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Weekly Flylady Thread 9th April 2007
lil_me
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Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread, usually ran by Moggins but I'm just filling in temporarily. 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!
For those just starting, it does get easier each week, it may take you an hour to do the tasks set at frst but in no time you'll get it down to less than half that (ask the others they are the living proof) Don't try to catch up, if you join us on a Friday start from then, everything will come back round again. Noone on here is perfect, there are some days I don't get everything done, but as always I give it a good go! Some find it best to set a 15 minute timer for each room/part of the task.
A few of the basics before we start the week.
Right then here goes Monday, sticking with last weeks plan of sitting rooms first.
Manic Monday - Lovely living rooms, heavenly halls and SAFE stairs!
Living room
1. Dust everything, get those ornaments down, dust them, furniture, photo frames clocks etc too!
2. TV area - clean TV, cabinet, make sure you give the digi boxes/video/dvd players etc a wipe before putting them back
3. Clean the living room window
4. Vacuum/Sweep and Mop, oh you lot love this one, inc under furniture you can move safely etc and those skirting boards
5. If the sofa needs a vacuum orwipe do so, check those cushions incase they need a wash, make most of nice weather and get them done
6. Move anything that shouldn't be where it is, like books, paperwork/magazines, toys etc
7. Water any plants
8. Wipe down living room door and handles
9. If you have a rug or cushions for the floor pop them on the line if it's nice to air them out
Hall & Stairs
1. Cobwebs - can you see any? get them dusted off
2. Clear the way, make sure your hall/stairs are not a safety/fire hazard, make sure those coats and shoes are tidy
3. Check fire/smoke alarms, make sure they work and if required change battery
4. Vacuum throughout inc up the stairs, but take a cloth with you
5. Wipe hand rails on the way back down
Seeing as it's a Bank Holiday no extras for today, aren't I nice to you all!
Tuesday
Kitchen, Dining Room & Downstairs Toilet
Kitchen
1. Wipe down all worktops, cupboard doors, drawer fronts and windowsill.
2. Clean top of cooker, inside of fridge and microwave.
3. Clean sink & drainer
4. Sort out fridge make sure anything that needs using soon is at front
5. Clean washer drawer out, clean filter in dishwasher if you have one
6. If you didn't do the oven last week have a go this week
7. Clean kitchen window
8. Wipe the washer, fridge and freezer front make sure those appliances sparkle
9. Clean floor
Downstairs toilet (if you have one)
1. Clean sink & toilet
2. Empty bin/rubbish from room
3. Wipe top of toilet cistern, and the flusher (handle/cord) etc.
4. Clean toilet floor.
5. Clean handles on both sides
Dining room/area (if you have one)
1. Clear anything from table that shouldn't be there
2. Remove table cloth and wash
3. Wipe table and chairs
4. Dust anything else that needs to be, and the top of door/frame
5. Vacuum dining room floor
Todays extra, cupboard/storage area sort. Will leave which one up to you, can even be the shed if you like, but give one unorganised storage area at least 10 minutes of your time today.
Wednesday Master Bedroom and Landing
1. Strip bed, replace linen after vacuuming mattress
2. Dust anywhere that needs to be
3. Put any clean laundry away, dirty washing in the basket etc and clear the floor
4. Vacuum (under the bed aswell if you can)
5. Clean window
6. Remove anything that shouldn't be where it is, take is out of the room as you leave
Landing
1. Remove any cobwebs
2. Dust window ledge and clean window
3. Vacuum landing after making sure it's clear
Extra for today (seeing as it's an easy day really) dampen down one hotspot
Thursday - Sparkly bathrooms and super studies!
Study
1. Clean PC, inc monitor, tower, mouse and keyboard (remember more germs on them usually than the toilet!)
2. Dust any shelves, swipe any cobwebs and wipe light switch
3. Vacuum floor (or if hard floor like mine sweep and mop)
Bathroom
1. Clean loo, now I mean clean everywhere, handle, cistern, under the seat etc
2. Clean sink and bath, make the taps shine with a dry loth
3. Clean any tiles, the window and the mirror
4. Take those bathmats out for a clean and hand towel, replace with clean/ed
5. Clean floor
6. If you have a shower make sure head is clean and the screen/curtain
Well if you've got no children or spare rooms you're done for the week. If you want an extra try 15 minutes paperwork sorting and a 27 fling boogie
Friday - Dreaded kids rooms and spare rooms
1. Strip the kids beds, remake with clean linen after vacuuming mattress
2. Dust and make sure everything is in it's place (laundry, toys, books etc)
3. Vacuum floor inc under bed if you can
Spare rooms
If you have one, give it 10 minutes of your time
Extra just the weekend prep, quick S&S of bathroom and kitchen, quick tidy of sitting room before bed to make sure all set for the lovely weekend. Well that's the end of the week sorted, hope you all have a fab weekend. See you on Monday/Sunday evening.
For those just starting, it does get easier each week, it may take you an hour to do the tasks set at frst but in no time you'll get it down to less than half that (ask the others they are the living proof) Don't try to catch up, if you join us on a Friday start from then, everything will come back round again. Noone on here is perfect, there are some days I don't get everything done, but as always I give it a good go! Some find it best to set a 15 minute timer for each room/part of the task.
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 are anything you need to do on a daily basis like washing, ironing, making beds, vacuuming high traffic areas, making meals etc
Nighttime 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.
27 Fling Boogie - stick on some loud music, grab a binbag and whizz around the house finding 27 items that can go out with the rubbish, recycling, for charity shop, basically anything that will stop it cluttering your home.
Right then here goes Monday, sticking with last weeks plan of sitting rooms first.
Manic Monday - Lovely living rooms, heavenly halls and SAFE stairs!
Living room
1. Dust everything, get those ornaments down, dust them, furniture, photo frames clocks etc too!
2. TV area - clean TV, cabinet, make sure you give the digi boxes/video/dvd players etc a wipe before putting them back
3. Clean the living room window
4. Vacuum/Sweep and Mop, oh you lot love this one, inc under furniture you can move safely etc and those skirting boards
5. If the sofa needs a vacuum orwipe do so, check those cushions incase they need a wash, make most of nice weather and get them done
6. Move anything that shouldn't be where it is, like books, paperwork/magazines, toys etc
7. Water any plants
8. Wipe down living room door and handles
9. If you have a rug or cushions for the floor pop them on the line if it's nice to air them out
Hall & Stairs
1. Cobwebs - can you see any? get them dusted off
2. Clear the way, make sure your hall/stairs are not a safety/fire hazard, make sure those coats and shoes are tidy
3. Check fire/smoke alarms, make sure they work and if required change battery
4. Vacuum throughout inc up the stairs, but take a cloth with you
5. Wipe hand rails on the way back down
Seeing as it's a Bank Holiday no extras for today, aren't I nice to you all!
Tuesday
Kitchen, Dining Room & Downstairs Toilet
Kitchen
1. Wipe down all worktops, cupboard doors, drawer fronts and windowsill.
2. Clean top of cooker, inside of fridge and microwave.
3. Clean sink & drainer
4. Sort out fridge make sure anything that needs using soon is at front
5. Clean washer drawer out, clean filter in dishwasher if you have one
6. If you didn't do the oven last week have a go this week
7. Clean kitchen window
8. Wipe the washer, fridge and freezer front make sure those appliances sparkle
9. Clean floor
Downstairs toilet (if you have one)
1. Clean sink & toilet
2. Empty bin/rubbish from room
3. Wipe top of toilet cistern, and the flusher (handle/cord) etc.
4. Clean toilet floor.
5. Clean handles on both sides
Dining room/area (if you have one)
1. Clear anything from table that shouldn't be there
2. Remove table cloth and wash
3. Wipe table and chairs
4. Dust anything else that needs to be, and the top of door/frame
5. Vacuum dining room floor
Todays extra, cupboard/storage area sort. Will leave which one up to you, can even be the shed if you like, but give one unorganised storage area at least 10 minutes of your time today.
Wednesday Master Bedroom and Landing
1. Strip bed, replace linen after vacuuming mattress
2. Dust anywhere that needs to be
3. Put any clean laundry away, dirty washing in the basket etc and clear the floor
4. Vacuum (under the bed aswell if you can)
5. Clean window
6. Remove anything that shouldn't be where it is, take is out of the room as you leave
Landing
1. Remove any cobwebs
2. Dust window ledge and clean window
3. Vacuum landing after making sure it's clear
Extra for today (seeing as it's an easy day really) dampen down one hotspot
Thursday - Sparkly bathrooms and super studies!
Study
1. Clean PC, inc monitor, tower, mouse and keyboard (remember more germs on them usually than the toilet!)
2. Dust any shelves, swipe any cobwebs and wipe light switch
3. Vacuum floor (or if hard floor like mine sweep and mop)
Bathroom
1. Clean loo, now I mean clean everywhere, handle, cistern, under the seat etc
2. Clean sink and bath, make the taps shine with a dry loth
3. Clean any tiles, the window and the mirror
4. Take those bathmats out for a clean and hand towel, replace with clean/ed
5. Clean floor
6. If you have a shower make sure head is clean and the screen/curtain
Well if you've got no children or spare rooms you're done for the week. If you want an extra try 15 minutes paperwork sorting and a 27 fling boogie
Friday - Dreaded kids rooms and spare rooms
1. Strip the kids beds, remake with clean linen after vacuuming mattress
2. Dust and make sure everything is in it's place (laundry, toys, books etc)
3. Vacuum floor inc under bed if you can
Spare rooms
If you have one, give it 10 minutes of your time
Extra just the weekend prep, quick S&S of bathroom and kitchen, quick tidy of sitting room before bed to make sure all set for the lovely weekend. Well that's the end of the week sorted, hope you all have a fab weekend. See you on Monday/Sunday evening.
One day I might be more organised...........
GC: £200
Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
GC: £200
Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
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I've missed being here so much - and the house has missed it, and so has my DH: so I made a start this evening (guessed wrong - did the kitchen!) so it doesn't feel like too much of an enormous task to get up to... Also got motivated to start decorating - so hopefully I'll have the paintbrush out next week.
Dailies
[STRIKE]Make beds[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean & lay fire (boiler packed up so it is currently our only source of heat in the evening)[/STRIKE]
o[STRIKE]/n washing out[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]DS1 bed protector in w/m (3rd day into no nappy at night)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]washing out[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]clothes in w/m[/STRIKE]washing out
[STRIKE]Own ironing [/STRIKE](with double bill of Corrie - hurray!!)
Social
[STRIKE]am Toddler Group
pm Library and then maybe visit to friends farm to see pet lambs[/STRIKE]
Garden
Plant salsify, spinach & lambs lettuce. Find something to plant in potato bed that won't annoy them.
Promises
Recover cushion
Manic Monday - Lovely living rooms, heavenly halls and SAFE stairs!
Living room
1. [STRIKE]Dust everything, get those ornaments down, dust them, furniture, photo frames clocks etc too! [/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]TV area - clean TV, cabinet, make sure you give the digi boxes/video/dvd players etc a wipe before putting them back[/STRIKE]3. Clean the living room window
4.
5. [STRIKE]If the sofa needs a vacuum orwipe do so, check those cushions incase they need a wash, make most of nice weather and get them done
6. Move anything that shouldn't be where it is, like books, paperwork/magazines, toys etc[/STRIKE]7. [STRIKE]Water any plants [/STRIKE]n/a
8. [STRIKE]Wipe down living room door and handles [/STRIKE]9. [STRIKE]If you have a rug or cushions for the floor pop them on the line if it's nice to air them out [/STRIKE]n/a
Hall & Stairs
1. Cobwebs - can you see any? get them dusted off
2. [STRIKE]Clear the way, make sure your hall/stairs are not a safety/fire hazard, make sure those coats and shoes are tidy[/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]Check fire/smoke alarms, make sure they work and if required change battery[/STRIKE]
4. [STRIKE]Vacuum throughout inc up the stairs, but take a cloth with you[/STRIKE]
5. [STRIKE]Wipe hand rails on the way back down[/STRIKE]Is it home time yet?0 -
Havent done flylady in a week or so and needs doing!
So my monday looks like:
Living room
1. [strike]Dust everything, get those ornaments down, dust them, furniture, photo frames clocks etc too! [/strike]
2. [strike]TV area - clean TV, cabinet, make sure you give the digi boxes/video/dvd players etc a wipe before putting them back[/strike]
3. Clean the living room window
4. Vacuum, oh you lot love this one, inc sofas, under furniture you can move safely etc and those skirting boards
5. If the sofa needs a vacuum orwipe do so, check those cushions incase they need a wash, make most of nice weather and get them done
6. [strike]Move anything that shouldn't be where it is, like books, paperwork/magazines, toys etc[/strike]7. [strike]Water any plants [/strike]
Hall & Stairs
1. [strike]
Cobwebs - can you see any? get them dusted off
2. Clear the way, make sure your hall/stairs are not a safety/fire hazard, make sure those coats and shoes are tidy
3. Check fire/smoke alarms, make sure they work and if required change battery
[/strike]
4. Vacuum throughout inc up the stairs, but take a cloth with you
5. Wipe hand rails on the way back down
dailies
Do load of washing
Get washing in and put away
Kyle0 -
My Monday consists of, hopefully
[STRIKE]My own list & usual 30 dailies/evening stuff (all broken into small tasks)[/STRIKE]
Do the annoying poking through grass bits in the garden path :rolleyes:
[STRIKE]Garden centre, see if I can get something edible to go in planters as herbs not growing that I tried from seed
determined to grow something edible this year! Need a fishing net too & some more planters
Pack and post eBay stuff that sold over weekend[/STRIKE]post tomorrow forgot was bank holiday
Sort through DS1s clothes and see if there is any more too small things for nephew (he's smaller than DS2 so handed the other way)
[STRIKE]Stitch DS2s coat, just found it's ripped under arm, quite big too
Bake some more nice things if feeling better, stopped today when coughing restarted
Prepare stuff for hospital this week, 3 procedures on day unit Tues-Thursday I must shave my legs etc before I go 
can't wear a gown when untidy
Find big drill bit for putting the hole in the wall outside for pond, might do myself as waiting for DP isn't happening[/STRIKE] had to buy new one, £10 :eek:One day I might be more organised...........
GC: £200
Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb0 -
I'm going to make the most of DH being at home and see where i can get up too. The house isn't looking too bad. It's fairly clean under the bits of clutter (ie toys) there are.
Monday 9/4:
Manic Monday - Lovely living rooms, heavenly halls and SAFE stairs!
Living room
1. Dust everything, get those ornaments down, dust them, furniture, photo frames clocks etc too!
2. TV area - clean TV, cabinet, make sure you give the digi boxes/video/dvd players etc a wipe before putting them back
3. Clean the living room window
4. Vacuum/Sweep and Mop, oh you lot love this one, inc under furniture you can move safely etc and those skirting boards
5. If the sofa needs a vacuum orwipe do so, check those cushions incase they need a wash, make most of nice weather and get them done
6. Move anything that shouldn't be where it is, like books, paperwork/magazines, toys etc
7. Water any plants
8. Wipe down living room door and handles
Hall & Stairs
[STRIKE]1. Cobwebs - can you see any? get them dusted off [/STRIKE] only done on Friday
[STRIKE]2. Clear the way, make sure your hall/stairs are not a safety/fire hazard, make sure those coats and shoes are tidy[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]3. Check fire/smoke alarms, make sure they work and if required change battery[/STRIKE]
4. Vacuum throughout inc up the stairs, but take a cloth with you
5. Wipe hand rails on the way back down
Make baby bottles
Make jacket potatoes and chilli/salad for lunch
Make salmon, and veggies for dinner
Make fruit based baby purees
Adjust baby buggy
Wash curtains from master bedroom
Clean back door uPVC and glass
Clean outside of patio doors uPVC and glass
Clean outside of front door and porch uPVC and glass
Clean inside of front door and porch uPVC and glass
Shake out the door mat
Clean the porch floor
Pack 3-6 month clothes in boxes
Ring npower with reading and about DD increase
Do some ironing
Put ironed clothes away
Lower babys cot
Dismantle old bed in spare room
Hoover space under bed
Swap beds in spare room
Clean outside of window in spare room
Wash curtains from spare room
plus anything else that comes up throughout the day
I'm going to admit to myself that some of these things are on the wish list, so will see how i go, and what doesn't get done i won't get upset by. I am going to prioritise dealing with the ironing, and packing away Charlie's clothes he has grown out of as these have been on the list a few weeks and i am getting nowhere quickly with them. you must be as fed up as me of seeing them there.
Also, if it is nice again, i think we should do something in the garden, as it was last touched by me when i was about 35 weeks pregnant, and DS is now nearly 6 months pld, so that was a good while ago, and the ivy and other climbers have gone bonkers with the nice weather.
Anyway, DH doesn't look like he's making a move to wash up, so i'd best start some negotiating.
It's supposed to be my turn for a lie in tomorrow morning, but i don't know if i'll bother.
See you all tomorrow.
Michelle, x
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Ooooh time for a new list and I have lots of time to do it as it's a bank holiday tomorrow.
Living room
[STRIKE]1. Dust everything, get those ornaments down, dust them, furniture, photo frames clocks etc too![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2. TV area - clean TV, cabinet, make sure you give the digi boxes/video/dvd players etc a wipe before putting them back[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]3. Clean the living room window[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]4. Vacuum/Sweep and Mop, oh you lot love this one, inc under furniture you can move safely etc [/STRIKE][STRIKE]and those skirting boards[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]5. If the sofa needs a vacuum orwipe do so, check those cushions incase they need a wash, make most of nice weather and get them done[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]6. Move anything that shouldn't be where it is, like books, paperwork/magazines, toys etc[/STRIKE]
7. Water any plants - no plants in this room
[STRIKE]8. Wipe down living room door and handles[/STRIKE]
9. If you have a rug or cushions for the floor pop them on the line if it's nice to air them out - throw is washed and hanging on the line
Hall & Stairs
[STRIKE]1. Cobwebs - can you see any? get them dusted off[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2. Clear the way, make sure your hall/stairs are not a safety/fire hazard, make sure those coats and shoes are tidy[/STRIKE]
3. Check fire/smoke alarms, make sure they work and if required change battery
[STRIKE]4. Vacuum throughout inc up the stairs, but take a cloth with you[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]5. Wipe hand rails on the way back down[/STRIKE]
To get done before going back to work
[STRIKE]put clean washing away[/STRIKE]
re-design website - just about done, just need to finish uploading photos
start on website for BF's work
Garden-
Clear out stuff from shed
Freecycle stuff from shed that don't want
[STRIKE]Sweep concrete bit[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Take stuff to tip / cut up so can go in wheelie bin[/STRIKE]
Plant out the rest of the sweetpeas
Debts: Mum £3923 0% APR0 -
have printed off the list to stick on kitchen wall - if you see me logged in here, please kick me off.... I never ever 'just' cross something off and then get back to work - so I will update once the wee-ones are tucked up in bed.
Have a lovely day to all who are having a bank holiday - and to those who are not!Is it home time yet?0 -
Thanks lil_me for today's list, a nice easy start to my week after not a lot accomplished last week.
Also to do today...
Help DS with another sheet of homework
Send some emails to 5 friends to catch up and arrange a night out
Condense the amount of room being taken up by all DS's Easter eggs by throwing away/recycling all that unnecessary wasteful packaging
Try and reduce the ironing pile
Read through passport application
Sort out banking on-line
Hope everyone is having a good bank holiday....it is not of more importance than daily life, which I have an enduring wish to make as useful and beautiful as possible.
Georgie Burne-Jones0 -
I soaked the oven shelves in washing powder over night - I am *so* impressed as to how clean they came up. Ok they aren't perfect, but I can see silver !! They could probably do with another soak to get the completely clean.
Now I have semi shiney shelves there is no excuse for me not to clean the cooker tomorrow (assuming kitchen day is tomorrow and lil_me doesn't change them all round completely !)Debts: Mum £3923 0% APR0 -
I was going to post here earlier but it was so quiet I thought I might just get an echo back so I went back to bed with the paper and the cats!
Still in 'jamas -I only got dressed yesterday 'cos there was washing to put out and while I don't give two hoots about looking a fright, I live next door to a church and it was a tad busy yesterday; I don't like to offend.
Thanks for todays tasks Lil_me, I overdid it yesterday so easy day today with no plans before back to Bedlam work tomorrow.
Suppose I should make a start. I might even get washed today..Ah, who knows.
Have a happy Bank Holiday all.One debt v 100 days Part 14 £400/£400
One debt v 100 days Part 13 £329.66/£380
One debt v 100 days Part 12 £380/£450
One debt v 100 days Part 11 £392.50/£4000 -
Morning all!!
Here I am sat a work (very busy:rolleyes: ). Pleased it is lounge as when I get home plan to shampoo the lounge carpet so will be pulling furniture everywhere anyway. Littles are at Nannies for the day so thought I would do the impossible jobs whilst they are out of the way.
Have left DH with list as long as his arm of jobs to do (he he he) including strimming the edge of the lawn and trimming the hedge. Oh and weeding the garden path, its one of those herringbone pattern brick paths, about 90ft long and a real pain in the bum! I did put weed killer down but the dead grass lookes even worse, so if he gets it clear will give another dose of weedkiller and that should be it for 6 months.
When DH collects me from work may pop to local gardening centre for weedkiller and some strawberry plants. Did want to plant some veggies with littles this year but as house is on market not sure about moving all the containers etc?? But thought we could do hanging baskets for the strawberries.
Right so list for today:-
Done before work
WM done & pegged out
Bathroom S & S
Kitchen S & S
Beds aired and made
Downstairs hoover through
TO DO:-
Pop to Garden Centre
Shampoo Lounge Carpet
Do Hall
Enjoy the sunshine everyone0
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