Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd 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.......

Mondays are Marvellous!! - Kitchen and Dining Area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the table
Degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
Level Three
wipe any drawers that are grotty and cluttered
Wash the windows and sills
Run WM's and DW's through a clean cycle.. don't forget to scrub out the drawers and filters.
Extras

• Deweb and polish
• Clear out a cupboard of junk!
• Wash any curtains/table cloths that need it
• S&S the hob & oven

Twinkly Tuesday - Living room, hall, stairs and porch!
Level One
Declutter ALL the floors!!
Clear the mantle of junk
Level Two
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Vacuum/sweep all the floors.. stairs too!
Vacuum/sweep under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas
Level Three
Wash the windows
Wash any soft furnishings that need it
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!

Extras

• Wipe and water plants
• Dust all the electricals.. carefully.. don't want anybody getting fried!!!
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Binbag dance
• HHI

Wiggly Wednesday- Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Strip and wash the bedding
Clear the floordrobe
Level Two
Air the duvet....
Clear the floors and vacuum them!
Wash windows
Clean out pets/wash beds
Level Three
Sort through a hotspot
Organise your toiletries and make-up stash, do you really need 6 lipsticks!!!!
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy
Empty and wash out all the bins

Extras

• Half hour... FILING... meanness I know but it won't do itself!!
• Deweb and dust
• 36 fling boogie!! .. GO
• Empty and wash out all the bins!!
• Quick one.. check those smoke alarms - no that doesn't mean burn the toast/bacon to check!

Thursday Thrills - Bathroom and Study..
Level One
Declutter the floors
Wipe down sofas and seats
Level Two
Dejunk the desk and wipe off the gunge
Vacuum/mop floors
Scrub the bath, sinks, toilets, showers and tiles etc
Level Three
Wash the windows
Empty out a cupboard clean it out and put back only the bits you need to keep
Defrag the pc and delete 50 useless emails

Extras

• Collect all the laundry from upstairs
• HHI
• Change any lightbulbs you have been leaving.. !!
• Sort out the coats and bags and shoes..
• Do a cupboard stock take,sort a meal plan and shopping list
• Fill a binbag for charity collections if you have any...

Frantic Friday - Guess what it's catchup day!
Level One...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Make time to do something for yourself!! A haircut, a long bath, a facial... whatever it takes.. do it!
Level Two...
Whizz over the main living area.. make it presentable
Change any smelly bedding that needs doing
Clean the fluff out of the TD filters.. or clean the WM/DW filters
Level Three...
HHC clearing the messiest room in the house
Wash any windows that are needy
Complete 1 task you have been 'meaning' to do for ages and not done it!!

Extras...

• Clean out a cupboard..
• Polish all your electrical appliances.. tv's, stereos etc
• Water and wipe any neglected plants
• Collect all the dirty laundry strewn about the house.. bedroom floors are the worst!
• Sort through your most used handbag.. get rid of those receipts and used tissues!
• Make a note of any calls you need to make or appointments that need keeping next week!

Valli

Thanks Natty - a busy week instore so probably not much flying here.  House ain't so bad though...

Dizzy_Imp

I am here and ready to restart my flying journey!
  

pigpen

TY for Fred.. I hope you're both well at yours Natty.. xx

OH's brother was supposed to be coming today to drop off easter eggs for the girls but must have been busy elsewhere or forgot.. I don't think MIL is very happy about it.. unless of course he turned up super early and I was asleep, but OH would have been awake I'm certain.. oh well.. it's only chocolate.

I have dentist tomorrow so I probably won't be feeling up to much all day, I hate going. I hate things on my face and especially in my mouth.. I vomited when they were trying to do xrays.. I'm such a baby.. fortunately my children are much less dramatic than I am.. lol

I am hoping to make a bit more progress in the kitchen.. OH has left loads of stuff out of the cupboard.. the potatoes for one.. I want MORE room not less and he has clearly not stacked it good enough.

So.. Monday..
Kitchen cupboard restacking, much nicer job once it is clean.. ooh.. I'm going to put the fabric conditioner and potatoes in with the pans.. that will make room for the left out mixing bowls..
dentist 1:30

write school appeal and boss OH to ask the church person to write a letter of support saying she has been doing the Zoom church.

Make a start on tidying the back room.
Box up baby toys and cot bedding to be rehomed.

It is so much nicer sitting in a tidy room.. it makes me want to tidy another lol..

Money shuffled so I am not £40 overdrawn.. *sigh*.. internet and house insurance came out.

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WAC sentry checking in for duty xx

roundtuit

WAC. Lost my post.  Headache. Big spider ran under the bed as I came into the bedroom. Back to work tomorrow- don't want to go. 
And breathe 2,3,4. Hold 2,3,4 🥴
Rxx

BadCat18

Morning all

Thanks for the thread, I’m in as much as I can be with a busy week of paid stuff looming, hope the WAC managed some more sleep, I’ve been up for an hour but not accomplished anything yet... time to get a cuppa and some brekkie and feed the furries (not necessarily in that order lol)

back later, bye for now x

kazwookie

Morning

I'm in thank you for the lists x

Sun rise and a warm glow in the low sky to the east, so looks like a good day

WM is on, whirly is out ready

House looks ok, just some general tidy round to do, getting paint brushes at the ready  

Have a good day all

Dizzy_Imp

Up nice and early.  House lamb bottle fed,  lunches made and puppies checked on.
Today I need to collect a new gear knob to replace the one chewed by my oldest dog when I dared to leave him for FIVE minutes to go into a shop! Grr....
On to the egg man to collect the next batch of hatching eggs, taking one sold batch to the PO on my way from our girls.  One day boarding dog arriving in 10 minutes and my kitchen looks like a bomb has gone off.

Made my tea too strong, so it's stripping the enamel off my teeth...must dilute...
Also need to fill raised beds with compost ready for transfer of seedlings when they're ready to go out, move and refill the goat food, top up all chicken feeders and clean out the smaller incubator.

OK, what's Monday flying? Kitchen and dining room! Gonna boss it

TTFN ladies x

YORKSHIRELASS

Morning all

Thanks for the lists Natty.  As I sit here I can see a cobweb on the kitchen fireplace, will tackle that later. 

Round dont listen to that voice telling you that work is going to be a nightmare, deep breaths, it is all going to be fine.  I may need you to tell me the same thing in a weeks time.

The sun is shining, it is calm and still, and I dont have to go to work.  I am planning a long cycle ride.  I havent made a meal plan for the week so I need to figure that out.  Tackled DS1s bedroom carpet with the little carpet cleaner yesterday and there is some solution left so need to use that somewhere.

Dizzy your life sounds so interesting with your house lambs and hatching eggs!  Oh and good luck with the dentist Pigpen.

Catch you all later x

roundtuit

Morning xx
Thank you YL 😘
I'm up. My bed is made. I've supped my first brew. No sign of not-so-itsy-bitsy this morning, but headache is still niggling away. So parrots, brew 2 and get dressed is my first goal.
Stay safe. 
Rxx