Weekly Flylady Thread 21st October 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.

Link to last week's thread

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 - Little bit of everything to start the weekl
Level One
HH tidying up/putting away downstairs (bungalow brigade living spaces)
Level Two
S&S toilets and sinks
Hoover and mop the floors
Level Three
Collect laundry and put WM on
HHPaperwork/emails
Do a job you planned to complete by the end of the month
Extras
HHI
Meal plan for the week
Empty all the bins

Tueday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe the surfaces
Level Two
Give the sink a good clean, descale drainer and taps, sloosh out your plug hole
Dust any furniture
Level Three
Sort the baking cupboard - do you need anything for festive baking?
Wipe over the hob
Clean a window
Extras
Time to put away the flip flops and birkis
Make playdates, appointments for next week

Wednesday - Living Room and Study/Conservatory
Level One
Me time - whatever you fancy for at least HH
Level Two
Tidy the coffe table/desk/bookshelves - declutter as you go
Dust any furniture
Level Three
Dust the electricals
Wipe over the keyboards and phones
Catch up with your filing/bill paying/deleting emails
Extras
Can you remember where you have stashed the bargain Christmas Cards and wrapping - check how much you have before you even think about buying anymore!
Polish something, brass, silver, furniture
Catch up with some mending

Thursday - Bathrooms, Hall, Stairs Landings and Cloakrooms
Level One
Clean toilets
Level Two
Put away anthing that is loitering in these areas
Clean baths, showers, sinks
Level Three
Hoover and mop the floors
Clean towels, bathmats, flannels etc
Wipe the window sills
Extras
Test your smoke alarms
Check draught excluder around the doors/make a sausage draught excluder

Friday - Bedrooms 1 or more
Level one
Hoover all of upstairs
Level two
Quick sort of a drawer or wardrobe - what has seen it's last summer
Wipe a window sill or two
Level three
Dust behind the radiator
Change a bed
Wipe the skirting board
Extras
Sort a handbag or purse
Moisturise your feet then sit with them up for 15 minutes

[Deleted User]

Hi everyone, im in. Was carp last week, as it went on, hope to get back on track. Thanks Dusty for the lists

juliejim

That looks like a good starting point for me. Can't wait for half term next week!

witchwoopiggy

im back was away on holiday to the new forest last week, and have come back relaxed and ready to start sorting the bungalow out again

Monday - Little bit of everything to start the weekl
Level One
HH tidying up/putting away downstairs (bungalow brigade living spaces)
Level Two
S&S toilets and sinks
Hoover and mop the floors
Level Three
[STRIKE]Collect laundry and put WM on
HHPaperwork/emails
Do a job you planned to complete by the end of the month[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE] Meal plan for the week
[STRIKE]Empty all the bins[/STRIKE]
Tueday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe the surfaces
Level Two
Give the sink a good clean, descale drainer and taps, sloosh out your plug hole
Dust any furniture
Level Three
Sort the baking cupboard - do you need anything for festive baking?
Wipe over the hob
Clean a window
Extras
[STRIKE]Time to put away the flip flops and birkis [/STRIKE]

Wednesday - Living Room and Study/Conservatory
Level One
Me time - whatever you fancy for at least HH
Level Two[STRIKE]
Tidy the coffe table/desk/bookshelves - declutter as you go[/STRIKE]
Dust any furniture
Level Three
Dust the electricals
Wipe over the keyboards and phones
[STRIKE]Catch up with your filing/bill paying/deleting emails[/STRIKE] Extras
[STRIKE]Can you remember where you have stashed the bargain Christmas Cards and wrapping - check how much you have before you even think about buying anymore![/STRIKE] Polish something, brass, silver, furniture
[STRIKE]Catch up with some mending[/STRIKE]

Thursday - Bathrooms, Hall, Stairs Landings and Cloakrooms
Level One
Clean toilets
Level Two
[STRIKE]Put away anthing that is loitering in these areas[/STRIKE] Clean baths, showers, sinks
Level Three
Hoover and mop the floors
[STRIKE]Clean towels, bathmats, flannels etc[/STRIKE] Wipe the window sills
Extras
[STRIKE]Test your smoke alarms[/STRIKE] Check draught excluder around the doors/make a sausage draught excluder

Friday - Bedrooms 1 or more
Level one
[STRIKE]Hoover all of bungalow[/STRIKE]
Level two
[STRIKE]Quick sort of a drawer or wardrobe - what has seen it's last summer[/STRIKE]
Wipe a window sill or two
Level three
Dust behind the radiator
[STRIKE]Change a bed[/STRIKE]
Wipe the skirting board
Extras
Sort a handbag or purse
Moisturise your feet then sit with them up for 15 minutes

Mumto5

Love the bit of everything list Thank you Dusty.

Homeland is on .....

See you all tomorrow

kiplingmonkey

Thank you Dustykitten for the new list. This is really helping me. Managed to complete some of last weeks lists but also have had a blitz on DDs bedrooms this weekend and have cleared out about 6 bags of stuff to go in the bin, recycling or to charity so feeling really pleased.

cyclingyorkie

Loving the list Dusty - gosh I may make Level 3 for once...

deus

I'm in this week. Thanks for the list Dusty, looks a good one to start the week with for me.

I've been very lazy the last 2 weeks since starting my new full time job and haven't looked at the lists at all, let alone tackle them. This week I'm going to try to follow them at least to level 1.

amyloofoo

Hi everyone,

I'm back in this week - it's my last week before going back to full time work so need to get on top of the house while I have a chance. Ideally I'd like to have a spangly clean house and get some sort of cooking routine / frozen food supply in order; but we'll see how well I get on with it :rotfl:

Good luck with the flying!

Goodintentions

I am in again this week. Thanks Dusty for the list

I am not working half term so I have made a very long mental list of things i want to do, people I want to see & family time. Half term is 6 weeks long, isn't it? :D
I think I may need to make a proper (realistic) list for half term

In the meantime... this week's list:

Monday - Little bit of everything to start theweekl
Level One
HH tidying up/putting away downstairs (bungalow brigade living spaces)
Level Two
S&S toilets and sinks
Hoover and mop the floors
Level Three
Collect laundry and put WM on
HHPaperwork/emails
Do a job you planned to complete by the end of the month
Extras
HHI
Meal plan for the week
Empty all the bins

FROG LIST:
1. Do one hour of my accounts
2. Update Bubba’s Learning Journey
3. Back up laptop to hard drive
4. Make sure all planning, RA’s & fire drill lists are up to date
5. Sort out stuff to Ebay/send to Amazon
6. Session 2 (provision), Session 1 (play) and make a start on essay
7. Phone Bank to make appointment

List of 5 for October
1. [STRIKE]Sort out space for Christmas stash [/STRIKE][STRIKE]& keep list up to date[/STRIKE]
2. List stuff on Ebay/Facebook/Amazon or take to CS 2 things gone. 1 more listed. Need to do bike, baby walker, books,clothes, PC stuff
3. [STRIKE]Plan research project[/STRIKE][STRIKE]&[/STRIKE] & make a start on essay
4. Finish last year’s accounts
5. Have LJ’s all up to date

Ok. I may go to bed soon, so night night all

toochoosey

Hello all, hope you are all well xx I have done quite a bit in the LR this weekend and DD and I have had a good go through 2/3 rds of her bedroom.............

Daily routines
washing, M T W T F S S
swish and swipe kitchen M T W T F S S
bathroom, M T W T F S S
ironing, M T W T F
making beds, M T W T F S S
vacuuming high traffic areas, M T W T F S S
making meals M T W T F S S

Night-time routines
preparing clothes for the next day,M T W T F
swish & swipes of the kitchen M T W T F S S
Tidying the living room M T W T F S S

Ok here goes this week!

Monday - Little bit of everything to start the weekl
Level Two
S&S toilets and sinks
Hoover and mop the floors
Level Three
Collect laundry and put WM on
HHPaperwork/emails
Do a job you planned to complete by the end of the month
Extras
HHI
Meal plan for the week
Empty all the bins

That should be do-able tomorrow, I'm in work all day but I think I'll be ok..........rest of the week, not sure!!! Don't know when I'm working!!!

I'll try and pop in tomorrow evening and update......Hugs and spoons to all xx