Neat and clean in 2017 - it's the January Flylady thread

[CotswoldStrife]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcome to the January Flylady thread, where we try and maintain our nests in good order by following the Flylady method. We'll post links each day to the Flylady website for the babysteps, daily focus and extra missions in the current zone. The habit of the month is shining your sink (or whatever other place in your home motivates you).

If you are just starting, Flylady recommends decluttering the weekly zone before doing the detailed cleaning and not to do too much at once!

All are welcome, so feel free to join us anytime.

Oops posted too soon.

A busy day here...

Ta da's

• kitchen hoovered and mopped
• lounge tidied and hoovered
• hallway hoovered, mopped and skirting boards wiped
• one washload on (still waiting to be emptied from the machine)
• kitchen wiped over
• puppy training class done (resulting in puppy covered in sand so therefore hallway and kitchen floor now covered in sand).

DH back in work tomorrow so I'll be on it good and proper!

This is a great thread. My aim for 2017 is to have the whole house clean, decorated and tidy at the same time!
Ta das:
Two washes hung to dry
Dry washing put away
15 minutes of ironing
One box of decorations put away
Kitchen cleaned and tidied
DS2 bed changed
One carrier bag of clutter binned!
Sink cleaned and shined!

I really hope this thread will keep me motivated!
To do:
Declutter and decorate my bedroom! Main job for January!

I've had a moderately productive day today. The highlight was cooking tea in the lovely tidy kitchen and having everything cleaned up and the dishwasher on before it even came out of the oven. I've been out for a walk in the sunshine and had a long nap to recover.

Dh is back at work so I won't have a car tomorrow and I'll get stuck at home. I've got big plans for finishing the final coats of paint on the skirting boards and sanding a couple of doors, plus tackling the pile under the stairs.

Keep on flying everyone.

Busy day here, but managed a quite a lot.

Tadas
load of washing
Kept kitchen clean after breakfast and lunch.
Had a walk with the DC's, cleaned their muddy shoes afterwards!
Made a roast dinner and a soup for lunches at work
Put away ironing from yesterday evening
Cleaned bath after after DCs were in it
Did some speed vacuuming

Back to work tomorrow, so i'm now wondering how i'll fit it all in again!

I think I did well today. We had a massive room full of boxes in our attic from when we moved in a year ago (!). DH and I emptied all the boxes and loaded my car with charity shop stuff for tomorrow. Will do that, then rip run, then take out all the baby stuff from the other attic room and put Christmas stuff back (already packed up). Also washed, ironed and tidied playroom.

I have shined my sink for the last three days too which I am big fan of.

I have tried to read the full thread but how do I know what jobs I need to do each day? I've read about 15 min focus - do you just pick a random job to do for 15 mins e.g. Sort out the messy drawer? Are there other general jobs I should be doing each day, such as hoovering and dusting etc?

Sorry for being slow on the uptake....

*tip run

Evening all

Mainly just basics done today here! Planning on being up early tomorrow as a trial for back to school run! So hopefully get more done tomorrow

mammy the fly lady website has a schedule for getting round all the rooms in a month. To start with I decluttered in whichever room was the focus for the week but as things got less cluttered I wrote out a list of everything I wanted to get organised and worked through that for the 15minutes a day. Once you're decluttered there's a detailed cleaning list for each room-I work through my amended version of that until the room of the week changes.

Regarding when to do housework, Monday there's a "home blessing hour" (bleurgh) where hoovering etc is done. I'm always busy on a Monday so I go rogue and do it throughout the week instead. I'd try and work out what needs doing daily (for me bins, kitchen sides and quick bathroom wipe) weekly (hoovering, bed linen, deep clean bathroom and kitchen etc) and monthly (dusting under furniture type tasks). Basically just start doing something and the details will work themselves out.

Done the big de clutter today alongside Christmas things put away too . Two massive bin bags of stuffed chucked . Clothes for the charity shop to sort tommrow

Phew !!

Thanks purple that makes sense. I think I am largely de cluttered in most rooms as we have just had a big sort out following a bit of work on the house so I think I can just go onto the daily/weekly/etc maintenance.

I'll have a look on the website for schedules etc.

Thank you again

I am (and slightly ) at the levels of achievement on here. I am typing this on a perfectly made bed, chilled glass of white - yes, I'm still in the hotel. But home tomorrow. Watch me fall ... but not until I have stuffed myself at breakfast. Yes, another mini pain au chocolate will do nicely thanks.

I will read and comment more thoroughly tomorrow. We've had a nice day with family may have gone a bit mad shopping and the present haul is not too bulky fortunately.

Will do the links now and sit back in awe as you whirling dervishes whip through your houses like tornados!

The daily summary for Tuesday (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day.

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Baby-step no 3 - explore the website

We are in Zone 1 this week: the entrance, front porch and dining room

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 1.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 1 is here

Mission for Tuesday take 5 minutes to dispose of anything you don’t love or use in the room

The daily focus for Tuesday is: planning

The monthly habit for December is pampering!

The Christmas Clean-Up missions are here day 9 today.

Brilliant - just the thread I need! Going to join you lovely organised people - my house will thank me, and you, for it!

Today's chores:

Bedding in the machine - done with timer sonit finishes before I get home from work
Feed cat - done although she's most confused as to why I'm up at 6am

When I get home I'll need to sort the dry washing and put clean washing out feed cat again and then strip bedding in the spare room from our nye guests.

Morning all

Ta Da So Far

Dryer on
Sink filled
Baby fed and changed

Next up

Wash pots
Feed DC

Yesterday I tackled 3 mahoosive problems: my magazine rack (don't ask), my DD's chest of drawers and my wardrobe.
I also put the christmas stuff away.
Done two loads of washing too.
It's nice and tidy, but I do need to clean the bathroom, those lush bath bombs are dreadful!!!! DD loves them.

Totally agree about the bath bombs 8!

To da's
Washing off radiators and away
Dishes washed

To do's
Post office to return a parcel
Walk with DD - last day off for us
Butchers
Make cottage pie for dinner
Xmas decorations down and away
Aldi

Since starting this, my kitchen has never been so tidy!

Hello everyone
Have toyed with Flylady before but didn't get beyond the sink. My house is minimalist but I find things gravitate towards hotspots. My big thing with flylady is the getting dressed as soon as you get up. I'm such a pj fiend. Yday I took all the decs down and cleared up still in my pjs. It's a bad habit and one I want to break. I feel so much better when I am up and dressed before coming downstairs but never seem to manage it!!!!

Still in Pjs now and it's 10am. Have shined sink though :)

Morning Everyone!

Ta da
Up, dressed and fed everyone
Swish and swiped bathroom (although not very well because there's still Christmas toiletry gifts on every surface)
Cleaned radiator in dining room (failed to get crayon off)
Put washing away
WM on
Made beds

To do
Wash up breakfast pots
Reboot laundry
Hot spots
Declutter shoes in hallway
Sweep and mop hallway
Make a start on the home bleugh

Done

Bathroom grouting, toilet cleaned and hoovered floor
Bedroom, hoovered behind bed & chest if draws, inside wardrobe & polished. Decluttered dressing table
Kitchen cleaned behind dishwasher, pipes and walls. Cleaned under kitchen sink. Decluttered junk draw.

To do

Clean fridge
Ironing
Make up bed in spare room

Morning all,

ta das

washed dishes
made beds

This is the first day of the new year for me really. dh plodded off back to work today so he's out under my feet so i can concentrate on givng the place a proper post xmas shake down. The kitchen and bathrooms are desparately waiting for a thorough clean which will all be done today.

It isn't half freezing cold here this morning though (brrrr)

Oh EmGee I'm exactly the same. I'm still in my pjs too. I don't know why it's so hard to get dressed, and while I'm not out of my nightwear I lose hours on the sofa. This is going to be my habit of the month...starting after the programme on tv I'm watching finished!

muppetswhat type crayon?
If wax-put kitchen paper over it and low iron
Biro/gel pen-hairspray sometimes works (no idea why)
Felt pen polish and scourer(not always)
not that I've ever had these problem

Ta das
4th load almost ready come out machine
Fed cats
Fed zoolets
Wash kitchen floor thanks drag breakfast around cat
Sort big pile clothes in my room-house,charity bag,bin
2more bags random crap decluttering
Bit food shop trailing zoolets(back school Thur)
Man's been n fix back gate so noore random drunken men bang back door at 11pm on sat night!!

Jacket potato in oven for dd2 lunch

Realised I not got a diary so head down local row shops to pick one up

Hi everyone! Not caught up with thread, I am at mum's for the week. Off to the panto in a bit - Craig Revel-Horwood (judge from Strictly) as Captain Hook :o :o then the Caglets are spending their Christmas money and I have a gift card to get them some sale clothes with, hoping not to succumb to buying anything for myself...

Feeling quite motivated although I guess it's easy to say that when I'm not actually at home in the mess! DH (stuck at home as he's working every day) is taking the tree down while we are away though and hopefully catching up on laundry.

I have joined the carrier bag a day decluttering thread too.

Slow start today but the last hour has been immense!

Tada's:
Swish'n'swipe
Emptied dishwasher
Pot of lentil soup bubbling away
Load of washing on
Cleared pile of shite hotspot on hall table
Decluttered a kitchen cupboard

To do:
Hang up washing to dry
Sweep / dust hall
Meal plan for the next few weeks