Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd January 2017

Valli

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. Its been lovely to see some de-lurkers and some newcomers; do please post even if it's just to say 'list completed'

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.

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! All credit to AnW's Mum for this one
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

Marvellous Monday Kitchen Klean Up (and dining room)

Level 1

Wipe table and chairs - don't forget the legs
Clean/change cloths or wipe mats
Clear sides and wipe down
Clean all filters - dishwasher, washer, tumble dryer
Wipe sticky switches and sockets with a just-damp cloth

Level 2
Clean drawer and door fronts
Dust any areas in dining room
Sweep/mop/vacuum floors

Level 3
Polish all the windows
Clear and clean sills
give a neglected cupboard some attention - empty, wipe out and put back tidily
Dust BEHIND any mirrors/pictures...

Extras
HHI
Binbag dance
Make sure everything in the dining room has a proper home
S&S in the bathroom
If you've got piles have 15 minutes working through one of them - and be ruthless!


Terrific Tuesday bedroom time

Level 1
Strip the bed and open the window...
go and get breakfast/showered
Shift the floordrobe/chairdrobe

Level 2
Remake the bed
Clean the windows
Vacuum the floor

Level 3
Dust everywhere - including the bedframe
vacuum/dust light fittings and any soft furnishings

Extras
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Empty all the bins
get out the glass cleaner and clean neglected windows especially in/above doors
Check outside lights are still working
make sure lagging has not been dislodged from outside taps and pipes
Write your birthday/other card list - it will soon be February and you really don't want to be battling through Valentine-buying crowds looking for cards


Wednesday wonders lounge and/or other reception room

Level 1

Clear the rubbish out
Vacuum/wipe sofas
Swap seat cushions over/swap sofas to even wear
Clean under seat pads
Fluff up scatter cushions

Level 2
Dust everywhere including skirting boards
Wipe sockets and switches and door handles
And all those places sticky fingers touch

Level 3
Clean the floor
Take rugs outside, hang over line and beat vigorously
Rake out fire and relay with dry kindling and coal
Fill the scuttle
See what I did there?
Wipe the windows

Extras
S&S kitchen and bathroom
HHI
15 minutes on pile demolition
And you're over the hump...


Thursday Thrills Bathroom

Details to follow

Level open the window
Remove everything from round the bath
Clean bath inside and out
Poilish taps
Wash shower curtain/wipe screen
Wipe towel rail
Remove all towels/washcloths

Level 2
Clean shower cubicle (if one) outside then in
Wipe all hoses and heads
Clean handbasin and taps
Clean mirror

Level 3
Scrub the loo
Clean the floor
Empty waste bin
Put out fresh towels
Wipe switches/pull cords

Extras
HHI
S&S kitchen
Give doormats a bashing outside to remove ground in dirt or wash if they're washable

Friday flourish - fabulous Flyladyness!

PICK A NEGLECTED ROOM

Study/spare room/ utility room/ porch/conservatory

Level 1
Clear out clutter
Clean all windows and mirrors

Level 2
Wipe sockets and switches
Vacuum key boards
Vacuum soft furnishing
Clean lamps and lights

Level 3
Dust and polish
Clean floor and flooring

Extras
s&s kitchen and bathroom
Put champagne in fridge for daughters 21st (also sat is anniversary of money saving divas death)
Hhi
Binbag dance
Choose a drawer or a cupboard to sort. Maybe in your bedside table?

Dizzy_Imp

I'm in again please! Thanks for the lists ladies.

I'm hoping next week I will be amazing. Lots going on, but I'm determined to try and fly...

FurryBeastOz

Nasty Valli Staff, now wouldn't that be nice:rotfl:

Only us enslaved house elves here:D

3loads through WM. D/W on. Kitchen clean if not sparkling. Bathrooms acceptable. May just give them a lick and a promise tomorrow and try and do living room and bedrooms which got missed entirely this week.:eek:

Off to bed. It's going to be a long week despite only 2 days in the office. I can see a lot of overtime on the cards.

Hope your week starts well everyone.

Biscuit_monster

I'm in, thanks Valli.
Done quite a lot of ironing today, but that's about it. Need to try to get back on top of stuff, instead of being under stuff, if you see what I mean.

Honey_Bear

Thanks Natty and Valli. I'm in, and I'll be using the list, too. I was rather looking forward to wearing my mob cap. I'd ironed it, and everything.

Mumof2_2

Thank Valli and Natty too for last week. I hope to be in as much as I can.

lynnejk

Evening folks

Thanks Natty and Valli for the lists

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Thanks Natty and Valli. I'm in, and I'll be using the list, too. I was rather looking forward to wearing my mob cap. I'd ironed it, and everything.

Ooh, that made (maid) me :laugh: Just imagined everyone wearing one tomorrow. Actually I love the old housekeeping books - it does make you realise just how hard they worked as well :eek: Thank goodness for WMs, TDs, etc, though I do miss having a 'proper' fire.

I love starting the week with the kitchen. It somehow feels that once that's 'done and dusted' you're half-way there.

Marvellous Monday Kitchen Klean Up (and dining room)
Wipe table and chairs - don't forget the legs
Clean/change cloths or wipe mats
Clear sides and wipe down
Clean all filters - dishwasher, washer, tumble dryer
Wipe sticky switches and sockets with a just-damp cloth
Clean drawer and door fronts
Dust any areas in dining room
Sweep/mop/vacuum floors
Polish all the windows
Clear and clean sills
give a neglected cupboard some attention - empty, wipe out and put back tidily
Dust BEHIND any mirrors/pictures...
Extras
Binbag dance
Make sure everything in the dining room has a proper home
S&S in the bathroom
If you've got piles have 15 minutes working through one of them - and be ruthless! (N/A) :rotfl:

Hugs, gws vibes, sticks and spoons as needed
Hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx

ionafan

Honey_Bear wrote: »

I was rather looking forward to wearing my mob cap. I'd ironed it, and everything.

Ironed it?????? But it's not New Year

Valli wrote: »

If you've got piles ... be ruthless!

TMI
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I expect all the Newbies have realised by now that it helps to be mad if you work here...

Thank you Natty for last week's list and Valli for starting us off this week as we mean to go on.

I will do what I can, with my painful shoulder. It is getting me down, so I have made an appointment with one of our GPs next Saturday morning to see if he will refer me back to the orthopaedic consultant I last saw about a year ago, to ask him for an injection. That brings it up to a total of 8 medical and dental appointments for me and DH over the next 4 weeks :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Well done Narc0 and MrN - you have definitely earned a weekend away.
Keep smiling through gritted teeth, FBO.

See you all tomorrow - I will concentrate on the DR as it is tiny and tidy

Narc0lepsy

thanks for lists. Almost looking forwards to cleaning my own house instead of MIL's..........

Narc0lepsy

ionafan wrote: »

Well done Narc0 and MrN - you have definitely earned a weekend away.

Thank you; I have just booked it and via TCB of course so 8% off.
Hope all your medical stuff goes ok, crikey I hope you have a few good books for sitting in endless waiting rooms.

atypicalblonde

Morning all

Thank you for the lists, I am well and truly in. Been AWOL over the weekend as there were lots of family things going on, which turned out rather nicely actually and without incident. There was wine aplenty though so I felt a bit yesterday evening.

Did all the laundry yesterday :A so I'll be sticking to the list and doing dailies today. Have some errands to run straight after school, then paid stuff at home.

It's blinkin freezing here and foggy so I suspect we will be walking to school. It seems to be dark until 8am every day, roll on the light mornings. Have lovely days all x