Weekly Flylady Thread 27th February 2017

Natty68

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 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.

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

Here goes this Week...

Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One..
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Level Two...
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven and hob
Wash windows and sills
Level Three...
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Degunge the fridge!

Extras

• Thoroughly clean the cupboard full of tins!
• Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
• Clean all the filters and door seals etc
• Wipe a shelf or 3 and staighten all the stuff on them.

Twinkly Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing
Level One...
Clear the floordrobe
Clear the landing of gibble
Level Two...
Dust and deweb
Wash the windows
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed
Level Three...
Strip and wash the bedding
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
Check those smoke alarms!

Extras

• Binbag dance
• HHI
• 15 minutes filing
• Fill a binbag of old winter stuff for charity shop!!
• 15 minutes in the garden dead heading or pruning...

Wednesday Wonders ~ Cruddy Study & Bathrooms
Level One...
Declutter floors!
Mop/vacuum/sweep floors
Level Two...
Scrub tiles while running a defrag
Clean the bath, basins, shower trays and loo's
Collect all the laundry from upstairs
Level Three...
Wash windows
Wash bath mats/shower curtains etc
Degrot the desk and dust and polish the monitor and pc case etc

Extras

• Empty and wash out bins
• Wipe all the sofas/chairs in these rooms
• Wipe paintwork in these rooms
• Clear and wipe a shelf or two

Thursdays are Trilling!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One...
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two...
Wash the windows and the front door.. inside and out!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Level Three...
Clean the sofas
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Wipe all the paintwork!
Dust mantle and polish all the trinkets upon it.. and get all the junk off it!

Extras

• Wipe and water the plants
• Clean out the pets, get rid of that smelly bedding and replace with lovely smelling bits
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings
• Get a pile of filing done!!

Friday - those frightening Friday kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see..
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Level Two...
Binbag dance
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! Aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area!
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!

Extras

• Wash a set of curtains, nets or throw
• Make all those necessary phonecalls!
• HHI
• Make a half hour time out for yourself!!
• Tidy up the garden! Trim hedges and grass etc...
• Bake a cake
• Spend an hour or so with the family having some lovely special family time.. just talking or watching a film with popcorn etc..
  

funfairprincess

Count me in please x
Thank you to Valli and Nattyxxx

Ironing of school/work clothing completed, menu planning done and shopping list written. Frog list wrote out and it's surprisingly not as bad as I thought!

Off to do some knitting before I go to bed.

See you all in the morning x

Duckydo

I'm in! Been an unsubscribed lurker for a couple of years, checking in to the page and sometimes following. However recent events mean I need to get back on track.
Adding to the kitchen list will be the massive amount of washing from being away and general tidying of unpacked stuff. X

Dizzy_Imp

I'm in too please! Thanks for the lists ladies x

atypicalblonde

Morning all

I am in, thank you so much for the lists. Kids still off school, and DD has a friend coming for the day. So they will have to traipse after me whilst I get on with some jobs!

I am starting the week with an empty laundry basket :T and clean bedding :T so that's nice. Off to unload the DW now and wrap up a couple of eBay parcels.

Have good days all xx

Fayolle

Good morning everyone.
I thought I'd lost you all then for a moment!
I'm in please. And thank you Natty and Valli for the lists.
Dashing off now - how can I start Mondays behind myself??!

ionafan

Thank you Natty and Valli for the lists.

Yaaaay!!!!! welcome back Skinty :wave: (hope the spring brings out the one buyer you need x) and FFP :wave:
Welcome Duckydo.

This week I am starting with a clean and tidy house so must concentrate on blitzing the paperwork pile which grew last week. Yesterday I managed an hour's work in the front garden, caught up with some much-needed zzz and cooked a roast dinner with leftovers for 2 more days.

This morning I'm off to a meeting in cathedral city, so I can call at my favourite farm shop on the way home to buy a new sack of their own potatoes and restock the fridge with locally grown veg at very reasonable prices :money: Then, weather permitting., I'll try to do another hour in the garden before returning to my desk, but it's looking rather grey out there atm. I also have to do my college prep for tomorrow.

See you all later - (((hugs))) spoons and sticks all round, as needed x

loudmouth

Good morning .Thanks for list and very pleased it's kitchen and dining room. I am going to scrub kettle and toaster . A week of DD and DH at home and the place looks trashed!

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all
Hugs to all that need then (sounds like you could do with one ffp)
Welcome to all the new and returning flyers and hello to the lurkers) come in and say hello we don't bite.

Busy all day today and meditation tonight so I'll have to catch up tomorrow I think.

Honey_Bear

Welcome DuckyDo! :wave:

Welcome back, Skinty! Missed you. :wave:

Thanks for the lists Valli and Natty and the navigation help, Ionafan.

I've got a list. Actually I've got four - To Do, Flying, Money and In Town. Why do we look forward to going on holiday? I get kna**ered getting ready to go away, do too much while I'm away so I come back cream crackered and then there's a load of stuff to catch up because I've been away. And I can't get hold of the carpet man to see if he was serious about doing the rooms on different days which would make a huge difference to what I need to get done today.

Bedroom carpets sucked.

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for lists and welcome back to returners and newbies.
I've been a bit of a lurker lately; initially due to report writing and latterly due to the yukky cold virus thing that is going around. On the plus side, as I knew I was going to be busy I have made huge efforts to at least be tidy - yep the house isn't too clean, but tidy it is. I must be a bit better today as yesterday I took a hay fever tablet as that seemed more in need than the hot lemon + headache tablets! today I'm waiting to see what is needed......wet outside.
Have a good week everyone.