Weekly Flylady Thread 15th March 2010

kazwookie

Valli~~ (I don't have kids so may not be the best person to answer) but I would go along the lines that TAG has suggested / include the adult drinking chat if he hasn't already had it, / being responsible etc/ also at least he was at home and not out on the streets with his friends drinking and being lead astray at the same time.

Marrows, courgettes, french beans & honesty, all now planted in addition to the other stuff already done, greenhouse swept out .

My BBC dig in seeds have arrived as well!

TAG

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Extras

1. Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash filters etc!

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Extras
Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs & wipe front door.. inside and out!

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clean bath
Extras

1. Wipe the skirtings, door frames in these rooms

Master bedroom & landing - Thursday
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Extras

• Binbag dance
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Sort through that airing cupboard!!

Friday ~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extras

1. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
2. HHI
3. Friday fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

MrsChaos

Valli wrote: »

Bit of a problem, would like your input. DS and his friend (female actually but not a GF who stayed over) asked me to go and get them some drink last night, which I refused.
I have just been in his room and found two little glasses of mine, not big enough for 'pop' and, in the bin an almost empty soda water bottle. I have sniffed the bottle and it clearly contained - well NOT soda water. The only stuff I have in the house is gin and it's not that. So she brought some drink, presumably from home. Of course the evidence is NOT hidden.
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I'm in exactly the same position with DS1, who will be 16 in May. I started letting him have occasional drinks with me (e.g. we shared a can of lager and had shandy), but that wasn't enough for him. He doesn't drink on the streets and he doesn't drink a lot, but he sometimes brings alcohol into the house (I want to meet the people who buy it for him/sell it to him :mad:), despite many understanding/adult/disappointed type conversations. I don't think that punishing my DS1 would solve the problem and I'm very uncomfortable with condoning it, but I don't have a better solution. The whole last year with him has been a bit of a nightmare, TBH. I love him to bits, but I don't like how he behaves a lot of the time. I've always talked to him about stuff and maybe not been strict enough, but I thought I'd done a better job. I hope you have better luck. I would definitely try to get it out into the open and I agree with the 'no spirits' rule (fortunately DS1 doesn't like them, anyway). Sorry I can't help more.

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

See that icon at the bottom right of each post with " on it? Click on up to 3 of them, then click "reply" and all post will be quoted :T

Thanks!!! I've done it. :j

Ok, I've done for the moment. Mount Washmore assembled and organised, WM and TD fed (miserable weather today), bathroom tidied, sink/loo cleaned, window sill wiped. I could carry on, but DS2 is really bored now and we've got to get out. DS1 has just gone out to a footie match with a friend, who has a spare ticket. He asked me not to tell his Dad that he's gone to see Sheff Wed (Barnsley supporters in this house).
See you all later. x

*zippy*

Kazwookie can I ask what seeds they sent you please, i'm looking forward to mine arriving :T

gratefulforhelp_2

Valli wrote: »

DS and DD decluttered to their Dad's who has given me all the cash he needed to:D.
(My mum bought him the tickets he wanted for the dance show and he owed me for guitar lessons.) How do you manage that? I can't even get XH (or KH) to pay the maintenance which the law says he has to.

Bit of a problem, would like your input.

Tell him you know (if you're certain) and that its not ok, that you said no to buying them booze for a reason. Maybe talk about how guys can get in trouble if girls accuse them of things even when they're completely innocent, and that that can be made worse if it appears the guy got them drunk (even if guy completely innocent, which of course your DS would be) Maybe take him to visit casualty on a Saturday night after closing time??

Wm on again. Car taxed. Ouch!

TAG

Well DS has taken Miss Tag with him to Asda. So I have the house to myself for an hour !:j So I shall make the most of it and......yes that's right. Read my book!!!:D

tiredanddesperate

Hi Everyone :j


Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room

Level Three
Scrub out the fridge
Clean oven and hob!


Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI … don’t do ironing!
3. Clean out the vacuum cleaner.. wash filters etc!

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs Done


Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area Done Star Please Toots Imposter :D

Master bedroom & landing - Thursday
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the spring!
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 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of..
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

Extras

• Binbag dance
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Clear a box of clutter from the landing – our landings not big enough for a box!
• Sort through that airing cupboard!! – don’t have one….so there!

Friday ~ those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Make an appointment for some ME-time.. hairdressers? manicure? night out with friends? .. whatever just do it!
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
[STRIKE]Strip beds[/STRIKE], turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Make a start on sorting out the summer stuff to out away/get rid of
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

Extras

1. 15 minutes in the garden.. preparation for winter, harvesting, weeding or just enjoying!
2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
3. HHI
4. Friday fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

I’m starting the boys rooms today. Might not get them finished. Just about to spend some time with DS3 as his 2 older brothers have now gone to Nana's til tomorrow night. DS3 is preparing for his hospital trip tomorrow & we're just about to watch a film together.



Notso

Have also:
Done emails
Done online banking
Decluttered DH to work
Unloaded & reloaded DW

Valli

Thanks for the advice ladies...

Mrs Chaos IF ever you've found out who's selling it Trading Standards would be interested...one of by best friends IRL is a Trading Standards Officer;) DS knows full well that if he buys stuff she would get to know where from! I gave the people at the local co-op an earful when I saw a bloke come out with a carrier bag of booze and habd it over to teenagers...the manager went ballistic at the lad who had sold it.

rosepink1984

Hi! I've not read the thread today, sorry. Went out this morning, had a bit of a melt down but then managed to do what i had planned so am pleased with that.

DAILIES:
Washing up
[STRIKE]Empty bins[/STRIKE]
Tidy LR/Kitchen
S&S bathroomm
HHK
French lesson
Days Text
Bible reading
Heel balm once/twice
Laundry
[STRIKE]Go outside once/twice
[/STRIKE]


1. Tidy shelf in bathroom
2. Tidy gap under shelf in bathroom – put hoover back there where it belongs
3. Make draftexcluder and cushion cover out of old coat (should be in gap under shelf in bathroom
4. Tidy top of COD next to front door
5. Empty drawer above my cupboard
6. Tidy bookshelf 1
7. Tidy bookshelf 2
8. Tidy bookshelf 3 – Calvin and Hobbes books can go on it
9. Tidy bookself 4
10. Tidy bookshelf 5 – store wool on it and other work stuff
11. Tidy bookshelf 6 – store wool on it
12. Buy new bras if have enough money, or sew up old ones again
13. Continue with Tim’s accounts
14. Measure windows and write on piece of paper to keep in handbag in case see any nice curtains in a sale somewhere
15. Continue with shredding and get pile completely done
16. Get Venetian blind duster from Lakeland
17. Send bras to
BreastTalk.co.uk - Bra Appeal
PO Box 71
Craven Arms
Shropshire
SY7 0WZ
18. Take bag of clothes to the clothes bank
19. Bribe DH into cleaning the oven
20. Do a homefurnishing sewing project

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining room
Level One
Level Two
clean blinds/curtains
Level Three
Scrub out the fridge
Clean oven and hob!
Clear window sills of gibble!
Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
Level Two
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Wipe house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Master bedroom & landing - Thursday
Level 1
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
Level 3
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of..
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.

I'm going to quickly dust round and then I can claim a star for Tuesday! My first one for weeks and weeks! Yay!:j

Tuesday star please! By the time you see this, the dusting will be done.

I've also relisted a million things on Ebay, using scheduled selling thingy so that they will start on different evenings throughout the week. They seem to have a special offer on cos I only had to pay for buy it now and the scheduled selling bit and not the auction fees.

Very tired now, going to dust and then to bed so I can recover from this morning. DH has gone out for a meeting, so it's nice and football and rugby free in here!

Dustykitten

TAG wrote: »

she has a severe case of 'yabberitis' as well............ ooo I can feel a headache coming on already.

love that phrase, DS3 and DS2 suffer from it most days

oops need to get DS3 now - I'll be back and post some more in a bit.

Just noticed free listing on ebay 20/21 March - need to check if it is non turbo lister