Weekly Flylady Thread 1st March 2021

mumof3.12kindebt

pigpen said:

mumof3.12kindebt said:

Trying to keep on top of the house is getting me down, I'm not going to lie, I've felt like this for months now since I've been more poorly physically and my nana passed away. I've definitely hit a wall and feeling very low most of the time. The only Time I feel like me is at work. I've been trying to spend more time to spend quality time with the kids. Because since we moved here (we were in a 2 bed flat and now in a 5 bed 2 bath house) I've never kept fully on top of it. 

I think I need to focus on daily stuff and then organising one area of the house at a time. I hope that that will mean I have more time for the kids and come Sept when they are all at school full time I'll be able to get everything done while they are at school bar tidying up after dinner and just generally be in a better routine. 
I'm at work today and tomorrow and Monday afternoon. so I'll concentrate on hot spots the next 2 days. My first shift in charge today. After completing my refresher training (Done the same role before in another job) bit nervous but we are dressing up and doing a Welsh afternoon for them so it will be fun also. 

Also been toying with the idea of getting a dishwasher ..  and I'm going to get the tumble fixed at the end of the month 

Things are harder here atm as oh has severe pain in his chest they said it was ligaments but he had a ct scan yesterday so hopefully we will know more soon. So he's not able to do much at the moment so it's all on me .. with the help of the kids.. apart from when I ask eldest to do something recently he's been saying yeah I will soon or later and it doesn't get done and tbh that's been peeing me off... he's 12 .. won't even make his bed .. says why should I when I'm just getting back into it again... God give me strength ! 

GET THE DISHWASHER!!!! ... it is the one thing I absolutely could not under and circumstances live without.. my daughters 2 oldest load and unload theirs.. they are 6 and 8.. so your older one/s have no excuses.
If boyo doesn't make his bed or tidy his room.. shut the door and walk away.. and once every so often after weeks of warning go in and gut it.. I did this 2 or 3 times with my daughters.. I sent them pictures all day long while they were at school of the binbags of rubbish we took to tip before they got home.. in reality I never threw anything away which was not rubbish I am an expert stacker and I just put everything away!

With mine  I ask them ONCE to do something.. if it is not done I TELL them to do it with a time limit.. like finish that level/get to next save point/end of episode.. if it is not done it is console ban and they get more jobs to do.. My 22 year old is THE laziest dollopo of dung every to draw breath.. the bedroom is a pit.. I shut the door and ignore.. The only things I ask are the litter trays to be cleaned once or twice a week and to occasionally load the DW.. I'm not even demanding!

I was going to draw up a list of jobs and they could pick which they wanted but I just haven't had time but it is still in my head to do.. I might do it a bit differently eventually.

When they are all a bit bigger and you can fling all the revolting toys and baby gubbins your house will be quiet.. and stay tidy .. you will miss the mess.. Have a 5 minute 'kick it in the corner' and push it around with the vacuum.. it won't last forever.. be kind to yourself and enjoy those babies.. they grow up way too fast.. my oldest was an adorable angel 30 10 minutes ago... he is 30 in September!

Did you get any answers for the manbeast? My friend was told something similar and she had pluerisy with ligament strain.. hopefully it is something simple and he can get back to pulling his weight soon .. Stick with the necessities.. it will all come together.. and maybe see if your budget can stretch to a cleaner xxx

If you still feel bad about your house being a mess let me know and I will do you pics of my sty!

Thankyou pigpen. I think I need to learn to be abit more tough when it comes to asking more than once. 
Mine are 12, 7 (with a mental age of about 3) and 4 this month. So not so much babies any more but still young. Oldest is old enough to understand. All I ask is they pick up after themselves if they did that and just that the house would look so much better.... 
Dishwasher is on the list... I think it will help alot. And I hate washing up when I'm doing it multiple times a day. 

Just dropping the kids off at school. I have work this afternoon so will crack on as soon as I get home. 

Thankyou for the new thread. 

mumof3.12kindebt

Dentist app canceled while walking back to the car. 
Nwxt lot of shifts for work put in calander while waiting in the car to take the kids in