Weekly Flylady Thread 6th March 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

ok Here goes this Week...

Monday - Beautiful Bedroom

Level 1
Open the window
strip the bed
clean window
make bed
dust sill
dust curtain rails/pelmets

Level 2
dust all surfaces
wipe light pulls/switches
wipe cosmetic bottles with a just-damp cloth
polish mirrors

Level 3
vacuum/dust all light fittings
clear detritus from bedside tables
empty any bins
vacuum/sweep floors

extras
clear bedside cabinets
HHI
S&S kitchen and bathroom


Twinkling Tuesday Bathroom Brightener

Level 1

Open windows
Empty Bath sides and shower cubicles of all bottles, loofahs etc
Spray with cleaner
Shine shower screens
Scrub down bath/shower
Rinse
polish taps
put clean washcloths out

Level 2
Flush loos
spray with cleaner of choice (I like cream cleaner for porcelain)
scrub bowl - don't forget under rim
With a bucket of hot water wipe loo seats etc. handles, etc
Good slug of bleach

Level 3
clean cloth - basin needs a scrub. And bidet if you have one
scrub then polish taps with a dry m/f cloth
polish/wipe radiator/towel rail
replace all towel
vacuum or mop floors
Dust and shelves/sills
wipe pull cords and switches

EXTRAS
Vacuum/dust any vents
Wipe tiles around basins/splashbacks
clean windows in bathrooms

HHI

Wonderful Wednesday - KITCHEN and dining

Level 1
Wipe table and mats, and chairs. Dont forget under the table/chairs where sticky fingers lurk
WUDUPA
Clear sides and wipe down

Level 2
Wipe cupboard fronts
Wipe fascias
Wipe small appliances/caddies and return stuff to sides
Wipe switches and sockets and door handles

Level 3
clean sills
dust in dining area
sweep and mop floors

Extras

Clean out a drawer
fling gibble
empty bins round the house
sweep doorstep
wipe front door inside and out#

Thursday look after the lounge day

Level 1
Open windows and let in fresh air
Empty bin
Flick a cobweb duster round coving, along picture rail and over light fittings
Vacuum or wipe sofa and swap cushions and/or seat pads

Level 2
Dust everywhere and wipe sticky spots inc switches with a damp cloth
Don't forget skirting, tops of doors and sills and curtain tracks

Level 3
Thorough vacuum inc under furniture
Don't forger the edges
Wipe door - both sides
Clean window

Extras s&s bathrooms, kitchen
HHI
Plan some me time or down time for this weekend

Fantastic Friday - kids room (s) spare rooms doom laden pits...you choose

Level 1
clear out as much gibble as is humanly possible
open window
strip any beds

Level 2
clean window and sill
make bed
vacuum floor (if not doing level 3...vacuum last if you are)

Level 3
Dust everywhere inc skirtings
wipe switches and place where sticky fingers leave their mark

extras
HHI - you might have been pegging out so you'll have lots
clean rotting food from fridge and/or use up stuff
check all outside lights working while it's fine and dry
peg out some laundry

gilly1964

I am in this week.

It is maniacally busy at home, with DHs job up in the air, he also needs to renew his gas safe qualification so lots of revision going on but he needs my help, puppy being a PITA, he has chewed the stair carpet, older dog being a jealous so and so.

On the positive side

Decluttered 1.5 lbs at Slimming World
Steam cleaned bedroom carpet
Ironing is nearly up to date
DH has also cleared a couple of frogs, fitted outside light and letterbox cage

Have a good week all

Gilly x

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

A nice weekend with the gf and friends of DS staying, actually quite like having the house full of teenagers once in a while. You start to become very aware that one day it will just be me and DH.

Utility room decorating coming along nicely. Fed up with the mess though. A busy week as ever so I will need to keep up the flying. One load of washing over the airer, another in the machine.

Going to do a mealplan, need some new ideas I think, seem to be eating a lot of the same meals at the minute!

dancemum

I need to be in this week. Thank you for the lists X

Mumto5

Hello, Thank you for the new thread Valli.

I will fly with a vengeance tomorrow then up and away early Tuesday for a little trip for DH's birthday. Back late on Thursday to see what state the 3 adult children have left the home in. Working F, S, S.

I wish everyone a good week.

bossymoo

Me please!

Glad its bedroom. Was thinking I ought to start upstairs tomorrow!

Got Mr A delivery between 9&10 so will make a start then. Also have some phonecalls to make.

Am going to jot some notes down ready for my planner. Need to buy some cards this week...

See you "tomorrow"

Thanks for the lists xxx

angelpye

Hi, can I join? Managed to get most of house clean and tidy today so need something to keep me on track.

Is the list above for one bedroom or all bedrooms? I have my room and DDs room plus a RoD. Just wondering if I am aiming to do mine and DDs or if that comes later in week?

Fayolle

I'm in again please. Thank you Valli for the list, and Natty for last week's.
I'm not usually too good at getting things off the list at the beginning of the week, but the bedroom might be do-able - well, level one anyway! I've meal planned this evening for next week - another one who needs a few new ideas. It's not like I haven't got any recipe books to look through - shelves of the things!
See you tomorrow.x

Valli

angelpye wrote: »

Hi, can I join? Managed to get most of house clean and tidy today so need something to keep me on track.

Is the list above for one bedroom or all bedrooms? I have my room and DDs room plus a RoD. Just wondering if I am aiming to do mine and DDs or if that comes later in week?

Welcome!

Technically it's the main (your) bedroom. Kids room may be later on...

froddington

I'm in - thanks Valli :A Not sure where the last week (or the weekend!!) went. I am still way behind with everything but have no motivation or concentration to be able to get stuff done. It's a vicious circle at the moment

Anyway, there's folks worse off than me so am sending hugs and thoughts for all who want or need them xx

Going to pick a few bits off of each day's list this week and see if I can manage something - I can't keep on living in this mess

Monday - Beautiful Bedroom

Open the window
strip the bed
clean window
make bed
dust sill
dust curtain rails/pelmets
clear bedside cabinets

loudmouth

Thank you so much for last weeks list and thank you for tomorrow's. I am in. I washed sheets and duvet covers on her bed and mine yesterday. So ahead.
Still catching up on last weeks TV.