Weekly Flylady Thread 16th 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

Still going with the new style this week, which works 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 and Dining Room
Only got 15 minutes
Clean the sink, drainer and taps
Wipe the work surface you can see
30 minutes to spare
Hoover and mop the floor
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Got an hour
Clean the WM filters and drawer
Wash the window
Wipe over the hob and oven door
Extras
Clean some shoes
HHI
Deal with a hotspot

Tuesday - Living room, Hall and downstairs Loo
Only got 15 minutes
Hoover/wipe the sofas
S&S the sink and toilet
30 minutes to spare
Dust the electricals, front, back, sides and underneath
Hoover the floor
Wipe the windowledge
Got an hour
HH tidying, decluttering, sorting
Wipe some paintwork, skirting boards, behind the toilet/sink
Extras
Order pet supplies or make vet appointments
Clean out pets/pet bedding
Check you know when sports day/end of term is
No pets or kids?read a book or do some craft

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Only got 15 minutes
Change the bed, hoover the matress, turn it if you can
30 minutes to spare
Hoover the stairs, landing and bedroom
Wipe the window ledges
Got an hour
Dust any dusty bits
Deal with hotspots/floorobes
Wipe the bedstead
Extras
Arrange for boiler service or chimney sweep
Recycle any paper/magazines lying around
Do something you want to do rather than feel you should!

Thursday - Bathrooms
Only got 15 minutes
Clean toilets and sinks
30 minutes to spare
Change the towels
Hoover and wipe the floor
Wipe the splashbacks
Got an hour
Clean out the plug holes
Shine the mirrors
Clean the bath and shower
Extras
HHPaperwork
Declultter a drawer
Me Me Me time

Friday - Children's Bedrooms or spare rooms/rooms of Doom
Only got 15 minutes
Strip, wash and replace bedding
30 minutes to spare
Hoover floor
HH tidying or decluttering
Got an hour
Wipe the skirting boards
Wash an item of soft furnishings
Clear then dust a flat surface (or 2)
Extras
Find a new recipe to use
Sort out your receipts/purse
Check dates on passports/MoTs/insurance etc

Mumto5

Thank you Dusty. I'm In this week. I have 3 weeks off work so my house had no escuse not to be a flylady palace at the end of it.

See you all tomorrow

Dustykitten

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 5lb and repay Dad £370 for 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. And lose weight gained since stopping smoking
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 - and now another four
Natty - Staying on the thread every day, and post something even if it's a couple of words, every day.
Greent - SW, lose 1/2 stone in the remainder of this month and min 15 mins of crosstrainer 3x/ week
Amyloofoo - Do some exercise every day, even if it's just taking DD to the park. Make sure I get the referrals DD and I both need. Meal plan and stick to grocery budget. Get rid of the evil overdraft. Send letters to P and D. Arrange a visit to family. Try to lose 1kg in preparation for the July wedding.

pigpen

Ta much.. we're in, my hovel and I...

This week we have:-
[STRIKE]Cat @ vet for op Tuesday am[/STRIKE]
Wednesday ~ [STRIKE]ebay thing collecting 2pm[/STRIKE], 10am [STRIKE]EP-something install/check/assessment[/STRIKE].. I'm a bit vague..
Thursday ~ OH's dad, sister bil and possibly mother coming.. *sigh* Cracker vet @5pm
Friday ~ solar install

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Got an hour
Clean the WM filters and drawer
Wipe over the hob and oven door

Tuesday - Living room, Hall and downstairs Loo ~ DONE

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Only got 15 minutes
Change the bed, .. into what?? *gets out magic wand*
30 minutes to spare
Hoover the bedroom

Thursday - Bathrooms ~ DONE

Friday - Children's Bedrooms or spare rooms/rooms of Doom
Only got 15 minutes
Strip, wash and replace bedding
30 minutes to spare
Hoover floor
HH tidying or decluttering
Got an hour
Wipe the skirting boards
Wash an item of soft furnishings
Clear then dust a flat surface

froddington

I'm in - thank you Dusty :A

I'll try and keep up this week - I seem to disappear after a day or 2

Monday - Kitchen
Only got 15 minutes
Clean the sink, drainer and taps
Wipe the work surface you can see

30 minutes to spare
Hoover the floor

Got an hour
Wash the window
Wipe over the hob and oven door

Extras
Deal with a hotspot

Frizzle_2

I'm in. At work all day tomorrow but have the evening! And the list seems manageable so should be ok!! X

lynnejk

Hiya everyone :hello:


Thanks Natty for last week and thanks for this week Dusty

I am in again this week please and determined to get it under control :rotfl: well, that's the plan.

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Only got 15 minutes
Clean the sink, drainer and taps
Wipe the work surface you can see
30 minutes to spare
Hoover and mop the floor
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Got an hour
Clean the WM filters and drawer
Wash the window
Wipe over the hob and oven door
Extras
Clean some shoes
HHI
Deal with a hotspot


Hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx

SandBsMum

Thanks for the thread :beer:

I'm in too, I made a good start last week, kind of lol, I'll also be adding in the tasks I missed/skipped or that need re-doing as I need to deep clean this week before my landlord comes in to do some work :eek:

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Only got 15 minutes
Clean the sink, drainer and taps
Wipe the work surface you can see
30 minutes to spare
Hoover and mop the floor
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Got an hour
Clean the WM filters and drawer
Wash the window
Wipe over the hob and oven door
Extras
[STRIKE]Clean some shoes[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]
Deal with a hotspot

From last week
Wipe the units and appliances
Wipe over the large appliances
Scrub the tiles
Clean the lightshades

My list for the week
Get ALL the laundry done
Get the baby clothes organised
Clean the oven
Sort out the display cabinet in the living room
Clear out the dining room corner of doom
Wash the living room curtains/nets
Wash the bedroom curtains

Dustykitten

Morning all

Awake early so am having a quick find the dining rom table before everybody is up. Hoping DS2 slept wel and can get through this morning's exam, I can wait for them to be over now so I dread to think what he is like.

Jazee

Morning all. Thanks for the list. I'm in again this week, off the paid stuff so will see what I get done. We have visitors coming and all sorts going on. Today I plan to garden, hoover through the house, bake a cake and then do the list.

Have a great day everyone.

Crowdpleaser

Morning! Im in! Didnt do too bad last wwek but kitchen looks like a hovel again!!! Grr.

Have completed 4 more squares and am at total of 9 now. My aim is to do 20 now by end of month! Lol!

Right time to extract rugrats from pits x