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!

Thank you Natty for last week's thread (link to follow)

It is your responsibility to read the forum rules, please follow them 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!!!8217;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!

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...

post under construction - JUST LOST LIST AAAAARGH

Monday Munchroom Mess - Kitchen and Dining Room

Level 1
Empty bin and wipe it out
Clear sides and wipe down
Wipe stuff as you put it back - kettle etc
Clear table; dust, wipe/polish - don't forget the legs
Clean whatever you sit on - barstools (I'm cross now as this is list two lol) or chairs! Don't forget the legs - and turn them over and look under the seat...told you! How icky does it get where fingers go and eyes don't see!

Level 2
Rinse out that cloth and wipe sockets and switches and door handles
Wipe down cupboard fronts and fascias - paying special attention to handles
Spring clean - pick a neglected drawer or cupboard, empty it and wipe it out.
Wipe window sills and clean the windows
Clean out fridge and weave anything on its last leg into your mealplan
Wipe splashbacks/tiles

Level 3
Dust any dining room furniture
Wipe skirting boards
Sweep/mop/polish floor

Extras
Binbag Dance
HHI
S&S bathroom
check diary for the week
Deal with a pile!
sweep/mop/vacuum floors

Triffic Tuesday - out on the tiles
(Bathrooms and en suites)

Level 1

Remove shower curtains and towels - wash that shower curtain!
Wipe down shower screens and cubicles
Scrub bath
Give shower heads a bath in lemon juice
Polish all brightwork (chrome bits - taps & hoses)
Clean shower tray
Good glug of bleach down drain

Level 2
F;ush loo and spray bowl with cream cleaner and SCRUB - under the rim, below the waterline and all over the bowl.

Flush loo again
Wipe seat, lid and outside of loo - including where you can't see...
Slop some bleach all over the loo
With a clean cloth wipe switches, pull cord, door handles and loo roll holder

Level 3
Scrub the sink = dont forget the plug!
Bleach the drain
Wipe the pedestal/cupboard over
Polish and mirrors, glass and your heated towel rail
Clean the floor - vacuum or mop
Put out fresh towels

Extras
HHI
S&S kitchen
Cook a 'double' meal and freeze the spare ready for when you need/deserve a lazy evening
Book out some me time...or some couple time...or both
Go through your odd socks - if any of them have been there a l-o-n-g time bit the bullet and bin them!
If you're working your way through your kitchen cupboards clean out another one!

Wonderful Wednesday - boudoir beautification

Level 1
Open windows
strip your bed
Dust/polish vacuum bed/headboard etc
Make the bed with fresh linen

Level 2
Clear the floordrobe/chairdrobe
Dust and polish furniture

Level 3
Clean windows
Vacuum/mop floor

Extras
S kitchen
S&S bathroom
HHI
Have a wonderful Wednesday

Thrilling Thursday - love that lounge

Level 1
Binbag dance - and shift the gibble out - get it homed!
Open the window for a freshen up
Deal with any wilting blooms - and houseplants
Clean windows
Wipe sills
Vacuum pelmets

Level 2
Clean sofas and chairs - lift those seat pads and vacuum under them, too
Plump cushions
Dust lightshades, table lamps and any other lighting

Level 3
Dust everywhere - including tops of soors, cupboard and skirting boards
Vacuum/sweep/mop floor

Extras
Chuck any old magazines/newspapers into the recycling bin
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Open windows to air the house after all that rain - if it's sunny

Friday Finale

High traffic areas

hallways, stairs, utilities, lobbies...mix it up

Beat any door mats
Clean any windows
Dust dusty spots
Move excess coats and shoes
Polish any mirrors
Wipe any sills
Wipe all light switches and door handles
Wash OUTSIDE of front door
Sweep/mop/vacuum floors
Clear any gibble
Binbag fling...all that stuff you put down and left - can it go?
Put all junk mail in recycling - cut windows out of envelopes first - SHRED bits with personal information on first
Check outside lights are working


Extras
HHI
S&S Kitchen
S&S bathroom
make sure everything is in its home...tidy is half the battle!