Weekly Flylady Thread 9th December 2013

Natty68

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 Dusty for last week's thread

There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.

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 ~ Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room
15 minutes...
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
30 minutes to spare...
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Got an hour...
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..
Extras

• Get those last minute cards and presents posted!!
• Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
• Wash the windows
• Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!
• Dust and Deweb

Tuesday ~ Luscious Living Room, hallway, stairs
15 minutes...
Clear the floor of clutter
Tidy the baubles and lights on the tree.. OR PUT UP YOUR TREE
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wipe and water plants
Wash the windows
Got an hour...
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
Sort coats, shoes and bags
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.
Extras

• Check the smoke alarms
• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Finalise your christmas menu and shopping list
• Defluff and deweb these rooms

Wednesday ~ Brilliant Bathroom, Sociable Study and other grotty places!
15 minutes...
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
30 minutes to spare...
Wash windows and any chairs/sofas
Clean curtains/blinds etc
Declutter floors
Got an hour...
Wash bathmats/shower curtain and furry bog hats
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles
Extras -

• Finalise those last minute presents you have to buy..
• Post all the cards you need to post
• Wrap all the presents for family/friends
• Finalise shopping orders/lists for your christmas food shop.. remember shops are only closed for one day!!!!

Thursday ~ Master messroom! and landing
15 minutes...
Strip the bedding and get it washed!
30 minutes to spare...
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!
Vacuum and turnthe mattress, vacuum the landing and floor
Remake the bed
Clean the windows
Got an hour...
Wash any curtains/etc that are in need
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Fill a binbag for charity shop or the bin!
Extras

• HHI
• Update remaining present lists
• Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs
• Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
• Wash some light shades

Friday - Let's play catchy-up
15 minutes...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Spend 30 minute pampering yourself!!
30 minutes to spare...
Catch up the the window washing
Catch up on the floor mopping/vacuuming
Catch up on the dewebbing and dusting!
Got an hour...
Collect ALL the dirty laundry from about the house inc and bedding that needs changing.. and if you didn't do it yesterday -pet beds!
Spend 15 minutes on your filing
Clean ALL the filters and drawers etc on the kitchen appliances
Extras

• Wipe down ALL the paintwork you keep putting off
• Choose a manky kitchen cupboard and make it shine.. the inside.. NOT the outside!
• Straighten the baubles and lights on the christmas tree.. and if you haven't done it.. get it up stop being such a humbug!
• Write and send the remaining christmas cards!!
• Stick all your cards up!!
• Update remaining present lists!!!
• Wrap remaining presents..
• Make a timetable for christmas prepartions.. turkey in.. turkey out.. etc!!!

skint_breeder_5

I am in Thanks Dusty and Natty. Just in case it gets missed for Opto-mum

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

Your body has nurtured and grown little Opto-baby for 9 months inside, and is designed to carrying on nourishing on the outside. But you need to care for yourself....and that means enough fluid for yourself to make the milk, plus snacks as well as normal meal. Eat and drink as you go to feed, even if that means bubba cries for 2 minutes while you neck down a glass of water and inhale a rich tea biscuit.

Opto-baby might go great guns, and then start getting tired as he is working harder to get the milk out. Try changing sides so less effort is needed on the fuller b00by so more milk goes in.

b/feeding is a supply and demand arrangement - the more Opto-baby demands the more supply you will get. Try rousing Opto-baby a bit sooner for a fed, if you only get an extra feed or two in a day more calories will be going in.

I found new mama teas helpful, but getting them delivered this time of year maybe tricky. But one teabag of liquorice and one of fennel has some key ingredients in. No more than 6 cups a day, if nothing else it will force you keep your fluid intake up and tastes quite pleasant.

Lastly, if you are able to get some b/f "shells" to tuck in your boulder holders while you are feeding, you can then decant the collected milk into a bottle to top up Opto-baby to finish off (or give to OH so you can have time to re-charge/shower/eat.....whatever)

I never b/f my first, but the other 4 young Skints were. It is a challenge, but so worthwhile. So persevere, it does get easier for both of you as time goes on. You are doing great HTH

cyclingyorkie

What she said! And I also replied on the other thread!


I'm in this week, but probably not tomorrow - DD2 will be 20!


Wow - where did that go? As of tomorrow I will have no teenagers...

Dustykitten

Thanks Natty.

I hope Olliecat continues to improve, I feel your stress.

Natty68

Dusty you have a message waiting to be sent..lol

MinnieMousesMummy

Good evening everyone, I got a bit lost last week so I will try harder to keep up this week. I do not know how much I will manage to get done, as it is a busy week with work and course work.

Monday ~ Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room

Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..
Get those last minute cards and presents posted!!
Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
Wash the windows
Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!
Dust and Deweb

Attend college
Do paid work that is in
Sort out some pressies
Write xmas cards

huston_kw

I'm in again this week! Thanks for the list.

mrsmortenharket

Hello.
Sorry I don't post much.

I'm in x

Thanks Natty xxx

Honey_Bear

And me. Thanks for the lists, Dusty and Natty.

froddington

I'm in - thanks Natty :A

Night all, sleep well xx

Monday ~ Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room

15 minutes...
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces

30 minutes to spare...
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill

Got an hour...
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..

Extras
Get those last minute cards posted!!

ionafan

Thanks for the new list, Natty , and to Dusty for last week's. I'm sorry your feline family members are causing you such stress - hope all will be better soon. (((Hugs))) to bossy, decko and froddington too. How are your ratties, froddy?

Opto-mum, Skinty and metrochick are absolutely right about the mechanics of b/f, and Valli has mentioned all the advantages, and I can only add that if you persevere, it will almost certainly get easier, and topping up with breast milk from a spoon is preferable to giving formula from a bottle. In the end *you* must decide what is best for you and your LO. Remember that you can freeze breast milk if you start over-producing!

Hope everyone has a calm and peaceful week.