Weekly Flylady Thread 8th September 2008

loopy-loo73

Wednesday wishy-washy-wipe!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working..
Clear a cluttered top in your room.. or spend at least 15 minutes doing it
Fling open the window and let in the freezing cold wetness.. even if just for half an hour
Level 2
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead
Air the duvet
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

31 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Clean the sticky hand prints off the wall ALL the way up the stairs!
Clean windows in these rooms
sort your own shoe and bag collection. I am thinking of getting s display shelf or 300 for my favourite shoes!

My Jobs:
WM / TD / DW
Sterilise & make dd2 bottles
Pack dd2 bag for tomorrow
Check dd1 has packed her school bag & laid out her uniform
Check dd1 has done any homework
Make lunches for me & df for tomorrow
Make dinner
Iron clothes for tomorrow
Fold & put clothes away
Hoover through downstairs
Tidy lounge
S&s bathroom

this is my list today, i've got book club coming round later so need to have downstairs tidy & organised :eek: just going to catch up on thread while dd2 sat on my knee watching teletubbies then on with the jobs

Lou x

KAAT_LADY

woow
too many posts to read so I wont ,,just to say I am still not in the mood for house work but do have the washer on and have made the bed ..and mopped out the downstairs shower,,,,but I am still not in the mood
flybabybunting..sorry but I had to laugh,, babies cant read so dont know what they should be in books ,,they take their own time and space and do things their way,,,,cant change them ,,not literally lol,,,I never bothered wot my son was supposed to be in books and he turned out quite good,, he is now 6' and handsome,,so I must have done something right

pigpen
10 minutes...

The plan..

Empty poo tray.. damn.. no cat litter... scoop out poop.. send DD1 for litter when she gets in.

Sling everything from front room in to a box and hide it.. whizz vacuum about!

10 minutes... *yawn* .. I won't be getting much done!

tut tut pigpen

well see you later

KAAT xx

Mudbath

beanynharrison wrote: »

Mudbath - when not on maternity leave I am a year 3 teacher (assuming your son is y3) and they do not produce a huge amount of writing...particularly boys. I would say that the teacher needs to address this by making her expectations of the amount to be completed very clear and explaining that they willl have to complete the work at break/in golden time etc. I don't really know what she would want you to do as you are not there and do not know how much was expected of him HTH

Yes, he's year 3 and thank you so much for your reply. I was told his work was fantastic but he needs to produce two pages instead of half a page. The things is, his writing is very small and neat so it doesn't look like he's done much. He's also a daydreamer!! I'm going to suggest she gets him to stay in if he's not done enough....if he loses playtime he'll soon get the work done! Thanks again xx

Valli

DeniseNZ wrote: »

Michelle - I really like the saying in your signature . . .

"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."

I know I can deal with not being perfect . . . but it's the other people who expect me to be perfect - how do I get them to understand I'm just being myself??? And how can I get them to understand that it's ok not to be perfect??

***sigh*** :rolleyes:

I would tell them - that unless they have lower standards, they are already seeing perfection in you!

cha97michelle

lil_me wrote: »

Michelle, have you got a bed for him? Might be an ideal time to move him from his cot. We did that with DS2, he was about 20 months and couldn't actually walk yet but didn't have much of a choice when he broke something on it.

It's a cot bed.

he does have another bed, but it is covered in my ironing pile and other tut. i was also not wanting the getting out of bed.

flybabybunting perhaps you can mix feed. I've just started giving ds2 (18 weeks old) a bottle on a night and weaning him as he was so hungry all the time. he is about 17 IBs, and i really would not feel bad about not having been to clinic - who else with 2 that close goes every 2 weeks? m,ore like 3-5 here.and that is only to get out the house for me.

beany had to laugh. ds1 terrorises the baby and the 2 cats. he is quite shouty at the moment. very bouncy, and bossy, saying stoppit and move quite a lot

mudbath might sound trite, but can he write quicker/bigger? i was the same at that age, and i was being so perfectionist i would not write anything unless tiny and immaculately. one teacher said she needed specs to read it.

he's normally so good, but being a real PITA this afternoon.

Dustykitten

Evening ladies

Skating seems to be going ok so had a lovely 30 minutes in the library on my own - I love the library.

Just come back to do the footie run.

Lil_me the troussers seem to all be coming undone at the crotch so can be repaired.

Mudbath hun I strongly beleive kids should get their playtime so please think before doing this. How much would he write at home? Is he competitive could you see how much he can write in say 10 minutes and get him to get his speed up? Is he a leftie (handed but he might have political views already)!

Flybabyb hugs hun, it sounds like he was quite diddy to start with, I bet you and hubbie are not big either? Are you getting a good amount of rest/food/liquid yourself to make lots of super rich milk? Go with your heart and you won't be far wrong. Hope not to offend anyone but I am not a fan of health visitors, if you are worried see your GP and get a referal.

Valli

amethystcash wrote: »

In the big clearout yesterday I unearthed a copy of David Allen's "How to Get Things Done" that I vaguely remember buying just before Christmas. Now all I need is a book called "How to Find the Time to Read "How to Get Things Done""...

Amethyst will you have time to read that one, then?:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Mudbath

Dusty - he's not a leftie and to be honest it's only because I keep being told it's an issue that i'm worrying about it. I think he's only miss one playtime before he thought 'hang on, i'd better do it in lesson time'. His social life motivates him !!!:rotfl:

Valli

Mudbath - I'm with Beanymrsharrison on this one - they don't write a great deal at Y3 but if he is not working ie daydreaming he needs to miss a few playtimes - in other words at the moment he doesn't do much - no repercussions! If there were repercussions then he would respond accordingly! Edited to add yes I do feel playtimes are key but she expects him to do the work - how are you expected to make sure he writes? - I am sure that missing a playtime will get him going but having read on - may be a quick wordcount is in order - or has he got a set target ie 3 paragraphs? - or perhaps bring a book home to carry on at home - personally I would only expect to tell parents about persistent bad behaviour and to be involved in agreeing a routine to improve same! Other than that it's the teacher's job...but we REALLY REALLY appreciate the time parents spend supporting kids with their homework and encouraging them to complete it and listening to, and commenting on, their reading.

kazmeister

Evening ladies.

Hugs to all those who need them as not caught up with thread today.

Have decided to give the krew a night off from flying as I'm not going to subject them to my bedroom which is :eek: and I WILL tackle some of it at the weekend. They will help clearing up after tea (not that there will be much to do as I threw tea in the Moska again - Lamb chops with loads of HG tomatoes given to me by a friend at work with potatoes and courgettes from the garden and some lamb stock so just hope its ok.

Going for that now and then apart froom clearing tea having a night off as OH's only night off in 8 or 9 I htink.

Might see you later.

Love to all
Kaz