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Valli
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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'
WUDUPA ~ washed up, dried up, put away
WUALTD ~ washed up and left to dry
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...
Christmas Eve - Monday 24th December
S&S Kitchen
S&S bathrooms
accept any help offered
have a lovely Christmas Eve##
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December
Have a lovely, peaceful, happy, fun-filled day. I hope there are many happy memories of Christmases past. Raise a glass to those no longer with us.
Remembering Cycling Yorkie, Toots, Money Saving Diva and Mummy's little boy.
Boxing Day Wednesday 26th
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Thursday Thrills
Spend 15 minutes in each room tidying and basically limiting damage
Open the windows
Clear away any rubbish
Water plants/tidy flowers
Plump cushions/straighten throws
Straighten furniture
Living room wipe coffee/side tables
Kitchen - S&S
Bathroom S&S
HHI
make beds
and remember Don't Put It Down - Put It Away!
Friday Finale
Not really got a clue what to suggest other than
Ensure fridge is properly functioning, not to crowded and with clear drain holes
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Get a cloth and go round the house wiped sockets, switches and handles to keep a lid on any lurgies
Strip and remake beds
HHI
Write thank yous
Buy January's birthday etc cards - or at least write a shopping list
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'
WUDUPA ~ washed up, dried up, put away
WUALTD ~ washed up and left to dry
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...
Christmas Eve - Monday 24th December
S&S Kitchen
S&S bathrooms
accept any help offered
have a lovely Christmas Eve##
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December
Have a lovely, peaceful, happy, fun-filled day. I hope there are many happy memories of Christmases past. Raise a glass to those no longer with us.
Remembering Cycling Yorkie, Toots, Money Saving Diva and Mummy's little boy.
Boxing Day Wednesday 26th
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Thursday Thrills
Spend 15 minutes in each room tidying and basically limiting damage
Open the windows
Clear away any rubbish
Water plants/tidy flowers
Plump cushions/straighten throws
Straighten furniture
Living room wipe coffee/side tables
Kitchen - S&S
Bathroom S&S
HHI
make beds
and remember Don't Put It Down - Put It Away!
Friday Finale
Not really got a clue what to suggest other than
Ensure fridge is properly functioning, not to crowded and with clear drain holes
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Get a cloth and go round the house wiped sockets, switches and handles to keep a lid on any lurgies
Strip and remake beds
HHI
Write thank yous
Buy January's birthday etc cards - or at least write a shopping list
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
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear
Janice 1964-2016Thank you Honey Bear
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I’m in!
Wishing all fly ladies a wonderful and peaceful Christmas xxMFW
[STRIKE]Mortgage 8.2.15 - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£171,064.64[/STRIKE] Mortgage 1.5.2018 - £99,980.45Aiming to be MF 1.10.20200 -
Welcome back, dancemum. (((Hugs))) and spoons coming your way xx
I'm in, though my list is rather longer than Valli's - it includes 2 carol services, a complete clean of the house, putting up the last of the decorations, preparing food for Christmas Day, wrapping gifts, and of course Midnight Mass
Today has been taken up with church service, delivering cards, visiting sick and bereaved friends, Rosie's walk, cooking lunch and dinner, and watching Dragon's Den. Having had less than 4 hours' sleep last night, I am off to bed now and hope to be up bright and early (well, early, anyway - it's hardly likely to be bright at 6 am :rotfl:).
Wishing everyone a relaxed Christmas Eve and enough time and energy to complete everything on your personal list xx0 -
Ditto, ATB!
And I'm also in for the ironing challenge...
Mince pies still to be made, ditto cakes, ditto lots of other jobs, but I can't quite remember them!0 -
Basically I assumed you'd all have your own list of things to do so I was keeping it simple!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 DickinsonJanice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
Thank you Great idea for the list
I’ve nearly finished the kitchen overhaul I’ve got a few dishwasher loads to do. Cupboards are looking much more organised, table is moved and nearly ready in the sitting room too. We bought a few doors to go on DS1s old wall unit so it makes it a bit more living room
Tomorrow I’ve got the shopping to do. We have got a lot in already which is a blessing. Then will finish kitchen S&S the lot then blitz the bathroomOne day I might be more organised...........
GC: £200
Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb0 -
Hi all x
I'm in thanks to Valli and Natty for the threads xxxx
Managed to haul myself out of bed and do a couple of loads of washing and tidied up the livingroom. I've also done all the wrapping which is totally unheard of, I'm normally sitting on Christmas Eve doing it.
I've got the scullery and bathroom still to do and I need to do a food shop which I've been avoiding and now I'm regretting my avoidance!I'm not a muggle...I'm just magically challenged0 -
I'm awake, so mentally planning my list for today:
Have a fun day out with the family and some friends.
Wrap the last of the presents - I didn't see the point in getting Pickles pressies put, wrapping them and putting them away again, when I could just wrap and leave out tonight.
Christmas dinner prep - as per the list I made yesterday.
Put all the dry washing away and pray it all dries today so I don't have airers cluttering up the house tomorrow.
Whizz round and ensure lived in parts of the house are as tidy as possible.
Drink a large gin and get an early night.
Happy Christmas Eve everyone.
Wish.Outstanding mortgage: £23,181 (December 19)
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Morning all. I'm in, thanks for the list Valli. I think I can manage today's list.
My Christmas Day is actually in two days time so a lot of last minute prep will be done tomorrow. Today I am going to lunch with DD and her DH and then to the cinema.
And it's dry, so the dogs will get a walk.
Have a great day everyone.Spend less now, work less later.0 -
Flapping in to wish everyone calm vibes.
Main things I can't delegate today and are priorities are SIL flower arrangement and the dreaded knitting for Mr N's present which I'll finish if I have to sit in midnight mass with it!
Most other things today are manageable or able to be delegated. BIL arrived yesterday, brother and SIL then friend arriving this afternoon. Definitely no MIL over the festive season as she is still obsessed over hating my mum, apparently refused to even sign a Christmas card for her. Yesterday she told bil that Mr N had let her down on Saturday by not taking her to lunch and going out with his friend instead. Mr N pointed out that not only had he taken her to lunch, she still had the 'doggie bag" in the fridge from where the cafe had boxed up her remaining meal as it was too much to eat.
How's the cough Piggers?Remember...a layer of dust protects the wood beneath it.0 -
Count me in as I'm going to be one of those people that will be wrapping at midnight..
This bloody cold has floored me with the dizziness and all, and if I cough I throw up so I have to be careful. Still we knew something would happen as funnily enough for the past few years I've always had something at Christmas. My Dave calls it Christmasitis..lol He reakons I'm allergic to it..bless him.
I have a list which is below, how much will get done is anybodies guess..but hey ho !!
Natty's list
Tidy up sofa
Gut corner living room
Pack stuff in crate, put crate away somewhere out of sight..
Hoover floor
Clean kitchen floo
Clean work tops
Dust living room
Transfer from old laptop to new laptop
Download shop and scan
Download expenses to KMPT
Wrap presents
Pick food up that is on order
And breathe!!!!!!!!
No delegation to DH as he is working from home upstairs and he is already moody because I asked him to do something that was away from his desk..lol
Piggers is your cough/whooping cough any better hon?Mortgage Free as of 20.9.17Declutter challenge 2023, 2024 🏅 🏅⭐️⭐️
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