Weekly Flylady Thread 8th August 2022

Natty68

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 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

IF ANYONE WANTS ANYTHING ADDED TO THE LISTS, WHEN EACH DAY IS DUE TO BE ADDED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW

 

Right here goes:

 

Monday Minging & Flinging – Kitchen and Dining Room

Level One...

Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces

Level Two..

Sweep and mop floors

Sort & clean oven and hob

Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)

Level Three...

Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round

Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc

Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!!

Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don’t forget those kick boards..

Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!

 

Extras

• Clean the fridge.. it is smelly!!
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• 31 fling boogie..
• GO! Buy yourself some flowers from the shop.. your reward for making the kitchen shine!
• Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Tuesday Triumphs - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One...
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Level Two...
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks. Make them sparkle, sparkle!!!!
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three...
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Hoover/Sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry

Extras!

• MAD half hour
• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes, do you really need that empty shower gel bottle?
• If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
• Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits
• Get in a manky cupboard. Give it all GOOD scrub out before placing the things you need to use soon at the front, throw out everything you don’t want/need. If no messy cupboard do a food inventory!! Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

Wet Wednesday - those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! Paint your nails, make an appointment to have your hair done, a lovely soak in the bath. Whatever you feel like!!
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 and curtain pole!!!
Level Three...
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! And replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

Extra Task List

• Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
• Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
• 30 minutes ironing.. you love me & you know it!
• Grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!
• Sort the book shelves.. and toy boxes.. what can be flung?

Thrilling Thursday - Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One...
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level Two...
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen.. do you need that winter duvet yet?
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level Three...
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

Extra tasks list

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in.. doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it!
• Clean out that airing cupboard!!!!!! get rid of those things you don't need.. use dead towels as cleaning cloths etc.. be ruthless!!!! you REALLY don't need that 'thing' you've saved for 10 years.. 'just in case' If you did this last week.. you can do the under the stairs cupboard!!

Freaky Friday- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One...
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two...
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three...
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom..
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or are dead!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it! .. Does anyone have a pulper to make logs from their old papers??
Extra mission:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Check through those bottles.. what can be flung/decanted!!!
• Clean the radiators and woodwork in these rooms
• Scrub down the dirty marks on the walls in these rooms, and any dirty marks on the walls. 
• When did you last clean 'under the rim'? Get a mirror and check it out.. how gross??? 
• Wash any chair covers/throws/blinds etc. 
• When did you last replace the bath sponges & toothbrushes??

ionafan

Thank you Natty.  Anything beyond Level 1 will be a bonus for me this week. 

I am following hospital instructions and still taking it easy, but the ancestors are keeping me company and I have taken one line back another generation

(((Hugs))) to all - especially Fayolle and asb xx
Happy hols to pigpen & co xx

pigpen

ty for Fred.. I am not in but will be lurking when I can.

just decluttering ice cream

[Deleted User]

Morning all

i am in as best as I can be this week. Just slurping a cuppa in bed then it’s the feed run. Also need to read electric meter. 

Thanks piggers. I honestly do feel like I live to serve and really need to address this because it’s getting me down. 

I’ll be back later have fab days all xx

Jazee

Morning all.
Have a great holiday Piggers, rest up Ionafan and remember to say no - that's to everyone!
Littleydog has her surgery today so I'm going to DDs as a distraction so no flying today apart from essential stuff.

Valli

Morning all
two hospital appointments today so I’m taking lunch and staying there.
on the way back I shall pop into next to return DDs purchase and pick up the shoes for the wedding.

Enjoy the holibob, Piggers. 

Cleaned my bedroom yesterday - nice to wake up in a tidy room.

BadCat18

Morning all

nice weekend with FIL, back late yesterday afternoon, all unpacked and everything away within 30mins and then I had a couple of hours in the garden with my book, very nice it was too!

back to normal today, thanks for the thread, I’m probably working to my own lists again this week. So far today…

bed made
windows opened
wm x 1 done and on line and second load swishing now
dw set to run, I decided last night there wasn’t enough but changed my mind this morning to run a half load lol

working now but a fairly easy day on meetings so I’m hoping to get out at lunch and do a food shop, will see how I go.

Hugs etc to all, back later x

kazwookie

Thank you for the lists.

WM x 2 done out on whirly in the sun shine

Hoovering done

Bins done

Bed stripped and remade

Small shop done

Posted eby parcel, at the same time saw my brother and nephew walking near the PO so had a 5 min chat with them.

Walking done, the beaches are packed and local town very busy.

Salad made for lunch, some left over, that will do for dinner.

2 cats frontlined, just got to sort cat 3, but it is slow and careful for him.

Weight loss this week 1 lbs (29 in total   )

Total steps for August so far 96,527, I am now over 500K for 1 million steps, so very on target for end of September, should be

mid September, I am so please with myself, daft really.

Valli hope all goes well .

Natty68

Well done on the steps kaz, that's some achievement 😀

Hope all went well at the hospital Valli

Have a lovely holiday piggers.
Hope littleydog is recovering after her surgery jazee 😘

I haven't really done much lately due to this heat really getting to me. I did do some hoovering at 7am this morning, and hung some washing on the line but that's it..lol Have got a chilli quietly cooking on the hob at the moment, while Banjidog is out on his evening walk😘 

I meant to post this last week but totally forgot..doh. I know I posted on FB but for those not on FB I got nominated, last week at my Slimming World group, for Woman of the Year 2022. I haven't lost as much as others but I was nominated for helping and inspirating many others in my group. I've got to answer a few questions tomorrow evening and then I think they vote.. But my consultant said it's an honour just to be nominated - I know I won't win regionals though as I haven't lost 4st or above.

Here's the picture I'm taking in, it shows my weight loss from March 2021 till now xx

kazwookie

Wow well done Natty xx

ionafan

Love the photos, Natty!  You have done so well and look great x
And apologies to kazwookie - I don't think I have congratulated you on your >2 stones off and umpteen million steps x
I need to work much harder if I'm ever going to achieve slinkyness - the 10g of dark chocolate and 6 ginger biscuits that I've eaten today won't have helped, but we haven't had pudding tonight.

Hope all went well at your appointments, Valli x

WMx1 done and hung on whirly
Kitchen S&S'd
WULTD
More ancestors pinned down during the day

DS2&Co are home safe and well from their hols.  We are supposed to be going to see their new home next week.  However, DH is continuing to brew another infection, I think, and he has said that he's going to ring the GP in the morning.  I'm hoping he won't become an ambulance case before then.

I must take Rosie for a walk now.

(((Hugs))) spoons and sticks all round, as needed (I'm keeping a few spoons for myself, but I have plenty more in the drawer) xx