Weekly Flylady Thread 30th 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: Kosy Kitchen
Level 1
Clear your work tops and give them a wipe
Dust and deweb, get at those corners and skirtings
Clear your floors and give them a mop!
Level 2
Wipe your small appliances and underneath them
Wipe down cupboard and drawer fronts - don't forget your kick boards!
Wipe out the fridge
Level 3
Clean a window
Clean your hob - and your oven too if you get carried away
Extras:

• Pop any extras on your shopping list if you're expecting guests. More loo roll? Spare toothbrushes?
• Plan for extra meals over the holidays, kiddies needing lunches etc
• Write a few cards or wrap a gift or two
• Have a chuckle at me, in festive mode already

Tuesday - Lovely Living Room
Level 1
Spend 15 minutes tidying up & rehoming
Dust windowsills and fireplace
Hoover / sweep and mop where needed
Level 2
Hoover soft furnishing
Clear the table/coffee table and wipe it
Level 3
Shake rugs and cushions outside (if the rain lets up!)
Dust your pictures
Wash a window or two
Extras

• Use up the last of a cleaning product
• Look through your sparkly window and plan an outdoor job for spring
• Polish any mirrors
• Spot clean the area where your tree will go - we don't want grubby finger marks overshadowing your festive centrepiece:)

Wednesday: Bee-yoo-tiful Bathroom
Level 1
Let some fresh air in, pop the radio on
Wash the sinks and loo, don't forget the pedestal
Level 2
Clean the bath / shower
Replace towels, sponges etc
Wash the window
Level 3
Wipe down the tiles
Mop the floor
Extras:

• Wash out any grubby toothbrush holders / fill your soap dispenser
• Do you need to wash the shower curtain / screen
• Wipe down the door and disinfect the door handle
• Think about what you want from the festive time - I don't mean gifts! I want us to try get out in the fresh air a bit more as a family. I'm going to plan some walks in during the school hols. One will be in Lapland!!!

Thursday - Bonny Bedrooms (as many as you choose, or delegate to the occupant!)
Level 1
5 minutes floor clearance in each room, set your timers, go!
Dust right through as many bedrooms you dare cross the threshold of!
Level 2
Follow with the vacuum - get those tools out and brush over the skirting too.
Make those beds - do any need clean linen?
Level 3
Bin bag boogie
Wipe a window or two - let that sun shine through! Yeah, right
Extras

• Religious socks? Is it time to let them go?
• Tidy / declutter a drawer
• Kids rooms - can anything be got rid of to make room for any xmas stuff?
• Coat cupboard - anything need mending or re-waterproofing?

Friday: A bit of Everything!
Level 1
Clear a hot spot
Get your dusting stick and go round hall, stairs, landing
Wipe any grotty marks in this area
Level 2
Study/PC area - a good dusting needed?
Remove anything that doesn't belong there
Catch up with laundry
Level 3
Back to kitchen - needs S&S again?
Replace any bath, hand or tea towels that need washing
Top up the loo roll wotsits
Extras:

Vac the stairs if it's safe to do so
• phone a friend
• HHI

cyclingyorkie

I'm in, but from Tuesday onwards. Tomorrow is horse piddle.

Sister has arrived and wine is being drunk.

Hopefully tomorrow will be less windy...

Dizzy_Imp

Good luck for tomorrow CY. Will be thinking of you x

I'm in again this week. House is a pit, so I really need to crack on. I have an additional list as long as my arm, so I hope to make good inroads this week.

Thanks for the lists Natty and Bossy x

I have been keeping up with all the news, promise!
Your fireplace looks stunning Pigpen - love the wallpaper!

Kitchen will be spotless by the end of play tomorrow, unless I'm collected by boat...I'll shut up about the water, 'coz it must be boring as anything for you all.

X

bossymoo

Aww, dizzy not boring! Hope the "tide" doesn't come too far in - it's blinkin 'orrid out there xxx

Hope all goes smoothly tomorrow CY xxx

Biscuit_monster

I'm very in this week, thanks for the list x
Going to print list off large, and stock it on the fridge, see if that helps.
Good luck tomorrow cy x

Mumof2_2

Many thanks for the list - I'm in this week and will honestly try to do better than I did last week!

CY good luck for tomorrow x

MinnieMousesMummy

Thank you very much for the new list, please count me in as I really need try and get on top of everything. This week is going to be mega busy for me so hopefully my list will keep me on track.

CY - Good luck for tomorrow

Monday: Kosy Kitchen
Take kids to school, nursery & childminder
Check with nursery about nativity requirements
Collect forms from school for DS2
Let the chickens out to run
Check online banking and pay some money off debt
Phone DM
Attend uni (10-2)
Check uni emails
Check uni experiment and update results
Clear your work tops and give them a wipe
Prepare invoices and send to clients
Sort through Xmas stuff that I've got and update lists so that I know what I still need
Shut the chickens in before dark so Mr Fox can't have a feast.
Dust and deweb, get at those corners and skirtings
Clear your floors and give them a mop!
Wipe your small appliances and underneath them
Wipe down cupboard and drawer fronts - don't forget your kick boards!
Wipe out the fridge
Catch up with the thread
Clean a window
Clean your hob - and your oven too if you get carried away
Pop any extras on your shopping list if you're expecting guests. More loo roll? Spare toothbrushes?
Collect the kids from the childminder
Make a start on budgets for 2016
Sort through one pile of paperwork
Plan for extra meals over the holidays, kiddies needing lunches etc
Write a few cards or wrap a gift or two
Check with babysitter about the 19th
Make the calendars online and order 3
Have a chuckle at me, in festive mode already

Dustykitten

I'll be here, thanks Bossy.

Will be thinking of your tomorrow CY and have everything crossed for you.

Frizzlef

I'm back!!! After weeks of trying to get my login sorted with the powers that be, I have decided to set up a new account. I have been reading the thread and keeping up to date with everything and copying the lists int my notes section but I can now reply to you all! Yay!

Just wanted to say I hope it goes ok tomorrow CY and happy belated birthday ionafan!

Frizzle x

Justforme

Evening all I'm def going to try again this week x

nicki_2

Thank for the lists Bossy

Pigpen - Love the wallpaper

CY - Good luck at the hospital tomorrow

I'm in this week. DD goes away Friday night until Sunday and I want the weekend off again I've found some jobs which need to be rolled over from previous weeks as well as a few of my own so I'm going to add them in here then go and hopefully get some of the list cleared while I wait for the WM & TD to finish. That'll leave me with just dog stuff & cleaning cloths to be done tomorrow which will mean no piles of stuff in the livingroom in theory.

This week:
- Update finances (remember work expenses, cheque for school, Christmas stuff already purchased)
- Juggle budget (after bills paid on 1st)
- Slice black pudding and freeze
- Sort Christmas to buy lists properly
- Read instructions for new boiler
- Read instructions for CM alarm and put it up in right place
- Buy curtain pole for kitchen & put up
- Get DD packed Wednesday night, with list of what to pack Friday (she'll be too tired Thursday)
- Collect DD Thursday evening
- Nag DD re essay.
- Get DD packed and ready to leave by 4.30pm on Friday (even if Ex isn't coming until 5pm, we'll no doubt need the buffer!)
- Shredding
- Print bin collection dates & put on calender in diary
- Errands Thursday (town, wilko, bm, hb, pah?)
- Paint window (only during daylight hours so plenty of time to fly while its dark )
- Keep on top of fly lists, minus extras unless required.

Work:
- Sort returns
- Pay bill
- Collect books from school/outstanding
- Sort orders & put onto system
- Submit order 9.45pm Tuesday
- Check order info Friday

Monday: Kosy Kitchen
Level 1
Clear your work tops and give them a wipe
Clear your floors and give them a mop!
Level 2
Wipe your small appliances and underneath them
Wipe out the fridge
Level 3
Clean a window
Clean your hob - and your oven too if you get carried away

Right, I'm off to wash some dishes, and clean out the fridge since it's bin day tomorrow. Then I'll hopefully get the last of the shredding done and be able to bin that as well :wave: