Weekly Flylady Thread 7th December 2009

JillD_2

Mum now been here 3 days. Am sooo tense stressed and fed up. Read my next post to see why but be warned its extremely dull so actually best skip it.

Thanks to piggers, toots and soappie :T
I am back in this week, Mum goes home tomorrow so the house is mine again and I am going to follow the lists this week. I only have 2 presents left to buy, and the only ones left to wrap are the ones for the children to help with. Today I have:
- survived Mum
- spent hours fixing the stupid printer
- made and printed out DD1 thankyou notes
- wrote out DD1's thankyous, hopefully will get her to "sign" her name on tomorrow then we can hand them out at school
- found homes for all DD1's new presents
- put up Christmas tree
- hoovered up a million bits of fake tree and tinsel
- printed out Mums online boarding pass
- wrapped another 9 presents and out them under the tree
- done the ironing

sunnyzo - hope you feel better and heating fixed soon BBBRRRR
Sarah - nice to hear from you, glad you are ok if a bit zonked
lav - hugs hoiney, am sure its all fine but kow how worrying it can be
well doneMiss A on sponsored swim, and Master Mudbath and Master W for their repsective awards :T:T:T

Diva - I am loving the carols, thankyou And continued love and hugs for Tristan

TAG - what is your secret re Miss Tag - could I borrow her for a bit please! On second thought just read your post about the sugar jar so maybe not!!

Dusty I love that drunken recipe, makes me howl every time

grateful - sorry - but bat-poo ?? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

JillD_2

I am a bit late to the mother debate - god I wish I had read the end of the other thread on Saturday night !!!!

Toots - argh I SOOOOOOOOOO sympathise with you with your Mum. Thanks everyone here who also wished me a nice weekend with my Mum, it was very sweet of everyone but sadly like Toots, at best we will still be on speaking terms when she leaves .... she has now been here since Thursday lunchtime and I AM GOING MAD

She is rude and insensitive (will tell me I have put on weight, ask me why dont I go and put some makeup on, ask me what happened to my hair (if I have had it cut), etc etc.
She b*tches about all our family members (except my brother who is gods gift)
She passes judgement on everyone - "they put their TV in the wrong place in their living room", " they let their garden go to ruin", "they do far too much for those grandchildren".
She cant talk about anyone without their being a bit of scandals " I saw so-and-so last week, of course you know that her husband left her/husband went bankrupt/daughter ran away/son stole the car/wedding was cancelled/husband had an affair" bla bla bla.
She has no sense of humour whatsoever.
She wil ask to go shopping somehere and then has a face like fizz he whole way round and complains about it being busy/cold/hot/quiet.
She never ever says thankyou for the meals I feed her when she is here.

She had a huff in the middle of DD1's birthday party yesterday. !!!!!! ??? There were 12 5 year olds here and the 69 year old is the one having a strop.

She totally favours DD1 and is not very nice to DS. He still wears a pullup to bed and she goes on and on and on about how its not right and I should take him to the doctor, and even when I saud, repeatedly " I am not stressing about it, I have been there before and it makes my life a misery", she still goes on and on and on.
She constantly gives him a look of "what is wrong with that child" and talks all over him.

She was here for 4 nights and read the children stories at bedtime ONCE. She sees them twice a year as she lives so far away. She constantly complains that we never send her any photos but then she spends no time with them when she sees them.

I know I should be grateful I have a Mum etc etc but she is jst such hard work, it is totally exhuasting, I hate the whole situation. Everyone else (my Dad, my brother and husband) all just agree with everything she ever says, whereas I constantly think, actually you really shouldnt get away with saying this carp all the time , and I rise to it and bite back. So we fall out and agrue a lot. But even if I say look we argue too much, she will say "no we dont" :mad::mad::mad: It is just so tiring constantly trying to say the right thing, make the right noises and not get myself into a corner that I cant get out of (she has tripped me up loads when I lose focus and say something then the next few days later she will catch me contradicting myself and say "ah but last Saturday in the afternoon when we were in the kitchen and you were making that cup fo tea, you said xxxxx"

If you all remember she didnt want me and the kids to stay an extra week in the summer as we made the house too dusty

She does my head in so much, I wish it could be different.

Triker - cat licking pish off a thistle :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:sums up the pursed lips look perfectly

Sorry for the massive whinge and I shold be in bed anyways :cool:

Triker

Jill, wave her off merrily, shut the door and let out a huge sigh of relief.....you, me dear, have survived a TMV (Toxic Mother Visit). :rotfl:

JillD_2

Triker TMV love it:rotfl::rotfl:

and oh shoite look at the time I am going to feel like carp in the morning :rolleyes:

Triker

JillD wrote: »

Triker TMV love it:rotfl::rotfl:

and oh shoite look at the time I am going to feel like carp in the morning :rolleyes:

Me too, night. x:eek:

LilacPixie

me three, been making a sock monkey. Kids will be up at 6ish aaarrrrggggghhhhh

juliejim

Morning All

Well the Beavers' party went well - 100 Beavers playing musical chairs:eek: - I was there from 1 until 5 then dropped DS off at home, ironed DD's uniform as DH said he was going to do some ironing while he was home alone and he hadn't:mad:, got DD in her uniform and down the church for 5.30, got back home at 8.15, got DD in bed and went to bed myself!

Tonight is the Christmas fair and DD is singing twice and DS once. That's straight from school until 5, then we go out to Beavers at 5.30 so I'll get home around 7 and probably collapse.

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue

PS Did I mention I'm in this week!

Money_saving_Diva_2

Morning ladies,
Toots, pigpen and Soappie!

' We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star

O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding

Guide us to thy Perfect Light

'

Jinky the non-reindeer - and s. Well done on your new housewife-er-ly ways!
Toots - big hugs honey
LadyL - I love mending stuff and darning, one of my fave chores actually.
sexymouse - love the dress
Rose - as always
embb,grateful and Jill - glad you are enjoying the carols! It's tru's idea but I love it, so transported it over here.

So my lists today are:
Feed the cat at least twice
Brush the cat
Sort and delete 30 emails
reply to emails
Clean bathroom sink
Spray bleach on the bottoms of the shower curtains
Email R

Fill WM and put on

Extras

Put flea drops on cat
do a virus scan
type up receipt for Cleaning lady URGENT
order silk pillowcases
download camera pics
Email photos to father
Yet more sorting through the crates of doom
tidy the dining table
sort through christmas craft stuff - sighs - need the OHs help for that
check Christmas list - half done
Make cards
do freezer inventory
find Yankee tart box

Have a good day flying - with love and light to all

Diva.x

jackywhizz

Morning ladies. 5 pages already:eek:Monday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Level Three
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..



Extras

1. Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!

candyblue

Monday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Level Three
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..
Extras

1. Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
2. Wash the windows
3. Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!
4. Dust and Deweb