Weekly Flylady Thread 6th June 2011

Spring_Time

pigpen wrote: »

I confess .. I am a horrible evil nasty person... I almost gave myself a heart attack laughing at how ugly my ex-sils baby will be (due Dec.) I shall endeavour to be a nicer person.. it is very wrong to be so mean... I shall try to be nicer.. I will... That must be on my frog list...

Horrible horrible me!

I am ashamed... almost....

Jojo.. you are mean too...

pigpen wrote: »

You mean cat-splatter!!!! lol

If it turned out like that it would probably be 1000 times better than anticipated.. I'm thinking more a stinky dirty Golom with Primark tat clothing.. it will be the tat believe me.. which is also filthy and slapper looking...

I am still giggling!! I am evil... poor little baby.

pigpen wrote: »

Tis Dot.. looking very very much like Squeak!!!!! Alarmingly so!!! At least I know it isnt ugly HEEHEEHEEHEEE

I think these posts are just awful! I am a lurker of the flylady thread in the hopes I can get more organised and I am just appalled at what I am reading about an unborn baby! I know I am most likely going to be strung up for this as I know you help so, so many people on the boards Pigpen and usually have lovely posts to read, but this, this is just horrific. Seeing an unborn baby being spoke about in such a cold and heartless way is not something I expected to see on a housework thread! From someone who has been through the struggle of having a baby, I can assure you, all babies are perfect.

Sorry for speaking out of turn, I tried not to but these posts stuck in my head as I was washing my walls?!

I await the telling off for "not understanding" and thats okay because I am pretty glad I don't understand how its okay to speak of a baby in this way.

xx_Jo_xx

Spring_Time wrote: »

I await the telling off for "not understanding" and thats okay because I am pretty glad I don't understand how its okay to speak of a baby in this way.

Aw dont worry pet - No telling off is required - only thing required to read them is a sense of humour.

Unfortunately the baby has two UGLY parents. Rude? Perhaps... Fact? Absolutley! So the chances are stacked against the little one unborn or not...

You should note Pigpen also said 'Poor baby' as she sympathises with the little tot

Spring_Time

We try everyday to teach our children to be accepting of others, parents all over the land do...what chance do we stand when there are attitudes such as these in adults.

Maybe my sense of humour is lacking I admit. But this thread is offensive. I shall know not to "risk" peeking in again. I mean no offence its just how I personally feel about the things I have read in here.

pigpen

xx_Jo_xx wrote: »

Aw dont worry pet - No telling off is required - only thing required to read them is a sense of humour.

Unfortunately the baby has two UGLY parents. Rude? Perhaps... Fact? Absolutley! So the chances are stacked against the little one unborn or not...

You should note Pigpen also said 'Poor baby' as she sympathises with the little tot

beyond sympathy!! Poor little thing will need every ounce of good fortune it can get in life.... it isn't going to be blessed with anything positive given the parents who are both the most horrible people I could ever wish to run over in a tank!

I actually wouldn't be surprised if it ended up in 'the system'.. given the lack of any skills, life, parenting, social or otherwise of the parents... they are 2 of those people who should never have children. I am in fact quite saddened to think of the crappy start their children will have and have said for many years they shouldn't have any.

And how it is awful being glad my baby is looking like it's big sister and not ugly???

I find this thread offensive too.. I HATE housework

I teach my children to be accepting of people who are nice to them.. everyone else can go hang they aren't worth the carbon they are comprised of... sadly their aunt and husband are of the latter.

All babies aren't perfect.. I have 1 with cerebral palsy... she is a joy and a lovely lovely child but to society she isn't 'perfect'.. My middle son has brain damage from oxygen deprivation at birth so he too struggles but I love him all the same.. it changes who they are, it doesn't mean they aren't loved and cherished just the same as the others.. but they aren't 'normal'.. their hospital records state quite clearly they aren't.. parenting a child with disabilities means realising they are outside the bound of 'normal'..

xx_Jo_xx

Spring_Time wrote: »

We try everyday to teach our children to be accepting of others, parents all over the land do...what chance do we stand when there are attitudes such as these in adults.

Maybe my sense of humour is lacking I admit. But this thread is offensive. I shall know not to "risk" peeking in again. I mean no offence its just how I personally feel about the things I have read in here.

This was a humourous conversation between adults which you are choosing to take completely out of context - it is not the example being set to our children and no where have any of us said so.

Feel free to contribute, but dont judge people on your unfounded assumptions.

toottifrootti

pooh how lovely to see you - great news that the business is up and running - i hope it will be a huge success. Good luck with your asistants today - hope they get the work done to your satisfaction - how lovely to be preparing for a birthday and a confirmation - hope you all have a brilliant day - lots of love xx

Jo well done with the tip runs - its great to make the extra space - I dont know about you but i did wonder why i hadnt done it earlier!!!!:rotfl:

xx_Jo_xx

Toots - Totally!!! Ive been wondering what the heck has stopped me from doing this a long time ago!

Ok, off to give my friend a lift to the Celtic then off to the charity shop.

xx

LameWolf

Just while I have a swift spot of lunch before Sidney's next walk, I thought you might find this article which appeared in yesterday's Telegraph interesting:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/8564384/Keep-your-clutter-I-know-I-miss-mine.html
I laughed my socks off.... or I would have, if I wore socks!:rotfl:

Spring_Time

xx_Jo_xx wrote: »

This was a humourous conversation between adults which you are choosing to take completely out of context - it is not the example being set to our children and no where have any of us said so.

Feel free to contribute, but dont judge people on your unfounded assumptions.

I won't be contributing, this is not the thread for me, thank you though for the invite. I assure you I am not judging and I apologise if you feel I have. I will leave you ladies to it

poohbear59

Monday - Kitchen and dining room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
Do items 1 and 8 from your frog list!!!
Level Two
Wipe and replace small appliances
Scrub down the front of units and large appliances and kickboards
Thoroughly clean out and defrost the freezer... if it will help do an inventory and work what you can into your meal plan for the week!
Level Three
Wipe the table... clean cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floor
[STRIKE]Degunge the oven and hob.. pop off the knobs and soak them if you can.[/STRIKE]

Extras

1. Thoroughly clean the inside of the unit doors!
   
2. Scrub out all the bins.. recycling and compost ones in particular!
   
3. Wipe any sticky grotty marks off the walls
   
4. clean blinds/curtains

Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe over sticky sofas.[/STRIKE]
Froggy items 2 and 6
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dusting, even if around everything [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/STRIKE]
Clean mirrors and other glass things that are meant to be shiny!
Level 3
Wipe paintworks and any grubby marks off walls etc
Clean any fluffy electricals and defluff behind the radiators!
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself[/STRIKE]

Extras

1. [STRIKE]clear a hotspot or 3![/STRIKE]
2. Clean light shades/fittings and lamps
3. Clean a window or two.
4. [STRIKE]Wash any smelly soft furnishings![/STRIKE]

Wednesday ~ Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash.. replace well before bedtime!
froggy list items 3 and 9
Level Two
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of!..
Level Three
Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere..
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades

Extras

1. Wash any curtains that need doing
2. binbag dance
3. Clean the windows
4. 15 minutes sort out of the landing gibble.. see if you can find something to rehome!

Thursday Scrubfest- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean & wash floors in these rooms
froggy list 7 and 10
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Clear any clutter from desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Replace sponges and toothbrushes that need doing!!
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra

1. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
2. Binbag dance.... ready.. set.. go!!!!!!!!
3. empty out the bathroom cabinet.. clean it.. fling what you don't need and stash the rest in a beautiful manner.. in alphabetical order please!
4. Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!

Friday! - childrens rooms
Level One
Clear the floors in the childrens room.. throw out any broken toys and find some that are no longer needed that can be sent to charity shop or given away.
Don't forget your 'you time'!!!
Froggy list 4 and 5
Level Two
Change the childrens bedding/wash curtains
Vacuum mattress (after turning & wiping any waterproof sheets) and floors
Wash window
Level Three
Sort through a clothing cupboard.. anything outgrown?
Drag everything out from under the bed too.. there is floor under there!!
Dust.. lightshades, curtain poles, games consoles/PC's etc
Extras

1. Make sure coats and shoes and uniforms are ready for school and homework is all done so you can relax the weekend!
2. Wipe any sticky handprints and dirty marks off walls and doors
3. Wipe down the paintwork & radiators
4. Repair 2 things from you 'mend it' list!!!

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Extra list for today
1.Clean hall floor and declutter window ledge
2.Clean out fridge
3.Clean window and door in hall
4.Make space in den for two mattresses
5.Prep vegetables for party
6.Complete paperwork and file correctly
7.Parcel to Post Office
8.Take recycling to recycling centre so we have room for this weekend
9.Clean dogsnot off windows
10. tidy porches, front and back
11. Put gazebo up
12. Make up picnic table