Weekly Flylady Thread 4th July 2022

Valli

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread.

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 Natty 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- that’s 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 former Flylady 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 stopping, 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!
Frog (or other amphibian) ~ google 'eat that frog'
Spoons ~ google 'but you don't look sick' and/or 'The Spoon Theory'.

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

Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room IF YOU'RE NOT TOO HOT

Level 1
Open some windows (not just in the kitchen!) for some fresh air 
Check fruit bowl - add to washing up if necessary!
Wash up, dry up and put away (or remove all pots to DW) 
Clear sides and wipe down - wipe small appliances and caddies etc.  Don't forget the splashbacks or tiles!  
Empty bin and clean it out too - put it outside to dry in the sunshine, if you can.
Clear and clean sink and accessories - don't forget those out-of-sight places - under plugs and under draining racks - and shine those taps - or clean them!
Glug some bleach down the plugholes.
Clean/polish table - wipe mats/change cloth - don't forget the legs and places where sticky fingers can reach.
Throw away your manky dish cloth or sponge and replace with a new one!  Put out a new hand towel and a new tea towel too
Pop a jug of water in the fridge to chill for refreshing drinks if you have room.  I keep my work water bottle (one of those metal flasks) in there once it's clean so I can take a chilled drink with me.
Make sure people and pets have water to hand 

Level 2
Wipe down all cupboard and drawer fronts inside and out, not forgetting handles and tops and bottom as well as fronts!
Clean hob
Clean microwave
Clean the oven *shudder*
Dust dining area/room


Level 3

Sweep/mop/vacuum floor
Clean chairs (and highchairs) - don't forget under the seats where sticky fingers linger.
Sort through your jars of herbs and spices - check best before dates - list what you've got - and if it's grey when it should be green - fling it

EXTRAS

HHI if you're keen
S&S bathroom 
Do any of your dusters and cleaning cloths need a wash?


Terrific Tuesday

Bathrooms, cloak rooms and en suites

Level 1
Open window
Remove towels and fling in WM 
Scrub Loo inside and out, slug some bleach or descaler down afterwards.  Pay special attention to under the rim.

Level 2
Clean out baths and/or showers
Clean shower heads and hoses
Clean handbasins including taps - don't forget the out of sight bits!

Level 3
sweep and mop or vacuum floor as appropriate
clean windows
polish mirrors
dust and polish where necessary
Chuck any lurking potions that are not being used/are old
Clean light pull

Extras
Wash shower curtains (if any) and put outside to dry 
HHI
S&S kitchen
wash make up brushes - and fling any make up that's been lingering too long

Wonderful Wednesday 

living room

level 1

open window
deal with flowers and plants
emoty bins and ashtrays
clear coffee table, dust, polish and put back tidily
remove gibble

level 2
vacuum, dust or wipe sofas - lift cushion pads and remove crumbs
clean floor

level 3
dust all round
clean windows

extras 
s&s kitchen
s&s bathroom

Thursday - The Boudoir do level 1 at least - everyone deserves a clean, clear space in which to sleep and recharge

level 1

open windows
strip bed
clear floordrobe and chairdrobe
empty bin

level 2
make bed with fresh bedding
clean bedside tables
vacuum/sweep/mop floor

level 3
clean windows
dust all round
Use a damp cloth to wipe lotions and potions - and fling anything OOD/past it's best.  Remember some things, such as perfume, go off in daylight so pop them in a drawer

extras
S&S bathroom
S&S kitchen
Bin bag dance...fling that gibble
Empty one drawer, wipe it or vacuum it and put its contents back tidily


Friday flourish

kids room or similiar

Level 1

strip bed and leave to air
open a window
ckear gibble
remake bed

level 2
ckean window
clean floor

level 3
dust all round
check is guest ready

extras
keep your fingers crossed please
s&s kitchen
s&s bathroom

op tomorrow… see you on the new thread

roundtuit

Morning all xx

I'm in WAC, can't find any jammie dodgers, and don't fancy bourbons right now.

A tad bored with lieing* here - *predictive text changed that to living 😱. Not at that stage, thank goodness.

I thought I'd have a look at what I should be doing today. I told you I was bored! It would seem that heat is expected. 🥵 I'm not good with heat. 

Thank you for keeping the thread going Valli and Natty 💕.

I hope you are all in the land of Nod and having sweet dreams.

Be back later. Things are slipping here, but that's one thing I can do something about. 

Much love to you all 
Rxx

ionafan

Morning all.  Hope you got back off to sleep for a bit, round  - or maybe you've left the rest of us on the starting line and already  completed today's list!

So far this morning I have put away last night's washing up, made a cuppa and picked two strawberries for breakfast.  DH has his pre-op Covid test today at the unearthly hour of 08.40, so I set my alarm for 6.30 and, as usual, woke up an hour earlier when the sun came up (though I notice that sunrise time has already slipped by a few minutes since Midsummer's Day).  I am quite looking forward to 3 days at home.  We have enough fresh food and pre-cooked or easy meals to last us for a week, by which time DH should have had his op, and I am keeping my fingers firmly crossed that everything goes ahead as planned.

Despite a full diary last week and a migraine on Saturday, I managed to keep on top of the worst of the fluff and dust in the house - and even made some glorious space on top of the c-o-d in the study by insisting that the ancestors snuggled up a  bit closer together in their boxes! - so I shall ignore serious Flying today*, flit around swiftly with my damp microfibre cloth, and concentrate on doing some Treasurer's admin and financial reports in time for a Zoomed meeting tomorrow evening.  Now that I've finished my cuppa, I'd better make a start.
* In fact, it would make sense to ignore Flying until I have the house to myself, then it won't get messed up again within an hour!

Here's wishing everyone a good week, and if you're off on holiday, enjoy your break xx

Jazee

Morning all.
Fingers crossed that all goes to plan for your DH Ionafan. You've reminded me to go and pick some fruit for breakfast too.
Going away later today, so I'm planning to check admin, do some of the list - thanks Valli & extras were  done yesterday- change bedding and finally cut the grass.
Have a great day everyone.

roundtuit

iona - I thought about getting up, making a brew, and sitting outside to watch the sun rise. But I didn't want to disturb Sweetie. So I lay in bed and repeatedly told my brain: right at this moment I am safe, I'm dry, I'm warm, it's quiet. All is well. ..... And I woke up at 7.30. 

I'm up, made my bed, taken my meds, and I'm supping my first brew.

I need to get on top of things as last minute 'you've had all weekend!!!!' tasks are on today's list. 

Must Do Today 
Order repeat prescription ✅
Fill up with petrol 
Buy, write & deliver H's birthday card 
Shop for packed lunch items 

Also Today
Get dressed 
Feed the birds 
Put out the recycling 
WUDUPA 
Pay rent 
P&S calling for coffee 

Also on my mind:
Speak to L about new post*
Get added to Bank - so that I can pick up shifts on new post
Apply for new post when made substantive and advertised 

* same commute, same parking,  same building - different office, different management. 

Thanks to Mr Hacker I can't contact L via Messenger  - so need to grab her at work tomorrow. 

Also thanks to Mr Hacker I'm receiving 'hook up' emails from Angola 🤬

Also thanks to Mr H ..  my big river music subscription has failed - I'd forgotten it was on my cancelled card. I've been thinking about cancelling my subscription as I rarely listen to Alexa. So not going to update. 

Reminder 
**Speak to BT: I'm paying over the odds when I barely use any GBs now. 


Have a good week ladies. Enjoy your breaks if you're on one. 

Much love
Rxx

pigpen

TY for Fred

Round.. could you make a temporary FB/IG so you can use messenger? How are Pops and Babs doing?

Beasties deposited at school.. Dot did NOT want to move this morning

DD1 had a bit of a meltdown because Spam doesn't have a hemet or bike lock for bikeability today so I have just got back from sorting that out for them.. She really needs to panic less.. she knows I will just sort stuff if I know about it..

washing to go out

DW to load

Jazee

Washing on line, admin done, walked dogs, dailies done, car loaded up, popped to shop, bedding changed, bedroom and living room lightly dusted. Need to clean fridge and bins next.

pigpen

1 nail fixed..  am now whole again.. if one is a touch short!

parcel found to post.

cuppa next on my list

Washing to go out

dw to load

Mortgage company to ring.

CMS to email..

kazwookie

Whole house cleaned, bagless thing emptied

WM x 2 all done out on line

Bins done

Small food shop done

It seems I need to pay £3.45 to get a parcel delivered from some firm / person I have never heard off, yer right deleted and blocked.

Cats fed

For July so far 47934 steps walked

1 lb lost this wek, total now 26 lbs (2 lbs to go for 2 stone!)

Walking done

roundtuit

roundtuit said:

Must Do Today 
Order repeat prescription ✅
Fill up with petrol 
Buy, write & deliver H's birthday card ✅ - didn't buy as already had the card when I looked in my stash
Shop for packed lunch items ✅

Also Today
Get dressed ✅
Feed the birds ✅
Put out the recycling ✅
WUDUPA ✅
Pay rent ✅
P&S calling for coffee ✅

Also on my mind:
Speak to L about new post*
Get added to Bank - so that I can pick up shifts on new post
Apply for new post when made substantive and advertised 


Reminder 
**Speak to BT: I'm paying over the odds when I barely use any GBs now. 

I probably could piggers but I don't know how. I need DS to help me. Next time he visits I'll ask.

While I was paying the rent at PO I bought 4 birthday cards, 3F and 1M, to put in stash. One will be for GF's birthday next month. 

Had a coffee and a chat with H, we've been friends forever - well, since I was 14, so pretty much forever 😳. 

Not been for petrol yet as P&S said town was rammed this morning due to protests on the motorway. I'll either go this evening, or make a detour on my way to work in the morning. 

Rxx

kazwookie

Washing in and folded, ironing heap made for tomorrow

Grass cut