Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd July 2019

Valli

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'
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, wash it and put to dry in the sunshine
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

Extras
S&S bathroom
HHI
Write summer jobs list - (me really)

Tuesday - Bathroom Blitz

Level 1

Shine the sink
Clean the loo inside and out - scrub that rim
Slug some bleach down
Wipe the light pull
Empty the bin

level 2

Clear the bath and clean it completely
Clear the shower cubicle/screen
Fling towels and bathmats in the WM

Level 3

Wash the windows
Scrub the floor
Replace the towels
Wash out the toothbrush holder
Wash out the toilet brush and holder and put in the sunshine to bleach and dry
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
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]scrap that - IT'S TOO HOT
BUT
can you wash...
mattress covers/pillow covers/door curtains/winter coats and winter woolies/pillow/cuddlies...anything that needs a hot breezy drying day?

Wednesday HUMP DAY - the boudoir. You deserve a clean, tidy, restful bedroom - and you NEED it too, to re-energise

Level 1

Open windows w-i-d-e
Strip bed
Allow to air
Remake bed

level 2
Clear floordrobe and chairdrobe
Clean windows
Vacuum, sweep or mop floor

Level 3
Dust all sides and shelves
With a just damp cloth wipe all your lotion and potion bottles, hairdryers (especially if you use product while blow drying) etc. and put all perfumes away in a drawer. The sun/heat will damage the contents
Polish mirrors

Extras
S&S kitchen
Wash any throws
S&S bathroom
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]only iron anything urgently needed. It's way too hot
Defrost something from the freezer for an easy evening meal/COLOR]

Thursday the hottest day ever...

LIST?

no list - do only what you need to which cannot wait; pace yourself. The jobs will still be there when it cools down.

Friday Flourish

A little bit of everything IF it's cool enough

HHI try to get some cleared now it's cooler
S&S bathroom
S&S kitchen
Spend 15 minutes in each room...

Make the bed (if there is one)
Empty bins etc
Water plants/flowers
Straighten cushions
General tidy and remove gobble
V. Quick vac/sweep round

pigpen

Thank you.. I'm on flinging mode as of tomorrow.. aiming to get the girls room emptied, the middle room habitable and sort through wardrobes!

Manic Monday - Kitchen Kapers
Level 1
Clear sides and wipe down
Replace what lives there, wiping as you go
Wipe sill, sockets, and switches
Level 2
Wipe down all cupboard and drawer fronts, not forgetting handles
Clean hob
Wipe table
level 3
Sweep/mop floor
Extras
Write summer jobs list -

1. OH's suit to cleaners
2. sort me a wedding outfit where I don't look like a pig in a dress!
3. Fold mountains of laundry
4. Sort cupboards.. Squeak, Dot/Pixie, Twinkle
5. Sort middle room
6. Sort girls bedroom
7. Sort toys
8. Sort school clothes/winter clothes and compose list of winter necessities.
9. Sort bookcase in the front room
10. Work out christmas budget.


Tuesday - Bathroom Blitz
Level 1
Shine the sink
Clean the loo inside and out - scrub that rim
Slug some bleach down
level 2
Clear the bath and clean it completely
Level 3
Wash the windows
Scrub the floor
Polish all taps with a fluffy cloth

Wednesday HUMP DAY - the boudoir.
level 2
Clear floordrobe
Vacuum, sweep or mop floor

BadCat18

Thanks for the thread. Im in for the new week, full week of paid stuff but as I blitzed the whole house yesterday I should be able to keep on top of it!

FrankieM

Thanks for the new thread...I'm in

[Deleted User]

I'm in thank you for the thread x

Fayolle

I’m in. Thank you. I’ll get on writing the Summer Job List then...could take a while x

FrankieM

I'm up and I've done my flying for today.

I've not done a lot with the kitchen previously so it's all a bit sticky, baby steps..

Counters/sides..done
Cupboard fronts..done
Bleach sink..done
Bin emptied etc..done
Sills/sockets.switches..done
Wipe hob..done

I've also given the WM a once over and I'm currently putting cleaner through it.

I'll do the dining room tomorrow.

Have a great day

Jazee

Morning all. Thanks for the list and hope you're all ok.

I've been lurking but not posting for a couple of weeks. Some dailies have been done and I dusted my office but apart from that - nothing. Aside from clearing up some broken glass, the hoover hasn't been out of the cupboard for a fortnight.

So today, I must rejoin you. I will do what I can from the list and I also need to dust the living room, hoover through, make a cake, cut the grass back and front, clean my car, and meet up with friends twice today. Dailies and dog walking must also be done.

Will report back later.

Have a great day everyone.

BadCat18

Morning all,

I’m late in today, I slept a little TOO well last night I think!
Anyway, tea has been slurped and breakfast eaten. Shower and dress next and then straight in to the paid stuff, at home again for work so will do dailies and some flying at lunchtime.

Have a lovely day all x

Jazee

Living room is dusted which also takes a couple of jobs off today's list as it's our diner too.

Just having a cuppa and crumpets, will make cake next. Trying to get hot jobs out of the way first before my shower but I'm so hot already.

Fayolle

Morning all
Recycling is out and bins are cleaned. DW topped up and filters cleaned at the same time. Gross. I’m going to dust and tidy the dining room before I have to take DD for another appointment and to find out the results from the last round of tests.
Have a lovely day all