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SLATTERNS Yoohoo bring those lists here now!

Plum - I know, but he has taken DS1 out so i can watch my grand prix in peace
Hope the oil comes off!

Sun:

• DH up first Sort of DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• 2 x loads of washing 1st Hung Out 2nd Load On
• dry all washing
• ironing if dry & putting away
• PIL home DONE
• us to party (10.30) at soft play + lunch DONE
• home for DS2 nap Doing
• crosswords Doing
• afternoon? beach, garden, housework?
• move wine to kitchen
• tea x 4
• boys bath & bed
• early night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it
• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• empty all cupboards out, check contents & restock
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• research backing up hardware for computers Done More
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2
• haircut (really needed!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star Arts & crafts area Started Bedroom: 3star My wardrobe & drawers Bathroom: 2star Bathroom cabinet

• SHOWER; have bought squeegee & e-cloth on MN advice
• stake tomato plants

JKS haven't even bothered trying did kitchen & then lunch and then decided to make a start on topper for cake so I could watch GP in peace too,
although dh disappeared to work this morning and still isn't back yet, so hope he dosen't expect dinner to be ready although he does like chinese on a Sunday night, so I had better go get on bike,
also trying to stay off computer I am goggling alsorts due to my late period, even though it is most likely my thyroid I'm scaring myself

DONE
breakfast
everyone showered & dressed
un load dishy
clear up breakfast
reload dishy (last nights dishes)
start on cake
wash all pots

TO DO
unload dishy
Iron
finish sorting smalls
put on wash
clean out hoover
hoover living room
fix living room carpet
hoover hall
fix hall carpet
wash backdoor & windows
wash side door & windows
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
maybe wash outside windows

30 mins on exercise bike

OTHER
School
-uniforms
-shoes
-accessories

New baby pressies & cards
decide whats happening for ds birthday
measure Lounge for curtains done
order curtains
organise a meal planner (would be better to do this before Tesco)

Chinese sounds good, we had an Indian takeaway the other night but i prefer Chinese really.
Hope it is your thyroid (you've had probs with that before right?) just playing up and you can have some meds to sort it - do you have a docs appt yet?

Sun:

• DH up first Sort of DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• 2 x loads of washing 1st Hung Out 2nd Load Hung Out
• extra load On
• dry all washing
• ironing if dry & putting away
• PIL home DONE
• us to party (10.30) at soft play + lunch DONE
• home for DS2 nap DONE
• crosswords Doing
• afternoon; mooching about mostly DONE
• move wine to kitchen DONE
• tea x 2 DONE
• walk round block DONE

• boys bath & bed
• our dinner
• early night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it
• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• empty all cupboards out, check contents & restock
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• research backing up hardware for computers Done More
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2
• use 'ball' box for animals instead
• rehome balls
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• haircut (really needed!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star Arts & crafts area Started Bedroom: 3star My wardrobe & drawers Bathroom: 2star Bathroom cabinet

• SHOWER; have bought squeegee & e-cloth on MN advice
• stake tomato plants

ali

Hope the oil comes out plum

V productive day today though not sure if in a good way... started decorating dc room but didn't end up doing an especially good job Hopefully the second coat will improve matters! Also have realised I need to take the doors off the built in wardrobes to be able to do that wall so kind of wish I'd never started now!

DONe
all up etc
wrap present
go buy paint etc to decorate
sofa covrs back on
clear dc room
lunch
polyfilla holes
sand skirting
wipe walls
sand polyfillad bits
1st coat of paint - 2 walls done (the biggest ones)
dinner

still need to wash up and clear kitchen, no point tidyig any other areas of house as are full of stuff from dc room.

ALICE where are you????

JKS Have been on thyroxine for over 7 years, will ring doctors in the morning, can feel my back really sore ATM but this is day 44,plus with the extra weight I can't shift it all seems to be adding up

dh rang when he was 5mins away from home to see if I was putting dinner on, so frozen pizza it was!

I'm going to get dcs into jammies and lie and watch Monsters V Aliens with them,maybe have a doze feeling so tired

Freak - DIY jobs always seem to work out like that

Plum - def sound like Thryoid meds aren't working then.

Had a serious go at shower door earlier, but it still looks the same used green side of scourer-thing & lots of 'bathroom spray' but no change, grr.

Sun:

• DH up first Sort of DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• 2 x loads of washing 1st Hung Out 2nd Load Hung Out
• extra load On
• dry all washing
• ironing if dry & putting away
• PIL home DONE
• us to party (10.30) at soft play + lunch DONE
• home for DS2 nap DONE
• crosswords Doing
• afternoon; mooching about mostly DONE
• move wine to kitchen DONE
• tea x 2 DONE
• walk round block DONE
• boys bath & bed DONE
• at least 10mins on WiiFit 11 DONE
• our dinner DONE
• early night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it
• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• empty all cupboards out, check contents & restock
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• research backing up hardware for computers Done More
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2
• use 'ball' box for animals instead
• rehome balls
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• haircut (really needed!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star Arts & crafts area Started Bedroom: 3star My wardrobe & drawers Bathroom: 2star Bathroom cabinet

• SHOWER; have bought squeegee & e-cloth on MN advice Tried Door
• stake tomato plants

Evening. Hope everyone is ok.

Thanks to Mini who has helped out loads. She has gone now though . Hope the moths aren't partying while you're away!

Work tomorrow so doing a list now...

Tomorrow
All up, dressed and breakfasted
Clear away breakfast things
Walk or gardening
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling out /plastic DONE
Lunch
Open windows
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing in, folded and put away
tidy kitchen
empty dishy
dishy filled and on
admin/filing/post
dinner
clean kitchen again
bath DD/DS
DD /DS to bed
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge
feed cat
Water plants

Extra stuff
Send meter readings/direct debit form to BC
Buy mould resistant paint
Wrap birthday present for DS's friend's
Post parcel

Ongoing
Write nursery donation letters
new curtains/black out blinds for DS's room - measured up
New curtains for our room
Measure for carpets upstairs
Paint summer house/greenhouse

Hiya everyone and fab newbies. Newbies -I am the slattern that doesn't have hormones any more ergo my lists are a bit haphazzard and have been a bit Moth related, but am going to stop that, before i develope a nervous tic.
Am back from HMHB's. All in one piece more or less. Am supposed to be trying to have some time off. So I think I am going to do a things to avoid list, for a change.

Its amazing though that as soon as you are home the Areas of Doom start calling.
Alice no teasing now...report in as per Plum's rules.

Just thought i would pop in to sort a list for tomorrow and here i find you all getting over excited!

one week tomorrow!!!

I promise that if i have time when it kicks off i will let you know

Tomorrow's ist:

Get up
Make beds (have got lovely new Cath Kidston sheets )
Breakfast
Clear up breakfast stuff
Dry washing (can't be arsed to do any more this evening)
Put more washing on
Get dressed
DD dressed
Plumber here 9ish
Tidy bathroom and clean

That will do for now

Hi everyone,
Hope you all had a fab weekend. Am trying to get my thoughts together for tomorrow. Dh is in a tizz as he thinks we have loads of paperwork jobs to do. (I don't think it's that bad but need to make sure...)

Is Alice having her baby? How exciting...
Hope you're fine, Alice!

To-Do for tomorrow:

Quick tidy upstairs
QT downstairs
Clean bathroom
Shower and dress all
Breakfast all
Lunch
Cook dinner
Load dishy
Load washy and washing out
Fold laundry
Piles of papers -on window
PoP - on pc table
PoP - on dining table
Walk with dc
Scan passports
Sort photos and upload where?
Tidy play room (again!! bin bags? chuck?)
Online tesco? at least make a list

X-posts! Here you are...

Sorry, how did I miss that?

Evening everyone

We got all our jobs done plus 5 loads of washing and had a yummy roast with our friends, the yorkshire puds were about my best ever I think, all huge and puffy, soft and crisp all at once, yum yum. Think I will make more tomorrow to go with the leftover beef.
We are up v.early to see friends off, they are going to catch the ferry to go on holiday, and then a lazy day I think. DH has the day off again, he's using up holiday before he leaves work on Friday. Definitely park with DS, not sure what else apart from that.

Alice you are teasing us

Plum hope you're ok, step away from google though I can imagine it's throwing up all sorts of hideous things - when your thyroid is by far the most likely explanation

JKS - grr at your morning, that would make me cross too. My bugbear when DH gets up with DS is that he doesn't get him dressed or clear up anything in the kitchen from the night before or anything like that, they just play with toys and watch telly. Then all the jobs are still there when I get downstairs.

Hello HMHB and Mini

Morning all a touch of insominia in Plum household,
dh & ds are in livingroom, dh is not well which is not like him at all, ds has been up from at least 5.30 but he just goes about his own business, and I have had a cuppa & some crunchy nut so going to go back to bed.

JKS there is something about the type of showergel etc & type of water reacting that makes your shower screen all cloudy

Mini did you sneak us out some cake?

Ali I love yorkshire puddings, have never made my own must try that!

Right
I'm going back to bed
then
dds breakfast
everyone washed & dressed
unload clean dishes
load up dirty dishes
wipe down surfaces
sort out carpet
ring doctors

Morning - insomnia here too. DS woke at 4am and DH and I haven't been back to sleep - not in a way either. Waved our friends off on their holiday at 6.15, was very nice to have the evening with them yesterday

Plum I hope you've managed to go back to sleep Homemade yorkshires are the best, my Mum (and her Mum) have always made brilliant ones. You need either lard or beef dripping, the oven at 200 for a fan (so I make them once the joint has come out and is resting so that I can turn the oven up). Batter is 2 large eggs to half a pint of milk and 4oz of flour - I don't weight the flour but use 4 heaped of my Grandma's old-fashioned metal cooking tablespoon. Can you tell it's a bit of a ritual! Let the fat get hot and then pour in the batter and cook them for 17 mins.

Hope PlumBumDad feels better soon

DH has gone to get MacDonald's breakfast

Morning!

Mmm... want yorkshire puds now.

Got on well with the shopping trip yesterday, got a new skirt, a top to wear with jeans on Sat, and a maxi dress and little cardigan to go with it for the wedding. I haven't bought that much clothes all at once in ages!

Sounds like a hard going morning so far. I'm feeling very rubbish myself too, but DH dhould be back later after a long weekend away do I'll make him look after me.

• up, done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• shower and dress, wipe round bathroom
• strip beds - DS done mine
• tidy up
• Morrisons, if it stops raining
• lunch
• library
• ?The Cleaner? is coming
• garden - water?, feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• bring bin and recycling box back round
• tea
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• etc.

?The Cleaner? -

• Kitchen - wash and dry pots, clean sink and sides, wipe down all surfaces and clean out fridge, clean bin, sweep and clean floor
• Back Room and Front Room - dust, clean tables, polish, clean fingerprints off doors and walls, clean lino
• Bedrooms - dust and polish, remake beds
• Bathroom - clean sink, bath, tiles and showerscreen, toilet, including sides of things, clean mirror, clean floor and skirtingboards, replace towels and bathmat

Hoover through from upstairs

Before Sat -

• carpet - iron and kitchen roll the trodden in Babybel cases
• sofa cover
• back room - choose and buy paint for window wall then paint
• kitchen - polyfilla holes, magnolia paint over patchy bit
• mow lawn
• tidy back garden - tidy pots and tools etc. on paved area, weed, sweep
• tidy front garden - weed, sweep
• get bbq from MILs
• make wedding card
• buy two outfits done
• confirm lift back and book taxi
• bbq shopping
• thorough pamper
• cupcakes - which?
• clean oven

Morning

Just a quick one as Plumber is meant to be here at 9am (is always a bit late though) and i need to get dressed.

DONE
Get up
Make beds
Breakfast
Tidy bathroom and clean (actually scrubbed the shower before breakfast!)

TO DO
Clear up breakfast stuff
Dry washing
Put more washing on
Get dressed
DD dressed
Plumber here 9ish
Pack up DVD's to send
Bag up charity shop stuff

Plumber not here yet

Not really dressed, so can't really put it as done. Wearing pj bottoms and a t-shirt but figured i could get away with it 7days to go!

DONE
Get up
Make beds
Breakfast
Tidy bathroom and clean (actually scrubbed the shower before breakfast!)
Clear up breakfast stuff
Dishy on
Water mint plant (looking poorly)
Hang washing out
Put more washing on
Tidy hall

TO DO
Get dressed
DD dressed
Plumber here 9ish
Pack up DVD's to send
Bag up charity shop stuff
Hoover DD's room
Hoover landing and bathroom
Hoover/sweep stairs
Lunch
Nap

Doing
watching DD empty the toybox

So, going back to the whole tellys in bedroom thing, we have dug out an old portable telly and got a cheap dvd player and set it up in our bedroom so that DD can watch a DVD in the afternoons in bed with me while i nap.

Alice - DVD set-up sounds eminently sensible

Also, something I did the other day and never put on a list - cleared out the crumb tray of the toaster - read somewhere it was the main reason for toasters going wrong

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH taken my car to garage DONE
• washing hung out DONE
• some brought in, folded & put upstairs DONE
• more washing on DONE
• toy tidy DONE
• Bob toys upstairs (to put away as DS1 doesn't really play with them anymore) DONE

• Portage worker here (10)
• give her back loads of her toys that DS2 doesn't play with
• hoover bathroom ceiling - eek spiders & cobwebs, eek!
• bday card for BIL
• other jobs?
• lunch & tidy up (poss go out for lunch??)
• DS2 nap
• afternoon?
• Ocado shopping arriving 4-5
• tea x 2/4
• boys to bed
• watch more Sky+ stuff (feel the need to clear it out dor some reason)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it
• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• empty all cupboards out, check contents & restock
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• research backing up hardware for computers Done More
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2
• use 'ball' box for animals instead DONE
• rehome balls DONE (for now)
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• haircut (really needed!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star Arts & crafts area Started Bedroom: 3star My wardrobe & drawers Bathroom: 2star Bathroom cabinet

• SHOWER; have bought squeegee & e-cloth on MN advice Tried Door
• stake tomato plants

Morning all, My poor house is in ruins because of the bank holiday weekend . We have been so busy as there was a festival on in town and we have been looking at different things and yesterday the scouts did a display.

Last night myself and DH went out for drinks leaving DS to babysit so of course they helped themselves to stuff and left everything out and paper all over the place

TO DO
Dining Area
Kitchen
Sitting Room
Hall
Downstairs loo

I am not dressed either. Had to proof read something for DH which took a while (after a torrid night with DS and his itchy skin - aaaggghhh. He didn't get up until 9.10....).

Today, have done nothing so far other than proofreading so here it goes:

• Get me showered and me and DC's dressed
• Chickens food and water to be checked/filled
• Water greenhouse and vegetables
• Clean loos and bathrooms (again)
• Hoover and mop the tiled floors
• Walk the Dog
• Tidy garden and gravel
• Laundry - one load
• Ironing of last week's laundry
• Make meringue for kids' tea with friends
• Bag up my onions
• Check details for UK holiday - Tesco delivery to be finalised, Broadband connection(?), dinner bookings, audio books for car....
• Packing to leave first thing Friday
• Ensure house is in good state for my housesitters (ongoing!)
• Tidy up vegetables before going away

• Renew various insurance policies -car, boats.
• Book car hire, pay balance on holiday, order travel insurance for week in the sun in September.

I have done nothing further, I felt so ill I just conked out on the sofa, but I'm feeling a little better. Morrisons will have to wait til after the library.

A little now and next I think -

• rescue the frontroom from DS
• change and dress him
• kitchen - 15 mins

• rescue the frontroom from DS done wasn't that bad
• change and dress him done
• kitchen - 15 mins some

Sink is clean and pots are soaking.

Next -

• backroom tidy incl. folding dry washing
• hang washing that's finished
• what's for lunch?

Wasting obviously do what works for you, but last year before getting the dishwasher i really found getting the washing up done before i went to bed made such a difference to how i felt in the morning. Going into a clear kitchen just made me feel happier. Was a real fight with myself to do it though.

I have had a good sort through a load of books so going to give some to my friend (she is coming over tomorrow to have a rummage) then the rest off to the charity shop. We have four bookcases in our house, and now there is room in all of them

Still not dressed though

DONE
Get up
Make beds
Breakfast
Tidy bathroom and clean (actually scrubbed the shower before breakfast!)
Clear up breakfast stuff
Dishy on
Water mint plant (looking poorly)
Hang washing out
Put more washing on
Tidy hall
Plumber here 9ish (10am)
Bag up charity shop stuff
Get bread out of freezer for lunch
Phone friend to organise seeing her

TO DO
Get dressed
DD dressed
Pack up DVD's to send
Hoover DD's room
Hoover landing and bathroom
Hoover/sweep stairs
Lunch
Nap

Alice, that's my big struggle really. I've been getting better with the pots recently, but didn't do them last night and it definitely made this morning worse.

I'm going to make it my priority.

• backroom tidy incl. folding dry washing done
• hang washing that's finished done
• what's for lunch? pasta cooking

What is this space in bookshelves of which you speak?

NExt -

• round up stuff for library
• lunch
• quickest shower in the world and get ready to go