Weekly Flylady Thread 7th December 2015

Natty68

WOOHOO IT IS :xmastree:.....DECEMBER..... :xmastree:

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 Bossy for last week's thread

There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. 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![/COLOR]

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

Christmas Posting Dates here

Monday ~ Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room
Level One...
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two...
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Level Three...
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..
Wrap any presents you need before the 25th, gifts for teachers or friends. Do you need to give Christmas Boxes to milkmen, window cleaners etc?I know I need to sort out a Christmas Box for my lovely postman, who is very good and even knows when I am up and about now so he can deliver any parcels

Extras

• Don't forget any cards and presents posted!
• Check through Christmas ornaments, do any need throwing away or replacing. Last thing you want when you decorate your tree is to find broken ornaments!!!
• Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
• Wash the windows
• Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!
• Dust and Deweb

Christmas Extras

• Finalise those last minute presents you have to buy..
• Wrap all the presents for family/friends
• Finalise shopping orders/lists for your christmas food shop.. remember shops are only closed for one day!!!!

Tuesday ~ Luscious Living Room, hallway, stairs
15 minutes...
Clear the floor of clutter
Tidy the baubles and lights on the tree.. OR PUT UP YOUR TREE
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wipe and water plants
Wash the windows
Got an hour...
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
Sort coats, shoes and bags
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.

Extras

• Check the smoke alarms
• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Finalise your christmas menu and shopping list
• Defluff and deweb these rooms
  
  Christmas Extras
  
• Stick all your cards up
• Christmas wrapping, try and get at least a few done
• Replace the batteries in your annoying singing things
• Make a receipts envelope for all the receipts from Christmas presents, just incase anything needs to go back

Wednesday ~ Brilliant Bathroom, Sociable Study and other grotty places!
15 minutes...
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
30 minutes to spare...
Wash windows and any chairs/sofas
Clean curtains/blinds etc
Declutter floors
Got an hour...
Wash bathmats/shower curtain and furry bog hats
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles

Extras -

• Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
• Clean windows in these rooms
• HHI
• Spend 30 minutes just having time for yourself, whatever it is doing.
• Fling boogies are here again, aim for 27 items to leave the house!

Christmas Extras

• Bake pies and buns!
• Sort childrens presents into separate bags so they are easier for santa to sort
• Last check of the present list, have you got everything?
• Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!

Thursday ~ Master messroom! and landing
15 minutes...
Strip the bedding and get it washed!
30 minutes to spare...
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!
Vacuum and turnthe mattress, vacuum the landing and floor
Remake the bed
Clean the windows
Got an hour...
Wash any curtains/etc that are in need
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Fill a binbag for charity shop or the bin!

Extras

• HHI
• Update remaining present lists
• Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs
• Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
• Wash some light shades

Christmas Extras

• Make a timetable for christmas prepartions.. turkey in.. turkey out.. etc
• Spend 30 minutes just having time for yourself, whatever it is doing, because we probably won't have time next week
• Chase up any deliveries you are waiting for that have not arrived
• Update remaining present lists

Friday - Let's play catchy-up
Level One...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Spend 30 minute pampering yourself!!
Level Two...
Catch up the the window washing
Catch up on the floor mopping/vacuuming
Catch up on the dewebbing and dusting!
Level Three...
Collect ALL the dirty laundry from about the house inc and bedding that needs changing..
Spend 15 minutes on your filing
Clean ALL the filters and drawers etc on the kitchen appliances

Extras

• Wipe down ALL the paintwork you keep putting off
• Choose a manky kitchen cupboard and make it shine.. the inside.. NOT the outside!
• Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
• Clean the pantry or airing cupboard or understairs cupboard or shed..

Christmas Extras

• Post all the cards you need to post. Last posting dates are drawing very close.
• Wrap all the presents for family/friends/teachers etc
• Wipe out the freezer.. defrost if needed!!
• Straighten the baubles and lights on the christmas tree.. and if you haven't done it.. get it up stop being such a humbug!
• Write and send the remaining christmas cards!!
• Stick all your cards up!!
• Update remaining present lists!!!
• Wrap remaining presents..
• Make a timetable for christmas prepartions.. turkey in.. turkey out.. etc!!!

cyclingyorkie

Thanks Natty. I'm in. Well I will be fluttering anyway.


Spent yesterday with DD2. Helped her and OH to choose a bedroom carpet. They are starting to move stuff in this week.

I got home completely k*******d.

Hope everyone has a good Monday.

Mumof2_2

Many thanks for the list Natty - I'm in!

pigpen

ty Natty.. and you obviously needed the sleep!! xx

heaps to get through this week.. and next... *cry*

Parcel packaging is first job!


Monday ~ Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room
Level Three...
Clean the oven and hob..



Tuesday ~ Luscious Living Room, hallway, stairs



Wednesday ~ Brilliant Bathroom, Sociable Study and other grotty places!



Thursday ~ Master messroom! and landing



Friday - Let's play catchy-up
Level One...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom


Christmas Extras

• Write and send the remaining christmas cards!!

Natty68

CY make sure you flutter gently though.It must feel strange with your DD moving out with her boyfriend.
Piggers I think it's still this virus that I'm trying to shake off, one minute I have energy and the next I'm fast asleep on the sofa. This is it's 5th week and it's getting me down now, the cough is the worst thing of it all. Hopefully it will have gone by Christmas..

Oooh I love your skeins of wool by the way Piggers, the colours are gorgeous I may have to buy a couple off you after Christmas

Oh and I'm not happy not only did I miss the list last night but I also forgot to do my veg order from the farm..So no fruit and veg this week. Thank gods we have an overload of the stuff..I can run it down now before the Christmas delivery of fruit and veg comes on the 20th

nicki_2

Thanks Natty

Morning all.

I'm working today so I'm not even going to bother posting the kitchen list for now. Its a busy at home day normally but I want to get my window finished so I've done an hour on that while I waited for my delivery to arrive. I've been through my delivery to check its there so I've only got desk stuff to do, and that shouldn't take long thanks to staying up late last night;) Once thats done and I've been out to put calling cards through customers doors, I can get on with the window again until it's too dark which is normally about 4pm.

So my day looks like this:

Work:
Print calling cards
Deliver calling cards
Sort orders

House:
Finish window as much as possible
Wash up
Tea in slowcooker preferably ????
Ironing (DD needs blouses for school)
Play with the dog lots while working
Shop for more milk!
Wash load when DD is back from school

Right, I best get a move on :wave:

mummyroysof3

I'm in...sort of.

Youngest off school and I'm out 11:45 till 3:45 so hubby has him which means had to cancel car getting looked at till next Wednesday.

Had quick clean in kitchen and put washer on. Saving deep clean for when kids off so they can help lol

bossymoo

Thanks natty I'm sort of in. My abscess has flared up again so was trying to get hold of he dentist. Gave up, then oddly enough they called me as he's decided he wants to see me before the specialist (?) so I'm going at noon.

Day off but on conference call :mad: eck I've a lot to do today.

I'm supposed to be traveling to Scotland tomorrow but need to check if the routes are open. Also need to check out parking.

So I'll probably not be around much until Thursday.

Right, I'll go brush my teeth again

AimingForBetter

Hello everyone, am in this week possibly slightly off list but here somewhere

Last week was a bit of a non starter flying wise and not much done til Thursday although nearly caught up with things by end of Friday including emergency baking of extra cakes for the school christmas fair (I felt so organised and happy to be able to open cupboards and find everything I needed, thanks flyladies).

Have spent morning sorting out of date newsletters and missives from school, old receipts and other bits from the notice board now in recycling so nicely organised again done kitchen & bathroom S&S and a quick tidy up all round.

Afternoon plan is sort and put away washing from airing cupboard, get ironing done, get load in dryer when WM is finished and do some meal planning, school run and sorting tea. Must also get rest of list for remaining christmas shopping done so can plan accordingly. Thankfully all main food shopping is done so don't need to think about that now.

Right better get on.

Have a good afternoon all, hugs/sticks/spoons as needed.

AFB

Justforme

I started last week and followed along as often as possible and my home is looking loved again, so definitely in again this week xx

Mumof2_2

Done everything on the list and kitchen looks so much nicer - thanks Natty! Got a bit carried away and even washed out the kitchen bin and little caddy I use for compost (peelings etc); this was hard for me because of OCD but just tried to ignore what I was doing and think how nice it would look after. Both dogs were taken to the vets this morning so came out £60 worse off. Just going to put away clean washing and hang up next lot which consists of bedding so will be draped off every available shower rail/banister/airer etc - everything is so much easier in the summer isn't it.

Justforme it really does help doing a little bit every week doesn't it.

AFB you're sounding very organised!

Bossy boo to abscesses, hope the dentist can make you more comfortable. When will you know if you'll actually be able to get to Scotland?

Nicki how's the window going? Got sunshine down here in Bristol so hope it's clear for you too.


Right, best sort this washing as it's not going to do itself.