Weekly Flylady Thread 28th December 2020

Natty68

LAST THREAD OF

2020

May I wish each and everyone of you, regulars, oldies, newbies, returners and lurkers a very Happy 2021 may it be filled with happiness and not too much dust.

This week will see a LOT of newcomers which happens every year, sadly many of these ladies and gents do not stay long. This influx usually means the thread is very very busy, please do not lose heart if you cannot keep up with everyone else or reading the thread, don't try to reply to everyone and please remember to include something about flying in your posts, chat is for the weekend when your home is looking beautiful!!! Things will settle again in a couple of weeks so don't worry it will return to normal and we will hopefully have some new fledglings.

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

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, ALWAYS WELCOME TO POST AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN.

Also adding a declutter mission each day. Another one where it’s up to you if you want to do it or if you need to. This follows requests from members who are looking to declutter. Fling boogies, hotspot clearing, cupboard sorts, drawer sorts etc will all be on this list. Any problems with this of any suggestions do please let me know.

A few of the basics before we start the week

Hotspots are any areas which 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 binbag and whizz 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!

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 am adding just the day but you will notice it has a bit of everything in each day, 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.

Monday Mayhem

Level One
If you have a special meal New Years Day make sure you have everything you need!
S&S kitchen
Level Two
S&S bathroom & loo
Level Three
Change any bedding you need to get washed
HHI .. We will not have any left for New Year!
Catch up on some laundry ..

• Extras
• Dust round the whole downstairs
  
• Do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs
• Make sure you spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!

Tuesday Twinkles

Level One

Clean 5 windows! inc sills.

Sweep and mop the kitchen floor!

Level Two

Wash a duvet cover or 3 that need doing!

Clear out a cupboard.. the one you ALWAYS put off doing!

Fill a binbag to go to charity shop

Level Three

Vacuum up the stairs.. and the landing and at least 1 bedroom!

Wipe all the paintwork down in one room

Scrub the bath/shower.. and the sinks.. and the tiles!

Extras

• Descale the kettle and iron

• Clean out the microwave

• Clean out the TD filter and the WM filters and drawers.. and the DW filter

• Clean the crumbs out of the toaster before it bursts into flames!

Wednesday Whims

Level One

FINISH THE IRONING!!

Wipe and water any neglected plants

Level Two

HHC in the master bedroom

Change 2 lots of bedding that haven't been done recently!

Wash the upstairs windows!

Level Three

Fill a binbag of stuff to go to charity shop

Fill a binbag of rubbish

Put away any unwanted gifts to use as presents next year

Extras

• Prepare any special foods you want for New Years Day

• Wash/clean pet bedding bowls tanks etc

• Find out when your bin collection is and make sure it is full to the brim before putting it out

• Collect dirty laundry from about the house!

NEW YEAR'S EVE

Level One
Clear the floors in the childrens room.. throw out any broken toys and find some that are no longer needed that can be sent to charity shop or given away.
Level Two
Change the childrens bedding/wash curtains
Vacuum mattress (after turning & wiping any waterproof sheets) and floors
Wash window
Level Three
Sort through a clothing cupboard.. anything outgrown?
Put any discs back in cases and books back on shelves etc
Dust.. lightshades, curtain poles, games consoles/PC's etc

Extras

• Make sure coats and shoes and uniforms are ready for school next week

• Wipe any sticky handprints and dirty marks off walls and doors

• Wipe down the paintwork & radiators

• Clean out any pets!

• Final HHI of the year - don't worry if you can't clear the ironing just do what you can, then hide the rest like I do 😉 

NEW YEARS DAY

As it is New Years Day I'll let you have a day off.... but your dailies need doing 😉😉

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL...
SEE YOU IN 2021

Natty68

Happy Belated Birthday Piggers - looks like you had a lovely day with everyone around you.

And what lovely photos too

ionafan

Thanks to Natty for the new list and Valli for last week's.

I shall be doing my best to keep the house clean and tidy - it's not at all bad atm, and I changed DH's bedding yesterday so that's one thing off tomorrow's list - but I also want to do a few bits and bobs from my Toots list.  It would be good to start the new year with all the pictures up on the walls, the stool mended and the sewing drawer finished, and of course there's always the regular admin to do and the family history papers to sort!  And I must clear the back yard in order to make space for DS1's gift of 2 trestles to make a bench for my hosta pots

Hope everyone has a good (or better) week, and if you're still on holiday do take time to relax xx

pigpen

Ty for Fred and burp day wishes. 

I will see where I am up to.. right now I could sleep for a month 

roundtuit

Morning xx 
Thank you for the thread xx
I think it's a Bank Holiday here- but I don't work on Mondays anyway so I'm staying at home either way. 

Plan today is to get all the pots WUDUPA and find homes for my Christmas presents. Plus I need to call at Mr C00p, get some cash to put in DS's birthday card and take it over to him. My 'baby' is 28 on 30th December. 

Have a good week. Stay safe. Hugs.
Rxx

ionafan

Morning round and everyone - we have snow, and it's beautiful!  Rosie surprised me by going out to do the necessary but then  immediately racing back inside - in previous years she has always delighting in rolling in snow.  Perhaps she really has become used to our English weather!  I, on the other hand, put on all the outside lights, stood outside and at open windows to take photos, and simply delighted in getting covered in large flakes


I have *not* added "Sweep paths" to my personal Flying list for today.  Maybe later... if I really have to.

Admin jobs are next on my list, but first I need to go and make a second cuppa

kazwookie

Morning

Thank you for the lists.

Got up as cat wanted feeding, he has now wandered off outside, heavy frost here, atm.

Jazee

Morning all.  Thanks as ever for the lists.  I am in but will probably play catch up tomorrow as I am planning another relaxing day as it's a bank holiday.

Have a great day everyone.

BadCat18

Morning all

Thanks for the lists x
Due to our efforts yesterday the house looks pretty good so it will be dailies and laundry for me today. Will get out for a walk later plus need to do my physio. The rest of the day will be for pottering and relaxing, I might though tackle the teetering pile of paperwork that’s on my desk....

Second cuppa first and then shall think about facing the day xx

roundtuit

I must have gone back to sleep 😴 I've woken up (sort of- I think groggy is the word) and come down for a much needed brew. 
No snow here.  There may have been a frost, but I missed it. Brew made and tree lights on. Waking up properly then

Round 1 =
laundry shuffle 
get dressed 
feed the birds 
put out the recycling 
breakfast 

Lovely to look at ionafan but please don't send it here. 😉

Rxx

Fayolle

Good morning all
Thank you for the lists. Yesterday’s rare outing for the vacuum cleaner (downstairs only so it doesn’t get ideas above its station) means that the house isn’t too bad. RoDs are still very much RoDs though, and I thoroughly cba to plan an attack for the future.
Woke up to a decent amount of snow, which was a surprise, and the skies are really heavy still.
Not sure what today will hold, to be decided. I suppose that I ought to finish knitting DSis’s Christmas jumper. In the meantime, cuppa had, book finished, I may also get dressed.
Hugs to all, keeping my sticks and spoons xx