Weekly Flylady Thread 7th January 2013

Natty68

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.

Welcome aboard if you are new, jump straight in with whichever day you join (don't worry about catching up or reading every post)

Thank you Dusty for the thread last week

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!

Valli you have permission to be absent for a week But you must report back in next week

Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clear and clean kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table, polish if required (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean fronts of appliances
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Extra Mission:

Choose one or more of:

• Clean inside of fridge
• Clean a window or 2 in these rooms
• Clean OVEN, yes I know you all hate that one wonder how many choose it
• Clean tops of kitchen cupboards and high places (if safe to do so-if you're pregnant delegate the job to someone else!!!)
• Check the fridge contents, anything that has gone fuzzy? Anything you can use in this weeks meal plan? How about making use-it-up soup:D Anything leaking that needs wiping?

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One
Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter
Clear anything from the stairs! Safe stairs are a must
Level Two
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Level Three
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup!
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe

Extra Mission Tasks - as usual if you fancy tackling something else you could try one or more of these

• Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
• Check where important documents like passports, birth certificates, driving licences, medical cards are and make a note of where they are and if any need replacing, changing etc
  
• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• Clean any ornaments, mirrors, clocks or other dust collecting collections
  
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner, empty the bag/bucket, clean filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY!

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by (maybe recycle for rags if possible, you could donate old sheets oor towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)
• Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers (if safe to do so, no pregnant flyladies on ladders please delegate the job instead)
  
• Check through undies drawers, anything more holy than the church which needs to go/be repaired? Anyone need anything replacing?
  
• Give everyone at home a bag to collect the things which belong to them that are not where they should be, give them 15 minutes to find them all and put them away You could threaten to bin whatever is left if they don't seeing as everyones being quite ruthless this week :rotfl:

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or don't work
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
• Remove anything from window sills in these rooms, clean before replacing the items (which you have of course given a wipe)
• Clean toilet bowl inside and out, the floor in front of it aswell if you need to
• 15 minutes paperwork filing/flinging. Deal with anything urgent now.
• Wipe skirting boards in these rooms
• Spend 15 minutes tackling a cupboard/storage area you have been avoiding dealing with.

Flipping Friday!! - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself! Anything you like.
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc for at least 10 minutes
Dusting, all those shelves and flat surfaces
Level Three
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattress, replace with fresh linen
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season (do they need anything replacing?)
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors (yes including the handles)
Extra Task List

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames
• Hotspot cleaing, spend 10 minutes tackling one at least
• Grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house. Can be rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend/freecycle

Don't forget your ME time this weekend go on you deserve

Mumof2_2

Hi there, many thanks for the new thread - I'm in for this week please and will do what I can. Only been re-flying for a week but am noticing changes already .

juliejim

Oh, just in time before I go to bed. Thanks natty.

michelle2008

Thank you natty ! I will b house beautiful all week!

Betsie2010

Thanks for the new thread Natty. Back in this week, 1st time last week. Still trying to get hang of it but will keep trying to do my best (old girl guide!)

thrifty-gal26

I spent all day doing the VAT return so the kitchen is a mess. Need to put in extra effort tomorrow!

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clear and clean kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/STRIKE]
Wipe dining table, polish if required (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean fronts of appliances
Extra Mission:

Choose one or more of:

• [STRIKE]Clean inside of fridge[/STRIKE] Hubby did it yesterday :T
• [STRIKE]Clean a window or 2 in these rooms [/STRIKE] Did it yesterday as were covered in snow spray (not my idea) it took ages!
• Clean OVEN, yes I know you all hate that one wonder how many choose it

Mumto5

Thanks for the new thread Natty.

Older Boys are currently clearing up the mess they made making pancakes.

Just done HH paperwork. Now to do HH Nagging to DH. If he did things the first time I asked I wouldn't be nagging.

I hope everyone has a good week.

Elle_Woods_2

Hi everyone. Hope you have all had a good weekend. I spent the day going through a pile of paperwork, dealing with it and filing it away. I got everything I needed for the solicitor, so I can start the divorce proceedings....horrible but it has to be done, and there is no point dragging it all out.

The water company have to do a load of maintenance tomorrow in our road, so we wont have water for a lot of the day. Have just showered all the children and myself, have had the washing machine going most of the day, and will go and fill a few jugs and bottles with water, before heading to bed. They don't know exactly how long it will be off for, so better to be prepared. I wish they could have waited until Tuesday, when all the children in the area go back to school. Anyway goodnight everyone....sweet dreams xx

hollyh

Thanks for the thread Natty.

I'm in for the first time in along time.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clear and clean kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table, polish if required (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean fronts of appliances
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Extra Mission:

Choose one or more of:

• Clean a window or 2 in these rooms

My Extras

Recycling out
Get petrol
Put item on Ebay
Meal Plan
Work out Jan Budget

joannasmum

Thanks Natty, I'm in again this week. Back at work so first half of the week may be abit hit and miss on the posting front. I am sooo proud of the work we have put into the house before and over the xmas period and I don't want it to slip. So from tomorrow we're continuing with a family HH tidying after our evening meal. I've just made a tick list for DD of what I want her to do. I'll report back on how it goes

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clear and clean kitchen surfaces
[STRIKE]Clean cupboard door fronts [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the
front[/STRIKE]
Wipe dining table, polish if required (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
[STRIKE]Clean fronts of appliances [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky [/STRIKE]
Extra Mission:
Clean a window or 2 in these rooms
Sort out computer desk hotspot and file paperwork.

life_unexpected_2

THanks Natty for the list, I'm in again this week, didn't get much of last weeks list done as I wasn't feeling very well. Back at work this week but hoping to get levels one and two done this week.