Weekly Flylady Thread 30th July 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 - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
Clear the floor or at least a HHC doing this
Level Two
Hoover any of the floor you can see
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Clear and wipe the fireplace
Clear and wipe the windowsill or a shelf
Wipe telephones
Extras
HHPaperwork
Empty all bins
HHI

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear surfaces or spend at least a HHC doing them
Level Two
Wipe surfaces
Declutter floors
Level Three
Mop /hoover floors
Wipe table
Clean hob
Extras
Wipe and water plants
Clear a hotspot
HH Me time!

Wednesday - Bathroom
Level One
Deep clean toilets
Level Two
Clean bath, shower, sink, etc
Clear and mop floors
Level Three
Sort out medicine cabinet
Wipe skirting boards
Sort out airing cupboard
Extras
HHI
Pair socks
Catch up on any phone calls


Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Strip, wash & replace bedding
Level Two
Clear floor
Hoover floor that you can now see
Level Three
Sort out your underwear
Wipe lampshades and bulbs
Dust any dusty bits
Extras
HHPaperwork
Clear a hotspot
Wipe skirting boards

Friday - Kids'/Spare Bedrooms
Level One
Strip, wash & replace bedding
Level Two
HHC Floor clearance
Hoover cleared floor
Level Three
Sort out children's clothes - are any too small?
Clean a window or 2
Wipe off any sticky fingermarks
Extras
Me time

pigpen

I'm in as the house has to be spotless for saturday

bossymoo

Me too. Thanks for the list. LR not too bad so shouldn't take too long. Might have dd at home tomorrow, depending how she is. Not a happy little moo tonight.

frugalgal

Count me in too!

My Extras for the week are:

Take rubbish to dump
Weed the back garden
Complete uni paperwork
Phone Dr's re: DS
Clean all the upstairs windows
Clean the kitchen blind
Wash voile and curtains in DR
Wash the sofas
Buy the paint for DS's bedroom
Buy new duvets and curtains for DS's bedroom
Take DS shopping for some new clothes

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

froddington

I'm in again this week - thank you juliejim :A

Last week was a bit of a disaster flying wise so am making a concerted effort from tomorrow. I have nothing much planned until Olympic footie on Saturday (followed by a show!) so have decided this week is mega house declutter / sort / clean week so I can get it on the market before the end of the summer holidays.

Right - I've said it now :eek: Will no doubt need kicking by you lot (and numerous HHCs!!)

Need to sort a list now .............

lindsaygalaxy

I'm back in this week (may need encouragment though -holidays curse - sick! Sore throat, can't talk much and ear ache

Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
Clear the floor or at least a HHC doing this
Level Two
Hoover any of the floor you can see
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Clear and wipe the fireplace
Clear and wipe the windowsill or a shelf
Wipe telephones
Extras
HHPaperwork
Empty all bins
HHI

Extra jobs -
Make DD dentist appointment
Make mine and DDs opticians appointment
Go to I**a and get new storage for DS room
Move fridge out and clean behind
Sort out garage - and take rubbish to dump!
Weed the back garden
Clean out rabbit hutch

froddington

Ok, listy sorted. It will be done!!

Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs

Level One
Clear the floor or at least a HHC doing this

Level Two
Hoover any of the floor you can see
Dust any fluffy surfaces

Level Three
Clear and wipe the windowsill or a shelf
Wipe telephones

My 3-a-day list for weekdays
- HH declutter; sort DVDs; shredding
- HH declutter; sort CDs; book train tickets
- HH declutter; sort ottoman; sort letter rack
- HH declutter; sort bookcase; frame photos
- HH declutter; sort bookcase; sort mag rack
- HH declutter; sort bookcase; sort boxes

MrsChaos

froddington wrote: »

Right - I've said it now :eek: Will no doubt need kicking by you lot (and numerous HHCs!!)

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I'll be here and can help with both.

I'm in again this week - thank you for the list, jue. More pottering today and a lot of stuff has been rehomed from the kitchen and a few things from the DR, too.

I went to Lidl for fresh stuff and Asda Living (washing up bowl to keep potatoes in, a small plastic box for cat-related things). By the end of this week I'll hopefully be getting there with the downstairs rooms.

I know we don't normally carry stuff forward, but I'll keep a copy of my list from last week, as some of it will need to be done over the next two weeks and may not appear again.

Time to get my list ready:
Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Clear the floor or at least a HHC doing this
Hoover any of the floor you can see
Dust any fluffy surfaces: TV + stand, wipe sofas
Level Three
Clear and wipe the fireplace
Clear and wipe the windowsill or a shelf
Wipe telephones
Extras
HH[STRIKE]Paperwork[/STRIKE]declutter hotspot by door (COD with mail)
Empty all bins
HHI
clean interior door, wipe dado rails and skirting

I also want to do more sorting in the DR, so I can close the cellar door again. The light won't be good for the potatoes.

pigpen

Right geeks back and in bed.. Apparently DD3 has been a $h!t at his all weekend.. I said good she has been like it all week, toobigforherbootitus I believe it is called.. she is on her last warning.. any unwelcome behaviour and she will not be going on the trip with church on Wednesday.. and I am so cross I mean it. DS3 has been told if he behaves like he is under 13 at any point he will be on a computer ban for the week which means he won't be taking advantage of DS2 being away he has gob$h!teosis.. this is contagious as heck! and can be fatal.. one backchat too many I might kill him!

I shall go construct myself a listypoo!!.

liamsmum

I would like to join you all this week please. I have read flylady posts on and off for a year but never joined in, but no longer, I figure the only way to have a sparkling house is to give this a go. How long on average does it take before your housework got easier/less consuming and the house looked better? I don't want to start off with unrealistic goals, I think slow and steady will suit me better. I look forward to my 1st week of flying and getting to know you all.

pigpen

Mondailies

WM x4
DW
TD
Post ebay gibble
3 bags to CS
10 items on Ebay.
Check Bugs jabs
Collect DS3 prescription

Monday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
Clear the floor or at least a HHC doing this.. there is nothing on it but I'm sure I can manage a HHc in there.
Level Two
Hoover the floor


Deleted what doesn't need doing