Weeklyl Flylady Thread 14th April 2025

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- 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
Level One
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Clean oven and hob, try not to break your oven like I did this weekend!!!!!!
Wash windows and sills
Level Three
Wipe the table and chairs... clean cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floor
Degunge the fridge!
Extras

• 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

Terrible Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level One
Strip the bedding and get it washed.. air the duvet
Mattress vacuumed, turned, vacuum other side and redo bed with clean linen.
Level Two
Deal with the floordrobe
Wash the windows
Wipe all the doors and frames upstairs
Level Three
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

Wistful Wednesday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Level One
Clean the floors in these rooms
De-grot the loo/bath/shower/sink etc
Level Two
Wash the windows
Empty and clean out the bins
Clear and clean a shelf or cupboard and put back only the necessary items
Level Three
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 ... see how good I am to you lot!?
Extras - binbag list!

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

Twinkling Thursday - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two
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
Level Three
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Degrot the under stair space/cupboard.. You know you want to...!!!!
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

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...

ionafan

Thank you for the new thread, Natty x

We're going away for a short break this week, visiting family and friends, so I'm not sure how much flying I'll achieve, but the house is tidy and it shouldn't take long to flick a duster and run the hoover thingy round.  All the photos and slides are boxed up and well out of the way of any sunshine.  I sorted 2 boxes of slides yesterday and decluttered quite a lot, but there are still plenty more!  

(((Hugs))) to all in need, and I hope everyone has a good week xxx

Valli

nice gentle day.  I have knitted, ironed, dried towels, put ironing away, and pottered.  Am now a redhead again.  I have s&s the bathroom.  those last 2 items are not unconnected.

Toots list now 1 items shorter.  Wooden trim reattached to wardrobe door.  Sanded off old glue first…as a repair shop addict I have learned stuff!

Thankss for the new thread.

Jazee

Morning all.  Thanks for the list Natty.

Wordle in four even though I has four letters in the correct places on line two.

Today I am going to sensory and soft play but will try to fly before.

Have a great day everyone.

ionafan

Jazee, can we all come and play with you?

Wordle in 3, Spangram no hints, Connections no lives lost.  Well, that was an easy start to the day!   Just remind me never to buy or play the game in the blue line!!!

Rosie is still fast asleep.  I have decluttered my meds and a cuppa whilst doing another little job off my admin list and am about to start FUPA the clean washing.  DH has a nurse appointment at 11.15, and Rosie will go out with L for an hour around the same time, so I shall be left in peace to flick a duster and hoover, pack my bag and be ready to leave immediately after lunch   It remains to be seen whether DH will be ready at the same time, as he tends to pack everything bar the kitchen sink.

Hope you all have a good day xxx

roundtuit

Good morning my lovelies xx 

I'm up,  made my bed,  taken my meds,  turned over the calendars,  eaten breakfast,  supped two brews,  completed Wordle in four,  and, so far, completed two lines on Connections with no lives lost - I left it to answer a text and I've just realised that I didn't go back to it....

To Do Today List 

Finish Connections 
Get dressed 
Feed the birds 
Put out the recycling 
P & S calling for coffee 
Give Easter eggs and card to P & S
Put fresh towels in bathroom 
Wash towels and tea towels 
Mr Al shop

Any ideas how to reach the last quarter inch of body lotion in a pump action container? I tried standing it upside down so that I could tip out the contents to use up, but they didn't move. Now I'm flummoxed. 

Have a good week
Rxx

Jazee

Me again.  You're all welcome to play!  We spend too much time adulting.

Round - could you put a tiny bit of baby oil or similar in to loosen the lotion up a bit?

 I have done dailies, walked Poppet, watered garden, hoovered through and shined kitchen sink.  From today's list I have cleaned the cutlery drawer and filters on WM and run it through a cleaning cycle.

And that's it for today.  Off out soon.

eltee2

Morning all

Sunny here today but with a bit of a chilly breeze

Today's usuals
✔️Open windows
✔️Air & remake bed
✔️Exercises pt 1
✔️WM x2 - all the laundry bags are empty!*
Might need TD to finish
DW
S&S bathroom
Exercises pt 2

I'll be doing levels 1, 2 & 3 off the list, plus vacuum & tidy the living room. Maybe HHI as well 🙀

ETA FUPA the clean laundry
* for about 20 mins

Valli

Round - can you take the lid off and scoop it out?  I keep a wooden coffee stirrer for this very use.

Natty68

Has anyone got any horse tranquillisers please? After everything this year has chucked at me I've now got to have a hysterectomy 😭

Had my gynae appointment on Thursday of last week and the consultant tried to insert a new coil, no go!!!! I had already gone to the ceiling during my biopsy scrape so he then decided hospital was the way to go. So I've got to have a scan, a camera thingy and then a hysterectomy. Depending on the results of everything this will decide whether full or partial.

Have been put on progesterone tablets instead of the coil, with my Oestragel gel pump to get me through menopause.  

And the bad news is at 57 I'm having tom again, after 5 years of absolutely nothing. My consultant was convinced they had gone completely...lol 

Still getting over this covid bout from Feb, am now just building up my strength again, my own Dr said it would probably be 6 to 12 weeks before I'm fully fit due to the severity of how the covid was. If I do anything too bad I'm flat on the sofa asleep..lol

So hence the horse tranquillisers...I mean seriously if I was a horse I would be shot by now...lol

In other news Dave is thriving since the move to Wales 18 mths ago. He's never looked healthier and his white cells are stabilised on the chemo he's on. He's out to a couple of clubs a week, volunteering at my sister's zoo once a week and out riding his bike once a week. Then it's chemo time and he's less able to do things for three days 😔

How is everyone else doing? I really feel I've missed major things etc on here.

Has piggers come back to the thread yet?

So sorry for unloading in this post...😕

ionafan

Great news about Dave's progress, Natty, but I'm very sorry to hear of all your troubles.  I sincerely hope you can get sorted sooner rather than later - in the meantime you are exempt from all but very light flying and encouraged to take as many naps as you need to get through each day xx

I have done a quick tidy round and started my packing.  DH has gone to get his leg dressed by the nurse, Rosie is out having fun with her pack, and I'm about to drag the Dy$0n upstairs so that I can come home to a clean house on Wednesday evening. 

xxx