Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd July 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'
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...

Monday - Living Room Loveliness

Level 1

Open the windows!
Empty any bins.
Sort through the magazine rack - and fling.
Give the cushions a good plumping.
Remove anything that doesn't live here.
With a damp cloth wipe remotes, light switches and the bit just above and below the door handles, where sticky fingers leave residues.

Level Two
Lift sofa cushions, swap around if you can and vacuum all those crevices
Dust everywhere - check for cobwebs!
Clean flies out of light fittings...I use an air can (as used for zapping dust in electronics

Level Three
Dust/wipe curtain tracks
Move all the furniture you can and vacuum

Chillies - - your home will be lovely if you help too!
Make your own bed.
Remove anything icky from your rooms and bin it.
Lift everything off the floor and vacuum it.
Put your clean clothes away tidily and your dirty clothes in the laundry. Make sure your PE kits is in the wash too! We don't want a panic come September!

Extras
Sort out your herbs and spices - fling OOD stuff!
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Wash make up brushes and put outside to dry but NOT in direct sunshine
Water parched plants


Twinkly Tuesday kitchen and dining

Level 1
Clear the sills and clean the windows - don'f forget glass in doors
Clear the sides
Wipe window sills and sides down
Replace stuff - wipe it as you go

Level 2
Wipe down cupboard fronts/doors - don't forget the handles
Wipe table and chairs
dust in dining room

Level 3
Wipe splashbacks
Clean sink - don't forget UNDER the draining rack!
Sweep/mop/vacuum floors

Extras
S&S bathroom
Drink plenty of water
MAD half hour



Wishy wasy Wednesday - bathroom(s)

Level 1

Empty bin
Clear any rubbish/remove anything not in use and therefore gathering dust
Wipe sill and polish window
Scrub sink
Polish taps
Wipe whatever sink stands in or on

Level 2
Scrub loo bowl inside and under the rim
Wipe over toilet
Scrub out bath and shower
Put towels into wash on a HOT cycle

Level 3
Polish shower screen
Deal with mould or mildew
Glug bleach down drains and plughooes and in loo
Sweep and mop floor
Put out fresh towels

Extras
HHI
S&S kitchen
Mad half hour



Thursday Thrill Hall, stairs, landing or a neglected room

Level 1

Clear anything left on stairs - fling or rehome steps should be clear
Dust wood
Wipe sockets and switches
Bash mats outside

Levell 2
Clear coat racks - can anything be washed?
Clean and wipe boot and shoe storage
Check footwear's clean or to cobblers

Level 3
Check smoke or CO alarms
Clean windows and light fittings
Polish door knob and numbers
Sweep step (outdoors)
Vacuum/sweep/mop floors

Extras
Make sure drains are clear of detritus ready for the downpour
Put winter coats away
Wash gloves and scarves and get them dry
Give dusters and cleaning cloths a hot wash

f*/- it, it's Friday and it's too hot

S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
check fridge is functioning. Get all food in in asap to chill
keep drinking water
peg out washing if dry (we are yet to see threatened/promised rain in Valliland)
Look at your Toots list (because, let's face it, it's too hot to do anything else)
Do quiet, sitting down jobs in the shade eg shredding
You know the frozen meals I have been urging you to make? Get one out ... failing that plan a minimal cooking meal. Feed all persons outside in the shade thus minimising mess indoors

Valli

Flylady 2018 Challenges - GO FLYERS GO

SCRIMPERS (no spend JULY)

atypical blonde
Lamewolf
Pigpen
Natty (was a naughty flylady..lol)
Kazwookie
Jazee
Honey Bear
Valli
Fayolle
Yorkshirelass
Lynnejk
Mumof2

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
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 9lb (hope that's right!) Excellent work
donnajt 3 st
Rosemary7391
Mrs Chaos 16lb
Faete 2st
Natty 1st 7Ib {6lb lost}
Kazwookie 2st tbc
Honey Bear 5 kgs

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

Jazee

Thanks Valli, I'll be in from Wednesday. Most of tomorrow's list I've done today.

Scrimpers - not going too badly. Will try even harder in August.
Slinkies - 10lbs gained this year so well on the way to that 2 stone. Oh, it's the wrong way.

FurryBeastOz

Thanks Valli. I’m in.

Thanks Natty for last week. I’m amazed at what a difference following last weeks list made. Only 1 or 2 level 3’s didn’t get done (including the oven:o. I did start, but I need to buy some proper cleaner tomorrow)

Did a tip run with garden cuttings today. We can now sit on the decking without wincing. I think I need to do a little everyday. The brambles are rampant and keep attacking us when we try to go in and out:rotfl: But we have lots of blackberries.

I think now we are going to be staying here for the next 6-12 months I am going to have to buy a small freezer for the garage. Summer is all very well, and I’m not working so can deal with it. Over the winter, when I hope to be working, I’m not going to cope without batch cooking.

Right. Off for a bath and then an earlyish night. See you all tomorrow.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I'm feeling incredibly fat now.

Chicken roast dinner. OK, the potatoes were burned, the veggies watery, onion raw and the gravy made with twice as much water and still not enough put on the plate, but it was the most like a proper meal that has been made for months. The chicken was done right, after all.

He's washed up once (only need to do it again when he's not around to get the cups actually clean rather than slightly less dirty), put recycling out and spent 'all day scrubbing and cleaning', which means he vacuumed the studio and moved things around a bit in there again for twenty minutes before watching videos online, ignoring the rest of the house.

Never mind, I'll get him doing something useful tomorrow.

wishingthemortgaheaway

Another week in our temporary home so I'm 'out' again, but I do enjoy reading about everyone else's' successes and I will need to get 'back on it' when I return in a couple of weeks.
Wish.

Fayolle

Thank you Valli, I'm in. Thank you Natty for last week, and lots of coping hugs for you.

For the slinkies, I managed to misplace another lb. Don't hold your breath about it staying off for the next week though.
For the scrimpers.... Work in progress. I need to get a strict budget going this week as the school holidays will throw up some curve balls, no doubt.

HB - snap! DD and I are going to the same outdoor showing next week, different location. We will be having the time of our life....

froddington

I need to be in - thanks Valli :A - but I have no motivation for anything at the moment

I think I may just take a few things from each list and aim for half hour or so each day. Maybe that will get me back into flying.

Doesn't help that we are still waiting for Mum's scan results and I am not looking forward to the meeting as she still thinks she is going to get better

Valli - that video is fab and your pupils were lucky to have you. Almost didn't recognise your new look - well done xx

lil_me - welcome back xx

Please help yourself to congrats, hugs and flylady vibes as required x

Monday - Living Room Loveliness

Sort through the magazine rack - and fling.
Lift sofa cushions, swap around if you can and vacuum all those crevices
Dust everywhere - check for cobwebs!
Vacuum floor

lil_me

Thanks I am in!
Living room not so easy as there is currently 2 x TV cabinets in there so I can level 1 it I guess, maybe do a bit more. Do have some gibble type bags in there to sort out which might help
I am transforming the second one (the one we mainly use ) into extra kitchen storage, we are in the middle of a big change around and OH randomly has painted the bathroom, well started it.

I need to re-establish what is my dailies and add to it treadmill use on the morning, alongside some tidying up

First dress fitting Tuesday, second ever kick boxing / embarrassing myself with how unfit I am Monday night

Froddy, one day at a time. She sounds like a really positive person x

froddington

lil_me wrote: »

Froddy, one day at a time. She sounds like a really positive person x

Thanks - but unfortunately she almost certainly has some form of dementia and can't remember things from one day to another. She knows she can't remember but just doesn't realise how long this has been going on for or how bad things are :(

Right, I need sleep - night all, sleep well xx

atypicalblonde

Morning all

First full day of the school hols here, and I have some plans for us involving a picnic on the decking, chalking on the patio (need to buy chalks!) and a few pottering about jobs. Kiddies are currently colouring in an old roll of wallpaper

I have unloaded the DW, the WM is going and I need another cuppa

Have lovely days all, enjoy the sun xx