Weekly Flylady Thread 20th January 2014

Natty68 · 19 January 2014 at 11:28PM

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!

After Dusty's Bedroom declutter last week, we are going back to normal flying for the week..

Thank you to Dusty for last week's thread

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

There are 3 levels per day deepening on how much time you have. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.

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/todailies are anything you need to do today and every day stuff like laundry, 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/binbag dance - 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!

Monday - Master bedroom & landing
15 minutes...
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
30 minutes to spare...
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Wash windows
Vacuum floors
Got an hour...
Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use
Extras

Sort through a box of junk fom the landing
Binbag dance
Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs!
HHI

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Mess
15 minutes...
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe and replace small appliances
30 minutes to spare...
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there..
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Got an hour...
Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed
Clean out the fridge - now the weather seems to be turning colder is there anything that can be turned into soup and frozen. I have a collection of butternut squashes for some reason, so butternut squash soup for us I think

De-web and fluff the room
Extras

Wash the windows
Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
Clean filters and detergent dispensers
HHI

Wednesday - sprog/spare room
15 minutes...
Strip beds and wash sheets and any other bedding in need!
Clear the floor of gibble
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum floor
Wash window
De-web and dust the room
Got an hour...
Binbag dance
Wipe away sticky marks
collect dirty laundry
Extras

HHS&S of the upstairs of the house..
HHI while watching some gubbins of the gogglebox
HH catch-up!!

Thursday - bathroom and cruddy study!
15 minutes...
Declutter the floors and desk!
Remove all the dirty laundry
30 minutes to spare...
Mop/vacuum the floors
Polish the bath/shower/loo/basins/keyboard/mouse/monitor etc.. defrag/virus scan/spyware scan the pc while this does
Empty and clean out the bins
Got an hour...
Wash any curtain/shower curtain/screen/bathmats that needs doing
Shine mirrors and screens and windows
Clean any radiators/fires
Extras

Dust and wipe the pc desk
Straighten the towel cupboard
Wipe down any chairs/sofas in the study
deweb and dust these rooms!

Friday - FLING - Living room, Hall and stairs
15 minutes...
Declutter floors and mantle
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself!
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum stairs and floors
Wipe any glass.. and electricals
Wipe sofas
Got an hour...
Wash down the paintwork and front door.. both sides!
Wash any windows
Wash any soft furnishings in need!
Extras

Clean out pets.. wash their beds!
Do some filing
Binbag dance
Sort through coats, shoes and bags.. wash any coats that need it!

Mumof2_2 · 19 January 2014 at 11:37PM

Many thanks Natty - I'm in please

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cyclingyorkie · 19 January 2014 at 11:44PM

I'm in - and our bed really needs doing. As always the thread leaders are psychic!!

decogecko · 19 January 2014 at 11:50PM

Hi all

Thanks for the lists this week Natty. I'm loving the pics of your new addition.

I'm in again this week. Weekdays are for flying the weekend for DIYing. I know how to live it up! But it's for the big changes I want in my life so must persevere.

Have a great week all

Deco x

pigpen · 20 January 2014 at 12:19AM

my squalor is in.. ty natty

optimistic-mummy · 20 January 2014 at 12:33AM

yeahhy i found you ! thanks natty for fred.

baby has just woke and been fed. he had his bath and a feed a slept from 7.15 after a top up feed untill just gone 11 .... hoping he will sleep just as good after this next feed and a bum change.

will be off to bed after ive sorted baby and had a cuppa.

bossymoo · 20 January 2014 at 12:40AM

I'm in, thanks ladies X
Night all X

Right, tomorrow's list. Since the forecast is fog and barely above freezing, but dry, I'm going to:

[STRIKE]
Get a big sheet outside (have an old wipe clean table cloth that will do).
Take remaining bedding out and leave on sheet.
Ditto stored clothes.
Hoover then disinfect cupboard.
Fling from outside pile what is not needed.
Inspect and launder all remaining fabrics.
Strip bed, Hoover / steam mattress.
[/STRIKE]Steam carpet too.
[STRIKE]Purchase some shrinky storage bags and a new mattress protector. Maybe new duvet for spare bed?[/STRIKE] Mothballs?

Monday - Master bedroom & landing
15 minutes...
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance[/STRIKE]
Wash windows
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork[/STRIKE]
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Mess

15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE]
Wipe and replace small appliances
30 minutes to spare...
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there..
[STRIKE]Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed[/STRIKE]Clean out the fridge
[STRIKE]De-web and fluff the room[/STRIKE]

Wednesday - sprog/spare room

15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Strip beds and wash sheets and any other bedding in need!
Clear the floor of gibble[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Vacuum floor[/STRIKE]
Wash window
[STRIKE]De-web and dust the room[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Binbag dance[/STRIKE]
Wipe away sticky marks
[STRIKE]collect dirty laundry[/STRIKE]

Thursday - bathroom and cruddy study!
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors and desk!
Remove all the dirty laundry[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Mop/vacuum the floors
Polish the bath/shower/loo/basins/keyboard/mouse/monitor etc[/STRIKE]..
defrag/virus scan/spyware scan the pc while this does
[STRIKE]Empty and clean out the bins[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Wash any curtain/shower curtain/screen/bathmats that needs doing
Shine mirrors and screens and windows
Clean any radiators/fires[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Dust and wipe the pc desk
Straighten the towel cupboard
Wipe down any chairs/sofas in the study
deweb and dust these rooms![/STRIKE]

Friday - FLING - Living room, Hall and stairs
15 minutes...
Declutter floors and mantle
[STRIKE]Spend half an hour doing something for yourself![/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Vacuum stairs and floors
Wipe any glass.. and electricals[/STRIKE]
Wipe sofas
Got an hour...
Wash down the paintwork and front door.. both sides!
Wash any windows
Wash any soft furnishings in need!
Extras
Do some filing
Binbag dance
Sort through coats, shoes and bags.. wash any coats that need it!

toochoosey · 20 January 2014 at 1:05AM

Hi, hope all are well xx

Not going to say how I hope to to do this week as the last few weeks have been a writeoff!!
going to do what I can............ Hugs to all xx

Monday - Master bedroom & landing
15 minutes...
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
30 minutes to spare...
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Wash windows
Vacuum floors
Got an hour...
Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use
Extras

Sort through a box of junk fom the landing
Binbag dance
Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs!
HHI

toochoosey · 20 January 2014 at 1:06AM

pigpen wrote: »

my squalor is in.. ty natty

But that's where I live!!!!!! (It's almost the name of the village!!!!!!!)

nicki_2 · 20 January 2014 at 1:29AM

Thanks Natty, I'm in.

Running errands Monday and will have an hour or so of paid stuff to do so we'll have to see how much of my room I get done. Forecast is some rain on Tuesday at some point, and after the massive walk I have planned for Monday, I can't see me leaving the house so I can always do it then.

Going to try this week to keep housework and paid stuff to between 9am & 4pm, excluding dailies so I can spend some more time cooking from scratch, helping DD with her homework and maybe start some hobbies again. This won't work every week (I have to work at least one evening every other week if not more) but I need to get a routine in place so I can make time for exercise or I'll never loose all this excess weight

I have plans for this year & I will implement them this time

optimistic-mummy · 20 January 2014 at 1:34AM

baby is happy lay on the floor after a feed and bum change so im going to do my list for tomorrow drink my cuppa and get some shut eye

dailies
1. bfast
2. lunch
3. dinner
4. s/s kitchen
5. s/s bathroom
6. mop bathroom kitchen and hall
7. wash and dry nappies
8. load DW
9. empty DW
10. hoover all rooms
11. make beds
12. do laundry wash/dry/put away
13. baths
14. LO read his book/homework
15. clear away after dinner
16. pick up / tidy away toys before bed (DS1's job)
17. boys settled for bed
18. HH tidy round/ wipe round etc before bed

mondays jobs

take LO to his app
drop baby to MIL
pushchair delivery
do dailies
dry remaining clothes
do any laundry
put LO's uniform ready for tues and drink

night all x

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