Weekly Flylady Thread 15th October 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 Hall
Level One
Wipe over surfaces
Level Two
Clear a hotspot
Hoover and mop the floors
Level Three
Wipe cupboard doors/drawers/kickboards
Change extractor filter and clean
Water plants
Extras
HHI
Catch up on emails


Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Level One
Clear and hoover floors
Level Two
Wipe fireplace and rehome any odd items
Wipe light switches, door handles, etc
Level Three
Clean windows
Dust any dusty bits
Clear away cobwebs
Extras
HH Paperwork
Catch up on phone calls

Wednesday - Bathrooms & Study
Level One
Clean toilets
Level Two
Mop floors
Clean baths, showers, sinks
Level Three
Descale showerhead and taps
Clean mirrors
Catch up with washing
Extras
Defrag computer
Wipe keyboards, mice and screens

Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Clear and hoover floors
Level Two
Strip, wash & replace bedding
Pair socks and get rid of odd ones
Level Three
Sort out an underbed box or drawer
Dust any dusty bits
Clean a window
Extras
Clear a hotspot


Friday - Children's/Spare Bedrooms
Level One
Strip, wash & replace bedding
Level Two
Hoover any bits of the floor you can see
Spend HHC on floor clearance
Level Three
Drag everything from underneath the bed and see what can be binned!
Hoover under bed
Fill a CS/ebay/rubbish bag
Extras
HHI
Catch up on washing
Me time

juliejim

Hi All

Well I had about 3.5 hours sleep last night and 2 full on days of activities so now I'm going to chill/fall asleep so I'll catch up with you all tomorrow

Hugs

Jue

budgetboo

Things have gone a bit haywire round here and Xmas etc is creeping up on me.

Need to get back in a proper routine + declutter to sell so I'm jumping on board.

Extra tasks for the week.

Sell cabin bed on ebay (Xmas funds).
Get rid of son's broken toys.

Make Xmas cake and put away (got ingredients so just need to use them lol!)

LameWolf

Cheers jj - Mr LW is off work (annual leave to use up) from Monday to Thursday; he's promised we'll do some efficient Flying - as in better than I've been managing, as he'll be able to lift stuff about that I can't; so we'll be in, but deffo off-list!:D Posting may be sporadic, though, as there's bound to be a price for his assistance.;);):D

cyclingyorkie

Many thanks to jj for the thread!

have decluttered a mountain of ironing today - I can see the bottom of the chest it lives in! Nearly there!

I'm in for this week - need to look at the hall and give it a right good going over...

At teatime there were only 3 of us sitting down to a full roast dinner - sadly the youinger 2 were sleeping off hangovers/nights out! It kind of makes me sad - Sunday tea used to be a real treat....

ionafan

Thanks for the new thread, juliejim.

Alan the decorator has finished the hall, stairs and landing - we're just waiting for the carpet fitter to come and re-lay the stairs carpet (hopefully tomorrow) - so I shall be flying again as from tomorrow. I didn't do any flying at all last week because I didn't want to stir up the dust and find it sticking to the wet paint - well, that was my excuse

The Christmas cake still isn't done but I have managed to list a lot of little things on eB@y for free this weekend and already have bids for some of them. It won't make me a millionaire but it will help with the Christmas shopping. At the same time I've also cleared out more of the junk in my study and binned a lot of it, and I feel much better for having some clear space around me - I can see the carpet again And DH mowed the lawns yesterday :A so if the good weather continues this week I will get out in the garden and tidy up the borders.

(((Hugs))) to all who need them - especially CY's DD - and good luck helen jelly in your hunt for a decent school for your DD.

Sunday roast dinner is nearly ready, yum yum! :j

bonnie_bumpkins

Thank you juliejim :A I hope you have many hours restful soothing sleep.

Thanks also to dusty for last week :A

I didn't manage to keep to the lists much last week, as I ended up in work 6 days out of 7... again... and as a consequence I'm very tired and run down. I did follow the thread though, and you all kept me motivated do to the basics so a big thank you to everyone xx


Ok here goes this week!

Monday - Kitchen and Hall
Level One
Wipe over surfaces
Level Two
Clear a hotspot
Hoover and mop the floors
Level Three
Wipe cupboard doors/drawers/kickboards
Change extractor filter and clean
[STRIKE]Water plants[/STRIKE] N/A
Extras
HHI
Catch up on emails


Also:

1. tidy pile of paperwork on front table in hall
2. file away fileable papers
3. deal with ALL other paperwork
4. ring PC/printer/laptop repair guy... again
5. take sandals upstairs
6. take DS 's shoes upstairs
7. take meter readings
8. give meter readings to SP
9. look at freebies on fr**stuffjunction
10. Sort OU stuff for current module
11. File away old OU stuff and old uni stuff
12. Make lists of textbooks to sell

LameWolf wrote: »

Cheers jj - Mr LW is off work (annual leave to use up) from Monday to Thursday; he's promised we'll do some efficient Flying - as in better than I've been managing, as he'll be able to lift stuff about that I can't; so we'll be in, but deffo off-list!:D Posting may be sporadic, though, as there's bound to be a price for his assistance.;);):D

Be gentle with Mr LW

Oooh must hang up washing before strictly!

dancemum

Thank you for the threads JJ and Dusty

I need to be in this week and have lots of meetings etc

We have 6th form open day on Tues and University evening Wed. Thurs is paediatrician & gp.

I have also a large frog of forms to eat.

pigpen

TY JJ.. we are in.. shocking I know..

Off to get babes to bed and sort the remaining bits in the girly room before they come home.

ecoelle

Thanks for the new thread, i'm in again, don't think i've been this on top of things since my babba was born:)

katiecat

Thanks juliejim for new thread.

Have been busy deep cleaning kitchen today.

Looks loads better but I'm shattered Just off to iron a top for work for me and shirt for oh and then feet up for the night.

Hope everyone has a good week what ever they are doing

Hugs

Katiecat:)