Weekly Flylady Thread 14 April 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!

Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide..

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

• Thoroughly clean the cutlery drawer!
• Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
• Clean all the filters and door seals etc
• HHI
  
• 15 minutes gardening..

Terrible Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
15 minutes...
strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed, turned, vacuumed on other side and and then redress bed
30 minutes to spare...
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Got an hour...
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!
Extras

• Binbag dance
• Binbag for charity
• Sort out your own shoes and bags.. can any be rehomed?
• Wipe hand rails on stairs
  
• 15 minutes weeding

Wednesday - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
15 minutes...
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
30 minutes to spare...
dust over all the electrical appliances.. be careful though I don't want any accidents!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Got an hour...
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Degrot the under stair space/cupboard.. I'm good to you all I know!
Dust mantle and polish any display cabinets or bookshelves etc
Extras

• Wipe and water the plants
• Clean out the pets
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings
• Get a pile of filing done!!

Thursday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
15 minutes...
Clean the floors in these rooms
De-grot the loo/bath/shower/sink etc
30 minutes to spare...
Wash the windows
Empty and clean out the bins
Clear and clean a shelf or cupboard and put back only the necessary items
Got an hour...
Clear the desk of mess and mush.. get rid of those
Wash down ALL the dining chairs..
Drag out the pc desk and clear under and behind it ... Don't you just love me!?
Extras - binbag list! We are doing something different today...

• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Fill a binbag for the bin
• Fill a binbag for a friend
• Fill a binbag for recycling!

Compulsory Extra..
Turn on your favourite song and sing REALLY loudly along with it! .. I don't care if you all sound like strangled cats.. I want you to sing for me! I find it really lifts a cloudy mood!

Funky Friday - Brats rooms, spare rooms or wherever!
15 minutes...
Declutter the dog shelf
Binbag dance!
30 minutes to spare...
Strip and wash the bedding
vacuum and turn mattresses and remake
Drag all the junk from under the bed and place it all where it is meant to be!
Vacuum floor
Got an hour...
Wash the windows
Deweb, dust and destickify the room!
Straighten the cupboards of clothes!
Make sure you have all choccie eggs, if you are buying them, bought for Sunday.
Extras

• Empty all the bins!
• Clean out all the pets!
• Wipe over all the paintwork
• S&S the kitchen!

msgnomey

Okay it's the holidays so I'm in!!

Fmess

Hi all, please may I join?

I've just seen you mentioned on the "What's been popular" thread and I need serious help with organising my cleaning. My house comprises of me, OH, 4 dogs and the cat and subsequently gets very dusty and hairy on a daily basis. I love lists and as I'm a teacher, I am on holiday for the next two weeks so this is the perfect time to kick start an improved approach to cleaning.

Looking forward to the start of the challenge

Mumto5

Welcome Fmess. Thanks for the new thread Natty.

I'm in. DS3 reaches double figures tomorrow, how did that happen?

Kaz2904

Hello all . I'm in. Have been out all weekend. Went to Dyrham yesterday. Overcast and cold so we only stayed a few hours. Then took the littlies down the prom for a couple of hours before tea.
Today we went for a long walk along sand point then went to BiL's house.
Physio tomorrow, SiL is looking after littlies while I'm there.
Just got to get on with the list tomorrow .

Dustykitten

Welcome Fmess. Thanks for the new thread Natty.

Plan is to start with DS3's room tomorrow.

nicki_2

Thanks Natty for the list.

Welcome Fmess!

Going to try and be in this week. DD is back tomorrow morning, Tuesday we have the dentist (and we need to go get DD's bus pass renewed. I know she'll be too tired to go tomorrow :rotfl:), working Thursday and DD has homework to do. I also need to get the yarden pressure washed so ex can have the washer back

I'm going to go and enjoy my last night of peace before chaos starts tomorrow :rotfl::wave:

pigpen

*wipes nose on curtains*

I'm dying.. acute man flu.

ty for fred.. I might be in.. I might just roll over and die..

Dot ill, Pixie almost better but still full of snot, Moomin has a hurt leg after DS3 fell on her.. OH has cut the grass though, one task done.. We are on chickenpox countdown too.. Jacob has them and was here Saturday/Thursday/Friday.. spots started Thursday.. pointless keeping him away Friday when he was more contagious before.

*sniff snot snuffle*

mothernerd

I'd like to tag along again, please. Not done a great deal but I have done something so I'll do what I can in the odd 15 minute chunk, resting in between (no ladders, no lifting). Bought a weekly bus ticket on Saturday so did 2 runs to DS2's with the food from my freezer plus 3 charity shop runs (just using the mini rucksack) and SM in the evening. Cleaned and defrosted the freezer and been to get the food back today.

Planning the rest of the week - hoping to get lots more out of the house + food in and start restocking the freezer.

lynnejk

Welcome fmess :hello:


I would like to try again. Started last week okay and then it all went t*ts - up :rotfl: Will definitely try harder this week.


Cane toad still locked in cupboard but THE BALCONY IS FINISHED :T. All cleaned, painted, boxes and shelves on walls and artificial grass 'carpet' back down. Gosh - all in 3 days :j
Now I can fill all the boxes, tubs and pots and get some plants. BTW my parsley survived the winter and the mint is coming up again

pigpen wrote: »

*wipes nose on curtains*

I'm dying.. acute man flu.

ty for fred.. I might be in.. I might just roll over and die..

*sniff snot snuffle*

Hope you soon feel better and that you've not got the 'pox too. I caught it when I was 29 and it was awful - spots everywhere (and I mean everywhere) :eek:


Hope you all have a dust-busting Monday
Lx

pigpen

I already had the pox twice (I had it, then my younger brother, then 1 sister, then our other sister & then I got it again.. I of course had it half term and easter hols so got no time off school.. I'm good like that! .. I am NOT going for a hat-trick!! The 3 tiddlies can have it though, that I can cope with! OH will likely get it again.. he had it as a sprog but he gets everything .. he will have shingles, the pox and this infernal cold next week you watch!! LOL!!!!

We are meant to be going to his mothers next weekend so we get to share with all of them too.. germfest !!!!!!!!!!!

I have found a loving home for my fabric stash.. flingage at its best.. a whole cupboard full leaving the house.. now to decide what to store in the cupboard.. I think it may be pushchairs, vacuum cleaner and sewing machine.. I am overjoyed at the prospect of room!