Weekly Flylady Thread 27th July 2020

Natty68

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread.

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.

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 content! (i.e. it should be on-topic)

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!

Monday Melee ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clear 1 window sill
Open windows and let in that summer sun!!!!
Level Two..
Sweep and mop floors
Scrub out the sticky fridge!
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
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard..
Extra Mission : help yourself

• Clean the hob

• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!

• 32 fling boogie..

• Phone someone you love just to tell them so!

• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Tuesday Twister! ~ Living room, halls and stairs
Level One..
Vacuum floors and sofas and hall and stairs
Level Two...
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe and no-one can have any accidents falling down them...
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
HHI
Level Three...
Wipe and water plants
Sort through a dumping drawer/cupboard
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc

• Sort through shoes and coats and bags

• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!

• Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it

Wednesday Winging & Flinging ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One...
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Muck out any pets.
Level Two...
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! 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, shower curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra mission: Take your pick!

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms

• Wipe the tops of the cabinets and cupboards in therse rooms

• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes

• Replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it

• HHI... a bit more gone!

Thursday Thllliiing!~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One...
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the fresh air
Level Two...
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level Three...
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through the cupboard and fling everything that no longer fits
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter

• Clean all the upstairs door frames

• Clean windows in these rooms

• Clear the top of a bedside cupboard/chest of drawers or shelf

Friday Frenzy ~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One...

Keep as cool as possible, get plenty of fluids and do not over do it in the heat of today.. It's forecast to be a scorcher!!!
Open the windows and let in the fresh air...
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Level Two...
Make an appointment for some ME-time.. hairdressers? manicure? night out with friends? .. whatever just do it!
Level Three...
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Got an hour...
Clean 2 windows
Grab a toy box and throw/rehome anything that is no longer wanted.. it'll be chrimbo before we know it and we need the space!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!

• HHI

• End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

• Vacuum the floor

• Update bank accounts/finances

• Bake a cake/buns/twinks hobnobs with the children..

pigpen

TY for Fred.

I did most of that list today.. rage at the fact no one is capable of doing a thing and my kitchen was a sty and grief for my fluffer.. kitchen is half sparkled.

And I knitted this and started another one..

Valli

I'm in.  Thank you for the new thread Natty.

This weekend my youngest niece got engaged and her sister (who got married last year) has just uploaded a babyscan pic to the family WhatsApp!  Happy news!

Jazee

Morning all.  Thanks for the list Natty.  Lovely cardy Piggers and fantastic news Valli.

The dogs woke up at six so I'm just having a cuppa but may go back to bed for a while.  Very wet here this morning so don't think I'll get any gardening done but DH and I are going for a little drive to see DD and I'll see what flying I can get done.

Have a great day everyone.

roundtuit

Morning xx
Thank you for the lists Natty and Valli xx Congratulations to the extended Valli family xx Lovely cardigan piggers xx

Narc0 - I'm glad I G00gled Herts - I had you on the Welsh borders not darn sarf. I'm amazed at Weekend Willi's exploits - she ran!!! And improved your time (well done) - hidden talents! She will have enjoyed church  - I hope she wasn't too 'happy clappy' for you...she is used to worshipping in the kitchen with me - usually to Graham Kendrick songs. The problem with that is when you're washing up and you lift your arms in praise the water runs down your arms and soaks your sleeves!

I was up at 6.30 am. Weird dream about not getting where I'm want to be again - and this time I was laden down with bags and boxes.. which I couldn't abandon as there was a lot of money squirreled away in them. Though I did get rid of all the half pennies as they were no longer legal tender!!!

Plans today are for a SD coffee with an ex-colleague this afternoon. The forecast isn't great but she has a massive conservatory so I think we'll be ok. I'll check before I go. Mr M is delivering between 5 and 6 pm - and then I'm ready for another lockdown. 

Brew one went down a treat. Brew two needed before I make a start. Then
Round 1 =
shower and hair wash
get dressed
feed the birds
put out the recycling
breakfast
WUDUPA

Wishing everyone a peace filled, stress free week. Purple latex bubbles are ready to be issued if required.
Hugs
Rxx

Fayolle

Morning all,
Thank you for the lists and for all the hard work that the thread involves. I will be in after a fashion as always. Peaking again first thing with loading towels into the wm. They might take until next week to dry though.

Another lovely cardi, Piggers. I have dreams a fantasy of knitting presents this year, but at the rate that I’m going, they would all be baby clothes and we don't have any of those in the families. Congratulations to the Valli nieces. 

Right, off to don the wet weather gear, put the bins out,  and head off to work. Have a lovely day everyone x

BadCat18

Morning all

Thank you for the thread, I’m in again. Day off work for me today, I have a list of calls to make this morning plus an errand to run but then this afternoon is mine to do what I like with!

(Second)cuppa first and then I shall start on my dailies.

have a good day all xx

Jazee

Still raining. I went back to bed for an hour, now having breakfast but I have changed the bedding, sorted out clothes that were on airer and dusted the bedroom of a fashion. First of two wash loads is in the machine.

Goodintentions

Good morning!
Thanks for the lists Natty and thanks Valli for last week. It is appreciated. 
I am awake, but need to muster the enthusiasm to get up and run! I can hear wet roads, and i am a fairweather runner (and also not too hot!)! 
Today I want to clear out the fridge, get to the allotment if I can and clear some paperwork that is lurking in the corner of the DR. Some of that fits in with the lists, so hopefully I will be crossing some of that off too! 
Round You do make me smile! 😁 

Ok - I'm going to get up now - wish me luck!! 

kazwookie

Thanks for the lists. x

Piggers what a lovely colour the cardy is. x

Valli your family have been busy, congratulations to all

Well it is raining here, the bloke who was going to do some work in the garden has pulled out claiming his van has broken down, the kitchen is done, the bedroom is done, about to attack the bathroom, and remove anything from walls / ceiling/ etc that I want to keep 'they' are coming on Friday to rip it out!! oh the joy, more mess, more dust, but the wonderful feeling when they have done it all and finally go...........................

Phone calls to make

TV license to sort out

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Hi friends, 
I am not in as we have come away to the Llyn Peninsula for a much needed break. Brought all food etc with us, so a low cost week, just really needed a change of scene to help my mood as I've been so down. Raining ATM but due to brighten at which point we will get to the beach with our sandwiches.

LOVE TO ALL xx