FLY on Thursday

[DontDreamItBeIt]

Babystep, day 13 is to do the mission

i've just done an hour ironing so have finished the pile in the kitcen, just the one in the bedroom to go,
and unloaded and reload the washer.
have to put away the ironing then take ds's guitar up to the school. its gone very overcast outside i might drive instead of the lovely sunny walk i had planned!
teenytiny enjoy your lazy day am very i would love one

Back from town.

I'm going to start in the playroom - it's like a bombsite. dh took out an old TV we used to have in there which has broken so I now have extra cupboard space to fill, hopefully eliminating stuff from the floor.

Downstairs
~big clearout of toy cupboard
~tidy utility room
~s&s kitchen
~sort annoying corner cupboard in kitchen
~s&s cloakroom
~hoover throughout
~dust throughout
~mop everywhere
~hotspots in kitchen and living room

Extras
~post parcel to Jas
~sort out chairs/tables to borrow for party
~keep on top of laundry ongoing
~ironing
~find paper plates/cups etc for party
~bake
~food shop
~charity shop drop off
~tidy garden
~pray for good weather on Sunday

Busy here again

Good morning to all Hope all are well or getting better, little ones OK and your feeling good

Done the morning routines of

Up and washed
Dressed
Ed up
Draw curtains
Make beds
Empty DW
Load WM and run
make and have breakfast
Up to see to Ed (washing etc)
Down and dress him
Off to school
Attend PTA meeting
Go to market (nowt good today)
Home, empty wm
Sort for drying

I have to do my Reading Friends stint this aft at the school.

Ed is going to the baptism of a doll at the church over the road from school [awwwh] He said 'I've never been to a christening but I think I might like it'

Taking it easy for now tho

Haha. Yes Jas I did cross posts! I think my comment about calm houses jinxed everyones morning LOL.

IVC I remember DS getting stuck under the sofa as he could commando backwards but not forwards. We heard a crie and found his little head and hands poking out from under the sofa .

Done the shopping and some laundry. DCs are drawing (but not very independently grr).

Quick hoover then lunch.

So...I have loads to do....cleaning, tidying, cooking, party prep and instead I find myself....re-arranging the furniture throughout the downstairs of the house

I have just done that with the kitchen table and chairs!

NAB

I now have the computer in a different location...it looks better but I'm discovering a problem with the sunlight on the monitor now I may need to move it all back again!

It would work better here for the kids playing on it etc...

And it means we'd be clearing some of the more baby-ish furniture (toddler size table and chairs etc) which although still used are not used so well any more...

Pull the curtain across the window for now.

I really need to get off here and on to my exercise bike.

We don't have curtains.....

have fun peddling

I'm back from toddler group. Just hung the washing out, and it is ppi$$ing down again

DP has just told me he won't be etting paid this week
I keep trying to explain our finances to him but he glazes over, and just isn't interested. I know I'm a bit of a control freak, but it wouldn't kill him to take a bit of an interest, would it?

He doesn't even know how much any of our bills are

I need a big kick to get me movin or I'll just sit here and whinge all afternoon

Hi All

Lots of posts today, so I'lll try & cover everybody.

tort hope you get assistance from dd's dad.fingers x for you.
rubyhope you feel brighter
scatty welcome back * good luck with the posts.
shannagood luck with the oven cleaning.
tmh Hope your day gets better.take deep breaths look after you or you will be no good to no one women
biancagood luck with the list.remember the house will be untidy after the party & I am sure fly lady wont be doing a preparty inspection
grouchEd is so sweet bless him.Who are the godparents for the dolls christening?
dylsmumgood luck with assignments. I was planning a lovely long walk too. Its raining again...argh!
TTT hope you enjoyed your lazy morning
bananaI find I am not in the mood for flying, or down when AF id due or has arrived. A re you ok?
coffee sorry I did at your dd getting stuck
saga hope you are loving your new haircut.
ludaI have to apologise to bianca too ellie ripped up the lovely wrapping paper I had for dd & Biance. So home made wrapping/gift tags for dd & Bianca. I am planning an early night. dont know where ellie gets her engery from she had about an hours nap yesterday.we where out & about until 5ish yesterday.she played in garden then had a late tea/bath & bed.
dream thanks for the calming thoughts.hope your washing didn't get wet.This pigging weather

must go ellie had managed to get the pen from the table & is causing god knows what damage!

EHM - xpost At least this mornings washing dried I suppose.

I'm going to do a 15 minute tidy up in here I think....

Dream thta's not good. I have to admit I'm terrible when it comes to household finances - I just can't get my head around organising a spreadsheet or anything to help us out. I try though. I hope you're OK and can have a good afternoon x

EHM we always use a party as a reason to get the house straight - it'd never happen otherwise! Hope you managed to get the pen off Ellie

We are back and we had a lovley time, except hrrrrrrrmmmmmmm my mother does anoy me sometimes, but nevermind.

DS1 is at Preschool
Ds2 is napping
Neice is playing
Mum is wingeing

Luda Pikelets are like flat crumptets you toast them and put on butter, so it melts though the holes

Best go. I need to get bags in the car for shopping
Clean sicky carpet (not just the jug)
Play with Neice

Hmmmmmm I have just applied to be an Avon Rep....does anyone have any experience of Avon?
I'm hoping it might bring in a bit of extra cash.

TMH Ahhhh I see, they sound quite yummy...I LOVE crumpets!

An Avon rep Luda? Sounds potentially good I have no idea what thye're like (we don't appear to have an Avon lady round here) but a friend has just started delivering etc for err..not Bettaware..the other one...erm...oh God, I've forgotten the name Anyway, she's making some money from it and finds it easy enough to work around her kids etc

Avon - seems to depend how many other people locally do it, and how sociable you are.
One of the mums in dd2s class has been doing it for years and makes a decent amount. She is someone who talks to everyone she meets, and also has four children spread over a large gap, so has contacts at three schools, toddler groups and nursery., and makes alot of sales through them.

The lady that delivers books to our street doesn't seem to do as well, and seems to spend alot of time walking the streets!

I did Betterware before ds, and I worked out that I was just scraping minimum wage if I worked out my hourly rate, but it was good enough for me as there wasn't really anything else I could do that was flexible enough.

Good luck

Is it Cleeneeze? My neighbour has just started that...

I have just started a thread to see what people have to say about Avon...not a good start from Trinityrhino LOLOL!

EHM No idea when AF due. Just feel a bit flat at the moment but I have got some stuff done and done 30 mins on the exercise bike. (My snicker bar is tormenting calling me.

Ah, yes, that's it Luda Good luck - off to look up your other thread

Dream I'm hoping I will know enough people....I'm fairly sociable LOL....I don't need to earn stacks...just some spending money would be good. My only worry is that I'll have to ask the same people and they might not want to buy time after time IYSWIM..

Well no one has anything good to say really! My neighbour was doing it, but she got a job up at the school so knocked Avon on the head. She didn't really say either way if it was worthwhile.
Well I can always give it a go for a bit and see how I get on.
TBH any money would be better than how I am now, and I don't mind putting a bit of effort in.

Luda you've clearly been advertising my shop - we had another order from your village last week We'll have you on commission soon!

Bugger - just realised it's Thursday and I supposed to be helping at school! Better dash!

The reason I chose Betterware was that Avon (and Kleeneze) make you pay for the books, so your first "wages" disappear. If you deliver books randomly in an average street, you will only get 50% back, and if it rains that day, most of them will be wrecked.

Hi Everyone

I have had a big read up of the last 2 days posts. I can remember most of what has been said now

Thanks to everyone who said about my PDA post. I now have so much to read and need to learn how the best why to deal with poor DS1.

DD was sick in the night when I posted. DS1 was sick just before leaving for school so he stayed home aswell. Another night with less sleep than normal and normal sleep is only about 4 hours in a good night.

Both DD and DS1 were better in the afternoon so we went outside in the sun, it was really great to be outside in the warm, they were happy playing so I done lots of reading.

I`m going through a list of symptoms and have to list at least 5 times that DS1 has been like what the symptoms say, more if possible. Most people could list at least one time it has happened with most things in life, but it is when it happens all the time that counts. I could keep going and going with the times, but I suppose a few is enough to be going on with but knowing there are loads more times can only mean he has got PDA for sure. I tries to write things down but my hand just could not cope with the amount of writing needed so Its going to have to be a PC job.

It is great knowing the DS1 has problems and it looking like PDA. I know we can get help now, where as before it was just so hard and getting told it was me or XP2 that were wrong and getting no help what so ever. If anything they just made life even harder not only for us but more so for DS1. So much for them thinking on what is best for DS1.

Just remembered Dream sorry Google made you late yesterday. I know from just reading the paperwork I have it is hard not to put it down and doing other things I should be doing. For me it is more so because I was told that DS1 could not do the things he was doing. I know he could as I was seeing it every day. Being told you can not see it happening as it is just not possible to happen with a child, does make you think you are going mad and maybe it was just me, was I making him like it. XP2 got a lot of the blame. This is what I was being told before. When all the time it was true to what we were seeing DS1 do and how he was.
I sort of know how parents feel when they get done for killing their child when really they had nothing to do with it what so ever. Being told things you have so called done yet you have not done it what so ever really does play on your mind. Then they wonder why these parents get angry, then blame the parent`s anger on why they did hurt the child.

It makes me wonder how many parents/families are suffering because the so called professional people wont take the truth about what has happened or happening and blame them for being bad parents. What is worse is when they say they are right the parents are wrong because they know best because they are the professionals.

I better go and get dinner really. HNTree and DC with be back soon. Sorry its a long post.

HN xx