Weekly Flylady Thread 18th March 2013

Natty68

Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. 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!

We are going back to normal this week, but if anyone has any ideas to be added to the lists please pm me

Many thanks for the lists last week Dusty - link to last weeks thread

Following requests to start things steadier for new members who did not realise the tasks list wasn’t a must do, just an encouragement. There will now be level 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 being very basic it has been requested that this is just one task per day, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. If you want to do level 2 you add the tasks on level 1 with the level 2 tasks, if you want to do level 3 you add the tasks on, easy peasy. Choose a level to aim for but be realistic, if you’ve got a busy day on or are just starting etc aim for level one, if you get higher then great, if not then not to worry its only suggestions. Every room comes back around next week. Trust me some days I'll only be doing level one myself.

THESE LISTS ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS AND NOT A MUST DO LIST, ALWAYS WELCOME TO POST AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN.

Also adding a declutter mission each day. Another one where it’s up to you if you want to do it or if you need to. Fling boogies, hotspot clearing, cupboard sorts, drawer sorts etc will all be on this list. Any problems with this of any suggestions do please let me know.

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, 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 binbag and whizz 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!
5GC five minutes gardening.. make it lovely for your family and enjoy it!

Ok here goes this week!

Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen and dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the table
degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
Level Three
wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
Extras

• Deweb and polish
• Clear out a cupboard of junk!
• Wash any curtains/table cloths that need it
• S&S the hob & oven

Twinkly Tuesday - Living room, hall, stairs and porch!
Level One
Declutter ALL the floors!!
Clear the mantle of junk
Level Two
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Vacuum/sweep all the floors.. stairs too!
Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas
Level Three
Wash the windows
Wash any soft furnishings that need it
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!
Extras

• Wipe and water plants
• Dust all the electricals.. carefully.. don't want anybody getting fried!!!
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Binbag dance
• HHI

Wiggly Wednesday- Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Strip and wash the bedding
Clear the floordrobe
Level Two
Air the duvet....
Clear the floors and vacuum them!
Wash windows
Clean out pets/wash beds
Level Three
Sort through a hotspot
Organise your toiletries and make-up stash, do you really need 6 lipsticks!!!!
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy
Empty and wash out all the bins
Extras

• Half hour... FILING... meanness I know but it won't do itself!!
• Deweb and dust
• 36 fling boogie!! .. GO
• Empty and wash out all the bins!!
• Quick one.. check those smoke alarms - no that doesn't mean burn the toast/bacon to check !

Thursday Thrills - Bathroom and Study..
Level One
Declutter the floors
wipe down sofas and seats
Level Two
Dejunk the desk and wipe off the gunge
Vacuum/mop floors
Scrub the bath, sinks, toilets, showers and tiles etc
Level Three
Wash the windows
Empty out a cupboard clean it out and put back only the bits you need to keep
Defrag the pc and delete 50 useless emails
Extras

• collect all the laundry from upstairs
• HHI
• Change any lightbulbs you have been leaving.. !!
• Sort out the coats and bags and shoes..
• Do a cupboard stock take and sort a meal plan and shopping list
• Fill a binbag for charity shop

Friday is Funky! - childrens rooms! ~ spare rooms or just attack a neglected room!!
Level One
Strip and wash any bedding that need it
Make half an hour appointment or you time!! you deserve it.. nails done, hair appointment.
Level Two
Declutter the floor.. inc under the beds and units
Vacuum floors
Dust and deweb the whole room
Wipe away sticky marks
Level Three
Wash windows
Straighten up a chest of drawers or wardrobe
Binbag dance!
Extras

• Catch up on necessary phone calls inc making those much needed appointments
• Ring someone you've not spoken to in a while..
• Delete some of those old contacts and texts off your mobile phone!!
• Meal plan for the next week and make a shopping list... based on what you found in the freezer and those things that need using from weekly cupboard sweep.
• Extra 30 minutes ironing.. school uniforms? work clothes?

kezlou

Hi natty,

Is it okay if join in, i used to fly ages ago when toots and piggers did it. I hate kitchen but needs to be done in between the painting / glossing.

Thanks

MinnieMousesMummy

Please count me in for this week. I didn't do very well last week due to one thing or another, so I really need to get some cleaning & decluttering done this week.

Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen and dining area
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop the floor[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe the table[/STRIKE]
Degunge the fridge
Sort through the fridge and get rid of anything out of date
[STRIKE]Wipe the units and large appliances[/STRIKE]
Wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
[STRIKE]Deweb and polish[/STRIKE]
Clear out a cupboard of junk!
S&S the hob & oven
It was a bad day really could not get motivated at all. The only thing that I really got done was sourcing quotes for hiring a skip.
Twinkly Tuesday - Living room, hall and porch!
[STRIKE]Declutter ALL the floors!! [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear the mantle of junk[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust those flat fluffy surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum/sweep all the floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum sofas[/STRIKE]
Wash the windows
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!
Wipe and water plants
Dust all the electricals.. carefully.. don't want anybody getting fried!!!
Wipe front door.. inside and out!
Binbag dance
HHI
Wiggly Wednesday- Master bedroom and landing!
Strip and wash the bedding
Clear the floordrobe
Air the duvet....
Clear the floors and vacuum them!
Wash windows
[STRIKE]Clean out pets/wash beds[/STRIKE]
Sort through a hotspot
Organise your toiletries and make-up stash, do you really need 6 lipsticks!!!!
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy
Half hour... FILING... meanness I know but it won't do itself!!
Deweb and dust
36 fling boogie!! .. GO
Empty and wash out all the bins!!
[STRIKE]Quick one.. check those smoke alarms - no that doesn't mean burn the toast/bacon to check ![/STRIKE]

Thursday Thrills - Bathroom and Study..
Declutter the floors
Wipe down sofas and seats
Dejunk the desk and wipe off the gunge
Quick vacuum around the house
Scrub the bath, sinks, toilets, showers and tiles etc
Quick dust around the house
Tidy the kitchen
Tidy the sitting room
Defrag the pc and delete 50 useless emails
Collect all the laundry from upstairs
HHI
Change any lightbulbs you have been leaving.. !!
Sort out the coats and bags and shoes..
Do a cupboard stock take and sort a meal plan and shopping list
Sort through the fridge and get rid of the out of date food

bossymoo

Hello, I'm in of sorts, between paid stuff and decorating.

X
Thanks for keeping the listys going...

cyclingyorkie

I'm in - thanks to Natty and Dusty for doing the thread!

Dustykitten

Thanks Natty

Aims for the week

Keep everywhere I tidied last week tidy
Find sometime for gardening
Finish the Family Room big sort

Monday's Must Dos
Haircut
Bank and Library
Gov Report
Ring council

Mumof2_2

Hi, I'm in as much as I can be this week. Many thanks Natty for doing the list this week and Dusty for last week.

Narc0lepsy

I'm in and hope to actually get more flying done this week. Busy weekend:
- following a phone call from a frantic dad on Wed, assessed his daughter on Friday and wrote a summary report which I emailed today, phew. Still it's a) income b) contacts c) er- well there must be something else; good for confidence.
- went to visit friend, now recovering from mastectomy and finished radiotherapy. She was very cheerful which is good news.
- made few biscuits to take to above friend
- have refilled bird feeders a million times
- FROG have finally finished photobook 2 hrs before the deadline of 50% discount. Nearly had heart failure when I thought it had expired, but it just hadn't registered my postcode and went through ok eventually.
- washing machine x lots and lots
- very general tidying here and there but all needs a good clean
- the above refers especially to kitchen floor as I made my lunchbox for tomorrow - nice salad including cole slaw - put it in fridge, opened fridge later and the whole lot fell out. Yeuk who'd have thought cole slaw could splatter so far :eek:

Have a good week all. Are we due any spring yet? Sleet this morning and heavy rain for the rest of the day. The weeds love it.

MadamMim2013

Evening all I'm in again for the week...
Thanks Dusty and Natty for the motivational lists :T (((HUGS)))

Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen and dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the table
degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
Level Three
wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
Extras

• Deweb and polish
• Clear out a cupboard of junk!
• Wash any curtains/table cloths that need it
• S&S the hob & oven

I'll update in the morning as already done one or two items :j

froddington

I'm in again - thanks Natty :A

Thoughts and prayers to all suffering right now for whatever reason xx

Aiming to plan a HHC in advance every day this week so

Monday HHC 19:00 - 19:30

Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen

Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces

Level Two
Wipe the units and large appliances

Level Three
Wash the windows and sills

Extras
S&S the hob & oven

mummyyof5

will attempt what I can tomorrow..Joiner and electrician due..mind you they were both due Friday so we shall see...

Kitchen is cluttered with stuff that cant be moved till they have finished...also think I need to move my fishies:eek::eek:...very heavy...wonder if DS1 can do it before he leaves for his course??

Garden is a wreck..OH in France till Thursday so no tip run till who knows when

Loads of furniture and stuff still at my mums but need to do this a bit at a time so I can declutter everything !!!

Thanks for listy Natty

Love to all especially the one and only Toots LadyL and Lamewolf xxx