Weekly Flyady Thread 23rd 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, Utility and Dining Mess
Level One
Sweep and mop floors
Declutter and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe ALL large appliances and units and kickboards
Wipe and replace all small appliances
Level Three
Wash windows.. and dust blinds/wash curtains
Clear and wipe out the oven and hob
Wipe table and replace cloth if necessary

Extras

• Wash the windows
• Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
• Clean filters and detergent dispensers
• Clean out pongy pets
• HHI

Twinkling Tuesday ~ 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!
[BLevel Two[/B]
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

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

Wacky Wednesday ~ Master bedroom and landing
Level One
Strip and wash the bedding
Clear the floordrobe
Level Two
Wash the windows
Clear the landing of gibble
Check those smoke alarms!
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed

Extras

• Binbag dance
• HHI
• 15 minutes filing
• fill a binbag of stuff for charity shop!!

Thrilling 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

• Clean the windows and mirrors
• Delete 50 unwanted emails!
• Defrag the pc
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash the filters etc make sure all are dry before rebuilding!

Fantastic Friday - childrens/spare rooms (this can be a second reception room or another room but do try to complete something!)
Level One
Strip and remake beds
Declutter floor!
Level Two
Fill a box with junk from the floor and sort it to its rightful place!
Collect all the laundry from upstairs
Wash any curtains/cushions/duvet covers etc that arehour!!!
Level Three
Sort through a cupboard of clothing
Wash the windows
Deweb and dust and wipe any grotty bits!

Extras

• Binbag dance
• Reshuffle any shelves
• Wipe down any pc's/game consoles etc in these rooms
• Polish ALL the mirrors in the house!!

pigpen

Cheers chicky... I'm here but doing next to nothing.. x


Week jobs..
Paint hallway
Paint kitchen ceiling
Paint kitchen walls
Gather quids into one account.


Manic Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Mess
Level One
Sweep and mop floors
Level Two
Wipe ALL large appliances and units
Level Three
Wash windows
Clear and wipe out the oven and hob
Extras

• Clean filters and detergent dispensers

Twinkling Tuesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum!
Level Two
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
Extras

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

bossymoo

I'm probably a no-fly zone till Thursday when I'll be unemployed lol xx

Thanks natty and piggers for last week xx

Valli

I have flown this weekend so will be off piste tomorrow as all I need to do is living room and hall, neither of which are minging. Oh and ironing.
Mammogram this week, I mustn't forget that. Heard this week that my cousin, late 30s also has it. She's had a mastectomy and reconstruction. She has young children.

Frizzlef

Kept up with the thread last week but didn't keep up with the lists or posting last week. Will try harder this week!
Good luck for your last week at work bossy!!

List for tomorrow....

Wudupa
Dw
Tidy family room
Tidy utility room
Manic Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Mess
Sweep and mop floors
Declutter and wipe worksurfaces
Wash windows..
Clear and wipe out the oven and hob
Wipe table and replace cloth if necessary

Extras
Wash the windows

See you in the morning!! X

Dizzy_Imp

I'm in again too - thanks for the threads Natty and Pigpen x

Counting down your last few days of work with you Bossy

Narc0lepsy

I'm in.
Wedding yesterday was lovely but went on far longer than we anticipated so much food consumed and no flying. Oh actually I did put a load of clothes away which were still on the spare room bed - they were 'possibles' for my holiday that didn't get taken and have lurked there for the last month.
Church this morning then gardening for most of the afternoon, which I guess is flyish. MIL to tea (in garden, sun here) and dinner.
Just checked first bit of a new course I'm piloting, it is only meant to take a few hours so have downloaded the handbook and first two bits.

This week brings the excitement of:
Monday physio
Wed ultrasound scan am and meal with other tutors 4-6pm.
Thurs dentist

Around that, I have about 6 reports to write, plus house and garden to keep up with.

see you in the morning.

funfairprincess

I'm in!
Thank you Natty for the thread and thanks Piggers for last week's xx

I'm aiming to get the list done tomorrow and do something severe in my bedroom:eek: it's full of baskets of clothes that need to be put away and stuff for my tombola stall on Saturday.

My List
Big bedroom gutted
Tombola stuff gathered together
Buy raffle tickets
Pick dancing pictures and pay for them
WM x 10000

lynnejk

Evening all

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

I'm in but I'm cream-crackered tonight. Two days at my DSD putting up curtain rails, curtains and light-fittings, making up beds and bedroom furniture from Ik*a, unpacking boxes etc in her new house. All this whilst working around the chaps laying carpets and wooden flooring with their radio on a commercial station playing very loudly. Phew !!!

It's nice to be back in my own place for a bit of peace and sanity. I'd forgotten how much goes into moving home.

Hope you enjoy your last week at work Bossy

Manic Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Mess
Sweep and mop floors
Declutter and wipe work surfaces
Wipe ALL large appliances and units and kickboards
Wipe and replace all small appliances
Wash windows.. and dust blinds/wash curtains
Clear and wipe out the oven and hob
Wipe table and replace cloth if necessary
Extras
Wash the windows
Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
Clean filters and detergent dispensers

Hugs, sticks, spoons and vibes for everyone needing some Hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx

bossymoo

(((((valli)))))

Dizzy_Imp

Oh no Valli - not more carp news Thinking of you x

My TD (only 4 months old) has decided not to heat and before you all yell "it's warm and sunny outside!", I don't have a washing line, whirly gig or airer since the flood, plus the grass in my garden is nearly knee-high. The floors in the house are down to the clay and there's not enough room to swing a cat, let alone dry all my washing in the caravan. Arrrgggghhhh!

Life keeps sending lemons.