Weekly Flylady Thread 15th June 2020

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.

Thanks to Valli for last weeks thread

Every room comes back around next week so please don’t stress about catching up

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!

Mad Monday ~ Living room of Lushiousness and Hallway of Happiness
Level One
Open the windows and turn on some music - something that you can sing along to loudly while working.
Wipe and water the plants.
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace.
Level Two
Clean any glass, pictures, windows and mirrors - make them sparkle sparkle!!!
Find 10 things to get rid of ... no men/women/children/pets!!!
Dust or polish furniture.
Level Three
Vacuum floors and under furniture - don't hurt yourself, and if pregnant/injured/unable then ask someone nicely to do this for you..
Check for cobwebs and get rid..
Wipe down the inside of the front door and windows - make these shine..
Spend 15mins tackling a hotspot!

Extras

• Wash any nets that need doing

• Wash windows

• Have an isolation childrens party & tidy up afterwards!!

• Wash any throws/cushions/dog beds that need cleaning

• Groom the pets, also deflea any that need doing.

Tootling Tuesday ~ Kitchen of Klutter and Dining room of Despair!
Level One..
Open the windows and let in the light
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces & table
Level Two..
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Clean out drawers and filters on the big appliances and the kettle!
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Shine the grotty windows, make them sparkle and let in the light!
Drag everything out of the junk cupboard.. wipe it out and put back the bits you are keeping.. Get rid of the things you will never need or use!!

Extras

• HHI

• Fill a bag for charity shop

• Deweb the downstairs of the house!!

• Scrub down the woodwork.. skirtings, door frames etc

Wonderful Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level One..
Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and feed it to the washing machine..
Level Two..
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet
Remake bed with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!
Level Three!!
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. your bedroom is NOT a shed!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades

Extras

• Wash any curtains that need doing

• Binbag dance

• Clean the windows

• 15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome!

Therapeutic Thursday - Bathroom of Bubblovia and Sparkling Study
Level One..
Clear the floors of clutter
Open the windows and air the rooms
Level Two..
Clean/vacuum the floors
Shine the bath,toilet and basins etc
Twinkle the tiles
Level Three..
Get rid of those nasty germs off the telephone, keyboard, mouse, monitor, sockets and switches.
Declutter the pc desk
Make the mirrors sparkle in these rooms..

Extras

• HHI

• HHG.. if you have nice weather pot up any plants that need redoing, get rid of some of those nasty weeds.

• Fill the bath with lovely warm bubbles.. and get in it!!!!!! enjoy!!!!!!!

• 15 minutes filing

Frivolous Friday - The Land of 'Spare Oom' and the neighbouring
Land of Child Grot
Level One..
Open the windows and collect the smelly laundry!
Strip the beds that need doing
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! even if it is just sitting out in the gloaming with
a cuppa.
Level Two….
Find the floor.. books on shelves, toys in boxes, games in cases and restacked.
Vacuum new found floor
Wipe windows, pc's, screens etc
Have you got Father Day cards all bought? If not the shops are open all weekend!!
Level Three..
Wipe away any sticky messes and grub-spots
Make sure the drawers are all orderly.. nothing dangling out!
Drag the junk out from under the bed and put it in its proper places!

Extras

• Find something to freecycle.. you could even fill a box of junk to car boot

• Find something to ebay

• Find something to send to charity shop

• Find something to give to someone you know

• Get rid of them then!!! lol

• Spend time with loved ones...

pigpen

TY for Fred.

I need to sort my hovel out.. we are going for an early night.. in the hope I can get something done tomorrow... and Pixie has her viledin lesson.

Mad Monday ~ Living room of Lushiousness and Hallway of Happiness
Level One
Declutter the floor and fireplace... partially done
Level Two
Clean any pictures, windows - make them sparkle sparkle!!!
Level Three
Vacuum under furniture
Spend 15mins tackling a hotspot!.. my house is a hotspot
Extras

• Groom the pets, also deflea any that need doing... need to order flea treatment.
  

Tootling Tuesday ~ Kitchen of Klutter and Dining room of Despair!
Level One..
Level Two..
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Level Three
mop the floor
Extras

• Deweb the downstairs of the house!!

Wonderful Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness
Level One.
Strip off smelly bedding and feed it to the washing machine..
Level Two..
Remake bed with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!
Levek Three!!
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere.. your bedroom is NOT a shed!!
Extras

• 15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome!

Therapeutic Thursday - Bathroom of Bubblovia and Sparkling Study
Level One..
Level Two..
Clean/vacuum the floors
Twinkle the tiles
Level Three..
Make the mirrors sparkle in these rooms..
Extras

• 15 minutes filing

Narc0lepsy

thanks for lists. I'm still lurking and doing the usual stuff.
Mr N has decided the bedroom needs decorating. Decorating in my view is something you do when you move in.......and never again.  However it is a bit scruffy in places. As I'm partly colour-blind and have no taste at all, it is always a nightmare. Sigh.
Er, not much more to say really. 

Valli

I'm in And frankly I need to be.  I haven't even managed to fo all the washing up.  Three loads line dried. DD came in from sunbathing announcing that rain was en route so I persuaded her to get the washing in.  W ell dear Midlands and all other places getting water collected in Derbyshire.  Don't worry about a drought. We've had that much rain dry May must have been made up for and I dare say we've had June's quota.

kazwookie

Thank you for all the lists.

I'm on an adventure this week! there is a plan and it will work as long as people do what they should on the day they have said they will or are booked to do, short version, carpets to be fitted, leave and clean rental, move to property being purchased, internet goes on, furniture gets delivered, unpack loads of boxes I've not seen for about 12 weeks, get furniture in the right rooms, probably argue with OH as he is being very laid back and not even started to pack up his stuff out of the rental, and moaned like hell when I was cleaning the oven / kitchen last night as I was making too much noise doing it, work out how the pre paid meters work, electric one seems to display nothing phone help tells me it is broken, therefore electric is on free flow!, gas one has some money on it, asked OH to check it worked over the weekend, so from Monday if it doesn't work then I can get someone out, has he bothered....................no (but there is a recent gas certificate so hopefully it does work)

Have a good week folks

BadCat18

Morning all

Thanks for the lists x 

WAC checking in, I’ve been awake since 4... I really want to go back to bed but I have an early meeting so need to just get on with it....

Plan for before work...

shower and dress
breakfast
start dailies
wm to set swishing

sun is shining showing up the muck on the outside of my windows....must book window cleaner!

Have a good day, back later xx

Mademoiselle

I'm in again this morning, but it's going to be very hard as didn't sleep well either.  
Thanks for the thread, it's helping keep me on the straight and narrow.

roundtuit

Morning xx

Thank you for the lists xx

Woke up at 10 to 6 (that's a lie in these days), got up at 20 past 6. Made my bed and changed the towels in the bathroom. Admired my shiny toilet. Set towels and tea towels swishing. Supped my morning brew.

No sun here. It eventually burned through the cloud  mid afternoon yesterday, but the washing dried ok. So towels etc will be pegged out and hope for the best.

I had great fun with my new phone yesterday. I took my first selfie   and my first selfie with a filter on (furry ears and a little black nose)   and I taught myself how to photo a photo and upload it on to fb. I could hear family and friends diving for cover when they realised what has now been unleashed  

Mr M is bringing food between 10 and 11 and I must fill up with petrol at some point today. Going to the bank would be good but is not a priority - I'll see how I feel: I've not been in to town since before lockdown, just been for petrol or to the pharmacy which doesn't involve mainstream town iyswim.

Round 1 (let's look willing) =
breakfast
get washed and dressed (don't want to frighten Mr M lol)
feed the birds
put out rubbish and recycling
WUDUPA a bowl of pots
peg out washing

Oh look - Groundhog Day  

Stay safe
Rxx

roundtuit

Oooooo - looking at G00gle it would seem that I don't have to go to the bank - I can go to the PO to deposit cash and cheques in to my bank account. I'm always suspicious of anything new to me but that should be safe enough don't you think? ( Finance wise not covid wise - just to be clear!)

Well that's a weight off my mind - or it will be, when I've been lol

Rxx

Jazee

Morning all.  Thanks for the list, just read and realised I'm ahead as I've already dusted the dusty bits in the living room.  Will report back with progress later.  Due to changes here and odd things needing to be done, I'm very much working to DHs timetable.

Have a great day everyone.

BadCat18

Me again!

before work plan done, early meeting done, I gained 15 mins on my day so I quickly dusted the living room, straightened the cushions and put the cordless dyson round, I’m calling that room done for today, it was thoroughly hoovered with all furniture moved on Saturday so woot woot I’m ahead of the game!

second cuppa now made, will go back to work for a bit now until the wm is done then I will fling that on the line.