Weekly Flylady Thread 8th March 2021

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.

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!very room comes back around next week so please don!!!8217;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

Here we go.......

Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One...
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Level Two...
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven and hob
Wash windows and sills
Level Three...
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Degunge the fridge!
Extras

• Thoroughly clean the cupboard full of tins!
• Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
• Clean all the filters and door seals etc
• Wipe a shelf or 3 and staighten all the stuff on them.

Twinkly Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing
Level One...
Make the bed...
Clear the floordrobe
Clear the landing of gibble
Level Two...
Dust and deweb
Wash the windows
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed
Level Three...
Strip and wash the bedding
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
Check those smoke alarms!
Extras

• Binbag dance
• HHI
• 15 minutes filing
• Fill a binbag of old winter stuff for charity shop!!
• 15 minutes in the garden dead heading or pruning... only if it's not raining..
• HHI

Wednesday Wonders ~ Cruddy Study & Bathrooms
Level One...
Declutter floors!
Mop/vacuum/sweep floors
Level Two...
Scrub tiles while running a defrag
Clean the bath, basins, shower trays and loo's
Collect all the laundry from upstairs
Level Three...
Wash windows
Wash bath mats/shower curtains etc
Degrot the desk and dust and polish the monitor and pc case etc
Extras

• Empty and wash out bins
• Wipe all the sofas/chairs in these rooms
• Wipe paintwork in these rooms
• Clear and wipe a shelf or two
• HHI

Thursdays are Trilling!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One...
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two...
Wash the windows and the front door.. inside and out!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Level Three...
Clean the sofas
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Wipe all the paintwork!
Dust mantle and polish all the trinkets upon it.. and get all the junk off it!
Extras

• Wipe and water the plants
• Clean out the pets, get rid of that smelly bedding and replace with lovely smelling bits 😀
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings
• Get a pile of filing done!!

Friday - those frightening Friday kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see..
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Level Two...
Binbag dance
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
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!
Extras

• Wash a set of curtains, nets or throw
• Make all those necessary phonecalls!
• HHI
• Make a half hour time out for yourself!!
• Tidy up the garden! Trim hedges and grass etc...
• Bake a cake
• Spend an hour or so with the family having some lovely special family time.. just talking or watching a film with popcorn etc..

YORKSHIRELASS

Morning all!

Thanks for the list Natty.  I had a long hard think about things yesterday and decided that I am not going to repeat last weeks stupidity of trying to do so much.  DH and DS are capable of feeding themselves and I wont stop cleaning the house but I will rein things in a bit.  Work is going to be really busy for the next two weeks then I have a week off.

Exercise class first thing, beef to go in the SC for a casserole, I want to wash doggie blankets, LR fire to clean out then a little flying in the kitchen.  Paid stuff at home today.

Hope Monday is kind to you all x

[Deleted User]

Morning all,
Good for you YL xx I am going to adopt the three D's approach - Do, Dump, or Delegate. I am sure a lot of the things I do can just be dumped and no one would notice! Work today, then I have a Teams meeting for work later on this afternoon, should be fun with the children around my feet,,, not.

All our pupils back today, really can't wait to see them. I have unloaded the DW, fed the chickens, made DD packed lunch - really should have done this last night - now to get ready for our day xx

Jazee

Morning all and hope it all goes well for those of you returning to normal at school.
 I have a couple of days off.  I'm going to collect my new glasses today so while I'm in town I'll get socks for DH.  Think Poppet may have destroyed them all.
Other than that it will be the Mondailies - dust living room and bedroom and change bedding- and usual dog walks and stuff.
Oh, just remembered there's some council paperwork to peruse and approve.
Have a great day everyone.

roundtuit

Morning xx

Thank you for the lists Natty and Valli xx

YL - I started to watch the racing this last lockdown after H, friend and colleague, told me about ITV7. H and her husband are really into the horse racing and her husband is gutted that he won't be able to go to Cheltenham this year. I'm on Annual Leave next week so will be shouting at the tv on several days. Let me know if your DS is going to be there 

Went to bed at 10pm, woke up at 6.15 and got up at 6.30. I certainly feel less groggy than when I sleep in - stripped my bed when I got up so bedding is swishing as I type. I also nipped out the back in my nightie to put out the rubbish and recycling, and draw some fresh air into my lungs whilst listening to the birds. 

Just realised that we'll be changing the clocks soon - I do wish they wouldn't! Cunning plan is to move my bedtime / wake up time to BST while I'm on Annual Leave next week - then I will hopefully have got over the worst of the grumpiness before I return to work. 

Round 1 =
second brew and breakfast
get dressed
feed the birds
WUDUPA
Sweetie: seed and water

Big hugs to all. 
Rxx

Dustykitten

Good Morning all and thanks Natty for this list. 
Going to sort my carry over list as the house is quite straight and see if I can reduce it this week.  Expecting a mad week at work.

Dusty's carry overs

Financial paperwork 
Continue listing all the stuff on the table to giveaway - try last couple of bits on a different site
mending with sewing machine
White paint kitchen / office DS3 wants to do after doing the bit in the office yesterday
Order random items to order - watch strap, insoles, bird seed, hammock straps, new doormats
Order new walking boots - awaiting new stock and insoles
Fix things as spare parts arrive - still to do S&P 
Sort the box of stuff on the DR table
Drop old balls for dogs at the stick library

Flying
Change kids bedding - DS1 and DS3
Wipe radiators.. front and back!-  4 done downstairs done, 3 to go downstairs plus 5 upstairs 
Clean out both fridges
See if freezer's need defrosting 
WM filter 
DW filter and cleaning cycle
Deep clean grout on shower
Clean out bathroom cupboard

Hoover and wipe wall above aga
Dust dining area/room
HHI
clean shower 
clean plug holes and plugs removing and rat tails (ugh)
bleach drains and overflows
Polish windows and mirrors
clean bathroom floor
Finish dusting DS3 room
DS1 to tidy and sort his pile of stuff in the office
Both to wipe / dust office

Garden / Garage

Put stuff away in the garage - started
Sort and sow seeds - started
Front border edging, lay turf neighbour gifted - Did loads on weekend - DS1 helped, need to finish the other side
Look for new patio tiles /slabs
Clear the dead stuff from one border
Sow green manure

kazwookie

Morning

Thank you for all the lists xx

WM  on the go

1st lot of washing out on the line, a bit grey and overcast here but it might all dry a little

Bed stripped and re made

Shower room cleaned

DW unpacked and re packed

Kitchen sorted

Sausages out of freezer for tonight dinner

Fence painting stuff out of garage and at the ready.

All those going back to school, good luck and I hope you enjoy your day

pigpen

FLING!!!!!

Goodbye small people.... I am NOT a morning person...
Twinkle looks like a zombie she is so tired.. Dot is screaming, Squeak is grumbling and Pixie is so excited she is almost wetting herself. I've yelled at OH for standing around while I got 4 childrens ready for school, Twinkle for licking her glasses, OH for dithering about watching me and not helping, Dot for not getting dressed, flapping about while I was brushing her hair and OH for 'looking' in a drawer for a different skirt for Squeak.. she got skinny so hers fell off.. He was looking in the drawer, like a suitable skirt would wriggle out.. ot touching anything.. just looking... ARGH!!!! Typical morning at the Bean residence!

Raining so I have washing for OH to dangle about the hovel.
DW needs loading.. I might do that now so it is done..
OH can do cat trays.. punishment for annoying me.
Moomin needs kicking.. I will check her timetable now.. 10:20 her first lesson so I will hoof her at 10.

Dot has broken my airer so I need to get a new one of those.. I shall add that to my list.
Quids transferred to OH as he was over his limit. I sorted mine last night! Phonebill came out.
Yesterday I switched DS2's phone tariff and saved him £2 so he pays £5.50 a month.. good enough for him. I am not sure what to do with Moomins.. Do I switch her tariff to save money and get more data now OR do I  get her a new phone with a better tariff (currently £15 and I can save £6 a month there? I think thats just decided it tbh, saving money is paramount at the moment. 
I need to phone about Dots new glasses

Chap coming to look at leaky guttering and loft critters on Wednesday morning.

I will add more shortly.. but OH just got home..

Natty68

Morning everyone. I'm up and about, sweating like a wotsit, but have achieved 3 boxes packed, and a fair bit of rubbish thrown out. I have a gap, a big gap, in the cruddy section and I'm so pleased to see it. I even packed up some stuff that I had in my 'go to' box behind me, although I did put some other stuff in it..😆

Third cup of tea drunk, just off to shower as have to declutter  my car of tissues, MOT due at 11am so fingers crossed she passes as I really don't want to fork out for repairs.

Depending if my little car passes then I can go and source a lovely grey rug for the living room. But whatever the outcome I need to hoover and dust downstairs. Then I'm going to do nothing after that...just watch TV.

Good luck to those with children going back to school this morning.. xxx

Valli

Hi

Thanks for the thread Natty.

Did the kitchen yesterday - technically was last weeks list but it's a win so I'll take it.
Mumof31kindebt I know exactly where you are re the grief - work work was doable - housework was not.  I couldn't even iron for more then 5 minutes at a time when I lost my sister...(I like ironing).  In time it will be better.  As Piggers says - limit devices, shut doors and get the dishwasher.  And get a big one.  
Sold an item on ebay - got an offer which I missed but messaged buyer who reoffered and added some on for signed for postage (was a free p&p) so I need to get that packed.  And it's a huge sale in that it is one from my extensive  and eclectic collection of CDs...in lockdown I have been (slowly) working through them, playing them and I realised this one was one I could easily get rid of.  Probably for more than I originally paid, doubt I've played it this century.  Others may go to the CS.  I will just keep those I truly love.  

dancemum

Morning all. Thanks for the lists Natty and Valli. 

House dysoned
1xwm done and dumped on the airier.

workout done
painted nails and had a bath. I can’t concentrate and have a teams meeting soon