Weekly Flylady Thread 28th February 2011

gratefulforhelp_2

ScarlettsMum wrote: »

Grafefulforhelp – “She has got nine children” – Didn’t you know my baby makes as much washing as nine of other peoples
Hope you enjoy your maternity leave gratefulforhelp and get some rest before the little one arrives.

Thankyou.

helen_jelly wrote: »

Afternoon

Well I've read the OFSTED Report for the school and it does not make good reading in some parts and, backs up my concerns I had about the school. I have visited another school this morning [planned visit that was booked a month ago] and the difference is staggering, so much so that I can't actually believe it!! I have booked for DS to go there for a visit for the morning on Friday to see what he thinks but I'm really hoping that he likes it. The new school OFTED report was "outstanding" and they are hoping to achieve the same again soon and they have done lots more than needed to retain that status. Fingers crossed.

sometimes you have to vote with your feet. In my view, "Good" is the new "satisfactory" which doesn't say much for satisfactory.

DDs school is ofsted "good" and frankly it is !!!!!!.

I will do some ironing....

we say "hares hares hares" on the first of march, instead of "white rabbits":rotfl:

jinky67

I could easily go off you all

Chloris

Am going to start a 15min gardening before chaining myself to the kitchen sink. Does anyone want to join me? I'm off!:j

Dippypud

jinky67 wrote: »

I could easily go off you all

DILLIGAF ;)

Craftyscholar

AnW'sMum wrote: »

I thought it was April before we heard but having just checked email I see that Miss A has been allocated a place at our chosen school :T

:TGreat news AnW'sMum:T

pigpen wrote: »

LB moment 10/06 Hope to be debt free by 12/11

Total debt £23447.34 10/06 NOW £1300.00 £22147.34 paid off so far
DFW Nerd #322 Proud to be dealing with my debts

:TWell done pigpen. That is an impressive achievement:T

shellysue

Jinky I know a few reptile keeps who have mice in the freezer, I avoid that bit of pets at home, I have heard one or two people ask quite seriously if the mice will come back to life when defrosted :eek:

paulies_nixie

we've always said "white rabbits"
so I looked it up...
"HARE OR RABBIT: SAYING AT CHANGE OF MONTH -- "1920 'Folklore' 319. According to several correspondents in the 'Westminster Gazette' (spring of 1919) the following belief is common in many parts of Great Britain, with local variants: To secure good luck of some kind, usually a present, one should say 'Rabbits' three times just before going to sleep on the last day of the month, and then 'Hares' three times on waking the next morning.1982 Woman c.50 (Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham) The first words you say for a lucky month are 'White Rabbits'. If you can remember to say that twelve times a year, you'll have a very lucky year. 1984 Woman 47 (Chichester, Sussex) If you say 'Black cats' on the last night of the month and 'White rabbits' next morning, you will get a present before the month is out." From "A Dictionary of Superstitions" Edited by Iona Opie and Moira Tatem (Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 1989). Page 192." From here http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/20/messages/73.html
Still doesnt say where it originated from?? any one got any thoughts?

Funky steamer does windows brilliantly.... However there is already "nose art" on the front room window
Need to make a cake now, put the dishes away and find something long and pokey to poke the smoke alarm :rotfl:
Maybe prep tea before I go fetch DH.

Looby_-_Lou_2

Just got in from school run and am thinking about a quick kitchen sort out, cooking some tea and a whip round the living room which actually isn't looking too bad.:)

Right now I need some advice. I went for a job interview yesterday. I'm a Parish Clerk and this was for a reasonable sized Parish working partly from home and one morning a week in an office.

I currently have some other Parishes (all work from home) plus 2 daughters (one at school and one not due to start school until Sept 12).

The money would come in handy as I could clear my small debts in three/four months rather than well over a year and then we would be able to save and have some extras. However it would mean dd2 having to go to nursery for 2 days a week instead of 1 and the added pressure of squeezing more work into an already stretched week.

I was also very unsure of the councillors that I met and it's an odd time of year in the Parish Council calendar (audit in April and local elections in May).

I could do it with loads of meal planning and your help with flying but I just feel our quality of life would suffer even if the cash would come in useful.

As usual dh is away on business when I need someone to talk to.:mad:

Help!

eta There is a message on the answerphone saying they very much want to speak to me so I'm guessing they want to offer me the job hence the need for advice!

hex2

Afternoon everyone, I went on a HHC yesterday and never made it back. I did a couple of hours on the kitchen including sorting my cleaning shelf. Trying dot-to-dotting to clear some of the hotspots.

looby-lou, I would go with your gut. Interviews are two way things and if you didn't like what you saw of them when they are trying to sell you the role then give it a miss. I have changed job recently and the extra hours are costing dearly in terms of quality of life, even if we are significantly better off because of it.

Time to hoover the ground floor and see if it warms me up a bit.

toottifrootti

Looby_-_Lou wrote: »

Just got in from school run and am thinking about a quick kitchen sort out, cooking some tea and a whip round the living room which actually isn't looking too bad.:)

Right now I need some advice. I went for a job interview yesterday. I'm a Parish Clerk and this was for a reasonable sized Parish working partly from home and one morning a week in an office.

I currently have some other Parishes (all work from home) plus 2 daughters (one at school and one not due to start school until Sept 12).

The money would come in handy as I could clear my small debts in three/four months rather than well over a year and then we would be able to save and have some extras. However it would mean dd2 having to go to nursery for 2 days a week instead of 1 and the added pressure of squeezing more work into an already stretched week.

I was also very unsure of the councillors that I met and it's an odd time of year in the Parish Council calendar (audit in April and local elections in May).

I could do it with loads of meal planning and your help with flying but I just feel our quality of life would suffer even if the cash would come in useful.

As usual dh is away on business when I need someone to talk to.:mad:

Help!

eta There is a message on the answerphone saying they very much want to speak to me so I'm guessing they want to offer me the job hence the need for advice!

Looby Loo the bits in red ^ stick out when i read your post - is the extra work/pressure and hassle for the extra money worth it taking into account the extra nursery fees?
take a plain sheet of paper and write down the positives in one column and the negatives opposite in another column - how does it look?
what if the children are sick? I am guessing you can do the job with your eyes shut so no problem there I just wonder if you are taking on too much - be brutally honest with yourself before you speak to them again.
thats my tuppence worth!!
toots xx