Weekly Flylady Thread 10th June 2024

Natty68

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread.

We often see new flyers (gents welcome!) around this time of year so please don't worry if you feel you cannot keep up.  Similarly if your house has been neglected it won't be turned around in a day - but if you stay you will get into some good habits which do help!  Happy flying.

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

Ok here goes this week:

 

Monday ~ Living room, Hall and downstairs Loo
Level one
Hoover/wipe the sofas
S&S the sink and toilet
Level Two
Dust the electricals
Hoover the floor and mop too
Level Three
HH tidying, decluttering, sorting
Wipe some paintwork, skirting boards, behind the toilet/sink
Extras

• Order pet supplies or make vet appointments
• Clean out pets/pet bedding
• Check you know when sports day/end of term is
• No pets or kids?read a book or do some 

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Hoover/mop the floor
Level Two
Clean the sink and shine the taps
Sort out and wipe out the fridge
Level Three
Clean the WM filters and drawer
Wash the window
Wipe over the hob and oven door
Extras

• Clean some shoes
• HHI
• Deal with a hotspot

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level One
Change the bed, hoover the mattress, turn it if you can
Level Two
Hoover the stairs, landing and bedroom
Wipe the window ledges
Level Three
Dust any dusty bits
Deal with hotspots/floorobes
Wipe the bedstead
Extras

• Arrange for boiler service or chimney sweep
• Recycle any paper/magazines lying around

Thursday - Bathrooms
Level One
Clean toilets and sinks
Level Two
Change the towels
Hoover and wipe the floor
Wipe the splashbacks
Level Three
Clean out the plug holes
Shine the mirrors
Clean the bath and shower
Extras

• HHPaperwork
• Declultter a drawer
• Me Me Me time

Friday - Children's Bedrooms or spare rooms/rooms of Doom
Level One
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Level Two
Hoover floor
HH tidying or decluttering
Level Three
Wipe the skirting boards
Wash an item of soft furnishings
Clear, then dust a flat surface (or 2)
Extras

• Find a new recipe to use
• Sort out your receipts/purse
• Check dates on passports/MoTs/insurance etc

Valli

no… not first in surely?

Thanks Natty x

roundtuit

Good morning my lovelies xx 

Monday morning weigh in revealed - 2 lbs this week. 😊

I'm up, made my bed, got weighed, and supped my first brew. 

Brew 2 and breakfast next. 

Have a good week
Rxx

kazwookie

Thank you for the lists.

Round well done, keep going you are doing so well.

It is blowing a right hoolie here and lashing down with rain, the tide is right up and there is still about 1 hour to go until high tide, there are likely to be several cliff fall during this coming week, with the waves lashing at the cliff base the way it is. (I've not been down there, but watching the web cams, so much safer)

Doing any washing is out of the question currently, but I am going to gather it all up.

So list for today as we are on a slow start

Strip and remake bed, need OH to get out of it, and 1 cat to get off it first!!

Hoover whole house

Go outside when the rain stops and find out what is banging and crashing about.

Do all bins

Bleach toilets

Do all hard floor.

Brought wood in last night and had the woodburner going, I've just put the gas heating back on as well.

Go food shopping

Have a good day / week.

Natty68

Morning all, have been up since 6am although fell asleep with the pup on the sofa 😄 

Been watching the birds feeding from the feeders.

The jets (Hurricane and Chinook) are now flying overhead doing their training unfortunately the older dog isn't happy - he's now under the rocking chair in the corner of the room. Still hopefully it won't be for much longer they'll be flying overhead.

It's a gorgeous day here so the washing will go out when the machine has finished then DH and myself are off to the crematorium in Aber to sort out two memorial trees for both set of parents. Happy days!!

Hugs and spoons to everyone, andwel done Valli for being first... it's cos the list went up when everyone had gone to bed, I confused everyone...lol

roundtuit

I'm dressed, supped brew 2, eaten breakfast, completed Wordle and Connections, shuffled the laundry,  put away the airer, put out the recycling and fed the birds... the latter just as it decided to pelt down. Soggy Round! I've phoned in my request for a repeat prescription,  and swept up the pot of bird seed that I tipped all over the kitchen floor....and I didn't swear 😇

It is now raining again. 

Thank you kaz 😘 I've just looked at a few of the coastal webcams in your area. Hmmm. You'd never guess it was June, would you? Same here. Had the heating on earlier to remove the chill.

P & S will be calling for coffee at some point this morning. Nothing else planned....yet.

Rxx

Slinky

Morning all

I have had the lightbulb moment this morning. It only takes 20 minutes each to clean the shower room and the bathroom if they are pretty clean anyway......  It's probably the same for most rooms in my house. Just got to knuckle down and keep it that way.

I haven't done the floor or skirtings in the shower room as they are mop jobs, but the bathroom floor is smaller and is easy to do with a sponge. The flooring is vinyl so doesn't kill my knees like the shower room floor.  Need to make a task for Wednesday to mop all the hard floors in one go. Will take about an hour.

Took the car to the garage and just got the call to say it has passed its first MOT. Really horrible wind blowing here as I walked home, alerted my friend who is volunteering outside for 3 hours to dig out her winter gear, gloves and hat again. I've got 2 hours but am inside today. It's now raining too.  I've put the towels in the wash and will hang them up inside to dry. I've checked the forecast and the BBC is showing rain on every day for the next 2 weeks. Where the heck is our summer? We had some sun on Saturday but the northerly wind is bitter.

pigpen

Natty68 said:

Hugs and spoons to everyone, andwel done Valli for being first... it's cos the list went up when everyone had gone to bed, I confused everyone...lol

I went to bed at half 1.. I just didn't check the thread I was playing games not browsing. TY furry mush for Fred.. I'm alive but doing very little and nothing worth posting about.

kazwookie

Heating is now off, OH has been leaving the main doors open, so no point in having it on, and he was the one moaning he was cold.  Why does he need the front and back doors open at the same time in this weather is anyones guess.

Hoovering done

ionafan

Morning (just!) all.  A late start for me, as I had been in the WAC from 3 until 5am and then managed to get back to sleep until 9.

Achievements so far today:
- let Rosie out in the garden at 4.30: it was drizzling, so the scents were tantalizing!
- showered, then S&S'd bathroom
- made my bed, tidied the chairdrobe (used-once clothes, not yet ready for washing), wiped my tea tray
- DH prepped breakfast; I ate mine, then S&S'd kitchen (I had mopped on Saturday)
- worked out how to make an easily transportable heart-shaped strawberry gateau for the celebration lunch following H&F's wedding blessing on 23rd
- DH stripped his bedding, I started WM
- tidied LR
- mended a cardigan which is almost ready for the CS ragbag but not quite
- checked finances, updated files, and sorted out a banking transfer problem: right hand of the bank not knowing what the left hand is doing/automated systems that don't work properly

Still to do:
- hang out DH's bedding, as it's now sunny and very breezy
- WM#2 and hang out
- hoover upstairs, having not done it yesterday
- ask DH to hoover through downstairs
- walk Rosie (L is on holiday this week)
- make paper flowers before the Old Wives' meeting
- sow more seeds (my beans are not showing their face yet) and clear the table in the utility
- remake DH's bed with his help

Update to follow later.  Have a good day, wherever you are xxx

[ETA: at 12.00 I checked for beans again and some are showing through at last ]

Jazee

Hello all.  Hope you're all doing well today.  I'm back to my normal procrastinating self.

DGD2 has just gone down for her nap.  So far today, I have put washing on the line where it can stay even though it keeps raining, done dailies, walked Poppet in the rain with DGD2......there's a theme here.

Oh, thanks for the list.  Working from the bottom I will now choose my next book to read!