Weekly Flylady Thread 12th November 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, door handles 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
If you have a self-defrosting fridge make sure drainage homes are clean and clear. Check fridge temperature too. We don't want any nasty bugs
Wipe table/change cloth
Dust dining area/room

Level 3
Clean oven
Sweep/mop/vacuum 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
Check through your OTC medicines - any OOD? Any need replacing?
If you're on prescription meds make sure you won't run out over the holiday period.


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
Clean the shower cubicle/screen

Level 3

Empty bins
Wash the windows
Scrub the floor
Replace the towels
Wash out the toothbrush holder
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
Put a glug of bleach down plugholes, in the loo and down any overflows

Extras

S&S kitchen
MAD half hour
HHI

Wednesday - look after #1 - your boudoir

Level 1

Open the window
strip bed
remove gibble and garbage
clear floordrobe/chairdrobe

Level 2

Make bed
Dust everywhere
wipe switches

Level 3
vacuum floor (or mop)
clean windows
make sure your room is a clean calm space for quality sleep

extras
Make sure your bedside table is clutter-free
HHI
S&S bathroom(s)
S&S kitchen

Thursday Thrills Lounge/sitting room

Level 1
Open the window even if only for five minutes
Empty the bin
Give the sofas and seats the once over - leather wipe or a just-damp cloth to move any marks
Lift and swap cushions and seat pads - vacuum underneath before replacing any
Rinse and squeeze out the cloth and wipe sockets, switches and door handles

Level 2

Dust all surfaces - don'[t forget the skirting boards
Give light fittings a dust, too
Check ceilings, covings etc for cobwebs
Carefully clean electricals

Level 3

Vacuum the floor
Polish the windows
Plump up cushions
Make sure that nothing is in here which doesn't live here

Extras
HHI
MAD half hour - clean out a neglected drawer
S&S in the kitchen and bathroom


Friday Frenzy - pick a room - any room
Conservatory, dining room, kids room, spare room,...

Level 1
Open the windows
If there's a bed in here strip it and wash the bedding
If it's other soft furnishings vacuum
Throw out any obvious rubbish
Clear the floor

level 2
Wipe the windows/frames/sills
Remake the bed (if there is one)
plump cushions

Level 3
dust and vacuum

Extras
Buy fresh flowers and put them somewhere you will see them, often
Wipe and water houseplants
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour - Toots list reduction OR Christmas prep - start listing what nneds sorting
make sure you've got your preferred tipple chilling
Have a lovely weekend.

Valli

Flylady 2018 Challenges - GO FLYERS GO

SCRIMPERS (no spend November)

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

Valli

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If you want to take part in the Flylady Secret Santa please PM me with your real name and postal address.

If you've any special requests e.g. nut free, please let me know that too.

As in previous years suggested value of gift up to £5; keep it light as you've to pay to post, too!

Many thanks Ionafan for doing this in previous years!:T:T

Will be closing this at the end of November.

pigpen

ty .... I'm ... here.. ish...

Valli

Sorry it's the kitchen but mine needs doing.

Did my LR yesterday. Moved the sofas - and I swear I have moved them since Christmas last year but I found a bauble under one of them *blush*

kazwookie

I'm here thank you ladies for all the lists x

Dinenr done
Grand Prix watched

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for the lists.
Good w/e with BIL, went to London yesterday to see wildlife photography exhibition and a Darwin play at the natural history museum followed by a meal then queued for over an hour in the pouring rain to see the Remembrance lights. Today we went to our village remembrance service, I was on coffee duty. Hard not to think of my dear friend who passed a year ago today. Took MIL to a Thai restaurant which to our horror had a spiral staircase! She managed it anyway. Getting used to eating on one side as tooth socket healing- sorry tmi.

No visitors now till Christmas now, we hope, so all out with decorating, sorting out my study (continuing to declutter) and keeping up with life.

Hope things pick up for all those struggling.
Mr N has his 2nd weekly mtx injection tomorrow; so far the unpleasant side effects seem to be sadly the same as for the tablet form.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Nipped out the the supermarket today because, in view of the day, I wanted to make what was my Granddad's favourite meal - lamb, soft, squishy wodges of sage & onion stuffing, gravy, potatoes and swede. Got held up in the queue to get my eyebrows done at the salon, but still got back with plenty of time to cook.

Kitchen looking relatively good. I started cooking dinner (so it was still looking no different when I sat down to when I started), but Himself took over and, following the ritual cremation of tiny blobs of stuffing and unpeeled roast potatoes, I've just discovered that because he informed me he was well aware of how to cook Swede and not to talk to him about it, he didn't actually realise I meant could he cut it in half, peel that half, chop that half and cook that half tonight and do the other half tomorrow, so it's still sitting on the counter.

He's now silently preparing Swede whilst dinner waits, only 3 hours after I'd timed the SC lamb to be ready. Whilst probably stinging slightly, as he moaned that I should have told him what to do with it (the temptation was great, but I resisted ) and how was he supposed to know what to do if I can't be bothered to tell him - I might have pointed out that passive aggressive vegetable preparation is rather annoying when I had been specifically told not to talk to him about the vegetables.

Alternatively, he could have left me alone to cook and it would have been ready by six.


I have practically inhaled a G&T and will most likely be retreating to watch BBC on my laptop shortly. After checking to see whether my work clothes have been washed (I suspect not, as they were put in the linen bin on Friday night).

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Narc0lepsy wrote: »

Hope things pick up for all those struggling.
Mr N has his 2nd weekly mtx injection tomorrow; so far the unpleasant side effects seem to be sadly the same as for the tablet form.

It takes about a month in my experience for the side effects to ease off. See about having more folic acid on the non MTX days (it's what our nurses prescribe), see about an anti emetic (one that works on the brain, not the stomach, as it's the brain that causes the nausea, not stomach acid), lay off the dairy/high fat stuff for the days either side and don't forget about the power of suggestion - he's likely to associate all MTX with nausea.

Narc0lepsy

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

It takes about a month in my experience for the side effects to ease off. See about having more folic acid on the non MTX days (it's what our nurses prescribe), see about an anti emetic (one that works on the brain, not the stomach, as it's the brain that causes the nausea, not stomach acid), lay off the dairy/high fat stuff for the days either side and don't forget about the power of suggestion - he's likely to associate all MTX with nausea.

Thanks. He hadn't been on mtx for several months, it was changed for Hydroxychloroquine some time ago. Sadly that hasn't been effective against the joint pain hence re-starting mtx. He was very surprised when the nausea and tiredness reared its ugly head, hadn't expected it all. Will mention the dairy and check the folic acid. Think he has an appt next month to see how it's going. Ironically Ibuprofen worked best when he was on Hydroxy, but nurse was most unimpressed when he told her.

Have just done a bit more of a report then written a few more Xmas cards.

atypicalblonde

Morning all,

Thanks for the lists I am in

Dashing to work now so will check in properly later. Have lovely days all xx