Weekly Flylady Thread 4th January 2016

Natty68

FIRST FULL THREAD OF 2016

This week will see a LOT of newcomers which happens every year, sadly many of these ladies and gents do not stay long. This influx usually means the thread is very very busy, please do not lose heart if you cannot keep up with everyone else or reading the thread, don't try to reply to everyone and please remember to include something about flying in your posts, chat is for the weekend when your home is looking beautiful!!! Things will settle again in a couple of weeks so don't worry it will return to normal and we will hopefully have some new fledglings.

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 deepening 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.

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

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One...
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two...
Wash the units and appliances.
Give the pan cupboard a good scrub out.. fling the plastic tubs with no lids/botttoms/broken
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Level Three...
Sort paperwork, warranties, insurance docs, phone contracts etc into a file so they are easily accessible and make notes of when things need renewing!
Clean table and add a clean cloth if needed
Dust and deweb

Extras

• Binbag dance
• HHI
• Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example)
• Make sure diaries/calendars are up to date with appointments!!!

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One
Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter
Clear anything from the stairs! Safe stairs are a must
Level Two
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Level Three
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup!
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe

Extra Mission Tasks - as usual if you fancy tackling something else you could try one or more of these

• Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
• Check where important documents like passports, birth certificates, driving licences, medical cards are and make a note of where they are and if any need replacing, changing etc
• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• Clean any ornaments, mirrors, clocks or other dust collecting collections
• 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!

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by (maybe recycle for rags if possible, you could donate old sheets oor towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)
• Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers (if safe to do so, no pregnant flyladies on ladders please delegate the job instead)
• Check through undies drawers, anything more holy than the church which needs to go/be repaired? Anyone need anything replacing?
• Give everyone at home a bag to collect the things which belong to them that are not where they should be, give them 15 minutes to find them all and put them away You could threaten to bin whatever is left if they don't seeing as everyones being quite ruthless this week

Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or don't work

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
• Remove anything from window sills in these rooms, clean before replacing the items (which you have of course given a wipe)
• Clean toilet bowl inside and out, the floor in front of it aswell if you need to
• 15 minutes paperwork filing/flinging. Deal with anything urgent now.
• Wipe skirting boards in these rooms
• Spend 15 minutes tackling a cupboard/storage area you have been avoiding dealing with.

Flipping Friday!! - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself! Anything you like.
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc for at least 10 minutes
Dusting, all those shelves and flat surfaces
Level Three
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattress, replace with fresh linen
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season (do they need anything replacing?)
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors (yes including the handles)

Extra Task List

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames
• Hotspot cleaing, spend 10 minutes tackling one at least
• Grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house. Can be rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend/freecycle

mummyroysof3

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One...
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two...
Wash the units and appliances.
Give the pan cupboard a good scrub out.. fling the plastic tubs with no lids/botttoms/broken
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Level Three...
Sort paperwork, warranties, insurance docs, phone contracts etc into a file so they are easily accessible and make notes of when things need renewing!
Clean table and add a clean cloth if needed
Dust and deweb

Extras
Binbag dance
HHI
Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example)
Make sure diaries/calendars are up to date with appointments!!!

toochoosey

Daily routines
Washing, M T W T F
Swish and swipe kitchen M T W T F
Bathroom, M T W T F
Ironing, M T W T F
Making beds, M T W T F
Vacuuming high traffic areas, M T W T F
Making meals M T W T F
HHE M T W

Night-time routines
Preparing clothes for the next day, [STRIKE]S[/STRIKE] M T W T
Make sure DD has lunch money [STRIKE]S[/STRIKE] M T W T
Swish & swipes of the kitchen M T W T F
Tidying the living room M T W T F


Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One...
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two...
Wash the units and appliances.
Give the pan cupboard a good scrub out.. fling the plastic tubs with no lids/botttoms/broken
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Level Three...
Sort paperwork, warranties, insurance docs, phone contracts etc into a file so they are easily accessible and make notes of when things need renewing!
Clean table and add a clean cloth if needed
Dust and deweb

Extras

• Binbag dance
• HHI
• Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example)
• Make sure diaries/calendars are up to date with appointments!!!

Mumof2_2

Thanks for the list Natty - I'm in please. S will be back to school tomorrow but got Z home from school as training day at school but I can still do the list.

jjef

Natty, thanks for the thread I am in although not going to manage all levels as back to school tomorrow. List looks like - Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area Sweep the floors Clear and wipe the work surfaces Wash the units and appliances. Wipe over window sills and shine the taps HHI Will be back after work tomorrow, hope everyone has a good day.

ionafan

Thank you Natty for the new thread and Bossy for last week's.

My list for tomorrow is very short - get up early and go out for the day, to help my friend start moving house. We've got boxes and boxes of books to shift...

Will be back on Tuesday - hopefully still able to stand up straight!

Oodles of coping vibes to LW x

froddington

I'm in - thanks Natty :A

Not sure where the last two weeks went but, hey, only 6 weeks til half term!!!

Rainbows planning meeting after work tomorrow but no other evening plans this week so I may actually do some flying

LW - will be virtually under the table with you tomorrow! Boiler man work quickly and don't chat vibes heading up to you xx

Ok, listy sorted - night all, sleep well xx

Monday ~ Kitchen

Level One...
Vacuum the floor
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces

Level Two...
Wash the units and appliances.
Give the pan cupboard a good scrub out.. fling the plastic tubs with no lids/botttoms/broken
Wipe over window sill and shine the taps

Level Three...
Sort paperwork, warranties, insurance docs, phone contracts etc into a file so they are easily accessible and make notes of when things need renewing!
Dust and deweb

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for threads.
My main room tomorrow will be the study as I want to clear up the mayhem and start decluttering. I lost count of the target last year of decluttering at least 1 item each day, but I think I made it. Would be too ambitious to match the 'saving plan' i.e. throw away 1 item on day 1; 2 on day 2. Now there is a challenge!

Also have to take my friend to her doc's appointment tomorrow.
Will do quick survey of kitchen so I at least get something done on the right day.
Need to contact 2 students to see if they want lessons this week.
Now I'm head down to do a final check on reports, then email them.

Valli

Thanks for this week Natty and last week Bossy

I am in...but I am out a lot this week! We shall see...

MinnieMousesMummy

Hi, Please count me in for this week. Thanks for last weeks list and for this weeks.

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Quick shower
Let the chickens out to roam
Get the kids to nursery, school & childminder
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Paid stuff (09:30 -12:00)
Uni (1-5)
Get some bread when in town
Add 4p to the saving challenge tub
Collect the kids from childminders
Check if any delivers have arrived whilst out and locate them
Wash the units and appliances.
Close the chickens away before dark
Give the pan cupboard a good scrub out.. fling the plastic tubs with no lids/botttoms/broken
Pay some money off credit card and loan
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Sort paperwork, warranties, insurance docs, phone contracts etc into a file so they are easily accessible and make notes of when things need renewing!
Do some work on the tax return
Clean table and add a clean cloth if needed
Dust and deweb
Binbag dance
HHI
Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example)
Make sure ds1 does his homework for tomorrow
Take ds1 to scouts
Collect ds1 from scouts
Make sure diaries/calendars are up to date with appointments!!!
Update progress and sort list for Tuesday

mum2boys83

hello, :hello:


my first try at this so see how it goes.


Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One...
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two...
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Level Three...
Dust and deweb

Extras

• Bin bag dance (not sure bout the dance bit lol)
• Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example)
• Make sure diaries/calendars are up to date with appointments!!!
• childrens pack-up shop
• recycling bin put out

my children have training day tomorrow, so will do bits when I can.