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Weekly Flylady Thread 11th June 2018
Valli
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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'
WUDUPA ~ washed up, dried up, put away
WUALTD ~ washed up and left to dry
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...
Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
Open windows
Empty bins, swill them out and put them outside to dry in the sunshine
Clear sink and draining board
Clean sink and draining board, wash any racking and wipe the taps and plugs - including underneath *shudder*
Clear worktops, wipe them down and wipe splashbacks.
Wipe what lives on worktops and put it back - take toasters outside for serious de-crumbing
Level 2
Wipe cupboard doors, sockets and switches, door handles and anywhere else sticky fingers linger
Clean mats and table and/or change cloth
Empty fruit bowl of anything with a life of it's own
Wipe fascia boards
Make sure all bulbs work - add anything that needs dealing with to the Toots list
Wipe washing machine and dishwasher seals
Level 3
Clean windows
Wipe sills
Wipe down doors
sweep and mop (of vacuum) the floor
Extras
S&S bathroom
binbag dance all around the house to this
Peg out some washing
HHI
MAD half hour - challenge work? Decluttering? Just do half an hour then STOP. You'll feel virtuous and it WILL give you the oomph to do another half an hour another time.
Terrific Tuesday - lounge/family room
Level 1
Open the window wide
Take out any rubbish
Clear newspapers/magazines into recycling
Plump cushions
Clear coffee table and wipe
Deal with any flowers
Straighten and tidy - a tidy, uncluttered room looks clean
Level 2
Wipe/vacuum chairs and sofas
Wipe plants and water
Dust any furniture
level 3
Wipe sockets and switches
Dust pictures and anything else on the wall inc picture rails and dado rails
Clean electricals
Dust skirting boards
Through vacuum including the edges
EXTRAS
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
Peg out some washing
MAD half hour - paperwork; meal planning; TOOTS list checking; make any appointments; work on your challenges.
Wonderful Wednesday - the bedroom (s)
Level 1
Open the windows
Strip the bed and leave to air while you get on with something
Put the bedding into wash
Take out any rubbish
Clear any chair or floordrobes
Level 2
Remake the bed
Dust bedside cabinets
Clean the windows
Polish the mirrors
level 3
dust any other furniture
clear clutter from dressing tables etc
Vacuum/sweep or mop floor
Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour
HHI
Friday Flourish - bathroom (s)
Level 1
Fling open the windows
Clear the bins, remove emopties
Flush the loo and squirt something down it (I use cream cleaner)
Fling the towels in the WM
Level 2
Clear lotions and potions from around bath and scrub inside and out.
Prod a brush down the plughole to remove the ratty tails
Polish the taps
Slug of bleach down the drain
Scrub the loo inside and out - and blach it
Level 3
Scrub the sink
Polish the taps
Dust sills and shelves
Wipe anywhere fingers linger with a clean cloth or an anti-bac wipe
Mop the floor
Extras
Polish mirrors
Scrub tiles
Clean windows
S&S kitchen
MAD half hour
Friday...WOOTY WOOTY WOOT WOOT - kids rooms;spare room; guest room
Level 1
Open the window WIDE and strip the bed
remove any rubbish
Clear the floor
Level 2
Rehome as much as possible - remember don't put it down put it away
remake the bed
sweep, mop or pressure clean the floor
level 3
Wipe/dust sticky surfaces
Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour
make/bake something - even if it's "just" Twinks for unexpected - or expected -visitors
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'
WUDUPA ~ washed up, dried up, put away
WUALTD ~ washed up and left to dry
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...
Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
Open windows
Empty bins, swill them out and put them outside to dry in the sunshine
Clear sink and draining board
Clean sink and draining board, wash any racking and wipe the taps and plugs - including underneath *shudder*
Clear worktops, wipe them down and wipe splashbacks.
Wipe what lives on worktops and put it back - take toasters outside for serious de-crumbing
Level 2
Wipe cupboard doors, sockets and switches, door handles and anywhere else sticky fingers linger
Clean mats and table and/or change cloth
Empty fruit bowl of anything with a life of it's own
Wipe fascia boards
Make sure all bulbs work - add anything that needs dealing with to the Toots list
Wipe washing machine and dishwasher seals
Level 3
Clean windows
Wipe sills
Wipe down doors
sweep and mop (of vacuum) the floor
Extras
S&S bathroom
binbag dance all around the house to this
Peg out some washing
HHI
MAD half hour - challenge work? Decluttering? Just do half an hour then STOP. You'll feel virtuous and it WILL give you the oomph to do another half an hour another time.
Terrific Tuesday - lounge/family room
Level 1
Open the window wide
Take out any rubbish
Clear newspapers/magazines into recycling
Plump cushions
Clear coffee table and wipe
Deal with any flowers
Straighten and tidy - a tidy, uncluttered room looks clean
Level 2
Wipe/vacuum chairs and sofas
Wipe plants and water
Dust any furniture
level 3
Wipe sockets and switches
Dust pictures and anything else on the wall inc picture rails and dado rails
Clean electricals
Dust skirting boards
Through vacuum including the edges
EXTRAS
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
Peg out some washing
MAD half hour - paperwork; meal planning; TOOTS list checking; make any appointments; work on your challenges.
Wonderful Wednesday - the bedroom (s)
Level 1
Open the windows
Strip the bed and leave to air while you get on with something
Put the bedding into wash
Take out any rubbish
Clear any chair or floordrobes
Level 2
Remake the bed
Dust bedside cabinets
Clean the windows
Polish the mirrors
level 3
dust any other furniture
clear clutter from dressing tables etc
Vacuum/sweep or mop floor
Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour
HHI
Friday Flourish - bathroom (s)
Level 1
Fling open the windows
Clear the bins, remove emopties
Flush the loo and squirt something down it (I use cream cleaner)
Fling the towels in the WM
Level 2
Clear lotions and potions from around bath and scrub inside and out.
Prod a brush down the plughole to remove the ratty tails
Polish the taps
Slug of bleach down the drain
Scrub the loo inside and out - and blach it
Level 3
Scrub the sink
Polish the taps
Dust sills and shelves
Wipe anywhere fingers linger with a clean cloth or an anti-bac wipe
Mop the floor
Extras
Polish mirrors
Scrub tiles
Clean windows
S&S kitchen
MAD half hour
Friday...WOOTY WOOTY WOOT WOOT - kids rooms;spare room; guest room
Level 1
Open the window WIDE and strip the bed
remove any rubbish
Clear the floor
Level 2
Rehome as much as possible - remember don't put it down put it away
remake the bed
sweep, mop or pressure clean the floor
level 3
Wipe/dust sticky surfaces
Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour
make/bake something - even if it's "just" Twinks for unexpected - or expected -visitors
Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear
Janice 1964-2016Thank you Honey Bear
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Evening all
So I will see how I get on this week. Although tomorrow I have got a staff meeting after work then axe throwing later so not sure how much time I will have.
Thanks for the lists valli
Have a good week everyone
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Thank you Valli. I will do Level 1, most of 2 and some of 3 tomorrow. Two of my fellow-students are coming for a meal in the evening, then we've got to shoot part of a video for our joint project.
And thank you Natty for last week's thread - I managed a little bit, between migraines and work.0 -
I'm in this week. Been rather lazy this weekend and it shows _pale_
Enjoyed the sunshine today, but realised I need to slim down a lot before I can wear shorts. Here's to a fresh start with my diet. This week I will cut out biscuits, cakes and other sugary snacks. No doubt I'll have a monster sugar-withdrawal headache for the next week, but I need to get a grip :mad:0 -
Ty Valli...
OH home tomorrow so we might not get much done.. but I have a list of alternative stuff to 'supervise' him doing... I WILL get the ceiling sorted in DD3's room so I can decorate the rest.. Before she finishes college for the summer.
I need him to power wash the rest of the pavers, erect the second table and chairs maybe, fill in and sand 2 tiny ceiling holes and paint the ceiling for me.. I'm too short! He wants to go to the gym too so he can do that in the morning and then he is mine to boss about.
I have some stuff to drop at CS. I need to list some more stuff on ebeast too.. I have £155 sales so far in bids.. but a few days left.
Best go get a small ready for bed!
Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
Empty bins, swill them out and put them outside to dry in the sunshine
Clear sink
Clean sink & wipe the tap
Clear worktops, wipe them down and wipe splashbacks.
Wipe what lives on worktops and put it back
Level 3
sweep and mop (of vacuum) the floor
Extras
binbag dance all around the house
LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
Diving back in again this week with my own approach.
My week
Monday: work- away
Tuesday: work -away
Wednesday: work-day trip
Thursday: office day/supply teaching
Friday: Being a Mum (hubby away)
Saturday: being a Mum (hubby away)
Sunday: being a Mum. (Hubby away)
To do
Leave house in a reasonable state at 6am tomorrow.Outstanding mortgage: £23,181 (December 19)
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Many thanks for the lists Valli; going to really honestly just try to do Level 1 all week but just been stupidly busy. Let's see how far I get!!Flymarkeeteer: £168 and counting0
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Hi all
I am in! Lots of paid stuff and a tricky meeting tomorrow night but bring it on. Gym bag packed, lunches done, laundry up to date, kitchen tidy.
DS back to college tomorrow so first day leaving house at 7am after two weeks off. Funny how quickly you get out of the routine.0 -
Evening all,
I'm in again, please. Thank you ladies for the lists, this week and last.
This and that done this weekend. Some toddler toys have left the house. Given that DD is 15, I think that is good going!
I'm aiming for level 1 tomorrow. Anything else is a bonus.0 -
Morning all
I'll be in but doing evening flying
Had a lovely weekend, the lads were at download so me and dh had lots of us time over the weekend.
Think my interview went well on Friday I will find out this morning if I was successful
A bit more got sorted for the CS last week hoping to get that down there next week. Need to get kitchen done tonight
Hugs to all, I'll be back tonight. XSPC~12 ot 124
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