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SLATTERNS Yoohoo bring those lists here now!

Argh.
Tired. Achey. Still two walls to do (second coat).

Quick question: How does one paint skirting boards without getting paint on ones carpet? Pleeeease tell me it only involves masking tape or similar and not taking up carpet. I might cry otherwise. Or just not do them.

I am going to try reverse psychology:
Things not to do:
dining/kitchen floor
office of doom
conservatory - make it look nice rather than a epository for miscellaneous items
data base
VAT return
filing
gardening
washing
decorate
read book
read through BCYT stuff
cooking
look for moths
tidy up
clear knicker drawer
magazine rack

Give self a talking to
Do not do any of the above.

Freaki you can buy a metal thing that you just sheild the carpet with as you go. You could make one from a bit of stiff card or a bit of flat plastic. then hold at an angle against the carpet, angle away from skirting and paint.

Thanks mini

Shouldn't have given myself a sitting break...now very difficult to get motivated again

Afternoon

Wasting are you poorly? Hope you feel better soon!

We are doing nothing here, I have slept for several hours and now just eaten lunch, feel like I want to go back to bed again! I am curled up on the sofa watching MN, DS and DH are in the garden.

watching MN?

No, watching Frasier and on MN.

afternoon all

Wasting its nice when you go out to buy something and get something, when I gout to buy I never see anything

Ali have noted recipe will give them ago

Alice good idea re DVD have you got her any new ones for the novelty factor

WAVES to CC JKS & Mini

Went shopping to get some uniform stuff, still have loads to get, BUT walked out of shoe shop stopped to put money away and could sense someone stop beside me,
it was my mum & dad
I didn't know what to do, I think he was saying something about they were all grown up (but giving off about it), my mum said hello, dd2 tried to take her hand and i just took her hand amd left, I don't know what I was supposed to do or say or anything............... I feel bad I did that on my mum, but she knew I was going to be there, they had obviously seen me, why did she stop!!! arrggghh I don't know what they expect me to do in the middle of a shopping mall, dd2 this your granda you don't even know exists???? I don't even know how I feel,
I can't get a doctors appointment, for 2 weeks, I have one for the nurse for tomorrow but there is still no sign of AF all nurse can do is take bloods!!

AAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH sorry just want to scream

Sorry last bit had no relavence to me meeting my mum & dad but I'm have enough to worry about without my mum doing a whole guilt trip on me, and things are alaways done so it makes me look bad, I think thats why I'm so annoyed

Plum I am so sorry to hear how things are with your m and d. Its fine for you to have a moan, it seems like stalemate. I would suggest write a letter as long and as abusive as you like - you are not going to post it- in it you can say all the things you never get to say. Keep going until you have dried up. Then burn it. It will help get the emotions flowing rather than you not expressing them.
Repeat as neccessary. work on the assumption that they are not going to change, and work on how you deal with it.
Gone into Agony Aunt mode again. Ignore if its not helpful.

Plum - mini's advice sounds good to me. for you.

Lidl has 4.99 booster seats (the ones without backs), well worth a trip to have one in the boot

And why is M&S, our one at least so rubbish now? All stuff that i see my MIL in (and i like her it's not that), actually a bit tricky to spend my vouchers

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 & Put away
• Portage worker here (10) DONE
• give her back loads of her toys that DS2 doesn't play with DONE
• hoover bathroom ceiling - eek spiders & cobwebs, eek! DONE!
• bday card for BIL DONE & Posted
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• afternoon; me to town DONE

(bought tops in TKMaxx, spent vouchers in M&S, bought some bday presents for DH & stuff in Lidl's)

• Ocado shopping arriving 4-5 DONE

• tea x 4 (pizza)
• walk round block again?
• 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
• 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 Had a go with ecloth
• stake tomato plants

Thanks Mini, I keep meaning to do that but the more I think about it the more things I remember,
have just text my mum to say "sorry about earlier but I don't know what I was supposed to do"
I could probably fill this thread with my moaning, I feel numb.....

JKS I saw those too, and we have the best M&S here its in the top 5 of all their stores (actually might be top 3) well it was when my mum worked there, she worked in finance & admin so was preevy to such info!

well need to go feed the dcs, dh has gone to work and said he will bring something in, but I'm not even hungry

Oh and hoovered and oil is still there, will have to break out the WD40 tomorrow

I think my mum forgets that she put the phone down on me because he told her to......its little things like that,

Not the most productive of days...

• Get me showered and me and DC's dressed DONE
• Chickens food and water to be checked/filled DONE
• Water greenhouse and vegetables DONE
• Clean loos and bathrooms (again)
• Hoover and mop the tiled floors
• Walk the Dog
• Tidy garden and gravel
• Laundry - one load DONE
• Ironing of last week's laundry
• Make meringue for kids' tea with friends DONE and eaten
• 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.
• Check Uniform and buy school shoes
• Think about DS"s birthday party

Pretty poor showing, but we had a great afternoon with friends. Tomorrow is going to have to be "action day"

Plum - our M&S is just rubbish, i went in there a few years ago to look for dresses, couldn't see any, asked, 'oh no we haven't got any dresses in stock' wtf?!

Today there was hardly anything in sizes 8 or 10, loads of 20+ (maybe a comment on my area?!)
There were hardly any choices of colour in t-shirts, and what trousers there were were mostly weird colours.
Lots of stuff for old dears though.

Mon:

• tea x 4 (pizza) DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• watch more Sky+ stuff Doing
• hang up last load on airer
• ironing in a mo
• put away all clean & dry clothes (ours at least)

Tues:

• strip beds & find clean bedding
• swap towels & bathmats
• put away boys clothes
• pack car for day out
• hopefully have a fun day out...
• home for tea
• boys bath & bed
• collapse in a heap!

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
• 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; Had a go with ecloth
• stake tomato plants

plum it sounds so hard

Ran out of paint with a small wall to do. Have glossed windowsills etc, just the last bit of wall and skirtings to do.

House is a pit!

Went to buy more paint and some food but we were all starving so ended up in mcd's for dinner. a police car went through the drive thru bit and dd looked out the window and said "uh oh mummy they might be here to arrest you for taking your children to old mcdonalds for dinner"

Freak - lol at your DD

Mon:

• watch more Sky+ stuff Doing
• hang up last load on airer
• ironing DONE
• put away all clean & dry clothes (ours at least)

Tues:

• strip beds & find clean bedding
• swap towels & bathmats
• put away boys clothes
• pack car for day out
• hopefully have a fun day out...
• home for tea
• boys bath & bed
• collapse in a heap!

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
• 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; Had a go with ecloth
• stake tomato plants

JKS, it's bad purchasing I think that, they just buy the same number of each size in, and then of course the 12-18s sell out first and you're just left with the smallest and biggest sizes. Infuriating.

Plum, Minis suggestion sounds good though.

Ali, I felt dreadful this morning, headache, achey, sick, bad tummy. Blah! Not too bad now though.

I will confess that I haven't done the pots yet.

I'm going to get up now and do them though.

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

Come on you slatterns, where are you all?

Another crappy night

DONE
Get up
Breakfast (doing)
Make beds (ours done, still got to DD's)

TO DO
Clear up breakfast
Empty dishy
Dry yesterdays washing
Put another washload on
Quick wipe down over kitchen
Get dressed
DD dressed
Go to friends for the morning
Back for 12 - plumber coming
Lunch
1pm friend taking DD out to walk her dog
Hoover house while DD is out
Dry second load of washing
Nap?
Peel potatoes for dinner
Do horses
Have dinner (chicken pie, made yesterday )
DD bath and bed
Put some clean washing away
Clean kitchen
Do kitchen and hall floor?
Pack up DVD's! (sending wednesday)

Good Morning

Got a lot of stuff done yesterday... Just got one list for yesterday and today and marking off here...

Q Tidy up&down
Fold laundry
Tidy play room (again!! bin bags? chuck?)
Defrost freezer Done
Dishy done
washy doing
Cook food to take tomorrow done
scan passports & certs done
Breakfast up and dressed all doing
List for tesco
Order tesco
Lunch
Dinner
Take kids out where ?

On-going
Piles of papers -on window
PoP - on pc table
PoP - on dining table
Sort photos and upload where?

A bit of a failure on the things not to do list. Did avoid office of doom though.
Moth Report
downstairs no Moths found. Had bedroom window open and there were loads around. DD2(visiting) helped me catch the little blighters, but must hoover likely hidey-holes today so they don't nest. Little B*strds.
Wasting I hope you feel better today.
Alice can I come round for dinner?
Oh! on the cake request: Are you ready: I am placing fingers on temples and transmitting cake thoughts, smell the chocolate, soft moist crumb, creamy icing, all melts in the mouth. Got it? and no calories

Things not to do:
dining/kitchen floor done
office of doom
conservatory - make it look nice rather than a epository for miscellaneous items abit
data base
VAT return
filing
gardeningabit
washingabit
decorate
read book
read through BCYT stuff
cooking
look for moths YEP
tidy up
clear knicker drawer
magazine rack

Mini - calorie free cake yum

SweetGrapes - i use Snapfish if that helps?

Tues:

• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap towels & bathmats DONE
• put away boys clothes & ours DONE
• pack car for day out HalfDone
• breakfast & tidy up DONE

• hopefully have a fun day out...
• home for tea (remember another step down in DS2's meds, yey)
• boys bath & bed
• collapse in a heap!

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
• 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; Had a go with ecloth
• stake tomato plants

Morning all!!!
Right, the sun has got his hat on, time to get on and get stuff done!!!

• Breakfast and tidied DONE
• Get me showered and me and DC's dressed Me and DD DONE DS only just got up....
• 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
• Reading with DS
• Bills to pay

• Bag up my onions
• Check details for UK holiday - Tesco delivery to be planned and 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.
• Check Uniform and buy school shoes
• Think about DS"s birthday party

Morning

Lovely night's sleep, DS slept 9-8.15 so I got to sleep 11.30-8.15. Best night I've had in ages. It's weird, he's been sleeping in summer pjs (shorts and t-shirt) but last night he asked for 'real jammies' ie. a babygro and slept much better. I wonder if he's been waking up cold? Must go and get some more today, the only one we have which fits is the Tigger one that Freak sent me
Felt a bit queasy this morning, have just scoffed loads of toast though so feel much better.

DONE
All up
Breakfast

TO DO
Clear up
Unload dishwasher
Get showered and dressed
DH into the office
Hang nappies out
Put another wash on if there is one
Tidy upstairs and make beds
Tidy downstairs
Dust and hoover downstairs
Sweep and mop kitchen
Put away travel cot from Sunday night
Decide what we're having for dinner
Lunch
Clear up
Park with friends
Mothercare
Back here for a cuppa?
DS nap
Me sit down
DH home
Dinner
Clearing up
DS bath and bed
Tidy living room
Relax
Sleep

JKS - where are you off out to?

anonymousbird. how are you bagging your onions?
I have just harvested a few and some shalotts and usually make a laughable attempt at making them into strings to store. got any other ideas?