Weekly Flylady Thread 20th June 2016

pigpen

Thank you to Natty for last weeks 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![/U]

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 of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear a sticky dishevelled cupboard
Level Three
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Binbag dance!
Clean the oven and hob..
Extras

1. Clean blinds/curtains and light fittings
2. Wash the windows
3. HHI
4. Take a freezer/fridge inventory and see if you can start using it up

Tuesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs
Level One
Declutter and degrot the floors
Vacuum/mop floor
Level Two
Dust and deweb
Wipe all the paintwork in the hall and stairs
Wipe the sofas
Level Three
Check smoke alarms..
Clear and wipe the table/mantel/etc and put back only what should be there..
Sort coats, shoes and bags into their proper places.. are any outgrown? need replacing?
Your tribute to CY... spend half an hour testing your sofas comfort.. Doing something you enjoy.
Extras

1. HHI
2. Declutter and make pretty the airing cupboard/linen store
3. binbag dance
4. Sort out budgets or lists for holidays or school uniform to purchase before the end of term.. or they won't have time to order it before they finish for jollydays!
   

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and landing
Level One
Declutter floor and floordrobe
Strip wash and replace bedding
Level Two
Vacuum Floors
Dust and Deweb
Binbag dance
Level Three
Tidy the under stair cupboard
Wipe down the paintwork
Tidy away and shoes or books that are strewn about
Extras

1. Find some bits to send to charity shop/recycle
2. Wash windows
3. Wash any curtains etc that need it
4. Sort through your make up and smellies.. are there any that can be rehomed/chucked?

Thursday ~ Bathroom and study..
Level One
Declutter floors
Clean bath, loo, shower.. etc etc.. you get the idea..
Level Two
Mop/vacuum floors
Wipe the desk keyboard monitor etc..
Pull out the desk and clean under and behind..
15 minutes filing
Level Three
Clean doors
Empty and wash out bins
Clean radiators/fires in these rooms
Extras

1. Wash windows and sills
2. Decant dribbles from bottles into fuller ones and bin those empties
3. Wipe over sofas & chairs in these rooms
4. Clean paintwork

Friday ~ Kiddies rooms, Spare rooms or another neglected room
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Tidy away all the toys and clothes and games and books that are in the wrong places
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself.. you time is very important!
Level Two
Strip and wash bedding and replace with clean.. vacuum and turn mattresses if needed
Wash any other soft furnishings.. curtains etc
Sort through a chest of drawers.. dispose of anything that is outgrown, worn out
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe over the bedframes and paintwork
Binbag dance!
Extras

1. Wash windows and sills
2. Wipe all the upstairs doors.. both sides!
3. Sort through one box or drawer filled with miscellaneous gibble.. from any room.. it just needs it!!
4. HHI

Narc0lepsy

Hi I'm in for a few days, then away for the weekend (which will start on Thursday afternoon!). Thanks for thread-writers.
Ionafan hope DH is back to normal now.

We've had a lovely weekend with visitors, a great time at the Open Garden Squares and even better, the house is still clean and tidy. Guest bedlinen already washed and dry.

This week I want to:
- start collecting paperwork together for tax return
- keep up with garden especially edible things
- deal with the red flagged 'to do' list which is now over 20
- make final payment for Sept holiday
- keep up with flying
- out of my control, but hopeful that after seeing physio on Tuesday I will be able to get back to the gym.

Valli

I am in...
Thanks for the thread this week Piggers and last week Natty
Ooh I have just noticed that when I shift to caps the letters all change to caps too.
JUST noticed....

:rotfl:

Frizzlef

Hi all,
I am in! Thanks for the list! I have a little paid stuff tomorrow and then in all day Tuesday but will try to stay on track!!!!

YL- sending you hugs. It's always hard when others are doing so well/ so happy. You start to look at your own life. We went to our local farm for Father's Day and everywhere I looked there were happy families having a lovely day. OH and I have had quite a few arguments this weekend but went to the farm for a Father's Day activity. He has been quite strict on the kids all weekend and taking his mood out on everyone else so there was a lot of tension in the air. We were going through the motions but it was all a bit rubbish!!!.

Pigpen- you must be a proud mummy!!!

Anyway here is my list...

Buy card!!!! Urgent!
Wm x2
Dw
Buy uniform and next voucher
Go to arg*s
Wrap birthday present
Make and write more thank you cards
Hhi

Monday~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop kitchen floor
vacuum the dining room floor
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Clear a sticky dishevelled cupboard
Wipe the table
Clean the oven and hob..
Wash the windows
Take a freezer/fridge inventory and see if you can start using it up

ionafan

Thanks to pigpen for the new list and to Natty for last week's. Like Narc0, I shall be away for a couple of days at the end of the week, and I'm still trying to get my report finished. I've realised this evening that I can't get access to a DRopbox file full of photos that I need, to break up the text and illustrate what we were doing :mad:

This week I must:
- go on a U3A canals trip tomorrow afternoon
- finish the report
- give a talk to the Old Wives
- send some emails / make phonecalls / write a couple of proper letters
- get my DBS forms checked
- do my tax return

Flying-wise, tomorrow I will
- do WM x however many loads it takes to empty the linen basket (maybe 5?)
- clear and wipe the kitchen worksurfaces
- wipe the units.. don't forget kickboards!
- wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
- mop/vacuum the floors
- take a freezer/fridge inventory

Narc0lepsy wrote: »

Ionafan hope DH is back to normal now.

Thanks for asking. I honestly don't know what "normal" is for him! His mood is always up and down like a yoyo. Yesterday was a bad day but today has been much better. His face isn't drooping on one side any more, so that is good. Now I just need him to make a few decisions about what we're going to do at the end of the week...

Hope everyone has a good week with some decent weather for a change. (((Hugs))) spoons and sticks all round as needed x

lynnejk

Evening all

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

Welcome to the Fred Fanny :wave:
Hope you enjoy the wedding planning, CY
Lovely cake Iona - wish I was creative
Pigpen, what an honour for you son to be nominated - you must be feeling so proud of him

Monday~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Clear and wipe the work surfaces
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear a sticky dishevelled cupboard
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Binbag dance!
Clean the oven and hob..
Extras
Clean blinds/curtains and light fittings
Take a freezer/fridge inventory and see if you can start using it up

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

nicki_2

Thanks Pigpen, I'm in as much as I can be for my busy work week.

Personal:
Write & address cards for July
Pay Arg (wed)
Vote (Thurs)
School (Thurs)
Book dentists ( for last week of July)
Sort through charity pile (check for size 14 jeans)
Contact charity to collect stuff asap
Laundry: towels, cleaning cloths, clean cycle

Work:
Deal with delivery
Cards out to customers
Prep books
Email about invoice errors
mas customer
Start doing invoice detailing on computer accounts record
Tax return / Tax credit renewal
Print territory report
Print calling sheet
Next campaign newsletter (and more?)

Monday ~ Kitchen of Grot
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Level Three
Binbag dance!
Clean the oven and hob..
Wash the windows

How on earth did it get this late?!?! I best get to bed. :wave:

YORKSHIRELASS

Morning all

Thanks Frizzle. I know what you mean, and lets face it no-one's life is perfect. I have realised that since DS1 became ill I am more reluctant to mix with people partly because you start comparing your life with everyone elses - but now I am on my own a lot and probably quite lonely. And of course DH is now having health problems and I just think what did we do to deserve this?

Anyhow, on with the day. Busy day today, lots of car journeys and both paid stuff to fit in. Need food shopping. Oh and what is going on with the weather, today was supposed to be a better day and its raining!

Have a good Monday everyone x

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all
Thank you for the lists, pigpen and natty. I'll be in as much as I can. I've been doing stuff off list for a while now do need to get back to done basics and fly again instead of just kondoing excess.however satisfying that is.

Hugs good wishes coping vibes sticks and spoons where needed welcome too the new flyers and gentle hugs to the new fly baby.

Won't be flying till later as busy day But I will tackle the kitchen when I return so going to write a paper list down so I know what I'm doing.

Have a lovely day all even in the rain.

froddington

I'm in - thanks pigpen :A - but reports have to be in by Friday so flying will be limited (what's new?!! )

Lots of hugs needed so sending one for you all xx

mrs-moneypenny

Just done a huge pile of washing up and wiped all the work surfaces down. So it looks like it did when I went to bed. Teenage boys a like having shoe elves in reverse. Instead of tidying and being useful they come out at night eat all the food and leave a huge mess!! Ds1 has gone to work and ds2 and a friend are snoring on the settees. They'll probably surface at lunchtime.

Have a good day all, I'll catch up later.