Weekly Flylady Thread 30th March 2015

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 - Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Open windows and let in fresh air
Strip and wash the bedding
clear the floordrobe
Level Two
Wash the windows
Clear the landing of gibble
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed
Level Three
Dust and deweb
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!!

Twinkling Tuesday - Bathrooms and office/study type places.
Level One
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Ring someone you love just to tell them so.. we never do this enough!
Wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing
Level Two
Vacuum the floors
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Level Three
Declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras

• HHI..
• Clear a hotspot
• Degunge around the bottoms of the taps!
• Wipe cupboards and polish mirrors!
• Do a DIY task that you have been putting off since time began.
• Dead head daffodils if plants have finished flowering.

Wishy-washy Wednesday ~ Living Room, Hallway and Stairs
Level One...
Declutter floors.. in all these areas!
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Sort through the coats and bags and shoes.. What can you fling?
Level Two...
Clear the mantle and a hotspot and replace only what should be there!
Wipe and water any plants..
Vacuum the floors!
Level Three...
Empty a cupboard or drawer and fling all that is no longer needed and rehome anything that shouldnt be there!
Wash any soft furnishings
Wipe all the paintwork and all the doors!
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs & wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Wash the windows if they need it
• Binbag dance.. fling that rubbish!
• Polish any mirrors and pictures and glassware
• Replace any dead lightbulbs in the house.. and test those smoke alarms!!
• Clean out your handbag.. how many receipts do you really need??
• Clean out smelly pets

Thrilling Thursday - Kitchen and Dining mess
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe and replace small appliances
Level Two
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there..
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed
Clean out the fridge
De-web and fluff the room
Extras

• Wash the windows
• Sort through the freezer.. what do you have loads of and what needs using first.. vacuum up those escaping peas and brussels!!
• Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
• Meal plan for the next week and make a shopping list... based on what you found in the freezer.
• Clean filters and detergent dispensers
• HHI

Good Friday - Guess what it's catchup day!
Level One...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Make time to do something for yourself!! A haircut, a long bath, a facial... whatever it takes.. do it!
Level Two...
Whizz over the main living area.. make it presentable
Change any smelly bedding that needs doing
Clean the fluff out of the TD filters.. or clean the WM/DW filters
Level Three...
HHC clearing the messiest room in the house
Wash any windows that are needy
Complete 1 task you have been 'meaning' to do for ages and not done it!!
Extras...

• Make sure you have everything ready for the weekend...Easter Eggs, Small eggs for easter egg hunt etc...
• Clean out a cupboard..
• Polish all your electrical appliances.. tv's, stereos etc
• water and wipe any neglected plants
• Collect all the dirty laundry strewn about the house.. bedroom floors are the worst!
• Sort through your most used handbag.. get rid of those receipts and used tissues!
• make a note of any calls you need to make or appointments that need keeping this week!

Narc0lepsy

Coo am I the first? I'm in.
Today was a mix of relaxing, socialising and sorting out a few bits so won't bore you with details.
Forthcoming week I'm working a few hours Mon-Wed.

Natty68

Narc0lepsy wrote: »

Coo am I the first? I'm in.
Today was a mix of relaxing, socialising and sorting out a few bits so won't bore you with details.

Sounds like my whole week Narco.. It was a mix of major CBA's and "my meds aren't working" week;)

froddington

I'm in - thanks Natty :A Hope you're ok.

I tripped over earlier and have scraped a huge piece of skin off my right shin and cut my left leg just below the knee Have a feeling I may be a bit stiff and bruised tomorrow

Thankfully, it's only a 4 day week and then it's the holidays :j

Magnificent Monday - Master bedroom and Landing

Level One
Open windows and let in fresh air
Strip and wash the bedding
clear the floordrobe

Level Two
Wash the windows
Clear the landing of gibble
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed

Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
Check those smoke alarms!

froddington

Thought I'd remind people of this just in case anyone else is free to join us .............

Flylady Meet

Just to confirm that some of us will be meeting at the WDYTYA Live exhibition in Birmingham on Friday 17th April.

Also, for those not interested in that, we can meet for lunch and / or dinner on Thursday 16th April and / or dinner on Friday 17th.

Please let me know if you are interested - I know Jazee and Ionafan are

Night all, sleep well xx

Narc0lepsy

Natty68 wrote: »

Sounds like my whole week Narco.. It was a mix of major CBA's and "my meds aren't working" week;)

At least you have a decent excuse; mine's just terminal slothdom. Well, I won't include the going to church in that category!

Frizzle_2

Thanks for the list natty!

This seems really manageable for me as I'm not at work! Woot woot!

List for tomorrow...
Bolognaise in slow cooker
Unload/reload dw
Day at the farm

Magnificent Monday - Master bedroom and Landing
Open windows and let in fresh air
Strip and wash the bedding
clear the floordrobe

Clear the landing of gibble
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed

Dust and deweb
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture

Extras
HHI x4!!!
15 minutes filing
Fill a binbag of old winter stuff for charity shop!! Catch you all in the morning!

Dustykitten

Thanks for the new thread Natty.

I'll be off list this week trying to catchup with outstanding jobs to start with:

Ironing
[STRIKE]Dust Living Room
Clean bathroom[/STRIKE]
Clean shower room

Touch up fireplace paint, little bit left to do
Filling where wallpaper came off

Plant out daffs
Pot up Dahlias

[STRIKE]Annotate documents for Monday's meeting[/STRIKE]
Sort out the piles and piles of paperwork in the DR
Check all bank account - half done
Do some filing
Write 3 reports

Repair sister's skirt (which she asked me to do 3 months ago)
Finish putting rods back in blind
Repair my jumper

[STRIKE]Sorts cards, presents (plus wrap) and cake for DS2's birthday on Tuesday.[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]Book car for MoT[/STRIKE]
Car insurance quotes
[STRIKE]Ring SIL re Easter[/STRIKE]

Fix cricket bat
Return cricket gloves to shop
...............................
Move money for DS1
Change all the beds

lynnejk

I'm in again and thank you for the thread Natty and thank you Dusty for last week.


Well I think this week is going to feel really strange - coming back from nearly three weeks on holiday and starting my retirement. I have plenty to be getting on with though.


Before the holiday I started to completely declutter all the paperwork in the house and am about half way through atm, so will probably try to do about an hour a day on that.


Today I bought a huge leg of lamb on offer at Mr M and plan a roast for tomorrow. I will then cut some off to freeze for further roast dinners and mince the rest to make shepherds pies/Moussaka for the freezer.


I also bought ten chicken fillets to make meals for the week and some for freezer. Think I'll make coq au vin, chicken in dill and mustard sauce and French chicken casserole.


I am making a definite re-start on learning Spanish and have sorted my down-loaded course, books etc ready for tomorrow.


Also going to do some exercising at home every day, as the weather still so cold and blowy here that it puts me off going for walks. I live right on the sea front so no shelter whatsoever. I have found some stuff on-line but just need to organise it now.


So if you see me slacking please give me a proverbial kick up the derriere, as I don't want to get into the habit of sitting down too long on-line or reading more than I do already.




If it's gone I've done it or don't have one


Magnificent Monday - Master bedroom
Level One
Open windows and let in fresh air
Strip and wash the bedding
Level Two
Wash the windows
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
Check those smoke alarms!

Extras
HHI
15 minutes filing




Sorry for the long post and hope everyone keeping well.


((Hugs)), sticks and spoons for anyone needing them and Happy Monday
Lx

pigpen

We're in ty.. not much will get done as I have packing for the weekend to do and sorting the pile of shoes for flinging at OH's cuz.. I need to do a Tesco shop and ring the mediation twerps.. after speaking to the offspring about who wants to tell her how horrid KH is.. let's see if she thinks he is so wonderful then.. and if she does I shall request someone else because she is not impartial!




Nesty time.. xx

Jazee

Morning flyladies. I'm in and about to spend 30 minutes on today's list.

Have a great day everyone.