Weekly Flylady Thread 18th May 2015

bossymoo

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 Natty 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

Must - do - Monday: kitchen and dining room
Level 1
Clear some counter space / table top and wipe down
Sort a hotspot
Level 2
Clean the microwave!
Give your sink a polish
Where is the mop brigade? Clean that floor!
Level 3
Does your cooker hood need attention?
Wash a window
Wipe tiles / splashbacks
Extras:

• Do you need to test your smoke alarms?
• Does your bin need a wash?
• Is your post up to date?
• Find 5 things to fling from the kitchen junk drawer

Try - harder - Tuesday: living room
Level 1
Dust from top to bottom
Sweep or vacuum
Level 2
Clear the mantle
Ditto the coffee table
Any other surfaces to clear?
Level 3
Wash a window or two, or polish a mirror
Wipe any grotty finger marks away
Give the fireplace a good clean
Extras:

• Does the fire need servicing?
• That box in the corner - what's in it? Have a sort
• Rearrange any pictures / photos - it's nice to have a change
• Another bank holiday coming up - any plans you need to make?

Work - it - Wednesday: room of doom – your choice
Level 1
Let some fresh air in, pop the radio on
Spend 20mins clearing, floor, table, bed, your choice, just do it!
Level 2
Wipe any icky marks – doors, handles, windows?
Dust and deweb
Vacuum where you can
Level 3
Wash any soft furnishings, cushions, throws, bedding?
Sort and fling anything unwanted from your Level 1 clearance
Sit and admire your work!
Extras:

• HHI
• Is it payday soon? Any bills to organise?
• Will your mop-head go in the washer? Any cloths to wash?
• Shopping list – what non-foody items are you short on?

Thank gawd it’s - Thursday: bathroom & study / pc area
Level 1
Sinks! And taps and grotty plugholes
Toilets! Don’t forget the outside!
Clear that cluttered windowsill or shelf
Level 2
Straighten up your desk and wipe over – desks harbour germs too!
Switch off the kit and wipe over the keyboard with an antibac wipe or similar
Switch it back on and de-fragment the disc
Level 3
Back to bathroom, clean the bath / shower
Does the floor need to see your nice clean mop?
Wash a window or two
Extras:

• Put fresh towels out
• Wipe down some tiles
• Do you need to replace the toothbrushes?
• Delete some emails

Phew - it's - Friday: bedrooms (any / all!)
Level 1
Clear that floordrobe
Strip the bed
Vac / turn / freshen the mattress as needed
Level 2
Dust any fluffy surfaces
Vacuum - can you reach behind anywhere with the tools?
Polish a mirror
Level 3
Wipe switch-plates and door handles
Scrub any grubby finger marks
Declutter a hotspot
Extras:

fling 5 things
• is it half term? Plan an activity
• book in some "me time"
• HHI

Frizzle_2

Evening folks. We had an hour tidy up so ds1 has helped. Although ds2 kept undoing all his hard work which was annoying him!
House has been hoovered throughout, bathrooms tidied. Bedroom is looking much better after I cleared the floor, dusted and gave it a Hoover. Kiddies rooms have had their bedding changed and hoovered with ds2's being dusted as well and both having their floors cleared.
Ironing mountain has been ignored and bathrooms have not been done. Guess that will be a catch up job later in the week!

Have also decluttered my old bike via gumtree so one less thing for the move!:T and done some washing!
Very late night last night. Out with family and didn't get home until 2 pm so a family film was called for this afternoon and I think both hubby and I had 40 winks!
Off to bed now so I'm ready for the week!

List for tomorrow...
Clear some counter space / table top and wipe down
Sort a hotspot
Level 2
Clean the microwave!
Give your sink a polish
Where is the mop brigade? Clean that floor!
Level 3
Does your cooker hood need attention?
Wipe tiles / splashbacks

ionafan

Hello everyone, I'm still here :wave:

Thank you to Natty for last week's lists and to Bossy for starting us off again this week. Dusty, I hope you enjoy your well-earned rest before starting your new job.

Narc0, thank you so much for posting the photos of your cute newts. I have newt envy! As a child, I used to play with newts and slow worms (yes, I was a strange child, I know) and kept them in a watering can. They always escaped, though.

I have had a manic week with hardly any flying, though I did get to the airport on Friday to meet all our German visitors. I have however done loads of washing up after mammoth cooking sessions, and there's more to come later in the week. The visitor who has been staying with us flies home tomorrow but the rest stay on until Friday, but I hope to get some time to myself this week. It's all been very interesting and enjoyable, now that the organising bit is over and the rest is just "do what it says on the programme". But I'm absolutely shattered this evening and about to fall into bed.

Tomorrow DH and I are putting our visitor (who speaks excellent English and is old enough to look after herself) on a train from the big city to the airport, then we are catching a train in the opposite direction to go and see my brother - still in hospital in York but waiting to be transferred back to the rehab centre as soon as a bed is available. So it will be another day when our house will have to look after itself - at least it won't get more untidy!

Hope everyone has a good week. Welcome to newbies and hugs, spoons and sticks to all x

pigpen

thanking you Bossy.

we're in.. I'm not doing much cleaning.. just flinging and clearing under the flung stuff.

dancemum

I'm in but on call for dancepops as he isn't allowed to drive for at least a week.

Ironing done
Parents errands ran
HHG done
Ds2's therapy done
Master bed changed and laundered

Narc0lepsy

I'm in , thanks for list.
House not too dreadful at present.
Garden list huge.
Not a great deal of work booked this week so should be able to write up tomorrow's assessment promptly.
June looking busy so need to start getting organised:
*book holiday insurance
*order tickets for London Open Garden Squares
*keep balancing eating/exercise to get into better shape for trip with my brother to France
*keep kondo-folding clothes
*pay NI bill

Mumto5

I've been gone too long! Congratulations for taking up the leadership bossymoo!

I hope to have a good week on the thread. Wishing s fellow flyers good luck!

froddington

Evening all! I'm in - thanks bossy :A

takingcontrol - welcome

boddy - hugs x

I've spent most of the weekend sleeping on and off but, hopefully, evil cold is on its way out!

Night all, sleep well x

Must - do - Monday: kitchen

Level 1
Clear some counter space and wipe down
Sort a hotspot

Level 2
Clean the microwave!
Give your sink a polish
Clean that floor!

Level 3
Wash a window
Wipe tiles / splashbacks
Find 5 things to fling from the kitchen junk drawer

lynnejk

Hiya everyone :hello:


We're in again this week please and pleased to see kitchen for Monday. I like starting with the kitchen as it always seems the hardest room to keep clean and tidy.


Thank you bossy for this week and thank you Natty for last week's thread.


I think I need to make a list for myself as well this week as a few things need doing so I'll add that the morrow.



Must - do - Monday: kitchen and dining room

Clear some counter space / table top and wipe down
Sort a hotspot
Clean the microwave!
Give your sink a polish
Where is the mop brigade? Clean that floor!
Wipe tiles / splash backs

Does your bin need a wash?
Find 5 things to fling from the kitchen junk drawer


Hugs, sticks and spoons just inside my cleaned front door - please help yourselves as needed


Hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx

lemonpopcorn

thanks for the thread, I'm going to start this week.
The house is getting more and more cluttered and it often feels overwhelming but I need to take control back and this is how I'll start.

However today I will have to tackle something I'm not looking forward too, my youngest son (9yr old) well I think his hamster has died, we've only had it 6 months and although I've moved him to a warmer part of the room and warmed him up he's not responding.
He seems quite stiff so I've put him back in his house in the cage and made sure he has plenty of bedding just in case he is hibernating, I'll check him later today to see if there is any signs of life.

I just know my son is going to take it really hard, he's sensitive at the best of times, he doesn't have many friends at school (moved him from his previous one due to bullies) and he's still struggling with me and his dad breaking up after dv.
So not looking forward to this but I can't deceive him over it either as he'd find out then lose trust in me (he has a very big thing about anyone telling him any lie - he only discovered earlier this year that the tooth fairy, santa and the easter bunny aren't real, the lectures I've had about deceiving him have been unreal)

But hopefully I'll be wrong and henry will just be hibernating.

bossymoo

Aww welcome loonylamb sorry to hear about the hammie x

We've to be out in an hour and no-one is up! So I will be awol today- be good everyone xx