Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd December 2018

Natty68

WOOHOO IT IS :xmastree:.....DECEMBER..... :xmastree:

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. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.

Thank you to Valli for last week's thread

There are 3 levels per day with depending on how much time you have. Feel free to mix and match to suit your own personal circumstances.

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!

Click here to read Toots wonderful welcome guide

Some of our abbreviations: DH- dear husband, OH- other half, KH/CF- affectionate term for ex husband or partner DS/DD- dear son/daughter, DGC- dear grandchild, WM- washing machine, DW- dishwasher, LR/DR- living/dining room, RoD- room of doom, 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 ~ Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room
Level One...
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two...
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Level Three...
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..
Wrap any presents you need before the 25th, gifts for teachers or friends. Do you need to give Christmas Boxes to milkmen, window cleaners etc?I know I need to sort out a Christmas Box for my lovely postman, who is very good and even knows when I am up and about now so he can deliver any parcels

Extras

• Don't forget any cards and presents posted!
• Check through Christmas ornaments, do any need throwing away or replacing. Last thing you want when you decorate your tree is to find broken ornaments!!!
• Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
• Wash the windows
• Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!
• Dust and Deweb

Christmas Extras

• Finalise those last minute presents you have to buy..
• Wrap all the presents for family/friends
• Finalise shopping orders/lists for your christmas food shop.. remember shops are only closed for one day!!!!

Tuesday ~ Luscious Living Room, hallway, stairs
Level One...
Clear the floor of clutter
Tidy the baubles and lights on the tree.. OR PUT UP YOUR TREE
Level Two...
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wipe and water plants
Wash the windows
Level Three...
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
Sort coats, shoes and bags
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.

Extras

• Check the smoke alarms
• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Finalise your christmas menu and shopping list
• Defluff and deweb these rooms
  
  Christmas Extras
  
• Stick all your cards up
• Christmas wrapping, try and get at least a few done
• Replace the batteries in your annoying singing things
• Make a receipts envelope for all the receipts from Christmas presents, just incase anything needs to go back

Wednesday ~ Brilliant Bathroom, Sociable Study and other grotty places!
Level One...
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
Level Two..
Wash windows and any chairs/sofas
Clean curtains/blinds etc
Declutter floors
Level Three...
Wash bathmats/shower curtain and furry bog hats
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it, throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles

Extras -

• Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
• Clean windows in these rooms
• HHI
• Spend 30 minutes just having time for yourself, whatever it is doing.
• Fling boogies are here again, aim for 27 items to leave the house!

Christmas Extras

• Bake pies and buns!
• Sort childrens presents into separate bags so they are easier for santa to sort
• Last check of the present list, have you got everything?
• Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!

Thursday ~ Master messroom! and landing
Level One...
Strip the bedding and get it washed!
Level Two...
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!
Vacuum and turn the mattress, vacuum the landing and floor
Remake the bed
Clean the windows
Level Three...
Wash any curtains/etc that are in need
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Fill a binbag for charity shop or the bin!

Extras

• HHI
• Update remaining present lists
• Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs
• Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
• Wash some light shades

Christmas Extras

• Make a timetable for christmas prepartions.. turkey in.. turkey out.. etc
• Spend 30 minutes just having time for yourself, whatever it is doing, because we probably won't have time next week
• Chase up any deliveries you are waiting for that have not arrived
• Update remaining present lists

Friday - Let's play catchy-up
Level One...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Spend 30 minute pampering yourself!!
Level Two...
Catch up the the window washing
Catch up on the floor mopping/vacuuming
Catch up on the dewebbing and dusting!
Level Three...
Collect ALL the dirty laundry from about the house inc and bedding that needs changing..
Spend 15 minutes on your filing
Clean ALL the filters and drawers etc on the kitchen appliances

Extras

• Wipe down ALL the paintwork you keep putting off
• Choose a manky kitchen cupboard and make it shine.. the inside.. NOT the outside!
• Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
• Clean the pantry or airing cupboard or understairs cupboard or shed..

Christmas Extras

• Post all the cards you need to post. Last posting dates are drawing very close.
• Wrap all the presents for family/friends/teachers etc
• Wipe out the freezer.. defrost if needed!!
• Straighten the baubles and lights on the christmas tree.. and if you haven't done it.. get it up stop being such a humbug!
• Write and send the remaining christmas cards!!
• Stick all your cards up!!
• Update remaining present lists!!!
• Wrap remaining presents..
• Make a timetable for christmas prepartions.. turkey in.. turkey out.. etc!!!

Natty68

Flylady 2018 Challenges - GO FLYERS GO

SCRIMPERS suspended until after Christmas


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

I'm in...thenks Natty.

Though I think Scrimpers would be better of being suspended for the month of excess!

Had a picture of a left hand and a sparkly ring... one of my nieces is engaged.


House is minging. Grey rainy days = lack of cleaning motivation.

pigpen

Thank you lovely!

Erm.. I'm here.. kinda-sorta-wannabe!!

I have 3 ebay sales to parcel and one already done to go.. £70 in my paypal.. KERCHING!! I am so skint it is unreal.. my mother owes me £380 plus £130 for the loan so she is going to be skint too.. but thats not my problem.. she asked me to do her shopping for christmas and I've done it!! it ain't cheap!

After christmas I need to get my wedding ring resized.. it is about 3-4 sizes too big and driving me insane flopping about.

WM can go on when OH gets home from work. I can't watch any tv rubbish as I cannot find the remote which was here 2 hours ago.. and I have Pixie off school tomorrow.. she seems fine now but was sick during the night so she is home until Tuesday.. because I am a responsible parent!!

right.. first thing for this evening.. I need to wrap at least 2 boxes of stuff.. and when OH gets home I have a bookcase and a chest of drawers to help get out of the car so he can get the girls to school tomorrow.

DS1's partner lost her mum on mothers day 2012.. it is DIL's birthday today and she is in the hospital with her dad who is going to pass away any hour due to complications of his T1 diabetes.. I don't know if anyone has seen but in honour of him and DS3 I have chosen as my 'FB birthday charity' JDRF.. I doubt it will raise a great deal but every penny helps in the research to find a cure for T1 diabetes.. so if anyone is able.. I would appreciate the help.. and if not that's fine too.. I donate to them quite often.

Prayers and guiding light and peaceful passing vibes very much appreciated.. we hoped he would spend one last christmas with his 4 children and Fabian but it looks like we need to let him go. My heart is truly breaking for DIL.. she is such a lovely young woman and we can't protect her and she has her 3 younger siblings to care for too..

Natty68

Valli received my SS pm thank you xxx

Natty68

Valli wrote: »

I'm in...thenks Natty.

Though I think Scrimpers would be better of being suspended for the month of excess!

Had a picture of a left hand and a sparkly ring... one of my nieces is engaged.


House is minging. Grey rainy days = lack of cleaning motivation.

I'll delete scriimpers for this month Valli, we can resume again in January

Valli

Natty68 wrote: »

I'll delete scriimpers for this month Valli, we can resume again in January

It'll be desperate by then lol

Fayolle

Thank you, and I'm here. Behind as always, not sure how that always happens.

DD is soooo stressed for her mock GCSEs this week. I don't remember being under so much pressure at 16.

Pigpen - lots of thoughtful vibes to your DS and DiL. So hard. X

ionafan

Thanks for the lists, Valli and Natty. I shall be "in" as much as possible this week. I still haven't got round to writing any Christmas cards, but I'm very pleased that this weekend I have sold all the toys that DGD1+2 gave me for the toddler group - except that I have no room for a large play kitchen and a box full of different kinds of play food in our very limited storage area. Now, instead, I have a tidy sum towards the group's running costs, and there is suddenly space in our spare room and on top of the chest of drawers in our bedroom

Thank you for all good wishes for my DH. He is considerably better this evening, having done almost nothing all day, but tomorrow he will have to change his horse piddle appointment to a time when I can take him, as even he agrees that he is no longer fit enough to travel to the hospital in the big smoke on his own, by train. Unfortunately his appointment next week clashes with the toddlers' nativity service, where I need to be... Fingers crossed for a cancellation!

Thinking of you and yours, pigpen, and prayers for a peaceful passing for your DiL's dad.

Narc0lepsy

I'm in but it will be a week of chaos.
Finally we have finished the wall preparation and painting of skirting boards/picture rails/banisters so we are ready for Decorating Man to start wallpapering on Wed. Mr N will be assisting so let's hope between them they can stay on the ladders intact.
I've got 3.5 assessments to write up and 2 more to carry out.
Need to do a whole range of admin tasks, Christmas tasks and try to keep some semblance of cleanliness in the house despite the contents of the hall etc being spread around the house.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Fayolle wrote: »

Thank you, and I'm here. Behind as always, not sure how that always happens.

DD is soooo stressed for her mock GCSEs this week. I don't remember being under so much pressure at 16.

Pigpen - lots of thoughtful vibes to your DS and DiL. So hard. X

Despite the doomladen sayings of teachers who will come under greater pressure from on high if the mock results are poor, when the kids are stressing out, I have told them that the point of mocks is that they are rehearsals for the real thing. They're designed so that the kids are used to sitting in the hall with a single desk, have invigilators walking round and can't mess about before they get to the ones that matter. And if they panic or do really badly in them, they're meant to act as the biggest kick up the backside they've ever had so that they take the final exams more seriously and work to cover the bits they haven't grasped in earlier lessons. You're supposed to make mistakes in rehearsals - so you don't make them in the show.

In addition, whilst colleges will look at mock results, they take into account the schools' assessments of the applicants' broader levels far more than just the numbers on the list.

I have been told by kids that this actually helps them, too.