Weekly Flylady Thread 12th August 2019

Natty68

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 Valli for last week's thread

It is your responsibility to read the forum rules, please follow them 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 something Flylady-related!

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


IF ANYONE WANTS ANYTHING ADDED TO THE LISTS, WHEN EACH DAY IS DUE TO BE ADDED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW

Right here goes:

Monday Minging & Flinging - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two..
Sweep and mop floors
Sort & clean oven and hob
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three...
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!

Extras

• Clean the fridge.. it is smelly!!
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• 31 fling boogie..
• GO! buy yourself some flowers from the shop.. your reward for making the kitchen shine!
• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Tuesday Triumphs - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One...
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Level Two...
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks. Make them sparkle, sparkle!!!!
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three...
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Hoover/Sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry

Extras!

• MAD half hour
• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes, do you really need that empty shower gel bottle?
• If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
• Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits
• Get in a manky cupboard. Give it all GOOD scrub out before placing the things you need to use soon at the front, throw out everything you don’t want/need. If no messy cupboard do a food inventory!! Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

Wet Wednesday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! Paint your nails, make an appointment to have your hair done, a lovely soak in the bath. Whatever you feel like!!
Level Two...
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Level Three...
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! And replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

Extra Task List

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
• 30 minutes ironing.. you love me & you know it!
• grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!
• Sort the book shelves.. and toy boxes.. what can be flung?

Thrilling Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One...
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level Two...
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen.. do you need that winter duvet yet?
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level Three...
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

Extra tasks list

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in.. doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it!
• Clean out that airing cupboard!!!!!! get rid of those things you don't need.. use dead towels as cleaning cloths etc.. be ruthless!!!! you REALLY don't need that 'thing' you've saved for 10 years.. 'just in case' If you did this last week.. you can do the under the stairs cupboard!!

Freaky Friday- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One...
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two...
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three...
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom..
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or are dead!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it! .. Does anyone have a pulper to make logs from their old papers??

Extra mission:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Check through those bottles.. what can be flung/decanted!!!
• clean the radiators and woodwork in these rooms
• Scrub down the dirty marks on the walls in these rooms, and any dirty marks on the walls. When did you last clean 'under the rim'? Get a mirror and check it out.. how gross??? Wash any chair covers/throws/blinds etc. When did you last replace the bath sponges & toothbrushes??

Valli

I'm in *waves*

Mind you tomorrow I'm out.

BadCat18

Thanks for the thread, i am in for the new week. Going away on Thursday so need to keep on top of things for the first part of the week. WM loaded for tomorrow and kitchen has been reset.

See you all in the morning. Hugs to those in need x

pigpen

ty.. I'm not in.. I am away wed-fri and packing and bed building and other stuff organsing until then.

BadCat18

Morning all

I’ve been up for a while, WM just set swishing, kitchen counters wiped down and floor swept. Litter trays refreshed and all cat bowls washed and refilled. Cuppa finished so I am about to go and shower before starting paid stuff.

Hoping the weather is decent today so I can put washing out, if not it will have to go on the airer again.

A little more flying will be done later when I stop for lunch. Have a lovely day all x

Jazee

Valli wrote: »

I'm in *waves*

Mind you tomorrow I'm out.

Same here, out for most of today. Just having a cuppa, must get ready next.

Have a great day everyone.

[Deleted User]

Morning all and thank you for the lists. I am in for this week. WM is on, DW to go on shortly, big walk planned today to wear kids and dog out, determined not to spend any money today.

Have lovely days all x

juliejim

Morning All

Roundtuit - hope you have a good day - hugs x

Lots to do today but let's have a look at the list!

Monday Minging & Flinging - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One...
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE] Haven't got any!
Level Two..
Sweep and mop floors - probably should try and do this
Sort & clean oven and hob - yep needs a wipe over
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary) - this is the main job today as I need to make it into a kitchen!
Level Three...
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and [STRIKE]replace[/STRIKE] all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc - there's nowhere for them to go!
[STRIKE]Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!! [/STRIKE] tiles need removing, these are the only ones that are left but not on today's jobs!
Clean [STRIKE]cupboard door fronts and[/STRIKE] fronts of appliances [STRIKE].. don't forget those kick boards..[/STRIKE] only got appliances!
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! [STRIKE]Tumble dryer[/STRIKE],[STRIKE] cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!![/STRIKE] not got them, TD was done yesterday, if I try to do the WM ones at the moment they'll probably end up dirtier!

Extras

• Clean the fridge.. it is smelly!!
  [STRIKE]
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk![/STRIKE] Haven't got any apart from the windowsill and the taps will be removed in the next couple of days!
• 31 fling boogie..
• GO! buy yourself some flowers from the shop.. your reward for making the kitchen shine! there is no kitchen to make shine!
• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

So far today I've
WM x 1
TD x 1
Washing on the line
WUDUPA - this involves washing one thing, drying it and putting it back in a box then doing the next one!

Water people will hopefully be out later today, if not tomorrow as they've got to sort out the main stop tap (there's on the pavement not ours inside), they came out this morning but the chamber has collapsed so they've got to bring out the big guns!

I need to go and drop some CS off, I went yesterday but stopped to help at a RTA which happened just in front of me so then they were shut when I got there.

Main job for today is to attempt to sort out the DR into some sort of kitchen area so that we can at least eat even if by the end of the week I will be washing up in the bathroom sink!

I also need to move some boxes in the conservatory so that the plumber can remove the radiator.

Painting is also on the list but I don't think that's going to get done today!

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue

kazwookie

Morning

Thank you for the lists x

Up washed dressed / hiar dried
Fed various animals for away neighbours, the list is growing, as are the key I have, my cat came with me this morning, and followed me about the cul de sac as I went to the various houses, sat outside and waited for me. Then made a hell of a racked when we got back wanting his food, but he was first fed!!

WM is on
Bed stripepd and remade
Bleach down the toilets
Off to volunteering

Had most odd dreams last night, one was about my old works, it seems I went back and took over the business..............the other was about a sewing machine and relining the curtain...................

Have a good day / week

nicki_2

Thanks Natty, I'm going to try and be in this week.

The housework hasn't been getting done as often as I would like the past few weeks and it's starting to get on my nerves. DS isn't paying keep so he can contribute to completing the lists rather than sitting on his bum watching TV :mad:

This week is my last proper working week of the summer as I try to take the last 2 weeks of August off for any "back to school" stuff that needs doing. Extending it slightly this time as it A-level results day on Thursday so we'll finally find out what's happening with DS come September :eek: I've already told my customers I'm not working Thursday through Sunday this week but I bet some still need to be reminded so I'm expecting to have to work some evenings next week as well. I also have a builder coming next week

The plan is to do todays list, clear some of my sewing projects from the sideboard, get some laundry done after changing the beds (DS can do the ironing) and get the breadmaker going to avoid going for a grocery shop I also have some work to do before my busy day tomorrow.

First things first, I'm going to copy the list onto the mirror in the livingroom (I use whiteboard markers) so DS can see what he's doing today Then give him a kick up the backside to get him moving. I sent him up to have his shower at 8.30 and I can still hear him in his bedroom and he definitely hasn't been in the shower yet :mad::mad:

Catch you later :wave:

juliejim

Stuff taken to CS
Food shop done
5 loads of washing done

Now I really need to start on the DR!