Weekly Flylady Thread 25th Jan 2016

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 weeks 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 - Living / Family Room & Hall
Level 1
First off, remove any miscellaneous garb that belongs elsewhere.
Dust and vac all around
Level 2
Wash the windows
Polish any mirrors or glass-covered pics
Level 3
Pick up any stray shoes - do they need polishing? Find a proper home for them...
Wipe or spot clean the sofas / chairs as needed
Extras

• Can you fit a duster / brush behind the radiator? Give it a tickle!
• Polish your fireplace
• Test smoke alarms if you haven't for a while!

Tuesday - kitchen and dining room
Level 1
Wipe down the cupboard fronts, including kickboards, and get those door handles hygienically clean!
Wipe down your large appliances.
Level 2
Clear a hotspot, is the under sink cupboard ready to topple out on you if the door opens?
Give your DR table a polish and change the tablecloth if needed.
Wipe down the chairs too. Including the legs!
Level 3
To the cooker - give the hob a good shine!
And the oven too, if you've any steam left!
Extras:

• Set aside a little time for you, this week!
• Mop a floor or two.
• Wash a window or two.
• Check over your fridge and cupboards for your next shopping list.

Wednesday - Master bedroom and s&s
Level 1
Bedroom clearance: clear the floordrobe, tops of drawers, windowsills etc. Then the bed, remove any stray items and strips and remake the bed.
Level 2
Bedroom unfluffling: dust and deweb all your lovely clear surfaces, and Hoover up all that fluff. Get the nozzle out and tackle your edges, corners, skirting and behind anything you can safely reach. Wipe over light switches and door handles.
Level 3
S&S the downstairs sink and loo
Shine your kitchen sink and S&S the work tops
Extras

• Put a wash on
• Make any plans needed for half term - only a couple of weeks away for us!
• Mend something - a tear or re-attach buttons or something
• Find five things to donate to charity.

Thursday - Room of doom, or kids rooms
Level 1
Let some fresh air in (if your windows won't blow off!, pop the radio on
Spend 20mins clearing, floor, table, bed, your choice, just do it!
Level 2
Wipe any icky marks – doors, handles, windows?
Dust and deweb
Vacuum where you can
Level 3
Wash any soft furnishings, cushions, throws, bedding?
Sort and fling anything unwanted from your Level 1 clearance
Sit and admire your work!
Extras:

• Light a candle. Spend a little time just being.
• HHI
• Check your power cut kit - know where a torch or candles are?
• Plan something nice for the weekend.

Friday - Bathroom and study/PC area
Level 1
Clear down crowded shelves or windowsill. Give them a wipe. Only put back what belongs there.
Clean sinks and toilets.
Level 2
Clean the bath / shower enclosure, pay attention to taps / spouts and plug holes.
Wash the window.
Level 3
Over to your desk, clear and wipe it.
Attend to any PC maintenance needed, while dusting around the area.
Tidy any papers, can any be shredded or recycled?
Extras

• Check your calendar / diary for any early Feb birthdays or appointments.
• Clear some emails, and unsubscribe if needed.
• Treat yourself to a soak in the bath if you have any nice products to use - don't save them for "best"!

kazwookie

Evening

I'm in. Ty for the threads

Embbs congratulations hugs to the new born

Work done
WM x4 on the go, where does it all come from, maybe I need an industrial machine and only do 2 washers per week as I could get more in.
Kitchen done
Sink bleach

sammiell

Monday - Living / Family Room & Hall
Level 1
First off, remove any miscellaneous garb that belongs elsewhere.
Dust and vac all around
Level 2
Wash the windows
Polish any mirrors or glass-covered pics
Level 3
Pick up any stray shoes - do they need polishing? Find a proper home for them...
Wipe or spot clean the sofas / chairs as needed
Extras
Can you fit a duster / brush behind the radiator? Give it a tickle!
Polish your fireplace
Test smoke alarms if you haven't for a while!

I'm in
haven't done bad on the list last week just printed off menu planner for Feb I've cleared a load of rubbish out over the weekend and the lodger has moved out so will need to spring clean his room this week then I can shut it up.

Dizzy_Imp

I'm in too please Bossy. Having a rubbish time ATM, so it may only be to read what everyone's up to x

bargainhunterss

*pokes head round door and sneaks in at the back*

Can I join in again? I've been awol for the past few months but the house is telling me that I need a cleaning strategy!:j

Hope everyone's ok! Xx

pigpen

cheers me dears xxx We're in.. sort of.. if I can be bovved.


Monday - Living / Family Room & Hall (only level 1 relevant )
Level 1
First off, remove any miscellaneous garb that belongs elsewhere.
Vac all around


Tuesday - kitchen and dining room
Level 3
To the cooker - give the hob a good shine! .. delegate to OH I think
Extras:

• Mop a floor or two.

Wednesday - Master bedroom and s&s
Extras

• Mend something - a tear or re-attach buttons or something

Thursday - Room of doom, or kids rooms
Level 2
Vacuum where you can



Friday - Bathroom and study/PC area
Level 1
Clean sinks and toilets.
Level 2
Clean the bath / shower enclosure, pay attention to taps / spouts and plug holes.

bossymoo

Sorry, meant to say congratulations embb on the arrival of the grandbeast

gien

Can I join you this week please? We are selling our house and I think that royalty might be the trick I need to stop me going completely mad because I have to keep everything spotless all the time.

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

Thanks Bossy I am in. Just realised that all of DS2s school trousers are in the wash basket, not sure how that happened but its not a good discovery to make at 9.15pm on a Sunday night.

Hugs Dizzy.

Frizzlef

Evening all!

Embb- thanks for sharing your lovely news! Must have been so,special to be there at the birth!

Bossy- you definately have to take a photo- it would be so cute to look back on!

I'm posting todays list because I've worked quite hard today and been out and about as well so place is looking a lot more presentable. And my plans for tomorrow have been cancelled due to my friend being poorly so will have some child free time tomorrow at home, which will be good!

Clear out the cars
Tip run?
Order stairs carpet
Sort out parcel return.
Bake a banana loaf to use up bananas
Tidy shoes, coats and bags

Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra mission
Wipe the skirtings in family room, dining room and hall
Clean/wash the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner (ensure these are dry before using again
15 minutes ironing

Crowdpleaser

Big hugs Dizzy x

I'm in. I STILL haven't cleaned the bathrooms!!!! Grrr. However my knitting is looking great! !! Am using a cable needle for the first time. Am enjoying it though.

Work tomorrow but will tackle the lounge in the afternoon. It's not too bad although the hated playmobil is back out again!

Off to make lunchboxes and hang wet washing up. Dh is watching Die Hard..... Am getting outta here! Lol

Xxx