Weekly Flylady Thread 19th September 2011

pigpens

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 ~ Edited 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!

Monday ~ Master Bedroom and landing
Level One
Declutter floor, chairs and floordrobe
Strip wash and replace bedding and vacuum mattress if needed
Level Two
Vacuum Floors
Dust and Deweb not forgetting bed base, headboards & curtain poles
Binbag dance
Level Three
Tidy the linen cupboard
Wipe down the paintwork
Tidy away and shoes or books that are strewn about

Extras

1. Find 5 bits to send to charity shop/recycle
2. Wash windows
3. Wash any curtains etc that need it
4. Sort through your make up and smellies.. are there any that can be rehomed/chucked?

Tuesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs
Level One
Declutter and degrot the floors
Vacuum/mop floor
Level Two
Dust and deweb
Wipe all the paintwork in the hall and stairs, including doors
Wipe the sofas, remove all cushions and vacuum underneath
Level Three
Check smoke alarms.. HAVE YOU SORTED FIRE SERVICES/CHIMNEY SWEEPINGS BEFORE YOU NEED YOUR FIRES???
Clear and wipe the table/mantel/etc and put back only what should be there.
Check oil/coal stores and prices for those who need them for their winter heating.
Sort coats, shoes and bags into their proper places.. are any outgrown? need replacing?.. and get rid of summer ones no longer needed!

Extras

1. HHI and put it away
   
2. Declutter and make pretty the under stair cupboard/space
3. binbag dance
4. Clean out any smelly pets

Wednesday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Shine the sink!
Level Two
Wipe fronts of appliances and units - not forgetting the kickboards
Descale iron/kettle/etc
Wipe table and replace cloth if needed
Level Three
Clear and wipe tops of microwave/fridge/freezer
Check through the jars and cans and see what has been there forever and can be flung or needs to be used this week!!
Sort baking ingredients.. what needs binning what needs restocking and what can you use up this week? Christmas cakes will need making!!!
Extras

1. Empty and wash out bins
2. Sort through mugs and crockery.. fling the cracked and chipped bacteria breeding grounds!
3. wash windows
4. Thoroughly clean out 1 cupboard

Thursday ~ Childrens rooms, spare rooms or anywhere else
Level One
Clear the floor in a neglected room
Change any bedding that hasn't been done recently
Evict some spiders!
Level Two
De-grot a hotspot!.. all of one.. the whole mound.. what did you find underneath?
HH-something.. study, exercise, challenge, garden, iron.. what did you do?
Empty and clean out a cupboard.. fling the stuff you don't need and put back neatly the stuff you do!
Level Three
Spend half an hour doing something for YOURSELF!.. hair, nails or simply a bath!.. What did you do?
straighten a chest of drawers
HHI and put it away....again!!!
Extras

1. Wash any windows you have left and can now no longer see out of! (that would be all of mine!)
2. Wash any curtains that need it and put up your winter weight ones
3. binbag dance
4. Wash the sticky paintwork in one room!

Friday ~ Bathroom, loo and study!
Level One
Declutter floors
scrubify the tiles
Level Two
Clean the bath, loo, shower etc...
Defrag comp while you vacuum/mop
Wipe chairs keyboards, mouses monitors etc..
Level Three
Wash shower curtains/bathmats etc
Clean the radiators and paintwork
Shine the taps and descale the shower head!
Extras

1. 15 minutes filing
2. do some shredding
   
3. Delete 100 useless junk emails!
4. Dust & deweb the porch and get rid of junk mail
   

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! watch this for a better explanation!
    http://www.eatthatfrogmovie.com/
    
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

tootifruities

evening all

pigpen is a little occupied at the moment so she asked me to start the new thread for her - using her alter ego!!! I have given you 2 days work so that pigpen has time to get organised - probably 2 hard days but some of you say that you tail off towards the end of the week so hopefully you will have plenty energy to get these done first:D:D

have fun
toots x

dancemum

I'm in, thanks Toots. I didn't think we would get the week off somehow.

Penelope_Penguin

Good evening everyone :beer: What luck - I return after a long summer lay-off and here's a nice shiny new thread :j

DD skipped off to Uni yesterday, so I'm a bit shredded after moving her in. DD is alos off on a 2-week trip to the US, so it's just me and DS. We're catching up on Dr Who, and he's been allowed a small glass of red as a special treat :beer:

Hope everyone is well I'm working the next 3 days, so will post my progress as I can, and will be having a big Flylady Blitz on Thursday :T

seafarers_wife

im in again, just posting a list and then will update with frogs etc after ive had a nice hot bath

eta if its in purple my mum will do it for me :jand if its not on the list then its done or doesnt need doing thanks to the power of flylady already having kicked me into touch!

Monday ~ Master Bedroom and landing
Level One
Declutter floor, chairs and floordrobe
Strip wash and replace bedding and vacuum mattress if needed
Level Two
Vacuum Floors
Dust and Deweb not forgetting bed base, headboards & curtain poles
Binbag dance
Level Three
Wipe down the paintwork
Extras
Wash windows
Sort through your make up and smellies.. are there any that can be rehomed/chucked? - frog!
Tuesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs
Level One
Vacuum/mop floor
Level Two
Dust and deweb
Wipe all the paintwork in the hall and stairs, including doors
Wipe the sofas, remove all cushions and vacuum underneath
Extras
HHI and put it away
Declutter and make pretty the under stair cupboard/space
binbag dance

Frogs -
1. filing - saturday pm and sunday job this week
2. prepare house for winter (list on preping for winter thread)
3. install cat flap
4. more curtain things to be added to make them hang better
5. load all cds on computer and then copy to hard drive and then music magpie the oldies
6. put all dvds onto spreadsheet as bought duplicate today that didnt realise OH had - started
7. sort out my make up
8. sort out big outhouse - WIP till mum up to help with this
9. vacum pack spare pillows and feather bed so babys room cupboard clear. need help with this as need the hoover upstairs.
10. sort out coathangers for ironing lady
11. sort out spare bags/washing baskets in babys room
12. sort out carrier bags/bags for life in kitchen

sorting out stuff

1. chartity shop/clothes bank/shoe bank stuff in babys room thats already sorted
5. tesco carrier bag for life

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

In as always.

Minion has physio tomorrow and KH has decided to pick her up and take her swimming tomorrow evening - fine by me, and he even asked rather than demanded!

Still CBA to do anything, but at least she has her school gear ready to take upstairs - if I can chase her off the sofa!

Dustykitten

Thanks Toots for the thread - lovely to see you post.

Hope DD has a wonderful time at Uni PenPen

I will be here this week for a change concentrating on downstairs and an hour in the front garden each day (weather permitting).

Going to start the new thread by clearing my ironing and making our bed.

huston_kw

I've been AWOL for along time and my house shows it. I have got the motivation back so I will be back with yous all!

I will post my list and my own TDL when I've done some flying tomorrow!

MrsChaos

I'm in - thank your for sorting the thread, toots.

:hello:to penpen and anyone else returning!

I've had a lovely Sunday, but my list has suffered for it. Got to alternate jobs and fun for the rest of the evening as an incentive.

I kept on top of dailies last week, managed one HHC and a couple of frogs. Trying to improve on that this week, but it's definitely more than I managed the week before. Meals have been better, too.

Will slink off to the old thread to check my list and :eek: at what's left to do. Have a good week everyone and special thoughts for toots, LadyL and LW.

Monday's listy:
make veg soup
finish laundry
sort/fold/distribute non-iron clean clothes
HHC bedroom
e-mail CV to DS1
school stuff
HW and reading with DS2
tea
bath
DS2 packed lunch
my lunch
let NN's son know that I posted e-bay parcel

This week's 5
OH's forms
de-flea cat
set up calendar
follow up parking fine appeal
post letter and DS2's old jumpers

lil_me

Thanks for stepping in toots what a grand job of giving us plenty to do, crumbs I thought I might get off lightly with piggers being off duty!!

Anyway in in in because new routine starts this week. No more time to sort out as full days because studying starts again tomorrow so it'll have to just get done with a little extra each day. Tough. I'm not going to get behind this time. So if you see me slacking or missing out my study time a swift kick please!

I'm also back on the diet first weigh day tomorrow so hoping to have lost something! I have the cross trainer set up and ready to use, DP going to show me how to use the BP monitor tomorrow on it. Busy busy but it all needs doing

Oh and DPs loan final payment is tomorrow that I have been paying for 4.5 years he's just asked if that means he can give me less a week....erm you pay less than 1/3 towards our outgoings, haven't increased what you give me in 5 years.....t*t