Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd June 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.

Thanks to Natty for last weeks thread

New style this week depending on how much time and motivation you have. The idea is that even if you are really busy you don't need to fall off the wagon!

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!

Monday - kitchen
Only got 15 minutes
Clean your sink including the plugs and holes
Put away at least 5 items
30 minutes to spare
sweep and mop the floor
Wipe the worksurfaces
Got an hour
Clean the fridge including the door seals and drain hole
Wipe your kickboards
Clean DW filter and run through on a clean wash
Extras
HHI
15 minutes on a job you've been putting off or in your Room of Doom
Wipe your plants, water and feed them
Empty the bins

Tuesday - Living room/Dining Room/Family Room
Only got 15 minutes
27 fling boogie - rehoming items which are cluttering these areas
Deal with any phone calls/appointments to make for summer holidays etc
30 minutes to spare
Hoover and/or mop the floor
Tidy bookcases/shelves
Got an hour
Wax/polish any furniture in need
Wipe the legs of any furniture
Empty the bins
Extras
Dust any flat surfaces
Wipe finger marks off the walls
Clean a window or two

Wednesday - Hall, Stairs, Landing, Downstairs Loo and children's rooms
Only got 15 minutes
Hoover these areas
Collect up any cups/plates etc from other rooms (get the culprit to do this)
30 minutes to spare
Wipe and dust away the grime
Clean the downstairs toilet and basin
Got an hour
Shine some mirrors
15 minutes rehoming/decluttering
Cobweb extermination
Extras
Bin pens which no longer work and sharpen pencils
HH me time for some crafty, beautifying or just sitting and being
Run a pc scan and check your anti-virus protection

Thursday - Master bedrooms
Only got 15 minutes
Hang up all the clothes (or as many as you can in 15 )
Open the window for a bit of fresh air
30 minutes to spare
Change the bed - time to turn the mattress?
Clear and dust one surface
Got an hour
Clean the window
Dust pictures and lightshades
Sort accessories and be ruthless
Extras
Catch up on laundry (hat, coats, gloves and scarves)
Do any financial paperwork, check interest rates etc

Friday - Bathroom and weekend round up
Only got 15 minutes
Clean the sink and toilet
Wash the towels
30 minutes to spare
Hoover high traffic areas
Clean bath and or shower
Got an hour
Wash the bathroom floor
Change any beds in need (including pets)
Sort out a drawer somewhere
Extras
Bake a cake
Restock bathroom toiletries, decant and bin empty bottles etc

bossymoo

Thanks Dusty and Natty, I'm in this week please.

If anyone wants to join in with the June challenge, any little pledge will do, highlight your pledge and updates in bold blue please! (Helps me spot 'em quicker) and look out for the gentle kicks up the derrière :rotfl:


June Challenge:
Bossymoo - Sort bills including car insurance, organise ISAs and lose 10lb
Jazee - No snacks except fruit, other than that only eating at main meals
Dusty - Finish the planting out, loose 3lb, do stomach exercises
Lozzy88 - lose £5 and save £200 towards bunks!
Nikki - Complete exercise challenge!
JennyJewel - Lose 1st in weight!!! (hope you don't intent to amputate any parts!)
Froddy - Rejoin SW and lose half a stone
RebeccaHarris31 - To try and "Boost My Income" each day by doing surveys etc. and (hopefully!) get some pay outs by the end of the month.
Aldahbra - do flylady tasks every day for June! Welcome to the team!
Mumto5 - no mid week wine, a month of packed lunches so I can save dinner money for my upcoming holidays
Mummyroysof3 - complete last assignment for degree by the 10th, lose 7lb and not put of smear test
Lynnejk - Restart home exercise with Lesley Sansone - please give me a kick through the week someone.
Ionafan - Lose another 5 lb (surely you will vanish?). Finish writing this course. Finish the planting out. Finish touching up the paint all round the house. Get the voile up in the kitchen.
JTTOU - Lose 3 lbs more before June 30th Anniversary holiday ( just in case I put it back on!). Sort one box of paperwork for each week I am in the country - so three boxes.
Wendywitch - tba
Mrs MP - lose 7lbs, do some excercise every weekday, keep up to date on the fly lists, complete at least 2 panels on dictonary of homes cross stitch, give mil ALL the support she wants, ring mum dad every week, text sis and bro at least fortnightly, clear some more clutter - wow Mrs MP we might demand you at least take a day off for YOU xxx
FizzWhizz - stay on the midweek wagon and lose a few lbs
JennyBee - Do all the filing that has been in a pile for ages, Do a car boot to sell all the stuff that's in a box waiting to go, Send off DS1 passport forms, Have some me time
MaddyWaddy - Complete weeks 1-3 jogging couch to 5k - Join 2 running clubs, Fly
HoneyBear - 1 Lose 4lbs 2 Deal with one box a day in the Room of Doom 3 Go booze free for the month 4 Complete an entire Flylist one day a week.
Vanilla - To stay on the thread and completely empty the attic.
Charlieyates - Lose at least 5lb and make at least 2 rooms look liveable
Lamewolf - Reduce my Toots/Frog list by 5 items.
Crowdpleaser - knit four squares for blanket

See you tomorrow x

Dustykitten

Thanks Bossy

Dusty finish the planting out, loose 3lb, do stomach exercises

nicki_2

Thanks Dusty for the list I'm in as much as I can be

Thanks also to Bossy for the challenge, mine is Complete exercise challenge :eek: Its on f@cebook and I have an app for it as well :rotfl: No excuses. I can do this _pale_

Personal:
Belt loops - make & attach to school pants
Ironing
Finances
Mr A delivery (book for Tuesday)
Menu plan
Print calender out for rest of year
HHE x 2
Work Tues: (Returns, accounts, prep books, prep cards/change, deal with recharge :mad:)

Monday - kitchen
Only got 15 minutes
Clean your sink including the plugs and holes
Put away at least 5 items
30 minutes to spare
sweep and mop the floor
Wipe the worksurfaces
Got an hour
Clean the fridge including the door seals and drain hole
Wipe your kickboards
Extras
HHI
15 minutes on a job you've been putting off or in your Room of Doom
Wipe your plants, water and feed them
Empty the bins

Finding uniform then heading for bed. Having a pj day tomorrow while I fly Night all, sleep well :wave:

JennyJewell

Thank you so much for the list Dusty - I really need it

My June Challenge - lose 1 stone in weight

Right off to make a start
Brightest blessings all
xx

froddington

I'm in - thanks Dusty :A

Back to work tomorrow for a half term topic of Mr. Men

bossy - my June challenge is rejoin SW (I know, I still haven't made it back there ) and lose half a stone

List ready for tomorrow - night all, sleep well xx

Monday - kitchen

Only got 15 minutes
Clean your sink including the plugs and holes
Put away at least 5 items

30 minutes to spare
sweep and mop the floor
Wipe the worksurfaces

Got an hour
Wipe your kickboards

Extras
15 minutes on a job you've been putting off or in your Room of Doom

rebeccaharris31

Hello again!

June Challenge: To try and "Boost My Income" each day by doing surveys etc. and (hopefully!) get some pay outs by the end of the month.

Flying Update: Changed mind with regard to doing the 15 min jobs, but sitting room and kitchen now look more respectable than before - decluttered, put things back where they belong and made a start on window washing. To be continued tomorrow ..... as well as items on list, for which thanks Dusty.

Am yawning my socks off now, so good night all.

pigpen

Were in.. landing is going to be done eventually and my tile money is once again going on something else.. I need to sort the back room out... new fire that works safely, laminate and a tin of paint as a mad luxury

ty all xx

Todailies!!

DW
WM
TD
Check for wet beds! .. all dry
Mops loo and barfroom (DD1 keeps visiting!)
post 3x ebay parcel
Sort the very last unsorted box in the back room I never thought I'd get through that!

This weeks jobs..

Measure up for laminate. (4.04 x 3.85)
get squares finished for blanket. 19 :36
wash downstairs windows (delegated to OH)
[STRIKE]Mince grass [/STRIKE](OH)
paint bathroom with bleach..
Ring physio re Moomins boots . left message, lets see if they bother ringing back!!
ring high school re Moomins care plan
Book for 'do' after Pixies baptism.
Boss OH to do remaining invites for Pixies baptism!
Food shop... frozen foods and loo rolls!..
Ring gas fitter, chimney fixer and .. someone else I've forgotten.. ggrrr
Book Tiddles opticians appt. 3:50 Friday

Monday - kitchen
Only got 15 minutes
Clean your sink [STRIKE]including the plugs and holes[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Put away at least 5 items [/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare
sweep and mop the floor
Wipe the worksurfaces
Got an hour
Clean the fridge including the door seals and drain hole.. delegated to OH
Wipe your kickboards.. delegated to OH
[STRIKE]Clean DW filter [/STRIKE]and run through on a clean wash
Extras
15 minutes on a job you've been putting off or in your Room of Doom .. mine is a house of doom!
[STRIKE]Empty the bins[/STRIKE]

Tuesday - Living room/Dining Room/Family Room
Only got 15 minutes
27 fling boogie - rehoming items which are cluttering these areas
Deal with any phone calls/appointments to make for summer holidays etc
30 minutes to spare
Hoover the floor
Tidy bookcases/shelves
Extras
Dust any flat surfaces

Wednesday - Hall, Stairs, Landing, Downstairs Loo and children's rooms
Only got 15 minutes
Hoover these areas
Got an hour
15 minutes rehoming/decluttering
Extras
HH me time for some crafty, beautifying or just sitting and being.. I knit.. once the beasts ar in bed every day.. does that count?

Aldahbra

What is room of doom?

My June challenge is to do fly lady tasks every day for June I have tried this several times over the years but never keep it up.

Mumto5

Thanks for the new list Dusty.

Oooohhh! New challenge (changes font)

no mid week wine. :eek:

Maintain a month of packed lunches so I can save dinner money for my upcoming holidays:rotfl:.

Keep me on task ladies especially with no 2!

mummyroysof3

complete last assignment for degree by the 10th, lose 7lb and not put of smear test