Weekly Flylady Thread 1st July 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.

Thanks to Natty for last week's thread

Still going with the new style this week, which works on how much time and motivation you have. The idea is that even if you are really busy you don't need to fall off the wagon!

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!

Manic Monday - Pinch and a Punch for the first of the month
Only got 15 minutes..
S&S toilets and basins
Hoover high traffic areas
30 minutes to spare
Clean a window
Wash some soft furnishings/duvets/pillows
Make a phone call/send an email - appointments for the school holidays
Got an hour...
Remove everything from your desk
Give it a good clean
Now sort all that stuff which is on the floor
Wipe keyboards, mouse and remove finger prints from all those touch screens
Extras
Water some plants (indoors or out)
Sow some salad seeds
15 minutes decluttering/recycling
Do some mending

Tuesday - Kitchen
Only got 15 minutes..
Wipe the sides and small appliances
30 minutes to spare
hoover and mop the floor
Shine the sink, drainer and taps
Wash out the bin
Got an hour...
Take everything off the top of cupboards (or top shelves if they go to the ceiling) give it all a good clean
Extras
Empty the bin and wash it out
Wash your oven gloves/apron/tea cosy
Clear a hotspot

Wonderful Wednesday - Living Rooms and Dining Rooms
Only got 15 minutes..
Clear and wipe tables/coffee tables
Hoover and mop
30 minutes to spare
Dust picture rails and skirtings
Tidy away books, papers, dvds etc
Wipe the light switches
Got an hour...
Eat your biggest frog or at least give it a good chew - you have an hour if you are doing this level.
Extras
Catch up with laundry/ironing
Me, Me, Me time it is hump day after all


Thursday -Hall, stairs, cloakrooms and Bathrooms
Only got 15 minutes..
S&S toilets and sinks
Hoover and mop
30 minutes to spare
Dust picture rails and skirtings
Clean bath/shower including screens/curtains/panels
Wipe on top of the bathroom cabinet/check supplies - bite and sting creams etc
Wash towels and bathmats
Got an hour...
Wash down the tiles
Remove all yes all the clutter from the landing
Clean the windows and ledges
Extras
Time for new toothbrushes/sponge/razor blades?
Wipe skirtings/walls up the stairs
Meal plan for the weekend, it's predicted to be a scorcher

Friday - Bedrooms you choose how many
Only got 15 minutes..
Change a bed or two
30 minutes to spare
Dust a fluffy side
Put any stray clothes away
Hoover the floor
Got an hour...
Summer has arrived, get out those summer clothes and either wear them or give them to somebody who will
Wash the winter duvets if you haven't done so
Extras
Remove some cobwebs
Spot clean carpet or rug whilst it is warm to have the doors open
Make some elderflower coridal

pigpen

we're in.. I might actually do something this week.

ty Dusty xx

Moomins first day at the new school tomorrow.
July bills have been organised already.. all ahead of myself.. not like me at all.

MinnieMousesMummy

Good evening, please count me in for this week. As with the last couple of weeks I will work from my own list as I have so much that I need to try and catch up with /stay on top of in terms of work, studying, decluttering and general cleaning.

I have decided that since Monday is the 1st I will make it day 1 on the road to getting rid of debt, getting my qualifications (hopefully leading to my ideal job), decluttering and getting everything sorted for the new baby.

Manic Monday - Pinch and a Punch for the first of the month

1. Hoover high traffic areas
2. Make a phone call/send an email - appointments for the school holidays
3. Water plants
4. Repot some plants
5. Shower and get dressed, Kids up and dressed
6. Childminder runs
7. HH sorting emails and delete 50
8. Do paid work
9. Surveys and other daily work
10. Feed all animals
11. Do some course work
12. Schedule direct debits
13. Check bank and move money around
14. Pay some money off debt
15. HH declutter in the kitchen
16. Clear and clean the kitchen work surfaces
17. Sweep and mop the kitchen floor
18. HH declutter in the master bedroom
19. HHI
20. Sort lunches, bags and clothes for Tuesday
21. Measure the windows and make a note of the sizes for getting curtains
22. Get curtain poles for putting the curtains up

decogecko

Thanks for the lists this week Dusty & Natty for last weeks.

I'm in again this week.

Have a great week all

Deco x

Valli

I will be in for a bit this week as I am working Friday; my job share is off on a Jolly to somewhere in Spain for the weekend. I had a Wednesday off a couple of weeks back in leiu.

I have looked at my Bank account and made myself all sad. I am getting poorer and poorer. *cuts up credit cards*

I am going to make a concerted effort to run all washloads on cheap rate.

Anyway; we have strawberries; I have made DD pick the almost ripe ones before Messrs Slug, Snail and Creepy Crawly move in.

funfairprincess

I'm in this week. Thanks to Natty and Dusty for the threads x
Been too busy to post, I've done 3 nights with dd for her dancing display plus a dress rehearsal and sequin sewing and the like. 1 nutcracker birthday party for dd, end of term stuff for dd and ds2, supervised the renovations going on in my caravan and made new curtains for it! FiL in hospital and everyone else is on hols so I'm doing the running around, OH still greeting about his leg and he's still off work.
So tomorrow I have grounded myself cause the hoose is like steptoes back yard again and I have Ben Washing cluttering up the utility room.

Will be in early(ish) in the morning. Love and hugs too all x

Mumto5

Im in. thanks for the list Dusty. Epic weekend. So chilled now. Desperately need sleep. Until the morning flylady friends. I am gone........

bossymoo

HOW IS IT JULY???

Thanks dusty, I'm in, goodness knows what I'll get done tomorrow though with (supposedly) working from home and DD under my feet too. She won't be able to go to nursery tomorrow :eek:

See you in the morning! I need an early night

Help yourself to :coffee: and :bdaycake: we like to share


Manic Monday - Pinch and a Punch for the first of the month
Wash some soft furnishings/duvets/pillows
Wipe keyboards, mouse and remove finger prints from all those touch screens
Do some mending

Tuesday - Kitchen
Wash out the bin

Wonderful Wednesday - Living Rooms and Dining Rooms.
ironing

Thursday -Hall, stairs, cloakrooms and Bathrooms
Wash towels and bathmats
Time for new toothbrushes/sponge/razor blades?

Friday - Bedrooms you choose how many
Change a bed or two
Put any stray clothes away
Spot clean carpet or rug whilst it is warm to have the doors open

pigpen

bossymoo wrote: »

HOW IS IT JULY???

I said that to OH earlier.. It is my mothers wedding anniversary tomorrow too.. 30 years of misery and counting.

cyclingyorkie

I'm in, although OH is taking tomorrow as holiday.

next week is crunch week at OH's work. In the huge process that is this round of 'restructuring' this week is 'hiatus week.'

We wondered why until someone found this on the net:-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/10144452/City-Diary-Aviva-executives-have-their-cover-blown-at-Med-summit.html

Cue an even more fed-up workforce....

cat_smith

Hi everyone. I'm back.

Count me in please. Need to get my arris in gear. Had a productive weekend - lots of gardening and some DIY. This week I must shorten curtains. They have been too long since they went up in November.