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[anonymousbird]

Slatterns, you are beckoned!

Come hither from thither but do not dither!!

Evening Slatterns. gorgeous day here today. pottered in garden and relaxed. Tomorrow having a day off, but may be tempted into office of doom. May need to have a reward system.
for tomorrow:
List
washing
kitchen
print stuff
prep stuff
phone call with DB
household filing
accounts
go for a walk
gardne tidy
reboil jam
conservatory windowledges
write up feedback sheets

Pumpkinbum, the only thing that seems to work for me is low carb. Sunday Times Health club (web site)helped with chrts to log weight activites cals etc

Hello everyone :)

Plum - yes get Shred. Jillian if fearsome and will kick your arse but bloody hell it works.

Freak - why don't you go to the CSA then and get what you should from him? He sounds like such a twat, v.glad you are out of there :)

Have had a knackering day today, back late and so late with dinner and everything. Going to put DS in the bath now and then bedtime for all of us I think!

Hello everyone !
Just realised i've not been here in a while

New list!

Sort out ds tennis gear
Chase up dd's clarinet teacher
Check up when shipping crates arrive
Laundry pile
Ironing
Change bedding
Sweep floor
Chase away giant ants
Put out rubbish
Swim/exercise
Ds/dd reading
dd spelling sentences
healthy dinner and NO alcohol
grocery shopping
school run
arrange coffee with mum at school
dust
sweep/mop balcony
water plants

Hope everyones fine and funky off to check on washing machine.. [glamour]

Well apart from night-time wakings (11-me, 2-DS1, then 5.30-DS2 & up for the day) boys seem fine today.

Left from Sun:

• finish crosswords
• bring in slightly damp clothes, dry/iron & put away
• put away clean clothes

Mon:

• DH to work (away for a few days) DONE
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 2Done
• establish if boys are ok they seem fine
• DS1 to school DH DONE

Next:

• me showered & dressed
• DS2 to Speech assessment (10am)
• lunch & tidy up
• get some jobs done
• poss town to return/exchange H&M cardigan that's coming apart
• collect DS1
• chill out time
• tea x 3 & tidy up (what?)
• boys bath & bed
• v early night on my own

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS patients; have looked up some to ring
• 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 Poss date suggested
• handwash carefully completed embroidery picture i unearthed last week, then frame
• cheap picture frames; (50 x 70 & 12ish x 13ish) (poss Ikea trip?)
• eBay pile; photos; list
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too)
• find & scan in both boys pictures; Found DS2's

Hello all.

words was thinking we hadn't seen you for a while!! Everything ok there?

Quick check on the list and then I need to motor....

TODAY

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC?s plus two to school DONE
• general tidy, make beds etc
• Two wash loads
• Ironing
• DW run, unload/load
• Chickens
• Walk dog
• Reading with DS and DD
• Find tape measure
• Hoover and mop utility and kitchen floor
• Dig up yet more spuds
• Meal plan next two weeks - Recipe hunt
• Tenancy documents back to estate agent.

Next couple of days

• DH's tax return DONE
• Start on house and kitchen magazines given by MIL
• Find 10 clever ways with pumpkins DOING
• Check photo printing
• Gap website
• Organise some more tea dates for DC
• Find Maths worksheets for DS
• More onto ebay

Ongoing

• Room by room plan to pack and clear
• Names and addresses onto computer
• Talk to BT, Sky, utilities and Council re transferring services/bills to new address.
• Bin/Charity Shop/Keep exercise on the kids toys
• Check pension documents for me and DH
• Learn to use IMac (finally) and Itunes
• Stuff to flog on Ebay
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• Put summer clothes away
• Check out this year's panto
• Tesco Day out vouchers to use up - half term

Morning :)

JKS - glad your boys are ok, there are loads of bugs and things going around at the moment.

I am shattered today, the weekend has been exhausting! Quiet days at home today and tomorrow, DS needs some downtime especially after yesterday - 20 family all got together and he was so excited he hardly ate anything and didn't sleep at all in the car on the way home.

Baby is wriggling like mad

DONE
All up (although having a pj morning!)
Bins all emptied and out for binmen
Take out recycling
Washing into dryer
Another load on
Take out compost crock
Breakfast
DH to work

TO DO
Unload dishwasher
Clear up kitchen
Sweep kitchen floor
Fold clean washing

Will add more once that is all done.

Morning ladies, hope you all had a good weekend.

Today I will mainly be concentrating on sorting the kitchen out so list for today is

Children up, breakfast, showers, dressed, school early for photo's done
DC3 to nursery done
Dishwasher
washing machine
Put rubbish out
Sort out the 6 boxes that are on the kitchen floor
Clean sink
Wipe surfaces
Start clearing the centre work surface
Go to physio

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt.
Allotment stuff
Quotes for car insurance done
Menu plan done

Long term
Find cable for printer
Print out baby photo's
Sort out dentists
Sort out health ins.

Don't expect to get all the stuff for kitchen done today but I would like to have a good crack at it.

another Monday/Tuesday list

Dust
Vacuum
Hoover
Washing
Ironing
Pick up leaves in garden
Do lawn
Get some Christmas presents
Ring Mother
Take girl forjabs
Get playgroup appointment at bank
cheque to lloyds
write blog
write another chapter of book
paperwork and budget
clean kitchen
clean bathroom

Going to do the shopping bit now. I may be a while...

Ali I have been trying to be nice about it, I don't really need more money and would rather not take it from him but just don't see why he can't be bothered to buy his dd a pair of shoes when I ask him to.

All very tired today, think I need to start taking a vitamin or tonic or something now we're getting towards winter. And be stricter about bedtime now dd is doing full days at school.

Saw friend at school this morning and she asked how it went, told her the truth that I'd had a nice time with him but didn't think there was anything there. She was fine about it.

Back with a list in a min, just going to hang more washing out

Sort out ds tennis gear DONE
Chase up dd's clarinet teacher EMAILED
Check up when shipping crates arrive
Laundry pile
Ironing
Change bedding DONE
Sweep floor
Chase away giant ants
Put out rubbish
Swim/exercise DONE
Ds/dd reading
dd spelling sentences
healthy dinner and NO alcohol
grocery shopping DONE
school run
arrange coffee with mum at school DONE
dust
sweep/mop balcony

Hurumph
Don't feel like I've really got into today.
Off to pick up the dc's in a min...

Freak - no I can see that. I've read back what I wrote last night and it sounded a bit fierce - sorry! I suppose the way to look at it is that it isn't money for you, it's for the DCs. If you don't need it for month to month stuff then you could stash it away ready for more expensive school trips and stuff when they are older.
It sounds more like he can't be arsed to actually go and do the shopping than anything else?

Well done on being honest with your friend :)

I haven't done anything much since I last posted, feeling very slow and sleepy today!

Announcement Not on list but I have cleared out my bathroom cupboard. Round of applause please.
List
washing
kitchen gettingthere
print stuff
prep stuff
phone call with DB
household filing
accounts
go for a walk
gardne tidy
reboil jam
conservatory windowledges
write up feedback sheets
Remind self that it is supposed to be day off

Back later.

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Load of washing on- DONE
Strip beds - DONE
DD to school ? DONE
Load of washing out ? DONE
2nd Load on ? DONE
2nd load out ? DONE
3rd load on ? DONE
3rdload out ?
Go to shop - DONE
Tidy sitting room -
Hoover downstairs ?
Mop downstairs -
Clean loo ? DONE
Wipe sink- DONE
Tidy dc room? DONE
Friend here for coffee -
Lunch ?
Pick up dd ?
Bring in washing ?
Sort washing -
IRONING ?

Put washing away ?
Remake beds-
DD?s reading
Cook dinner ?

Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

Freaki definitely DON'T settle for anything less than best re your date. And yes, well done for telling your friend the score. Sorry DH is being a pain - grief, a pair of shoes or two should not be beyond the wit of a man to organise??? Having said that though, I can barely picture my DH achieving a satisfactory result if asked to go and find shoes/clothes/school uniform etc. Chances of it being in the right amount, size, etc etc are slim.... He is not a good shopper. He desperately needed new jeans last week, bank account not all that healthy right now, but can stand to a new pair of jeans (just!) and the old ones were awful.

Comes back with TWO pairs which cost more than I can bring myself to tell you ( at price) and then blamed the shop assistant for her hard sell!!!!!! I can clothe myself and the children (and have done with winter kit, shoes, boots and new uniform in the past month!) for what he spent on two pairs of jeans. .

TODAY

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC?s plus two to school DONE
• general tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Two wash loads
• Ironing
• DW run, unload/load
• Chickens
• Walk dog
• Reading with DS and DD
• Find tape measure
• Hoover and mop utility and kitchen floor
• Dig up yet more spuds
• Meal plan next two weeks - Recipe hunt
• Tenancy documents back to estate agent READY

Next couple of days

• DH's tax return DONE
• Start on house and kitchen magazines given by MIL
• Find 10 clever ways with pumpkins DOING
• Check photo printing
• Gap website
• Organise some more tea dates for DC
• Find Maths worksheets for DS
• More onto ebay

Didn't think you were being fierce Ali Obviously it would be helpful so I could just go and buy shoes when she needs them myself rather than having to budget and save for them. But in a month I'll have paid back my parents everything I owe them so with have a bit more spare anyway (proud of myself for paying back £1700 in 11 months ).

Mini is the kind of applause you are after??

anon I would take them back to the shop and get your money back, then go and get him a couple of cheap pairs. Thankfully my DH is pretty good if say this is your budget please don't go over it.

Children up, breakfast, showers, dressed, school early for photo's done
DC3 to nursery done
Dishwasher
washing machine 1 wash in
Put rubbish out done
Sort out the 6 boxes that are on the kitchen floor 1 done
Clean sink
Wipe surfaces
Start clearing the centre work surface
Go to physio

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt.
Allotment stuff done
Quotes for car insurance done
Menu plan done
Make appt. for smear eeek!

Long term
Find cable for printer
Print out baby photo's
Sort out dentists
Sort out health ins.

Children up, breakfast, showers, dressed, school early for photo's done
DC3 to nursery done
Dishwasher
washing machine 1 wash in
Put rubbish out done
Sort out the 6 boxes that are on the kitchen floor 2 done
Clean sink
Wipe surfaces
Start clearing the centre work surface
Go to physio
Wash bin out done

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt.
Allotment stuff done
Quotes for car insurance done
Menu plan done
Make appt. for smear eeek!

Long term
Find cable for printer
Print out baby photo's
Sort out dentists
Sort out health ins.

Wasn't meant to clean the bin out but as I had sorted the 2 boxes that were on top of it and preventing it's use I thought it might be a good idea to wash it out and take the bin bag off the kitchen cabinet where it had been kept for a while and use the bin properly again, huzzah!!

Imaslattern - I wish I could get them back to the shop, unfortunately it is near his work, and no branch anywhere near here....

He did mutter something about having a rethink, as I think even he was a bit when he saw my reaction....

On the whole, though, this was a bit out of character. He hates shopping and therefore does not have lots of clothes that he only wears once or whatever....

Anyway, I did blow the budget a bit on going to get my teeth whitened (with DH's prior agreement though) TALKING OF WHICH, I go to the dentist today to have my "after" shot taken so can compare and see how many shades it has improved . Has definitely made a difference. Hoping she will say I can do another week or two, just to really make them SHINE!

Ah! never mind. Hopefully this has given him a wake up call.

Hope your dentist says you can go through another couple of weeks.

TODAY

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC?s plus two to school DONE
• general tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Two wash loads
• Ironing
• DW run, unload/load
• Chickens
• Walk dog
• Reading with DS and DD
• Find tape measure DONE
• Measure furniture/rooms DONE
• Hoover and mop utility and kitchen floor
• Dig up yet more spuds
• Meal plan next two weeks - Recipe hunt
• Tenancy documents back to estate agent READY

Morning!

DH went into town on Saturday and got himself two shirts and a pair of jeans. £18 altogether.
Anon, refund!

Mini - huzzah! And a satisfying job to do at that.

Freaki, don't be grateful, and if you spin it that he won't have to go to the actual shops he might hand it over happily.

Can the pg slatterns add no. of weeks gestating to lists please. [broody]

Plum, Jillian is great, Shred's worth it.
Don't cut your food intake drastically though, that's the way to yo-yo dieting. Less cake more fruit and water, and then increase the exercise and it'll go.

Well.... the landlord barely stepped inside the house, but I'm glad I got it tidier and cleaner anyway.

• up, shower etc. done
• breakfast done
• cleeeeaaannn! done
• landlord been
• diary, lists etc. done
• lunch doing
• dry pots
• put washing in
• library
• feed the birds, do some garden tidying
• bring the bin and recycling box back round
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• crafty

wasting - well done to your DH!

DH goes away tomorrow for nearly two weeks, and it is completely on business expenses, so the household budget will have a bit of a chance to recover (ie. no spending on beer, virtually no wine, I eat with the kids, he has no travelling to work expenses etc etc) so without trying very hard, with him away, the family finances should be ok..... but even so! Pah.

JKS - DH is going to Bermuda! Just thought it was a bit of a coincidence, you saying just yesterday that your brother lives there....!

Children up, breakfast, showers, dressed, school early for photo's done
DC3 to nursery done
Dishwasher emptied and on
washing machine 2 wash in, 1 hung out
Put rubbish out done
Sort out the 6 boxes that are on the kitchen floor 3 done
Clean sink
Wipe surfaces
Start clearing the centre work surface
Go to physio
Wash bin out done

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt.
Allotment stuff done
Quotes for car insurance done
Menu plan done
Make appt. for smear eeek!

Long term
Find cable for printer
Print out baby photo's
Sort out dentists
Sort out health ins.

It's getting there :)

wasting Yay! for your DH.Glad the LL was ok. That is a weight off your mind.

Mini - :)

Frek - my DH tends to be in charge of getting DS1's shoes, takes him out specially, DS2 has only recently got into non-hand-me-downs so he will prob do both boys from now on. So he should be able to manage, grr.
Massive well done on debt paying off!

Left from Sun:

• finish crosswords
• bring in slightly damp clothes, dry/iron & put away
• put away clean clothes Started

Mon:

• DH to work (away for a few days) DONE
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• establish if boys are ok DONE
• DS1 to school DH DONE
• DS2 to Speech assessment (10am) DONE :)
• Skype with PIL & phone calls with parents DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE

• get some jobs done; wrap what Christmas presents i have so far, then hide them!
• poss town to return/exchange H&M cardigan that's coming apart
• collect DS1
• chill out time
• HV for DS2 (3.30)
• tea x 3 & tidy up (what - pasta i think)
• boys bath & bed
• v early night on my own

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS patients; have looked up some to ring
• 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 Poss date suggested
• handwash carefully completed embroidery picture i unearthed last week, then frame
• cheap picture frames; (50 x 70 & 12ish x 13ish) (poss Ikea trip?)
• eBay pile; photos; list
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too)
• find & scan in both boys pictures; Found DS2's