Weekly Flylady thread 9th March 2020

pigpen

TY.. I am chasing her school referral this week.. after seeing her teacher and her work I am convinced that while they are keeping her calm in school I would rather she was having meltdowns and actually making some progress.. it appears they are not pushing her to try things for fear of setting off an episode.. that is NOT helping her. So I will jump on them. I will have another meeting with the teacher and DEMAND the SENCo who hates me is present and maybe push for an EHCP.. and see where we get from that.
I have balanced this months payments as best I can. I have £100 food budget for April.. so ebeasting is a necessity. It has kept me afloat this month.

OH currently hanging out washing and I have 2 more loads in.. ooh.. brb...

pigpen

right.. back..
Washers both on,
DW on
2 loads of washing out in the sunshine
post dealt with.. Tax credits reinstated as of the 3rd April so I have worked out what HAS to be paid immediately from OH's wages and what we can shuffle for a few days. I have covered the important stuff.. apart from the mortgage but I CAN catch that up once the loan is finished in August.. I WILL get straight. I have covered council tax and utilities and credit cards, the rest I have emailed and explained and said I WILL catch up in the next 2 months and it's all good. .. I am veyr much looking forward to getting back on track I am finding this month incredibly stressful and difficult..
Dryer booked in for Wednesday next week but with the improved weather we are doing so much better getting stuff dry. Just trying to check BG app but it is, as usual, out of date and very disfunctional. With the dryer broken my electricity usage as HALVED!!!! seriously.. halved... yeah.. I think I need to sort the household out with that one! Thank goodness for decent weather!!

One of my kittens is wiping his bottom on a twig... wth??? I may need to investigate that in a moment.. he is so weird!

Thursday jobs

I have 1 ebeast parcel to package and post today.
Opticians appointments x2
get mince out of freezer for a lasagne. OH and Moomin fed for 2-3 days.
throw a veggie mince concoction together.. that feeds me for 3 days.
Eeek... I almost had an urge to bake a cake... phew.. glad that passed! I do need to bake a bacon and egg pie though. I've not made one for years and I LOVE them.
Find thermometer and check on Twinkle.. she has a nasty sounding cough and is a bit warm, but she is sat in the sun.. she seems fine in herself but I'm not convinced nursery is necessary today. I might keep her home for my benefit more than hers. She doesn't need to spread germs, there have been 3 gone down with tonsillitis this week out of 10 children! She loves going but I don't like germ sharing.. I will find thermometer and see what that says.. Our hayfever has kicked in so we are all super sniffly anyway.

Friday..
DIL paying for my nails as a thank you for still being her guarantor for her house even though she and DS1 are no longer together.. I did say it was not necessary and I would just pay her next time but she has absolutely insisted.
Swimming, school, YW, CT and loan payments to be made.
Nag my mother for £15 to cover the deposit for panto tickets she asked me to get for her.

pigpen

My kittens are NOT normal.. VIDEO for you to laugh at him too!

sexymouse

Love the video of your kitten pigpen. That has cheered me up a little. Feeling very anxious at the prospect of these potential school closures as it means I would have no income and basically have no rights to sick pay or any other income currently as I don't average enough in earnings as I only work 1 day a week (agency).

Need to channel some of this nervous energy into cleaning - have so far cleaned the microwave and done a wash load, but have spent a lot of the morning trying to look up if I have any rights at all on the Union website which has zero information on it.

pigpen

SM.. From what I could find out you can claim universal credit from day one (usually day 8) if you are not entitled to sick pay if it is a forced closure or you have to self-isolate. If that is any help at all? OH is contracted for 8 hours so he would only get 8 hours as sick pay which we simply couldn't afford to live on.. we have been doing that since January. You can put in holiday hours or lieu days depending on how your employer operates. With luck it won't come to that.

kazwookie

Piggers love the vid of the kitten

SM ~ if it is corona that stops you from working, ie the school is closed because of it, I think you can claim pay via the gov. some how, something was announce in the budget yesterday. ( I 'think' Employment Support Allowance)

https://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus  if you scroll down that there is a section regarding lay off which I think is relevant.

Now things in my house are being sort and put together, how come I have 6 yes 6 metal step ladders!!!

Another tip run done.

sexymouse

Thank you pigpen and kazwookie - will have a look at the link you've posted x

Valli

Been to town for various bits.  Before I went I washed and pegged out DS's duvet cover and the one pillowcase which made it to the machine as one jumped ship en route *sigh*.
Going to concoct my tea now then top up bunny hutch while it cooks.

Fayolle

Shattered, but lots of jobs ticked off, before and after work.
Boring stuff all of it,  but I did actually manage to vacuum upstairs, the stairs and the hall. Paid for various bits, mainly DD related - My purse has been leeching money over the past week, so much for all my attempts at a frugal January and February. 
Now I have had enough of the world. I have a cuppa and I’m going to catch up on some Masterchef as I really do not want to listen to the news.

Piggers - loved the video.  Thank you - it made me smile.

pigpen

Well I cleaned the drawers on  both washers. I can't even remember the last time I did those.

I brought the washing in from the line and folded it.. how good is that? I have 2 loads to go to my mothers to go in her dryer i was going to take them tonight but she would have made me go to the oub with her and I am just too tired.

I am making a hot chocolate and heading to my nest. I will try to stay awake until OH gets home but I am shattered. There have been several cases of tonsilllitis at nursery this week and I am pretty sure I'm coming down with it too.. I only have to hear the word and mine flare up, I really don't need that.

I didn't get to post office but I will tomorrow and I have Boogs prescription to pick up..

Bills to be paid tomorrow.. that will make me feel a bit better if I am honest. I LOVE knowing the bills are paid.. 3 more weeks and I will have some money again.. it will fly by..

Nighty nighty xx