Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd October 2011

vanilla

Hex my 2 boys are the same age as yours, hopefully mine will catch on soon too.

seafarers_wife thats great news your OH is coming home. I'm sure he'll be more interested in you rather than what the house looks like.

I've sorted through over 4000 emails :eek::eek::eek::eek: one frog gone for now. I might just start sorting them every evening. More washing done and i think i'll go sort the kids there dinner and waken Rhys before he sleeps too long.

seafarers_wife

Im off for a HHA (half hour admin) in the spare room to get some of the filing out the way. Presents have been tidied away into bags i.e one bag for my family and one for his. still need to wrap his presents but they will be done later tonight.

mummyyof5

Sorry not been posting last few days but been busy with kiddies and running around etc...LO is 5 today...where did that time go????...whoever pinched it I want it back:(:(.

Been busy today took LO into town to spend birthday money that is burning a hole in his pocket...he couldnt find anything that he wanted except rubbish I wouldnt let him buy...cruel mummy lol .

Came home..made gingerbread..done an hours ironing 3 loads of washing and stripped mine and LOs beds...LOs made just need to put duvet cover back on mine.

Need to go fling some tea on now as LO is STARVING...easy tea...he wants breaded chicken breasts..and HM wedges...followed by chocolate birthday cake.

Love to all...hope things get easier Admantine xx

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

wendywitch wrote: »

Out of interest how do others cope with their kids thinking they're a walking bank?
DD2 was most put out when I said she'd have to start earning it.:eek: Then reeled off a list of friends names that don't have to do anything for their "pocket money" .
I told her she was lucky, my disabled friend's kids have to do a hell of a lot more than I'm asking of her and have only recently started to get "pocket money"!!

Doesn't matter what other parents do. I would ask whether they wanted to be on other people's lists as the children who don't get a penny ever.


And I cut off pocket money for failure to perform required tasks, deduct for ruined clothing and anything else that results in additional expense for me - like breaking electrical equipment through carelessness.


I am evil, but it seems to work well, as Minion has saved over £200.



Oh, and when she is particularly good and needs stuff, we do what we did today - she chooses what she wants out of what she NEEDS, I say yes or no. She knows, having had me detonate in shopping trips before, not to push me.

This can be expensive - full sets of new undies (she has apparently unconsciously absorbed my unspoken rule that ALL undies come in matching sets), plus school socks, plus sports bras (thinking of the future there), and then a return to the safe haven of the Goth shop.

Where she was persuaded by one of the girls to try on the dress she wanted for a Halloween party and to actually come out of the changing room so that everyone could see. She wanted some shoes too, but she is going to have to buy them herself.


And even though the people in the shop are so lovely, she says that her friends are still too scared to go in there.

Can't see why, surely there's nothing scary about a shop with girls with bright blue/green/purple hair, tattoos, fishnet stockings and vast numbers of piercings?


KH is on his way to pick her up so that she doesn't have to suffer the horrors of tomorrow's gig.



And I am getting the butterflies starting up. Means the music's trying to get out

seafarers_wife

utility bills filed life insurance filed

now to continue with another HHA to try and clear the spare bed of paperwork.

wendywitch

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Can't see why, surely there's nothing scary about a shop with girls with bright blue/green/purple hair, tattoos, fishnet stockings and vast numbers of piercings?

Sounds like my boyfriendish idea of heaven :rotfl:

I'd like to say I look nothing like that I'm his "bit of chav" :rotfl: not that I'm chavy though

serena

:hello:Hi to all my flylady friends! Life and work has been stupidly busy, and I have been flying when I can, but with no time to keep up with the thread or post.

I'm popping in for a bit this weekend, as it's too cold to do anything outside! I feel like hot chocolate and warm blankets, bit of a change from last week's salads and sun cream!

Love and hugs, especailly for toots, lamewolf and lady liberty as well as any flyladies who would particularly like one.

seafarers_wife

ohhh just had a nice surprise. when doing the filing, found out i thought the sofa's cost more than they actually did so i actually have the money put aside for them without needing to put any more away :j so next week sometime will go and pay the full balance off instead of waiting till just before the intrest free period runs out

Ruthy1604

Ruthy1604 wrote: »

Also....

1. Finish my dads vat return
2. Finish his half year accounts and fax to the accountant
3. Pack for my holiday
4. Go round my friends for a cuppa to plan getting together while on hols
5. Find the car seat covers that DH put somewhere safe last October, never to be seen again.
6. Do the ten tonnes of washing that has piled up over the week.:(
7. Oh and rest so that I can feel better to go back to work on Monday - lol.

Happy Saturday to you all :j

Ruth

Evening all,

Well I've not done as much as I planned, but between DH & I we've

Cleaned the bathroom
Made banana muffins
Cleaned out the fridge
Almost finished the VAT
Cleared the dead veg plants from the garden
Packed away the trampoline for the winter
Met with my friend & had a lovely chat
Done mounds of washing, but not quite all of it...

I am gonna iron the sheets now so that I can make the bed & I'm done flying for the week. I'm chuffed to bits that the house is looking really good for that small daily effort. Its surprising how (if ignore the ROD's) the main rooms do keep themselves fairly tidy.

One of these days I will tackle my office :eek:& the kids playroom:eek::eek: but, in the meantime, I shall continue to pretend they don't exist.

Hope everyone has a great evening
Ruth

kazwookie

Dinner eaten

OH watching this mornings rugby, so I am wandering around the internet, trying not to have a naughty mouse and spend too much money!!