Weekly Flylady Thread 10th February 2020

Natty68

I apologise for the layout of the thread, I'm trying to get to grips with the new forum...

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

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/HHIHalf 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 Mumfor 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 we go!

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One 
Clean floors,
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean the INSIDE of the microwave... don!!!8217;t forget the ceiling!!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
15 minute fling and tidy in that junk drawer in the kitchen.. get rid of all that stuff you put in there.. mind those prehistoric mousetraps!!

Extra Mission

Choose one or more of the following:

• Make sure to keep warm when the snow arrives.
• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wash the washer drawer out if it is icky, check filters too!!
• 30 minutes ironing!!! I KNOW you'll love me for that one!

Twinkly Tuesday ~ the boudoir  (seeing as I am looking at my mess!) 
Level one! 
Strip, wash and replace bedding.. With the window wiiiide open
Shine your magic mirrors
Level Two
Have a fling in a cupboard! Not with the butler!! What can be set free!?
Clear the top of a cupboard
Tickle away the dust and spider homes! It is not Halloween for ages!
Level Three
Gather up stinky laundry
Wash a window
Binbag dance.. Fill it up from anywhere in the house and let it go .. To the bin, CS or anywhere !!

Extras for those who are brave!

• Tidy the towels.. Can any be donated or turned to rags?
• Clean the upstairs doors.. Oh to live in a bungalow!!
• Wash stinky pet nests!!
• Do something you enjoy for at least half an hour!! Eating/drinking/chasing loose women do not count!!  

Study or other reception room & bathrooms - Wednesday
Level One
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing
Level Two
Vacuum the floors
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Level Three
Declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras Vacuum under movable furniture HHI.. Deal with any calls etc that need doing Clear a hotspot Replace any dead toothbrushes and sponges  Childrens/Spare rooms - Thursday
Level One
Clear the floor
Spend at least half an hour doing something just for yourself.. a nice bath, a manicure.. just your time! Make that appointment to have you hair done!!
Level Two
Strip the beds and wash those sheets.. and any duvets that need doing 
Sort out a box of things to give to the local nursery for the little children.. or for charity shop.. or a friend..
FLING!!
The local GP surgeries, hospitals etc often need nice toys for the sick children..
Level Three
Vacuum the floor
Deweb and fluff the room
Clean the windows
Extras

• Wash any curtains/throws/cushions etc that need it 
• Wipe sticky marks from walls and doors
• Clean any tv's, pc's playstations in the room
• Put the discs/videos in the correct boxes and books on shelves

Friday Fings!

Level One

Vacuum hallway, stairs and landing

Tidy up the coats and shoes and bags.. can any be binned??

Level Two

Wipe down the downstairs doors.. inside, outside, polish your knobs..

Wash a window or 2..

Dust behind your raidators.. sock on a stick works wonders!

Coats/uniforms in the wash ready for Monday!

Level Three

Binbag dance.. how fast can you do this???

Empty and clear out and tidy one drawer or cupboard

While you have your sock on a stick.. go eradicate the spider houses.. Halloween is 

October

Spend at least half an hour doing whatever you want.. knitting or admiring your work or 

just doing nothing!

Extras

• HHI

• Speed file a pile!!!

• S&S the kitchen.. I bet it needs it already

nmm

I'm in thanks for the lists Natty & Valli

Goodintentions

I’m in. Thanks for the lists.
I did some of my accounts this evening, so at least I did something!
Valli I can now see the time on the iPad - but only if I turn it to landscape rather than portrait! 🤷‍♀️ 

Hugs, sticks and spoons to those that need them. And I hope everyone is staying safe and dry in this awful weather, especially Dizzy
Night night all x

Narc0lepsy

I'm in and thanks for persevering with lists.
Wild wind and rain here in Herts/Essex but nowhere nearly as badly affected as some areas. The bird table fell over and a few buckets blew round the garden, but I think that's it - I haven't ventured far today, just walking to church service which is all of 10mins away. Have a safe week everyone.

Natty68

I'm being driven nuts by the new forum, I didn't come on last week so wasn't around when it changed over. I also hate the double spacing when writing a response but it comes up as normal spacing when posting.

dancemum

I’m in, thanks for the lists and the support. x

I have callls to make to my Mother’s insurance company and see if she can claim for roof damage. Most of the ridge tiles have come off.  Her neighbour rang me to let me know they were in the road. She had kept my phone number from the funeral details card I put through her door last year, good  thinking.

spent hours today sorting my bedroom . I through lots of old toiletries and makeup out and filled a charity bag,  a raffle donation bag and a rag bag. The room looks worse somehow.

ironing done

later alligators x

pigpen

TY for Fred.
I might not be joining too much because I am lazy and OH is home ALL week.. he has a few evening shifts but other than 1 day he is home all week.. which means I get nothing done because I hate running around like a nutter while he sits and watches.. help?... hahahahahahaha.. no... just no!

Monday I have the 2 ipads being picked up for repair. 10/11am
I need to ring about the claim for solar panels, see if dr's will let me book an appointment.. they won't and I probably won't even try because it is absolutely pointless.. I am supposed to have bloods checked every 8 weeks.. but since they were last done mid-December I haven't been able to get an appointment for the results so not worth making more blood appointments when nothing has changed. I need to ring the idiot place about bills.. but I don't think I will do that either. I do however absolutely have to ring about a quote for a new back door. The heavy rain today was seeping through the actual wood of the door.. I think it may be totally deaded.

I'm sending OH outside tomorrow to clear out the lower guttering because the hopper was spilling all over the kitchen window when it was at its heaviest rainfall.

school stuff sorted for tomorrow.. need to find shoes..

ttfn x

BadCat18

Morning all

Thanks for the lists Natty and Valli.

I’m up early, couldn’t sleep, going to be a busy week work wise this week and I was lying awake fretting, I have made a cuppa and am making a list, hoping things will look more manageable once written down.

Bathroom fitter starts today, exciting that it’s finally going to be done but not really looking forward to the disruption. Heating was fixed on Friday so have that bill to pay today, eeek.

I will be mostly working off my own list this week. This morning I have to shower, s/s bathroom, get kettle and water bottles filled as water will be off most of the day. FUPA laundry and get it out of the way then set myself up with a temporary office in the dining room as that will be furthest away from the noise. 

Still a bit blustery here, next doors fence has two panels broken and flapping about but I think we got off lightly compared to some. 

Have a good day all, hugs to those in need x

kazwookie

Hi

Thanks for all the lists and work that goes into them.

Still sorting my mind out for today.

Food list to make

|Beds to do

Some ironing

Might go volunteering but need to see what the weather is doing as I still have my cough, I have a nurse's app this week for my type 2. so I will ask if I have a chest infection or similar.

Have a good week

roundtuit

Morning (wavey smiley)
I hope that everyone is safe and well.

Round 1=
get washed and dressed
change towels in bathroom
change Sweetie's seed and water
feed the birds
put out rubbish and recycling
WUDUPA
Laundry shuffle
WM x1
Rxx

ionafan

Morning all [insert waving emoji - how I miss that one!)
Sorry to hear of storm damage everywhere.  It's quite calm here this morning, with a blue sky, as if nothing had happened, but we've had an awful lot of  heavy rain and I am counting my luck stars that I had one of the flat dormer roofs replaced last summer.

Today is going to be non-stop work, apart from having my nails done this afternoon.
I must remember to write birthday cards to deliver to four of the Old Wives at our meeting this evening, and also take the biscuits and milk for coffee time with me.
Apart from S&S, flying is on hold until at least Wednesday

(((Hugs))) spoons and sticks all round, as needed xx