Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd December 2019

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. 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- that’s 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...

FLYLADY THREAD PICK'N'MIX

I'm not going to list the rooms by day, just by room but you are free to either do a whole room (all three levels) or mix up the levels across the week - so, for example, you might pick level 1 to do for all rooms. Just post what you HAVE achieved! Sharp-eyed flyladies will notice there are six lists...because YOU are picking and mixing. You might choose the worst room to really make a difference (and because you have the time) or the least minging because you're short of time.

Last Christmas posting dates 2019 here...

Here goes this week:

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!!!!

pigpen

TY for Fred!

4 presents still to buy and I will be done.. sorting those tomorrow once I have banked some quids. Still not started wrapping but I am writing cords tomorrow night while OH is in hospital being spliced and diced!

I told the girls he was in having his tummy fixed tomorrow.. Dot was most impressed he was going to be filled up with air like a balloon! Pixie asked if she could jump on him and he could pick her up again when he is mended.. and Squeak will bombard me with questions tomorrow..


Grotty Kitchen and Gloomy Dining Room
Level One..
Declutter and mop the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two...
Wipe the big appliances and units..
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear and wipe a window sill
Level Three...
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob.. no chance.. get my new one next sunday hopefully.
Extras

• Don't forget any cards posted!
• 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

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for thread.
Managed to get new vinyl for the wet kitchen yesterday and they think it will be fitted before Christmas, assuming the floor dries out and we don't need to replace the actual floor itself :eek: Mr N dragged the washing machine back from the garage to the kitchen, reattached the pipes and ran a load through so we could make sure it didn't leak again. It worked ok so it's clearly just a connection issue.

Today Mr N had a decent fly round the lounge/dining room while I was at church.
- Filled bird feeders.
- hung washing out.
- Put stamps on all the cards I've written so far, which is about 80% of them. emailed 2 friends to check addresses. Wrote a long letter to another friend to put in the card.
- Checked through the huge list of charities of The Big Give to identify suitable ones for 'presents'. A bit disappointed really, usually it is fairly easy to customise what I donate to for people but this time, despite the huge list, they don't seem that inspiring.
- had a chat with my brother to check various Christmas arrangements.
- wrote a bit more of a report
- knitted a bit more of sil's present.
- Read solar meter and put reading on line.

Happy healthy vibes for the forthcoming week everyone.

magicgirl

Hey people, its been a while since I posted of a FL thread but I have still been lurking here and there.
I am in the process of rearranging my entire home but trying to encourage the kids to pick up some good habits as we do it so back to flylady it is


Seeing as I don't have a dining room, the kitchen will probably be getting the special attention tomorrow (today?!). Kitchen and bathroom are the next two rooms on my list for 'clearing' so I guess I know which order I will be doing this in then.

Jazee

Morning all. Thanks for the list.

Spent all day in bed yesterday feeling bleurgh and will be out all day Christmas shopping so only expect to get the dailies done today, although hoping DD will help with decorations after shopping.

Have a great day everyone.

BadCat18

Morning all

Freezing and frosty here today, I am aching all over, am hoping it’s not another cold and a hot shower will sort me out... going to do that in a moment.

Full day of paid stuff and out this evening so probably just the dailies will be done here as well. House is looking pretty good after my efforts over the weekend. DH has finished his Christmas shopping (he has loads more people to buy for than I do) so I have offered to wrap them for him. I enjoy wrapping presents so I am going to do that tomorrow as most of them need to be posted this year as we won’t see many of his side of the family.

Have a lovely day all, stay warm and cosy if you can x

kazwookie

Morning


Thank you for the lists xx


WM is on
Kitchen is sorted
Recycling out
Shopping list made
Parcel eby sale wrapped
Legging on under my jeans for volunteering this morning as it is very cold here atm.


To do
Hoovering
Check bank account for the month, then do money, in theory I should see my first pension pay in there

Valli

Morning all

at home this morning but leaving for work early as I need to prep for Christmas crafternoon.

Yesterday did my bedroom and hallway. Plan to vacuum stairs this morning.

DW, WM and TD have all been put through their paces;)

Welcome to some 'new' old faces!

lauradora

Hi folks

I am back again after a long while. trying to get the whole family involved....

kazwookie

Spag bol made for dinner
Marks on carpet scrubbed off
Dehumidifier
Floors hoovered.

Jazee

Christmas shopping all done. At home dailies are done and I've changed the bedding. Decorations are still in their boxes.