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Weekly Flylady Thread 1st April 2019
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Welcome to the Weekly Flylady Thread
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!
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...
Manic Monday - Kitchen Kapers/Dining Room
Level 1
Clear sides and wipe down
Replace what lives there, wiping as you go
Empty bin and clean it out too
Wipe sill, sockets, door handles and switches
Clear and clean sink and accessories - don't forget those out-of-sight places - under plugs and under draining racks
Clean/polish table - wipe mats/change cloth
Check fruit and wash bowl
Throw away your manky dish cloth and replace with a new one!
Level 2
Wipe down all cupboard and drawer fronts, not forgetting handles and tops and bottom as well as fronts!
Clean hob - thoroughly. Wash all detachable parts too.
Sort fridge and wipe seals; weave stuff that needs using up into your meal plan
Dust dining area/room
Level 3
Clean oven
Sweep/mop/vacuum floor
Wipe out or wash out whiffy bins
Clean windows
extras
MAD half hour call one or join one
HHI
S&S bathroom
Do something NICE for yourself...make a coffee date/social arrangement
Find something you're keeping 'for best' and USE IT - best is now!
Update financial spreadsheets - it's a new financial year!
Have you got all the cards you need for April?
Tuesday Twinkles - bathroom, wet room, en suite(s)
Level 1
Fling open the windows
Clear the bins, remove empties - rinse and recycle please!
Flush the loo and squirt something down it to start working
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 plugholes to remove the ratty tails and/or lift and clean hair traps
Polish the taps
Slug of bleach down the plugholes and in overflows
Clean the plugs - don't forget underneath!
Scrub the loo inside and out - and bleach it
Wash toothbrush holders/glasses
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
Polish mirrors
Dust/wipe any storage units
Extras
S&S kitchen
BINBAG dance - especially if your bin will be emptied this week.
HHI
Wednesday - hump day - your room
Level 1
Open windows w-i-d-e
Strip bed
Allow to air
Turn mattress if (a)necessary (b)you have assistance or (c) muscles
Vacuum/dust frame/headboard
Remake with fresh linen
Level 2
Clear floordrobe and chairdrobe
Clean windows
Vacuum, sweep or mop floor
Dust all round
Level 3
Wipe/dust skirting boards
With a just damp cloth wipe all your lotion and potion bottles, hairdryers
Polish mirrors
Vacuum/sweep/mop floor
Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
MAD half hour
Thursday Thrills - Lounge
Level 1
Open the window w-i-d-e 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; don't forget crevices and backs
Rinse and squeeze out the cloth and wipe sockets, switches and door handles
Ensure electricals are clean - and wipe those remote controllers, too
Level 2
Make sure coffee tables etc are cleared and cleaned before replacing stuff neatly
Wipe any coasters
Dust all surfaces - don'[t forget the skirting boards
Give light fittings a dust, too
Check ceilings, covings etc for cobwebs
Level 3
Vacuum the floor moving as much furniture as possible - don't forget the edges
Polish the windows - and the TV screen - and mirrors
Plump up cushions
Make sure that nothing is in here which doesn't live here
Water plants - tidy flowers
Extras
HHI
MAD half hour - clean out a neglected drawer
S&S in the kitchen and bathroom
Join in an HHC - or call one!
Thursday kids room guest room
Level 1
Clear the floordrobe
Remove rubbish
Strip bed
Open and clean windows
Dust/vacuum headboard
Level 2
Remake bed
Dust bedside tables
Dust any other furniture
Check all electricals are safe to use
Level 3
sweep/mop/vacuum floor
Polish any mirrors
dust anything on the walls
Tidy the toybox
Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
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!
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...
Manic Monday - Kitchen Kapers/Dining Room
Level 1
Clear sides and wipe down
Replace what lives there, wiping as you go
Empty bin and clean it out too
Wipe sill, sockets, door handles and switches
Clear and clean sink and accessories - don't forget those out-of-sight places - under plugs and under draining racks
Clean/polish table - wipe mats/change cloth
Check fruit and wash bowl
Throw away your manky dish cloth and replace with a new one!
Level 2
Wipe down all cupboard and drawer fronts, not forgetting handles and tops and bottom as well as fronts!
Clean hob - thoroughly. Wash all detachable parts too.
Sort fridge and wipe seals; weave stuff that needs using up into your meal plan
Dust dining area/room
Level 3
Clean oven
Sweep/mop/vacuum floor
Wipe out or wash out whiffy bins
Clean windows
extras
MAD half hour call one or join one
HHI
S&S bathroom
Do something NICE for yourself...make a coffee date/social arrangement
Find something you're keeping 'for best' and USE IT - best is now!
Update financial spreadsheets - it's a new financial year!
Have you got all the cards you need for April?
Tuesday Twinkles - bathroom, wet room, en suite(s)
Level 1
Fling open the windows
Clear the bins, remove empties - rinse and recycle please!
Flush the loo and squirt something down it to start working
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 plugholes to remove the ratty tails and/or lift and clean hair traps
Polish the taps
Slug of bleach down the plugholes and in overflows
Clean the plugs - don't forget underneath!
Scrub the loo inside and out - and bleach it
Wash toothbrush holders/glasses
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
Polish mirrors
Dust/wipe any storage units
Extras
S&S kitchen
BINBAG dance - especially if your bin will be emptied this week.
HHI
Wednesday - hump day - your room
Level 1
Open windows w-i-d-e
Strip bed
Allow to air
Turn mattress if (a)necessary (b)you have assistance or (c) muscles
Vacuum/dust frame/headboard
Remake with fresh linen
Level 2
Clear floordrobe and chairdrobe
Clean windows
Vacuum, sweep or mop floor
Dust all round
Level 3
Wipe/dust skirting boards
With a just damp cloth wipe all your lotion and potion bottles, hairdryers
Polish mirrors
Vacuum/sweep/mop floor
Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
MAD half hour
Thursday Thrills - Lounge
Level 1
Open the window w-i-d-e 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; don't forget crevices and backs
Rinse and squeeze out the cloth and wipe sockets, switches and door handles
Ensure electricals are clean - and wipe those remote controllers, too
Level 2
Make sure coffee tables etc are cleared and cleaned before replacing stuff neatly
Wipe any coasters
Dust all surfaces - don'[t forget the skirting boards
Give light fittings a dust, too
Check ceilings, covings etc for cobwebs
Level 3
Vacuum the floor moving as much furniture as possible - don't forget the edges
Polish the windows - and the TV screen - and mirrors
Plump up cushions
Make sure that nothing is in here which doesn't live here
Water plants - tidy flowers
Extras
HHI
MAD half hour - clean out a neglected drawer
S&S in the kitchen and bathroom
Join in an HHC - or call one!
Thursday kids room guest room
Level 1
Clear the floordrobe
Remove rubbish
Strip bed
Open and clean windows
Dust/vacuum headboard
Level 2
Remake bed
Dust bedside tables
Dust any other furniture
Check all electricals are safe to use
Level 3
sweep/mop/vacuum floor
Polish any mirrors
dust anything on the walls
Tidy the toybox
Extras
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
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Thanks, Valli. I'm in.0
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Thanks, I'm in in theory but all is crazy and living from day to day at the moment.
MIL went home to her flat yesterday and sat there arguing that it wasn't her room while she was sitting on the bed surrounded by her possessions. So far the carers we have met (2, 4 times per day) have been the same 2 and lovely. They just keep asking us things which we thought they knew,e.g. about medication or catheter bags! we have no clue, but they are very helpful and make suggestions so we now have a running shopping list, a white board to leave each other messages etc.
I think we are going to spend most of our day shopping, leaving notes, meal planning, visiting..............
Plus another dear friend is in hospital waiting to find out what the 6cm 'lump' between her bowel and ovary is; 2 weeks since she saw her GP. today's hospital doctor spoke almost exclusively Greek so they are none the wiser, other than there is a meeting to be held next Thursday.
But on the flying front, although I'm not exactly keeping up with the spotless house, it's fairly ok considering. 2 overnight guests this week (both our brothers) so a bit of planning and office-tidying needed (my brother will go on the Z bed in my office). I'm working Wed and Thurs, and have nearly 2 reports to write up, plus CPD to evaluate and log from a conference yesterday. We may go up to Norfolk to visit friend in hospital.
My seeds are growing well in the greenhouse, Jazee you're amazing!
Love the dog HB fingers crossed for you.Remember...a layer of dust protects the wood beneath it.0 -
HB Best of luck - she looks ideal to get used to living in a home, rather than a nasty breeding pen. And there aren't many places nicer for her to get used to than yours - I can imagine her enjoying the sights and smells of the Hoe.
Been grumpy all day, took it out on Himself. Don't care.
Now going to bed.I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die: I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by.Yup you are officially Rock n Roll
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Ty for fred xx
Narco.. I wouldn't do a whiteboard.. I would contact through text or email so you all have a written copy of what is discussed.. in case anything does get mis-interpreted or confused you all have back up.
I'd get all that medical info, type it up and laminate it and stick it on a wall so it doesn't get misplaced and is there for everyone to see.. and possibly have a tick chart like the toilet cleaning in service station toilets.. so medication etc can be ticked off when complete.. to cover everyone. I do tend to take things three steps too far.
I have stomach ache.. I ate chocolate.. it hates me.
I'm very much a misery guts today lol.. tomorrow is a new day and I will be less of a grouch!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 -
Hi. I haven't been on here for years.. (wow time does fly) but I'm back and I'm in for this week.0
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Morning all
A quick dash through to say thank you and yes please. Although I’m not sure how successful this week will be yet again.
The plasterer starts today in the bedroom RoD. DH is wfh. So the combination doesn’t bode well for flying.
Slinky needs a kick - 3lb gained this last week.
HB - fingers and everything crossed for the pooch. She’s gorgeous.
Jazee - I’m in planting awe. I did 3 short rows of potatoes yesterday and that was enough. I can’t even contemplate hundreds of bedding plants!
Narc0 - ((Hugs)).0 -
Morning
Thank you for the lists x
HB what a lovely dog, I am sure you will all get on very well, once she has settled in with you.
Frost here this mornng
WM is on
Bed is stripped
OH has gone to London to work today.
No change on the weight loss for this week.
Off to volunteer for the morningBreast Cancer Now 100 miles October 2022 100 / 100miles
D- Day 80km June 2024 80/80km (10.06.24 all done)
Diabetic UK 1 million steps July 2024 to complete by end Sept 2024. 1,001,066/ 1,000,000 (20.09.24 all done)
Breast Cancer Now 100 miles 1st May 2025 (18.05.2025 all done)
Diabetic UK 1 million steps July 2025 to complete by end Sept 2025. 504,789 / 1,000,000Sun, Sea0 -
Morning xx
I'm in. Oh I do love it when the 1st of a month is on a Monday Feels like a new start.I ate chocolate.. it hates me.
Ditto. Chocolate yesterday = anxiety today. I worked out the link and stopped eating chocolate weeks ago. But DS bought me some chocolate for Mother's Day and it would have been rude not to...
Changing the clocks doesn't help - it always takes me a few weeks to adjust when they go forward. Going back doesn't affect me at all. I must be tuned in to GMT.
Better crack on - feed birds, recycling out then heigh ho heigh ho.
Happy Monday xx
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Bonjour,
I'm in again this week. Had a lovely weekend, lots of walks by the sea, 12000 paces Saturday and 20000 Sunday so pleased with that. Also did some flying in holiday house so place is nice and sparkly again.
Back here there is loads to do. Bathroom man starts knocking things down today so have emptied all the cupboards and drawers in there. A huge big box of I don't know what so I need to go through it all carefully and only keep what is necessary.
WM was on overnight so that is now drying and WM back on again.
Need to go and finalise tiles etc for bathroom this week, maybe tonight.
Haircut this afternoon so a bit of me time.
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Morning all, poorly toddler here. (He's got no voice, just a shame his cough is so loud, or we'd be having a very peaceful day)
So far:
Up
Dressed
Kitchen tidied
Dw on
Dry washing put away
Dirties in wm - not enough for a load at the moment
To do
Shopping list
Food shop
Tidy round as best as poss
Cash out of bank for cleaner
Today's list - thank you.Outstanding mortgage: £23,181 (December 19)
MFW 2020 Challenge Member #10 0/£23180
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