Weekly Flylady Thread 4th August 2008

tiamai_d

Valli, stick to your guns, no job - no PM.

Or tell him he can give it up... when he finds another job!

I worked from 12 (yes, it was illegal but I didn't care) and did not get PM as my parenst could barely afford to buy food at some points (but always managed a drink eh...:mad: ) didn't do me any harm and it set me on a good path. Mad it easier to get a proper job when the time came. Makes it easier to get into college also.

nicki_2

Made it to the doctors in time - had 5 minutes to spare in which to try and return my blood pressure to normal after rushing All fine though for another 6 months. :j

Came home via Somerfield (got some whoopsies), and a charity shop (2 rainbow magic + 2 tiara princess + "the house that grew" books, Aladdin & the king of thieves on video & a blanket for the livingroom Grand total : £4 ) then went out to Asda & Aldi (more bargains :money: ). Then realised I hadn't washed the bedding So put it all in, washed it (2 x DD's 1x mine ), got DD to make her bed again with the 3rd and last set at 8pm.... 9pm just gone and she shouts me - she'd wet the bed :rolleyes: So my spare/clean bedding is on her bed and I'm now waiting for my bedding to finish drying :rolleyes:

Done today :

• Beds stripped & washed (& mostly dried now)
• WM x 5
• TD x 2 (the rest is on the maidens and can stay there overnight!)
• Dishes all done
• Shopping
• Doctors

Not a very productive day but there's still tomorrow when I'm hoping to have a cookathon and use/make up stuff for the freezer.

I need sleep so off to at least put the sheets on my bed :rolleyes: I'm washing the bedding the day it comes off from now on whether its a small load or not! :mad:

:wave:

Hippy110

RedMadCurls - good luck with the new job

Tooti - fwiw I agree with Kaz and Valli regarding your 'friend' - don't feel obliged to do anything, at most I'd probably only do one thing on the list and then only if I enjoyed it and/or she was paying me. Also well done with your list today.

Bad head again so I'm going to bed and will look at the list in the morning

soappie

morning all,

Less tired this morning as I slept well. We have rain again. I'm off to work shortly and will work v. hard today. If I manage to complete the stuff I'm currently working on by the end of tomorrow, I can have 3 days off next week

Wish me luck and have a nice day

mumofjusttwo

Morning All. Well we had so much thunder and lighting last night. It was amazing, and what is even more amazing is that neither of my children woke up during it

DS did wake up 3 tines but he is a big boy now and doesn't have his dummy anymore so not too bad.

Good Luck and +++ work vibes +++ so you can have some days off next week.

loopy-loo73

Morning everyone

Thursday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the fresh air
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..can't see any surfaces in our room
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through the cupboard and fling everything that no longer fits
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

1. 34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
2. Clear the top of a bedside cupboard/chest of drawers or shelf

and my extras:
buy sand & food for birds
clean out birds
check & replenish cat food store
2 loads of white washing
clean out car for df to borrow
collect pictures from shops
sort out stuff to be packed for me / df / dd1 / dd2 & general bits
set payments for jnt acc, jnt cc & my cc
check post at mums
email old work mate
pop last wedding invite over the road
post letters
s&s kitchen & quick tidy in lounge
list for tesco for hols

looks very daunting today, such a lot to do & our bedroom is the worst room in the house so am dreading it :eek: off out in a bit while dd2 naps so back later.

on the positive side dd1 bedroom looks amazing, df even washed the carpet when he got in last night, she best keep it clean & tidy this time

Lou x

SarahShattered

Ok I'm going to stick my oar in.....

Valli this one's for you!!!

Your DS is trying to manipulate you. You've signed up for the trip on the understanding that he'd work on the paper-round to contribute. He doesn't want to do the paper-round...ok... cancel the trip. Speak to the school and see if you can cancel and not lose any money. There are usually one or two kids hoping someone will drop out in order that they can get on the trip.

This seems quite a pivotal moment in your relationship IMHO. If he realises that he can back out of his agreement with you, and still get to go on his trip.... what lesson has he learnt? That Mum's a soft touch, and he doesn't need to stick to his promise, and being idle pays...cos Mum will!

My children can be horrors, just the same as all of them can be, but it's our responsibility to show them that life isn't the way they want it to be, sitting on their bum, doing stuff all, and waiting for Mum to pick up the slack.

Valli.... I'd be SO firm on this one, however hard it is, I would not back down. He works to contribute, or he doesn't go. End of.

End of lecture....

ragz_2

mumofjusttwo wrote: »

Morning All. Well we had so much thunder and lighting last night. It was amazing, and what is even more amazing is that neither of my children woke up during it

DS did wake up 3 tines but he is a big boy now and doesn't have his dummy anymore so not too bad.

Good Luck and +++ work vibes +++ so you can have some days off next week.

Same here, lovely storm (not so good for my washing that was on the line) I was watching from a pub garden worrying that kids were waking up but they slept right through. Only after the storm DS2 woke up teething and didn't go to sleep for ages.
OH text while I was out to say he'd befriended a hedgehog that he found on the doorstep and fed it DS1's left over dinner. yeah he's such a big tough guy!:rolleyes:

vivw_2

Morning.......we got the storms last night about 11pm. The storm was right overhead at one point and a house in Ipswich got struck. Apparently there is now a whole in their roof: fortunately no one was hurt.

I agree with the others Valli........don't give way to him. It's important for kids to realise that the world [ or in this case mum] doesn't owe them anything. If you want something, you earn it.......it's called responsibility!

Today I really must get things done. Don't know why but I am really unmotivated at the moment.......but then again it may have something to do with the tiredness I'm experiencing [ which I now know is linked to my just diagnosed diabetes]

ragz_2

Right, must do some flying.
Here's the list.


Thursday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the fresh air
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through the cupboard and fling everything that no longer fits
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

1. 34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
2. Clean all the upstairs door frames
3. Clean windows in these rooms
   
4. Clear the top of a bedside cupboard/chest of drawers or shelf

Do some wedding planning.
Toys away and sweep LR floor
Sort out washing on the line (it got very wet!)
Wash up.
Find dinner!