Weekly Flylady Thread 16th February 2009

toottifrootti

I just knew there would be trouble with these bl**dy stars!!!!!:rotfl: :rotfl:
IMHO and no offence meant here carol honey - but you really shouldnt have got one just because you havent any children!!! I didnt want to be nasty and not give it to you and NO she is not bribing me !!!!
if you havent got a child or a child's room then you should be doing the list for a spare room - if you havent got a spare room then you should do all the things on the list that you havent alrready done elswhere - I think thats fair dont you ladies and oddjob? some people HAVE to do all 5 lists - they have no option.

So greenbee - off you pop and do what you can to your spare room for your last star and carol will check what was on the list for today and make sure she has done it wont you honey!:A

I know sexy and froddy already take the childrens rooms as spare rooms/extra jobs for main bedroom and so do I.
what do you think our illustrious leader????

toots xx

toottifrootti

soappie huge hugs honey - I am sure it is just that 'orrible cold that is making you feel down - and DD would have been so glad that she was there for you to repay you for having been there for her - its not meant to be all one sided. Hope you feel better in the morning!

lil_me thanks for the star - its brilliant - maybe a little too big but as its for the young ones there wont be that many of them!

mummyyof5 thats really bad news honey - I am so sorry for the wee man and you - it must be quite hard to watch for that when you are out anywhere - espec the cinema!!! what a nightmare.
toots xx

lil_me

Sorry my eyes can't do pink at the minute, well not all pink

Weekend list (minus the 7 because I don't do ironing mountains!!)

1. Clean out the car boot!!!!!! Oh yes the boot!! lol
2. Clear out and clean the porch!
   
3. Get everything ready for school/work on Monday
4. S&S the kitchen
5. S&S the bathroom
6. Wash any bedding that has been neglected
   
7. Clean out the pets.. they are pongy!
   
8. Meal plan for the week
9. Organise the finances for the week/month
   
10. Sort out one cupboard/chest of drawers
11. Vacuum a neglected room
12. Wash any windows that need it.. preferably the one you always seem to leave!
13. Decide who you need to buy easter eggs for this year and work out when you should be buying them.. one a week.. or none at all!!
    
14. Spend some time as a family.. no tv, no toys.. just talk!! You CAN do this!!

Will add my extras too (as I think of them)

Dig through freezer! I should keep the inventory up to date!!! See what we have in.
Shopping list to go with meal plan after freezer dig
Set a GC budget for next month! I've not been sticking to one however I have spent less in Tesco, only got 111 in points this time....not even enough for a voucher
Speaking of Tesco, order deals with vouchers due out of date soon! After I find them again....
Sort the laundry that needs putting away
Sort the socks
More adding of programmes to laptop
6 hours study time


Froddy, don't know if you have this site, you probably do. I spotted it during a mooch about and remembered it had some good IEP suggestions http://www.specialed.us/issues-IE!!!!ues/writingiep/writingindex.htm it's more the wording that helped me when I was redoing DS1s at his last school, I knew what I wanted improvements in http://www.specialed.us/autism/05/g_o.htm was very useful. DS2s new school IEPs are wonderful, mainstream school, they are lovely I like IEPs, well good ones, DSs old school was so useless at them I got a lot of practise in redoing them!

mummyyof5 honey we all have our own worries which effect us all in different ways, never think yours are small, they effect you just as much however small they seem then share and hopefully gain support from the wonderful people here x. I don't have any with extreme allergies thankfully, so no idea what it's like, however I can only imagine how worrying it must be.

greenbee

Toots... my spare room is already spotless ... but don't worry, i'll make sure I complete a comparable list to get my last star! I've got plenty to do...


Just because I don't have any kids to clear up after...
Level One
Hoover upstairs and down
Descale kettle
Level two
Pack up books & DVDs to take to sell (after I've cleared out the car boot, obviously :rolleyes: )
Clear and wipe a shelf in the study
Clear utility room wall units ready for moving them
Level three
Gather up ALL the dirty laundry and out it in the wash
Sort out Ik*a stuff to return & work out what other bits are needed
Pack up utility room wall units ready for the change round!
Extras

1. Binbag dance - study & utility room
2. HHI - assuming I can locate enough washing to generate some ironing
3. Sew on buttons & pack up dry cleaning
4. Sit and watch a film together! Like a family!! no friends, noone escaping.. Does going out to dinner on Saturday with family count?!

Weekend list!!
For everyone to share!!! If you get all these done Auntie Toots may find a golden sparkly star for you!!

1. Clean out the car boot!!!!!! Oh yes the boot!! lol
2. Clear out and clean the porch!
3. Get everything ready for school/work on Monday
4. S&S the kitchen
5. S&S the bathroom
6. Meal plan for the week
7. Organise the finances for the week.. I know a lot of get paid this week! YAY!!
8. Sort out one cupboard/chest of drawers
9. Spend some time as a family.. no tv, no toys.. just talk!! You CAN do this!! I've got a whole weekend of this :eek:

My extras...
Continue to dejunk utility room
clear, wipe and refill study shelves x 4
Clean out the car! ... ideally before my parents see it
Pay tree surgeon - I called two three weeks ago and still haven't heard back
Wash & store remaining dog bedding ... when there is some chance of it drying :rolleyes:
Finish clearing study ... should be easier now chest of drawers is in... this is actually going quite well
Clean utility room tiles - started... and have had a second go... don't think it'll work...

pigpen

lil_me wrote: »

Weekend list (minus the 7 because I don't do ironing mountains!!)

I took out loads of the list.. I don't iron, we don't have a porch or a car, the uniforms are all done.. I am keen! The windows, pets and various other things are done already or don't need doing.

I have crazy kittens running all over my house!! ARGH!! lol Hazel has just eaten a slug!! She is GROSS!!!

Question.. re the cleaner..

Should I give her a huge long list of stuff I want doing or just say start and the front and work your way round and give me a bill when you've done?

I want the oven and hob doing.. and the kitchen floor.. but other than that.. meh!

toottifrootti

I would get her to do the things that you dont have time to do or hate doing pigpen at least until you get things under control again and then she could do a S&S all over
toots xx

lil_me

Pigpen - I would suggest a list if there are things you particularly want her to do, then leave the rest to her imagination. Cooker/hob, eeeee you're shocking dishing out those jobs!! Oh and leave her instructions of what to clean what with if she doesn't know what you prefer to use and where. More so thinking stone/wood areas.

SarahShattered

Evening All :wave:

Just back from my friend's house, working on my application form... :eek: I'll be beavering away at it again tomorrow.

Toots :A you are a sweetie. Thanks hun.

Soappie (((hugs))) hun, don't think you're a bad mum. I wish my mother would show me she has a vulnerable side every once in a while... it would let me know she's human. I'm sure you are your daughter's rock irrespective of you having a down moment. And thanks for what you said earlier... you're right. What about me feeling trapped!!! I forget sometimes that I shouldn't try to be so accommodating. Thank you again, and, no, you didn't sound like a grumpy old woman at all.

Frodders - thanks

Dusty it's so very true. It's not what I imagined when they all sat round laughing saying "I'll give em 6 months" .... well, it's been 17 years now, but I don't want to do it anymore.

I'm sat downstairs listening to him snoring the place down upstairs, he hasn't put his sleep apnoea mask on. Why should he rely on me to tell him? He knows he needs it, Toots wouldn't forget hers!!! Reason No.23... he doesn't remember his apnoea mask.

*gives herself a big shake*

Anyway, tomorrow I'm going to crack the whip and make the family do a load of work in the house. I liked having my row of hearts last week, so I'd quite like a row of stars this week too....

:idea: I must remember to fill the kettle... just in case!! :rolleyes:

Ok anyone who's still up, night night. Sleep tight. See you in the morning light. :wave:

pigpen

lil_me wrote: »

Pigpen - I would suggest a list if there are things you particularly want her to do, then leave the rest to her imagination. Cooker/hob, eeeee you're shocking dishing out those jobs!! Oh and leave her instructions of what to clean what with if she doesn't know what you prefer to use and where. More so thinking stone/wood areas.

no I'm very good.. it is a new cooker so it isn't gross.. and if she keeps on top of it, it won't ever get gross.. see.. logic.. and how kind am I being?

Anyway.. hob, oven (before it is minging) S&S kitchen.. sweep and mop floors.. and bathroom I want bogs, basins, baths and floor slopping over.. the state of that should keep her occupied for a month let alone 2-3 hours!.. is that unreasonable?

well I have stardrops.. and bleach.. and a flash spray.. which is mine.. oh and a dribble of washing up liquid (I use it on the windows!) so cleaning products is limited.

nighty night SS.. XxX

SarahShattered

Oh I remember trying to decide what to do about a cleaner... going round cleaning the whole house before she came.... :rolleyes: Daft really!
She would ask me for all kinds of obscure products... I'd just give her the stardrops!!! And if she's confused show her the stardrops thread!!!