Weekly Flylady Thread 16th April 2012

Dustykitten

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

Ok here goes this week!

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirtings too
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
Sort out the cupboard you visit the least - do you need all that stuff?
Wander around downstairs and make a list of all the homeless things which make flying tricky
15 minutes wiping (inside fridge/doors/small appliances etc)

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Start finding homes for your homeless items
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Clean the downstairs loo and basin
Level 3
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Change any pet bedding
Vacuum or wipe the sofas


Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Strip the bed linen and wash and replace
Level 2
Clear the floor and hoover
Dust away any cobwebs
Remove the piles of stuff on the landing
Level 3
Have some me time – soak your feet and read a magazine etc
Do any mending, sew on buttons etc
Sort out your summer tops in hope of some nice weather

Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level 1
Clean bath sinks and toilets
Level 2
Clear and clean the floors
Clear any clutter from desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level 3
Wash your bathroom mats and shower curtains etc
HHI
HHPaperwork - check your utility bills, if you are in credit at this time of year you may be able to get your DD reduced (I did). Start putting bits together for your tax return. Check travel insurance and passports are in date if you are going away (have a good trip Bossymoo). Are you opening an ISA this year?

Friday – Choose a room which never gets much attention
Maybe snug, kids bedroom, spare room, conservatory
Level 1
HH putting all the stuff away and rehoming items to other rooms
Level 2
Hoover or mop the floor
Change any beds not done
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
Level 3
HH Me time before the weekend
Catch up on phone calls you should have made
Hoover and S&S anywhere in need before the weekend

Dustykitten

Busy day tomorrow but still hoping to get most of the flying done.

Going to sort out bed for DS1's friend who is sleeping over and get DS3 to bed and then an hour of ironing I think.

kazwookie

Hi folks

Thanks for all the lists, I am working on them in my own way!

Have a good week

hex2

Thanks Dusty - count me in. I have tried to do most of that today without really progressing.

greenbee

I suspect that clearing the surfaces will take me most of the day am shattered. Think I might have an early night!

gtx

I've cut and pasted this from the old thread - I missed the start of this one:o


So today I wanted to;

• Go to Church - done:j
• S&S Bathroom - ended up scrubbing it out it was shamefully bad:j
• S&S Kitchen - DH has done that:j
• Sweep LR floor - DS has done that:j
• Sweep Kitchen Floor - DS again:j
• Kitchen table - still to do after dinner (we've had dinner & DW is on, just haven't wiped table down - lazy I know but it is Sunday)
• Clean fridge - will do that when I do packed lunches
• Laundry - DH hung it out, DD brought it in:j

DH also finished painting skirtings and door in porch:T - we had a flood the night after he had his heart attack:eek:, the only part of downstairs not affected was the porch but it looked a bit tatty compared to the rest of downstairs, which the insurance company took care of - thankfully:T

My frog is shredding:mad: - I have mountains of paper, starting tomorrow I will shred 10 things everyday from 'the pile' and anything that comes through the letter box that we don't need to keep:o

juliejim

Busy week for me this week as my nre Beaver colony opens but I'll do my best!

Dorastar

Up for level 1 and anything else a bonus

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirtings too
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
15 minutes wiping (inside fridge/doors/small appliances etc)

bossymoo

Thanks DK, good to have you back. Working from home tomorrow and might squeeze in a few jobs around that.

I also have some extras:
Get suitcase out of car for hols
Get loft insulation bits off other suitcase
Start getting hol clothes together
Pack - eek
Colour my hair - double eek

Am sure there is more I need to do to get us ready, so might add to this during the week.

Six more sleeps!

froddington

Thanks Dusty - I'm in again this week

Good to see some newbies and returners

Will sort a list in a bit .........

mummyroysof3

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirings too
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
Sort out the cupboard you visit the least - do you need all that stuff?
Wander around downstairs and make a list of all the homeless things which make flying tricky
15 minutes wiping (inside fridge/doors/small appliances etc)

also need to clean all the windows and mirrors and do some study