Weekly Flylady Thread 21st March 2016

Natty68

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.

Here is last weeks thread Thank you to Piggers for stepping in to do my last weeks list, 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...

Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen and dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the table
degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
Level Three
wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
Extras

• Deweb and polish
• Clear out a cupboard of junk!
• Wash any curtains/table cloths that need it
• S&S the hob & oven

Twinkly Tuesday - Living room, hall, stairs and porch!
Level One
Declutter ALL the floors!!
Clear the mantle of junk
Level Two
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Vacuum/sweep all the floors.. stairs too!
Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas
Level Three
Wash the windows
Wash any soft furnishings that need it
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!
Extras

• Wipe and water plants
• Dust all the electricals.. carefully.. don't want anybody getting fried!!!
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Binbag dance
• HHI

Wiggly Wednesday- Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Strip and wash the bedding
Clear the floordrobe
Level Two
Air the duvet....
Clear the floors and vacuum them!
Wash windows
Clean out pets/wash beds
Level Three
Sort through a hotspot
Organise your toiletries and make-up stash, do you really need 6 lipsticks!!!!
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy
Empty and wash out all the bins
Extras

• Half hour... FILING... meanness I know but it won't do itself!!
• Deweb and dust
• 36 fling boogie!! .. GO
• Empty and wash out all the bins!!
• Quick one.. check those smoke alarms - no that doesn't mean burn the toast/bacon to check !

Thursday Thrills - Bathroom and Study..
Level One
Declutter the floors
Wipe down sofas and seats
Level Two
Dejunk the desk and wipe off the gunge
Vacuum/mop floors
Scrub the bath, sinks, toilets, showers and tiles etc
Level Three
Wash the windows
Empty out a cupboard clean it out and put back only the bits you need to keep
Defrag the pc and delete 50 useless emails
Extras

• Collect all the laundry from upstairs
• HHI
• Change any lightbulbs you have been leaving.. !!
• Sort out the coats and bags and shoes..
• Do a cupboard stock take,sort a meal plan and shopping list
• Fill a binbag for charity shop

ionafan

Thanks to Natty for starting the new thread, and to Pigpen for last week's. I will try to do a little bit off the list each day this week.

Tiredness has caught up with me again... off to bed asap.

MinnieMousesMummy

Thank you very much for the lists, Please count me in.

Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen and dining area
Quick shower
Let the chickens out and feed all animals
Get the kids to where they need to be
Catch up with uni emails
Go into uni for a couple of hours
Check online banking & move money around
Paid stuff
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe the table
Degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
Wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Do 1 load of washing
HHI
Collect the kids from the childminder
Close the chickens away before dark
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
Deweb and polish
Clear out a cupboard of junk!
Wash any curtains/table cloths that need it
S&S the hob & oven
Catch up with thread
Update list and post list for Tuesday

Now that I have got organised for tomorrow, I think its time to get some sleep.

Mumof2_2

Many thanks for the list Natty and Pigpen for last week's. I'll do what I can but certainly aim to get the top 2 levels done.

huston_kw

Thanks Natty for the list this week, totally in!

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for lists. Have just stopped Mr N who said he'd go and clear up a bit of the kitchen as I cooked - told him it was on the list for tomorrow.
Not making any rash promises as usual; I'm at uni for at least part of every day Mon-Thurs this week.

Managed to get into the garden today and sowed a few seeds in the greenhouse.
Finished a report and started another.

Dizzy_Imp

Thanks for lists Pigpen and Natty - I'm in again in my usual haphazard flapping fashion x

pigpen

I'm kind of in... as much as my broken self will allow.. school runs kill me!

missymoo81

I'm in please, thanks natty, I'll be flying in my own way, but any flying is better than nothing in my book, feel absolutely rubbish at the moment, me and 2 small ones can not stop coughing!!! Grrrr!

mummyroysof3

Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe the table
degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
Extras
Deweb and polish
Clear out a cupboard of junk!
Wash any curtains/table cloths that need it
S&S the hob & oven

YORKSHIRELASS

Morning, I am here! Paid stuff this morning, then hospital with DS, then gym class later. Will try and squeeze in a little kitchen cleaning somewhere.