Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd February 2009

Mudbath

toottifrootti wrote: »

fedupandskint take it easy and rest - hope you are not to sore tomorrow.

mudbath - I treated myself to 4 different 'tarts' today!! i will join you and see what paper I can fling!
toots xx

Ooooh what did you get? I've just put my free one on - it's a bridgewater candles toffee apples (i've never heard of bridgewater before but if it's any good they are cheaper!).

I've flung 60 things and DH has completely finished his study {Mudbath faints!} xx

indigostar

evening all :hello:
bad tum today, so not much flying, plus due to snow, DS's dad couldn't come to play, so I had to fill in, and take him to practise his snooker for tonight's tournament!
His team did really well last week, and won their match. Last time he took part, his team won the whole tournament, against adult teams!!
I hope you are all safe and well after all the snow?
did Miss A get enough snow to play with?

vivw_2

pigpen wrote: »

I think it is disgusting schools are closed because of a bit of snow.. honestly there used to be feet of snow and staff and children still got in.. such pansies!!!

Unfortunately in today's world if a kid slips on ice in the school grounds the school can be sued. OK at primary level in small schools to keep them all inside the building but you try that in a school with several buildings some way apart, lessons in all parts of the school and so staff and pupils crossing large areas all day long. Plenty of opportunities for the kids to slide and maybe slip.
Also in the past teachers often lived fairly near but nowadays plenty of teachers have to travel a long way to school and if they don't arrive on time you have problems with having too many kids and not enough teachers - health and safety issues.
Its a fact of our society!

Chunters_a_lot

My update for today.

Me and dh had annual leave booked for today - me to catch up, him to nurse his hangover:D Kids school closed at lunchtime so just as well someone was at home. Dh looked after / sorted out / amused the three kids while I flew:D

Didn't get the living room done this morning because I got distracted by DDs bedroom. Its the smallest bedroom and very cluttered. At 7 she still shares a bed with her younger brother (age 5) in the boys room which most times I think is really sweet but I am now starting to think she really needs to be in her own bed. Becuase she does not use the room to sleep in I have tended to use it to sort through the ironing and if it don't get put away it lingers on her bed / in her room until I do. So I cleared away all the ironing that was in there and had a little move around of the furniture flung a few things and gave the room a good clean.

DD was very happy:D still not overjoyed about sleeping in there on her own but she has fallen asleep quite quickly .... we'll see ....

Anyway have also had a good go at the hallways and stairs. Everything is now clear - including the Christmas decorations:j :j Tried to put them away myself but just could not manage it from the step ladders we have but dh came and did it as soon as he was asked:j :j He's been a bit like that all day, I have not asked much of him but what I have asked he has done in record time:j

Here's the list:

Monday - Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
[strike]Clear and wipe surfaces
[/strike]Polish all the glass things
Level Two
[strike]declutter and vacuum/mop the floors!
[/strike]Wash windows
[strike]Vacuum under furniture you can move..
[/strike]Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Sort through coats and bags and shoes etc
[strike]De-web and de-fluff the room
[/strike]Extras

1. wipe and water any plants
2. [strike]29 fling boogie![/strike]
3. [strike]Fill a binbag of swag for charity shop [/strike]
4. Wipe all the paintwork in the living room!

These are just for the hall, stairs and DDs bedroom - haven't been near the living room today:D

Mudbath

Call me an old softie but my son's teacher is very pregnant and i'd rather she didn't try to get into school as she lives quite away away in the hills (also, if they don't go in I don't have to go out in that horrid, white, cold stuff:rotfl: - what do you mean 'it's only a one minute walk' - it's COLD!!!) xx

vivw_2

lil_me wrote: »

pigpen unless in cases where children would be put at risk by travelling (ie those who travel in wheelchairs by taxi etc) I agree, at DS2s last school the head would walk in and told staff he expected them to do the same if necessary. He also usually employs local staff or those willing to move closer.
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Like to know how he did that, We can't even get enough staff let alone insist they live within walking distance. In my school of approx 100 plus teachers and other necessary staff only about 5-10 live within walking distance!

indigostar

today i paid a bill, kept my elderly neighbour company for an hour, as she was lonely, and posted a letter for her.
s+s'd the bathroom

my DS decluttered some snow, and made a snow head, and mounted it on the wall pillar by our front door!

pigpen

Mudbath wrote: »

Call me an old softie but my son's teacher is very pregnant and i'd rather she didn't try to get into school as she lives quite away away in the hills (also, if they don't go in I don't have to go out in that horrid, white, cold stuff:rotfl: - what do you mean 'it's only a one minute walk' - it's COLD!!!) xx

well she should have planned her pregnancy better to avoid snow!! .. silly woman!

Vivw.. children NEED to fall over.. breaking limbs is good for them.. it is valuable learning experience.Plus when they close school I end up with more children than I own because their parents are at work!

soappie

fedupandskint - big hugs and sending healing whiplash vibes your way

Unless we have a miraculous thaw in the next 10 hours I ain't going to work tomorrow! Have just been out to the bin and the road is covered in snow again. Most unheard of!

I also bent down to get something out of the fridge and my right knee protested big time! ~ouch~ too much bending down and getting up again over the last few days.

But, baby broc cheese in the oven, potatoes about to go in, chicken about to be lemoned all to be ready for WDYTYA

Mudbath

PMSL pigpen....you've just made me choke!!!

If I was a teacher I wouldn't want to live anywhere near the school....I wouldn't want to bang into the little [STRIKE]pests[/STRIKE] dears on my day off. I reckon you shouldn't be allowed to live within 100 mile radius of the school you work in for that very reason!!