Weekly Flylady Thread 17th March 2008

skintscotslass

Mudbath wrote: »

thank you pigpen, you've reassured me. i was going to put the other two really popular schools down which are about five miles away. i'll remember your other points. i wouldn't be able to get her to a school without public transport as i don't have a car {reminder not to buy a car until after she's got into high school} the whole system really is pants isn't it. thanks again. when the time comes i'll be picking everyone's brains! xx

Surely if the council cant accommodate the kids at their local school, then they should be supplying the transport if there isn't public transport?

tiamai_d

I have found a course I really really want to do!

this one here!

But it's full time.... So now I have to wonder how I could work it round DS1 school, DS2 nursery and Carers Allowance....

I know I could do it, and I could blag my way in even if I don't have the qualifications (cos I decided riding in cars with boys was more fun than exams).

Masybe I should just apply and see what happens?

Dustykitten

luby-lou wrote: »

Dustykitten - is it the Wilmslow NCT sale you're doing? If so, I may be there too. (purchaser not seller).

No it is the WGC one and I am only selling!

**RANT ALERT**

OH has been away on a skiing Jolly since Thursday - his flight due back right now. He has just phoned to say that they have missed their flight so wont be flying home until tomrrow morning and then he will be going straight into work so will be home tomorrow night. He was moaning about having to sleep on a hard chair in the airport all night !!!!!!. Given him right short shrift and am so wound up now I might do some power cleaning.

**RANT OVER**

His office being cleaned is so off the cards for tomorrow to be replaced by my desk and the family room instead!

Tracey hugs hun if you are working for company not so much the cash then is there not something else you could do? Is it friends or time on your own you are after? A job is a big commitment with kids child care wise could you not do something else - volunteering?

skintscotslass

Zed - I am exhausted just reading your list! :rotfl:

Tracy - How fizzing annoying?!?!?! Why volunteer in the first place??? Grrr :mad:

Bedtime for me I think. Night night all xx

kazmeister

Ok I done stuff but first

Big hugs for tracyg - I'd go for the interview anyway (I dont they cant ask you questions about childcare unless they ask the blokes as well) at least if you get it and then have to turn it down it will give you confidence for the next time.

Sorry to hear about the house sale jjef - fingers crossed for you

Huge improvement looking at the pics nikki - will you come and do mine

DAILIES
Work uniform ready - morning
[strike]Kids uniforms ready[/strike]
[strike]Packed lunches for tomorrow including mine[/strike]
Make tea
[strike]S/S Kitchen[/strike]
S/S Bathroom
[strike]Wipe table[/strike]
Wipe stairs down as they get hairy
[strike]TD empty and reload[/strike]
[strike]WM empty and reload[/strike]
Mad Monday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
[strike]Remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace [/strike]– done yesterday
[strike]Vacuum floors and sofas[/strike] – done yesterday
[strike]Wipe and water neglected plants[/strike]
[strike]Dust those flat fluffy surfaces[/strike] – done yesterday
[strike]Polish the porch [/strike]– don’t have one
[strike]Vacuum under the furniture you can move[/strike] – done yesterday
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Clear a hotspot
[strike]Vacuum hall and stairs[/strike] – done yesterday (but will rewipe glitter up)
Killer Kitchen - Tuesday
[strike]Clear and wipe work surfaces[/strike]
Open the windows and let in the spring!
Sweep and Mop the floor
[strike]Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!![/strike][strike]Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed[/strike]
[strike]Clean all those small appliances. Empty crumbs out of the toaster, scrub the microwave, descale the iron and kettle, shine the breadmaker, polish the slowcooker.[/strike]
[strike]Take EVERYTHING out of the fridge give it a deep clean.. including shelves and drawers!! [/strike]Did this 10 days ago and I mean everything was out so doesnt need doing again YET!


All week Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Delete 10 links in your favourites which are dead or no longer used!!!
• Sort that corner full of shoes and coats and bags... I know you all put this off so get it sorted.. before the better weather hits!!
• [strike]Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*[/strike]
• HHI .. with your clean iron!!
• Clean windows and sills
• treat the pets for fleas!!! This is prime time for them to be developing an infestation.. the last thing you need in your house! Don't forget to deflea those beds and baskets and other flea-homes

[strike]EASTER EBAY CHALLENGE!!
We all have a box of stuff we keep meaning to ebay and putting off.. well.. this is your week!! [/strike] - DONT DO EBAY BUYING OR SELLING

Now please pigpen can I have a dog bikky before I go and sort my work uniform for tomorrow and thenin bed by 11 tonight :T :T

skintscotslass

tiamai_d wrote: »

I have found a course I really really want to do!

this one here!

But it's full time.... So now I have to wonder how I could work it round DS1 school, DS2 nursery and Carers Allowance....

I know I could do it, and I could blag my way in even if I don't have the qualifications (cos I decided riding in cars with boys was more fun than exams).

Masybe I should just apply and see what happens?

Tia - check out this link. They maybe able to help

http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/nav/jobs-and-careers/wff_info.asp

I think you should apply and go for it!!!

Working For Families is a specific Scottish scheme, I dont know whats available in the rest of the UK.

cha97michelle

sorry - very little time to read the thread this evening, but i will catch up later in the week.

Didn't do that much on my list. As usual things got in the way. Did finish marking y7 books, wrote 3 half term reports for SEN kids IEPs, and did the gifted and talented register i need to do before the end of the week.

Also, spent most of the day in the loo. I think the baby has gone head down, as i am talking seriously 10 minutes between visits.

Bit peeved off as the y9 shakespeare workshop was a bit carp because of how the kids were behaving. My wonderful work colleagues all plonked their asses down and did nothing for an hour pretty much - i stood at the back of the tiered seating for the hour trying to lean on some of the poor behaved kids, but my colleagues as usual amaze me with how poor mannered they are. Again i wouldn't dream of sitting while a pregnant colleague was struggling, but then again, most of the older nice colleagues i worked with who would have told me to sit are long gone, leaving behind a bunch of selfish !!!!!!s who are only out for themselves. I may consider moving schools when i go back as it has gone downhill in so many respects.

ANyway, bed calling now, via the loo. :rolleyes: Need to get lots done again tomorrow so will see where i get to with it all. 21/2 more days with kiddly winkles. :j And the flu is more like a heavy cold now.

See you all tomorrow.

Michelle, x

Dustykitten

If you have a car you might be interested in this post re car tax going up next year.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=799041

soappie

Ladies - good evening or is it good night?

I have not flown at home at all tonight. In fact, I'm not that long in. My car broke down on the way home from work. On a dual carriageway in the middle of nowhere. On a day I left my mobile phone at home :eek: and on a road not 'important enough' to have emergency phones on the side :eek:

When the car failed big time, I coasted onto the verge so didn't block the carriageway. It's then I realised I'd left the mobile at home. I stood for a bit hoping a police car would come along. It did, I saw it in the outside lane. I waved like mad. It kept on going.

I then decided to start walking. After about 1.5 miles, something makes me turn round and there's a cop car with its blues on pulling up on the verge behind me. We talk and decide the best thing for him to do is take me home where I can call the AA from there. Turns out the policecar I waved at had a prisoner aboard and couldn't stop but had called it in so someone else had come out to look for me. I took back everything I said about the first car.

So, if any :cool: Buster observers :cool: were watching around about 5.20 ish, they would have spotted the cop car pull up on the double yellows just across the road and let me out

So I call the AA from home, they come pick me up and take me back to the car. The decision is it has to be towed. Either that or wait another two hours for a low loader to come and do the job.

It was the scariest four miles driving of my life ladies. No power steering (and she's a heavy beast), no real brakes. No experience of this type of thing. And only a couple of feet between me and the tow truck in front.

But I survived. The AA man survived (even with the bestest of attempts of a Polo driver to drive into us at one particular junction) and the car is in a local garage.

They should have a diagnosis by the morning - initially thought it was the head gasket gone, but it may be less expensive than that.

But I'm knackered/had too much of an adrenalin rush and can't actually get to work tomorrow morning without spending about 3 hours on public transport. So I'm staying home tomorrow. If the car's not fixable by tomorrow evening, I'll be out hiring one.

I've not had a chance to properly catch up with the thread and do the thanks and think of other people but I'm sure you'll understand...

One v. out of sorts Soappie

Dustykitten

Hugs Soappie would you like a glass of my wine?