Weekly Flylady Thread 29th October 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...

Manic Monday - Kitchen Kapers

Level 1

Clear sides and wipe down
Replace what lives there, wiping as you go
Empty bin
Wipe sill, sockets, and switches
Clear and clean sink and accessories

Level 2
Wipe down all cupboard and drawer fronts, not forgetting handles
Clean hob
Sort fridge and wipe seals; weave stuff that needs using up into your meal plan
Wipe table/change cloth
Dust dining area/room

level 3
Clean oven
Sweep/mop floor
make sure your meal plan includes frozen stuff you need to use up - and make space ready for Xmas


extras
MAD half hour
HHI
S&S bathroom
Soon be November - do you need any birthday cards for the next two months?

Terrific Tuesday Bathroom Blitz

Level 1

Shine the sink
Clean the loo inside and out - scrub that rim
Wipe the light pull

level 2

Clear the bath and clean it completely
Clear the shower cubicle/screen

Level 3

Empty bins
Wash the windows
Scrub the floor
Replace the towels
Wash out the toothbrush holder
Check bottles and throw out anything not being used/empty/that's been open for longer for 24months
Wipe down any units
remove all plugs - shove a brush down plugholes and twist and pull out all that hair and grime
Polish all taps with a fluffy cloth

Extras

S&S kitchen
MAD half hour
HHI



Wonderful Wednesday Living room

Level 1

Empty out any rubbish
Clear and clean coffee table
Rehome aything which is out of place
Wipe coasters
Deal with any flowers/water & wipe plants
Clear out fire/woodburner

Level 2

Dust and polish any wooden furniture or just dust
Check corners for cobwebs/spiders and remove
Dust skirting boards
Wipe handles/sockets/switches
Dust electricals

Level 3

Lift chair/sofa cushions and vacuum under them
Wipe leather furniture/vacuum sofas
Sweep/mop/vacuum floor

extras
clean window in lounge
MAD half hour - only half an hour - this is a nibble not a mouthful!
HHI
Binbag fling - grab a bin bag, run around t he house and fill it with gibble and CHUCK IT OUT


Thursday - Kids Room - if they're off then enlist their help

Level 1

Open the windows WIDE
Strip beds

after a suitable time (eat your breakfast)

Make the bed

Level 2

dust every single surface - get the kids to sort out what's on them
clean the windows

Level 3

Vacuum thoroughly
Sort out a drawer or a cupboard

extras
sort out the clothes in one drawer or cupboard - fling the too-small
Make sure PE kits are ready to go back on Monday (if yours are on half term)
make sure the people you love know you love them.





Friday Finale - The Boudoir

Level 1

Open windows
Strip the bed
Remove any rubbish/empty bin
Clean Window

Level 2

Make bed
Clean bedside table
Clear flooordrobe chairdrobe etc

Level 3
Dust any other furniture
Sweep, mop or vacuum floor as appropriate
Wipe sockets and switches

Extras
Wipe all lotion and potion bottles
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Weave a double meal into meal plan to freeze following one of my mottoes Cook two and freeze one ready for a busy day.
And remember Don't put it down, put it away

Valli

Flylady 2018 Challenges - GO FLYERS GO

SCRIMPERS (no spend OCTOBER)

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 {9lb 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

dancemum

I’ll try my best to be in, half term here.

Thanks for the lists x

x_raphael_xx

Hi all,
Serial sign-up and disapear-er here.
I'd like to pop in again. I've got so much going on at the moment that the cleaning has been left behind. Just been skimming the top but neglecting the deeper cleans. Need a KUTA

Going to aim for at least Level 1 each day, and more if I have energy.

kazwookie

I'm in, thank you for all the lists

atypicalblonde

I'm in, thank you xx

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Sort of here as it's back to work tomorrow.

Himself is grudgingly doing some washing up before cooking tea and I'm resolutely doing nothing today. I suspect he is still harbouring some annoyance that I technically got up an hour earlier than usual with the clocks going back last night, as that means I'm going to be expecting him to surface an hour 'earlier' in his mind. I didn't; despite AF making her appearance today, I'm not feeling particularly irritable, more disinterested - and I CBA to point out that turning his nose up at the new little supermarket round the corner (because it has more fruit, veg, meat and ingredients than it does sweets, cakes, crisps and fizzy drinks?) meant that nothing was bought for me to have at work tomorrow. I'll deal with it in the morning on the way in.

Once tea is finally provided (I haven't pointed out that this is technically twenty to ten at night and he's done nowt other than grumble about the price of organic eggs whilst buying milkshake and crisps, neither of which count as food - or a justifiable purchase if money's that tight - anymore than energy drinks were yesterday - in my eyes), I am going to watch some seasonally themed drivel on telly and then have a bath.

wishingthemortgaheaway

I'm in this week.
Home for a week with sooo much to do.

Tomorrow is washing, unpacking and generally getting myself straight before work on Tuesday.

I'm trying to up my 'domestic goddess' ness and to do this I have:
Baked bread in the bm
Started a sourdough starter
Fed the Christmas cake
Meal planned from stores (will need cheese for Tuesday, but that's it so far).

Keep smiling everyone.
Wish.

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

I am in too but being kind to myself - the last couple of weeks have been manic at work and I need to be careful not to overdo it.

And seeing as I lost my extra hour in bed last night having to get up and take a girlfriend home at 2am (long story but essentially she wasnt supposed to be out that late) - I am claiming my hour tonight and going to bed soon.

Night all x

pigpen

ty.. I'm not dead still..


Busy knitting and destashing my mountains of yarn.

Mademoiselle

I'm in for the start of the week

At the weekend did manage to get party room de spidered and cleaned ready for DD2 to use with friends. She was actually very pleased and surprised how clean we got it and Sunday after everyone had gone she cleared it all up with help of OH and cleaned it again so for once it is 'put to bed' clean.

Loads of laundry to do over the next 3 days so the WM and TD will be working overtime. Have a few errands to run with DD2 whilst she's home so not planning any major tasks but hope to keep the place tidy.

Bins full already of junk from clearing party room so happy about that. Leaves swept again! Starting to be fed up of Autumn.

Have a good day.