Weekly Flylady Thread 12th August 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.

Thank you to Natty for last weeks 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!

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Sweep and mop the floor
30 minutes to spare..
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Clean the sink and slush the drain out
Got an hour...
Clean the windows
Wipe the door handles
Clean the extractor fan/filter change?
Wipe the oven kn@bs, underneath too if you can
Extra Mission
Defrost the freezer and make a list of things to use up this week
Find 10 things to throw/give away

Tuesday - Living Room and study
15 minutes..
Tidy up, put things away, straighten those piles - there better already
30 minutes to spare...
Hoover the floors
Dust electricals, screens etc
Do one bit of paperwork
Got an hour...
Hoover/wipe the sofas
Wipe the skirtings/lightshades and bulbs
Time to deal with something else on your desk or sort out the drawers
Extra Mission:
Wash your door sausage or make one if you need it
Check kids pencil cases ready for the return for school, no kids sort your own stationery, think about planner/diary for next year if you like a 16 month one

Wednesday - Bathroom/downstairs toilet/Hall, Stairs, Landing
15 minutes...
Clean the toilets and sinks, shine those taps
Got 30 minutes to spare...
ME TIME - newbies this is a very important part of being a flylady:D You could soak you feet and paint your nails, read a magazine, chat with a friend, have a cuppa - anything but you must not skip t his task
Have an hour...
Clear the floors and hoover and mop them, right into the manky corners
Test your smoke alarms, hoover them out inside
Clean the bath and/or shower - descale the head if required
Shine those mirrors and windows
Extra mission:
Who needs new toothbrushes/cotton wool/sponges etc?
Change pet bedding

Thursday - Choose a bedroom
15 minutes..
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
30 minutes to spare..
Clear and clean the bedside table/dressing table
Hoover the floor
Do your rings need a clean? I soak mine in a ramekin of warm water with a dash of washing up liquid and gently brush with an old toothbrush.
Got an hour..
What's lurking under the bed, drag it all out, hoover right to the back. Found any treasurers or trash?
Extra mission:
Sort any piles of magazines, catalogues etc, any you can pass on or recycle?
Get out winter boots/shoes do they need reheeling/polishing/replacing?

Good luck to those flykids collecting A/AS results today, fingers crossed you get what you deserve

Friday Rooms of Dooms
15 minutes..
Eat a frog or at least take a big bite from it
30 minutes to spare..
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Vacuum the floor
Clean the window
Got an hour..
The cupboard/drawer/pile you have been meaning to deal with forever, the time has come to tackle it!
Not got a pile, then your surfaces should be nice and clear for a good dusting.
Extra Mission
Catch up on something you missed earlier in the week or do something you've been meaning to?

soappie

Thanks Dusty - I may or may not be around! Hopefully it'll be the former...but it's a busy week at work because it's Clearing time!

FacelessNumber

Have been AWOL for 2 weeks but will try and be around a bit this week :-)

Only 4 weeks til a week off work!! Woohooooo!!!!

Dustykitten

soappie wrote: »

Thanks Dusty - I may or may not be around! Hopefully it'll be the former...but it's a busy week at work because it's Clearing time!

Yes, I guess 'the files' will have arrived today? Fingers crossed for all those getting A level results this week (and AS too) it is a stressful time for all concerned and will no doubt involve oodles of media interest.

dancemum

Thanks for the threads Dusty & Natty x

Kitchen put to bed.
Back to knitting now

Misty_Blue

I'd like to be in this week, please. OH is actually on board with the idea as well.

soappie

Dustykitten wrote: »

Yes, I guess 'the files' will have arrived today? Fingers crossed for all those getting A level results this week (and AS too) it is a stressful time for all concerned and will no doubt involve oodles of media interest.

Yep, results will be on my desk tomorrow (Monday) morning - but there will, of course, be a total embargo on the publication of them. UCAS website will (should!) be locked down until Weds so we can at least convert the conditionals into unconditionals as appropriate before all hell lets loose on the phones (ha!) on Weds...

Interesting times... And no - I do not - even for a v. large fee - let anyone know anyone's A level results before official publication time!

decogecko

Hi all

Thanks for the lists this week Dusty & natty for last weeks

Trying to learn crochet using youtube in between candy crush lives

Have a great week all

Deco x

**Vanilla**

I'm back in again this week.
Thanks Dusty and Natty for the lists..

Kids all bathed and the cold water in the bath doesn't want to work at all and the sink cold tap only running a wee bit so i'll be calling the plumber in the morning.

Few more loads of washing done but not much else. Gonna go and read abit more of my book and then bed, DS1 has football in the morning. I'm hoping to do some work in the polytunnel while he's away. Right night all x

pigpen

well my kitchen is almost sparkly .. DD1 did lots of bossing of DD2 on Friday while I was in hospital

We'll be in of a fashion anyway!

TY Dusty

bonnie_bumpkins

Evening all

Thanks dusty for the lists and natty for last week XX

Ok here goes this week!

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Sweep and mop the floor
30 minutes to spare..
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Clean the sink and slush the drain out
Got an hour...
Clean the windows
Wipe the door handles
[STRIKE]Clean the extractor fan/filter change?[/STRIKE]
Wipe the oven kn@bs, underneath too if you can
Extra Mission
Defrost the freezer and make a list of things to use up this week
Find 10 things to throw/give away

Also in Kitchen & Dining Room I need to:
Continue with tidying cupboards
See if I can mend the broken drawer
Replace lightbulbs
Tidy bookcase
Shred stuff
Take glass to recycling
Dust & de-web like there's no tomorrow

I need to sleep now - goodnight all x