Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd Nov 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!

Some of our abbreviations: DH- dear husband, OH- other half, KH/CF- affectionate term for ex husband or partner DS/DD- dear son/daughter, DGC- dear grandchild, WM- washing machine, DW- dishwasher, LR/DR- living/dining room, RoD- room of doom, Mr S/A/T/M/L/Al- supermarkets Sainsburys, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Lidl, Aldi. You get the picture!

Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide

OK here we go!

Monday Mayhem: A bit of everything!
Level 1
Open the windows and let some air in.
Starting upstairs, work your way through the house with that feather duster (or whatever you have). Dust and deweb, as far through as you like / need.
S&S a sink or two.
Level 2
Follow your dust trail with the vacuum cleaner, only lift it upstairs if it's safe to do so.
S&S a toilet or two.
Empty / clean filter and set a hot wash on WM and/or DW (do you need salt? I think my DW needs a top up)
Level 3
Clear kitchen worktops and wipe down.
Wipe out the fridge and stick any grot in the compost / bin.
Shine your sink
Extras:

• Have 10min checking over your calendar for the next week or so.
• Pay any bills or make any phone calls you need to.
• Eat a frog
• Count some blessings

Tense Tuesday: Kitchen & Dining Room
Level 1
Wipe down the cupboard fronts, including kickboards, and get those door handles hygienically clean!
Wipe down your large appliances.
Level 2
Clear a hotspot, is the under sink cupboard ready to topple out on you if the door opens?
Give your DR table a polish and change the tablecloth if needed.
Wipe down the chairs too. Including the legs! Mine appear to have Choc milk splattered on!
Level 3
To the cooker - give the hob a good shine!
And the oven too, if you've any steam left!
Extras:

• Set aside a little time for you, this week!
• Mop a floor or two.
• All this grass talk - is it dry enough for the last cut of the season?
• Have you sorted your winter list? Enough wellies? De-icer for the car?

Weird Wednesday: 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
Carefully wipe any TVs, consoles, set-top boxes etc
Extras:

• Check the TV guide for anything good to watch
• Wipe down any artwork or picture frames
• Do your photo frames need switching around? Any new pics to add?
• Check down the back of the sofa for any pennies

Thumping Thursday: Bedroom(s)
Level 1
Clear that floordrobe!
Then deweb and dusting the fluffy surfaces
And then vacuum...
Level 2
Strip the bed. Air and turn the mattress if needed.
Replace with fresh linen.
Do any pillows need a wash / replacing?
Level 3
Wash a window or two
Wipe door handles and light switches
Dust your light fitting
Extras:

• Have a sort through your jewellery box
• Ditto your make up
• Locate hats and scarves etc
• Find something you'd like to read

Fearful Friday: Bathroom & PC area
Level 1
Clean the sink, 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
Mop the floor
Wash a window or two
Extras:

• Collect dirty towels and replace with fresh ones
• Are there any grotty sponges that need to be binned?
• Squirt some bleach / antibac
• Delete some emails

pigpen

Hi.. and thank you xx

Just had a chap come to measure up for my tiling.. my uncle was going to do it but he had a heart attack to get out of it.. some excuses are a bit extreme!!

OH still out so Pixie is screaming she will never go to bed for me..

Dryer on again.. my bed is naked.. the kitchen is squalid..

I may do a 'whizz while the kettle boils' in there tbh.. I need a cuppa, not to listen to Pixie screaming (I'll send DS3 or DD3 to see her) and the DW needs doing.. ok.. so that is now a HHC haha!!!

Knitting later.. I want to get this hat main part finished tonight and the rest tomorrow.

I have some bits (like 7 stacking boxes) of stuff I want to get listed to sell this week too and sort the Christmas presents.. my mother has done a fair chunk of hers.

YORKSHIRELASS

I am in, thanks Bossy. Appointment for DS tomorrow that I am not really looking forward to but at least I can get it out of the way at the start of the week. A bit of everything suits me fine for tomorrow.

dancemum

I'm in. Thank you for the thread Bossy and to Natty for last week.

Back hurting now

SailorSam

Extras:
Have 10min checking over your calendar for the next week or so.
Pay any bills or make any phone calls you need to.
Eat a frog
Count some blessings

Eat a frog ??????

bossymoo

SailorSam wrote: »

Extras:
Have 10min checking over your calendar for the next week or so.
Pay any bills or make any phone calls you need to.
Eat a frog
Count some blessings

Eat a frog ??????

Ha yes, sorry if you're not familiar, check this out

In essence, if you eat a frog first thing in the morning, it'll be the worst thing you have to do all day, it means do something you've been avoiding, helps stop the procrastination

Valli

SailorSam wrote: »

Extras:
Have 10min checking over your calendar for the next week or so.
Pay any bills or make any phone calls you need to.
Eat a frog
Count some blessings

Eat a frog ??????

http://www.simpletruths.com/inspirational-books/eat-that-frog.html

Thanks Bossy and Natty

Kitchen cleaned today. I will only have one morning at home this week, tomorrow. And I expect I will be early to work because somebody has decided to change what I am doing...

short_bird

SailorSam wrote: »

Extras:
Eat a frog ??????

Here you go, it's usually in the first post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W7GB5Fh2XM

gilly1964

Hi All


Thank you Bossy for this week's list and Natty for the previous one

I am in again this week.

I do not post much, but read during my lunch break at work.

Best wishes to you all

ionafan

Thank you to Bossy for the new thread and to Natty for last week's lists. I shall be doing catch-up with paperwork this evening and tomorrow afternoon, and in the morning DH and I are going to clean through the whole house from top to bottom. My goddaughter's mother is coming to stay for a couple of nights and I want her to see the house at its best! DH is happy to help, and I shall then ignore housework as much as possible for another fortnight

SailorSam, look here for an explanation of eating frogs.
BTW, I like your signature line :rotfl:

Hope your backache gets better soon, dancemum x
All the best for your DS's appointment tomorrow, YL.

For anyone who missed it:
"HOW TO BE A FLYLADY SECRET SANTA" INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE, POST #149 :xmassmile


(((Hugs))), spoons and sticks all round. Hope everyone has a good week x

Crowdpleaser

I'm in! Just home from a week at my mums. Dh has kept a few jobs up to date but desperate for a decent clean.

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