Benbenandme's Next Installment ...

mummytogirls

Awwww poor you Benben, hope your feeling better soon x

Il pledge 5lbs for February please xx

duchy

Get well soon Benben

Would a timeout card help -I'm sure you know the principle -so when he feels himself getting wound up he can remove himself and take some control of the situation? Maybe even act as a pass back inside at lunchtime ? Just athought-it worked well with Josh in some situations-not so well in others.

benbenandme

Lol Duchy, I thought you meant for me so I could stay in bed today and ignore the housework :rotfl: He does have one for in the classroom and does use it sometimes, but playtimes they're not allowed in no matter what :cool: At the moment we are trialling good behaviour = going on buses on saturdays, hence my dull day yesterday of travelling backwards and forwards across town on several routes - he's had a bad start to the week but won it back round and that was what was keeping him on track. Long may it continue!

Tigz - yep, a meet up sounds good, he's into the camping quite heavily, not really my thing, much prefer a warm duvet and hot water

Thankyou girls for the Feb targets, keep 'em coming. My January ones were hit and miss, I've acheived the no nail biting :T and the no alcohol :T buit the weightloss had a very delayed start although is going to plan now. My Feb aim will be to get below 10 stone 7, (currently 10 st 12) think thats more realistic than the last one.

nanto3girls

Hope you feel better soon benben.

benbenandme

Ds has been delivered to my mums for the afternoon, he wanted to go round to play with the dog, and I have the afternoon to get all my jobs done. It will be a slow process as I have no energy whatsoever, but am going to start off with a hot bath as I just feel manky, hopefully that will warm me up and make me feel a bit more positive, then I'll tidy and clean the flat and then work on the finances. First stop the bathroom ....

benbenandme

Woohoo, almost the end of the month and I've actually got £38 left over :j I'm not going to go too mad as I often find I've forgotten about something thats due to leave my account, but hopefully this time I've remembered everything. If it turns out there isn't anything else to be accounted for I will put it towards the fees for ds drama club (£83 for a term). Pleased to have got it all sorted though

Bath done, hoovering and dusting done, 3 loads of washing done, dishwasher loaded and unloaded, bedding changed, gradually getting everything straight again

gilligansyle

Well completely fell off the weight loss wagon in January, only managed 4 pounds. In my defence I've been staying in hotels and eating out a lot.

So February - lose 10 pounds, go to zumba at least twice and get to a gym at least once a week (this depends on whether the hotels have one!)

benbenandme

Scrap my last post, remembered something else to go out already, so actually only £9 left over, but at least its left over not overspent And actually thats still pretty good as this month I have paid for the unexpected IOW trip and also ds uniform for drama, so all in all I'm very pleased with this month

Feb is a short month so even less time to try and make some extra pennies, and I have no idea where any is likely to come from. We do have a week off school in the middle of the month so I am aiming for an ebay session in there at some point to try and get the mortgage pot going as I think Feb could be a struggle.

benbenandme

Quick update time ....

• Buy envelopes and post letters for Dads birthday memory box ... envelopes bought, letters printed, will fill them tonight
• [STRIKE]Ironing[/STRIKE] DONE
• Clean guinea pigs
• [STRIKE] Take ds to drama club[/STRIKE] DONE
• [STRIKE]Go on buses[/STRIKE] DONE
• [STRIKE] Go ice skating with friends [/STRIKE] DONE
• Ds homework project
• [STRIKE] Go to the library[/STRIKE] DONE
• [STRIKE] End of month banking[/STRIKE] DONE
• [STRIKE] Empty out the car [/STRIKE] DONE still needs cleaning though
• [STRIKE] Visit Mum and Dad[/STRIKE] DONE
• Return stuff to Next
• [STRIKE]Tidy flat[/STRIKE] DONE
• [STRIKE] Clean flat [/STRIKE] DONE

dangers

Benben - I can't believe the kids haven't got anywhere to go inside at playtime! What happens if they are poorly or have a broken arm/leg (but not too poorly to be off?) we often have one or two needing to be in and we also have an area for the kids who can't cope with the length of lunch time play. I don't know about your primary, but our lunch times are 1 hour 10 and some kids find this too long.