Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd January 2017

Natty68

FIRST FULL THREAD OF 2017

This week will see a LOT of newcomers which happens every year, sadly many of these ladies and gents do not stay long. This influx usually means the thread is very very busy, please 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 your posts, chat is for the weekend when your home is looking beautiful!!! Things will settle again in a couple of weeks so don't worry it will return to normal and we will hopefully have some new fledglings.

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.


Thank you Valli for last week's thread

There are 3 levels per day deepening on how much time you have. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.

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.

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![/color]

Some of our abbreviations: DH- dear husband, OH- other half, KH/CF- affectionate term for ex husband or partner DS/DD- dear son/daughter, DGC- dear grandchild, WM- washing machine, DW- dishwasher, LR/DR- living/dining room, RoD- room of doom, 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

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining area
Level One...
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two...
Wash the units and appliances.
Give the pan cupboard a good scrub out.. fling the plastic tubs with no lids/botttoms/broken
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Level Three...
Sort paperwork, warranties, insurance docs, phone contracts etc into a file so they are easily accessible and make notes of when things need renewing!
Clean table and add a clean cloth if needed
Dust and deweb

Extras

• Binbag dance
• HHI
• Thoroughly clean a small appliance (descale kettle/decrumb toaster for example)
• Make sure diaries/calendars are up to date with appointments!!!

Tuesday - Lovely Living Rooms and Safe Stairs
Level One
Vacuum floors in these areas, even if around clutter
Clear anything from the stairs! Safe stairs are a must
Level Two
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Level Three
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)
Clear anything that shouldn't be where it is, ahem that includes that cup!
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs, yours might be skirting board, edging of some sort, grab a cloth and give it a wipe

Extra Mission Tasks - as usual if you fancy tackling something else you could try one or more of these

• Clean windows in these areas, check curtains/nets/blinds while you are there, do they need a clean?
• Check where important documents like passports, birth certificates, driving licences, medical cards are and make a note of where they are and if any need replacing, changing etc
• Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
• Clean any ornaments, mirrors, clocks or other dust collecting collections
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner, empty the bag/bucket, clean filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY!

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
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 a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

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
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by (maybe recycle for rags if possible, you could donate old sheets oor towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)
• Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers (if safe to do so, no pregnant flyladies on ladders please delegate the job instead)
• Check through undies drawers, anything more holy than the church which needs to go/be repaired? Anyone need anything replacing?
• Give everyone at home a bag to collect the things which belong to them that are not where they should be, give them 15 minutes to find them all and put them away You could threaten to bin whatever is left if they don't seeing as everyones being quite ruthless this week

Thursday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
Level One
Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap
Clear desk of papers and junk.. give it a good wipe
Level Two...
Wipe mouse, keyboard and polish screens while pc runs defrag.
Declutter 50 emails, 5 dead links and any unused programs.. make backup disc of pics etc.. just in case!
Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers
Level Three...
Wash shower curtains/mat etc that are grotty
Clean paintwork and shine mirrors
Empty and wash out bins
Extras

• Sort through that pile of hotspots!
• Make room in the bathroom for your new christmas smellies! and get them installed
• Clean radiators.. don't forget the back (sock on a stick/coat hanger!)
• Get those christmas 'Thank you's' sent out!

Friday ~ Childrens/spare rooms
Level One...
The most important task first.. make time for yourself.. a haircut, manicure, or just a relaxing bath in peace!
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two...
Sort through a box of toys/shelf/cupboard see if you can fit in some of the christmas stash
Tidy a chest of drawers
Vacuum, even if it means kicking all the mess into a corner heap!
Level Three..
Binbag Dance.. fling those broken things and empty packaging!
Wash windows and sills, and curtains and blinds!
Make sure games are in boxes and books are straight on shelves
Extras

• Wash stinky pet beds/houses
• Dust all the light fittings
• Chase appointments/put off call and emails/catch up with a friend you have been putting off
• Check when appointments are due for dentist, opticians, smears etc.. Make notes in diaries/calendars

bossymoo

Oh dear. Have you been spying on my kitchen floor?
:rotfl:

mrs-moneypenny

Thank you to Valli and natty for the lists, I really appreciate them.

I'll be in this week. The kitchen definitely needs a going over after the feeding of the 5,000 today.
We are doing the yearly budget land as well tomorrow so that will cover the paperwork.

Narc0lepsy

I'm another who really likes the lists - I often seem to be doing my own thing and to spend my life writing reports - but it is great to have the guidance and think of each room not just bogged down with generalised clutter and run round like a headless chicken.

Apart from the fitness etc I really must curb my non-flying chat on here as I know I am very guilty of it. Sorry!

After church this morning I have spent most of the afternoon getting house and food ready for our friends, 8 of us from 5pm and they left about half an hour ago. Not too much food left, and all I made seemed to be liked so that is good. Kitchen will definitely be a good place to start tomorrow although being "mouse aware" Mr N and I have put most things away/out of reach and have almost filled a black bag with debris.

Valli

I am in. I have no car to escape anywhere in anyway. It's poorly. But it's been the straw that broke the camel's back so I have been tearful, and sobbing, at various points.
I'm not normally so fragile...

And doubly frustrating that, having bought 5 new tyres in November, I now probably have to buy a sixth. Although two of them are guaranteed you can bet your bottom dollar that the front offside wasn't one of them.

Anyway, mum and dad came for lunch. it was very moneysaving as most came from YS stuff!

I am in, thanks for the list Natty.

froddington

I'm in - thanks Natty :A - almost forgot it was Sunday!!

Nowhere near ready for work on Tuesday so that has to be my priority for tomorrow. Going to bed very soon so I can get up earlier than I have been or I'll never manage the early starts!

Hugs for all xx

Monday ~ Kitchen

Vacuum the floor
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Wipe over window sills and shine the taps
Sort paperwork
Dust and deweb

cat4772

I'm one of those annoying lurkers that will post occasionally. It just so happens that this time it is at New Year

When I moved house a couple of years ago, I managed to decutter loads. But we've now got what feels like two years of accumulated clutter to despose of and a house to clean up. I tried tha FL app, but realised I prefer the MSE flying verse with a different area each day. I'm hoping that 15 minutes a day helps me get my house in order in 2017!

I'm not in work tomorrow so hoping to get through levels 1 & 2 in the kitchen, though I'm dreading going through the Tupperware tubs:eek:

Cat.x

Dizzy_Imp

I'm in again Natty x See you all tomorrow!

Redshank

Although I've been following the last couple of weeks' threads I've not really done much flying....I'll be tagging along this week but all routine is out of the window as we're moving house this month so it's all packing etc. Really good excuse to declutter though, especially as we're moving to a smaller house.....and there's *lots* to declutter

lynnejk

Morning all

Yes - I'm up late. Been watching a film with DH as, for once, he's not working tonight being the back of the new year.

Thanks Natty and Valli for the threads every week. I'm another that finds them inspirational - it's so easy to forget the odds and sods that you manage to add. I know I don't always follow each day, but try to get it covered through the week. It definitely helps knowing others are doing the same.

Hugs all round and hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx

Lauralozzle

I'm a long time lurker of this thread and try to follow routine without posting. I'm posting this year though.

I'm in!!