Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd January 2023

Natty68

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.

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. 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 (ooh a compound adjective) content!
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 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

ok Here goes this Week...

Monday Madness- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One...
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two...
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget under the rim! and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches
Level Three...
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins! (the proper bins not the rooms that look like bins!)
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it..or just burn it!

Extras..

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Wipe down the doors and frames in these rooms.
• Clean the radiators in these rooms
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• Replace sponges/flannels/toothbrushes that are in need

Terrible Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two...
Sweep and mop floors
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
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
Clean fridge and see what needs using first (why do I have 3 different salad creams?)
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 and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!

Extras...

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob..
• HHI .. bit of a catch up!!
• Write an inventory of your cupboards contents and what needs using first
• Empty the cutlery drawer.. clean it out, wash the cutlery tray, chuck those baby spoons you don't use any more.. how many medicine spoons do you actually need? get rid of everything you don't use and make the drawer look nice again!

Wednesday - Beast Pits and Spare Ooms!
Level One...
Strip bedding.. and wash
Vacuum off the dustmites and turn the mattress!
Level Two...
Clear the floors of gibble!! and vacuum them
Wash windows
Wash curtains/beanbags/bears .. whatever needs doing
Level Three..
Tidy up all the books and games on the shelves
Find 5 things EACH to go live elsewhere.. they have to be your own!!
Take ALL the dirty laundry downstairs and put it on the laundry mountain!

Extras

• Binbag dance!
• Sort through the school uniform pile.. what is outgrown? What is unwearable?
• Wipe the paintwork.. doors, desks, skirting,
• IF you can.. move the bed and vacuum underneath!

Thursday - Master Mess-room.. & landing
Level One...
Strip bedding and wash it
Turn and vacuum mattress and redress!
Level Two...
Wash the window
Floor clearance!! Find the carpet.. or at least some!
Find the floor on the landing!
Level Three...
Vacuum floors
Wipe the bed frame of dust and deweb the room
Fill a binbag of rubbish

Extras

• S&S kitchen
• HHI
• Tidy a chest of drawers.. tuck in all those bits sticking out
• Straighten up the airing cupboard

Friday -fun and frolics..

Level One...
Clear the bathroom and cruddy study floor!!
Empty bins and wash them out
Level Two...
Wash shower cuartins, bath mats rugs etc that are smelly
Recycle all the empties!
Defrag the PC/virus scan/spyware scan which you scrub down the tiles!
Level Three...
Polish mirrors and other glass
Wipe out any cupboards and check what needs restocking
Clean the loos (inc outside), bath, basins (inc pedestal), shower trays etc

Extras

• HHI
• Wipe the radiators
• Wipe the paintwork, esp. round the loo!
• Clean out any smelly pets!
• Those with children, when they get in wash any coats that are in need.. it's been a week for mud!

ionafan

Thank you for starting off the new week with Monday's list, Natty x

The house is still clean from Friday and as tidy as it can be this evening.  I filled the DW, and DH WULTD (almost) everything else.  It was good to see DS2&co.  Unfortunately, at the last minute DS1&co found themselves unable to come for the meal (genuine reason) so I have bagged and boxed up the turkey bits and other leftovers, and we shall pretend it's Christmas again all week.  Rosie is looking very fat and contented after DS2 fed her a lot of titbits!

I am tired tonight and may not do much tomorrow.  Hope everyone has a good week xxx

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for lists.   Busy, busy week with work, prep for training, prep for wardrobe delivery, meeting with pension man. I hope I get my car back soon.  Not sure where flying will fit in exactly, apart from the bedroom wardrobe prep.

Today was really cold so I'm glad I had the ice swim yesterday. I put boiling water to defrost the bird bath at 9.30am but it had frozen again when I got back from church at 12.30.
Walked to church.
Did a bit of pruning in the garden.
Did a bit more experimenting/prep for training.
Drum practice.
Slow cooked a sausage casserole and used up half a pineapple to make a sponge - it must be national pineapple sponge weekend!
Got well on the way writing a report.
Had an evening of phone calls so had to keep pausing Midwives then Happy Valley!
Did various bits of admin.

Valli

I have cleaned my bedroom today and made lunch…a big improvement on this day last session when I was in pain… I’ve a slight headache and am a bit achey.

Banking all up to date plus a couple of fundraisers donated to.  Boxes for flinging are downstairs - they’re going to someone who is moving.  Also have some stuff to go to CS, 

need to post a birthday card - great niece who shares her birthday with DD.

done some WUALTD, WM, TD and DW all loaded.  Also vacuum battery in charging dock ready to recharge on E7.

pigpen

TY for Fred.. Flying visits as i am on my way to my nest..

Busy week as always.. I will figure out my list in the morning.

Jazee

Morning. Happy Monday.

DGD2 didn't stay last night as she's unwell so I'm off to her house shortly to spend the day looking after her there.

 I'm just having breakfast but I have already walked Poppet (not icy today) and the first sofa cover is in the washing machine.  Dailies except putting recycling out also done.

Have a great day everyone.

YORKSHIRELASS

Morning all

Thanks for the thread.  Welcome to the last full week of January 2023!  I love HBs idea of a flying lucky dip from the last thread.  My bathroom is full of decorating stuff so I will leave that until later in the week and work around my own list.

Paid stuff today, my shoulder and elbow are starting to play up, and I suppose that will be because I did two nine hour days on the laptop without a break last week, which is my own stupid fault.  I am going to do a workout next being gentle with it, then get ready for a late start at the paid stuff.

Felt a bit anxious yesterday but gave myself a bit of a talking to last night.  Just going to try and keep a positive mindset this week.

Hope it's a good Monday for eveyone x

ionafan

Morning all.

Thinking of you, YL - keep positive, and take care of your shoulder and elbow x

GWS to Jazee's DGD2 x

Valli, you amaze me with your energy! x

So far this morning I have
- admired the sunrise whilst catching up with the BBC news and this thread
- done a 5-minute pick-up and tidy round, also DUPA
- fitted yesterday's turkey carcass in the SC to make stock/soup 
- put away a piece of DH's jigsaw which he must have been carrying round on the bottom of his sock
- started WMx1 (DH will give me another load, I'm sure)
- checked finances and paid a bill
- booked DH's birthday present: a tour round our local non-NT stately home - we've never been, and it's only a couple of miles from here
- found a Mary Berry recipe for tea tonight.

That's today's Flying finished!
Next, wash and dress and coffee, then get back to the ancestors.
Rosie will need a walk this afternoon.  It's supposed to be warmest around 2.00 with sunshine around 3.00, so I'll aim for that slot.

Have a good day, all xxx
Round, are you ready for another brew in about 5 minutes?  Anybody else want to join the tea party / Kaffeeklatsch?  All welcome!

roundtuit

Oooo I'm always ready for another brew iona xx 😘 

I've made my bed, WUDUPA,  fed the birds, and put out the recycling. P & S called for coffee and they've taken the bag of books to drop-off at cs for me. Thank you very much 😊 

I'm loving the gurgle of water flowing down the kitchen sink plughole....it's been a slow seep for longer than I care too remember. Amazing what you can do with bicarb, vinegar and determined ferkling with some cotton buds 😉

I need food.

Rxx

kazwookie

Round, I use a knitting needle!

Thanks for the thread and lists x

I have lost my way a bit for some reason, I am blameing the cold weather.

So far

3 x WM

Stripped /  remade bed

Ash/ fire / logs / kindling done

Birds fed / deer fed

Cat 2 has been chasing my biro around.

Been and put OH's prescriotion in, why he cannot use the online service I just don't know, it would be so much easier.

All basins scrubbed, toilets and shower tray, degunked the shower plug hole.

pigpen

kazwookie said:

Round, I use a knitting needle!

Me too.. and for unblocking feargal.

I have a cuppa and a mushroom omelette.. I am starving today.