Weekly Flylady Thread 18th July 2016

Natty68

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

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 Room
Level One
Drink plenty of fluids...it's going to be a hot one today.
Clean the sink, drainer and taps
Wipe the work surface you can see
Level Two
Hoover and mop the floor
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Level Three
Clean the WM filters and drawer
Wash the window
Wipe over the hob and oven door
Extras

• Clean some shoes
• HHI
• Deal with a hotspot

Tuesday - Living room, Hall and downstairs Loo
Level One
Drink plenty of fluids...it's going to be a hot one today.
Hoover/wipe the sofas
S&S the sink and toilet
Level Two
Dust the electricals, front, back, sides and underneath
Hoover the floor
Wipe the windowledge
Level Three
HH tidying, decluttering, sorting
Wipe some paintwork, skirting boards, behind the toilet/sink
Extras

• Order pet supplies or make vet appointments
• Clean out pets/pet bedding
• Check you know when sports day/end of term is
• No pets or kids?read a book or do some craft

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level One
Drink plenty of fluids...it's going to be another hot one today.
Change the bed, hoover the matress, turn it if you can
Level Two
Hoover the stairs, landing and bedroom
Wipe the window ledges
Level Three
Dust any dusty bits
Deal with hotspots/floorobes
Wipe the bedstead
Extras

• Arrange for boiler service or chimney sweep
• Recycle any paper/magazines lying around
• Do something you want to do rather than feel you should!

Thursday - Bathrooms
Level One
Clean toilets and sinks
Level Two
Change the towels
Hoover and wipe the floor
Wipe the splashbacks
Level Three
Clean out the plug holes
Shine the mirrors
Clean the bath and shower
Extras

• HHPaperwork
• Declultter a drawer
• Me Me Me time

Friday - Children's Bedrooms or spare rooms/rooms of Doom
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two
Hoover floor
HH tidying or decluttering
Level Three
Wipe the skirting boards
Wash an item of soft furnishings
Clear then dust a flat surface (or 2)
Extras

• Find a new recipe to use
• Sort out your receipts/purse
• Check dates on passports/MoTs/insurance etc

MinnieMousesMummy

Hi everyone, Please count me in for this week and thanks Natty for the thread. I have been missing for a few weeks as things have just been so busy. However I am just back after a chilled holiday week in Lincoln, it is such as lovely place and the people are so friendly, definitely hoping to go back next summer. Anyway now I am more determined than ever to get things sorted out in the house and life in general. As I am busy getting organised to start a business on the 1st August I will be including a work related list as well as my flying list.

My list for this week
Mon: Declutter the summer house, as this will be my work space, Paid stuff, Do phone calls to sort out paperwork, Catch up with emails, Take a load to the recycle yard
Tues: Paid stuff, Declutter more of the summer house, Catch up with emails, Go into town and get the new lock, Take another load to the recycle yard
Wed: Paid stuff, Type up information for business, Volunteer job, Catch up with emails, Fit the new lock on the summer house, Take another load to the recycle yard
Thurs: Paid stuff, Volunteer job, Type up more information for the business, Catch up with emails
Fri: Paid stuff, Volunteer job, Catch up with emails, Sort out paperwork

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Take the little ones to the childminder
Drink plenty of fluids...it's going to be a hot one today.
Clean the sink, drainer and taps
Wipe the work surface you can see
Hoover and mop the floor
Catch up with the laundry (got most holiday stuff done today, only 2 loads to do)
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Clean the WM filters and drawer
Wash the window
Collect the little ones from the childminder
Check status of the school clothing order
Wipe over the hob and oven door
HHI
Deal with a hotspot

Valli

Thanks for the threads this week and last...shan't go mad this week because I will gave lots of time to degrot the house soon.

Cushion covers are fine.

*strikes through toots list spring cleaning section item*

Bobarella

Im in. Have done so much decluttering lately I should be able to clean a lot more. Hoovered the whole house today in readiness for the week ahead.

Night
Bob

kimplus8

I'm in, I need to get a grip before [STRIKE]I lose my !!!![/STRIKE]all the kids are off school.:D
tonight all the ironing is done that can be done but I have two loads [STRIKE]baking[/STRIKE]drying on the airers in the conservatory that will need doing tomorrow.
Kon Mari on the paperwork tomorrow and listing my junk that has not managed to sell on all the free sites to be collected.:D

lynnejk

Evening all

I'm in and thank you for the threads last week and this week

I'm really not holding my breath for the hot weather to reach here t/m as it was just 13 degrees here today with a cool breeze

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Drink plenty of fluids...it's going to be a hot one today.
Clean the sink, drainer and taps
Wipe the work surface you can see
Hoover and mop the floor
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Wipe over the hob and oven door
Extras
Deal with a hotspot

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

mummyroysof3

Need a kick up the bum to get house in shape before kids break up. Have something goin I every day this week too as well as dinner time work and some orders for my craft items

atypicalblonde

Good Morning All,

I am in, thank you very much for the listies Plan for today is to go to Aldi to do the weekly shop before it gets too warm - I would like to be there for as close to 8am as possible, not sure if I can hustle the small people out of the door in such record time though!

WM and DW are doing their thing as per.

Then its on to a local shop to buy an electric paddling pool pump - hopefully the kiddies will be happy playing in that most of the day so I can get some flying done. Full day of paid stuff tomorrow so I would like to get ahead today.

Have wonderful days all xx

Dizzy_Imp

First day of the school holidays here..._pale_

Lie in? Nope. Small and Tiny both up at 6.15am. DH was having a bath, so I stripped the boys and flung them in with him. Haha! His face was a picture:rotfl: I got a shower on my own.

Oh, so toilet brush retrieved from under the bed (thanks Tiny), gigantic mountain of washing collected from all of the bedrooms. I just love teenage skids. Dogs fed and off to dress boys. Tiny has nursery today as I paid until the end of July, so might get Small on the chores, when we get back - the playroom is Ground Zero.

Valli

Morning all
Just started the day with a coffee in bed. DW has been on and the WM run twice. Need to iron before it gets too hot, after I have showered. Already made my lunch. Leftover roast veggies served on a bed of giant couscous.

bossymoo

Morning!

Out this morning - sports day - then need a few groceries.

lol kids better get dressed we need to leave in 15 minutes!

Catch up later!