Flylady Thread for Monday 12th February

Ladygrim

moggins wrote:

One of the girls I knew from another site, her username actually related to this happening to her. I will leave you guessing what her username was

SPARKLE?

LG

Punky

Thanks Ladygrim :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


Reformed :wave: welcome. You'll get lots of support here. Sounds like you could do with a 27 fling boogie but try not to throw out your OH at the same time!

I've been with my OH for 10 years and he used to be a nightmare so I started giving him one SMALL job to do a day - now he's much better and even loads / unloads the DW without asking :T

Rather than asking your OH to clear his entire bedside perhaps start with just asking him to bin the rubbish, next day clear the clothes, next day clear empty boxes and the next day the broken elec item? Let us know how you get on.

Punky

AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

BG have just called to say the engineer due to come out and fix our central heating won't be coming today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Sorry needed to vent - feel a bit better now.....

Beccatje

Reformed Welcome!
You will find lots of support here no doubt.
My DH is the same. Men just don't have the same priorities! I went to visit my sister in Scotland once (I live in Holland) with the youngest of our 5 children for 4 days. When I came back Daughters 10 and 8 yrs old were wearing the same clothes as they had on when I left. So I asked them: "are you wearing those clothes again, or are you wearing them still???"

They said: "Still. Daddy never told us to shower or change our clothes!" I swear, that man wouldn't notice if the children and I walked around butt naked!

Well, I've been busy today! After a few days of falling off the wagon due to loads of stress and cr.p on my mind the place looked like it had exploded. (no wonder with 7 people in a small house!) So the washing machine and dryer have worked non stop all day. Kitchen is clean, living room tidied and hoovered, toilet cleaned. Grocery shopping done and put away. Sorted quite a few squabbles (half term has just started.. HELP!!)
The washing is sitting unfolded in a big pile on my couch now because I have plain just ran out of energy and motivation.

Kids and DH are watching TV. DD1 is behind the main computer. Baby girl is in bed.

It is now officially "me" time. I've told them I am no longer available for "mummy....??" questions.

Beccatje

LOVED the sparkle story! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

This week my 2 yrs old baby gave me hope in my child rearing skills..

have the others all had episodes where they have painted the wall with peanut butter, charcoal, or green paint (the kind you don't wash off with water!) this baby girl watched me do my make-up as I was getting ready to go to work. I was trying to draw a nice line with my eyepencil, when I hear this little voice behind me: "Mummy, not draw on eyes! Must draw on paper!"



I have good hopes!

And even though she loves to eat 'tree' (broccoli) she didn't like the 'white tree' I served the other day. "White tree is yuckie mummy!"
(it was cauliflower btw)


And today when i was going around with a cloth to liberate my living room from dust and grime, she was there begging me: "I want to clean too mummy!! please can I clean too??"

Maybe I'll finally get it right on child nr 5! the others are hopeless when it comes to cleaning up!

Becca

nicki_2

Evening all :hello:

Got a surprise phonecall earlier from OH, his friends nana has been taken into hospital so he's coming home tonight around 10ish:eek: There I was planning to get up tomorrow, have a nice leisurely bath, change the bed and do stuff....

.......hes just rang to say he's here! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

I haven't even washed any dishes!!!! :rolleyes: Oh well, better go and let him in. At least the place is reasonably tidy :rolleyes: :wave:

moggins

Well done all of you.

I hate to say it but all I've managed to achieve today is tidy the dining room, I haven't even cleaned it Load and unload the dishwasher and cook tea for the kids. Oh and run a washed load back through the WM that had been left to stagnate in the basket since I fell ill on Wednesday.

DH did not look happy with me when he got up at 6pm and found he had to cook tea for him and me again tonight so I am going to have to try and make more of an effort tomorrow, hopefully I will feel better by then? I don't feel ill as such anymore just everything I do takes so much out of me and leaves me feeling weak and dizzy. If anyone has any great ideas for giving me more energy I'd be grateful. I need to get at least 3 loads of washing done tomorrow and try to tidy up the downstairs at least.

lil_me

Awww bless your little one Becca, hope you explained about eye pencils, my friends little girl copied Mammy once with marker pen, she looked like a panda! At least she like helping, my DS2 does but I call him Moggins Apprentice as he sits timing me with a timer to make me do my jobs quicker! Slave driver!

Right, well what wasn't done today will get done tomorrow, got laundry put away when was putting boys to bed, have cleaned around DPs stuff tonight (he's away from 5am with it all ) so I can clean the rest tomorrow. Baking went well with DS2s help, but I did get sick of telling him to wash his hands every time he licked them! My tshirt also became a cloth if he got sticky, next time I must wear my pinny! Got to go make DPs drinks and sandwiches for tomorrow, let dogs out then I am off to bed.

Moggins, sorry to hear you aren't 100%, what about something like lucozade, or maybe those multi vit drinks ? My Dad swears by is it V8 the tomato juice one. Suppose you can make your own of course, depending on how you are feeling. I take supplements daily as my body gets rid of food quicker than most peoples and I can tell sooo much if I forget. Hope you feel better tomorrow. Housework can wait, just concentrate on getting better.

LJD1_2

Beccatje wrote:

And even though she loves to eat 'tree' (broccoli) she didn't like the 'white tree' I served the other day. "White tree is yuckie mummy!"
(it was cauliflower btw)


Becca

This reminds me of when my two were little, they only liked peas so I gave them yellow peas (sweetcorn), knobbly peas (broccoli), flat peas (mange tout), long peas (beans), big peas (brussel spouts). They used to ask what i'd given them and when I gave them one of the above answers they'd give me a strange look and then eat it. Bless them!

stefejb

when my kids were little they used to love "shepherds bush" which was shepherds pie with brocoli
youngest dd would only eat "chicken" as in chicken-pork, chicken-lamb, chicken-beef or chicken-chicken - oh and her favourite veg was sweekles (sweetcorn)