Weekly Flylady Thread 14th July 2008

Justamum

hev wrote: »

Thank goodness for you!

Absolutely - she's only just turned 16 - she's still a child. I can't imagine how any parent could treat their children like that. Mind you my mum and I clashed terribly when I was 16. Probably because of a mix of puberty and menopause. What a lovely mixture :rolleyes:

hev wrote: »

DS in his playpen, refusing any hint at sleep. He may be as pale as a ghost with huge shadows under his eyes, but he doesn't see why he should mess around with this 'nap' rubbish. :rolleyes:

I had to ban both my daughters from having naps when they were about 2. They would wake up and scream for about half an hour. They were much better without the nap

Right, I'm off to get the washing folded and sorted, then I'm going to get DS from school and drop my repeat prescription into the docs before I run out.

winniepooh

hello all

Mysterious Monday- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Polish your porch!!
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Wipe the bits on the stairs that need wiping.. skirting or just the exposed edges of the stairs.. mine look like fluff piles!
Tidy shoes, coats and bags ..
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick a task not your nose!–

1. Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.. or box it up to sort through later!!
2. [strike]Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc [/strike]
3. [strike]
   
4. 29 thing fling
5. wash some grotty marks off your carpet!!
6. [/strike]
7. HHI..

well so far so good today me thinks

pigpen

Would it be terrible of me to feed the children beans on toast with fried eggs for dinner?? they all had a cooked meal at school.. so have had one decent meal today..

luby-lou

pigpen wrote: »

Would it be terrible of me to feed the children beans on toast with fried eggs for dinner?? they all had a cooked meal at school.. so have had one decent meal today..

Absolutely not!!!! We usually have a 'proper' cooked meal for either lunch or tea then something like soup, sandwiches, beans on toast, pizza, etc. for the other. Anyway - thats a meal in itself anyway - toast = carbohydrate, beans = 1 portion of veg also a source of protein, egg = protein & vits A,D,E,K. All in all pretty good I think!

Justamum

Just posting my list with crossed off things I've done. I've done more than I thought today!

Mysterious Monday- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[strike] Vacuum floors and sofas [/strike]
Level 2
[strike] Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/strike]
[strike] Polish your porch!! [/strike]
Level 3
[strike] Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) [/strike]and banister
Wipe the bits on the stairs that need wiping.. skirting or just the exposed edges of the stairs.. mine look like fluff piles!
[strike] Tidy shoes, coats and bags ..
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself[/strike]
Extra Mission: Pick a task not your nose!–

1. [strike]Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.. or box it up to sort through later!![/strike]

[strike]Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
[/strike]

1. 29 thing fling
2. wash some grotty marks off your carpet!! No carpets downstairs!
3. HHI.. I'm going to do that when I've prepared the dinner. There isn't half an hour's worth though.

pigpen

luby-lou wrote: »

Absolutely not!!!! We usually have a 'proper' cooked meal for either lunch or tea then something like soup, sandwiches, beans on toast, pizza, etc. for the other. Anyway - thats a meal in itself anyway - toast = carbohydrate, beans = 1 portion of veg also a source of protein, egg = protein & vits A,D,E,K. All in all pretty good I think!

they will probably end up with cheese on top.. they are a bit weird my lot..

luby-lou

pigpen wrote: »

they will probably end up with cheese on top.. they are a bit weird my lot..

Not weird.....tasty!!!

Justamum

pigpen wrote: »

Would it be terrible of me to feed the children beans on toast with fried eggs for dinner?? they all had a cooked meal at school.. so have had one decent meal today..

Sounds like a perfectly fine dinner to me if they've already had a proper cooked meal. My DS refuses to have school dinners, and DD1 has school dinners, but their vegetarian options are dire so she needs a decent meal when she gets in. Her primary school used to cook food specially for her, but it seems to be veg lasagne at least a couple of times a week and macaroni cheese for the other days :eek:

Mind you, mine wouldn't like beans on toast and eggs. They don't really like baked beans, DS doesn't like fried eggs, and DD1 has stopped eating eggs

nicki_2

Quick question for those of you studying at the OU (Johanne I know you're studying there as well but you've got your hands full already with that cutiepie of a daughter ) - when you get a question that is in multiple parts as in Question 1 - 1.1, 1.2 (a) (b), 1.3 how do you lay it out? Should it be laid out almost like bullet points? Or should it just be a series of paragraphs? My brain hurts.

The first alarm for me to collect DD has just gone off so I'm quitting my study now until she goes to bed.

To do :

• Dishes
• Get DD changed into wearable clothes :rolleyes:
• Empty WM & put on maiden
• Bring in washing thats outside
• Write brothers birthday card
• Visit family - REMEMBER SCHOOL REPORT
• Stuff out for the morning
• Text Ex for him to phone DD :rolleyes: (don't ask)
• STUDY
  • A Q1
  • A Q2
  • B - 850 word essay :eek:
• Tidy desk up so I can find stuff!!!

Right, washing then school run. I just hope DD doesn't bring home her school books today as I'm not in the mood to be going through them with her :wave:

Justamum

AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! My DD2 has used most of the towels I washed and dried this morning to dry her painty hands on :eek::eek::eek:.