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Weekly Flylady Thread 16th January 2012
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juliejim
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Welcome to this weeks thread. Normally we have an influx of newbies around this time so welcome everyone, make sure you read this post and jump straight in. Don't worry if you can't keep up with the thread, it moves really quickly especially at this time of year, just concentrate on doing the lists and let us know how you're getting on. Any questions please ask.
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Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.
There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.
Every room comes back around next week so please don’t stress about catching up
These lists are only suggestions and not a must do list; you are more than welcome to post and follow your own lists.
Also adding a declutter mission each day will help to gradually clear the clutter and make flying easier.
A few of the basics before we start the week
Hotspots are areas where if one thing gets put there, loads of other things follow!
Daily routines are anything you need to do on a daily basis like washing, 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 - stick on some loud music, grab a bin bag and whiz 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!
Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Shine your sink
Clear and wipe surfaces including table
Level Two
Clear and hoover/sweep/mop floors
Empty the bins
Level Three
Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot
Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers
Wipe fronts, large appliances aand kickboards
Extras
HHI
Wipe and water plants
Meal plan
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
Clear floors and hoover inc stairs
Clear chairs and settees
Level Two
Clear and dust mantelpiece and fireplace
Clear and clean windowsills
Level Three
Wipe front door
Clean light switches
Check fire alarms are working
Extras
HHI
HH dusting
HH decluttering
Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip, wash and remake bed
Hoover floor - even if just the bits you can see
Level Two
Straighten airing cupboard
Tidy bedside cabinets
Level Three
Clear a hotspot
HH me time
Clean window
Extras
HHI - it should be nearly gone now
HHC in any neglected room
Hoover mattress
Thursday - Bathrooms
Level One
Clean toilet
Clean sink
Level Two
Clean bath & shower
Mop floor
Level Three
Wipe tiles
Clean grouting
Wash shower curtain, bath mats, etc.
Extras
Clean window
Descale shower head
HHE
Friday - Kids' bedrooms/spare rooms/study
Level One
Strip, wash & remake beds
HH me time
Level Two
Clear floors
Hoover floors
Level Three
Binbag dance
Defrag computers and/or delete unwanted emails
Catch up on washing
Extras
HHI
60 in 60
Sock pairing!
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Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.
There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.
Every room comes back around next week so please don’t stress about catching up
These lists are only suggestions and not a must do list; you are more than welcome to post and follow your own lists.
Also adding a declutter mission each day will help to gradually clear the clutter and make flying easier.
A few of the basics before we start the week
Hotspots are areas where if one thing gets put there, loads of other things follow!
Daily routines are anything you need to do on a daily basis like washing, 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 - stick on some loud music, grab a bin bag and whiz 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!
Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Shine your sink
Clear and wipe surfaces including table
Level Two
Clear and hoover/sweep/mop floors
Empty the bins
Level Three
Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot
Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers
Wipe fronts, large appliances aand kickboards
Extras
HHI
Wipe and water plants
Meal plan
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
Clear floors and hoover inc stairs
Clear chairs and settees
Level Two
Clear and dust mantelpiece and fireplace
Clear and clean windowsills
Level Three
Wipe front door
Clean light switches
Check fire alarms are working
Extras
HHI
HH dusting
HH decluttering
Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip, wash and remake bed
Hoover floor - even if just the bits you can see
Level Two
Straighten airing cupboard
Tidy bedside cabinets
Level Three
Clear a hotspot
HH me time
Clean window
Extras
HHI - it should be nearly gone now
HHC in any neglected room
Hoover mattress
Thursday - Bathrooms
Level One
Clean toilet
Clean sink
Level Two
Clean bath & shower
Mop floor
Level Three
Wipe tiles
Clean grouting
Wash shower curtain, bath mats, etc.
Extras
Clean window
Descale shower head
HHE
Friday - Kids' bedrooms/spare rooms/study
Level One
Strip, wash & remake beds
HH me time
Level Two
Clear floors
Hoover floors
Level Three
Binbag dance
Defrag computers and/or delete unwanted emails
Catch up on washing
Extras
HHI
60 in 60
Sock pairing!
NST #10 Steps 7K 2/30 10K 2/12 5 a day 3/30 NSD 0/20
MBNA £5500
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Thanks Jue
Time to start my list.
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
[STRIKE]Shine your sink
Clear and wipe surfaces including table
Clear and hoover/sweep/mop floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty the bins
Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot
Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers
Clean WM and DW filters[/STRIKE]
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
[STRIKE]Clear floors and hoover inc stairs
Clear chairs and settees
Clear and dust mantelpiece and fireplace[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear and clean windowsills
Clean lights shades
Clean light switches[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI
HH dusting - OH office
HH decluttering - paperwork
[/STRIKE]
Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
[STRIKE]Strip, wash and remake bed
Hoover floor - even if just the bits you can see
Straighten airing cupboard
Tidy bedside cabinets
Clear a hotspot
HH me time
Clean window[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI - it should be nearly gone now[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HHC in any neglected room[/STRIKE]
Thursday - Bathrooms
[STRIKE]Clean toilet
Clean sink
Clean bath & shower
Mop floor
Wash shower screen[/STRIKE]
Friday - Kids' bedrooms/spare rooms/study
[STRIKE]Strip, wash & remake beds[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear floors
Hoover floors[/STRIKE]
virus computers and/or delete unwanted emails
Extras for the week
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Meal plan[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]file DH pension stuff[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]photo for driving licence
fix holes in troussers [/STRIKE]
DS3 powerpoint - WIP - DH to put on memory stick
[STRIKE]Clean the trumpet to put away[/STRIKE]
more boiler research - almost there
[STRIKE]sort out meat bill
sort out tax bill[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Birthday present and card
Check cheque cleared - check again tomorrow[/STRIKE]
Check Isa rates for next week now
[STRIKE]Ocado refund - email sent[/STRIKE]
Bike research - DS2
Birthday present research DS3 - started
Street party letterThe birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair0 -
Thanks Julie
TThe house is spotless i just need to get going in labour now so will be lightly flying this week xxx
Love to all:j:beer: Officially Debt Free Nov 2012 :beer:0 -
oooer post 3 for me:D - mind don't normally post until Monday morning
Thanks to Juliejim for this weeks thread.
Sunnygirl - welcome back
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Shine your sink[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe surfaces including table[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover/sweep/mop floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty the bins[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot[/STRIKE]freezers done:T
[STRIKE]Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe fronts, large appliances aand kickboards[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Meal plan[/STRIKE]
Aaargh!! Quillion beat me to it0 -
JJ hope your toothache improves
Quillion labour vibes
Sunnygirl welcome back
Think I'll do a HH in the kitchen in a minute just to find it again!The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair0 -
:beer: Officially Debt Free Nov 2012 :beer:0
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Going to come on board with this again as feel as if I constantly clean but get nowhere. Probably a huge exaggeration as if I constantly cleaned, my house would be perfect and it is far from it. I am going to do the level 1 for tomorrow right now and get a head start. I will get the kids to do some extras as I wont be home until 8pm and I'll warn them to keep what I have done up to date
.Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Shine your sink
Clear and wipe surfaces including table
Level Two
Clear and hoover/sweep/mop floors
Empty the bins
Level Three
[STRIKE]Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot[/STRIKE]
Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers
Wipe fronts, large appliances aand kickboards
Extras
HHI
Wipe and water plants
[STRIKE]Meal plan[/STRIKE]5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.000 -
Hi and thanks for the list. I'm in in my own way!Flymarkeeteer: £168 and counting0
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Actually looked forward to new week's list!! Here goes...
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Shine your sink
[/STRIKE] - did thoroughly today, should be ok for another few days!
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe surfaces including table
[/STRIKE]Level Two
Clear and hoover/sweep/mop floors
[STRIKE]Empty the bins
[/STRIKE]Level Three
Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot
[STRIKE]Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers
[/STRIKE]Wipe fronts, large appliances aand kickboards
Extras
HHE - gym to be precise but do this few times a week, so my HH will be putting clean washing away
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants
[/STRIKE]Meal plan
Package eBay item & post Tues
Change LR bulb
SS bathroom & put away all the cleaning stuff I got out yesterday!
JANUARY STILL TO DO:
Plan NEW YORK baby - list after list after list!
Take recycling to bank
Take pics and list Ebay stuff - done a lot - about half left to do!
[STRIKE]Sort car insurance for me & home insurance for mama & MIL
[/STRIKE]Energy Switch - waiting 'til they all announce a price drop (hopefully!)
Sort out and shred all old paperwork in filing cabinet & file newer paperwork - this might be a holiday blitz - next hol (after New York) is Easter - can I wait that long???!!!
Clean out (blitz!) and wash both cars (with DH's help!).
Find a way to overpay more on mortgage - spread the cash better after New York hol in Feb.MARRIED MR E - 22nd Dec 2010 - technically now sazzye!:j
AIMS FOR 2012: LOSE WEIGHT/GET FIT! PREPARE FOR BABY-TRYING! OVERPAY MORTGAGE BEFORE MOVING HOUSE, DO UP HOUSE TO MOVE, SAVE SAVE SAVE - SOLICITORS FEES, STAMP DUTY ETC ETC. :eek:HELP HELP HELP!:eek:0 -
I'm in again this week, bring it on:D:j
Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]
Shine your sink
Clear and wipe surfaces including table
[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover[/STRIKE]/[STRIKE]sweep[/STRIKE]/mop floors
[STRIKE]Empty the bins[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Sort out a cupboard/drawer or hotspot[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean tea, coffee, sugar containers[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe fronts, large appliances aand kickboards[/STRIKE]
Extras
HHI:eek::rotfl:
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
Meal plan
[/STRIKE]
Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear floors and hoover inc stairs[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Clear chairs and settees[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and dust mantelpiece and fireplace[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Clear and clean windowsills[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wipe front door[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Clean light switches
Check fire alarms are working
[/STRIKE]Extras
HHI:eek::rotfl:
[STRIKE]HH dusting[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
HH decluttering
[/STRIKE]
Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip, wash and remake bed[/STRIKE]
Hoover floor - even if just the bits you can see
Level Two
[STRIKE]Straighten airing cupboard[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Tidy bedside cabinets[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]
Clear a hotspot
HH me time
[/STRIKE]
Clean window
Extras
HHI - it should be nearly gone now:eek::rotfl:
HHC in any neglected room
Hoover mattress
Thursday - Bathrooms
Level One
Clean toilet
Clean sink
Level Two
Clean bath & shower
Mop floor
Level Three
Wipe tiles
Clean grouting
Wash shower curtain, bath mats, etc.
Extras
Clean window
Descale shower head
HHE
Friday - Kids' bedrooms/spare rooms/study
Level One
Strip, wash & remake beds
HH me time
Level Two
Clear floors
Hoover floors
Level Three
Binbag dance
Defrag computers and/or delete unwanted emails
Catch up on washing
Extras
HHI
60 in 60
Sock pairing!Feb GC £80 per week (Well I'm gunna try:whistle:)
Diet starts today(31/12/16)! Only 18lbs to lose:eek:
4/2/16 - 13lbs to lose:D
11/2/16 - 12lbs to lose:D
3/3/16 - 11lbs to lose:D0 -
Ok so will give it a go again this week so a big thank you to jue for the thread this week.
DH is on days this week and so with him doing mostly nights all the time I will be spending as much time as i can with him and DD (as DS went back to uni yesterday)
Am likely the kitchen list as that does seem achievable even with not spending too much time flying.
Have got a full day at the paid work first so will see you tomorrow, hopefully minus jj's toothache and hopefully with labour pains for quillion :c:DMortgage, we're getting there with the end in sight £6587 07/23, otherwise free of the debt thanks to MSE help!0
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