Weekly Flylady Thread 21st February 2022

Natty68

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread.

We often see new flyers (gents welcome!) around this time of year so please don't worry if you feel you cannot keep up.  Similarly if your house has been neglected it won't be turned around in a day - but if you stay you will get into some good habits which do help!  Happy flying.

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

Here Goes This week...

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors,
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean the INSIDE of the microwave... don’t forget the ceiling!!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
15 minute fling and tidy in that junk drawer in the kitchen.. get rid of all that stuff you put in there for ‘later’ .. mind those prehistoric mousetraps!!
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wash the washer drawer out if it is icky, check filters too!!
• 30 minutes ironing!!! I KNOW you’ll love me for that one!
• Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week

Twinkly Tuesday ~ the boudoir  (seeing as I am looking at my mess!)
Level one!
Strip, wash and replace bedding.. With the window wiiiide open
Shine your magic mirrors
Level two
Have a fling in a cupboard! Not with the butler!! What can be set free!?
Clear the top of a cupboard
Tickle away the dust and spider homes! It is not Halloween for ages!
Level three
Gather up stinky laundry
Wash a window
Binbag dance.. Fill it up from anywhere in the house and let it go .. To the bin or chazzer or anywhere
Extras for those who are brave!

• Tidy the towels.. Can any be donated or turned to rags?
• Clean the upstairs doors.. Oh to live in a bungalow!!
• Wash stinky pet nests!!
• Do something you enjoy for at least half an hour!! Eating/drinking/chasing loose women do not count!!

Study or other reception room & bathrooms - Wednesday
Level One
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing
Level Two
Vacuum the floors
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Level Three
declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras

• Vacuum under movable furniture
• HHI..
• Deal with any calls etc that need doing
• Clear a hotspot
• Replace any dead toothbrushes and sponges

Childrens/Spare rooms - Thursday
Level One
Clear the floor
Spend at least half an hour doing something just for yourself.. a nice bath, a manicure.. just your time! Make that appointment to have you hair done!!
Level Two
strip the beds and wash those sheets.. and any duvets that need doing
Sort out a box of things to give to the local nursery for the little children.. or for charity shop.. or a friend.. FLING!! The local GP surgeries, hospitals etc often need nice toys for the sick children..
Level Three
Vacuum the floor
Deweb and fluff the room
Clean the windows
Extras

• Wash any curtains/throws/cushions etc that need it
• Wipe sticky marks from walls and doors
• Clean any tv's, pc's playstations in the room
• Put the discs/videos in the correct boxes and books on shelves

Friday Fings!
Level One
Vacuum hallway, stairs and landing
Tidy up the coats and shoes and bags.. can any be binned??
Level Two
Wipe down the downstairs doors.. inside, outside, polish your knobs..
Wash a window or 2.. ones somevered in dog/cat/child snot as a priority!
Dust behind your raidators.. sock on a stick works wonders!
Coats/uniforms in the wash ready for Monday!
Level Three
Binbag dance.. how fast can you do this???
Empty and clear out and tidy one drawer or cupboard
While you have your sock on a stick.. go eradicate the spider houses.. Halloween is October 
Spend at least half an hour doing whatever you want.. knitting or admiring your work or just doing nothing!
Extras

• HHI
• Speed file a pile!!!
• S&S the kitchen.. I bet it needs it already!
• Chase appointments or make them if they are due!

pigpen

TY for Fred xx I hope all is well with you both Natty xx

Natty68

pigpen said:

TY for Fred xx I hope all is well with you both Natty xx

Things are okay here Piggers, well apart from that darn fence going down again in the winds this afternoon. We gave up sorting it out, not sure what he's going to do now. Probably call out the fencers and finally get the new fences that he should have got months ago..

House is still a tip but we did have a lovely meal for dinner - I popped a piece of beef brisket in the slow cooker with some vegetables, mushrooms, red wine pots and gravy pots and left it to cook for 8 hours. It was gorgeous, and we had it with mashed potatoes, parsnips and carrots mashed together and broccoli. It must have been good as DH literally licked the plate clean...lol

Tomorrow I have to rerun the washing in the washing machine and shall dust the living room and clean the kitchen while DH is having his weekly Monday afternoon sleep I also need to locate somewhere where I can buy a darning needle so I can tidy up my scarf with the odd wool hanging from it.

Hope you have a semi decent day Piggers and that the pain isn't too bad for you..

pigpen

Sounds like a lovely day Natty.. and probably a good plan with the fence. I need to sort the bathroom out, it's a mess.

I have run the wm's again so have 2 more loads to get dried. I have planned most days this week.. Squeak still has her lessns online but we are all going to spend time each day sorting the girls room.

The new meds are making me feel weird so I am taking the 'weaning onto them' much slower than prescribed.. it can't hurt really and as I don't have school runs this week I can afford the extra few days to get used to it. I have just tipped some down my neck fo bed time.

Monday we have

classes at 9-10:30.. OH needs to go to my mothers to get the car started and bring it home.

They can spend time with OH while I do WM's etc.

Lunch time..

Then we are heading up to do a few hours tidying in their pit.. I want the bed moved tomorrow.. it is right in the middle of the floor at the moment. I want to sort a small box of things to leave the house.

Anything else which gets done is a plus.. I am aiming to list at least 1 bag of stuff on V!nted this week too.. I just hoiked a bunch of things out of Twinkles cupboard so they need to go.. and my holiday fund needs the cash!

I hope all those having their half tem holidays have some peace and relaxation xx

Dizzy.. stay safe in your ark xx

Jazee

Thanks for the list.  I'm in although I'm spending most of the day with DD.
Have a great day everyone.

kazwookie

Thanks for the lists.

Blowing a right scary hoolie here, opened cat flap to let cats 1 & 2 out, they are running around the garden.

OH has just been and told me (as I am back in bed!) that he has had to let cat 3 IN, as he couldn't get the cat flap open, that is the first time he has been out, he is still very nervous.

Daily stuff to do.

Have a safe day, we may go and watch the sea, high tide is soon, OH has taken the day off

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Morning all

Windy here as well, I nearly got smacked by the gate earlier when I let the hens out! 

First day of half term here and it’s going to be a pottering at home day. We will do a bit of baking, and I must list more on eBay as I’m £100 overdrawn which is so unlike me but I’ve had to purchase lots of extras this week, all of which were essential, so not much option.

I have already S&S the toilet and basin, and lit a wax melt in the bathroom. 

Will pop back later I’m sure xx

ionafan

Morning all.  Still wild and windy here, with a yellow warning of winds gusting at up to 44 mph, but it's not raining atm and the hoolie is due to calm down here this afternoon, thank goodness.  Hold onto your fences, Flyfriends!  I do hope Dizzy is OK - there's a lot of flooding on the big river near her place, setting new record levels

Thank you for the new thread, Natty x

Things I absolutely must do today:

- FUPA DH's clothes, then the bathroom will begin to look less like Widow Twanky's laundry
- Clean DH's bedroom and ensuite (though he tells me he has cleaned the loo recently!)
- Iron, air and FUPA 7 pillowcases
- Ring the C00p membership team to enquire why I only received one year's divi instead of two
- Ring the vet to arrange Rosie's routine check
- Ring the plumber to arrange the boiler and fire check
- Post DDiL2's birthday card
- Write and post a card to a lady from church who now lives in a care home - I just realised I had a blank card with a picture of a guinea pig with its hair standing on end, which will hopefully make her laugh
- take Rosie for a walk when it's safe do so
- do a quick food shop
- continue plodding away at the church accounts [rivet, rivet]

Hope everyone has the best possible week xx

kazwookie

Cat trays done

Cats fed

HM chicken and noodle soup made

Inside window ledges wiped over, (cat paws gone)

Bins done

Wind is currently gusting at about 55mph to 60 mph according to local weather station.

Food list made, will need to venture out to get it.

OH gone for a hair cut and 'fresh air'  

roundtuit

Morning all xx 

Blowing a hoolie here too, but, thankfully, it's stopped raining so I stayed dry walking home after dropping Feargal at the village garage for MOT and service.

I'd made my bed,  fed the birds,  put out the recycling,  sloshed bleach down the loo and done a laundry shuffle before heading out.

WUDUPA a bowl of pots is next and I need to update my calendar as I've booked odd days off in March to use up my Annual Leave 🙃 

Very belated happy birthday to YL 🎂 xx

I hope everyone is safe and weathering the storm(s) OK. Take care.my lovelies.

Rxx

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Update:

WULTD (children can put it away)

Poo picked

Tea loaf in oven

Three eBay parcels wrapped

Beds made

Cuppa time now, anyone care to join me? X