Weekly Flylady Thread 25th March 2013

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.

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

Monday - Kitchen
Level One
Remove everything from the fridge, meal plan, wipe the inside, wash out the drawers, wipe the door seal, check the drain hole is clear - put stuff back, with stuff to use first at the front
Level Two
Clear and wipe the sufaces
Polish any granite, stainless steel etc
Hoover and mop the floor
Level Three
The larder/food cupboards, empty it all out, add to your meal plan, write a shopping list of basics you may run out of over Easter. Wipe out the cupboards and replace after wiping sticky jars and binning/donating stuff which has been in there forever which you really will never use - share your most bizarre find - pictures welcome
Extras
HHI
Wipe and water plants
Find any recipes you will need for the Easter Weekend

Tuesday - Bathrooms, Hall, Stairs and Landings
Level One
Remove everything from the this area which should not be here and put it where it should be - bungalow brigade - hot spots!
Level Two
Clean toilets, sinks and baths/showers
Wipe all dusty surfaces/paintwork
Hoover and mop the floor
Level Three
Airing cupboard - give it a sort, find any spare bedding needed for Easter Guests, hoover and wipe out inside and put back what you need to keep only
Extras
Sort out all those lonely socks and send them to a better place
HHMe time with a product or two from the bathroom
Replace any sponges, soap, toothbrushes etc which are not pleasant to use

Wednesday - Living Room/Dining Room or other reception rooms
Level One
HH tidying/putting away
Level Two
Hoover the floors
Hoover any sofas, cushions etc
Declutter table/coffee table and give it a wipe
Level Three
Delete some emails/favourites/deal with post
Check you have petrol for any travel this weekend and check the tyres and screen washer too
Dust up high, any cobwebs, on top of units etc
Extras
Clean out pets
Check bank accounts, pay bills etc allowing time for the 2 bank holidays
Have you got your Easter eggs/gifts/mini eggs for hunts etc

Thursday - bedrooms concentrate on one or give them all a quick go
Level One
HH tidying/putting away
Level Two
Hoover the floors
Change the beds and hoover the matress (turn if there is somebody to help
Declutter the bedside table and give it a wipe
Level Three
Sort through one drawer
Wipe the window ledges
Clean the bedstead and see what has got lost behind it
Extras
Do something off your own lists - a 5 minute job plus the one you have been putting off for the longest - you'll feel better once it's done

Good Friday - a day of choices and hot cross buns
Being a Bank Holiday you can choose from the following:
Option One
Have a day off, dailies only
Option Two
Complete anything on the lists which you haven't managed so far this week
Option Three
Do at least HH but as much as you like in your Room of Doom

mrs-moneypenny

im in as much as i can be this week but with the kids and DH off i will be lurking and flitting more than regular daily posting and keeping up

thank you for the lists


my list
put straps on DH training bag
replace zip in DS1 trousers - need to buy one
got a parcel to post
load of stuff to take to CS


frog list
handle on kitchen drawer - buy one
finish gloss painting
put photos on digital frame

toochoosey

Thanks for the list Dusty xx
Valli, I noticed your location earlier and would love to join you xx

Daily routines
washing,
swish and swipe kitchen
bathroom,
ironing,
making beds,
vacuuming high traffic areas,
making meals etc.

Monday - Kitchen
Level One
Remove everything from the fridge, meal plan, wipe the inside, wash out the drawers, wipe the door seal, check the drain hole is clear - put stuff back, with stuff to use first at the front
Level Two
Clear and wipe the sufaces
Polish any granite, stainless steel etc
Hoover and mop the floor
Level Three
The larder/food cupboards, empty it all out, add to your meal plan, write a shopping list of basics you may run out of over Easter. Wipe out the cupboards and replace after wiping sticky jars and binning/donating stuff which has been in there forever which you really will never use - share your most bizarre find - pictures welcome
Extras
HHI
Wipe and water plants
Find any recipes you will need for the Easter Weekend

Rosetta92

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Dusty Your have peeked in my fridge and seen the horrors therein

I'm definitely in, but tomorrow's list will take me all day.:o

Off to rest and psyche myself up for some long overdue flying.

R

deus

Thanks for the new list Dusty and thanks for last week Natty

Kazw I'm loving your strike updates! Sounds like the message is getting through.

Finished my ironing basket in 2 hours. Cooked my first ever roast beef dinner which went pretty well. All washed up and feeling tired now!

I'm in this week. This week is my last week in my current job and I'll still be looking after OH at home as he is on crutches following his recent knee surgery. So I will be pretty busy. My plan for this week is to do level one cleaning each day, and then do 15 mins decluttering per day in the living room (I'm trying to declutter as per official flylady advice!). Anything else will be a bonus.

Pyjamas, TV, and early night for me now.

pipersky

Thanks you for the new thread... I will soldier on

Monday - Kitchen
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Extras

Tuesday - Bathrooms, Hall, Stairs and Landings
Level One
Level Two
Clean toilets, sinks and baths/showers
Wipe all dusty surfaces/paintwork
Level Three
Extras
Sort out all those lonely socks and send them to a better place

Wednesday - Living Room/Dining Room or other reception rooms
Level One
Level Two
Hoover any sofas, cushions etc
Level Three
Dust up high, any cobwebs, on top of units etc
Extras

ionafan

Thanks to Dusty for the new list and Natty for last week's.

I'm in again this week, still doing mainly my own thing because I'm trying to keep the whole house tidy all the time, but I always get inspired by the lists to do extra bits that I otherwise wouldn't have bothered with

It has been a mega weekend for eB@y sales, so I shall be glad of DH's help when I go to the post office tomorrow with all the parcels. We actually had to *buy* some bubble wrap :eek: but what we don't use now will be useful when we move house. Two bulky items which were cluttering up the garage have been collected today, and the old Flym0 will be on its way to a new home very soon, as will two fancy hats and sundry pieces of clothing

Horse piddle visit for DH tomorrow, so that will take up most of the morning. Then we're off to see DGSs :j

Well done for holding out, Kazwookie - your strike has obviously had a positive effect! :T

Pigpen, you have obviously made the most of your weekend at home. I had to laugh at Dot and Squeak's capers with the plaster :rotfl:

Skint, you're welcome to a couple of spare spoons from me.

(((Hugs))) to mrsgibbs

Congratulations to Valli's DD on the new job. Hope your DS's GF gets home safely.

Here's wishing everyone a good week.

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for list. Big blitz today - well OH did more than his share - as Easter visitors arriving Thurs (my mum) and Fri (his brother). Few more bits of unrequited paper especially in kitchen, and few more things to "compact" in my office aka BIL's bedroom, but apart from that, hopefully it will just be last minute re-hoover and dust on Wed eve (while making a cake and cooking Thursday's eve meal). And of course, copious trips to refill the bird feeders if this weather keeps up. We've had minimal new snow today, but temp never above freezing so nothing has melted. Forecast ditto for next few days, I gather.

3 weeks and it's my birthday.

bossymoo

I'm in, thanks v much for lists.

I'm wfh tomorrow so may get a little done, out all Tue then I'm finished till the following Tue. I had intended wed as finish decorating day, but not needed:T so I'm going to see my mum, and pop in on a friend, whose DS party we missed because of the snow.

Hoping we'll get some carpet this week too, in DS room...

Enjoy the rest of your evening, I've had my bubble bath, and off to bed to read...
X

MinnieMousesMummy

Please count me in for this week. I really need to get on top of the cleaning and decluttering.

Monday - Kitchen
[STRIKE]Remove everything from the fridge and clean including the door seal[/STRIKE]
Sort meal plans for April Work in Progress
Tidy out one of the kitchen drawers
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe the sufaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Polish any granite, stainless steel etc[/STRIKE]
Sweep and mop the floor
[STRIKE]Dust for cobwebs[/STRIKE]
Clean the window sills
[STRIKE]Clear and clean the dining table[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust the chairs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean the microwave inside and outside[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Do some of the ironing pile[/STRIKE]
Wipe and water the plants
[STRIKE]Spend 30 minutes gathering recipes, I am putting together a folder of different recipes with a view to more homemade cooking rather than ready meals[/STRIKE].
Tuesday - Porch, Hall & Living Room
[STRIKE]Dust porch, hall and living room for cobwebs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust the front door and clean the glass panel[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust the furniture in the living room and hall[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoover the living room, porch and hall[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean the phone[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Spend 15 minutes decluttering the living room[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust the skirting boards in the porch, hall and living room[/STRIKE]
Spend 30 minutes gathering recipes for the folder that I am putting together
Do more work on the meal plans for April Work in Progress
Do some of the ironing pile
Sort out the organised mum diary that arrived today (I am trying to get myself organised in the hope that everything else falls into place)Work in Progress
Wednesday - Master Bedroom
Dust for cobwebs
Dust the furniture
Spend 15 minutes decluttering
[STRIKE]Put clothes away that are lying around the side of the room[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Change and wash the bedding[/STRIKE]
Clean the skirting boards
Spend 30 minutes gathering recipes for the folder that I am putting together
[STRIKE]Do more work on the meal plans for April[/STRIKE]
Do some of the ironing pile and put clothes away
[STRIKE]Do more work on sorting out the diary which I got on Monday[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Make a list of things that need to be done in April[/STRIKE]
Thursday - Bathroom & Study
Wash the bathmats
Clean the skirting boards in the bathroom and study
Sweep and mop the bathroom floor
Empty and clean the bins from bathroom and study
Clean the bath, shower, toilet, shower door and sink
Clean the bathroom mirror
Get rid of the empty bottles from the bathroom
Spend 30 minutes gathering recipes for the folder that I am putting together
[STRIKE]Do more work on meal plans for April[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Do some of the ironing pile and put clothes away[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Do more work on sorting diary[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort shopping list for next week and do the online shop[/STRIKE]
Straighten the computer desk
Dust furniture in the study
Wipe the computer monitor, keyboard and mouse
[STRIKE]Quick hoover around the house[/STRIKE]
Spend 15 minutes decluttering the study
Dust the bathroom and study for cobwebs
Catch up with the laundry and do handwashing that I have been putting off
Good Friday - Kids Bedrooms & Other jobs
Polish the furniture
Dust the skirting boards
[STRIKE]Change and wash the kids bedding[/STRIKE]
Dust for cobwebs
Spend 15 minutes decluttering each of the kids bedrooms
Straighten up the bookcases
Spend 30 minutes gathering recipes for the folder
Catch up with the laundry and do the handwashing
Update the budget for this month and sort a new budget for April
Wash PE kits
Look online for bargains for the present box
[STRIKE]Trip to Argos to get the slow cooker[/STRIKE]

Dustykitten

Ionafan, how is your DS now? Well done on your ebaying.

Quite a quiet week ahead at the Dusty palace but we all know it may not pan out that way.

FGB tomorrow evening and I want to try to pop into town at some point too.