Following June's chatty thread, welcome aboard another month of vaguely trying to follow FLY Lady's housekeeping system. There are still babysteps and missions for each day and the little and often system for decluttering and keeping chaos at bay.
It is still a long running thread and newbies will always be welcome. Usual disclaimer still applies "Don’t let it put you off if we appear a bit cliquey, we really aren’t! Some of us have been on here for years – but all lurkers, intermittent returnees, oldies and newcomers very, very welcome"
But for another month we'll try to fly without daily links. The Big link you will need is the launch pad which will take you to all the daily reminders/missions/zones etc...
The first link for the babysteps is the particularly waffly introduction to the system, and through it you can get to all of the other links.
So it only remains for me to thank DEM for setting up the last thread 
, and stock up the naughty corner bar for when it all gets a bit much. Plenty of 
and 
to see us through.
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BlueEyeshadow · 30/06/2015 21:59
I couldn't sleep, at all. But that is what sleeping until 2pm yesterday does to me when combined with stress. Will crash in a few hours for a nap. child to deliver to school first. He is not impressed with being woken up at 7. apparently 10 1/2 hours was not enough 
SC and DEM: The woman who ran the online safety talk I went to recently compared use of the internet to crossing a busy main road, ie we gradually teach our children to cross the road safely, according to their age and understanding, rather than saying, "You are never going to cross that road - it's too danagerous."
DS1 is naive, but understands, in theory, about grooming and usually jokes about it (which is weird, I know, but at least we can have the conversation). I once caught him Skyping a complete stranger through some online game and went ballistic. DS1 was so humiliated when he found me interrogating his 'friend' as it really was just another teenage boy, who was actually quite scared of me. I go on and on about the dangers to DS1.
The thing is, DS1 is so computer savvy that I can only deal with his internet use by educating him, rather than installing controls. He can find out our passwords, uninstall safe search, hide his history, is obsessive about computer security, etc, so the best way of keeping him safe is to keep the communication going and show an interest in what he is doing, without condemning it. That way, I hope that I have an idea what's going on.
DS2, at nine, is completely innocent, always has 'safe search' on and knows he can't play certain games or reveal his name or where he lives. He doesn't chat online because I won't let him. If he plays Minecraft, it's single player.
We have had some really hair-raising moments with DS1 on the computer. It has been a steep learning curve for us too.
Right, have to shift my backside and go shopping for lunch. Told DS2 to tidy his room, but am not sure if that's actually happening 
. DS1 is still asleep. At least I have put the guest bedclothes on to wash.
Ta da:
found dd ballet shoes 
animals
dw& wm and one more load on
s&s
collect up all detritus from w/e and put away properly
mend a bra
soaks bras
rubbish and recycling
couple of phone calls
x 15 min boudoir
To do:
more laundry
bedsheets
more parcels
boudoir again
prep healthy supper
research maths learning websites
Sorry, been lurking more than posting, but the whole safety / internet / strangers thing is a complete minefield. I keep telling myself there aren't weirdos behind every lamp post too, but then I heard that in fact there have been sightings of a man hiding in bushes outside the Girl Guide hut here when the Brownies are due to leave 
.
As for the computers, neither of my two is using them to communicate with anyone except us at the moment (AFAIK!) but I also feel I can barely keep up with the pace of technology and I am quite techy. I have mixed feelings about filters, parental controls etc, we have limited parental controls on actual computers, but portable gadgets are fairly tightly strapped down and all internet devices have Google Safe Search locked on with a secret password. I think the downside of this is that my DCs can search Google images safely for pictures of kittens or whatever but if they tried the same on someone else's computer they might get a shock, even just at someone like grandparents' house. I also get annoyed with Apple because they keep introducing "helpful" new features that make it harder to control what the DCs are doing - private browsing is offered an option every time you click on the browser on our Mac now and you can't disable it, I don't want the DCs using it needless to say. Am thinking about switching away from Safari, but might find the other browsers are just as bad.
I've spoken to the admissions dept this morning and handed over the relevant forms in person. Now it's just waiting. I'm a bit anxious about DS1's school because there's no realistic alternative if he doesn't get in there. So fingers and toes crossed that we hear soon. It's about 7 miles, WhoKnows but one of these situations where they're building more houses but can't expand the schools so there's pressure on places. 
Oops, typing far too fast, that should have read;
have a good day/afternoon
and parascolaire = extra-curricular
and run away - not run awayce
continue doing - not continuing
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