Weekly Flylady Thread 10 April 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.

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

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

• Thoroughly clean the cutlery drawer!
• Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
• Clean all the filters and door seals etc
• HHI

Terrible Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed, turned, vacuum other side and redo bed with clean linen.
Level Two
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Level Three
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!
Extras

• Binbag dance
• Binbag for charity
• Sort out your own shoes and bags.. can any be rehomed?
• Wipe hand rails on stairs

Wistful Wednesday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Level One
Clean the floors in these rooms
De-grot the loo/bath/shower/sink etc
Level Two
Wash the windows
Empty and clean out the bins
Clear and clean a shelf or cupboard and put back only the necessary items
Level Three
Clear the desk of mess and mush.. get rid of those
Wash down ALL the dining chairs..
Drag out the pc desk and clear under and behind it ... see how good I am to you lot!?
Extras - binbag list!

• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Fill a binbag for the bin
• Fill a binbag for a friend
• Fill a binbag for recycling!

Twinkling Thursday - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two
Dust over all the electrical appliances.. be careful though I don't want any accidents!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Level Three
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Degrot the under stair space/cupboard.. You know you want to...!!!!
Dust mantle and polish any display cabinets or bookshelves etc
Extras

• Wipe and water the plants
• Clean out the pets
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings
• Get a pile of filing done!!

Good Friday - Guess what it's catchup day!
Level One...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Make time to do something for yourself!! A haircut, a long bath, a facial... whatever it takes.. do it!
Level Two...
Whizz over the main living area.. make it presentable
Change any smelly bedding that needs doing
Clean the fluff out of the TD filters.. or clean the WM/DW filters
Level Three...
HHC clearing the messiest room in the house
Wash any windows that are needy
Complete 1 task you have been 'meaning' to do for ages and not done it!!
Extras...

• Make sure you have everything ready for the weekend...Easter Eggs, Small eggs for easter egg hunt etc...
• Clean out a cupboard..
• Polish all your electrical appliances.. tv's, stereos etc
• water and wipe any neglected plants
• Collect all the dirty laundry strewn about the house.. bedroom floors are the worst!
• Sort through your most used handbag.. get rid of those receipts and used tissues!
• make a note of any calls you need to make or appointments that need keeping this week!

Valli

I'm in and first!

Ooo

Dizzy_Imp

First the worst....second the best...

Which Flylady has a hairy chest...? :rotfl:

Valli

Lol Dizzy!

Mind you I won't be doing any flying tomorrow, my friend and I are going to Denby Pottery Village!

I have worked SO hard today I deserve it...

DS has brought home a beautiful seafood salad, made for the staff. It's untouched. So that's tea sorted!

Fayolle

I'm in too, please!
Glad ValliDad is on the mend.
DD gave us a health scare on Friday, but seems to be getting by. Work tomorrow but then that's it for the school holidays. Hopefully getting a courtesy car from the garage tomorrow, then it's time to look around for a new car **sigh**.
But today I actually booked our summer holiday! I'll be passing HB land to get there, so will wave on the way through.
Catch you all tomorrow. X

charlies_tribe

Its not hairy...Honestly!

I'm in, thank you for thread. Ive struggled this last week as I've spent the weekend facing the debt, hours trawling statements, Getting figures, posting my diary and hours on hours reading other diaries.

Have done lots of washing and mopping up blood today. Both DS2 and DD3 have gone flying while running and cut knees and elbow. DS hates any injury and the blood sent him funny, every time anyone went near him he was pressed to the wall, screaming he was going to die, while wiping blood on the walls where he was pressed against them. So we have some clean patches on the wall where I've followed him round with the wipes. He's 11 with learning difficulties.
Right off to bed, lots to do tomorrow.

ETA: Yay, wasn't 3rd, knew it wasn't hairy LOL.

Honey_Bear

Fayolle wrote: »

But today I actually booked our summer holiday! I'll be passing HB land to get there, so will wave on the way through.

And I'll wave right back!

Sounds as though you had a difficult and busy enough week, CharlieYates. I hope you found some answers with all of that trawling. *healing vibes* for you injured DSs.

(((hugs))) GI. Condolences on the loss of your father.

Big heap of stuff to go to the CS tomorrow, hurrah! *fling*

After that I'll get cracking on the list, so thanks Natty and Valli for last week's - have a lovely day out, you've certainly earned it.

Duckydo

I'm in this week!

Thanks for the lists Valli and Natty.
Glad your dad is on the mend Valli.

Good job it's kitchen tomorrow as I'm currently up with a post seizure dog, so will definitely need to do the floor when it's light as he's drooled all over it.:(

FurryBeastOz

I'm in this week. Thanks Natty and Valli

After my grand hopes for the weekend it was an epic evening fail. I was on plan C by Saturday lunchtime. No IT access to the office (we thought it was at our end as only intermittent Wi-Fi) and DH decided he wanted to get his car Saturday afternoon.

So Sunday planned a full days work - still no IT. I fired off an e-mail to support in the hope that I'd get a call back Monday morning. Went out to do a bit of shopping. It appears I'm not the only weekend worker - got back to an IT e-mail. All sorted. So 3 hrs done yesterday.

This week I MUST stay on top of the flying. Off to PT and run shortly. Then back to finish off the paid stuff interspersed with flying - I need to do bathroom and cloakroom. Kitchen fairly OK - bit of deep cleaning if I have time.

Dining Room - I can't get to the table 'Zombicide' rules.

Have a great week everybody.

Valli

Can't think WHY I m awake. Work wake up time. Huh!

Made mistake of reading b-il's blog. I knew he had a penchant for 'embroidering' the truth, he's lied to us. But seeing a lie in black and white and not having the opportunity to put our side rankles. He refused offers of help to arrange the funeral. Now he's claiming none were forthcoming. He told us at the time he didn't need our help, he had a friend who would help...

I need a strategy to cope with this otherwise it will eat me up. I know he's hurting, but so am I. So are we all.

Still, I am looking forward to today.

Goodintentions

Good morning
Thanks Natty for the list, and Valli for last week's list.
Valli (((big hugs))) Enjoy your day out

Paid stuff today until 3pm. I only have one very nearly 5 yr old, so I may go to the allotment and let him dig in the mud! Very educational - you gotta love a bit of child labour!!

I hope to get the kitchen sorted later, and need to take some stuff to the CS, which clears some clutter

Have a good day everyone