort a box of toys
Sort a cupboard of clothes
Vacuum the floors
Extras

1. Wash the curtains/blinds etc if needed
2. Wipe the paintwork/walls etc if needed
3. Wash the windows if needed
4. Smallfry gets to choose a DVD/film to watch and you have to watch it with them BUT.. and it is a big but.. they have to have helped do some tidying in their room!! Popcorn/sweets/crisps as appropriate..

Friday ~ The Bedroom and the landing!
Level One
Strip bed, vacuum and turn mattresses if needed and remake with clean bedding
Empty a box of junk from the landing
Frogmunching!
Level Two
Declutter the floordrobe
Laundry in the basket
Dust and deweb
Level Three
Sort a box of stuff from your room.. any box!
Sort a cupboard of clothes.. make it neat.. can anything be flung?
Vacuum the floors
Extras

1. Wash the curtains/blinds etc if needed
2. Wipe the paintwork/walls etc if needed
3. Wash the windows if needed
4. Spend half an hour doing something YOU want to do FOR YOURSELF!!! Hair appointment, nail appointment long soak in the tub.. YOUR time!! No sharing!

tootifruities

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 short term list of annoying or horrid jobs that you have been putting off doing for too long - stop procrastinating!
14. originally posted by Mudbath .."A 60 in 60 is putting away or chucking or charity bagging 60 things in 60 minutes ... a genius idea:rotfl:xx"
15. Toots'list this is a master list of absolutely everything you want to get done in the house and garden and your life in general - I went through each room and noted everything - this is a long term list - some things could take you up to a year!
    

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:

hex2

gilly, if you click on edit you can delete your post

HTH

Count me in, some days at home and a scary amount to get done in the count down to DH finishing work. One car to be cleared and replaced this week, plus one motorcycle to go, and the start of what I hope will be an ebay selling habit tonight.

Thankyou for the lists and the support.

gillypkk

thanks hex!

well ive made a start on next weeks frogs already!

i ironed on all the name tags on DS1 school stuff! i even put them on his jumpers which already have his name stitched on the front dohh!!

only 2 more weeks of school holidays left up here and my baby starts school :eek:

toottifrootti

thanks gilly

hex if you are a new seller you will only get to do 10 per month for 90 days!! so maybe worth setting up 2 accounts - 1 each? HTH xx

where's my manners - thanks for the new fred pigpen:D

vanilla

Thanks for the thread, i'm back in again this week....:D

Monday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Declutter the guff and put it where it belongs!
Empty bins etc
Attack a frog!
Level Two
wipe the sofas
Vacuum the floors, including the stairs
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs
Level three
Wash any curtains/nets soft furnishings that need it
Vacuum under any furniture you can safely move
wipe and water any plants
Extras

1. Update spreadsheets/meal plans etc..
2. HHI
3. 15 minutes filing/shredding
4. Binbag dance!

Frog list
1) sticks cut
2) fix blocked drain
3) brush fog of roof
4) phone sparky
5) phone joiner
6) find a wee book for meassurements
7) meassure all windows
8) take boarder off our bedroom walls
9) paint skirting in hall
10) undercoat and paint a door

Others
1) phone about appointment for physio
2) post ebay stuff

That should keep me busy. Right i better get the hot water on to get kids bathed.

seafarers_wife

im in again this week, am back to work a week on tuesday so i must get the house sorted out.

Monday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Declutter the guff and put it where it belongs!
Empty bins etc
Attack a frog!
Level Two
wipe the sofas
Vacuum the floors, including the stairs
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs
Level three
Vacuum under any furniture you can safely move
Extras

Update spreadsheets/meal plans etc.. frog
15 minutes filing/shredding frog
Binbag dance!

Frogs: lots of little ones for this week

1. close abbey accont
2. chase up builders quote
3. email ex landlord paid utility bills to get deposit back
4. email my manager occ health form
5. chase up phisio letter
6. cheque for OH's NI payments
7. kitchen cupboard
8. sort out clothes properly
9. check birthday card book (find it first!)
10. shredding
11. filing
12. list to MIL about baby stuff still needing to be bought
13. make list of baby stuff still needing to be bought
14. all books into babys room cupboard
15. tools from house into shed
16. book waxing apt
17. chase up scottish widows life insurance complaint
18. do menu plan
19. arrange weekend for my parents to come down and build/fix things
20. buy curtains and pole for upstairs window

Biscuit_monster

Hello,

Thanks for the thread. I'm very in this week.
xx

Dorastar

I'm back (now in hols) so will be able to poddle through listy's a bit. Major plan is to work on 3 - 3 things I must do, 1 for school, 1 for house and 1 with kids each day of hols. The size of the individual 3 things will vary but 3 rather than 33 sounds reasonable.

Tomorrrow's 3
1) painting clay models with kids (then bathtime to clean them up)
2) sort out new-to-us clothes for ds & declutter ones that don't fit
3) sort class 5's assessment folder

then the rest of the day is mine and any extras are a bonus.:j

seafarers_wife

ok have made a start on a frog, the books into the babys room cupboard. 4 huge cardboard boxes and a pile of books on the spare bed and ive done 2 boxes:j

going to have 5 mins breather as im melting and then do another HHC at 1750 if anyone wants to join in?

eta: ive also gathered all the tools in the spare room and put them in a storage crate and anything else to go downstairs is going in that crate so i have half done the tool frog

PepPop

Thanks for the thread guys. I'm been absent for a few weeks (computer died on me) but I'm back in this week.