Weekly Flylady Thread 11th March 2013

Dustykitten

Sticking with the new style lists for another week, each day will give you some basic flying, some deep cleaning choices and some decluttering choices. As ever feel free to pick and mix what needs doing for you according to your ability and time.
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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.

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!

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Monday - Rooms of Doom
Basic Flying
Clear the floors and hoover them
15 minutes tidying this area
Dust anything electrical
Empty the bins or find something to throw away
Deep Cleaning
Wipe some paint work
Clean a window or two
Take everything off the most cluttered surface, wipe it clean - do you really want to put it all back?
Decluttering
Hotspot, seek them out and destroy them
15 minutes deleting emails/favourites, old word documents, blurry photos you choose or filing shredding
Sort out the hall or understairs cupboard

Tuesday - Bathroom, Hall, Stairs and Landings
Basic Flying
Clean toilet, sink, shower/bath
Clear and clean the floor
Change pet beds and deflea if required
Dust any fluffy areas
Deep Cleaning
Give any plug holes a good clean and cleanse
Wash any throws or cushion covers in need
15 minutes ironing or sewing
Decluttering
Sort our medicine cupboard/box - do you have stocks of hayfever tablets etc
Recycle any old autumn/winter catalgues - Argos, boots,M&S etc
copy all photos from phones etc and back up

Wednesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Basic Flying
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe out the fridge
Wipe the work tops - removing everything first
Wipe all the handles in these rooms
Deep Cleaning
Wipe up high on top of cupboards, shelves etc
Give your sink a really good clean and shine those taps
Do you toothbrushes need replacing - the old ones are great for cleaning around taps, oven dials etc
Decluttering
Picnic wear, plastic plates and cups, lunchboxes give them a sort
Do you really need all those sugar sachets you've collected, the free samples you've never used? - decant or bin them - they didn't cost you anything.
Bobbley knitwear, defuzz

Thursday - Living Room and cloakroom
Basic Flying
Clear the floor and clean it
Put away all books, DVDs etc
Dust your electricals
Clean a window
Deep Cleaning
Pull out furniture
Deweb behind and wipe skirtings
Give the Cloakroom a clean, sort any cupboard in there
Decluttering
Finish any decluttering from the previous days
Did you have space for all those DVDs and books you put away or is a cull required?
Have some me time reading a book or watching a DVD

Friday - Bedrooms - which one(s) you choose
Basic Flying
Change the bedding
15 minutes tidying a messy zone
Clear and dust one surface
S&S toilets and sinks
Deep Cleaning
Hoover the floor and behind/under anything safe to do
Dust the lightshade
Wash any ornaments/vases rather than just dusting them
Clean behind a radiator
Decluttering
Sort somebodies clothes, will any of those shorts fit this summer?
Upto you what you declutter maybe something you've been putting off for a while.

Dustykitten

New kitchen window being fitted Monday and Tuesday so I need to empty most of the kitchen sides.

Penelope_Penguin

Good evening all :beer: I was rubbish last week, with the upheaval of a new kitchen, but the upside is that it's all sparkly and I don;t need to clean my oven for a while I had a huge declutter at the same time, so glad that the recyclin bin gets emptied tomorow as I still have plenty to go into the next one.

Thanks to Dusty and Natty for the lists :A See you all tomorrow :j

decogecko

Hi all

Am in again this week, thanks Dusty for the lists this week and Natty for last weeks.

I'm off this week so am planning on sorting the shed and sunroom (both are on the doom scale :eek::eek:). Also having a declutter in the garden (fingers crossed it doesn't rain or snow).

This is the week that the kitten (almost 8 months old) will start going outside. I hope she'll be ok, she's not the brightest but she is very entertaining

Mrs gibbs hope Titch is still continuing to improve

Have a great week all

Deco x

bonnie_bumpkins

Hello All

Been in lurk mode but back to 'normal' this week

Had a lovely doing hardly anything; DD cooked and did basic chores while I lounged around. Now settling down to watch the DOI final.

Thank you natty and dusty for the lists :A

Love, hugs, sticks, spoons, congrats and huggles all round xx

bossymoo

Evening! Thanks for the lists, I'll be in this week, although I have had a slight mishap and given my ankle a bad sprain. It's been checked over but and not broken, but v swollen and uncomfortable.

What a nuisance! I'm not going to be able to drive for a few days (probably all week, realistically). My mum is going to pop across in the morning to take the little ones to nursery, and I will have to beg a "work from home" week from the boss. Can't really be spending £20 a day on taxis. And need to work out getting the kiddies home (mum will be at work and inlaws still away). If I plead insanity, they may deliver them home for me.

So i will fly, such as it will be, as long as I don't have to go up and downstairs.

See you tomorrow X

kazwookie

Thank you for the lists.

I'm in again in my own sort of way, off up to Norfolk tomorrow, to put flowers on my mother's grave and visit other relations.

Dinner done
Oven cleaned
Floors done

froddington

I'm in - thanks Dusty :A

Started off well last week but then was ill from Thursday evening. The boys in my class are fab but they really don't need to share everything with me!! Still suffering a bit now but nothing I can't handle - I think spending nearly all of yesterday asleep helped

Monday - Rooms of Doom

Basic Flying
Clear the floors and hoover them
15 minutes tidying this area
Dust anything electrical
Empty the bins or find something to throw away

Deep Cleaning
Wipe some paint work
Clean a window or two
Take everything off the most cluttered surface, wipe it clean - do you really want to put it all back?

Decluttering
Hotspot, seek them out and destroy them

deus

I'm in this week. Thanks for the list Dusty and thanks for last week's list Natty. I'm only at work 3 days instead of 5 this week but that is because my OH is having knee surgery on Wednesday so I'm taking days off work to play nurse. But perhaps that also means I'll get some major cleaning done as well. Decluttering is needed in my room(s) of doom!

Bossymoo ouch, sprains can be very painful! Hope it heals soon.

[STRIKE]Unpack suitcase
Tidy bedroom
Wash dishes
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Laundry sorting[/STRIKE]
Ironing (maybe just half an hour) - saving this for tomorrow!

Here's to a good week of flying for everyone!

mrs-moneypenny

thank you for the lists Dusty and Natty

ouch Bossy hope you can find a friend that will do the afternoon school runs for you and you are feeling better soon.

took another bag full down to the CS on saturday - cant wait to see what the next gift aid letter says my tat has made for them

had a lovely day cinema this morning - free tickets to see the croods and got taken out for dinner by the kids
have rung my mum and been round mils - need to ring stepmum tomorrow.

nigh all

cyclingyorkie

I'm in! Thanks to Dusty and Natty for the lists...