Weekly Flylady Thread 9th May 2016

Natty68

Thank you to Piggers for last week's thread

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

Ok here goes this week!

Manic Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Wipe units and large appliances
Give one small appliance a good clean!
IF YOU ARE ABLE!.. pull out a large appliance and clean behind and under it!
Clean out the fridge thoroughly.. and check the drain at the back! Does anything need to be used up?
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Clean doorseals, filters and detergent drawers
Oven and hob to be scrubbed -you know you want to do it really!!!

Extras

• Wash the windows!
• Make soup from those manky bits of vegetables that you found while cleaning out the fridge
• Empty and wash out bins!
• Wipe over the woodwork
• Clean lightshades/fittings

Twinkling Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Catch up on phone calls.. make necessary appointments .. and sort out insurance policies that need renewing soon!!
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, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing. See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house!

Extras

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• 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 their owners to put away themselves

Wacky Wednesday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Clean baths, toilets, (don't forget the outside!) and sinks
Level Two
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins! (the proper bins not the rooms that look like bins!)
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it!

Extras

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Clean the radiators in these rooms
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• Gather up the dirty laundry upstairs!!
• HHI... a bit more gone!

Thrilling Thursday ~ Day Off
Anything goes today

Fantastical Friday - childrens rooms and spare room
Level One
Clear the floor!!!
Vacuum the floor
Make half an hour to do something for yourself!
Level Two
Strip the bedding get it washed and remake the bed
Wash windows
Binbag dance (doesn't have to be in one room it can be from all over the house!)
Level Three
tidy the cupboards /drawers of clothes
Sort through a box of toys/gibble
Wipe grotty marks from the walls and paintwork

Extras

• Clean out any pongy pets
• Dust the light fittings/curtain poles etc
• HHI
• HHC in a room that needs lots of attention!!

Natty68

Evening all, here's the new thread for you all. Hope you enjoy it..

Afraid I have done nothing much this week, intensive therapy getting harder and harder to do. Spent all day in bed this morning literally sleeping..poor D kept bringing up cups of tea and taking down cold ones.. I think I finally manage to rouse at 7pm for something to eat.. Still feeling absolutely !!!!! so am watching Robin Hood of Prince of Thieves on Channel +1. Getting all mushy over it..and trying desperately not to be too overwhelmed with the smell of dog sweat, due to my poor old boy Jet (he's a border collie) getting very hot indoors. Unfortunately it can't be helped due to the heat, even though we have the windows open wide it still doesn't seem to be working. Never mind hopefully it won't be too bad tomorrow, if it is I'll burn a smelly candle..lol

pigpen

ty Natty.. kitchen is just what I'll need as I am painting it today and tomorrow and probably Tuesday too.. it WILL look nice!

I have the bathroom, middle room and hall/stairs/landing on the list too! I'm so fed up of the house looking shabby and not chic!

Washing and pots all up to date.
I was all lovely and dutiful and made OH a salad to nibble on for the next few days.

I need to refill the tray for hopefully the last time so having a rest first while OH is in the shower.. he is doing the edges when he comes down.. I cant reach them from a chair and the steps are covered in webs..

I need to get uniforms out and I think I am sorted for the evening after hat.. and cleaning the roller etc.

ionafan

Thank you for the new thread, Natty. Sorry you're so exhausted by the therapy. Hopefully it will help you in the long term, so try to stick at it.

My list for tomorrow:
- Finish translation and send it off
- Take down the kitchen nets and wash them
- Clear and wipe kitchen work surfaces
- Clean hob
- Wipe unit fronts and handles
- Give toaster and mixer a good clean (everything else is put away)
- Clean out the fridge thoroughly, especially the milk shelf
- Wipe the table
- Dust the bookshelves and window sill, water plants
- Wash out bins
- Clean oven interior and doors
- Hoover and vacuum kitchen and DR floor
- Pay window cleaner to wash all the windows outside - I did the insides a couple of weeks ago.
- Financial check
- Design posters for 2 events
- Visit my friend who had an op
- Old Wives Group in the evening

Clearly no peace for the wicked :rotfl:

Biscuit_monster

Evening all,

Katiecat, really sorry to hear your news, hope you and your family are bearing up xx

It's been such a beautiful day. I have got lots done too, mowed, weeded and tidied, washed and ironed, dog walked.

Did all the dailies this morning, house looking OK. By this evening, with the girls running in and out all day, playing about a hundred different things (not to mention burying eachother in the trailer full of builders sand we have at the front of the house, the place was absolutely trashed! So tidied it all again.

iona, course sounds like it will be interesting and challenging, good luck!

Natty hugs, and thanks very much for the list.

I'm in for this week, but tomorrow only dailies as have a full day at the paid stuff, then a meeting straight after that. Not sure when I'll eat!

Now off to have a little glass of beer, as MFP says I can xx

MinnieMousesMummy

Thank you very much for the new thread. Please count me in for this week, although I will be working partly from my own list, as I have so much going on at the moment.

Manic Monday
Get a quick shower
Feed the animals and let the chickens out
Get the kids ready and where they need to be
Quick check of emails
Daily checks on site
Paid stuff
Check online banking
Attend tutorial at uni
Move ds2's toys, planning to paint his room later today
Take photos of things that are for sale
Make a start painting ds2's bedroom
Check through grocery delivery
Clean the hob, it will probably need a scrub as dh made a curry for tea tonight
Take old printer to the tip, I had to get a new one today, as my old one was refusing to work
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Does anything need to be used up?
Collect the kids from the childminder
Close the chicken away before dark
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Spend 3 hours on course work
Catch up with emails
Sort clothes and bags for Tuesday
Update list and decide on list for Tuesday

bossymoo

Thanks natty I will be off list too, and possibly sporadic posting - lots of paid stuff this week, but only a few weeks left :T

FurryBeastOz

Thanks Natty I'm off away this week so will be reading and supporting from the sidelines��

Ionafan that should be fascinating. I did theology at university. I wish I'd retained more!

pigpen

how long does it take to get a wash.. seriously.. hes been up there 1.5 hours..

Narc0lepsy

Hugs to Katiecat and Natty

I'll be around scampering after my own tail; have 3 private assessments booked so I'm hoping uni won't want me to do any as well.

lynnejk

Evening all

So sorry to hear about your loss Katie. Sending hugs to you and your Mum and condolences to all the family.

Thanks for this week's thread Natty and thanks for last week's Pigpen.

Well done getting accepted onto your course Iona and hope you enjoy it.

You obviously needed the sleep Natty so hope you now feel a bit better. Maybe you can get a bit of time relaxing in the sunshine this week and recharge your batteries a bit (hug)

I don't know how I'll get on this week as all my schedules are about to change. DH starts his new job and will be here in the mornings and need a good, protein filled breakfast. I am also going to have to cook something he can take with him to have for his dinner-break. There is a micro and toaster at his new-to-him depot but still have to get creative to make sure he eats properly all week Any ideas or sites would be useful to be able to make different meals that reheat successfully.

Manic Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe units and large appliances
Give one small appliance a good clean!
IF YOU ARE ABLE!.. pull out a large appliance and clean behind and under it!
Clean out the fridge thoroughly.. and check the drain at the back! Does anything need to be used up?
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Clean doorseals, filters and detergent drawers
Oven and hob to be scrubbed -you know you want to do it really!!!
Extras
Make soup from those manky bits of vegetables that you found while cleaning out the fridge
Empty and wash out bins!
Wipe over the woodwork
Clean lightshades/fittings

Sending vibes, sticks, spoons and hugs to all needing some Hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx