Weekly Flylady Thread 31st March 2014

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

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!

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Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room
15 minutes...
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
30 minutes to spare...
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven and hob
Wash windows and sills
Got an hour...
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Degunge the fridge!
Extras

• Thoroughly clean the cupboard full of tins!
• Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
• Clean all the filters and door seals etc
• Wipe a shelf or 3 and staighten all the stuff on them.

Twinkly Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing
15 minutes...
Clear the floordrobe
Clear the landing of gibble
30 minutes to spare...
Dust and deweb
Wash the windows
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed
Got an hour...
Strip and wash the bedding
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
Check those smoke alarms!
Extras

• Binbag dance
• HHI
• 15 minutes filing
• Fill a binbag of old winter stuff for charity shop!!
• 15 minutes in the garden dead heading or pruning...

Wednesday Wonders ~ Cruddy Study & Bathrooms
15 minutes...
Declutter floors!
Mop/vacuum/sweep floors
30 minutes to spare...
Scrub tiles while running a defrag
Clean the bath, basins, shower trays and loo's
Collect all the laundry from upstairs
Got an hour...
Wash windows
Wash bath mats/shower curtains etc
Degrot the desk and dust and polish the monitor and pc case etc
Extras

• Empty and wash out bins
• Wipe all the sofas/chairs in these rooms
• Wipe paintwork in these rooms
• Clear and wipe a shelf or two

Thursdays are Trilling!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
15 minutes...
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
30 minutes to spare...
Wash the windows and the front door.. inside and out!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Got an hour...
Clean the sofas
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Wipe all the paintwork!
Dust mantle and polish all the trinkets upon it.. and get all the junk off it!
Extras

• Wipe and water the plants
• Clean out the pets, get rid of that smelly bedding and replace with lovely smelling bits
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings
• Get a pile of filing done!!

Friday - those frightening Friday kids rooms and spare rooms
15 minutes...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see..
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
30 minutes to spare...
Binbag dance
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! Aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area!
Got an hour...
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
Extras

• Wash a set of curtains, nets or throw
• Make all those necessary phonecalls!
• HHI
• Make a half hour time out for yourself!!
• Tidy up the garden! Trim hedges and grass etc...
• Bake a cake
• Spend an hour or so with the family having some lovely special family time.. just talking or watching a film with popcorn etc..
  

dancemum

I'm in. Thank you Natty and Dusty for the lists x

bossymoo

I'm in thank you both :A I have just had a mad HH runaround putting stuff away so we're fairly tidy, ready to scrub!

X

supersaver1000

Would like to give it another go please.

GeekPetite

I'm in too please

FizzWhizz

Ready and willing for tomorrow! My dad is coming to visit for the first time in a long time this weekend so I need everything to be ship shape and Bristol fashion by Friday.

I hope you have all enjoyed your weekend. Just finished watching Louis Theroux and I'm still half blubbing

Dustykitten

Thanks Natty

Starting the week with both laundry and ironing baskets empty, rest of the house is in serious need of attention.

froddington

I'm in - thanks Natty :A

I hope all flymums have had a good day x

Magnificent Monday - Kitchen

15 minutes...
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances

30 minutes to spare...
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven and hob
Wash windows and sills

Auntie_Sceb

Thanks Natty
I'm actually looking forward to tomorrow's list. I've only got a tiny kitchen!

helen_jelly

Thanks for the lists ladies

I'm in again, doing my own lists :]

Its 11.24pm and I've just realised that DS has no clean trousers for school tomorrow, fliiping heck - best get off here and do something about it then :[

lynnejk

Please can I join. I have been lurking for a couple of weeks but have an extra job starting this week and must get more organised.


Is it okay my sprogs all grown and flown - but DH seems to make up for a horde most of the time


Lx