Weekly Flylady Thread 18th April 2022

Natty68

Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.

Thank you Valli for last weeks 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!

 

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!!

 

 

Monster Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining mess

Level One...

Clear and wipe sticky work surfaces

Wipe and replace small appliances, get rid of all those crumbs underneath the toaster

De-web and fluff the room

Level Two...

Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed

Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances

Sweep and mop the floor

Level Three...

Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn’t be in there..

Clean out the fridge

Do the 15 and 30 minute jobs too...

Take 30 minutes to go outside and do some form of exercise…walk the dog, power walking or cycling.

Extras

 

• MAD half hour – Check appointments for this week, we don’t want you missing any important ones.
• Wash the windows
• Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
• Clean filters and detergent dispensers
• HHI
• Spend at least 15 minutes doing something for yourself...

Thunderstorm Tuesday ~ the boudoir   (seeing as I am looking at my mess!)

Level one!

Strip, wash and replace bedding.. With the window wiiiide open

Wipe down door handles, light switches, phones – anything you touch really.

Shine your magic mirrors

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, CS or anywhere !!

Don’t forget to exercise or go for a walk. Remember not to go too far from the house though.

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…

Whimsical Wednesday – Living room, hall and stairs!

Level One...

Declutter and vacuum!

Vacuum right the way up the stairs!

Level Two...

Wipe sofas

Wash windows

Dust and deweb!.. don’t forget furry skirtings!

Level Three...

MAD half hour doing something for yourself! …(have a nice soak in a bubbly bath, wash some trashy thing on t.v…etc)

Wash any soft furnishings that need doing

Sort through coats n bags n shoes etc

Daily exercise, walk the dog ..

Extras

• Sort through a handbag
• Sort through a cupboard or drawer of junk
• 29 fling boogie...
• HHI

Thrilling Thursday – Bathroom and study!!

 Level one

Clear and declutter the desk of doom!! Lol

Declutter the floors and sofas!

Level Two

Vacuum floors

Dust the fluff away

Wipe over the sofas/chairs/desk etc

Level Three

Scrub the bath, shower, basins and loos

Scrub down the tiles

Wash any bath mats, shower curtains etc that are in need

Daily exercise – walking the dog, cycling, power walking or a jog.

Extras

• Clean the windows and mirrors
• Delete 50 unwanted emails!
• Defrag the pc
• Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash the filters etc make sure all are dry before rebuilding!

Friday – those frightening Friday kids rooms and spare rooms

Level One

Vacuum the floor, even if it’s just where you can see

Binbag dance

Level Two

Clear away anything that isn’t in it’s place, clothes, toys, books etc

Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade!!

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!

Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

Don’t forget to take your daily exercise outside as per lockdown regulations.

Extras

• Wash a set of curtains, nets or throw
• Make all those necessary phonecalls!
• HHI
• Make a half hour time out for yourself!!

 

roundtuit

Thank you Natty xx

I'm in. Today I will decrumb the toaster if nothing else. 

Have a good week everyone 
Rxx

Jazee

Thanks for the list Natty.
Still not quite right here but I ventured round the block with the dogs because they were driving me mad for a walk, and one wash load is on the airer.  

I woke up in a bad mood as I'm so fed up with feeling bad with Covid but today DD is visiting as they've all got it and are going bonkers too.

kazwookie

Thank you I'm in.

OH and I got up early and went for a beach walk, then on to a local car boot, walked back.

Miles done 87, I'm on the homeward straight now

3 lbs lost this week = total so far 14 lbs

Bed done

Hoovered whole house

Made chicken and noodle soup

Been shopping and put it away.

OH has gone back to bed as he is tired, he keeps getting tired and I am getting worried, he has a hospital check up / prod and poke a week today, so fingers crossed.

It was nice and sunny, now it seems to be clouding up.....

pigpen

TY for Fred.. I hope everything is well at your Natty and the pc gets sorted sharpish!

We were going out today.. however no one will get dressed so I am resorting to knitting and a day being best friends with the loo! My tum is quite unhappy again. I am a bit fed up of not being able to eat normally I wish there was a magic cure.

Painted my toenails.. so now I can not be seen in a cherry tree.

I gathered some washing.. it was not enough for a full load so I might go crazy and wash the bed sheets.

Demns may be flung in the bath if they won't get dressed so we can go out.. sounds fair.

Fayolle

Thank you for the thread, Natty x Will endeavour this week.
Potatoes planted at the allotment, many weeds removed, legs ache. Wm now running, QHI done. Will empty the toaster crumbs so that I can say that I am on list 😉.
Not sure what the rest of the day holds, but I have no intention of going out anywhere beyond our hedges, unless others Have Plans.

basketcase

Thank you for the thread, Natty.  Hope your computer gets fixed soon.

I'm in - but have to confess that I won't be able to follow your levels, especially for the bathroom and kitchen as I divide most of the work on the list into extra tasks added to S&S for both rooms.  That way the weekly stuff's done once a week, just not all on the same day.

Anyway, having re-started my morning routines, I thought I'd spend this week looking at a Night Time Routine.

I hope everyone's well/better and had a good Easter.  I'm taking DD to the train tonight, so back to normal with no excuses tomorrow.

So far today I've done the following:

• S&S Bathroom + empty and clean bins and clear and clean shelf below the sink
  
• S&S Kitchen + empty and clean bin and take down to dustbin
  
• Washing up (including wiping down all surfaces and the stove top)

For later:

• 15 minutes declutter - Going to rationalise the freezer to group and see what I've got
  
• Tomorrow’s food - Dig out an old Meal Plan and re-hash.  (No pun intended!)
  

basketcase

Looking at the Levels for Monday, I noticed it said "Do the 15 and 30 minute jobs too".

What are these?

Thanks

Valli

basketcase said:

Looking at the Levels for Monday, I noticed it said "Do the 15 and 30 minute jobs too".

What are these?

Thanks

The 15 & 30 minutes jobs were elsewhere in the list and 15 mins was to do something for yourself (eg paint nails); 30 minutes was to get some exercise.

I have been doing work stuff.  And a bit of knitting.

basketcase

Valli said:

basketcase said:

Looking at the Levels for Monday, I noticed it said "Do the 15 and 30 minute jobs too".

What are these?

Thanks

The 15 & 30 minutes jobs were elsewhere in the list and 15 mins was to do something for yourself (eg paint nails); 30 minutes was to get some exercise.

I have been doing work stuff.  And a bit of knitting.

Ah, I see.  Thanks, Valli.

Natty68

pigpen said:

TY for Fred.. I hope everything is well at your Natty and the pc gets sorted sharpish!

Thank you Piggers, things still up in the air here. It's a waiting game I'm afraid waiting for the results..I did get a phone call earlier from my Drs surgery asking me to go in for more blood tests tomorrow. Didn't like to ask what for...lol 

The PC is ready to be thrown out the window..😡 I've been on it in and off all day trying to get it to work properly..doing one final thing now which I'm keeping my fingers crossed actually works this time.

Did cook a lovely belated Easter dinner today though - roast lamb with all the trimmings. It was really scrummy if I say so myself.. DH enjoyed it too, even more so as he didn't have to cook it for a change.  He did make the gravy though 🙂

Have been doing the odd bit of flying in-between killing my computer..lol Dog bedding washed and dried on the line.. dog happy now as he's shuffled it to his liking. 🙂 Downstairs hoovered and a box packed to go to storage 😜

Hugs and spoons to everyone ❤️