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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.
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!
Please do remember we have to abide by MSE rules; each post should, ideally, include some mention of flying.
Thank you Natty 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 (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'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...
Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
Clean table - don't forget the legs!
Wipe mats and/or change cloth
Wipe sockets and switches
Clear worktops and wipe down
Wipe kettle/clean toaster
Clean/wipe whatever lives on worktop
Put everything else away
Level 2
Clean drawer and cupboard fronts
Clear moulding/rotting furries from fridge and wipe out
Ungunge drain holes
If you've time remove shelves etc and wash out properly
Level 3
Wipe hob and oven
Sweep/vacuum/mop floor
Clean windows and wipe sills
Extras
peg out some washing
open some windows
wipe windowsills and gungy tracks outside (because I de-grotten my pation window on Saturday)
Plan an outing - it's going to be a lovely week and life's too short to spend working - and little coffee shops need your support! Or some other form of me-time.
Tuesday Boudoir Day
Level One
Strip the bed; leave it to air - open the window wide
Remove the floordrobe - everything away or in the wash
Remake the bed before moving up a level!
Level Two
Remove everything from surfaces, wipe and dust things and where they are
Wipe - with a barely damp cloth switches and door handles
Level 3
Vacuum thoroughly - don't forget the curtains!
Vacuum cloth lamp and light shades
Check for, and deal with, cobwebs!
Extras
Mad Half hour in the garden OR
H2H Challenge -Sort through shoes and boots - sort them into piles -
Pile 1 (keep)- clean, polish, put away
Pile 2 (keep but need attention)- cobblers - bag them up ready for repair
Pile 3 (no longer wanted on voyage) - FERLINNNG
Slinky Challenge meal plan and include salads
Scrimper challenge - Check your smellies stash and plan to use something up rather than buying
HHI
Wonderful Wednesday - hump day - and bathrooms
Level 1
Throw the windows wide open
If you have a shower curtain that can be machine washed get it in the machine and on the live
If not - then wash towels/bathmats/facecloths
Flush the loo and fling some cleaner down
Scrub inside and out - don't forget the handles/buttons
Empty bathroom bins
Level 2
Get a clean cloth; wipe pull switches and lighting
Scrub the bath/shower and polish the screen too
Polish taps and brightwork - don't forget hoses!
Level 3
Scrub the sink
Wipe and cupboard tops, doors, drawers and handles
Sweep/vacuum/mop floor
Extras
HHI
S&S kitchen
MAD half hour - challenge work OR pull some weeds or cut some grass
Have a lovely Wednesday x
Thrurday - love your lounge
Level 1
Open the windows w-i-i-i-d-e
Take out the garbage
clean the windows
Level 2
Wipe/vacuum sofas etc
clean the floor
Level 3
Dust & de web
extras
Peg out soem washing
Mad half hour
Get ourside for some vitamin D
Freaky Friday..I like it hot but...
Hall, Stairs and Landing
Level 1
Take the mats outside for a beating and an air in the sunshine
Dust any furniture in this area
Polish mirrors
Dust pictures
Level 2
Check all lighting is fully functional inc. outside lightimg
Get your cobweb brush in the corners
Clean windows
Level 3
Vacuum/sweep/mop floors
wash any coats, hats, scarves and gloves and dry them in the sunshine
Extras
Send kids to school with suncream applied and refilled water bottles (please!)
If you're not washing coats - sleeping bags? Duvets? wwooly jumpers? carpe diem!
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour - in the garden with a long, cold drink!
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!
Please do remember we have to abide by MSE rules; each post should, ideally, include some mention of flying.
Thank you Natty 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 (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'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...
Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
Clean table - don't forget the legs!
Wipe mats and/or change cloth
Wipe sockets and switches
Clear worktops and wipe down
Wipe kettle/clean toaster
Clean/wipe whatever lives on worktop
Put everything else away
Level 2
Clean drawer and cupboard fronts
Clear moulding/rotting furries from fridge and wipe out
Ungunge drain holes
If you've time remove shelves etc and wash out properly
Level 3
Wipe hob and oven
Sweep/vacuum/mop floor
Clean windows and wipe sills
Extras
peg out some washing
open some windows
wipe windowsills and gungy tracks outside (because I de-grotten my pation window on Saturday)
Plan an outing - it's going to be a lovely week and life's too short to spend working - and little coffee shops need your support! Or some other form of me-time.
Tuesday Boudoir Day
Level One
Strip the bed; leave it to air - open the window wide
Remove the floordrobe - everything away or in the wash
Remake the bed before moving up a level!
Level Two
Remove everything from surfaces, wipe and dust things and where they are
Wipe - with a barely damp cloth switches and door handles
Level 3
Vacuum thoroughly - don't forget the curtains!
Vacuum cloth lamp and light shades
Check for, and deal with, cobwebs!
Extras
Mad Half hour in the garden OR
H2H Challenge -Sort through shoes and boots - sort them into piles -
Pile 1 (keep)- clean, polish, put away
Pile 2 (keep but need attention)- cobblers - bag them up ready for repair
Pile 3 (no longer wanted on voyage) - FERLINNNG
Slinky Challenge meal plan and include salads
Scrimper challenge - Check your smellies stash and plan to use something up rather than buying
HHI
Wonderful Wednesday - hump day - and bathrooms
Level 1
Throw the windows wide open
If you have a shower curtain that can be machine washed get it in the machine and on the live
If not - then wash towels/bathmats/facecloths
Flush the loo and fling some cleaner down
Scrub inside and out - don't forget the handles/buttons
Empty bathroom bins
Level 2
Get a clean cloth; wipe pull switches and lighting
Scrub the bath/shower and polish the screen too
Polish taps and brightwork - don't forget hoses!
Level 3
Scrub the sink
Wipe and cupboard tops, doors, drawers and handles
Sweep/vacuum/mop floor
Extras
HHI
S&S kitchen
MAD half hour - challenge work OR pull some weeds or cut some grass
Have a lovely Wednesday x
Thrurday - love your lounge
Level 1
Open the windows w-i-i-i-d-e
Take out the garbage
clean the windows
Level 2
Wipe/vacuum sofas etc
clean the floor
Level 3
Dust & de web
extras
Peg out soem washing
Mad half hour
Get ourside for some vitamin D
Freaky Friday..I like it hot but...
Hall, Stairs and Landing
Level 1
Take the mats outside for a beating and an air in the sunshine
Dust any furniture in this area
Polish mirrors
Dust pictures
Level 2
Check all lighting is fully functional inc. outside lightimg
Get your cobweb brush in the corners
Clean windows
Level 3
Vacuum/sweep/mop floors
wash any coats, hats, scarves and gloves and dry them in the sunshine
Extras
Send kids to school with suncream applied and refilled water bottles (please!)
If you're not washing coats - sleeping bags? Duvets? wwooly jumpers? carpe diem!
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
MAD half hour - in the garden with a long, cold drink!
Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Thank you Honey Bear
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear
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I’m in guys see you all tomorrow xxMFW
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I'm in, and going to re start the slinkies, ie a kick up my back side!
Thank you for al lthe lists.Breast Cancer Now 2022 100 miles October 100 / 100milesSun, Sea
2024 7/28 lbs to go.0 -
Thank you Natty for last week's thread and Valli for this week's. I'm defo in. I must dust.Better is good enough.0
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Thanks, I am in. I need to establish a new routine this week.Spend less now, work less later.0
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Count me in too.
Zero flying all weekend, so I need to be in next week.
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I'm in - thanks Valli :A No work as yet this coming week so the house is my priority.
Marvellous Monday - Kitchen
Level 1
Wipe sockets and switches
Clear worktops and wipe down
Wipe kettle/clean toaster
Clean/wipe whatever lives on worktop
Put everything else away
Level 2
Clean drawer and cupboard fronts
Clear moulding/rotting furries from fridge and wipe out
Ungunge drain holes
If you've time remove shelves etc and wash out properly
Level 3
Wipe hob and oven
Vacuum floor
Clean window and wipe sill
Extras
open some windows
Plan an outing - it's going to be a lovely week and life's too short to spend working - and little coffee shops need your support! Or some other form of me-time."There's only one way of life and that's your own" - Levellers
"I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night" - Bon Jovi0 -
Many thanks for the list - I'm in this week xFlymarkeeteer: £168 and counting0
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hi.. and ty ... I'm in but just getting school stuff and off to bed so I'll think about a list tomorrow.
Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 3
mop floor
Clean windows and wipe sills
Extras
Sort pan cupboards x1.
Sort under sink cupboards x2
Tuesday Boudoir Day
Level One
Strip the bed
Remove the floordrobe
Remake the bed before moving up a level!
Wonderful Wednesday - hump day - and bathrooms
Level 3
Scrub the sink
Thrurday - love your lounge
Level 2
Wipe/vacuum sofas etc
clean the floor
Freaky Friday.
Hall, Stairs and Landing
Extras
S&S bathroomLB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
I'm in this week and hopefully have a bit of motivation. Off to a good start as I got quite a bit of flying done in the kitchen and back room yesterday. OH left to go away for the week early yesterday so I spent the rest of the day doing bits and bobs in the kitchen, the result is the sink and cooker top have been cleaned, worksurfaces are clear, fridge cleared out and the door shelves washed. Loads of stuff thrown out, the result is the bin is just about full and I have got a couple of bags to go to charity. It feels nice to have a bit of space here and there, still a long way to go. Also cleaned loos and descaled shower head and did 3 WM & TD.
Slinky doing ok, now 3.6 KG down since start of year which is a bit more than 1/2 a stone and as I set a target of 10 kgs or about 2 stone I realise that I am on target as we are about 1/4 of the way through the year. I have set myself some intermediate targets for along the way, and have reached the first (under 70 kgs) and am heading towards the next 68 kgs which will have me no longer overweight, only 1.5 kgs to go. Then 65 kgs, this is where I would like to be for the summer and I will then review what I want depending on how I feel (and look) and any impact on my blood pressure. 60 - 63 is probably the ideal range or maybe just under 60 but that is much too daunting at the moment. I think setting too hard a target at the start was what made it seem too hard.
Better get a wiggle on
So far
Up, showered and dressed
Bed made
Coffee drunk
Recyling put out (going to try and do this in the morning and evening to make kitchen a bit nicer)
Time to get ready and go to work.
Thanks for listening
xx0
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