Weekly Flylady Thread 21st March 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...

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![/U]

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 shop

Freaky 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 this week!

pigpen

ty for fred.. busy week and I need a MH day

ionafan

Thank you Natty.  I am aiming to complete Level 1.

Hope everyone has a good week xx

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for thread.
Not much to report here - usual stuff - washing clothes and dishes, filling bird feeders, vaguely tidying, gardening, writing reports, drum practice, swimming, body pump.  Had a couple of good social visits.

Dropped in to see our local brave man who drove stuff to Poland last week; a friend  from church wanted to give him some petrol money for the next trip so I said I'd drop it in. He said the trip was horrendous but worthwhile, he's going back on Thursday and staying for a few days, walking medical supplies across to Ukraine. 

Did a flower arrangement for a friend's daughter; I had planned to visit friend (in next village) tomorrow as it is a year since her husband passed. Turns out her daughter (who I used to work with) is staying for a few days and it's her birthday. 

Excitement this week is that zumba is returning - we haven't had an instructor since before lockdown. I'm so looking forward to it on Friday.  

Bit concerned how much ink my printer is using at the moment - I always write the date on each new cartridge. I think part of it is the amount of work lately, plus the online assessments use a lot as the students photo their spellings and writing to email to me and that uses up loads as they come through as jpegs.  I could conceivably mark them without printing them off, but it's not so easy. 

News is just dreadful all the time. After watching all the Ukraine reports this evening, we caught an environmental report focusing on Madagascar, which we went to several years ago. At the time we were horrified by the damage and government corruption and thought the country wouldn't last 25yrs. Sounds as if we were pretty close, the program was most upsetting. Anticipating a night in the WAC. 

pigpen

Narco .. I stopped even looking at the news years ago.. it is all misery and doom and gloom.. there is never any reporting f all the lovely newsworthy thing that happen. It is all bias and half truths at best.. life is too short for all that. I hope you get some sleep xx

OH loaded the DW and put the recycling out.. I repotted an amarylis in my usual loving manner .. it is outside in the dying room.. my money plant is thriving out there in the snow and frost and all weathers. it looks fabulous.

Jazee

Morning all.  Hope you're all ok today.
Plans for today include a site visit for the council this morning and meeting up with friends this afternoon.  Aspirations for today include doing dailies, changing bedding, hoovering through, dusting living room, cutting grass and cleaning cars.
Have a great day everyone.

Mademoiselle

Good morning everyone.  I had a lovely weekend, brunch out with DD1 and OH (paid for by vouchers), and we got to discover a bit more round the area where she's currently, basically sheep, salt flats and spectacular views!  A couple of good walks around the other house, they've reopened out ruined castle and the work is spectacular, also watched the seal posing on the mud flats.  

Back home for next 3 days with a long list of stuff to do before we head across the water for a family funeral, then back for DD2 graduation and then I go skiing with friends.  I have lists and lists to try and avoid having the wrong clothes for the wrong event!

Up and going well this morning
Bags were unpacked last night
Bed made, clothes picked up, room aired
Lounge cushions sorted
DW sorted
WM on

Next banking and spending spreadsheets followed by a meal plan whilst I have another coffee, OH is working from home so I will make the most of it and use his car to go shopping later

Bigs hugs to all

Jazee

Dry washing away, bedding changed, WM whirring. I'm dressed and just having breakfast.

roundtuit

Good morning all xx 

Thank you for the thread ❤

Last day of freedom today - wasn't going to put 'freedom' but my phone predicted it and it feels apt 🤣

To Do Today 
Breakfast 
Shower and wash hair 
Get dressed 
Feed the birds 
Put out the recycling 
WUDUPA 
Wash jeans

My Peace Lily seems to have survived my ministrations 🤞

There are a 1000001 other things I could do. Ticking over on my dailies is okay but I need to move up a gear and stop resting on my laurels (aka butt) when they're done. So I'm going to go 'on list' (sort of) and hoover the kitchen floor, well  the visible bits. 

There  now it's written down I have to do it. 

Have a good day/ week my lovelies
Rxx

kazwookie

Thank you for the threads x

Up, washed, dressed, bed stripped and remade

WM just finished need to peg out

Sun is out

Bins done

Whole house hoovered

All window sills wiped off, to get rid of paw prints.

Bagless thingy emptied

Want to go shopping, but have to wait until 11am for something to be delivered for OH, it seems they tried to deliver yesterday but I was out!

Have a good day

[Deleted User]

Morning all

Thank you for the the thread. 

Piggers- I am so sorry you’re having to contend with so much, I really wish there was something I could do. You must have been so proud of squeak. Have a hug lovely xx

Well it’s a gorgeous day here. So much already done, absolutely loads still to do. So far:

• Babes away to school (& I made their packed lunches as I really CBA last night, mustn’t make that mistake again I really don’t like doing them in a morning) 
• One load washed and hung out, second load doing now
• Fed chickens and ducks (& children!)
• Beds made
• WUDUPA
• Tidied loads of junk away
• Cancelled the online shop I had booked for this week
• Paid online for meat that was delivered by local farmer yesterday 
• Text a friend about frugal plans for the week

Now I must bake some brownies, pack up an eBay parcel and list at least two more things. Then I will reward myself with a cuppa in the sun. Parents evening tonight and my mum is popping over as well around 5....

Have lovely days all xx