Weekly Flylady Thread 27th May 2013

mrs-moneypenny

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

Apparently I am a) the wickedest mother in the world, and b) contravening their human rights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:rotfl: no you are their mother and have their best interests at heart. its your house and your rules and they need to learn to respect them and you.
we allow people ie BFs and GFs to sleep over (as well as friends) BUT house rules are downstairs in the lounge on separate settees! and if they want to play games or listen to music in thier rooms doors stay open!!!
im such fun arent i tell your DD she can stay at mine and shell be begging to be at yours.

a friend of mine got her DH to take their teenage DDs door off and lock it in the garage because she moaned so much about having no privacy and she slammed a door in anger. after a few days she was really sorry and begging to have her door back. they left it off for a month she never moaned again:rotfl:

LameWolf

pigpen wrote: »

I don't have any energy.. I run on sugar and fury!

It's caffeine and bloodymindedness here.:rotfl:
And I still haven't repaired my skirt.:whistle:

macpep1

Thanks for all the good wishes everyone, funeral is on Monday so I shall take the day off work, have offered that all the kids that are too small and not at school can come here if they need to, so I am doing my bit, I will then take some flowers to my Nanas grave later in the week & leave them & say my farewells then.

Just having dinner then anyone up for a HHC at 5.30?

juliejim

I'll join you macpep.

All my dishes apart from my pans are washed and put away, the WM cleaned, 1 cupboard front done and half of the floor is brushed and cleaned. I'm sure that the only job that's been done in the kitchen while DH has been off is washing dishes and the occasional wipe of the work surfaces!

macpep1

Just starting now juliejimmother in law came in and is just away :eek:......off we go.......

sammiell

Manic Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Mess
Only got 15 minutes
Sweep and mop floors
Declutter and wipe worksurfaces
30 minutes to spare
Wipe ALL large appliances and units and kickboards
Wipe and replace all small appliances
Got an hour
Wash windows.. and dust blinds/wash curtains
Clear and wipe out the oven and hob
Wipe table and replace cloth if necessary
Extras
Wash the windows
Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
Clean filters and detergent dispensers
Clean out pongy pets
HHI

Young Helpers list:
Can you collect all the dirty plates and cups and stuff from about the house?
Could you fill a carrier of rubbish?
And let's see if you can do some dusting? Wipe away all the dust and fluff and dirt in one room!

Twinkling Tuesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
Only got 15 minutes
Declutter and vacuum!
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself! .. make yourself a hair appointment or something!
30 minutes to spare
Wipe sofas
Wash windows
dust and deweb!.. don't forget furry skirtings!
Got an hour!
Wash any soft furnishings that need doing
Vacuum right the way up the stairs!
Sort through coats n bags n shoes etc
Extras
Sort through a handbag
Sort through a cupboard or drawer of junk
29 fling boogie...
HHI
YOUNG HELPERS LIST
Could you pick up the things on the floor in the living room?
Can you tidy up any shoes that are lying around that need putting in the place they should be?!! How many shoes can you find?
Could you clear the table? .. If you are big enough you could possibly wash the pots or load the DW.. I know you can do it!

MrsChaos

Manic Monday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Mess
Sweep and mop floors
Declutter and wipe worksurfaces - WIP
Wipe ALL large appliances and units and kickboards
Wipe and replace all small appliances
Wash windows.. and dust blinds
Clear and wipe out the oven and hob
Wipe table
Clean filters and detergent dispensers
Get DS2s old toys ready for friend's twin grandchildren (she'll call with his birthday card at some point)
Young Helpers list:
Read
Mental maths practice
Some left-over homework
Twinkling Tuesday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!
[STRIKE]Spend half an hour doing something for yourself! [/STRIKE]listened to songs on youtube
dust .. don't forget furry skirtings!
Sort through handbag
[STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE] delegated to OH

Also:
[STRIKE]make doctor's appointment for DS1 [/STRIKE]
make hair appointment for me
phone plumber
check train connections for tomorrow

pigpen

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

a friend of mine got her DH to take their teenage DDs door off and lock it in the garage because she moaned so much about having no privacy and she slammed a door in anger. after a few days she was really sorry and begging to have her door back. they left it off for a month she never moaned again:rotfl:

My boys have not had a door for 5 years after the repeatedly slammed it until it broke. they have since been told repeatedly if they tidy their room and keep it tidy they can have a new one.. Hell will freeze over first!

LameWolf wrote: »

It's caffeine and bloodymindedness here.:rotfl:
And I still haven't repaired my skirt.:whistle:

I run on that too but in lesser degrees!

Valli.. I'd love it if she went, the whole atmosphere in the house changes massively when she isn't here. She is a very unpleasant personality, selfish and spiteful and not at all nice, she CAN be lovely but of late the lovely side of her seems to have gone on holiday!... and KH keeps saying to them he wants them to live with him BUT.. he won't pick them up from school even on the days he is supposed to have them, he won't keep them overnight and drop at school in a morning and he doesn't make sure they have their medication. He has never taken them to hospital appointments or doctors or attended parents evenings or anything remotely parenty. IF I cannot trust he will do those things they aren't going. Cheeky f***er said he would have the 3 girls for a couple of weeks (not the older 3 who are so much easier to look after) during summer holidays if I wanted.. because effectively 'sending them away' while we have the baby is going to be really good for them!.. and was rude enough to ask what I would do for space as they get older..

1 bookcase built. OH is just fixing it to the wall and I shall fill it while these all eat... they are getting 'I can't be bothered to cook' food... meat pies and a selection of veg lovingly thrown in the oven and a pan... that took all of 2 minutes!

Landing looking so much nicer now it is vacuumed.

macpep1

In my HHC I
Cleared table
Loaded DW
Cleaned pots that wldnt fit in DW
Tidied up Tupperware cupboard
Put chicken pox meds/creams away
Washed out oven
Cleaned hob
Washed & emptied bin
Emptied food waste bin
Cleared & washed 2 worktops

Carrying on with another HHC @ 6.15 to get floors, inside windows & Dyson filthy blinds :eek:

Join me in 3.......

MrsChaos

I seem to have ground to a halt. Decluttering cups of tea and music vids on youtube is a lovely way to spend a gloomy afternoon, but not so productive. I've swapped some laundry around, folded towels and got the WM ready for when OH and DS1 have done in the bathroom.

Time to do OH's tea - DS1 is going to his GF's. Will see what I can feed DS2 who is not really into food at the moment. After my big lunch I'm not so very hungry myself.