Weekly Flylady Thread 6th June 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!

Mad Monday ~ Living room of Lushiousness and Hallway of Happiness
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music - something that you can sing along to loudly while working.
Wipe and water the plants.
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace.
Level Two
Clean any glass, pictures, windows and mirrors - make them sparkle sparkle!!!
Find 10 things to get rid of ... no men/women/children/pets!!!
Dust or polish furniture.
Level Three
Vacuum floors and under furniture - don't hurt yourself, and if pregnant/injured/unable then ask someone nicely to do this for you..
Check for cobwebs and get rid..
Wipe down the inside of the front door and windows - make these shine..
Spend 15mins tackling a hotspot!
Extras

• Wash any nets that need doing
• Wash windows
• Attend a childrens party & tidy up afterwards!! If not going to a party then why not have a little party of your own. Bake cakes etc...
• Wash any throws/cushions/dog beds that need cleaning
• Groom the pets, also deflea any that need doing.

Tootling Tuesday ~ Kitchen of Klutter and Dining room of Despair!
Level One..
Open the windows and let in the light
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table
Level Two..
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Clean out drawers and filters on the big appliances and the kettle!
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Shine the grotty windows, make them sparkle and let in the light!
Drag everything out of the junk cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.. Get rid of the things you will never need or use!!
Extras

• HHI
• Fill a bag for charity shop
• Deweb the downstairs of the house!!
• Scrub down the woodwork.. skirtings, door frames etc

Wonderful Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level One..
Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and feed it to the washing machine..
Level Two..
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet
Remake bed with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. your bedroom is NOT a shed!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades
Extras

• Wash any curtains that need doing
• Binbag dance
• Clean the windows
• 15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome!

Therapeutic Thursday - Bathroom of Bubblovia and Sparkling Study
Level One.
Clear the floors of clutter
Open the windows and air the rooms
Level Two.
Clean/vacuum the floors
Shine the bath,toilet and basins etc
Twinkle the tiles
Level Three.
Get rid of those nasty germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches.
Declutter the pc desk
Make the mirrors sparkle in these rooms..
Extras

• HHI
• HHG.. if you have nice weather pot up any plants that need redoing, get rid of some of those nasty weeds.
• Fill the bath with lovely warm bubbles.. and get in it!!!!!! enjoy!!!!!!!
• 15 minutes filing

Frivolous Friday - The Land of 'Spare Oom' and the neighbouring Land of Child Grot
Level One
Open the windows and collect the smelly laundry!
Strip the beds that need doing
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! even if it is just sitting out in the gloaming with a cuppa.
Level Two.
Find the floor.. books on shelves, toys in boxes, games in cases and restacked.
Vacuum new found floor
Wipe windows, pc's, screens etc
Have you got Father Day cards all bought? If not the shops are open all weekend!!
Level Three.
Wipe away any sticky messes and grub-spots
Make sure the drawers are all orderly.. nothing dangling out!
Drag the junk out from under the bed and put it in its proper places!
Extras

• Find something to freecycle.. you could even fill a box of junk to car boot
• Find something to ebay
• Find something to send to charity shop
• Find something to give to someone you know
• Get rid of them then!!! lol
• Spend time with loved ones...

pigpen

I'm not in but I will be about as and when

Ty for Fred

Natty68

Yw Thought I would get it in nice and early tonight I won't be in properly either as I'm only around two days and trying to do housework in two days is impossible with my level of tiredness at the moment

nicki_2

I'll try to be in but I have heaps of paid work to catch up on and its a little too hot to be doing housework when you can't open windows due to bees being right outside them They're not doing any harm, I just don't want them in the house. Also got errands to run tomorrow. I'm hoping I can get them done and dusted early before it gets too warm. :wave:

FurryBeastOz

I'm in. Thanks piggers and Natty

Will have to start by catching up with today - didn't happen after my 10k. It was sooooo hot I just collapsed when I got home.

So, kitchen and baking tomorrow. Hopefully not in dizzy'slevel of heat though.

Enjoy the last of the weekend I'm off to bed.

Narc0lepsy

Hot in Herts today!!! I hung washing out and put a beef stew in the slow cooker before cycling to church. Pollen must be slightly lower than last time I did that, as I am no fitter but was nowhere near so breathless after the (slight) hill home.
Did a couple of hours in the garden; trimming hedge arch, pruning my flower-arranger's vertical ivy, sowing seeds, watering, pulling weeds.
Replenished a flower arrangement; the birds of paradise arrangement I won in last month's raffle is still going strong; I just pull out other bits and put a few new bits in.
Mr N went up to Duxford with his mate on motor bikes to see some aeroplanes. The mate has been meaning to upgrade/sort out my PC for ages (my fault not his) so I said I'd take it tomorrow as I keep putting it off. So this evening will be spent deleting as much old stuff as I can and doing a new backup.
Mr N and I whisked round the lounge/diner so that's tomorrow's list reduced.

Coming into quite a busy time socially for the next few weeks, so I need to get very organised with menus, bedrooms etc.
Doc on Thurs unless I change my mind.
Happy flying everyone.

froddington

I'm in - thanks Natty :A

Back to work tomorrow but only 6 weeks and 3 days until the summer hols :rotfl:

Mad Monday ~ Living room of Lushiousness and Hallway of Happiness

Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music - something that you can sing along to loudly while working.
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace.

Level Two
Clean windows
Find 10 things to get rid of ... no men/women/children/pets!!!
Dust or polish furniture.

Level Three
Vacuum floors
Check for cobwebs and get rid..
Spend 15mins tackling a hotspot!

Biscuit_monster

Evening,

I'm in, thanks for the thread natty and for last week piggers .

I need to be in, it has been so lovely today, all the millions of things I needed to do didn't get done. We are still living in a building site / dustbowl.

Ah well...

kazwookie

Evening

Thank you for the lists.

I will be around this week to take part, tomorrow I have just arranged with OH HIS own list for tomorrow well he is going away for 3 days motorbiking, so it is only fair he does his share tomorrow :rotfl::rotfl:

Since finishing work tonight, 2 x WM is on, so I can peg out first thing tomorrow
Cat has had a treat stick, they are meant to last according to the packet 5 to 10 mins, well approx what seemed like 3 mins it had gone! :rotfl:

ionafan

Thanks for the new thread Natty and for last week's pigpen (not that I did much of it!)

Natty68 wrote: »

[*]Attend a childrens party & tidy up afterwards!! If not going to a party then why not have a little party of your own. Bake cakes etc...

How did you know that we are looking after DGD2 tomorrow? Her nursery has an insect day.

I am planning to involve DGD2 in as much of my list as possible:
- send DH out early to take his car in for bodywork repairs
- S&S bathroom
- S&S ensuite
- dust LR
- dust DR
- marzipan DS2's cake
- clean weeds from between paving blocks on drive, while DH has charge of DGD2: they need to check that the garden railway is working properly
- cook lunch
- weed back garden (while DGD2 has a sleep)
- plant small tomato plants into individual pots
- plant out a few bedding plants to fill odd spaces
- plant courgettes and runner beans in pots
- sweep decking and yard (DGD2 can play in paddling pool)
- DGD2 to be collected at about 4.00
- prepare for evening fundraising event: hang up bunting in front garden; sort raffle; teas/coffees; serviettes; strawberry scones will be made by some of the other Old Wives; DH has sourced a dancing Queen and a corgi to ride on the trains :rotfl:

That should keep us all busy! The weather forecast is good again

Dizzy_Imp

*wilt*

I'm in, but only if it's not so bloomin' hot. I actually went and laid on the clay currently masquerading as the ground floor in the house ATM, to cool down. Brought my giant fan into the caravan from the bedroom, but will be hauling it back upstairs tonight for sure.