Weekly Flylady Thread 14 November 2016

Valli

Thank you, natty, 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

Hope you all have a productive week! here Goes

Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining mess-no-more

Level 1

Remove everything from kitchen sides
Wipe all small appliances, jars, caddies and containers
Clean Worktops and splashbacks
Clean sink - and clean any drainers and sink bits too
Wipe table - change cloth is used
Dust chairs and table legs
Put back what needs to be out; put away what doesn't

Level 2

Empty and wash bin
Wipe down cupboard fronts
Wipe sills and frames - paying special attention to spidery hidey-holes
Dust any DR furniture

Level 3

Clean windows
Vacuum curtains and blinds or wipe
Sweep and mop floors

EXTRAS
Check your drains - are the grates blocked with leaves? Pull out drain covers and immerse in bucket with household soda and BOILING water to degrease.
Sort through a food cupboard or pantry. Use up, throw or consolidate as appropriate.
Put STAMPS on your shopping list for christmas cards.
Choose a BIG appliance to clean - DW; Oven or fridge (bet no-one picks the oven lol)

Triffic Tuesday - living room, hall and stairs

Level 1

Vacuum, sweep or mop all floors
Shake mats
Empty bins
Fluff cushions
Shift living room gibble

Level 2
Tidy in the hall - junk mail to recycling
Wipe door handles and switches
Check doorbell working

Level 3
Dust everywhere

Extras
Clean windows and door glass
Polish door knockers
Sweep the step


Wonderful Wednesday - Bathroom Brilliance
Level 1
remove the towels and anything on any surfacaes!
Clean the loo inside and out
Clean the window

Level 2 - dust any sills and shelves
Clean the bath
Don't forget the plughole - degunge it

Level 3
Swab the basin
polish the towel rail
Mop the floor
Clean the shower


extras
Empty and wash out bin
clean out cabinets
check toothbrushes - any need replenishing?
Wipe door knobs and light switches
HHC - if your flying for half an hour post your start time on here and see if you can encourage other flyladies to join you! I'll be at work, though...:cool:


Thrilling Thursday

Pick a neglected spot and give it some TLC

if there are windows clean them
Move any gibble, detritus or general family flotsam and jetsam
Dust
Vacuum
Polish!


check your first aid and meds. pack up anything OOD to be safely disposed of
write a shopping list for useful meds inc some cold remedies
check prescription medicines wont run out over the festive period - get your orders in now
check your emergency stocks (mine is a pack of catfood, a bag of rabbit food, some longlife milk and juice...)
make sure your diary is up to date with all those Christmas Fairs and nativities coming up - we dont want any double booking

its been a loooong day in


Friday Final Flourish

You deserve a beautiful, peaceful bedroom which should be you sanctuary

Level one
Strip bed, air the remake with fresh linen

Level 2
Vacuum. The floor and headboard, if fabrics

Level 3
Dust everywhere

Extras
Update your frog or toots list
Hi get it shifted
Check finances on track

YORKSHIRELASS

Oooh am I first? Its going to be a very busy week, my boss is away so I have to cover for him as well as doing my own job. DS1s moped is in the garage so I will have have to help ferry him about until it is fixed. The car will have to also go into the garage because a warning light has come on.

So I need to keep flying as best I can! Mealplan is done, washing over the airer, house is reasonably tidy. Bring on the new week!

hex2

Thanks Valli, I am in. I'm not doing the oven:p

ionafan

Thanks, Valli. My oven needs doing, but...

At least the enormous frog that was the Gift Aid claim is now dealt with
Now another enormous frog is rearing its ugly head - my college assignment :eek: - and I am already short of time this week because my goddaughter is coming to stay for a few days. It will be great to see her, though

DH has got to go for an MRI scan tomorrow morning, so that will be half the day gone before I know it.

Reminder to everyone - if you want to join in the :xmassmile Flylady Secret Santa :xmassmile please send me your details so that I can add you to the list - your Flylady ID, your real name (if you want to disclose it) and your own postal address, or one where your parcel can be accepted. You can PM me, or find my email in my Secret Santa post on the MSE Flyladies FB page. Don't post personal details in this thread!

Your details will be passed on to your very own Flylady Santa, who will send your gift direct to you, and of course you will receive somebody else's details so that you can send them a gift. The average spend is probably about £5, but some people choose to spend more and others less: it's entirely up to you.

I will sort out the list on :xmassmile 20th November :xmassmile and then email/PM you as soon as possible.

So far I have:
Narc0
atypicalblonde
lynnejk
mrs-mp
dancemum
Mumto5
Honey Bear
Froddington
Dizzy Imp
Natty
MinnieMousesMummy
wit40iwtwan
and there's still plenty of room on the sleigh for more :xmassmile

bossymoo

Thanks Valli and thanks to natty for last week. I sooooo need to be in! Also have college work but kitchen relatively easy as I did lots tonight will chase laundry round too although I've just put some away and got uniform ready.

Lunch made for DS, will do bags in morning although DD fell off her bike (no hospital for this one thankfully!) and bashed her hip on the handle bars and says she's not doing pe tomorrow... We'll see. On the plus side she is setting off and turning all by herself now so she was very pleased with herself until...

Anyway, I'm off to Bedfordshire, nighty night xx

Franalamadingdong

Thanks Valli, and Natty for last week.

Ooh moo, I bet that came sharp.

I'm in and will try to follow the list rather than tackle something quite so exhausting this week! Oven and hob need doing but.... Urgh.

Working until noon tomorrow, then food delivery due between 1 and 2, then mum wants me at hers and dad's to help unpack stuff, then picking up DS from school at 4:30pm (after school club). Will fit in cleaning before Mr S arrives, although it's not looking too bad (other than the cooker) thanks to you guys!

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for lists. A busy work week so I'll try and scamper in the hopes I might get off the ground and take flight. However, downstairs is fine as we did it yesterday and it stayed ok as we had the incentive of MIL round for dinner. Not sure about the big appliance, luckily with an aga-clone it pretty much cleans itself by incinerating any spills, just need to vacuum it now and again lol.

Apart from list and scheduled work, I'd like to chip away at the shelf-full-of-folders frog. Done 10 out of 37 so far.

Best wishes to all on another happy/successful/reassuring week, especially all those with medical stuff going on.

lynnejk

Evening all

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

Sorry I've been MIA but laptop finally gave up and I found trying to use the tablet just too frustrating and eye-aching. Now fired up on a new laptop - thanks to a lovely DH lending me the funds. Only trouble is I had to go to win10 but seems okay atm.

I love starting the week with the kitchen

Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining mess-no-more
Remove everything from kitchen sides
Wipe all small appliances, jars, caddies and containers
Clean Worktops and splash-backs
Clean sink - and clean any drainers and sink bits too
Wipe table - change cloth is used
Dust chairs and table legs
Put back what needs to be out; put away what doesn't
Empty and wash bin
Wipe down cupboard fronts
Wipe sills and frames - paying special attention to spidery hidey-holes
Dust any DR furniture
Vacuum curtains and blinds or wipe
Sweep and mop floors

EXTRAS
Sort through a food cupboard or pantry. Use up, throw or consolidate as appropriate.
Put STAMPS on your shopping list for Christmas cards.
Choose a BIG appliance to clean - DW; Oven or fridge (bet no-one picks the oven lol)

Hugs, sticks and spoons to all who need some
Hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx

MinnieMousesMummy

Hi, Thanks for the new thread and thanks for last weeks. Please count me in for this week, however I'm not sure how much flying I will get done as I have 3 assignments due in for Uni.

Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining mess-no-more
Quick shower
Get kids to school & nursery
Uni
Remove everything from kitchen sides
Wipe all small appliances, jars, caddies and containers
Clean Worktops and splashbacks
Clean sink - and clean any drainers and sink bits too
Put back what needs to be out; put away what doesn't
Empty and wash bin
Wipe down cupboard fronts
Wipe sills and frames - paying special attention to spidery hidey-holes
Sweep and mop floors
Do weekly online shop
Make list of food that is needed for the festive period
Put STAMPS on your shopping list for christmas cards.
Collect the kids
Sort out ironing pile
Close the chickens away
Do planned work for uni assignments
Get an early night

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all
Hugs good wishes and positive vibes for all who need/want them
Thank you for the lists natty and Valli.

Oh I'm actually in front of myself today I'm counting my big appliance as defrosting the freezer yesterday. But the oven needs doing before Christmas so will keep that on my to do list.

Up early as couldn't sleep so going to be decadent and do a bit of knitting in bed-started a little knitted toy for DGS last night. It's a cabbies character I've never heard of but dd2 said he loves it when I showed her the patter. Sone kind of weird orange blob thing with black arms and legs.

Had a message to say godDD who's in New Zealand is alright and not in dangerous area so relieved about that.

Have a good day all.

atypicalblonde

Good morning all

I am in, thank you so much for the lists. I was non-stop yesterday, batch cooking, baking and generally picking up after everyone else, so the place really needs a deep clean today.

First though a cuppa, then the school morning mayhem commences!

This week will be a better one, I'm sure of it.

Big hugs all round xxx