Weekly Flylady Thread 16th May 2016

pigpen

Thank you to Natty 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!

Monday - kitchen and dining mess
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe and replace small appliances
Level Two
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there.. have we had a medicine spoon cull recently??
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed
Clean out the fridge
De-web and fluff the room
Extras

1. Wash the windows
2. Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
3. Clean filters and detergent dispensers
4. HHI

Tuesday twinkles! - Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum!
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself! .. make yourself a hair appointment or something!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Wash windows
dust and deweb!.. don't forget furry skirtings!
Level three
Wash any soft furnishings that need doing
Vacuum right the way up the stairs!
Sort through coats n bags n shoes etc
Extras

1. Sort through a handbag
2. Sort through a cupboard or drawer of junk
3. 29 fling boogie...
4. HHI

Wednesday ~ Childrens rooms/spare rooms or neglected rooms!
Level One
Declutter the floors
Strip and wash bedding.. replace with clean
Spend half an hour doing something for YOURSELF!!!! You work hard and deserve it!
Level Two
Drag the junk from under the bed and put it away nice and tidy
Vacuum/mop floors
Dust and deweb
Level Three
Sort through a box of toys or 'stuff' and get rid of the junk and rubbish!
Sort through a cupboard of clothes and get rid of the stuff tat no longer fits and make it all tidy
Binbag dance
Extras

1. Straighten up the bookshelves
2. Wash the windows if needed
3. Scrub down the sticky paintwork
4. Tidy up computer/consoles's etc and unsnaggle all the cables!!

Twinkly Thursday - Bathroom and study!!
Level One
Clear and declutter the desk of doom!! lol
Declutter the floors and sofas!
Level Two
Vacuum floors
dust the fluff away
Wipe over the sofas/chairs/desk etc
Level Three
Scrub the bath, shower, basins and loos
Scrub down the tiles
Wash any bath mats, shower curtains etc that are in need
Extras

1. Clean the windows and mirrors
2. delete 50 unwanted emails!
3. defrag the pc
4. Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash the filters etc make sure all are dry before rebuilding!

And now for something a little bit different for Friday!...

1. Clean out any pets/any pet bedding
2. S&S the kitchen
3. wash any neglected windows
4. wipe over the sofas, if you can
5. Sort through the freezer.. what do you have loads of and what needs using first.. vacuum up those escaping peas and brussels!!
6. Change any bedding you didn't get chance to do over the week!
7. Meal plan for the next week and make a shopping list... based on what you found in the freezer
8. Make sure you have everything ready for school/work for next week.. pe kits, socks, homework done etc.
9. Fill a binbag for charity shop or bin.. or better still do both!!
10. Photograph 5 things for ebay.. and if you have time get them listed!!.. Holibob money!!
11. Vacuum those places that you missed during the week, or worse, miss every week!!.
12. Do a D.I.Y. job, fix something you've been putting off forever!!.. that can be dealing with your mending pile or something bigger!
    
13. make half an hour for yourself
14. make a note of any calls you need to make or appointments that need keeping this week!
15. HHI

Dizzy_Imp

I'm in this week please. Been a bit AWOL this week because of stuff, but have risen from the [STRIKE]dust[/STRIKE] ashes to begin again...

I do read everyone's posts, I just don't have much to contribute at the moment.

Valli

Thanks for the thread this week Piggers and last week natty
House a tip I even have an ironing pile...

lynnejk

Evening all

Thank you Natty for last week's thread and Pigpen for this week's thread

Well done Bossy and Iona with your courses

Today I have done all the ironing - ta-da
Cleared all the odd bits of paperwork
Sorted and put out all the recycling ready to go
Cleared out and cleaned the fridge
Done my Spanish lessons
Did lunch for DH and dinner for me (he starts later Sunday)
WUDUPA in the kitchen
Did shopping order with Mr T for Wednesday


Monday - kitchen and dining mess
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe and replace small appliances
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there.. have we had a medicine spoon cull recently??
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed
Clean out the fridge
De-web and fluff the room
Extras
Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
Clean filters and detergent dispensers
HHI

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

Narc0lepsy

I'm flitting about.
Got lots of gardening to do.
Got lots of reports to write.
Dust keeps landing on my furniture.
Spiders keep making webs.
Birds keep emptying feeders.

So what am I doing this week??????

MinnieMousesMummy

Thank you very much for the new list. Please count me in for this week, however I will be working from my own list.

Monday
Quick shower
Get the kids ready and where they need to be
Feed animals and let the chickens out
Quick check of emails
Phone and chase up ds2's new bed, they took the money on the 5th and there is still no word about delivery
Paid stuff
Fill in expenses form
Get work accounts up to date
Uni stuff
Clean the downstairs bathroom
Do daily checks on sites
Paint the downstairs bathroom
Get a new tyre for the car
Sort out photos
HHI
Do 2 loads of washing
Wash up dishes that are sitting around
Collect the kids
Close the chickens away before dark
Catch up with thread
Update list and post list for Tuesday

Think it is time for bed, as Monday is going to be a very busy day. Hope everyone has a good Monday

Biscuit_monster

Morning,

I'm in!

Thanks for lists, I'm going to do my best x

mummyroysof3

Thanks for list, I'm in. Manage what I can which isn't much these days and I'm constantly shattered

kazwookie

I'm in thankyou for all the lists.

2 more items sold
About to have a sort out up stairs
Shopping list is made

Jazee

Morning all. Thanks for the list. I'm in again.

From today's list I have wiped the dining table as I forgot to do it last night. About to get dressed and S&S the bathroom before the paid stuff.

Also got a dog walk to fit in.

Have a great day everyone.

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all
Thank you for the lists pigpen and natty, I'm in again.
Busy all day today so will catch up later.
Did loads over the week so feel like we achieved a lot here and it was noticeable frog list jobs like, replacing garage door, installing rain diverter for water butt and finishing planting out veggies.
Did mils gardening as well and picked up the stain for her fence ds2 can help me with that at half term

Better get off to work, it's another wear blue day today in prep for the city celebrations tonight - I'm not going as I'm out a footie fan but everyone else seems to be so it should be nice a peaceful here.

Wm on, bird feeders filled, bins emptied, rubbish out and settees straightened.
Off to work now, have a good day all.