Night Howls
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@kmakm thanks Kate - I’m pretty excited!!0
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@Kiwi Angel that is good news
@kmakm @kezmusc @JJ70 we apparently all live in the same house. Our dishwasher is right underneath where they leave their plates. I should take a photo of the bathroom that currently has 3 days of dirty clothes in it. The bathroom that is right next door to the laundry. Less than 6 steps away!2 -
@Kiwi Angel Yay!!!0
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Turn your back for 5 minutes and then there's 20 Howler messages!
I must admit that I've used the bed option in the past, but put it in. There's nothing like pulling the covers back and finding your dirty breakfast bowl there. My kids are on roster to clean the bathroom and do the dishwasher. Whoever idls on gets cranky when things are left. Doesn't mean that I don't blow my top about stuff at times. A couple of weeks ago, I had tea on the table so that we could eat before rushing out with youngest to squad training. Came home to find dirty saucepans, lasagne dish and lunch containers on the sink, and dishwasher not turned on while other kids watching telly. Had a big spit. Came home from squads last night to find the kitchen (almost) sparkling.
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If you have a verandah @Sarnicad I suggest you throw anything you trip over onto the roof. They hate it when you do that. If it's on the floor, it may as well be on the roof as it is obviously surplus to current requirements. It only took a week of that for my son, who had to climb a ladder every morning to retrieve his (now damp) runners, to decide I was a mad witch and he had to protect his stuff from me. Mission accomplished. A lady I didn't know well at all turned up and offered to launder his school uniforms which was an act of genuine kindness I will never forget, but it took a bit of throwing the dirty gear on the verandah before he got with the program and put it in the provided hamper. Yeah, I know, it's hard to find a good mummy.6
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It's odd - something in the ether maybe - I'm way past the frustrations of kids you're all talking about - but in this past week I find myself getting cranky at so many small things. Since my diagnosis, I've not experienced anger - never had a real rage at anything - but I think one is building up.
I found out today that a nurse gave me the wrong instructions last Friday about using the StrataXRT gel; she said to start using it straight away, once a day, then twice a day when I start rads on 4 Sept. Turns out she was wrong. I'm to use it only when I start rads. What a waste.
@Sarnicad - I hope today has been a better day for you.
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No melatonin tonight 2 G&T’s instead.3
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I'm afraid I was a bit of a Momzilla back in the day. When my kids were little, I used a large glowing orange egg timer when it came time to put away the toys. After the sand ran out, so did my tolerance for the mess. I picked up the remaining toys, and they were locked in the garage for a month. (I'd write the date on the side of the cardboard box). When they were older, the rule was...if it's not in the laundry basket, it doesn't get washed, no ifs, buts or ands. We only had organic dishwashers of the human variety, and whose ever turn it was, did them. When there was a general cleaning up blitz to be done by the whole crew, I turned the oven clock on for an hour. Under the bed didn't count for putting away stuff, and offending items still left out were confiscated, and a fine (from pocket money) was levied for the return to owner. If they weren't willing to pay, it was obviously not of value and was chucked out by me. I made it clear to them that I was their mother, not their servant and that if they could make the mess, well then, they could clean it too. Why should they have the fun, and I end up clearing away their crap? No way.
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Hi there @kmakm , it took a while for them to be self disciplined, but my son is 37 and has, in my view, gone a bit the other way. He is still prone to chucking his clothes on the floor as he and his wife go through outfit after outfit preparing to go out when granny stays over for babysitting. However, when they return, all is squared away before hitting the sack. They both keep a very clean and tidy home. My 34 year old daughter and her significant other / live in lover/ de facto/ partner of nine years, house share with us, and have done for the last five years or so. They are saving for a house of their own, and since I became ill, they have both stepped up to the plate big time, helping with household chores. We all get along very well, and they have the double garage under the house for their "dungeon". That is their space, and how they keep it is their affair, but aside from the occasional pizza box and coffee cups and the like, they keep things very civilised.
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