Weekly Flylady Thread 21st January 2008

lil_me

Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it!

Following requests to start things steadier for new members who did not realise the tasks list wasn’t a must do, just an encouragement. There will now be level 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 being very basic it has been requested that this is just one task per day, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. If you want to do level 2 you add the tasks on level 1 with the level 2 tasks, if you want to do level 3 you add the tasks on, easy peasy. Choose a level to aim for but be realistic, if you’ve got a busy day on or are just starting etc aim for level one, if you get higher then great, if not then not to worry its only suggestions. Every room comes back around next week. Trust me some days I'll only be doing level one myself.

THESE LISTS ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS AND NOT A MUST DO LIST, ALWAYS WELCOME TO POST AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN.

Also adding a declutter mission each day. Another one where it’s up to you if you want to do it or if you need to. This follows requests from members who are looking to declutter. Fling boogies, hotspot clearing, cupboard sorts, drawer sorts etc will all be on this list. Any problems with this of any suggestions do please let me know.

A few of the basics before we start the week

Hotspots are any areas which 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

Nighttime 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.

27 Fling Boogie - stick on some loud music, grab a binbag and whizz around the house finding 27 items that can go out with the rubbish, recycling, for charity shop, basically anything that will stop it cluttering your home.

Swish and swipe 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

HHC - Half Hour Challenge, where members challenge each other to do half an hours work, amazing what you can get done (HHI = Ironing, HHE = Exercise)
Ok here goes this week!

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven - because I know it wasn't on the list last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe out the fridge, make sure the drain is clear
• Wipe over little appliances, wipe under them before putting them back
• Clean dishwasher, cooker hood (if washable) and tumble drier filters
• Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
• Wipe the front of large appliances

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level 3
Wipe light switches and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
Vacuum under furniture (only if you won't hurt yourself doing it, don't want any injuries)
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

* Clear one hotspot or spend at least 15 minutes clearing it a bit
* Give the inside of the front door a wipe (if it's not pouring down you could do the outside too)
* Wipe the leaves of your plants
* Sort through any magazines or paperwork lying around
* Clean windows and sills in these areas

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing

Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Ebay/Amazon/Car boot search, anything that can be sold which is no longer used? Cheaper listing day on Ebay this Thursday
  
• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by (maybe recycle for rags if possible, you could donate old sheets oor towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)
• Clean the bed frame where you can, vacuum if cloth covered, wipe with a cloth if wood/metal etc

Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area

Level One
Clean floors in these rooms (even if it is around the clutter)
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk, wipe with damp cloth if grimey
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Clear clutter from floor
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Delete 10 links in your favourites which you no longer use or are dead!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required

Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt:

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
• Clean/wash the brushes/dust box/filters on the vacuum cleaner (ensure these are dry before using again)
• clean the radiators in these rooms (and behind them if you can)
  
• Defragment PC, or at least do a disc clean up (you lot get off lucky I have 6 to do!)

Freaky Friday - Frightening Kids Rooms and Spare Rooms

Level One
15 minutes clearing clutter!
Spend at least 15 minutes doing something for yourself, whatever that might be
Level Two
Vacuum floors (even if it's around the rest of the junk)
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen
Level Three
15 more minutes clearing clutter!
Dusting - all those flat surfaces which have become fuzzy!
Clean window, sill and frame

Extra tasks, if you have extra time and want to do more, you could try one of these

• Clean skirting boards in one room
• Wipe down a childrens bed frame/cot
• 15 minutes ironing
  
• Paperwork sorting, spend 10 minutes on it, little and often! Anything need dealing with urgently?
• 27 fling boogie, time for the Friday Fling! Grab a bag and clear that clutter.
  

Well everyone, that's it for the week from me, I'm not going to do weekend tasks this week as I think it's too much to do them every week. So enjoy your weekend, enjoy spending time with your family/friends/yourself and don't forget your ME time! A weekend off because it's Rach's wedding. Good luck honey, wishing you all the happiness in the world x

LJD1_2

Hiya Lil_me,
I'm in. Thanks as usual for putting us all on the straight and narrow. See you in the week!
Rach! Your last week as a single flylady. Enjoy the week xx

My list;

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven - because I know it wasn't on the list last week
Extra Mission
- Wipe out the fridge, make sure the drain is clear
- Wipe over little appliances, wipe under them before putting them back
- Clean dishwasher, cooker hood (if washable) and tumble drier filters -
- Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
- Wipe the front of large appliances
- finishing washing muddy clothes from today
- phone football coaching to get DS a place

vivw_2

Started well last week but due to other pressures things didn't get finished at the end of the week ....however a new week starts tomorrow and I'm gonna give it another go.

Every day tasks:
Go to work
Cook tea
Clear up after tea and shine sink
General tidy of livingroom

plus:
Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/STRIKE] - dining room out of action due to decorating
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven - because I know it wasn't on the list last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe out the fridge, make sure the drain is clear
• Wipe over little appliances, wipe under them before putting them back
• Clean dishwasher, cooker hood (if washable) and tumble drier filters
• Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
• Wipe the front of large appliances

Solwaykid

Ta for the new thread Lil_me, appreciated.
I'll be in for as many evenings as I can this week. Catch you all tomorrow night, good luck with your Monday stuff.

torianut

I'm in again please! Gonna stick with level 1 this week as house not too bad - hoping to do some baking and home cooking too.

juliejim

Right, we'll see how much I manage to get done this week!

Have a good evening everyone

Jue

Zed42

A-ha there it is Excellent, thanks Lil-me

Right this week, I'm full of cold and self-pity, but in true female style will attempt to just get on with it, LOL!

This one may take longer than Monday, as I also work on a Monday, but let's give it a good shot :beer:.

Instead of the word "kitchen", this week I shall be substituting the word "utility room", it's dusty, cluttered and in need of a dire sort out.

Manic Monday - Utility and Dining Room

Level One
Clean floors

Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe utility surfaces (including shelves) [/STRIKE]
Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary) - definitely necessary!!
[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
[STRIKE]Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky [/STRIKE]
[strike]Clean oven - because I know it wasn't on the list last week [/strike] - Did on Friday night

Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

[STRIKE]Wipe over little appliances, wipe under them before putting them back
Clean washing machine and tumble drier filters
Take down venetian blind and clean it (sob!)
Clean utility room door (18 panes of glass I think, should keep me busy, LOL)
Wipe the front of large appliances (t/d, w/m)
[/STRIKE]Other things:

[strike] Arrange Next courier collection (sales items ... but somehow ordered a maternity pair of trousers, and no there is nothing I'm not telling you :rotfl:).[/strike]
Finish bank transfers as currently out of date totally
[STRIKE] Do some more of setting up MS Money to be in 2008[/STRIKE]
Start calculating our budget for 2008 given the latest electricity/gas price raises (£30 p.c.m more :eek:).
[STRIKE] Spend 30 mins reading a magazine
Go to the gym
Cook dinner (DH did this :j)
Sort out childcare vouchers for DD's playgroup[/STRIKE]
[strike]Clear out 2 of my clothes cupboards, removing outsized clothes[/strike]

skintscotslass

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
[strike]Clean oven - because I know it wasn't on the list last week [/strike]:D
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe out the fridge, make sure the drain is clear
• Wipe over little appliances, wipe under them before putting them back
• [strike]Clean dishwasher, cooker hood [/strike](if washable) and tumble drier filters
• Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
• Wipe the front of large appliances

Oooooh, I'm one step ahead already. Night all xx

Mum_on_a_mission_2

Hi all, I'm in again this week.

Not flwon for a couple of days, but it was my birthday and deciced to have a weekend of trying to relax. Not entirely sucessful in that regard but a pleasant weekend none the less.

This week working Monday to Thursday, and then away Friday to Monday sans DS (my mother is coming to DS-sit!). So not much time and rather too much to do!

Must make start on my tax return, sort out and post Amazon parcels, and check clothing for the company do next weekend! Plus the usual stuff - busy busy bees we'll be,

take care

Moam

cha97michelle

List for the week again for me - again heavily delegated to DH if he keeps on putting up with me. He's a man with a mission though, so that can't be bad. House looking quite clean from all the bits we have 'freshened up' but a lot more decluttering and ridding of trash needed.

I also have a midwife appointment to look forward to, so i have booked a morning off work, and hopefully should clear a few bits then too.

Anyway, some books still to mark, so want to spend 30 minutes at least on that before bedtime. I must not spend too much time on here keeping up with you lot this week. :rolleyes: Or i will never get through everything.

Jobs for Jan 21st-27th
work

• Lesson observation by IW – Mon I am promised CANCELLED WITHOUT GOOD REASON - PITA
• [STRIKE]GTC number to give to finance manager[/STRIKE]
• 9LI/[STRIKE]7H and 7K[/STRIKE] 8b schemes updated on computer
• Mark y11, 10, 9, 8, 7h/w
• Mark y8 books and do report stickers 7 out of 25 done
• Give out reports that were left
• Give test data for years7, 8 and 9 to science tech
• Mark y9 tests and y7
• Tell y11 there exam results
• Print out revision questions for my 6th form lessons this week
• Lab plan in for Thursday

Personal

• Look into selling wedding dress – probably ebay
• Sell old dresses on ebay
• [strike]Pay nursery bill by cheque - mon[/strike]
• Attend midwife appointment - Wed
• Buy some more magazines for dad
• Register our meal and theatre tokens on the internet
• Order Charlie James Bond stamps
• Remember to email 2x friends whose birthdays are this week and send birthday cards
• post off rental DVD
• post boots order confirmation slip to MIL to claim her gift
• try jumper on charlie and then see whether next one MIL makes should be bigger or same size.

Bathroom

• New door hung, varnished and put on
• Outside of door frame glossed

Our New room:

• Window sill glossed
• Look through wardrobes – anything that can be packed away for now, do, get DH to put in loft

Our Old Room:

• Look through wardrobes and chest of drawers, anything that can’t be worn for next few months while getting sorted, pack into suitcase/holdall and put in loft
• Same for DH’s clothes
• Pull out wardrobes to clean behind and for access
• Look through filing cabinet – sort each hanging file so only relevant things in there,
• Shred the waste from filing cabinet
• Look through my accessories, doing the same as my wardrobe things
• Strip one x wall of wallpaper – all rubbish out
• Strip 3 x walls of their border – all rubbish out.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors dining room done
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards
[strike]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/strike]
Wipe dining table
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Clean oven - because I know it wasn't on the list last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• [strike]Wipe out the fridge, make sure the drain is clear[/strike]
• Wipe over little appliances, wipe under them before putting them back
• Clean dishwasher, cooker hood (if washable) and tumble drier filters
• Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
• Wipe the front of large appliances

Michelle, x

pigpen

As always I'm in!!

MUST start going to bed earlier though!!

Ebay flinging this week.. so I challenge everyone!! 7p listing on Thursday.. let's make some cash and fling some trash!!!!!!!

Mondays moonwalking

[strike]WM[/strike] x2
[strike]TD[/strike] x3
[strike]DW[/strike] x2
[strike]BM[/strike]
[strike]HHE[/strike] le huff le puff
[strike]shopping.. beansprouts and peppers for salmon stirfry[/strike]
hang up, fold and put away laundry
Make appointment for hair to be made pretty *gulp* (bet this is on here all week!!).. closed today
Make reservation for food on Friday
bin bag dance!

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces [/strike]
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and the kick boards [/strike]
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front Running it into nothingness at the moment so I can do a big shop next week.. and I shall start a grocery challenge..
[strike]Wipe dining table [/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike]
Extra Mission

• Wipe out the fridge
• [strike]Wipe over little appliances [/strike]I do these when doing the worksurfaces.. why would we have dirty things on the clean counter tops?
• [strike]Clean dishwasher, cooker hood and tumble drier filters [/strike]
• Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
• [strike]Wipe the front of large appliances [/strike].. I do this when I do the cupboards