Weekly Flylady Thread 26th September 2016

Natty68

Thank you, Valli, for last week's thread.

It is your responsibility to read the forum rules, please follow them on this thread as Flylady has been here a LONG time and is a fabulous support and resource for lots of us.

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.

The idea is that even if you are really busy you don't need to fall off the wagon!

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 ~ Edited 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:

This week we are having a Deep Cleaning challenge.. dislodge those spiders.. chase out those bugs and degrot the grotty spaces. This is time-consuming.. so if you can't manage it, it doesn't matter.. but flying just keeps things ticking over and sometimes a better scrubbing is needed..let's see how this goes!

Monday Musings ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One...
Clean floors
Level Two...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or manky stuff in there!!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three...
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..

Extra Mission ~ Choose one or more of:

• One load of washing
• Empty bin and make it smell nice
• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Clear and wipe the tops of the wall units!!
• Clean oven if you didn't do it last week
• 30 minutes ironing.

Deep Clean Challenge
Get in that cupboard under the sink and fling everything you don't use.. if it hasn't been used in the last 6 months you don't need it.. fling it!! Give it a GOOD scrub out before replacing the things you do use and need to keep. Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

Tuesday Thrills ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level One...
Do something from your Toots list, or at least start something if you have nothing you can do in 15 minutes
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level Two...
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level Three...
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing in preparation for cold weather!! See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house!
Sort through your handbag and fling all those ancient bus tickets and receipts.. don't forget your purse too!!!

Extra Mission ~ Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• One load of washing
• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• Get yourself a bag or box, go around collecting things that are not in the place they should be, then put them back where they should be, or better still give them to their owners to put away themselves

Deep Clean Challenge
Clean light fittings, skirtings even the ones behind furniture. Clean fire-surrounds. Wipe sofa's down.

Wednesday Whiles ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One...
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level Two...
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level Three...
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
clear out one 'hotspot' drawer/box
Extra tasks list ~ as usual choose one or more

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Put away those summer clothes from someones cupboard and get out the winter woollies.. don’t store anything that is past its best! Make a list of things you need to buy!!
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in.. doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it!

Deep Clean Challenge
Get under the bed.. drag everything out and sort through it.. Clean out all those dust-mammoths before putting back ONLY the things you need to keep!

Thursday Tinkles ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One...
Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)
Level Two...
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three...
Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment the pc while doing this (programs.. accessories..system tools.. defragment!.. if you do the disc cleanup as well it clear all the cookies and temporary files too.
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clean the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner!!!! .. make sure they are completely dry before using it though.. I don’t want anyone electrocuted!!

Extra mission ~ Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
• Sort a wardrobe or part of, a drawer or set of drawers making sure it has what needs to be in it and any 'extras' are put where they should be
• Give the pc desk a right good clean! Pull out the case, defluff and degrot it all!!

Deep Clean Challenge
Empty and wipe out those bathroom cabinets. Get rid of everything you don't/won't use before replacing the things you do need. BIG scrub under the sinks/baths/loo's .. eradicate all those dust-bunnies and stray socks and toothpaste gloops!!

Friday Frills ~ those frightening Friday kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Level Two...
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Level Three...
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

Extra Task List

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area!
• 30 minutes ironing
• Get those uniforms and coats and things in the wash which you will need on Monday

Deep Clean Challenge

Pull out the beds, furniture and clean all behind them.. the skirtings and light fittings and everything.. get rid of all the things that are no longer required

atypicalblonde

Thank you for the lists Natty and Valli, I'm in

Absolutely shattered again, think I may make a doctors appointment as I can't go on feeling this exhausted. However, best foot forward in the meantime

Both kiddies out all day tomorrow so I will do the list, and the usual laundry, dog walking, generally tidying up of carp etc. DH away all week so at least mealtimes will be easy and a lot less messy - I'm a pasta gal through and through!

DH car didn't sell on fleabay sadly, so we are trying again this week - selling vibes gratefully received! Must eat a frog or two as well

See you all tomorrow xx

x_raphael_xx

In this week again please

YORKSHIRELASS

I am in, early night. Lovely bike ride this aft, DH feeling a bit off it so I went on my own.

Loving the deep clean idea Natty. I may struggle for time but it's all about what you can manage isn't it - I will do my best!

Valli

I am in but deep cleaning us unlikely... FWIW though I think it's a good idea! But I am having the morning off cos it's me birfday and I have had a lovely weekend, sis and bil spoiled me (I repaid them by ironing).

Narc0lepsy

I'm in, but going down to my mum's on Thursday so don't expect too much.......still doing copious amounts of garden pruning and tidying while the weather is still nice.

have a great birthday Valli

ionafan

Thank you to Natty for the new list and Valli for last week's.

I have had a busy weekend on my own while DH has been playing trains. I have dealt with paperwork for our charity AGM, this afternoon I mowed the lawn, and this evening I have been to an excellent theatre performance by a touring company at one of our local churches and had a most interesting conversation in the interval with a young Hungarian student who found himself sitting next to me

The whole of the coming week looks frighteningly busy (mostly with studying) so I may not get round to the Deep Clean Challenge, but I will keep a copy for when I am more organised

My plan for tomorrow is:
- take DH to railway (total driving 1.5 hours) after an early breakfast - which is already prepared and in the fridge :T
- dust all downstairs rooms
- clean all downstairs floors
- put chicken in SC
- clean kitchen incl. bins
- S&S ensuite
- do studying (the last bits of preparatory reading for Tuesday's sessions) and sort my bag for college
- finish preparing evening meal - must make a dessert of some sort!
- eat with friends (DH will make his own way home, in his own time)
- take friends to the Old Wives' meeting: P is giving the talk
- try to get a reasonably early night so that I have a working brain on Tuesday!

Hope everyone has a good week. (((Hugs))) spoons and sticks to all in need x

Meekie

Hi,

I've been lurking for a while but might join you this week if that's ok? The chaos that was September (relatives visiting, health issues, parties, new jobs, exams) is now nearly over so there is a bit more time on the horizon and the house is looking somewhat neglected. I have two small boys who are a bit young to help and an OH who does not see mess and thinks all cleaning is unnecessary! On a bad day, its toys, clothes and baby paraphrenalia everywhere! Hoping the flylady thread will help restore some order!

donnajt

Morning all - back pain has kicked off my fibromylgia bigtime, I hurt everywhere but back and knees excrutiatingly painful, god only knows how I am going to make it into work but am determined to try this week...

Natty thank you for Monday Musings - I cleared dining room of 15 bags of clothes/shoes (been clearing out for weeks) at our local cash for clothes so we can finally eat at the dining room table :j:T

Valli a very happy birthday to you x

atypicalblonde - make ringing the doctors a priority x selling vibes your way xxx

Monday Musings ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One...
Clean floors delegated to DD and hoovering
Level Two...
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or manky stuff in there!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table..[/STRIKE][STRIKE] (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]
Level Three...
[STRIKE]Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE][STRIKE]Clean cupboard door f[/STRIKE]ronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..[/STRIKE]
Dining room looks amazing washed down uvpc door/window frame and cleaned windows and patio door
Extra Mission ~ Choose one or more of:
[STRIKE]One load of washing
Empty bin and make it smell nice[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms[/STRIKE]
Clear and wipe the tops of the wall units!!
[STRIKE]Clean oven if you didn't do it last week[/STRIKE]
30 minutes ironing delegated to DD

Deep Clean Challenge
Get in that cupboard under the sink and fling everything you don't use.. if it hasn't been used in the last 6 months you don't need it.. fling it!! Give it a GOOD scrub out before replacing the things you do use and need to keep. Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

All in all a very productive morning :A

jackywhizz

Hi everyone.

valli - Happy Birthday

I'm in but probably won't get to the deep cleaning. Under sink cupboard isn't too bad as DH tackled it a few months ago:j

Jazee

Morning all. Thanks for the lists as always. I'll try to be in as much as possible.

Welcome Meekie, and car selling vibes for ATB.

Just me and the dogs fed so far today, think I'll go and wash the dishes.

Have a great day everyone.