Weekly Flylady Thread 6th March 2023
Natty68
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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- 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
Magnificent Monday -
Kitchen and dining room
Level One..
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Open the windows and let in the spring!
Level Two...
Sweep and Mop the floor
Clean the icky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc
Wipe the cupboard fronts, all the appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three...
Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed
Empty and clean out the fridge.. including the drain hole bit at the back..
Clean oven/hob
Pick a cupboard and empty and clean it out and replace only what you wish to
keep!
Extras
- 32 fling boogie!
- HHI .. I really need to do this!!!
- Clean the grill pan..
- Clean windows and sills
Twinkly Tuesday ~
master bedroom and landing
Level One...
Clear the floordrobe
Clear the landing of gibble
Level Two...
Dust and deweb
Wash the windows
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed
Level Three...
Strip and wash the bedding
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
Check those smoke alarms!
Extras
- Binbag dance
- HHI
- 15 minutes filing
- Fill a binbag of old winter stuff for charity shop!!
Wacky Wednesday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Level One...
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Ring someone you love just to tell them so.. we never do this enough!
Level Two...
Vacuum the floors
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Level Three...
Wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing
Declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
Wiipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras
- HHI..
- Clear a hotspot
- Degunge around the bottoms of the taps!
- Wipe cupboards and polish mirrors!
Thursdays are Trilling!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One...
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two...
Wash the windows and the front door.. inside and out!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Level Three...
Clean the sofas
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Wipe all the paintwork!
Dust mantle and polish all the trinkets upon it.. and get all the junk off it!
Extras
- Wipe and water the plants
- Clean out the pets, get rid of that smelly bedding and replace with lovely smelling bits
- Wash any smelly soft furnishings
- Get a pile of filing done!!
Level One...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see..
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Level Two...
Binbag dance
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light
shade!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
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!
Extras
- Wash a set of curtains, nets or throw
- Make all those necessary phonecalls!
- HHI
- Make a half hour time out for yourself!!
- Tidy up the garden! Trim hedges and grass etc...
- Bake a cake
- Spend an hour or so with the family having some lovely special family time.. just talking or watching a film with popcorn etc..
Replies
Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One..
Level Two...
Wipe the cupboard fronts, all the appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three...
Pick a cupboard and empty and clean it out and replace only what you wish to keep!
Extras
Twinkly Tuesday ~ master bedroom and landing
Level One...
Clear the floordrobe
Clear the landing of gibble
Level Two...
Vacuum the floors.. and the mattress before remaking the bed
Level Three...
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
Extras
- 15 minutes filing
- Fill a binbag of old winter stuff for charity shop!!
Wacky Wednesday ~ Study or other reception room & bathroomsLevel One...
Level Two..
defragment the pc while doing this. ~ Does anyone have a pc old enough to require this any more?? I've not had to do it since Vista!
Level Three...
Extras
After this week..
Mon 13th 4pm ~ Boog opticians
I'm just having a cuppa while waiting for DGD2 to wake up. I may even have a chance to get dressed before she does.
Any flying today will be when she has a nap.
Have a great day everyone.
I'm up, dressed, made my bed, had a brew and breakfast, dropped Feargal at the village garage for his MOT, and walked home.
Round 1
Feed the birds
Change water in the birdbath
Put out the recycling
HH Admin
Happy Monday 😊
Rxx
also cleaned up kitchen and got washer going and sorted tablets out….need to collect some and order some
hope everyone has a good week x
wfh today (for a few hours). Have made a veggie chilli for tea which is in the SC. Pitta bread out of the freezer to go with it so it doesn't matter when DD gets home from placement; it will be ready.
Aired, ironed bedding brought upstairs. Washing on the line. DW stacked and WUALTD
Thank you Honey Bear
Mogs all hating life because we bested their fleas!!
I’m home from a night shift and seriously lacking motivation. I’ve turned the water heater on and made a cup of coffee. I’d better get cracking before my enthusiasm runs out completely. Please send positive vibes.
And I bought some meat.
Squeak collected.. that took FOREVER!!!!!!! OH back to work I thrust a coffee at him.