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lone parents housework / keep fit / healthy eating thread

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meglet · 30/12/2014 18:59

We can only do the best we can. No point in going on housework threads if you're a working LP who never has a break from the kids. Or if you're a SAHM LP with small kids who can't get to the gym.

So, a thread for us to start the New Year with good intentions and to juggle it around everything else we have to do Smile.

  • I banned Minecraft today and tomorrow after some shocking behaviour (kicking each other in the supermarket) the dc's had a burst of enthusiasm, dysoning and tidying up to get back in my good books.
  • I have managed to get out for a few runs over Xmas. We stayed with my mum for a couple of days so I went out then.

Here's to a positive start to 2015.

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fattymcfatfat · 10/02/2015 22:21

you have a dishwasher?! hark at madam posh! I have to do it by hand! Grin

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meglet · 10/02/2015 22:41

.....I still resort to disposable cups and plates for breakfast on the days I work Blush . I was a lentil weaving eco warrior before I had kids.

I'm going to stop talking about and go and have a 10 min tidy before more titting about on MN and twitter bed.

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fattymcfatfat · 10/02/2015 22:57

I was a stroppy teenager before kids so going from 16 year old with mummy to pick up after me (even if she did go mad!) to 17 year old mummy with responsibility! big shock to the system and then I went I got pregnant again. ...twice! why?!

BlackeyedSusan · 11/02/2015 00:11

I have been cleaning up...

...dd vomitted on the floor. I now have a massive bag of washing to do.

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meglet · 11/02/2015 07:31

aghhh for you black.

my telly is on the way out Hmm . not surprising really, it's a second hand one from a friend. I'll have to join the 21st century and get a little flat screen.

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BlackeyedSusan · 11/02/2015 07:34

we have lost the signal on our portable cathode ray tube tv, which now only shows us the blue screen of death. the tv is only pretending though.

fattymcfatfat · 11/02/2015 07:43

I have a flat screen! my mum gave it to me!. actually I think the onky thing in my house I have bought are my bed, one couch, the washing machine, table and chairs and the kids stuff! everything else has been given to me

fattymcfatfat · 11/02/2015 14:14

well that was unexpected....one of the friends from yesterday reappeared and apologised for being such a shitty friend and actually sat and listened to my problems feel a bit better to get it off my chest Smile

as for housework I was up in the night washing sheets as ds decided to puke all over his bed!. said he felt fine this morning though and insisted on going to school so I let him, couldnt be bothered to argue. will see how he is when I pick him up in a bit

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meglet · 11/02/2015 21:02

fatty I'm am 'hand me down house' too Grin .

This will be the first telly I've ever bought.

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fattymcfatfat · 11/02/2015 21:32

meglet I like that, hand me down house Grin my mums awesome. she gives me all her stuff as an excuse to redecorate haha.

polealltheway · 11/02/2015 22:34

Fatty - thanksGrin I will happily join in with the moaning about cleaning ;)

polealltheway · 11/02/2015 22:35

Meglet - good idea I might start using paper plates in the morning! I hate coming home to dishes!

polealltheway · 11/02/2015 22:38

Well I managed to get to a yoga class tonight and did some ironing! I feel better even though I have o kg exercised twice this week first time in months! ShockShock

fattymcfatfat · 12/02/2015 08:15

ive run up and down the stairs a few times in the night to bring supplies for dd who wont sleep....that counts as exercise doesnt it?

BlackeyedSusan · 12/02/2015 09:46

we are not so much hand me down now, having bought furniture over the years. still have a melamine table held together with duct tape, cooker that hardly cooks, dd's bed, rocking chair, old tv cabinet, (they use it for toy storage and crafting on top) we started out with only a bed, two bedside cabinets and a couple of bookcases new.

food: due to dd's sickness, I have overeaten junk food. I have had lots of fruit and veggies though too.

exercise: dancing round the kitchen is about as good as it gets.

operation flat tidy: well I am home and need to get on as soon as I have had my breakfast. I hope to update later.

I got them to school in time despite oversleeping.

BlackeyedSusan · 12/02/2015 11:06

[wimp]

cleaned the sink and draining board. got a load of washing in (uniform for tomorrow eek)

some washingup. ( some of us do not havbe the luxury of a dishwasher)

recycling bag found and started to fill.

BlackeyedSusan · 12/02/2015 14:53

I did finish the washing up, hung the washing and swept the easy end of the hall. I also managed a nap and a healthy lunch and not to eat junk food in the day. just having a coffee and gathering my thoughts for parents evening.

fattymcfatfat · 12/02/2015 20:08

my kids went tobbed early for some strange reason, so I was lazy and had a nap with them Grin

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meglet · 12/02/2015 20:14

I have finally taken the last of Sundays laundry off the line Grin .

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Teaching123 · 12/02/2015 20:15

Fatty since getting pg I've been going to bed with DD every night, it's how I'm coping with work atm!! We are off in a minute!

fattymcfatfat · 12/02/2015 20:21

I would but if I dont let my woofy dog out at ten oclock he will do his business, so have to stay up. stupid doggy still does his business if hes let out at ten to! he knows. im going to get out of bed now and make a cupnof tea me thinks! Smile

fattymcfatfat · 13/02/2015 14:04

well.i washed the pots today....yay! im so adventurous Grin

BlackeyedSusan · 13/02/2015 18:51

I went shopping and put some of it away. I also went to the dc's assembly.

fattymcfatfat · 13/02/2015 19:23

I finally got round to buying maternity jeans and some new sneakers. now im skint Sad Sad

BlackeyedSusan · 14/02/2015 11:33

urrg. I need to get on.

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