Weekly Flylady Thread 27th August 2007

lil_me

Welcome to the weekly flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it!

Following requests to start things steadier for new members who did not realise the tasks list wasn’t a must do, just an encouragement, we now have levels. There will now be level 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 being very basic it has been requested that this is just one task per day, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. If you want to do level 2 you add the tasks on level 1 with the level 2 tasks, if you want to do level 3 you add the tasks on, easy peasy. Choose a level to aim for but be realistic, if you’ve got a busy day on or are just starting etc aim for level one, if you get higher then great, if not then not to worry its only suggestions. Every room comes back around next week. Trust me some days I'll only be doing level one myself.

THESE LISTS ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS AND NOT A MUST DO LIST, ALWAYS WELCOME TO POST AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN.

Also adding a extra mission each day. Another one where it’s up to you if you want to do it or if you need to. Fling boogies, hotspot clearing, cupboard sorts, drawer sorts etc will all be on this list. Any problems with this of any suggestions do please let me know.

A few of the basics before we start the week:

Hotspots are any areas which 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

Nighttime 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.

27 Fling Boogie - stick on some loud music, grab a binbag and whizz around the house finding 27 items that can go out with the rubbish, recycling, for charity shop, basically anything that will stop it cluttering your home.

Swish and swipe 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

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Clean floors
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Extra Mission:
Choose one or more of:

• Clean inside of fridge
• Clean inside of microwave
• Clean OVEN yes I know you all hate that one wonder how many choose it
• Sort any one kitchen/dining room storage area, drawer, cupboard or a shelf

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
Vacuum under furniture (only if you won't hurt yourself doing it, don't want any injuries)
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Clear one hotspot, or just spend at least 5 minutes tackling it
• Clean windows in these rooms, or even just one
• Using the idea Shirley suggested, get yourself a bag or box, go around collecting things that are not in the place they should be, then put them back where they should be
• Make any important calls you've been putting off

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Level 2
Remove bed linen and wash, replace with fresh
Clean window & wipe windowsill
Level 3
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Wipe doors and handles
Extra mission tasks

• Wipe at least one door and it's frame, don't forget the handle
• Dust skirting boards in any one room
• Sort one clothes drawer or wardrobe area, even if for 5 minute, remove anything that shouldn't be there
• Clean your vacuum cleaner out, get that hair off that brush, it'll improve it's performance aswell as being cleaner!

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)
Level Two
Clean bath, toilet and sink
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so important)
Level Three
Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

• Wash your bathroom mats
• Sort a wardrobe or part of, a drawer or set of drawers making sure it has what needs to be in it and any 'extras' are put where they should be.
• 15 minutes paperwork sorting!
• Clean windows in these rooms

Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see)
Level Two
Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be
Dust, make sure you get the tops of wardrobes/drawers
Level Three
Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen
Extra Mission Tasks - pick any one or more

• Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Declutter one hotspot anywhere
• Clean any mucky marks off kids doors and walls, oh and those lightswitches and door frames.

Apart from the dailies and night time routines that's the lot for the week, of course if you still want to join us over the weekend you are more than welcome.

FRIDAY EXTRA - Don't forget your ME time this weekend, even if it's just a nice relaxing bath or catching up with an old friend, go on you deserve it!!

pigpen

PING!!!!

I'm in..

Mondays dailies..

WM
DW
BM
Laundry out
fold and put away laundry
Buy and make hubby erect a new washing line!!
fling in middle room.. it was my summer holiday project and I only have 10 days left to get it decoratable!!
construct list of what we still need to buy for school
Find the children PO bank books and send them to be updated and have interest added..
Find documents to open PO accounts for 3 littlest and put their savings in... might have to do one a month for the next couple of months
Sort clutter surface in the kitchen.. mainly clothes that will be sorted into.. charity shop, ebay and put away.. 3 piles.. it can't be too hard can it?


Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Clean floors
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
[strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/strike] Everything in it was bought today so it's all ok.. need to clean fridge out though
Wipe dining table
Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining room[/strike], checking for cobwebs on way round.. We have some lovely big decorative webs hanging about.. we had busy spiders while we were away!!
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
[strike]Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky [/strike] clean already
Extra Mission:

• Clean inside of fridge
• Clean inside of microwave
• Sort any one kitchen/dining room storage area, drawer, cupboard or a shelf

This weeks jobs..

Post ebay stuff.. 3 carriers so far.
list more to get rid of this mountain in the back room
clear kitchen clutter top
finish middle room
Buy paint for boys room... need paint (yellow and silver)
Buy paint for bathroom... I don't know if the painting will be best left until they are back at school and not in the rooms.
get quotes for new boiler
Make DD4's pinafores
Write names in school clothes
Sort what else we need to buy for school
Make curtains for middle room (incentive to get it sorted!)
Make blind for kitchen narrower.. (2 fit already but the third is too wide)
Church summer club Tues-Fri 10am-12:30pm
Tesco orders.. Wednesday and Friday
Friday.. bill paying day!!! Watch for siggy strip being updated!!
URGENT!! Hubby to get DS1's school shoes!!

ooh.. an idea.. coat pegs in the middle room just inside the doorway at child height..

shell2001

I am in too but at work tomorrow so may be playing catch up on Tuesday.

Nothing major done today, DH says he spent an hour doing house work (think it must have been next door - lol).

I have applied for 2 more jobs so 3 done in total. I am gonna hunt out stuff for ebay, I may do a box and then list it once littles at school/nursery.

nicki_2

Right, I'm in. Am not too worried about getting to level 3 as long as the floors are cleaned I don't mind :rotfl: The week after (once DD has gone back to school) I'll start over including the sorting out of cupboards etc. The less OH and I have to sort before he is finally able to move on the better :rolleyes: Plus I can try and sell it on ebay to raise money to pay off the debts which are keeping us living together! :rolleyes:

A job I have to do this week is juggle the livingroom as we're setting up the old computer (once we've got another monitor, keyboard & mouse - OH going to have a look in work :money: ). We need to be able to arrange the two desks so that we can both go on the seperate PCs at the same time but without seeing what the otherone is doing. Thats going to take some working out! :think: Shouldn't take too long really, but me being me, I'm already stressing out about how we're going to make it work

Anyways, I'm off to bring the washing in so I'll see you all later/tomorrow :wave:

sexymouse

Hello everyone and welcome home Pigpen!

I never did get back to you all yesterday. as I got called in to work at the pub, and had such a headache when I got home, that I crashed out in bed, and OH had to heat up the dinner for us before I went back to bed again still with a headache. Had work again today, and we were SOOO busy that we did the same number of covers today as we had done in the whole of last week, and even though there were 3 waitresses, we were all running around like headless chickens! Luckily I've declined the offer of work tomorrow, as I want to spend time with OH as we never see each other anymore.

Well, I've managed to clean the loo, and the 2 phones, keyboard and mouse with my new antibacterial wipes, which are quite good, but I've already had to use a few, so probably aren't very economical. Did 2 loads of washing yesterday despite going to work, so I'm happy that I tried my best at flying.

Off to have a shower, as I'm still all sticky, and OH decided that he needed a shower before he went shooting earlier and I haven't got around to having mine yet. Then I'm going to watch BB, and cook dinner when OH gets home at 9.

Thanks for the list as alway lil_me.

Happy flying everyone, and I look forward to catching up with everyone this week.

Sexymouse xx

vanilla

Hi everyone, i'm in again this week. Hope to get alot done this week before my 2 oldest return to school next monday, done ok last week but really need to pull all the stops out now.
I will get a list done tonight and post tomorrow.

Beccatje

I'm in this week!

Tomorrow's list is:

Breakfast
take girls to school (walk dog at same time)
Clean kitchen!
cabinets, cooker, dustbin, worktops, coffee machine etc
I want to give the cutlery drawer a good clean out.

Got some more ironing to do.
Daily stuff:

Toilet
hoover high traffic area
make beds
gerenal tidy up


Shower and get ready for work in the afternoon.

I'm feeling really motivated now.. but that might have dissapeared by daylight, you never know.

Today I did 7 loads of washing. And all but one of those is folded waiting to be put away. Have to wait till kids are up in the morning though.

Did a few bits of ironing otherwise DH has no tidy shirt to wear to work, but can't be bothered anymore now to do the rest.

Having me a sit down now, and relax a bit before bed time.

Night all!

JillD_2

I'm in , sort of, but probably more for the chat than the FLYing LOL. Will just take it a day at a time and see how I feel, not going to overdo it from noe for the next few weeks.

Well got none of my jobs done today LOL as we went for a picnic instead. DH did get DS's room painted this morning though but we got back too late to organise his toys etc back into it so thats on the crads for tomorrow. Had a lovely picnic at Basildon Park, an NT place. We took a camping chair for me to sit on and DHplayed with the kids while I sat and read and wrote a letter to my Dad. It was really lovely. Got home at teat time and did a brilliant (if I do say so myself) spag bol for tea. I am turning the leftovers into chilli tomorrow for tea:j

So todays jobs are earmarked for tomorrow: - finish off DS room and sort the garden out a bit.

Thanks for all the advice on toileting everyone, I feel such a bit of a moaning minnie esp since reading other people's stories. He had dry pants all day today :T and no major arguments aout going to the loo. Long may it last. I do try and not turn it into an issue but its so infuriating when he just wont change or go or whatever and just ignores me. Thats 4 year olds for you I suppose though.

Have only briefly read through end of last weeks thread, too tired to read it properly. Will post a list for the week in a mo.
Hope everyone has had a good and sunny day today, hugs to all who need them
Jill

lil_me

:rotfl: What is it about us doing the same food JillD, we had spag bol too not left overs here unfortunately but when we do I usually chilli it, spooky. You're blatently excused from too much flying anyway, in fact no, banished, if we see you doing too much we'll all moan at you

Sexymouse it's great to hear the job is going well but sorry to hear you've been feeling unwell, well done for choosing love over money for tomorrow, hope you have a nice day together also thanks for the nomination made me blush

nicki I am sure it'll all be ok, you'll sort something, you're always really organised, maybe just back to front them?

Well I'm in, sort of, got a mammoth list to do tomorrow (and Tuesday) sorting this BBQ, oh why do I offer to do these things. I need to collect the rest of the food, where I will store 100 bread rolls until Tuesday night never mind all the meat etc I don't know. Also the time to make chicken kebabs, will make those on Tuesday during the day, argh, stress.

So tomorrow

[STRIKE] Dailies
Level 3 (seeing as I've done some already ) kitchen
Clean inside microwave, I think something must have exploded in there, urgh
Clean inside fridge before collecting rest of food
B&Q for pasting table
Food shopping for BBQ
Collect jigsaw & MDF we have left over from his Mam's (for my other cupboard shelves)
Get all meat out on night to defrost
Find kebab skewers, I have some somewhere [/STRIKE]
More assignment work
Tidy living room on evening (been a must over the hols, now have a 'kids' box which they can take up each night for what they bring down)
[STRIKE]
S&S bathroom
Pack and post 2 ebay items[/STRIKE]

Phew!

pigpen

Oooh... Adams do schoolwear from age 3!!!!! I may have to look there for DD4's stuff.. their sizes are pretty little as well IIRC.. might be just what I was looking for and save me some time!!

lil_me

Oh are the Adams near you still open Pigpen? All the ones here shut down when they hit their financial problems, even the metro centre one closed, I think the Darlington one is the only one open now, wouldn't care the stuff is nice too. I used to always convert my Nectar points to use there as you got double, I actually had to spend cash on uniform tops/trousers etc this year