Weekly Flylady Thread 16th August 2010

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HI Greenbee,

Have just sorted out the same problem myself.
DS1 16, going to 6th form (and wanting to go to uni after) has p/t job earning £48 per month.
We have opened a bank account for him where he is not able to go overdrawn and we will put in £30 per month.
He is to pay for all " wants" ( contract drawn up with examples e g upgrade of phone, travel expences to girl friends, "fancy clothes").
We pay for all " needs" eg, travel to 6th form, books etc).


On no account will he get an "advance" ( The whole idea is to budget).
Also, he has been told that if he wishes to smoke, that is his choice, but we will not pay for it and all money will be withdrawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We will see how it goes!
HTH, and i will be reading others comments with interest!

H xxx

Pollybear

Thank you for posting Lady L - only stay away if it's best for you, we are always glad to see your posts no matter what you have to say. If you want to vent at the unfairness of it all, we're here.

All the best
xx

serena

Love and hugs Lady-Liberty - I'm with pollybear on this one. we're here for you, and you don't need to be cheerful unless you want to be...

vanilla

DS2 now in bed. :mad: That boy is testing me, he and DS1 were standing beside me while we waited for DD. I turn round and there both gone, look round the corner and find DS1. DS2 has decided to run round the building into the car park, where everyone is leaving and it goes out onto a very busy main road. Cue mad running about with Rhys under my arm. One of the staff came and she started looking for him. The little git was in the place. :mad::mad::mad:
This is also the same child who throw half a burger behind the wardrobe because he wasn't fit for it, his words. Then he peed beside the wardrobe because someone was in the bathroom. :mad::mad::mad:

WM on again.

Mum_on_a_mission_2

((huss)) to Vanilla & Lady-L

Well a sucessful forage trip - 7 more tubs of blackberries in the freezer, and there are still loads to turn :j, located some lovely wild apple trees which are almost ripe, and then found a couple of field mushrooms (and yes I'm fairly sure and have checked an online identification site).

Washing blowing in the sunshine - so best go sort the nasty niff in the fridge.

List is getting shorter..

Ironing
Locate warmer duvets & swap over
couple of HHC's in DS's pit
HHG (if dry enough)
Supermarket with yesterdays list (ran out of time yesterday)
Diary updates/get DH to make some decisions re dates - may be a WIP
Sort slightly whiffy fridge

Moam

Craftyscholar

Pollybear wrote: »

Thank you for posting Lady L - only stay away if it's best for you, we are always glad to see your posts no matter what you have to say. If you want to vent at the unfairness of it all, we're here.

All the best
xx

Couldn't have put it better.
Love and hugs, Lady-L

onestep

LL: I'm with the others - post here whenever you like, please?!
Vanilla: ewwwww!! :eek: Hope you made him clear it up!!

not too much flying done inside, but lots done in the garden.. well - to be honest, Dad has done loads under my supervision (he's v good at slash & burn, but not so good at knowing when to stop IFSWIM). I did try to plant a hosta in a newly cleared flowerbed, but couldn't my arm isn't that much better after all..

hoping to get some things off the lists tonight, but atm it's not looking good. Slowly slowly I think

onestep

Mumto5

Vanilla - try soaking in napisan to get rid of Grass stains (24 hours)

Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
Level One

[STRIKE]
Open the windows and turn on some music!
Vacuum floors and sofas!
Declutter the chairs, floor and top of any cupboards!
[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves! [/STRIKE]
Sort out coats, shoes and bags
Clean any ornaments, glass, mirrors, pictures etc
Level Three
[STRIKE]
Check those smoke alarms!
Wipe sofas, paintwork and dusty places
[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]
HHC in the hallway.. vacuum floors/stairs, wipe paintwork, fling that junk mail!.. if there is a charity shop bag.. FILL IT!
[/STRIKE]Empty and wash out vacuum cleaner.. don't forget filters!






Extras

1. Catch up on some calls/emails
2. Binbag dance[STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]
   
4. Clean switches and sockets
   
5. Wipe the windows in these areas
6. [/STRIKE]

1. Wednesday ~ Bathroom, Study and Stairs!
   Level One
   [STRIKE]Declutter floors
   Vacuum/mop all these floors
   [/STRIKE]Level Two
   Wipe keyboard/monitor etc.. [STRIKE]bath, basins, bog.. the works!!
   [/STRIKE][STRIKE]scrub the tiles.. paying particular attention to yellowed grout.
   Wash bath mats, shower curtains, net etc
   [/STRIKE]Level Three
   [STRIKE]
   Wipe paintwork on the landings
   Clear and tidy and sort a bookcase/shelves!
   [/STRIKE]Clear and wipe the desk. do relevant filing/shredding etc
   
   
   Extras
2. [STRIKE]
   
3. HHI
   
4. Catch up relevant phonecalls
5. [/STRIKE]
6. Do a mini-job you have been putting off forever.. an email or letter or whatever!
7. Make a start on a craft project you've been wanting to do for ages!

vanilla

Onestep to right i did the little bogger. :mad:

DD is now in bed for pulling DS2's fingers back. :mad:
I have a feeling they could all be in bed early, DS1 is being as nice as pie. He wants to stay up seeing it's his b'day.

LL big hugs.

Hellyboo

Just got home from our playdate and I am shattered. At least I managed to sort the bathroom before we went, but haven't got much else on the list done so it will have to roll over onto tomorrow. Need to S&S the living room and kitchen once ds1 is in bed and prepare for the evening scream fest with ds2...