Weekly Flylady Thread 5th May 2014

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.

Many thanks to Natty for last weeks thread (no link due to the gremlins of last week)

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

Ok here goes this week!

Bank Holiday Monday - Light list
Level 1
HH tidying or decluttering
Hoover and mop the worst bits
Level 2
Meal plan for the week
Collect the laundry and put a wash on/or strip a bed
Level 3
Give sinks and toilets a scrub
HHI or mending
Extras
If the sun shines try to do a 15 minute outside job
Empty all your bins

If you'd rather enjoy the sunshine and have a day off then go for it (I will be )


Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs]
Level 1
Clear and hoover floors
Deal with any urgent phonecalls
Level 2
Clear mantelpiece and dust
Wipe any marks off the stairs wall
Level 3
Hoover under any furniture you can safely move
Dust any dusty bits
Clear and clean windowsills
Extras
HHI
HH Paperwork
Wipe and water plants

Wednesday - Bathroom and Landing
Level 1
Clean toilets
Clean sink, bath, shower, etc
Level 2
Sweep and mop floor
Wash or replace facecloths, sponges, toothbrushes etc as required
Level 3
Wipe tiles
Clear and wipe windowsill
Clear any piles from the landing
Extras
Test smoke alarms
Get out summer duvets/bedding (try to wash winter ones before storing away)

Thursday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
Clear and wipe surfaces
Sweep and mop floor
Level 2
Sort fridge and clean - what do you need to use up?
Wipe over the hob, clean the extractor fan (new filter?)
Level 3
Wipe table and replace tablecloth if needed
Wipe chairs
Clean windows
Extras
HHI
Sort out placemats and coasters - do you need them all? Are any looking grotty?
Find the picnic stuff, lolly making sets etc - surely it will be baking hot some time soon :rotfl:

Friday - Bedrooms
Level 1
Strip, wash & replace bedding - you choose how many you do!
HH Floor clearance
Level 2
Hoover floors that can be seen
Fill in that form you've been meaning to do
Level 3
Mirror, Mirror on the wall who has the shinest one of all?
Clear and wipe top of drawers
Hoover mattress
Extras
Eat a frog before the weekend - you know you want to
HH me time

ionafan

Thanks Dusty for the new thread and Natty (and Bossy!) for last week's.

This morning I sorted all the cupboards in the utility, and DH found half a door that needed glossing! The paint pots are still out for me to do some touching up around the house, but that will be next weekend or the one after, when DH is out for a full day of training on the local steam railway.

The rest of the house is reasonably tidy but needs to be cleaned all through tomorrow. We are hoping to have visitors from Tuesday or Wednesday to Friday. I have nearly finished planting up the garden (still about 4 trugs full of bits to plant out) and I'd like to get the dining room curtains made before they arrive, but don't know if I shall manage all of that tomorrow. Hopefully...

(((Hugs))), spoons and sticks to all x

froddington

I'm in - thanks Dusty :A

Bank Holiday Monday - Light list

Level 1
HH tidying or decluttering
Hoover and mop the worst bits

Level 2
Meal plan for the week
Collect the laundry and put a wash on/or strip a bed

Level 3
Give sinks and toilets a scrub

lynnejk

Thanks for new thread Dusty and Thanks Natty/Bossy for last week


I'm in for this week and hoping for a flying start tomorrow as DH has a day's work and as I won't start until 15.45 will try to get all the floors done through the apartment whilst he's out of the way busy working


Bank Holiday Monday - Light list
Level 1
HH tidying or decluttering
Hoover and mop the worst bits
Level 2
Meal plan for the week
Collect the laundry and put a wash on/or strip a bed
Level 3
Give sinks and toilets a scrub
HHI or mending
Extras
If the sun shines try to do a 15 minute outside job
Empty all your bins

If you'd rather enjoy the sunshine and have a day off then go for it (I will be )


Hope you all have a marvellous Monday and that the sun shines
Lx

pigpen

thanks to all concerned.. My hovel is in .. the ever lasting ongoing mission!!

decluttering a daughter for 5 days tomorrow

just_the_two_of_us

Morning all - pleased to report the sun is up!! and so am I:rotfl:
Will be able to get into the garden today for longer than I have over the weekend as it was cool to say the least!!

At least yesterday we bought some mulch - as it all needs topping up - weeding and digging over first though. Have bought some bagged manure to enrich the soil too - will be a smelly day putting that on/in but might not do it until tomorrow!!

Plan for today - wait until DH surfaces then blitz bathroom.
Go to vol job to discuss possible other options
Apply for other vol job
Lunch
Garden

Will try and do some bits off the list but did more cupboard organising yesterday - it is much better now and ready for me to bite the bullet and go through some difficult stuff - but not just yet:o

Thank you Natty and Bossy and Dusty for the threads - have a good day everyone. xx

bossymoo

We're in thanks very much ladies.

I'll be in the office tomorrow, and away Friday (funeral ) but other than that, the house needs the fly lady treatment!

Don't even know where to start! Cup of tea, then...


Bank Holiday Monday - Light list
Level 1
[STRIKE]HH tidying or decluttering
Hoover and mop the worst bits [/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Meal plan for the week
Collect the laundry[/STRIKE] and put a wash on/or strip a bed
Level 3
[STRIKE]Give sinks and toilets a scrub
HHI or mending[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]If the sun shines try to do a 15 minute outside job
Empty all your bins[/STRIKE]
If you'd rather enjoy the sunshine and have a day off then go for it (I will be )


Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs]
Level 1
[STRIKE]Clear and hoover floors
Deal with any urgent phonecalls[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Clear mantelpiece and dust[/STRIKE]
Wipe any marks off the stairs wall
Level 3
Hoover under any furniture you can safely move
[STRIKE]Dust any dusty bits
Clear and clean windowsills[/STRIKE]
Extras
HHI
HH Paperwork
Wipe and water plants

Wednesday - Bathroom and Landing
Level 1
[STRIKE]Clean toilets
Clean sink, bath, shower, etc[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floor
Wash or replace facecloths, sponges, toothbrushes etc as required[/STRIKE]
Level 3
Wipe tiles
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe windowsill
Clear any piles from the landing[/STRIKE]
Extras
Test smoke alarms
[STRIKE]Get out summer duvets/bedding[/STRIKE] (try to wash winter ones before storing away)

Thursday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe surfaces
Sweep and mop floor[/STRIKE]
Level 2
Sort fridge and clean - what do you need to use up?
[STRIKE]Wipe over the hob[/STRIKE], clean the extractor fan (new filter?)
Level 3
[STRIKE]Wipe table and replace tablecloth if needed[/STRIKE]
Wipe chairs
Clean windows
Extras
HHI
Sort out placemats and coasters - do you need them all? Are any looking grotty?
[STRIKE]Find the picnic stuff, lolly making sets etc - surely it will be baking hot some time soon[/STRIKE] :rotfl:

Friday - Bedrooms
Level 1
Strip, wash & replace bedding - you choose how many you do!
[STRIKE]HH Floor clearance[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Hoover floors that can be seen
Fill in that form you've been meaning to do[/STRIKE]
Level 3
[STRIKE]Mirror, Mirror on the wall who has the shinest one of all?
Clear and wipe top of drawers[/STRIKE]
Hoover mattress
Extras
Eat a frog before the weekend - you know you want to
HH me time

nicki_2

Thanks Dusty I'm in!

Setting myself 2 challenges for the month of May, exercise every day (HHC on Tue Thur & Sat, 10mins abs work on Mon Wed Fri Sun ) and to make a homecooked meal every day instead of resorting to take-away I really need to stop procrastinating and get myself organised.

This week:
Tue: work - collect books school
Wed: Dentist, Bank?
Thur: Work (Order)
Weekend: Ex Sun instead of Sat

Dailies:
Beds MTWThFSaSu
Dishes MTWThFSaSu
S&S kitchen MTWThFSaSu
Exercise (HHC) TThSat (10MC) MWFSun
Surveys etc MTWThFSaSu
Evening meal MTWThFSaSu

Bank Holiday Monday - Light list
Level 1
HH tidying or decluttering
Hoover and mop the worst bits
Find container for DD to use tomorrow for cookery (she's making soup)
Level 2
Meal plan for the week
[STRIKE] Collect the laundry and put a wash on/or strip a bed[/STRIKE] Both beds stripped, wash load already on! At least 4 more to go (towels & bedding)
Level 3
Give sinks and toilets a scrub
HHI x 4 minimum
Mending DD's shoes

Extras
If the sun shines try to do a 15 minute outside job
Empty all your bins
Bake subs
Cook bacon
Bake cakes / twinks
DD to attempt tomorrows cookery lesson so we can see how much is going to be made
Roast dinner for tea

Right DD has just gone for her bath, so I'm going to do my exercise now then get breakfast. Back later :wave:

zcrat41

Hello, I'd like to join if that's ok. I'm a mum to one 15 month old with another on the way, we're farmers so heading into our busy time and we're hoping to move house in a few months (yup, that'll be august when I'm 7 months pg and it's the middle of harvest!) new house needs loads of work too.

Hoping to declutter loads before we move and if I'm on top of cleaning that last clean will be much easier.

It's such a beautiful day here - off to work this morning but will get stuck in this afternoon!

Laura_Sussex

Hi everyone! Please can I join u? I have a 2 year old and 24wks pregnant with our second. House is not looking too great lately!! Need to try and sort out some bits for the charity shop today! Too much clutter.

dancemum

I'm in, many thanks to Natty, Dusty and Bossy x

Welcome new ones x

Wm is on

I'm off to the tip, then to the scales and then we are heading to the park or a walk.

Have a lovely day, see you later x