Weekly Flylady Thread 20th April 2020

Natty68

Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.

Thank you Valli for last weeks 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!
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 guided

Monster Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining mess
Level One...
Clear and wipe sticky work surfaces
Wipe and replace small appliances, get rid of all those crumbs underneath the toaster
De-web and fluff the room
Level Two...
Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three...
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there..
Clean out the fridge
Do the 15 and 30 minute jobs too...

Take 30 minutes to go outside and do some form of exercise…walk the dog, power walking or cycling.

Extras

• MAD half hour - Check appointments for this week, we don't want you missing any important ones.
• Wash the windows
• Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
• Clean filters and detergent dispensers
• HHI
• Spend at least 15 minutes doing something for yourself...

Thunderstorm Tuesday ~ the boudoir  (seeing as I am looking at my mess!)

Level one!
Strip, wash and replace bedding.. With the window wiiiide open

Wipe down door handles, light switches, phones - anything you touch really. 
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 !!

Don’t forget to exercise or go for a walk. Remember not to go too far from the house though.

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/watching trashy t.v....

Whimsical Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs!

Level One...

Declutter and vacuum!
Vacuum right the way up the stairs!

Level Two...

Wipe sofas
Wash windows
Dust and deweb!.. don't forget furry skirtings!

Level Three...

MAD half hour doing something for yourself! …(have a nice soak in a bubbly bath, wash some trashy thing on t.v…etc)
Wash any soft furnishings that need doing
Sort through coats n bags n shoes etc
Daily exercise, walk the dog ..

Extras

• Sort through a handbag
• Sort through a cupboard or drawer of junk
• 29 fling boogie...
• HHI

Thrilling Thursday - Bathroom and study!!
Level one
Clear and declutter the desk of doom!! lol
Declutter the floors and sofas!
Level Two
Vacuum floors
Dust the fluff away
Wipe over the sofas/chairs/desk etc
Level Three
Scrub the bath, shower, basins and loos
Scrub down the tiles
Wash any bath mats, shower curtains etc that are in need
Daily exercise – walking the dog, cycling, power walking or a jog.

Extras

• Clean the windows and mirrors
• Delete 50 unwanted emails!
• Defrag the pc
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash the filters etc make sure all are dry before rebuilding!

Friday - those frightening Friday kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
binbag dance
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!!
Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, in the toy box!!!! aim for 27.. if no toy box you’ll have to choose another area!
Level Three
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Don’t forget to take your daily exercise outside as per lockdown regulations.

Extras

• Wash a set of curtains, nets or throw
• Make all those necessary phonecalls!
• HHI
• Make a half hour time out for yourself!!

Natty68

Valli yes it was me that made the cheese and wild garlic scones... I take it you discovered how yummy they are..   I am going to be making some more this coming week as I am getting some more wild garlic delivered with the veg box this Tuesday

Oh and yes I'm back finally... I think I have had everything thrown at me. Once I started feeling better from the virus that hit me I then started getting my IBS playing up. This then knocked me out of action for about three days..I'm now only just beginning to reduce the painkillers to only twice a day now instead of 4 times a day..  I must admit I have seen more of my sofa than I normally do..although couldn't tell you what I've watched on t.v..lol

So now I'm hoping to get myself back into the swing of things again especially as my house desperately needs some tlc..

pigpen

Glad to see you back on your feet and thank you for Fred.
I have no idea if I am in, out or shaking it all about.. but I'm here!

Narc0lepsy

Welcome back Natty.
A fairly lazy day. Watched a bit of Sunday Worship on BBC then watched our village on line service.
Did a fair bit of gardening, nowhere near as much as Mr N who doesn't do slothdom to my level.  New seeds arrived - melon, normal and white carrot (which is a new one on me so had to try them).
Walked friend's dog.
Enjoyed pasta and cheese sauce with my newly purchased gf pasta, at last I have some!
Disappointed that my decluttered magazines seem to be of no interest to the village. One man asked if I had any Mayfair, Readers' Wives or another, presumably adult, magazine I'd not heard of. I wasn't particularly offended but felt it was a bit unnecessary for him to put that on a village FB, so I didn't get drawn into replying!
Did a bit more tax return. I've almost finished my spreadsheet, just need to decide whether to wait for uni to issue a P60 for the tiny bit of non self-employed work I did for them, and annual statements from bank. 
 

ionafan

Morning all.  Welcome back Natty [insert waving emoji] - and thank you for starting us off on a new week.  Thanks also to Valli for last week's inspiration!
After gardening instead of snoozing all afternoon, I crawled into bed about 2 hours earlier than usual, so of course this morning I've woken up 2 hours earlier than usual.  Rosie heard me move, decided she wanted to go out in the garden, and then barked furiously at something behind the pots on the decking.  I got the torch and found a lovely plump hedgehog.  He or she is very welcome to move in and feast on my slugs and snails   
Yesterday I moved out all the pots and bags in the back yard, mended the trestles, swept out the dead leaves, planted some sprouting red potatoes in the thick black compost bags that I had squirrelled away under the table,  and put everything back neatly; planted out French, borlotti and broad beans undisturbed in their toilet roll inners; mowed the lawn; and had a chat with our NNDN, at the end of which he rushed round with his extra-long tree loppers and pruned the top branches off the pyracantha which I had no hope of reaching.  In return I gave him cake
Today I must 
- do as much of today's list as possible/necessary, especially checking the appointments for this week - I have a Zoom meeting at 10.00 this morning, DH has one this evening, and there are various phonecalls from different hospital departments (routine appointments) to listen out for: I need to stick up individual reminders on the kitchen cupboard where we keep the coffee
- WM x2 or 3
- ring building society, check finances via online bank, and move money around
- make some church phonecalls 
- start (and maybe even finish) the church Gift Aid claim, now that I've got all the necessary info
- catch up with zzz after lunch
- walk Rosie
- remember to water the bedding plants that I bought to fill the patio pots
It is now daylight, so I reckon the day has officially started.  Hope you all have a good one xxx

BadCat18

Morning all

Welcome back Natty. Thanks for the thread.

I got a head start on the kitchen list yesterday, I cleared out 4 drawers and 3 of the cupboards, washed them, decluttered a few bits and put everything away neatly. The dining room is also done and the floors were mopped. 

Paid stuff for me today and once again I’ve been awake for ages, will get myself showered and dressed and on to it very shortly.

No wm here at the moment, the floor where it sits is uneven as the tiles don’t go all the way back into the recess, we had put some wood underneath the machine at the back to stabilise it but I think it’s come off so when it was spinning last it was shaking the house, not good for us, the neighbours or the machine !!!. I’ve ordered a special mat to go under it, I only want to move it once though, it’s in such an awkward spot...so no washing until it arrives!!

Have a good day all, take care x

kazwookie

Morning

Thank you for all the lists x

Hope to go to the cattery today, and drop off frontline and fingers cross she will let me see my cat, as she is on lockdown.

VAT also to do today, shouldn't take long but it is the getting round to it, (I have no excuses) hopefully I have all the paperwork I need with me, if my packing plan went to schedule.

Have a safe and good day

[Deleted User]

Morning all,

Thank you for the lists I am in. Back to something resembling home schooling today. I have just heard about Oak national academy putting lessons online so will look at that. DW has been unloaded, it's a bright beautiful day so I will get the dogs bedding in to wash. Did loads of decluttering yesterday and it's bin day tomorrow which is good 🤗

I hope everyone has a super day, take care xx

Valli

Morning all 
Natty they were delicious - and it got me out of the house - wild garlic grows in abundance down by the brook.  I have been meaning to forage and use some for years so thanks for the kick up the derriere.  I posted a pic on facebook and a friend said about making wild garlic butter so I'm going to do that next... it will make awesome garlic bread (which DS loves).
I'm also making excellent progress with a baby cardigan for my colleague who's due in maybe 5 weeks...lost track tbh.  I have cunningly acquired her home address (as I organised a delivery of flowers as she went into isolation and we didn't get to wish her off on her mat. leave) so I shall post it.  And I'm going to drop a couple of scones off at the aged P's - might walk up there actually.
I stripped DS's bed yesterday so that will go on the line later.  And I need to do a bit of wfh though I have been doing bits over the hols.  I've got a proper official job to do so that needs doing.
Must look at the list - hope it's the kitchen.
And Natty - lovely to see you - hope you continue to improve x.

Mademoiselle

I am in again this week, still no excuse not to be.

Good weekend with a couple of nice walks with OH, different to our usual evening loop.  A Facetime chat with both DDs and then with friends in UK.  Quite good progress done in the garden, but the more you do the more you notice that needs to be done.

Plan for today is to make a last batch of masks and then put the machine away, it's annoying me being on the dining room table all the time.  I need to get on with sorting admin and tax return next.  I will do masks this morning and then clean and remake bed this afternoon.

Today I have
Picked up clothes
Stripped bed
Booked doctor's appointment for repeat prescription, early tomorrow morning so hopefully there won't be many people.
Sent email to friend with mask patterns etc (it's going to test her French)
DW on (thank you OH)

So time to close PC and get cutting out before I make coffee  

roundtuit

Morning xx

Glad to hear you are on the mend Natty xx

Weekend Willi fluttered rather than flew at the weekend. Badcat - you prompted me to jump into my car and take it for a spin. It started - so I'm hoping I've avoided the flat battery syndrome this weekend. Touch wood! Yesterday I walked to the village C00p to do my weekly shop.   Walking there was ok, walking back with a bag full of shopping (including milk, bananas and baked beans) was challenging, but I did it. Had a brief stop at the seat at the crossroads to catch my breath. Turns out you can't use your Mr T clubcard to collect Mr C00p dividend points   - guess who grabbed the wrong loyalty card when she decided not to bother with her handbag and just shoved debit card, loyalty card, phone and keys into various pockets   

Another glorious day so I've set towels and tea towels swishing whilst I have my morning brew, 

Round 1 =
get washed and dressed
peg out washing
set 2nd load swishing (jeans)
breakfast
feed birds

Rxx