Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd January 2018

Valli

What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole task easier and quicker. We also accept that, sometimes, life just gets on top of us and we can't keep up, maybe because we're time-poor, not in the best of health and/or we have littlies who need us. We are definitely NOT control freaks aiming for perfection and utterly spotless show-homes.

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. You're more than welcome to join us in the everlasting battle against dust, grime and gibble. The aim of our thread is to make those onerous tasks less daunting, and to support each other - and to make time for the finer things in life!


Please do remember we have to abide by MSE rules; each post should, ideally, include some mention of flying.

Thank you Natty for last week's thread

Please follow the forum rules on this thread as Flylady has been here a LONG time and is a fabulous support and resource for lots of us. All posts should have some Flylady-related (ooh a compound adjective) content!

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!
MAD half hour
- Mad is the abbreviation for Make A Difference.
The idea is that you have a Forth bridge (ie never-ending - or just huge) task but that you work on it in half-hour bursts. This way you know you ARE stooping, and that you won't get it finished but you will make a difference - so it might be clearing out - the garage or shed, or clothes sorting, or weeding - you get the picture - but rather than keep going until you've lost the will to live you do half an hour...but, eventually those half hours will get the job done!

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 Marvels - Lounge and anywhere you can easily tag onto it
Level 1

Clear the sill and dust the curtain rail/blind etc
Clean the windows
Empty the bin
Rehome lost and wandering gibble
Sort through newspapers and magazines and fling anything outdated into the recycling

Level 2

Lift the sofa cushions and swap them - vacuum underneath while you're at it
Vacuum/wipe sofa and soft furnishings
Vacuum/sweep floor
Chuck any burnt out candles
Wipe switches and sockets and sticky finger spots with a just-damp cloth

Level 3
Dust everywhere -don't forget the skirting
Water/attend to plants
Replace faded/dead flowers
Polish coffee/lamp tables
Plump scatter cushions and fold throws and drape artistically over sofa

Extras

Clear a drawer or a shelf in this room
Pull out electricals and clean them carefully
MAD half hour - work on your challenge - meal plan/post sales/write a TOOTS list for what needs to happen in THIS room to make it a haven
HHI


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Tuesday day of scrubby delight - kitchen and dining room

Level 1

Clear table, dust/wipe mats and/or change cloth
Clear kitchen sides
Wipe sides
Wipe what you put back and small appliances
Clear dead stuff from fridge
Empty bin and wipe out
Wipe tiles and splash backs

Level 2
Wipe cupboard fronts
Clean cupboard and drawer handles
Clean sink and shine those tabs
Change tea and hand towels
Does the oven glove need washing
Put out a new dishcloth
Dust in dining room

Level 3
Clean oven
Clean hob
Clean out microwave
Clean WM and TD filters
If you still are minded to fly do the windows

Extras
MAD half hour
HHI
Make sure all smoke detectors are working


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Wednesday WipeDay - Blitz those bathrooms

Level 1

Throw the windows open wide in your bathrooms, en-suites and cloakrooms (milder weather is forecast - let's get the fresh air in)
Remove any rubbish from these rooms
Flush loos and fling down some cream cleaner or loo cleaner
Clear all the gibble from round the bath and out of showers
Scrub bath and/or shower tray
Wipe down edge of bath, panels and shower screens
Wipe switched and sockets
Check lighting is all working and not acting as fly cemetry - clean out if so

Level 2

Now the loo has had a soak scrub it out - don't forget under the rim
Wipe all cistern, handles/buttons, outside of loo, seat and lid
Flush loo and pour bleach round bowl
Close lid
Wipe toilet toll holder
Check spare toilet roll stock has not mysteriously vanished

Level 3

Wipe sills and shelves
Wipe soap bottles
Polish towel rails
clean out sink and polish taps
Bleach down all drains and in all overflows
Check for cobwebs in corners
Sweep, wipe or vacuum floor as appropriate
Put out fresh towels
Dirty towels into the WM for a HOT wash
Check toothbrushes and replace if necessary

Extras

S&S kitchen
HHI
Empty and wipe out bathroom cabinets and rearrange contents prettily. Has anything died in storage? Fling it!
Mad half hour - what are you doing? Challenge work? Toots list work? (even if it's just writing it...)
month end approaches - write list of birthday cards etc for February



Thursday Thrills - ladeez we are going to make an ENTRANCE
Hallways, stairways, corridors, landings and THE FRONT DOOR

Level 1
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Sweep (or donkey stone lol) your front doorstep!
Get a bucket of soapy water and wash down the insides of doors (front and back?) then brave the elements, open them, wash down the lintels and door jambs and sills and the door itself.
Polish any door furniture with a soft cloth
Beat, vacuum or wipe door mats
Clean glass in/by doors

Level 2

remove any gibble from entrances
Dust all light fittings
Wipe sticky switches and sockets
Dust any furniture in these areas

Level 3

Sweep/vacuum/mop/polish floors
Vacuum stairs

Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour - work on your challenges OR clean out a 'man' drawer - empty it, wipe it out and out back only what you need.
Check all outside lighting is fully-functional.


Friday Fling Bedroom - The Boudoir

Level 1

Open the window wide
Strip the bed
Fling the bedding in the washing machine
leave to air

level 2
Clear floor and chairdrobe
Remake bed
Dust all surfaces

level 3
Clean windows
wipe bulbs in lamps and lights
Vacuum lightshades
vacuum floor (or sweep/mop)

extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour - challenge/toots

Plan some me time ...hair appt, nail appt, bubbly bath, date night, night with the girls/wine and laughs

Valli

SLINKIES - weight loss challenge

Lynnejk - 9lb
Narcolepsy *some*
Valli 2st/28lb
Dizzy Imp 2st/28lb
FurryBeastOz 2st/28lb
nannygladys 3st/42lb
Fayolle 2st/28lb
atypicalblonde 2st/28lb
Princess Money Penny
Ionafan
Lil_me 5st/70lb
JojotheTightfisted
LameWolf 2st/28lb
Roundtuit 56lb
Jazee 2st/28lb
Pigpen *some*
MrsMoneypenny 1st at least
Froddington 2st
Dancemum 3st
Mademoiselle about 2 st
Ionafan 1st 11lb
donnajt 3 st
Rosemary7391
Mrs Chaos 16lb
Faete 2st
Natty
Kazwookie 2st tbc


Flymarketeers

FurryBeastOz
Pigpen
Valli
Mumof2
donnjt - £1k for hols

H2H (hovel to haven)

HoneyBear
Froddington
Roundtuit
Mumof2
FurryBeastOz
funfairprincess
Mrs Moneypenny
hex2
Fayolle
lynnejk
riotlady
donnajt - by Summer
Mrs Chaos
Natty

ionafan

Thank you Valli - I will aim to complete Level 1 and at least some of Level 2 in the LR:

Monday Marvels - Lounge and anywhere you can easily tag onto it
Level 1

[STRIKE]Clear the sill [/STRIKE][COLOR="[COLOR="Blue"][no sill!][/COLOR][STRIKE] and[/STRIKE] dust the curtain rail/blind etc
Clean the windows
[STRIKE]Empty the bin[/STRIKE] [no bin in LR!]
Rehome lost and wandering gibble
Sort through newspapers and magazines and fling anything outdated into the recycling

Level 2

Lift the sofa cushions and swap them - vacuum underneath while you're at it
Vacuum/wipe sofa and soft furnishings
Vacuum/sweep floor [a job for DH]
[STRIKE]Chuck any burnt out candles[/STRIKE] [no candles!]
Wipe switches and sockets and sticky finger spots with a just-damp cloth

pigpen

4 more sale packed... £300 in one week..

atypicalblonde

pigpen wrote: »

4 more sale packed... £300 in one week..

That’s awesome well done you :j

Thanks for the lists ladies I’m in again I’ve been scoffing way too many yummy things this weekend, still no sugar or booze mind, so we shall see what happens when I jump on the scales on Tuesday!

Just watching Happy Valley, never saw it first time round, then a super early night.

See you all in the morning x

wishingthemortgaheaway

I'm in again for this week, hoping to do better than last week. (Illness and crazy amounts of work got int the way)

My flying plan for this week.

Keep on top of my daily tasks
Pack for going away on Friday for 9 nights in 2 locations.
Mad half hour at every nap time or post bed time.

May come back and edit this post when I've consulted the bullet journal.....

riotlady

I was out with a horrendous tummy bug last week and lived on the sofa with a bucket by my head so the living room is definitely in dire need of a cleanup!

Plan:

Clear the sill and dust the curtain rail/blind etc
Clean the windows
Rehome lost and wandering gibble
Lift the sofa cushions and swap them - vacuum underneath while you're at it
Vacuum/wipe sofa and soft furnishings
Vacuum/sweep floor
Wipe switches and sockets and sticky finger spots with a just-damp cloth
Dust everywhere -don't forget the skirting
Plump scatter cushions and fold throws and drape artistically over sofa

gilly1964

Bonsoir mes amies

Je suis flying cette semaine

Merci pour le Fred :T

Valli

pigpen wrote: »

4 more sale packed... £300 in one week..

Well done you!

Having utterly failed to sell anything on the local FB page I have just unearthed my ebay password and listed my first item for sale.

This week I shall be prepping for a trip up to a very famous aquarium in Hull...

kazwookie

Evening

Thank you for the lsits and the work that goes into them.

Piggers well done, I have sold 4 items total about £42. after fees etc

Snow / sleet / slush here
Kitchen is gone
Cat cuddling tonight.

JoJo hope you feel better now tooth is out...........take care

pigpen

Aaaand another £15... my paypal is filling up nicely.. I need another £110 in there by next Friday.

Twinkle bathed and being forced to have a story.. OH and her are fighting over the book...

and I have a rodent in this room... argh!!