Weekly Flylady Thread 21st May 2012

juliejim

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
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors
Clear a hotspot
Level three
Wipe table and replace tablecloth if needed
Wipe chairs and wash seat pads if required
Extras
HHI
HH Paperwork

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean sofas, wash throws, etc
Level 3
Dust all dusty bits
Wipe and water plants
Clean any wood on stairs
Extras
15 mins hotspot clearing
15 mins Rof D clearing

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two
Clear floordrobe
Hoover floors
Level Three
Clear landing
Sort and wipe bedside cabinets/drawers
Wipe lampshades and bulbs
Extras
Collect up all dirty washing
Catch up on any outstanding phonecalls or emails

Thursday - Bathrooms and Study/Conservatory
Level One
Give toilets a good scrub
Level Two
Clean sinks, bath, shower, etc
Wipe keyboard and computer screen/ laptop
Level Three
Clear and mop/sweep floors
Clean glass
Defrag computer
Extras
Catch up with any washing while you can use the line to dry it
HH Paperwork

Friday - Kids'/Spare Berdrooms
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two
HH Floor clearance - set the kids on if they're old enough!
Hoover any floor you can see
Level Three
Dust any dusty bits
Clean a window or two
Wipe rads
Extras
HH me time
HHI

juliejim

Sorry I'm dead on my feet after my Scout camp and I have no voice so I'll catch up with you all tomorrow.

smeeth

Thanks juliejim for this weeks thread, I'll keep up as much as I can.

Just letting you know the link to Toot's guide doesn't appear to be there..

Thanks.

mooomin

I'm in again Amended list is below:

Monday - kitchen and dining room

Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces

Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors

Level three
My kitchen is teeny so no table/chairs to do for me. I'm going to pledge to clean the fridge this week instead

Extras
Wash the bedclothes (changed the beds today)

Chill out and relax Julie, hope you're feeling better tomorrow. Xx

froddington

I'm in again - thanks juliejim :A

Sending thoughts and prayers to little William and family x

jjef - congrats; what age are you teaching?

Love, hugs and prayers for Toots, L-L and LW

Ooh, some of the kitchen done today so that's a headstart!

Monday - kitchen

Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors

My one-a-day (or 7-a-weekend!) list

- 15 minutes declutter M Tu W Th F Sa Su
- Boxes to Dad's
- Charity shop
- Bottle tops
- Books to school
- Sort a bookcase
- Car checks

miasnanny

:j We are in too

Funny, but DH was thinking the kitchen looked the worse for wear haha

Dustykitten

Thanks Jue, wishing you a good night's sleep.

Busy week here with something on every evening so flying will be just the basics I think.

Pledge to self - 15 minutes in the RofD every day will make a difference.

Time to get DS3 to bed.

Skint_yet_Again

I am hopeless at trying to get into a routine with cleaning,:o so have read instuctions and am going to have a go !!
First attempt so please bear with me

Monday
Kitchen and dining room:

Empty dishwasher and reload
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe the cupboard doors
Clear hotspot (kitchen table)
Wash towels and hang out if not raining

Bathroom:
S&S toilet and sink
Mop Floor

Hoover all rooms downstairs
HHI

Night-time routine:
Prepare clothes for the next day, make lunches, dishwasher loaded and on, swish & swipe kitchen and tidy living room before go to bed.

greenbee

Won't be in this week as my taxi arrives at 6am

Just having supper, then need to check the fridge, do the bins and set the DW off so there is nothing dirty left to fester... And then I need to pack. Although I can't find my laptop backpack so can only assume its in the bag OH used last week, which is at his, and he's out with one of the kids so won't get my message till it's too late to do anything about it need to find an alterative for my hand luggage.

MrsChaos

Evening all

I lost a long post this morning on the old thread and didn't have the heart to type it all again straight away.

First of all: I've caught up with some of your news, so (((hugs))) and positive thoughts to all flyladies/families who are going through a tough time. Also, thank you for the thread, jue. I fell off the wagon some way back and plan to climb back on. Won't be flying under full steam until the end of term (apart from spring bank), but I'll be around.

The past 19 months have been stressful, due to work, but the end is in sight. I'm not going to say more until I know for certain, though.

Apart from that, DS1 turned 18 a couple of weeks ago, we had a lovely holiday at my friend's in Germany over Easter and everything else is pretty much as it was. I'm looking forward to being part of this thread again. OS money saving will be even more important and I may have a great chance for finally getting this place sorted, with everyone's support.

Going to start the week slowly, though. DH has had a really nasty cold/flu bug (never seen him like this before) and he passed it on to me and the DSs, so I'll see what I can get done.

Have a good week, everyone. x

pigpen

Lovely to have you back MrsC xx