Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd April 2023

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.P

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/0whoever) ~ 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

Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room

15 minutes...
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Wipe and replace small appliances
30 minutes to spare...
Sweep and mop the floor
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Clean oven and hob
Got an hour...
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Wash windows and sills
Degunge the fridge!
Extra

• Thoroughly clean the cutlery drawer!
• Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
• Clean all the filters and door seals etc
• HHI
• 15 minutes gardening..

Terrible Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
15 minutes...
strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed, turned, vacuumed on other side and and then redress bed
30 minutes to spare...
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Got an hour...
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!
Extras

• Binbag dance
• Binbag for charity
• Sort out your own shoes and bags.. can any be rehomed?
• Wipe hand rails on stairs
• 15 minutes weeding

Wednesday - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
15 minutes...
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
30 minutes to spare...
Dust over all the electrical appliances.. be careful though I don't want any accidents!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Got an hour...
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Degrot the under stair space/cupboard.. I'm good to you all I know!
Dust mantle and polish any display cabinets or bookshelves etc
Extras

• Wipe and water the plants
• Clean out the pets
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings
• Get a pile of filing done!!

Thursday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
15 minutes...
Clean the floors in these rooms
De-grot the loo/bath/shower/sink etc
30 minutes to spare...
Wash the windows
Empty and clean out the bins
Clear and clean a shelf or cupboard and put back only the necessary items
Got an hour...
Clear the desk of mess and mush.. get rid of those
Wash down ALL the dining chairs..
Drag out the pc desk and clear under and behind it ... Don't you just love me!?
Extras - binbag list! We are doing something different today...

• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Fill a binbag for the bin
• Fill a binbag for a friend
• Fill a binbag for recycling!

Compulsory Extra..
Turn on your favourite song and sing REALLY loudly along with it! .. I don't care if you all sound like strangled cats.. I want you to sing for me! I find it really lifts a cloudy mood!

Good Friday - Guess what it's catchup day!

Level One...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Make time to do something for yourself!! A haircut, a long bath, a facial... whatever it takes.. do it!
Level Two...
Whizz over the main living area.. make it presentable
Change any smelly bedding that needs doing
Clean the fluff out of the TD filters.. or clean the WM/DW filters
Level Three...
HHC clearing the messiest room in the house
Wash any windows that are needy
Complete 1 task you have been 'meaning' to do for ages and not done it!!

Extras...

• Make sure you have everything ready for the weekend...Easter Eggs, Small eggs for easter egg hunt etc...
• Clean out a cupboard..
• Polish all your electrical appliances.. tv's, stereos etc
• Water and wipe any neglected plants
• Collect all the dirty laundry strewn about the house.. bedroom floors are the worst!
• Sort through your most used handbag.. get rid of those receipts and used tissues!
• Make a note of any calls you need to make or appointments that need keeping this week!

pigpen

TY for Fred.. I refuse to attempt tidying this week or next so I will keep on top of the basics, hopefully welcome a healthy grandbeast and knit up some wool stash!!

Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room

15 minutes...
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Wipe and replace small appliances
30 minutes to spare...
Sweep and mop the floor
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Clean oven and hob
Got an hour...
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Wash windows and sills
Degunge the fridge!
Extra

• Thoroughly clean the cutlery drawer!
• Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
• Clean all the filters and door seals etc
• 15 minutes gardening..

Terrible Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
15 minutes...
strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed, turned, vacuumed on other side and and then redress bed
30 minutes to spare...
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Got an hour...
Vacuum floors
Tidy a cupboard/chest of drawers
Dust and deweb.. inc bed frame!!
Extras

• Binbag dance
• Binbag for charity
• Sort out your own shoes and bags.. can any be rehomed?
• Wipe hand rails on stairs
• 15 minutes weeding

Wednesday - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
15 minutes...
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
30 minutes to spare...
Dust over all the electrical appliances.. be careful though I don't want any accidents!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Got an hour...
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Dust mantle and polish any display cabinets or bookshelves etc
Extras

• Wipe and water the plants
• Clean out the pets
• Wash any smelly soft furnishings
• Get a pile of filing done!!

Thursday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
15 minutes...
Clean the floors in these rooms
De-grot the loo/bath/shower/sink etc
30 minutes to spare...
Wash the windows
Empty and clean out the bins
Clear and clean a shelf or cupboard and put back only the necessary items
Got an hour....
Extras - binbag list! We are doing something different today...

• Fill a binbag for charity shop
• Fill a binbag for the bin
• Fill a binbag for a friend
• Fill a binbag for recycling!

Compulsory Extra..
Turn on your favourite song and sing REALLY loudly along with it! .. I don't care if you all sound like strangled cats.. I want you to sing for me! I find it really lifts a cloudy mood!

Good Friday - Guess what it's catchup day!

Level One...
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Make time to do something for yourself!! A haircut, a long bath, a facial... whatever it takes.. do it!
Level Two...
Whizz over the main living area.. make it presentable
Change any smelly bedding that needs doing
Clean the fluff out of the TD filters.. or clean the WM/DW filters
Level Three...
HHC clearing the messiest room in the house
Wash any windows that are needy
Complete 1 task you have been 'meaning' to do for ages and not done it!!

Extras...

• Make sure you have everything ready for the weekend...Easter Eggs, Small eggs for easter egg hunt etc...
• Clean out a cupboard..
• Polish all your electrical appliances.. tv's, stereos etc
• Water and wipe any neglected plants
• Collect all the dirty laundry strewn about the house.. bedroom floors are the worst!
• Sort through your most used handbag.. get rid of those receipts and used tissues!
• Make a note of any calls you need to make or appointments that need keeping this week!

Narc0lepsy

Thanks for thread.
Commiserations to those with a cold  I've had one all week which I hadn't wanted on holiday.  Today's flying comprised unloading DW in rented house then going for a walk with a lovely flylady.

Jazee

Morning all.  Thanks for the list.

 I don't anticipate getting much flying done today as both toddlers are here and workmen are due.  DGD2 is still asleep so I'm having my first cuppa and cuddling Poppet.

Have a great day everyone.

kazwookie

Thank you for the lists etc.

On a roll here, sun is out and I am moving.

Sofa out and cleaned behind, found a pen, loads of dust.

Bed stripped remade

WM x 1 done out on whirly

Bins done

Whole house hoovered, bagless thing emptied

Floors clean and mopped over

Ledges in conservatory cleaned

A small heap of paper worked, moved, sorted, and dealt with  ie file or bin shred.

OH's ironing done from his trip away (yesterday's washing)

Hoovered 2 x cat trees.

And all before 10am.

Now to do

Pick up prescriptions after 2pm as already been sent away once, when I tried to collect.

Cut back lawn

Sit in the sun shine for a short while

Have a good day all.

roundtuit

Morning my lovelies xx 

I'm up and dressed. I've had a brew and eaten breakfast. I've made my bed, sploshed bleach down the loo,  changed the towels in the bathroom,  shuffled the laundry and WM is swishing towels and tea towels as I write.

Yesterday I put up a new washing line. It will be tested today with the load that's swishing. Blue sky, fluffy white clouds (and a cool breeze if it's the same as yesterday) - I've not been out yet. There was a frost overnight 😳 

Round 1
Feed the birds
Put out the recycling
WUDUPA 
Peg out washing
HHAdmin

Hope you are all well. You've been quiet piggers I thought maybe the baby had arrived. Hope all goes well  xxx Is it Easter holidays for schools yet? 

Better crack on. Hugs to all
Rxx

pigpen

roundtuit said:
Hope you are all well. You've been quiet piggers I thought maybe the baby had arrived. Hope all goes well  xxx Is it Easter holidays for schools yet?

They finished on Friday.. back on the 17th..

We need to fit in a visit to the inlaws but I am nt going anywhere until the grandsprog is here.. she is due tomorrow and fat and fed up and whiny.

I have knitted, sewn up and added buttons to necessary things.. 5 cardigans, 2 hats, 1 romper and a blanket.. in the last 3 weeks.. I am doing the border for the raibow single bed blanket I wanted to gt finished for christmas and didn't.. I am trying to clear some projects and some yarn stash.

Basics are getting done and I have no dirty laundry but I just can't be bothered right now.. and it is pointless trying to get anything done with these 4 home making mess. They can remove all their detritus from the front room though.. I do not need to look at all that!

roundtuit

roundtuit said:

Round 1
Feed the birds ✅
Put out the recycling ✅
WUDUPA - WULTD
Peg out washing ✅
HHAdmin ✅

I've been to PO: posted Easter cards and a birthday card, and paid the rent. The new increased £7.40 a week rent 😵

Called ar Mr C00p with a list and bought stuff for pack up lunches this week. I need to get back into falling into Mr L once a week on my way home from work - far more mse.

I'm providing a taxi run for P & S  some time this afternoon/ evening: running them home from the bus station after their long weekend in Scotland. 

But for now 5 minutes with my book....I'm on the 5th in the Duncton Wood books. That's a good section of shelf emptied as, once read, the books are going into the cs bag. So I look like I'm sat reading, but I'm actually decluttering 😇

Love to all
Rxx

kazwookie

Grass is cut.

Swing seat taken out of its winter cover bag thing, cats have had no end of fun, playing in and out of it, took 15 mins for me to fold it up, owing to various cats in it!.

Washing in off line as it is dry.

OH has rung the garage re his car, it seems it is in the region of £1400 to get it fixed, it also needs to be moved to a garage in big city, he is thinking what to do, ie fix it, sell it as it, fix it and sell, etc, we still have my car and for the amount of motoring we do, we could manage with one.

Fayolle

I can’t lie, no flying today, not even the wm was run as both DH and I left early(ish) this morning and I cba this evening. Does scraping the car this morning count as flying 🤔?
Tomorrow is a new flying day. DD has, I think, got some plans for me which involve doing bits on her cs clothes finds to make them what she wants. She will tweak them and look stylish - not jealous at all 🤣.
Fed up with this cold. It’s not making any attempt to disappear.
Have a lovely time, Narc0.
Has anyone heard from ASB?

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

Funny old day, feel like I am getting Fayolles cold - can it travel down the internet?  Anyhow I am on Echinacea and Vicks First Defence because I am off for a few days over Easter and dont want a repeat of Christmas when I was ill.

Wanted to cycle into the office tomorrow but it is going to be a frost again tonight.  Its probably not very sensible while I am fighting off this cold anyway.

DS came for tea and brought a gas BBQ that he has just bought from Arg@s, he insisted on the two of us putting it together so he can then take it back to his house.  Took about 2 hours so that was most of my evening gone, but it was nice to spend some time with him.

Dogs blankets washed, thats about the sum total of my flying today.