O/S Daily Monday 21st May 2017

Believe me Lyn, that even works with 4 year-olds. Every evening the Toy-Snatcher arrives with his bin bag and collects up all the toys left on the floor. I wouldnt say that the toys are put away tidily but at least they are not left on the floor.

Tru: You poor love. Been there. Done that. Got the (rather grubby) Tshirt.
One of the advantages of getting old, and there aren't that many so we have to make the most of them, is that hopefully most of the mess makers have left home. Personally I am looking forward to moving into my bungalow ON MY OWN, where I can order things to MY liking, do what I want to do when I want to do it, buy things to eat and find them still in the fridge when I want them, tidy the kitchen and find it just as I left it and let unexpected visitors into the house without having to stuff things under cushions on my way to answer the doorbell.

Is that selfish? Undoubtedly.

Am I bovvered? Look at the face.

All this has been a long time coming. Hopefully Tru you won't have to wait until you are 78, but just fix your mind on the paradise that awaits you.

Nelski: I hope you can feel the love and support that surrounds you.

x

LameWolf wrote: »

Tru I concur with everything Karcher says - and I'd also be inclined to knock some heads together for good measure!

I feel your pain - mine's been driving me to utter distraction. I have a device that I have on at night, which gives out a choice of soothing sounds to mask tinnitus (my favourite is the sound of a babbling brook) but I have yet to find something to cope with the daytime.

On a better note, Cassie appears to be recovered from her upset tummy; she's brighter in herself today, and asked for her breakfast, which she enjoyed, and she's had a lovely walk in the park. A ball game in the garden is on the agenda in a little while.

Thanks I do need to get something I think though no water noises as that is what mine sounds like in between the thumping :cool:

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

A wonderfully effective deterrent is to position a black bin liner outside each room in the house and every day before you go to bed take anything that isn't put away or cleaned or dealt with and put it in the sack every day for a week. It doesn't matter what 'it' is, if it's not put away etc. in the sack it goes. Issue the warning on day one that if it hasn't been sorted out by the end of the week it goes in the bin, they'll smile even laugh at the thought that you would do such a thing. Every day, add to the sack and give them the same warning. By day 5 they'll start to have a few doubts, by day 6 they'll be back to thinking Mum wouldn't DO that, would she? by day 7 (you'll only have to do it once) if they haven't actually heeded your warnings actually put the sacks IN THE BIN!!! the day before it's collected and tell them what you've done and that next time you'll wait until they've gone out on BIN DAY and the sacks will go in the bin as soon as they are through the door on the way to work. It's very effective.....ask me how I know??? cures them though! xxx.

My friend's mother did that when her & sister were teenagers the only things spared were school clothes and shows and guide uniforms. They assumed she had hidden it somewhere so it would reappear when "they had learned their lesson"but no it had gone to the coup. They were both devastated but interestingly both have very tidy houses.;) Mum is still alive and they laugh about it now - she just saw red and acted......

Gers we bought bavette at W'rose on Saturday - it used to be C@fe Rouge's steak frites steak, but they stopped doing it but now we gave a source, albeit a 40m round trip away

Tru strike all you like, I will come out in solidarity

Monna my mum used to threaten that back in the late 1970's...it also used to be a useful threat for my boys in the 90's!