Weekly Flylady Thread 25th May 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 Bossy 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

Bank Holiday Bonanza! - a bit of everything, or a bit of a rest!
Level 1
Lets go back to basics and shine your sink till it sparkles!!!
Sweep or vac through your entrance hall, and as far through to the back door (if you have one!) as you have the energy for.
Level 2
Wipe your table - is that cloth clean? Replace with fresh table linen as needed, or even just clean placemats!
Make a brew and enjoy the sunshine (here's hoping it isn't raining where you are!!)
Level 3 those that really need to do more!!!
Get those feather dusters out and de-web. Make sure to vaccuum up the remnants!!
S&S the downstairs loo / cloak.
Extras - for those that really do want more!!!

• Collect any towels that need washing and get them in the WM then out on the line if it isn't raining..
• 15 mins in the garden, lets see how much you can do in 15 mins!!
• Find 3 items that can be GOT RID OF!
• Wipe all the downstairs door handles - help stop any germies spreading...
• Ditto all the upstairs ones.
• And the final one - Make another cuppa!!!

Terrific Tuesday - Sitting Room of Sunshine and Hallway of Happiness
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Wipe and water the plants
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Wash any throws/curtains/cushion that need freshening up
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Wipe sofas and dusty places
HHC in the hallway.. sort those coats and shoes and mess!!
Extras

• Tackle any phonecalls you NEED to make.. Is now a good time to switch energy providers? renew the 0% credit card? .. Have a check! Do you NEED a hair cut? Make that appointment today!
• Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
• Spend 15 minutes tackling a hotspot!!
• Wipe the woodwork in these areas
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  Wondrous Wednesday - Superb Study & Bathrooms of Bubbliciousness
  Level One
  Declutter the floors
  Empty and wash out bins
  Clean any windows
  Level Two
  Clean the bath, sinks, toilets, showers.. shine the taps!
  Vacuum/mop floors
  Declutter the pc desk
  Level Three
  Wipe the keyboard, mouse, sockets, switches and telephone
  HHI
  Clean under any furniture you can move but don't usually bother moving
  Extras
  
  • Delete 10 dead links out of your favourites
  • Do at least 15 minutes of filing
  • Grab a cuppa.. and if it is nice.. go sit outside for a bit an enjoy life!! If not you can sit here and talk to the rest of us!!!!
  • Scrub down the tiles
  
  Thrilling Thursday - Kitchen of Kreation
  Level One
  Open the windows and let in the light (we could clean them but this is simpler!)
  Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table
  Level Two
  Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
  Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
  Clean out drawers and filters
  Level Three
  Sweep and mop the floor
  Shine the grotty windows
  Empty out a grotspot and make it beautiful
  Extras
  • HHI
  • Fill a bag for charity shop
  • 29 fling boogie... GO!
  • Throw out the manky dead tea towels and cloths
  Fantastic Friday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness, The Land of 'Spare Oom' and the neighbouring Land of child Grot,
  Level One
  Open the window and air the room
  Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash
  Collect the smelly laundry!
  Spend half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!!
  Level Two
  Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet,remake with the clean bedding
  Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
  Find the floor.. books on shelves, toys in boxes, games in cases and restacked.
  Wipe windows, pc's, screens etc
  Level Three
  Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
  Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. the main bedroom is NOT a shed!!
  Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades
  Extras
  
  • Wash any curtains that need doing
  • HHI
  • De-flea any pets that need doing.. and their bedding!!!
  • Clean the windows

mrs-moneypenny

Thanks natty for the list.
I'll be in on Tuesday, Dh is off tomorrow so not sure what we have planned.
Hope all are well

pigpen

Hi, I'm here as always but flying my own fling.

Narc0lepsy

Ditto to Pigpen.
Scheduled work includes a meeting on Wed pm; assessment Fri am and lesson Fri pm. Between that it's the garden list and preparing for what looks like a busy few weeks.

lynnejk

Hiya everyone


Thank you for last week Bossy and thank you for this week Natty.


I'm in for the week again please. We don't have the bank holiday up here in Scottie land so DH is working as normal.


BTW Bossy - if you have a look at the 'About.com' website and go to 'Travel'. Then put in the search box sightseeing with kids in London. If you then scroll down you will find listings of free and budget stuff to do with sprogs in tow


((hugs)) sticks and spoons if you need some and hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx

Valli

Thank you natty, thank you bossy for last week and dusty for recent work

I must be in, I am feeling less unwell but must be ill as I could not do kitchen + bathroom

I also have half term jobs to do and will be de cluttering my feet and their winter coat later this week

ionafan

Thank you Natty for starting us off this week - I hope you are beginning to feel even just a little bit better now. Please take your own advice on Level 2, Item 2! And thank you to Bossy for last week's lists.

I have another horrendous week ahead of me - too much to do and not enough time to do it in - to the extent that I think I shall have to cancel my voluntary work on Thursday. I have got deadlines to meet at the beginning of next week, and an extra 7 hours to help fit everything in would be very helpful. This includes visiting my friend and sorting her needs which have now very definitely begun to change. I spent 2 hours yesterday on phone conversations with members of her family who are looking to me to try to make arrangements for her to move to the hospice (she has not made any objections and has asked me to phone the MacMillan nurse on Tuesday to talk about it) and another hour writing long emails to two other friends. DH and I are due to go on holiday on 2nd June for a week (only within a 2.5-hour drive from here, but with some hotels bookings made) and I'm beginning to think that we might have to come back at short notice.

Flying today will consist of
- drinking the cuppa that I've just made, while sending 2 reminder emails re feedback forms
- making up some name labels and photo cards
- take DH to his railway job
- going to my NT vol job, picking DH up on the way home
- moving the tomato plants outside this evening and repotting and staking them (they're getting really straggly but have flowers appearing now)
- ditto aubergines (but less straggly)
- remember to put "clean kitchen and DR windows" on tomorrow's list!
- start to write my report on last week's visit.

Best get on, then!

(((Hugs))), a modicum of spoons and sticks all round, but think I'm going to need to keep some spoons for myself today, if you don't mind x

Valli

Strength vibes for you, Iona, and I wish I could send you extra time!

I am feeling better, not a clue what I have had but I am sniffy now, it was certainly an energy zapper. But it's put me on the back foot!

Spent last night sorting what my sister has de cluttered, which I will car boot in summer. There is some good stuff!

I want to sort the shed, too. I have a computer chair which needs to go to the tip so I shall do that, possibly tomorrow, there's another errand I can do in that part of town.

YORKSHIRELASS

Spoons here for you Ionafan. The situation with your friend sounds very difficult, hope things go as well as they can.

And Valli we have had a flu bug going around which completely knocked me for six for 2 weeks. Take it steady.

I am working today so that I can take Friday off - so thats OK. DS2 went out with some friends last night and rang me to ask if he could stay over with one of them. I said yes then for some reason felt really uneasy about it. He was on FB late last night so I know he was fine but it took me a while to get to sleep. OH told me I needed to "chill" and he was probably right.

Going to try and keep on top of the flying this week, and more decluttering to be done if I can fit it in.

Have a nice BH everyone, for those of you not working make sure you try and get some feet up time!

juliejim

Morning All

Half term this week so I'm hoping to get some jobs done. Kondoed DS's clothes yesterday although I've still got a few left to put away. Off to Eccleshall market today but should be back around lunchtime so i may get some jobs done this afternoon.

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue

just_the_two_of_us

Morning all - posted this on old thread as I don't know what day it is!!! Thanks for old and new threads and well done to everyone.


Bossy - are you going by train to London - then look at the Days Out in London Guide you can often get two for price of one on things like that if you are travelling into London by train on the day you are going on the trip. We got two for one in the Tower of London and it was a huge saving. x


Trying desperately to catch up but now have late pension quotes to check and sort and a weekend away this coming weekend! Why does everything come at once!!


Hugs to everyone and have a great day. x