Weekly Flylady Thread 28th March 2016

Natty68

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 all your posts.

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.


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!

WM ~ Washing machine
TD ~ Tumble dryer
SC ~ Slowcooker
BM ~ Breadmaker
DW ~ Dishwasher
SOAADFA ~ Sit on 'bottom' and do 'nothing'
KH/XH/FW ~ Ex-husband and other not so polite versions
DH/DD/DS/DW/DP ~ Dear husband/daughter/son/wife/partner/whatever
OH/SO ~ Other half/significant other
NN ~ nice neighbour
Toxic (friend/mother/sister/whoever) ~ person in your life that seems to exist to make your life miserable
AF ~ Aunt Flo 'time of the month'.. nothing to do with flying but it comes up often.
ETA ~ Editted to add
gibble ~ miscellaneous crap that appears forever homeless
Dot-to-dot ~ pick a small area (not a whole room) like a chair/coffee/table/shelf/worktop or wherever- thats your first 'dot' - totally clear it - clean it - and only put back what should be there - deal with what you have removed (not just move it somewhere else) then if you have time move on and do the same to another 'dot' -the idea is just like a dot to dot puzzle, you aim to join up all the dots and have a tidy room. The trick is to keep each dot tidy until you get them all joined up!
RoD ~ Room of Doom, the one room that feels like it is a permanent pit and cannot be used to its potential!

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

Bank Holiday Monday(Feel free to have the day off) – Choose a room which never gets much attention, maybe snug, kids bedroom, spare room, conservatory
Level One
HH putting all the stuff away and rehoming items to other rooms
Level Two
Hoover or mop the floor
Clean bed linen for any beds due a change
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
Level Three
Have a good declutter, file, fling or bin
S&S any sinks, toilets

Extras....

• Empty all the bins!
• Clean out all the pets!
• Wipe over all the paintwork
• S&S the kitchen!

Tuesday - kitchen and dining room
Level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirtings too
Clean the drawer and filter in the WM
Wipe table and chairs
Level three
Sort out the your most cluttered drawer do you need all that stuff?
HHTidying up and finding homes for homeless things which make flying tricky
Clean a window to let the sunshine in

Extras

• Sort through a handbag
• Sort through a cupboard or drawer of junk
• 29 fling boogie...
• HHI

Wednesday - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two
dust over all the electrical appliances.. be careful though I don't want any accidents!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Level Three
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Degrot the under stair space/cupboard.. I'm good to you all I know!
Dust mantle and polish any display cabinets or bookshelves etc

Extras

• Wipe and water the plants
• Clean out the pets
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings
• Get a pile of filing done!!

Thursday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
15 minutes...
Clean the floors in these rooms
De-grot the loo/bath/shower/sink etc
30 minutes to spare...
Wash the windows
Empty and clean out the bins
Clear and clean a shelf or cupboard and put back only the necessary items
Got an hour...
Clear the desk of mess and mush.. get rid of those
Wash down ALL the dining chairs..
Drag out the pc desk and clear under and behind it ... Don't you just love me!?

Extras - binbag list! We are doing something different today...

• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Fill a binbag for the bin
• Fill a binbag for a friend
• Fill a binbag for recycling!

Compulsory Extra..
Turn on your favourite song and sing REALLY loudly along with it! .. I don't care if you all sound like strangled cats.. I want you to sing for me! I find it really lifts a cloudy mood!

Funky Friday - Master bedroom and Landing
Level One.
Strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed, turned, vacuumed on other side and and then redress bed
Level Two
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Level Three.
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!

Extras

• Binbag dance
• Binbag for charity
• Sort out your own shoes and bags.. can any be rehomed?
• Wipe hand rails on stairs
  
• 15 minutes weeding

pigpen

We are in.. but busy... ty

nicki_2

I'm attempting to be in this week. Its my busy work week so I'm not making any promises :wave:

Natty68

I'm going to try and do what I can when I am at home..but I'm only here a couple of days.. I'll try and do some stuff when I get back from therapy but not sure what I'll feel like especially as it's my first day back after 3 weeks off ill, and I'm still not 100%, but 80% is better than nothing at the moment

I found my lost Nexus tablet while we were at MIL's today.. For some reason it had slipped between some fabric in a cross stitch kit, in my sewing bag. I swear I had looked in that several times but hey ho!!!! Happy bunny now, so now I have the Nexus and the Fire HD tablet...

froddington

I'm here - thanks Natty :A - but away early on Tuesday so won't be doing much flying after tomorrow.

Hugs to all xx

Bank Holiday Monday

Level One
HH putting all the stuff away and rehoming items to other rooms

Level Two
Hoover or mop the floor
Clean bed linen for any beds due a change
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth

Level Three
Have a good declutter, file, fling or bin
S&S any sinks, toilets

Extras....
Clean out all the pets!
S&S the kitchen!
Pack!

lynnejk

Hiya everyone - I'm back off my holibobs with a chest infection and a cracked rib, but had a lovely time and saw loads of interesting things.


Not caught up with all your news yet so gws vibes, sticks, spoons and loads of hugs as needed.


Place not too bad, just a bit dusty, but loads of washing of course.


Hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx

YORKSHIRELASS

Morning

Had an awful nights sleep and eventually decided to get up. Going to tackle my finances spreadsheets, put some dates in my diary and sort some bits of paper.

Rain here is awful, the last few years we have been camping at Easter, thankfully not this year!

ionafan

Thanks for the new thread, Natty.

Glad you had a good holiday Lynne, but :eek: to your cracked rib - GWS!
Froddy, enjoy your break

Our house is still clean and tidy after Saturday's blitzing, but I have to get ready for DGS1+2 who I'm fetching tomorrow. Also, it's my first day back at my NT volunteering - and we have snow lying on the fields! DH has an early start playing trains. So my list today says:
- take DH to railway
- eat breakfast
- S&S kitchen
- S&S bathroom
- transcription (after a marathon effort over the weekend, the end is in sight )
- lunch
- go to vol job
- pick up DH on my way home
- cook and eat tea
- move computer downstairs so I can carry on working while the boys are here
- make up beds for DGS1+2

Catch up later. (((Hugs))) spoons and sticks all round, as needed x

Frizzlef

Lynne- glad you had a lovely time. I hope you are resting those ribs.
Got up early this morning as we had planned to go for a walk at 8am but it is raining so we have cancelled.

Looks like we will be chilling out today so here is my list....
Wm x 2
Wudupa
Put all clothes away
HHi x 3

Bank Holiday Monday(Feel free to have the day off) – Choose a room which never gets much attention, maybe snug, kids bedroom, spare room, conservatory
HH putting all the stuff away and rehoming items to other rooms
Hoover or mop the floor
Wipe all dusty areas with a damp cloth
Have a good declutter, file, fling or bin

Extras....
Empty all the bins!
S&S the kitchen!

Jazee

Morning all. That's a long list Ionafan. Thanks for the list Natty.

I've been up an hour and already have beef stew in the slow cooker and me and the dogs are fed. This is my plan for today:

WUDUPA
Dust dusty bits in LR
Do the gloss paint work
Get clean
Walk the dogs if it stops persisting down with rain
Hoover/sweep/mop through house

Have a great Easter Monday everyone.

juliejim

Morning all

Well I should be in this week as I am at home. I made a good start at the weekend on the bathroom although I still have to put some stuff away in there but it is looking a lot better than it has for a long time! My first job really should be to get dressed and take the dog out but the weather is awful so I'm putting it off a bit.

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue