Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd September 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. 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 declutter mission each day. Another one where it’s up to you if you want to do it or if you need to. This follows requests from members who are looking to declutter. 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

Ok here goes this week!

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
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
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Defrost freezer if required, rearrange and see what you have in there that needs using up
• Sort through storage containers in kitchen, fling any tubless lids or lidless tubs if they can't be used for anything, anything broken or past it's use by!

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
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Clear one hotspot, or just spend at least 5 minutes tackling it
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window in these rooms, only need to do one but you can of course do more if you like
• 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, or better still give them to who they belong to to put away themselves

Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing

Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove bed linen and replace with fresh linen
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Level 3
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
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
• 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
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Clear any one hotspot

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
Clean windows
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

• Make any important calls you have been putting off
• Clean tops of wardrobes
• 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

Friday - those frightning Friday kids rooms and spare rooms

Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can get to
Level Two
Anything that isn't in it's place where it should be, clothes, toys, books etc
Level Three
Dusting
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see)
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

As usual pick any one or more of the following if you fancy an extra challenge today and are still alive after entering the kids rooms!!

• Dust tops of wardrobes & drawers if you can reach wthout hurting yourself
• Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference
• Sort through a kids wardrobe or drawer, part with what doesn't fit or well past it's used by
• Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing

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 :T

pigpen

I'm in.. you'd miss me if I wasn't!!

Mondays dailies

WM
[STRIKE]DW[/STRIKE] Done tonight
BM
TD
hang out, fold and put away laundry
Tidy and [strike]vacuum[/strike] the front room
Finish DD4's school things
Cut the 3 bears hair..
deflea DD2 and DD3 *itch scratch*
list ebay stuff (which I should have photographed by now!!) (but haven't!)
tidy DS1's room.. before 1pm as the guy is coming to give us a quote for the new boiler.. he was supposed to have done it but hasn't.. so I'll do it.. he'll like that .. he will go out about 11am and I'll be straight in there flinging!!!
make sure everyone has shoes and everything sorted for school..

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear[/STRIKE] and wipe kitchen surfaces
[strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/strike]
[strike]Wipe dining table [/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike]
[strike]Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky [/strike] Just did this because I tipped powder into the fabric conditioner bit and blocked it.. oops
[strike]Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week [/strike] I scraped the dead food off it!!
Extra Mission

• Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• [strike]Defrost freezer if required, rearrange and see what you have in there that needs using up [/strike] frosty freebie
• [strike]Sort through storage containers in kitchen, fling any tubless lids or lidless tubs if they can't be used for anything, anything broken or past it's use by![/strike] did this during the week when I had trouble fitting my clean pans in!

Now THAT is a better list!!! definitely achievable!

JillD_2

woo hoo check me out first to reply (unless someone nips on before me .....)

OOh I am getting good at these lazy days. Pity its Monday again tomorrow ...

An alien has obviously abducted my husband and left me with a new improved model as he has been fab all week. He got them up this morning and I slept for 4 HOURS - heaven. He made us all HM pizza for lunch, and then we all went to a forest park type place, we took DS bike which he is learning to ride, and then DH played with them in the massive play area there whilst I sat and drank coffee - that we took in a flask so we spent 0p :T

We are doing a roast between us for tea, its almost ready, and I've made potato, swede and carrot gratin for tomorrow's tea. And we're having Angel delight for pudding - chocolate - mmmmm - except I accidentally put too much milk in so have had to make 2 packs for 4 of us :j

Planning a lits of errands for tomorrow, and an update on my mega list.

Talk later chaps
Jill

ps oh well second to teply not so bad LOL

pigpen

2 minutes too late JillD.. lol I was first last week as well.. it's because I never move from the pc really.. I don't really do anything I just languish in squalor and pretend I've done all these things lol

nicki_2

I'm in again... I have a countdown on my facebook account to 8.55am on Tuesday morning when DD is back in school : 1 day, 14 hours, 20 minutes left. :j:j:j:j I love her dearly, but 5 weeks (she was at IL's for 1 week) and we're at the point of her spending the day in her room and me down here

Off to put the washing infront of the hot oven to help it dry now tea is done

Laters :wave:

AnW'sMum

Thanks for reminding me about putting the bins out becca, tomorrow is blue box and bag day here and I have to put out next doors as well.

JillD_2

oh groan I have eaten too much. All of my portion of Angel Delight and most of DD's, which amounts to nearly a whole pack :rolleyes: There really really is no room left in there now, I can't even lean over never mind bend LOL

The weeuns are up in the bath and I have just sewn that pesky button on DH shirt.

List for tomorrow looking something like this:

- kids up, dressed, breakfasted
- empty DW if I dont get round to it tonight
- tidy up from breakfast
- make packed lunch for leisure centre - swimming lessons start today
- get some flylady steps of kitchen done
- take DD to her swimming lesson (DS in creche)
- have lunch at leisure centre
- go home and chill for a bit
- back to leisure centre for DS lesson (he goes in on his own)
- to Asda for top up bits they didnt deliver
- return DS slippers that were too big
- return library books
- drop off DH suit to drycleaners
- home
- have a rest (ooo how good am I putting this on the list)
- get tea reheated (its made already :T )

I will update my mega list later as I am hoping to get 2 items done off it just now :j

aimeelister

Evening all. Hope everyones doing well.

Loved all the photos on last weeks thread. Good luck Becca. We wont mind you ranting at us. Hugs to all that need them and want them.

I am going to make more of an attempt to get on with the keeping on top of things. I sort of slid off last week. Dont think ive been feeling myself, feeling rather lethargic and drained, oh well . I had random weird dreams of destroying my ex last night/this am :eek:. Didnt really enjoy that as im still trying to get over and be pleasant (even if i dont ever want to see him again! (and wouldnt mind if he was wiped off this planet!;)))

So im going to try and get into a routine better. Im going to aim this week to:

• Get lunches ready the night before.
• Make sure the house is tidy before i go to bed.
• Swish and Swipe.
• Get everything sorted for the day ahead.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors - i WILL mop it!!! I keep hoovering but not mopping
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Level Three
[strike]checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike]did it today
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Defrost freezer if required, rearrange and see what you have in there that needs using up
• Sort through storage containers in kitchen, fling any tubless lids or lidless tubs if they can't be used for anything, anything broken or past it's use by!

Oh i like the extras!!!

Right well i need to finish stripping my bed and washing it . Then i need to microwave my soup i made on Friday and have a shower and then i can pile into bed. See you all tomorrow, hopefully more organised.

OOOOH yes and put the bins out thanks for the reminder!!!

tiamai_d

I'm in too!

Right now I am cleaning and photographing stuff for ebay. Toys mostly. The ones I got as physio aids for sodapop but he has outgrew them and there is not enough space in the bedroom. Go me.

Beccatje

Ooooh I'm going to be a flylady monster this coming week!
To keep myself busy and to battle the dreaded withdrawel symptoms if anything!! :rotfl:

Although I'm quite busy tomorrow.

Pick up squirt from babysitter after work at 1
Off to the shops to buy my niece a birthday present AND stick it in the post straight away. Only hoping it will still get there on time..
(did see the perfect gift for her though!)

Then home on time by 2:30 to catch the school lot coming home.
Then into the kitchen it is!

Clean all apliences on worksurface
clean worksurface
clean oven
clean inside of microwave
outside of fridge (did the inside before shop on saturday)
clean inside the top cabinets (maybe even bottom ones if time)
clean dw filter
clean bin
clean all cabinet fronts
clean cooker
clean shelves and chuck what doesn't belong on there. (strange how places that are set out to hold only pretty ornaments tend to attract crap..)

Clean floor

Cook the dinner

and clean up after dinner.


Dailies:

toilet
DW
hoover high traffic area's
Tire out husky puppy
Entertain children
punish 11 yr old DD2 (ýes I'm nasty I know)
assist with homework
Keep family relatively organised.

And the beauty about it will be, that I won't have to stop every half hour to go sit outside for a smoke!! WHOOHOOO!!! (yeah keep telling yourself that honey)

JillD good to hear from you! I was already wondering about you!

Lil_me don't admire me just yet. I've been here many times before, convinced I was going to quit and failed miserably. (like sneeking around like a child for not wanting to admit I was smoking again..) But I'm dead set on giving it my best go now.

Good night everybody. Have a great sleep. Update tomorrow!

becca

kazmeister

Hi

I'm in but wil be an interesting week as I'm back to work on Wed as well as the kids to school. Looking forward to it in one day but not in another. WIll definitely need to get on top of flylady Mon/Tues as from Wed on I'll only have evenings so need to get all my lists in order.

Freezer list is checked and up to date
Meal plan is done for next week
All grub in for packed lunches

Monday list
Set early alarm !!
[STRIKE]Take DS to Peterboro for orthodontist appt at 920 (2 hour round trip for 2 min appt)[/STRIKE]
Check all school clothes/bags/stationary required and label any new ones
Find work uniform and iron
Clean floors
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
[strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/strike] - done sat and fridge cleaned on Sat before shopping filled it up
Wipe dining table
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
[strike]Defrost freezer if required, rearrange and see what you have in there that needs using up [/strike] - too full to do
[strike]Sort through storage containers in kitchen, fling any tubless lids or lidless tubs if they can't be used for anything, anything broken or past it's use by![/strike] - did before went away

Dailies - Kids to do except stairs
Uniforms ready for morning - not til Tues
Packed lunches for mornings - not til Tues
S/S kitchen
S/S bathroom
Clear table and wipe
Empty dishwasher
Mini hoover all downstairs
Walk dog
Wipe stairs
Hotspots to clear
Old Au pair room
DS old room
Our room

See you then