Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd November 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 Bossyfor last week's thread

There are 3 levels per day with depending on how much time you have. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.

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


Don't forget, for those wanting to be involved in the Flyladies Christmas card swap, you have until the 29th November to get your details to me

Ok here goes this week!

Monday ~ Lovely Living Room, Happy Hall and Safe Stairs
15 minutes...
Declutter all these areas
Vacuum these areas
30 minutes to spare...
Wipe/vacuum sofas
Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
Dust any areas below eye level
Got an hour...
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, should the magazines really be on the floor?
Wash any soft furnishings in need
Binbag dance
Tidy coats/shoes bags etc

Extra Mission Tasks~ if you want to do more

• Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
  
• Check you have your Christmas card list done, if it's not done at least spend 10 minutes on it
• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• Spend half an hour doing something for yourself
• 27 Fling Boogie, you know the routine, grab a bag and clear that clutter!
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner, empty the bag/bucket, clean filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY!

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and dining room
15 minutes...
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe down all the major appliances.. clean filters/drawers/seals etc
Wipe over the cupboards fronts and kickboards
30 minutes to spare...
Wipe the tables and replace the cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floors
Run appliances through a 'clean' wash
Deweb and defluff these rooms
Got an hour...
Clear and mop/vacuum the floors
Scrub down the dining chairs..
Binbag dance! Grab a binbag.. fill it up.. and chuck it out!
Clean the oven.. and the shelves!

Extras - help yourself!

• Wipe and replace ALL the small appliances
• Empty and wash out bins
• S&S the fridge
• Clear out a manky cupboard
• Check the freezer, see what needs using up..
  
• If you want a christmas supermarket delivery you need to book it this week, if you haven't already done it!

Wednesday ~ Master Bedrooms and Landings
15 minutes...
Remove floordrobe, make sure all clothes are put away neatly
30 minutes to spare...
Strip bed linen and wash, replace with clean linen
Vacuum floors in these areas
Got an hour...
Vacuum mattress
Clean tops of drawers

Extra mission tasks, as always if you fancy an extra challenge try one or more of these

• Clean windows in these areas
• Check through drawers, anything that should have been thrown out ages ago?
• Cobweb removal upstairs, go on grab a duster and swipe them down
• Clean a set of curtains, nets or blinds
• Clean light fittings and light switches in any room, more than one if you like
• Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week!

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
15 minutes...
Clean floors in these rooms
30 minutes to spare...
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Got an hour...
Wash your bathroom mats
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or don't work
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted
• Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in such as doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it
• Clean out that airing cupboard, get rid of those things you don't need, you can use dead towels as cleaning cloths etc be ruthless! Yes this means parting with the 'just in case' things you have kept and you'll never use!
• Clean the toilet bowl on the outside and the floor in front of it, especially for those with little boys!

Friday!!~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms!
15 minutes...
Declutter the floors
30 minutes to spare...
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Put all the discs in their boxes and the books on the shelves and the toys in the chests!
Sort through a chest of drawers/wardrobe and fling anything that no longer fits.
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Got an hour...
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Drag the junk from under the bed and put it in its proper homes.
Fill a binbag for charity shop.. Santa will be here in 30 days so make some space!
Dust and vacuum and wipe of sticky grotty bits.
Tidy a box of 'stuff'
Binbag dance!.. See how many toys you can fling before the large guy in red arrives.

Extras

• HHI
• Check through what decorations etc you have and what needs replacing/buying/finding, check lights etc
• Catch up on yesterdays list! We keep getting behind!
• Update spreadsheets.. meal plans, finances etc
• Scrub your grill pan..
• Clean where your Christmas tree and any other decorations are going.
• Contact anyone you don't have address for for Christmas cards
• Check what else you need to buy or make for Christmas presents
• Wipe over ALL the upstairs doors!!

pigpen

thanking ye..... xxx

I'm in as much as my plague will allow.

FurryBeastOz

Thanks Natty. I MUST be in this week. Thanks bossy for last week. I kept reading but didn't even flutter an eyelash until today, and that was like Dusty, in the garden as it was so gorgeous.

Birds fed, garden furniture finally under cover. Not totally dry, but I can't count on another 24hr spell. Will try and keep an eye out and 'air' it on clear days. But at least it is a bit protected.

Also tucked growbags under there so that they are not a waterlogged block of cement by the spring. Fed them with soil preparation so fingers crossed I'm more successful next year. This year I got a few tomatoes. Nothing from a mix of 200 plug plants of lettuce, cabbage, pak choi and kale. Or 3 healthy courgette plants.

I'm off at 0300 Saturday morning. The house needs to be sparkling so I don't come back to chaos. We'll see. At least without DH around it doesn't get cluttered, so what I clean will stay clean.

((((hugs)))), spoons and sticks as necessary (I stored a few extra spoons with a brilliant 3.5 mile run in the frozen sunshine today) CY hope tomorrow goes as well as possible.

Dustykitten

Thanks Natty and Bossy for last week's

List for the week:
Clean bathroom
Clean showr room
Change DS3 bed
Dust bedrooms
Hoover and mop downstairs
Sort baking cupboard; write list of what is needed for Christmas baking

Niggling HH jobs for the coming week:
Governor emails
Change bathroom filter
Fix cord on blind in spare room
Hem cricket troussers
Sort out 'the' kitchen drawer
Filing

Paid stuff M-W
Yoga Thursday
Pilates Friday

Dustykitten

CY hope tomorrow is ok, looking forward to you being home and it all having been done.

mrs-moneypenny

ThNks natty and bossy for the lists, I'll be in as much as I can

froddington

I'm in - well, for a few days at least I'm up north for 2 days for my Post Grad course again mid week so no chance for flying then! Also Dad is 81 on Friday so we're going out for dinner

CY - thinking of you xx

LW - hope you're feeling a little brighter x Baby ratties send their licks xx

Monday ~ Lovely Living Room, Happy Hall and Safe Stairs

15 minutes...
Declutter all these areas - that'll take me a lot longer than 15 minutes!! :eek::rotfl:
Vacuum these areas

30 minutes to spare...
Wipe/vacuum sofas
Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
Dust any areas below eye level

Got an hour...
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, should the magazines really be on the floor?
Binbag dance

bossymoo

Thanks natty I'm in around paid stuff but only for 2 days this week :T

Dizzy_Imp

Thanks Natty and Bossy. I'm in this week - got a new Vax vacuum, steam cleaner and a Karcher window cleaner, so all prepped

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for lists, even if I don't stick to them.
CY hope tomorrow goes ok.

The house is passable at the moment; probably about half the Xmas cards are written and most of the few people I buy presents for are "planned". That's the good bit.

Less good have to be list contents:
- 5 and a bit reports to write
- 3 assessments this week so that will be another 3 to write
- Managed gym x 3 last week so want to match that at least
- Must try to keep on top of mess in office.
- Keep writing cards
- Continue planning for the next 2 weeks so the long weekend away 3-7 is enjoyed and not a mad rush moaning about weight/clothes/panic at having left home in a mess with work undone.
- keep on top of flying

ionafan

Thank you to Natty for this week's list and to Bossy for trying to keep us in order last week.

Welcome home Skinty - lovely to have you back with us

I have had a good weekend and cleared everything off my list except for one letter which I am going to write before I go to bed tonight. I took the silly pink bows off my new grey slippers and replaced them with a couple of buttons, just because I felt like it. After a hearty lunch we went for a bracing half-hour walk up the local hill-that-is-higher-than-anything-to-the-East-until-you-get-to-the-Urals-in-Russia. I even weighed out the Xmas pudding ingredients this morning and we and our German visitor stirred them - I need to cook them tomorrow, before I eat too much of the raw mixture :eek:

I am at home all day tomorrow, so hope to crack on with various bits:
- check finances
- S&S kitchen
- S&S bathroom
- WMx2
- cook the Xmas puds
- plant up the rockery (at last!)
- start filling in an application form
- prepare the course I'm running on Wednesday afternoon
- prepare the course I'm attending on Wednesday evening
- weigh out the ingredients for my goddaughter's wedding cake (4 layers)
- sort Christmas present lists
- write some Christmas cards
- try to list some of the baby items that are now cluttering up my study (to help DS2 and DDiL2 declutter their bedroom) on eeebuy or our local FB sales page

Hope everyone has a good week x