Weekly Flylady Thread 7th March 2016

pigpen

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 and peaceful days for Bossy

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

Right here we go...

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean that sink and sparkle thse taps!
Level Two
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Clean the windows!
Scrub out the maggot bin!
Polish the light fittings.. I have pole dancing spiders on mine!
Level Three
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Mine were gross today!
Wipe down the doors and units.
Rid the radiators of dust bunnies!
Extras
•33 fling boogie.. GO!
•Clean out a cupboard .. preferably a messy disorganised one!
•Wash the smelly pet beds!
•Tidy up the cutlery drawer... how do they get so many crumbs??


Tuesday..

You will love this..

Choose one task from each room and that it is your list!!
Add in HHI
HH-doing your crafting thing!!


Wednesday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Change any lightbulbs that need doing!
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs & wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Wash any nets/curtains that need cleaning.. put up fresh ones!
• Clean out your handbag.. how many receipts??
• 15 minutes filing

Thursdeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ~ Bathroom, loo and study!
Level One
Declutter floors
scrubify the tiles
Level Two
Clean the bath, loo, shower etc...
Defrag comp while you vacuum/mop
Wipe chairs keyboards, mouses monitors etc..
Level Three
Wash shower curtains/bathmats etc
Clean the radiators and paintwork
Shine the taps and descale the shower head!


Extras

• 15 minutes filing
• HHI
• Delete 100 useless junk emails!
• Dust deweb and wash some windows!

Friday Flyday chuck in the sky-day~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Make an appointment for some ME-time.. hairdressers? manicure? night out with friends? .. whatever just do it!
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

1. Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
3. HHI
4. Mid week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

Narc0lepsy

It's now officially tomorrow and I'm still here having just finished a report. It's lovely having my mum to stay and she keeps saying she doesn't want me to get behind work-wise because of her, but there's no point her being here if I shut myself in the study all day!

Still it's meant I've been fairly tidy and organised, and she has enjoyed helping in the garden and kitchen so the house is fairly ok. We've shopped, done chores, been for walks and chatted/organised our hol together in April. Tomorrow cooking will be easy as we had a lovely roast today so it will be risotto, and there is some pudding left. MFP is in the back of my mind but I'm not being obsessive so we had cappuccino and a date/apricot oat slice at a garden centre on the way home from our walk today.

Bit of a confusing week altogether really; Mum goes home on Tues am (Insanity, zumba and work follows), possible student and definite assessment Wed and Thurs immediately followed by visit to friend in Dorset from Thurs eve till Sun - picking up MIL from BIL's house on the way home. On Wed I'll be hitting the M3 again to stay with Mum as Auntie's funeral is on Thurs in Weymouth. Back home Thurs eve.

So all I can promise is I will do what I can.
Have a good week all.

ionafan

Thanks to pigpen for the new thread and to Natty for last week's.

Narc0lepsy wrote: »

It's now officially tomorrow and I'm still here...
Bit of a confusing week altogether really....
So all I can promise is I will do what I can.

Me too.
Me too.
Me too.

Congratulations to mrs-mp's DD3 :T:T:T and (((hugs))) to you both. It's always sad when people can't take a positive view of life.

DS1 visited this morning with DGGD1+2, and I have three lovely pots of tete-a-tete (please add accents wherever you think they go :rotfl:). DS2 has been elsewhere, but I spoke to him yesterday and had a lovely card from him. I rang DD this evening and we shall be staying with them at the weekend.

We had a very successful shopping trip this afternoon - new handbag, scarf and fascinator for me, 2 pairs of shoes and some slippers for DH, 2 cappuccinos halfway round the shops, plus a bag of coffee grounds from C0$t@ for the garden, two greetings cards and an age 8 badge for a soon-to-be-80-year-old friend , and a couple of little pots of paint for DH's wargaming figures

I have also booked flights to Germany for myself and 4 other people in May at a bargain price in the "spring sale". (Return visit to German partners from last year's exchange; DH :A will be holding the fort while I'm away.)

Tomorrow, a.k.a. today, is dedicated to finishing the wedding cake, a bit of local shopping, a bit of sewing, and an evening of board games with the Old Wives. I might put away the dry laundry if I remember

Goodnight all x

mummyroysof3

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean that sink and sparkle thse taps!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Clean the windows!
Polish the light fittings..
Wipe down the doors and units.
Rid the radiators of dust bunnies!
Extras
•33 fling boogie.. GO!
•Clean out a cupboard .. preferably a messy disorganised one!
•Wash the smelly pet beds!
•Tidy up the cutlery drawer... how do they get so many crumbs??

Today I'll do housework this morning and am off for Mother's Day lunch at my youngests special needs school then I'm doing Sunday dinner for tea we should have had yesterday.

Going for tooth out tomorrow and I'm scared

Biscuit_monster

Morning all,

Thanks for list piggers , I have to be really really in this week, the house is depressing me. It's not been this bad for ages.

Right.

Listy

Wm
Dw
S&S
Hoover and mop kitchen floor
Make beds
Kitchen surfaces
Clean sink
33 fling boogie
Hhi

Right, need to get the kids up and get us all ready for school and paid stuff x

YORKSHIRELASS

Morning, I am in, another pledging to do what I can! Thanks for list Pigpen, got to get ready for the paid stuff x

kazwookie

Morning

Thank you for all the lists

Had a mad hours so far, as I have other 'stuff' to do today.

So beds stripped and remade
Wm x 2 on
DW on
All floors done
All toilets done
Bathroon is done

10 mins rest then off

See you all tonight
Hugs x

huston_kw

I'm in, my kitchen is an eyesore!

ETA - Thanks for the list PP

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all
Thank you for the lists pigpen and natty.
I'm going to be in this week.
Confirmed booking to have bathroom replaced at the weekend -it's a friends Dh who's doing it so as we only have one loo, he's suggested coming to do the work while we a on summer hols so we get back to a shiny new fully functioning bathroom rather than him working round trying to keep loo usable. Sounds a plan to me and it gives me longer to use up toiletry stash and get things sorted.

Left my glasses round mils yesterday but I was too annoyed to go back for them so I've been managing with poundshop backups. Have to go this morning and get them then I want to finish off a dress I started making and get the lists done.

Hugs good wishes posi vibes sticks and spoons to all who need them mad I hope everyone has a good week.

Dustykitten

Thanks Piggers.

Kitchen is defiitely first on my list but may take 2 days as not much time on work days. Upstairs is pretty much in shape though so other than the bathroom will last the week.

DS1's birthday so he and his gf are coming over later for cake (need to make that after paid stuff and shopping), they didn't leave here u ntil gone 10 last night.

Plan for the rest of the week is sorting out the dining room. I want it cleared, I need a bigger table and plan to move my desk out - either sell it or find a way of getting my stuff in to DH's office.

Next week whilst DH is OS I plan to sort out his office (my stuff ) as much as possile too. These have been on my hit list for far too long. It is time for action!

Have a good day everyone.

mrs-moneypenny

Dusty I'll look for the veggie lasagne recipie at some point while I'm in the kitchen.