Weekly Flylady Thread 8th June 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 to the lovely Piggers for last weeks delightful 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



Open windows, loud music and hearty singing is an absolute must for every days activities.. it is good for the lungs!

Mad Monday - Kitchen of Kreation
Level One
Open the blinds/curtains and let in the light.
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
Wipe out the fridge.. meal plan for June!
Drag everything out of the tins cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.. Get rid of the things you will never eat or incorporate them into your weekly meal plan!!!
Extras

• HHI
• Fill a bag for charity shop
• Deweb the downstairs of the house!!
• Scrub down the woodwork.. skirtings, door frames etc

Just for laughs!!

Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.

Terrific Tuesday - Bathroom of Bubblovia and Sparkling Study
Level One
Tell your partner/husband/whatever that you love them! Thank you for this suggestion YL
Clear the floors of clutter
Open the windows and air the rooms
Level Two
Clean/vacuum the floors
Shine the bath,bog,basins etc
Twinkle the tiles
Level three
Clean the toilet seat germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches
Declutter the pc desk
Sparkle the mirrors and windows in these rooms
Extras

• Binbag dance
• Throw out/get rid of 3 things from every room in your house!!
• 15 minutes filing
• HHG.. if your garden is already beautiful go out and enjoy it for half an hour!!

Just For Laughs!!

Order a Diet Water when you go out to eat, with a serious face.

Wonderful Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level One
Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash
Level Two
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet (I dangle mine over the washing line if it's nice)
remake bed with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. your bedroom is NOT a shed!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades
Extras

• Wash any curtains that need doing
• HHI
• Clean the windows
• 15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome!

Just for laughs

Finish All Your sentences with 'In Accordance With The Prophecy.'

Fluffy Fursday - 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!
Sort through the shoes and coats and bags.. make them pretty!
HHC in the porch
Extras

• Groom the hairy pets... or the children lol
• 29 fling boogie
• Spend 15 minutes tackling the hotspot in your bag.. the one you use the most!!
• Wipe the woodwork in these areas

Just for laughs..

Tell Your Children Over Dinner. 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'

Funky Friday!!.. Childrens rooms or the spare room of doom
Level One
There used to be a floor in here.. can you find it?
Change the smelly bedding
Level Two
Clean the windows
Polish the monitors/tv's etc
Wipe the grotty patches of the walls and woodwork
Level Three
Vacuum the floors
Clean any beanbags or other soft furnishings.. cushions, curtains for example
Sort through a cupboard, make it all neat and tidy
Extras

• Fill a binbag of rubbish
• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Find something to freecycle
• Find something to ebay
• Now get rid!

pigpen

Ty chicky xx

I'm flying my own flight... but here quite definitely

MinnieMousesMummy

Thank you for last weeks list Pigpen and Thank you for this weeks list Natty. Please count me in for this week, but I will be following my own list.

Mad Monday - Master Bedroom
Open the blinds/curtains and let in the light
School/Nursery/Childcare run
Open the windows and let some fresh air in
Do 2 loads of laundry
Feed animals and collect eggs
Do phone calls for client
Do some course work (4 hours)
Organise and schedule Avon round (I have not done this for as while but I am determined to build my round back up)
Do m.s assignment
Do volunteer work
Sew badges on scout shirt for ds1
Dust the master bedroom
Dust for cobwebs in the master bedroom
Collect the kids from the childminder
Spend an hour sorting out paperwork - file/shred
Sort paperwork for interview later in the week
Decide on presents for dd's birthday
Fill in scout camp paperwork for ds1
Sort through the pile of paperwork at the side of the sofa
Find Mr T vouchers that came in the other day
Update progress on the £10 challenge
Catch up with the thread

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all, thanks Natty.

I have spent a bit of time doing a proper mealplan and a big online shop tonight. I have been getting into some really bad habits with cooking and shopping lately and I need to get back on track.

Car is in the garage tomorrow so I am not sure when I am going to get home from work - unless I get the bus and then walk 2 miles - which is an option I suppose. This is assuming that the car isnt fixed by lunchtime, but I am not holding out much hope.

Well I was up early so off to bed soon. Night all.

bossymoo

Me please! Thanks natty and thanks a million for last week, pigpen x

Hoping for a "normal" week this week... Pfft

cyclingyorkie

I'm in, but will probably be doing my own thing for the meantime. Tomorrow I have work, a stint at the CS and an appointment to declutter 6 months hair growth. Think that will be enough, somehow.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Mumto5

I'm in and out this week. Thanks for the list Natty.
I'm Travelling 500 miles Wednesday/Thursday so count me out then.

Wishing everyone a good week.

funfairprincess

Thanks natty for the thread, please count me in since I survived last week under piggers :rotfl:

Have paid stuff Tue, Fri and Sun evenings and Sat afternoon. Have An award ceremony with DS2 on Tuesday and ballet Thursday with DD. I will be aiming to do the lists plus get rid of some more junk.

All went well at DDs exam just 6-8 weeks to wait for the results:eek:
Never got finished till 8pm which meant it was after 9 before we got home. Just going to direct DD to her bed and get the ironing board out.

Night all sleep well xx

froddington

I'm in - thanks Natty :A Nothing planned in the evenings this week except for Rainbows tomorrow so I may actually be home in time to do some of the lists!!

Wishing everyone a fab week and hugs for all who need or want one

Night all, sleep well xx

Mad Monday - Kitchen of Kreation

Level One
Open the blinds/curtains and let in the light.
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces

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
Vacuum the floor
Shine the grotty windows
Wipe out the fridge
Drag everything out of the tins cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.. Get rid of the things you will never eat or incorporate them into your weekly meal plan!!!

Frizzle_2

Count me in natty, thanks for the list! And thanks for the lists last week pigpen! I lost my way towards the end of the week but that was more down to circumstance!

YL- well done on the stuff leaving the house and for filling your purse with some extra pennies!
Missy moo- I often feel like that. I have two days off work during the week where it is just me and my little man (aged 3). Those are the days I can make most impact. The weekends are a never ending battle!
Busy day again today. Church this morning, popped to see m and d and then had an 80th party in the afternoon. We all had toast for dinner as we were too full from the buffet. We got home about 5. I did manage to wash and dry a load of washing, tidy living room and kitchen, make a loaf of bread and wudupa.

Next week is busy again! Tomorrow I need to pick up a present on the way back from work. Will probably get back about 6pm and then it will be sorting out the kiddies and more school work.
Tuesday is my daddy's 60th party so we probably won't be back until 7pm. At 7pm I will have about 15 people over for dinner!!:eek: must keep the main rooms tidy and will shut the doors to the rest of the house!

Catch up tomorrow night!

rebeccaharris31

Hello again!

Thanks Pigpen and Natty for respective lists and PP, thank you, your 30 items a day have really transformed the flat into somewhere a bit more presentable. Might try and do the same this week, as well as Natty's lists.

Little bit of news - have started a new job, but unfortunately it's on the other side of town and is in the evenings, so by the time I get back home, I'se knackered! One good thing, however, I usually go straight to bed when I get in, and (touches wood) at present, am sleeping better than I have done for a long time and waking up the following morning feeling as if I've had a good night. Here's hoping it stays that way!

Right, early start tomorrow, so good night all :wave: