Blessed are the ListMakers!!!

[anonymousbird]

Slatterns, you are beckoned!

Come hither from thither but do not dither!!

Wasting what's your outfit for the wedding like? just being nosey

Spacehoppa I was thinking the same , can we see your blog?? I have a book half written in a draw under my bed, I used to write short stories that my friends would read during GCSE Geography[grin

Yes wasting wedding outfit so i can copy you

I have hen this week need to get new jeans

It's a black maxi skirt, with a black and white flared tunic that's fitted round the bust and has 3/4 length sleeves, so perfect for me. And I've got some black flat mules from Clarks and a black handbag, and a long pearl necklace.

I look like a big woman dressed for a wedding and not a heffalump in a frock which is the main thing.

Sounds lovely glad you got sorted , I have seen another couple of dresses just need the courage to go try them on ( oh and the spare cash might help)

Outfit sounds good Wasting.

DS to school - Y
Take DD for a Walk - Y
Washing on Y
Washing out Y
Lunch for DD Y
Dishy on Y
Empty dishy
Pick up DS from school Y
Put online shop away
Cook dinner - Y
DS and DD to bed Y
Tidy up a bit Y

Anon - my thanks, have bought that bedding :)

Tues:

• watch BL recording 2 (the finale!) DONE
• tea x 4 DONE
• boys bath & bed DONE
• orchestra (& DH out) DONE

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DS1 to sch
• DS2 to pre-sch
• meet friend for tea & cake in cafe WITH NO DC!!
• collect DS2
• lunch & tidy up
• maybe nap, see how DS2 is doing
• afternoon?
• ring clinic for bloods appt
• post free prescription form
• printout big letter for DS1 maybe
• collect DS1
• chill out/garden time
• some letters practice with DS1
• tea x 3 & tidy up
• boys to bed
• early night
• sure i'm forgetting something...???

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS patients; have looked up some to ring this week
• 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
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door; need to email seller about sizes (got measurements)
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• empty all cupboards out, check contents & restock
• research backing up hardware for computers Done More
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2; need basket Got Basket
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• SHOWER; use Lakeland spray
• baby present for friend & arrange visit Emailed
• cheap picture frame; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?)
• eBay pile; photos; list
• school uniform shop trip for winter bits & label them
• buy another cot duvet cover for DS2 DONE

Wasting that outfit sounds good, and potential for the components to be worn separately afterwards which is always a bonus!

IamASlattern - any day where you manage 4 loads of washing cannot be described as a failure

I feel rotten today, I am full of cold and have a headache. However I took DS out to soft play and lunch earlier, went and got what I needed in Boots and managed to cook a roast, so not all bad.
About to have a hot chocolate and then go to bed, I could really do with a hot toddy but I feel I shouldn't have whiskey :(
Ooh and DH is going to book our holiday tomorrow, we're off to the New Forest for a week in November. We have stayed at the place before when DS was just 3 months old and it was lovely, nice food and lovely pool etc. Can't wait!

TOMORROW
All up and dressed
DH to office
Breakfast
Fold mountain of clean washing (may make a start now actually)
Leave kitchen tidy
Tidy living room and dining room
Hoover downstairs
Dust downstairs and bannisters
Pack bag for the day
Drive to parents
Have lunch
Get my hair done while Mum looks after DS
Come home
DH home at some point - soon enough to do dinner?
Dinner - er what?
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy up if needed
Bed

Yes, I am v. pleased with my outfit.

Hot chocolate is a verrrr good idea Ali, I shall join you.

Morning !

While you all sleep I have :

Completed school run
Put on a load of washing
Mooched with tea and a biscuit
Read mail online {blush]
Tried to get live radio via laptop (and failed)

Plan for today:
Ikea furniture delivery (they also assemble the stuff..tis fab)
Small food shop
Swim
Defrost lamb joint for tonight
Sort bathroom cupboard
Sort bedroom cupboard
Sweep upstirs (the dust here is amazing)
Think about what to do with the GIANT anthill outside the villa (I've seen its a bugs life.. ) But the ants here can be up to 3sm long and are canny buggers that hide when they see you.
DD's spellings
DS reading

Laters

bathroom cupboard done
clothes cupboards done
dishwasher on
swept floor done
organised school activities done
lamb joint out and defrosting

Off to the shops

Morning!! JKS - just hope it is ok. Hope you got a good price.

Today

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s
• DC?s to school
• Quick coffee in town
• general tidy, make beds etc
• DW unload DONE
• Chickens
• Walk dog
• Unload overnight wash DONE/Two WM loads to run
• Dust and hoover upstairs and downstairs
• Upstairs Bathroom
• Speak with/messages for numerous estate agents
• Wear teeth whitening moulds for two hours
• Reading with DS (and now DD!)
• Dig up next row of spuds
• Second coat the shed painting

Words hitting ants with a shovel is not going to work thenand I think I have had insect problems!
Nonybird clever ways with pumpkins Hmm. Now that is a challenge, assuming you mean to eat rather than transforming it into head gear, shooting target,new handgbag etc.
Have got sniffly cold today DH and I are blaming each other for 'starting it'.It was him, it was.
So wondering if I can justify not doing any list today.

wasting your outfit sounds good, enjoy the wedding. Plum hope you get inspired soon.

Anon - £10 in total so happy enough with that, hope it arrives soon :)

Rubbish night here, DS2 has bad cough & cold, nearly always ends up in hosp with his asthma causing breathing problems, so far is ok-ish, asleep anyway. The rest of us are shattered though. No pre-sch for him today, but Nanny is here so i can still go for cake

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 3Done
• DS1 to sch DONE
• DS2 to pre-sch Cancelled

• meet friend for tea & cake in cafe WITH NO DC!!
• collect DS2
• lunch & tidy up
• maybe nap, see how DS2 is doing
• afternoon?
• ring clinic for bloods appt
• post free prescription form
• printout big letter for DS1 maybe
• collect DS1
• chill out/garden time
• some letters practice with DS1
• tea x 3 & tidy up
• boys to bed
• early night
• sure i'm forgetting something...???

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS patients; have looked up some to ring this week
• 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
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door; need to email seller about sizes (got measurements)
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• empty all cupboards out, check contents & restock
• research backing up hardware for computers Done More
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2; need basket Got Basket
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• SHOWER; use Lakeland spray
• baby present for friend & arrange visit Emailed
• handwash carefully completed embroidery picture i unearthed last week
• cheap picture frames; (50 x 70 & 12ish x 13ish) (poss Ikea trip?)
• eBay pile; photos; list
• school uniform shop trip for winter bits & label them

Morning. My cold is doing my head in. I'm looking forward to the wedding, hope DS is chilled out.

Today -

• breakfast done
• DS morning potty storytime done
• shower and dress
• 2 loads of laundry
• town to pick up dry cleaning
• lunch
• playgroup
• Aldi
• bathroom if there's time
• tea and clean up
• tidy downstairs + hoover
• DS bath and bed
• check lists etc. and craft time!

JKS thank you for the welcome

My list
sort clean clothes & do ironing
make chilli
bath baby
sort magazines
clean kitchen
clean bathroom

Am just finishing my coffee & then the pc will be off till lunch time.

right, I am switching off the pc.

has shakes & sweats!

Morning everyone :)

DS slept until 9.30! So I had a lovely shower and cup of tea in peace and quiet.
Am cross with DH though, was his turn to do the kitchen last night and he hasn't cleaned the sink, hob or sides so it is filthy in there and smells of roast pork. I nearly vomited when I went in there. So breakfast isn't going well, I've had a biscuit and DS has got an apple and a banana. :( Must venture in there again and clean it up

TODAY
Up, showered and dressed - done
DH to office - done
DS sleep until 9.30am
Breakfast - sort of in progress
Fold mountain of clean washing (may make a start now actually)
Leave kitchen tidy
Tidy living room and dining room
Hoover downstairs
Dust downstairs and bannisters
Pack bag for the day
Drive to parents
Have lunch
Get my hair done while Mum looks after DS
Come home
DH home at some point - soon enough to do dinner?
Dinner - er what?
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy up if needed
Bed

JKS you got a bargain there

Ali hope the smell abates soon, I hate the smell of roasts after the event at the best of times. Oh and hot toddy-when I was pg I used to put fresh lemon and grated ginger in a mug with boiling water-cleared the head and was good for sickness too.

Wasting outfit sounds good.

Am in agony today, have rheumatism in my hip [old woman] and today my whole hip and leg is hurting, maybe the damp weather. Excuse not to do much I suppose.

Wordsonascreen I am , becase of the time diff you are miles ahead in dones!

DONE
All up etc
Washing up
sides and table
load of washing on
beds made
write in dd's reading journal
dd to school
loo cleaned
sink wiped
dinner made (slow cooker)
clothes off airers
clothes put away
mirror cleaned
dc room tidied

still to do
hang up washing
hoover upstairs
transfer £ to friend
lunch
shop
pick up dd and friend
snack for dc
dd and friend to dance
tidy
make yorkshire puddings
eat dinner
wash up
tidy some more
bath and bed dc
ironing

Hello again.
Welcome to HystericalMum.

Mini yes, primarily eating the pumpkins, however, there are so damned many of them, and they are BIG, that all things are considered . Attacked the first one at the weekend. Made a vat of soup (now duly frozen, you would be so proud, very unslatternly) and then roasted yet more of the first pumpkin, and still have a quarter left. Hoping kids will be happy to eat it YET AGAIN (fourth time in five days) tonight. Not sure it goes with salmon though... (or does it?!)

JKS - I am just waiting for DD's asthma to kick in when she gets her first cold of the winter... you poor thing. Only once have I had to rush DD to the doctor - luckily my surgery could handle her rather than drag to A&E. Now we are armed with preventers, inhalers, and all sorts and it sorted us last winter, hopefully will do so this winter. That has reminded me, though now she is at school, I need a full set of her stuff to leave there..

Words does have something of an advantage - also a lot easier for her to get the washing/floors dry!!!!

Here goes:
Today

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC?s to school DONE
• Quick coffee in town DONE
• general tidy, make beds etc
• DW unload DONE
• Chickens
• Walk dog
• Unload overnight wash DONE/Two WM loads to run
• Dust and hoover upstairs and downstairs
• Upstairs Bathroom
• Speak with/messages for numerous estate agents
• Renew library books
• Speak to Doctor re DD's prescriptions
• Wear teeth whitening moulds for two hours
• Reading with DS (and now DD!)
• Dig up next row of spuds
• Second coat the shed painting

Children back from school
Lunchbags de gunked
Ikea has arrived and assembling

Clothes are dry on the outside airer in a few hours in direct sunlight I left one of the dc's tshirts and it was dry in 40 mins

I NEED the advantage I am a shocking slatter, if theres a short cut I'll find it.

Must fess up though am considering getting a maid though that might be a shortcut too far..

[runs]

Where are you words? Middle East?

Dubai
Everyone has maids here
I get pitying looks hanging out my smalls

yy I know its a hard life and my frigging diamond shoes are too tight

!!!!!
Well, good for you if you can. I'm not AT ALL of your quick drying laundry (deep sigh) and the chance of having a maid.

I'd get help if I could, for sure.. but my cleaner budget (there was one) now goes on my garden budget (I'm crap at housework, but even more crap at gardening) as that is where I need more help.. And it's money well spent when I see the guy who helps me getting soaking wet.. At least it's not me!!!!!

I used to have a maid when I lived in Botswana. Only once a week but she'd come in and clean the kitchen and bathroom, mop the floors and dust. Sometimes she'd do my ironing too. Had the same dust issue though so I still should have done had to dust/do floors every day myself.

Hated her coming if I was in though...