Fly to clear up the 1/2 Term mess!

[Nuttybear]

So how bad is the house!
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hope meeting with childminder bears fruit - wasn't childminder your original plan OFM ? 2 size smaller trousers - full of admiration - mind you, mine are falling down now - always a good sign

done lots of errands on foot, think there is now enough food for next week or so [cr**p menu plan emoticon] and picked up new music for violin (ds1) and piano (me) from Kew - bit of a hike - although I now see I could go there a bit more often as it really isn't far...

now I'm exhausted again tea and must get on...
tonight lots of civic duty stuff, not looking forward to it.

Swan Trousers size sounds good.No thumbs up emotion!
Prof Kingston.
Jas Ceiling!!! Hope it's for the greater good.
OFM I repeat messy house means I hope your having a good time at work. I agree in my old job was trying to do full-time job part-time not easy at all.
See ya later going to play on the wii fit and copy swan

You seem pretty social to me Nutty! All my friends are school gate mums or work people (and the Avon lady ).

Hope the childminder suits him better OFM.

Have fallen behind due to schoolgate mum friend stopping for cuppa after school .

evening all
swan yes CM was original plan, but then CM I had in mind couldn't have hime 2 days, so he would have had to go to 2 different CM, which sounded not great, so we went for nursery, thought he'd enjoy it but clearly not...

scatty cuppa with friend sounds nice

well, back form Childminder visit - she seemed really nice.Much the best of the 4 I have seen. Very experienced, lovely homely environment. She can have ds2 hours required and collect girls from school on a weds....
I think he would like it better there...and she could collect him from the school nursery when he starts mornings there next Sep, so would be some continuity for him...tempted to go with it, but worried he wont settle there either....sigh...decisions decisions....

right, off to think about doing useful things...bbtomorrow

evening all, quickly scanned through so I don't totally loose it.

prof i forget which you are using now, car sounds very festive!

Nutty I am crap at keeping up with friends life is just too hectic!

OFM is it possible that you try ds for short times at cm before you move him from nursery then see how you feel?

can't remember anymore right now sorry.
House is just about surviving, am supposedly doing lesson plans right now, but feeling tired so might finish the line of thought I am in, think staying after school for a while will be more effective than coming home and doing it at bed time. May give it a go tomorrow

BBL must go and finish this bit at least

Hiya quick flyby

swan I know, don't worry it will be ready made fondant! I have never fondant iced before, always just do buttercream in lots of garish colours!

Had a very busy morning, shattered now and off to bed.

BB tomorrow

Wendy Oh! I thought you made that too!
Thank you Dyls Swan Scatty Prof OFM *& fly ladies in general, you have made me feel better

Morning all .

Today:
feed kids
ds to beavers bowling
dd to rainbows
quick shop
collect dd
tea
wash up
watch wallace and gromitt
make sandwiches
get ds swim kit together
laundry
email photos to sil

Have a good day all .

Morning all
Laundry
Ironing a little!
Gardening
Clean dinning room surfaces
Dry cleaners
Get stamps

Today
meet dh and buy xmas presents in Westfield (as there is a tube strike)
piano lessons x 2
Beavers/Brownies

already had a
ds2 tantrum(I stepped on his toe)
a coffee with friend
allergic reaction to messy house - cue quick exit

we managed to agree on some Xmas presents [phew]
he has now gone to Morrisons to "buy food" [grr] I bought the food yesterday!!!!!

Good afternoon all!

I'm rather lacking motivation today. I've done bits and bobs but I don't know if I can face tackling the absolutely massive ironing pile. I need to make some puddings for tonight as the student currently living with us has her birthday today. I think I'll do that now, then the ironing. I'd better have lunch at some point, too.

swan I liked the "allergic reaction" comment.

Nutty I'm glad the thread contributors help you. This thread sure helps me!

Laundry 1 W/M load done
Ironing 1 pair of school trousersGardening tulips planted and wire netting over them to stop squirrels! done
DS gym kit on bed done
Now to pick up Ds bum time does fly!

watched Madmen
cooked two versions of supper
helped at Beavers
filled a shoebox for Brownies
supervised three homeworks
took ds to piano
bought some cheap gifts for school tombola from pound shop!

Still need to do the washing up though

Morning

Busy evening yest Swan! I have ordered load of handcream/body lotion etc from Avon for tombolas (beavers/rainbows/cheercats/school fair/ward fair) got caught out last year!

Today:
DS school
DD hearing clinic (fingers crossed)
dd school
work
Ds to friend after school
dd to cheercats
collect DC

Oh yes and LAUNDRY

we ran out of underpants this morning
dh not pleased with laundry situation

today I need to stop getting distracted and do some cleaning.

friend at Brownies was telling me at length about historical "American Girl" dolls, I so want to buy dd one, only she doesn't like dolls... only bears. So have just been looking at website. They have American Revolution dolls, Civil War dolls, 1940's an 1930's dolls. I so want one!
Instead have bought her a flashing scooter, to replace her broken scooter, for Xmas and an electronic hamster.

oh dear, distracted again...see you later.

Jas hope ceiling dust has subsided

swan the American girl dolls sound great, hope laundry is getting rebooted
Nutty hope you're feeling better. Homemade fondant icing contains raw egg so no good for me, it had to be ready made

DS's birthday, he loved his presents and went to school excited. Parent eve last night, nice things were said about both

Well I have today's cake in the oven which is going to be a chocolate hedgehog, but I made the mistake of opening the chocolate fingers ready to ice it ... good job I bought a few boxes! Other cake for party on Saturday also in the oven. Need to get going in a bit and prepare tonight's birthday tea! My DS is so spoilt, he has requested home baked bread cheese sandwiches, homemade oven chips, salad and home made sticky toffee pudding ... honestly! I have spoilt him so he won't eat shop bought!!!!

OFM think childminder sounds best idea, they usually let you try for an hour or two first, and it doesn't sound like you have much choice anyway as nursery isn't suiting him? I'd go for it and see how he settles.

Need to clean my hall and downstairs bathroom. DH said he is coming home at lunchtime (I am out for a friend's birthday lunch) so am going to leave him a list including vacuuming the stairs and upstairs!!

BBL

Morning. all Swan
I've already been distracted by a thread on PND! So no more be strong woman! Started watching Madmen with DH last night but switched off as it's my Thursday Treat Underpants LOL We ran out of school trousers yesterday! DS went to school in last years pair with the hem falling down TODAY He has a lovely M&S new pair on
Prof Come over. Maybe Swan Might join us and anyone else. Hey! as your fly ladies you can see my house in any old state
might see if I can make the MN Xmas meet-up!
scatty Our church does sweets in old jam jars. Saved jars all year Have brought a tub of Trick or Treat sweetsand will fill them soon. Put tinsle around the top. Kids love them!

Back in a mo with list
Weather here is lovely I'm in a t-shirt

Okay
W/M loaded with DS's bed linenTG for washing machines.
15 mins bleugh around the house.
Ironing!
Clean the dining room floor DS is a mucky puppy!
Quilt need taking to the Laundrette
Dry cleaners!
Food shopping
DS has pal coming over for tea they are going to make a potion in the garden with some old spices! 2004 date! and of course slugs and snails!
Oh! I think that will do today!

afternoon all
I have come home early again - supposedly now working from home, refused to stay at work as the heating is broken, but is stuck ON FULL and the temp in my office, with window and door open and fan on was 34 degrees It has been like that all week, and I have comehome every day with splitting headache and feelingill, so decided enough was enough, and have come home to do stuff I need to do on puter...

In reality I have actuall remade our bed and hoovered the upstairs, but will then do puter stuff later!

need to do myself a quick list:
To Do
Clean washing away our room
order cake tin fodd bday cake
find new pair of shoes for dd
order cycle helmet for dd bday
hoover lounge and stairs
tindy and clean dining room
reboot laundry

DH and I off out tonight for first time in years! Have baby sitter booked, we're going to beginers ballroom dancing LOL will be a laugh at least

Right, BBL

OFM hope your night out was good
Nutty the potion making sounds fab - spices seem to go out of date very fast!

DS's birthday went well, he loved all his presents, my living room is now packed! Bonfire party tonight at MIL's but I have DS's cake to ice as well.

See you all later

Morning all Morning Wendy Now to get him to write the Thank you letters
Love Bonfire night myself & Ds are going with a friend to the Police club. Always safe and friendly. (P.S its open to the public too!)
Okay yesterday looked good as I didn't over do it.
W/M loaded done
15 mins bleugh around the house. dodne
Ironing! done
Clean the dining room floor done
Art & book shelves tidy Done
Quilt need taking to the Laundrette c/f (Not keen on this one waiting is such a waste of time!
Dry cleaners!c/f
Food shopping done
Back with todays plans later.

OFM I bet your dh is very good at dancing mine is rubbish, I have to dance for both of us at parties However he's good fun in a pub!

Wendy brilliant! glad all went smoothly.
Nutty our favourite potions were made with dry Birds custard sachets which we used to mix with mud I think what we craved was colour in our potions, and were desperately disappointed when blue petals didn't make blue potions etc etc...

Felt very depressed about parents' meetings last night. Not in the sense that they are doing BADLY just none of them are very valued members of class....The only person who is really doing well is Ds2 - which is very odd as he's meant to be delinquent Anyway teacher said he wasn't in slightest bit disruptive (compared to last year's teacher who said he was) apart from pushing his chair too close to other chilren. Dd spends all her time chatting in class or giving up, and writes a language which is parallel to ours but not a single word is spelt correctly and Ds1 is skimming everything and apparently "lonely".

Anyway ds1 is off for next two weeks recoverign from having pins taken out on Monday so maybe I will try and get him back on track, invite some friends round for him, try and get him a bit more enthusiastic about knowledge.

Hello to all.

I don't know what to say that doesn't sound trite swan. The student living with us was saying yesterday that she used to talk a lot in class and now she is doing teacher training she is seeing the problems that result from another perspective! I see that your daughter is 8 yrs. Does she like reading? My dd used to spell things phonetically in English because she went to a Welsh medium school. She outgrew it. Does your dd's teacher say she'll improve in time? Are they doing something at school to help or suggesting spellings for you to do at home? I think your ideas of encouraging ds1 to have friends visit at home and to try to get him more enthusiastic about knowledge are good. In the past I've taken dd or ds to the library if I've known they're going to be off school for a bit and if that's not been possible, then I've picked up 6 or so books for them. Sometimes the latter is better as I choose new topics or authors and they branch out a bit.

Sorry, that's very long. I'll sign off now and I'll be back later!