Slatterns Lists Here Now

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SLATTERNS Yoohoo bring those lists here now!

SweetGrapes - I didn't realise you were pg, congratulations I ordered that one too, mainly based on the really good reviews it has on Amazon - it only arrived the other day so I've not had a go at it yet. The pilates one is this one here which is a bargin. It is broken into small chunks so you can fit it in here and there. I can feel it this morning in my abs and my bum.

No list today really, we are going to look at cars DH is annoying the hell out of me, why can he not get on with stuff in the morning this quickly usually, only when we are doing something to do with motor vehicles.

Pub was lovely - a couple of drinks and a burger out in the garden on a summer's evening. Perfect. But my list has suffered so I'd best get going. We're off on holiday for two weeks (only going to the south coast but it'll still take a bit of planning).

Have fantastic, productive days everyone.

sweetgrapes - congrats on your pregnancy too. Lots of babies on the way

AM:

• DDs up/fed/dressed DONE (actually DD1 has stripped off and is running round naked but that happens a lot!)
• post-breakfast clean-up
• pack dishwasher
• renew library books online DONE
• make bank transfer
• find out if ILs arrive tonight or tomorrow!!
• get rid of all old receipts to make space in bulging wallet DONE
• list for O
• washload on DONE
• check emails DONE
• DD2 bottle
• post letter
• buy b'day cards
• look into present for Godson
• lunch for DD then clear away

PM:

• pram exercise class with DD2
• DD2 bottle
• start packing
• pick up babycarrier from friend
• find DD1s old swimsuit/swim nappies for DD2
• dinner/bath/bed for DDs

this evening:

• fold up and tidy away dry washing
• finish packing
• wash/sterilise bottles/put out steriliser for car
• prepare feeds for next 24hrs
• water plants
• load dishwasher, wipe surfaces
• repack changing bag with extra stuff for journey
• write list for ILs while we are away!

Other stuff to fit in before leaving on holiday tomorrow afternoon:

• email work contacts re deadline
• paint nails
• waxing appt
• take back horrid frumpy skirt etc
• finish tesco online order

Ali I feel for you... We have just bought a new car a couple of months back. The efficiency when we need to go out and the time spent online looking at car porn!! Weekend after weekend after weekend...
It's just a damn car!

Dd has been hogging the pc all morning so even my list isn't quite ready yet.
Still

All up, dressed and breakfasted done
Pack lunch or buy??
Sort out cake
Sort out return pressies + decorations
Hang washing out (first check weather)

DH got a new car about 6 weeks ago, but still looks at what cars he might have got instead i just don't get it!

Tiles are going on in the kitchen today, really pretty. Just want it to be done now though.

10 days til due date, and i have frustrated nesting instinct syndrome. Can't do anything because everything is still all in the wrong places, it is making me grumpy!

I love all your lists, ladies, I have been lurking and hoping to join in, even from a distance from a while. It will have to be next week though, as I only just tidied up last night's dinner!!!!!AAAGGGHHH.

You lot put me to shame. I'm normally very good, but with the kids here, it is a disaster!

Hi all & welcome new people

Fri:
DONE:

• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• Speech appt
• DH to work
• PIL pop to shops

TO DO:

• lunch & tidy up
• off to farm (experimenting with skipping DS2's nap...!)
• home for boys tea
• boys bath & bed
• our dinner

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
• 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
• go through diaries with DH
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• 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

Today, in no particular order, as I haven't got the hang of this yet:

• Ocado delivered (too early - still in nightie!) and put away - JUST DONE

• Chickens food and water to be filled

• Water greenhouse and vegetables

• Clean loos and bathrooms

• Hoover up bloomin bugs all over the house

• Walk the Dog

• Work out several interesting ways with Courgettes so family don't get bored over the weekend

• Two birthday presents needed by tomorrow - choose, buy and wrap

• Renew various insurance policies (ongoing to next week) - finding time to shop around is a challenge at the moment

• Book car hire, pay balance on holiday, order travel insurance (ongoing to next week)

Hi all, & waves to all newbies

Well I just about made the meet up, it was raining, couldn't get parked and was tempted to drive back home, but I went and survived

Did another 30mins on exbike last night works out at 300cal and just over 15K, does that sound ok?
suppose I'll give it a week and see if its making any difference although still going to keep on the bike just hope it makes an impact on some weight loss!(Its making an impact on my bum, wish they made comfier seats)

DONE
breakfast
everyone washed & dressed
hair straightened
drycleaners
pick up dd1s new glasses(V trendy and got them tinted so now she has prescription sunglasses)
bring ds to gaelic summer scheme
get dcs washed & dressed

TO DO
un load dishy
clear up breakfast & lunch mess
reload dishy
take clothes off clothes horse
out for dinner
small ironing pile
finish sorting smalls
wash backdoor & windows
wash side door & windows
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
sort pile of clothes on bedroom floor
mop bedroom floor
clean windows
clean sliderobe mirrors (dd2 has been kissing herself)

30 mins on exercise bike

OTHER
txt dn's mum
School
-uniforms
-shoes
-accessories
start on cake
New baby pressies & cards
decide whats happening for ds birthday
measure Lounge for curtains
order curtains
organise a meal planner (would be better to do this before Tesco)

Your lists are all so super and orderly and succinct. I think I need to copy and paste them all together!!! Mine is all a bit random and just odd jobbish as opposed to ensuring our daily family life runs in orderly fashion, which is what I am really trying to achieve! Suppose my list making skills sum up my life really. Random and needing to be done, but not necessarily very urgent or appropriate!

Anonymousbird, I've found the lists have really helped, though it took a little while. I still don't always wash the pots after dinner though!

• up, done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• shower and dress, wipe round bathroom done
• finger cream! oops
• Childrens centre done
• sainsbos done
• lunch done
• kitchen done
• Range - moisture traps no DS will get grumpy I think
• garden - check for cat poo, water, feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• Grandma coming for tea and bedtime
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• review lists
• finger cream before bed!

Grot -

• carpet - iron and kitchen roll the trodden in Babybel cases
• defrost freezer - learn how
• sofa cover
• tidy pantry

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make/buy, get cross-stitch framed - hand wash cross-stitch, Frame myself?
• put mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• pay coins in at bank, next 5 bags
• back room - choose and buy paint for window wall then paint, put up painting, get more posters/ postcards to put up above table
• mow lawn and get garden tidier

So, you seem to copy across your lists and update?? How pleasing!

• Ocado delivered (too early - still in nightie!) and put away - DONE

• Chickens food and water to be filled DONE poor hungry birds!

• Water greenhouse and vegetables

• Clean loos and bathrooms

• Hoover up bloomin bugs all over the house

• Walk the Dog DONE walked herself today, after escaping for 45 minutes - assume she covered AT LEAST 4 miles!

• Work out several interesting ways with Courgettes so family don't get bored over the weekend

• Two birthday presents needed by tomorrow - choose, buy and wrap

• Renew various insurance policies (ongoing to next week) - finding time to shop around is a challenge at the moment

• Book car hire, pay balance on holiday, order travel insurance (ongoing to next week)

Yeap copy & paste
sometimes I do a big long list and then go looking for it to see how many ongoing jobs I have forgotten I wanted to do,
for eg a few threads back I had pick colour for bedroom & decorate, still not done yet

DONE
breakfast
everyone washed & dressed
hair straightened
drycleaners
pick up dd1s new glasses(V trendy and got them tinted so now she has prescription sunglasses)
bring ds to gaelic summer scheme
get dcs washed & dressed
un load dishy
clear up breakfast & lunch mess
reload dishy
sort pile of clothes on bedroom floor YEY
mop bedroom floor waitingonittodry

TO DO
take clothes off clothes horse
out for dinner
small ironing pile
finish sorting smalls
wash backdoor & windows
wash side door & windows
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
clean bedroom windows
clean sliderobe mirrors (dd2 has been kissing herself)

30 mins on exercise bike

OTHER
txt dn's mum done seeing her tomorrow
School
-uniforms
-shoes
-accessories
start on cake
New baby pressies & cards
decide whats happening for ds birthday
measure Lounge for curtains
order curtains
organise a meal planner (would be better to do this before Tesco)

All knackered here

DS2 was fine without his nap until we drove home, had 20mins in the car and is currently semi-comatose on the beanbag. Still, progress for future family days out

Fri:
DONE:

• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• Speech appt
• DH to work
• PIL pop to shops
• lunch & tidy up
• off to farm (experimenting with skipping DS2's nap...!)

TO DO:

• boys tea
• boys bath & bed
• our dinner

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
• 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
• go through diaries with DH
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• 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

DONE
breakfast
everyone washed & dressed
hair straightened
drycleaners
pick up dd1s new glasses(V trendy and got them tinted so now she has prescription sunglasses)
bring ds to gaelic summer scheme
get dcs washed & dressed
un load dishy
clear up breakfast & lunch mess
reload dishy
sort pile of clothes on bedroom floor YEY
mop bedroom floor waitingonittodry
clean bedroom windows
clean sliderobe mirrors (dd2 has been kissing herself)

TO DO
take clothes off clothes horse
out for dinner
small ironing pile
finish sorting smalls
wash backdoor & windows
wash side door & windows
clean bathroom
clean ensuite

30 mins on exercise bike

OTHER
txt dn's mum done seeing her tomorrow
School
-uniforms
-shoes
-accessories
start on cake
New baby pressies & cards
decide whats happening for ds birthday
measure Lounge for curtains
order curtains
organise a meal planner (would be better to do this before Tesco)

ok, I know I am multiple posting, but am so excited as this new concept in my life - a "live" list. I cheated slightly, as in order to do quite a bit of this lot, I sat the children in front of a DVD for an hour or so this afternoon.... but needs must and all that. This is much more my kettle of fish than the other thread I was following about ditching the vino!

• Ocado delivered (too early - still in nightie!) and put away - DONE
• Chickens food and water to be filled DONE poor hungry birds!
• Water greenhouse and vegetables DONE/ ongoing right now with sprinkler
• Clean loos and bathrooms DONE
• Hoover up bloomin bugs all over the house DONE
• Walk the Dog DONE walked herself today, after escaping for 45 minutes - assume she covered AT LEAST 4 miles!
• Tidied garden and gravel DONE
• 2 Laundry loads washed, dried and folded ALMOST DONE
• Ironing of the above
• Children fed and happy DONE
• House looking generally sorted and ready for the weekend.... AS-DONE-AS-IT-EVER-WILL
• Remake the bed
• Work out several interesting ways with Courgettes so family don't get bored over the weekend
• Two birthday presents needed by tomorrow - choose, buy and wrap

• Renew various insurance policies (ongoing to next week) - finding time to shop around is a challenge at the moment
• Book car hire, pay balance on holiday, order travel insurance (ongoing to next week)

Bless you for welcoming me to the fold (no pun intended!)

Have great weekends everyone. (Do you post at weekends?)

PS. Wine Chilled - DONE

anonymous - i do at weekends, some do, some don't. I like your style re wine

Plum - DD's glasses sound cool, but what will she do in the winter?

Fri:
DONE:

• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• Speech appt
• DH to work
• PIL pop to shops
• lunch & tidy up
• off to farm (experimenting with skipping DS2's nap...!)
• boys tea

TO DO:

• boys bath DH Doing & bed
• our dinner

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
• 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
• go through diaries with DH
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• 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
• stake tomato plants

Hello We are JUST home! We have gone miles, from Hampshire to Bath and then down to Weston-super-Mare and then home through Somerset because the M4 was clogged. I am shattered, but DH has decided on a car. Yay! Just some paperwork to be sorted and then he can go and pick it up next Friday.

Welcome new Slatterns

anonymous - I quite often post at a weekend, not if we are away obviously but if we are here I do! With my list, I have a basic daily list that I keep in a txt. file and then I add to/modify it depending on what I need to do each day.

DONE
All up dressed and ready to leave
Breakfast and clearing up
Put duvet cover in washing machine because DS squeezed an entire bottle of body lotion over it
Spend day driving around looking at various cars
Finally decide on car
Drive home
Flop down and give DS some tea

TO DO
DS into bed, not for a while though he has slept loads in the car
Dry duvet cover
More washing?
Sleep

Bless DS, it was my fault really with the lotion, I left him on our bed and it was within reach. He knew he shouldn't have done it, he was fighting the tears, his little mouth kept turning down at the corners so I couldn't be cross [soft touch emoticon]

anonymous hi, I'm also a newbie. Good, isn't it?

Pants, it's all gone wrong. My list is in tatters, metaphorically speaking. It's 8pm and I'm only just beginning to pack for a 2-week (albeit UK) holiday. Left DD1 in front of a DVD while I put DD2 to bed and then did a bit of packing, she climbed into our bed, ignoring the potty I'd left next to it and in front of the TV, and wee'd in it (freshly made up for the ILs who are staying while we are away). I'm sooo pissed off, it's the second time this week and the washing maching was already going to be v busy tonight pre-trip. I don't even want to write a list because the sheer size of it will depress me.

So basically it's going to be a late one. Then we're off at lunchtime tomorrow so having just joined I'll be leaving you for a couple of weeks. Will def be back post-holiday though. In the meantime good luck with your lists one and all.

OO, somethinganything good luck, it will all come together and then YOU ARE OFF ON YOUR HOLS!!!

Where are you going? Have a great time. We'll have gone by the time you get back, so hope to catch up in about 3.5 weeks!

Thanks anonymous we're just going to East Sussex so not far (we live in London). I guess it won't be the end of the world if we leave anything behind...

Have a great holiday yourself and catch up in a few weeks. Sheets are in the wash, have started to pack - feeling a little bit calmer!

somethinganything, Oh no! Just focus on what you need to do next. And have a lovely holiday!

• up, done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• shower and dress, wipe round bathroom done
• finger cream! oops
• Childrens centre done
• sainsbos done
• lunch done
• kitchen done
• Range - moisture traps no DS will get grumpy I think + rain
• garden - check for cat poo, water, feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out done
• Grandma coming for tea and bedtime done
• wash pots and tidy kitchen done
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed Grandmadone
• review lists
• finger cream before bed!

Grot -

• carpet - iron and kitchen roll the trodden in Babybel cases
• defrost freezer - learn how
• sofa cover
• tidy pantry

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make/buy, get cross-stitch framed - hand wash cross-stitch, Frame myself?
• put mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• pay coins in at bank, next 5 bags
• back room - choose and buy paint for window wall then paint, put up painting, get more posters/ postcards to put up above table
• mow lawn and get garden tidier

Ooh Wasting I hope you're putting your feet up while Grandma does bedtime

DS is in bed, I have barely moved. It is cold here, really chilly. DH has been making me lovely hot chocolates

Ali, I went for a walk in the rain. It was nice to walk at adult speed.

Ooh, hot chocolate! I haven't had one in ages.

Morning

Hello New Slatterns

Well, there are 9 days to go til D day in the Alice household. We have a faulty shower, an almost finished kitchen and stuff in all the wrong rooms. We also have a mad cat who is currently attempting to get on the rocking horse BH are getting stronger, so who knows, by my due date i may be fully dilated and this baby will just fall out if i stand up too quickly or maybe not

Oh, and it is hosing it down here so DD and i may go for a play in the puddles later

DONE
Get up
DD up
Breakfast

TO DO
Clear up breakfast stuff
Fold up clean washing and take upstairs (managed to get to my washing machine last night!)
Make beds
Tidy up bathroom
Hoover upstairs
Get dressed
Hoover stairs
Take baby stuff upstairs to be set up (crib etc)
Have a sort through DD's toys/books etc and take some up to her room
Get DD dressed at some point
Go to the market?
Pack up some DVD's to send back to friend