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[anonymousbird]

Slatterns, you are beckoned!

Come hither from thither but do not dither!!

Evening all,
I just did 30 mins on exercise bike and have just discovered desperate Housewives is back on tonight on RTE YEY

I bought really lovely oranges in Tesco earlier so will reward my self with one

Glad I cancelled my physio tomorrow as I just about made it around tesco

Well as predicted I didn't get much done today at all. Had a kip when DC3 went to nursery.

Children up, breakfast, showers, dressed, lunch boxes made done
DC3 to nursery done
Dishwasher on and emptied and filled again
washing machine 3 wash in 3hung out
Sort out the 2 boxes that are on the kitchen floor
Clean sink done I am now the proud owner of a shiny sink a la Flylady
Wipe surfaces
Start clearing the centre work surface

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt
Make appt. for smear eeek! Rang and needs to be done at a certain time of the month.
Make Dr's appt.

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

I have 3 DS's 8,5 and 3

Hi Plum/pumpkin. Well done for bike effort.
JKS don't kow all your story with your D but it sounds as if you have made amaxzing progress, well done you and DS.

Sorry about typing, is crap.
Nighty nght

Plum - maybe you need the physio more than ever though?

Alice - that is a good tip about the squash, they are blooming hard work to peel!

Mini - DS2 was normal until 14months, then developed a particular kind of sever epilepsy that 'rubs out' pretty much everything that's been learnt so far and stops any further development. He had brain surgery in Dec (23rd) to remove a big chuck of the right hand side. He's been seizure-free since :) and now is off all meds :) and has been developing like mad since the surgery. But his speech has been the slowest area, he was effectively 0months at surgery in communication. So we are very happy :)
But, he is still a long way behind, will get a statement and will go to SN pre-sch next year, there is a possibility he will catch up over time and could move to mainstream, no-one knows.

Left from Sun:

• ironing & put away

Tues:

• tea x 3 (pasta) & tidy up Tea Done (dishes just piled up today i'm afraid)
• boys to bed DONE
• orchestra (check cash for sitter) DONE
• text another friend about her DD sitting on Friday DONE (no answer yet)

Wed:

• fridge repair man coming at some point...
• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DS1 to sch
• N taking DS2 to pre-sch
• me to town for H&M top return & maybe even some Christmas bits! & a tea & cake :)
• lunch & tidy up
• jobs?
• collect DS1
• chill out time/garden time
• tea x 3 (fish fingers!) & tidy up
• boys bath & bed
• my tv & early night

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?/Wilkinsons?)
• eBay pile; photos; list
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too)
• poss town to return/exchange H&M cardigan that's coming apart; need to find receipt

Have done loads today in the end :)

Alice - do you have a recipe for sponge pudding, is it easy?

Plum - won't the physio help make you better? Well done on the bike :)

DONE
All up and dressed
Breakfast
Make a start sorting out spare bedroom (is a complete tip)
Take mince out of the freezer
Unload dishwasher
Tidy kitchen
Put away clean washing
Post pile and surrounding area of doom in the kitchen
Make soup
Lunch
Clear up and run dishwasher
Washing onto airer
DS nap
Have a bath and wash hair
Nap
Ring and move appointment for GTT
More sorting in spare room
Put a load of washing on
Bathroom shelves and cabinet, 3* DOOM
Make bolognese for dinner
Create Lego Extravaganza with DS
Unload dishwasher
Tidy downstairs and vacuum before dinner
Dinner
Clear up
Finish tidying in spare room (in fairness mainly DH because it was full of his crap important bits of computer)
DS to bed
15 mins cleaning in bathroom
Sort nappy drawer out and tidy our bedroom

TO DO
Put left over bolognese in the freezer
Make chilli for tomorrow? Think DH will do it
Swap washing to TD and set to come on first thing
Go to bed

Oh JKS didn't know any of the history. Well done to you all, and DS, wow, the news sounds really good. I hope the progress continues in abundance.

Good night all. xxx

Morning ladies. Another bad night last night, DC2 was up at 5am. He snuck downstairs and got the steps from the kitchen and got his DS lite and then came upstairs and was sat in the bath shouting and laughing at the game he was playing Then he wouldn't go back to bed and sleep once I had taken it off him, just made as much noise as he could. So I am hanging again as I didn't get to bed till midnight because I wanted to wait for DH to get home, then DH disturbed me when he came to bed at 1am. Oh! and I have a cold.

Children up, breakfast, showers, dressed, lunch boxes made, off to school done
DC3 to nursery
Dishwasher on
washing machine wash in
Sort out the 2 boxes that are on the kitchen floor
Wipe surfaces
Start clearing the centre work surface

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt
Make appt. for smear eeek! Rang and needs to be done at a certain time of the month.
Make Dr's appt.

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

AnonBird - DS (just turned 6) and DD (almost 5).
Alice - DD 2.11yrs and DS nearly 8wks
Ali - DS is 2.3, DC2 still gestating
Plum - dd1 (9.5), ds(7) & dd2 (4 in a couple of weeks)
Mini - DD1,37, DD2,34 and DS1 34 and DGS1 is4 and DGD is 1
Wasting - DS 2.5
HMHB - DS 4 DD 1
JKS - DS1 (4) DS2(2) DC3 gestating
Freak - DD 4.4 & DS 2.10
Words - DS 8 DD 6
Spacehoppa - DD 3.5
ImASlattern - DS1 8.7, DS2 5.1, DS3 3.4

ali will post recipe later, feeding atm

WOW JKS well done, it must be a lot of hard work, I am sure he will catch up, maybe new babe will help.
Got to whizz off now.
List
account woman coming
hair cut
client visit first thing
washing
dishy
kitchen
print stuff
prep stuff
household filing -got box out
accounts NOPE
go for a walk NOPE
gardne tidy YEY
reboil jam NOPE
write up feedback sheets
shopping done

List later, am currently hooked into the BBC coverage of the Chilean mine rescue.

Have cried at least 5 times!! It is unbelievable stuff....

Even took DC to school for early play, as we were all up and I just wanted to drop them and get home to watch more

PS GOOD MORNING!

ImASlattern - that's not good, i slept badly, no real reason, infuriating really.

Yes we do think that the baby will help (not why we're having it obv), as it develops and catches up with DS2 it may encourage him to do more and stay ahead :)

I'm hooked on the Chilean miners too, amazing stuff. And to think that we on the other side of the world are seeing stuff that the relatives right there can't see, weird.

Left from Sun:

• ironing & put away

Wed:

• fridge repair man coming at some point...
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• kitchen tidied & dw on DONE
• all dressed DONE (sort of)
• DS1 to sch DONE
• N taking DS2 to pre-sch Doing

Next:

• going to have a bath then get dressed properly (just threw clothes on to get DS1 to school)
• me to town for H&M top return & maybe even some Christmas bits! & a tea & cake
• lunch & tidy up
• jobs?
• collect DS1
• chill out time/garden time
• tea x 3 (fish fingers!) & tidy up
• boys bath & bed
• my tv & early night

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?/Wilkinsons?)
• eBay pile; photos; list
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too)
• poss town to return/exchange H&M cardigan that's coming apart; need to find receipt

AnonBird - DS 6.1 and DD 5 minus 2 weeks...
Alice - DD 2.11yrs and DS nearly 8wks
Ali - DS is 2.3, DC2 still gestating
Plum - dd1 (9.5), ds(7) & dd2 (4 in a couple of weeks)
Mini - DD1,37, DD2,34 and DS1 34 and DGS1 is4 and DGD is 1
Wasting - DS 2.5
HMHB - DS 4 DD 1
JKS - DS1 (4) DS2(2) DC3 gestating
Freak - DD 4.4 & DS 2.10
Words - DS 8 DD 6
Spacehoppa - DD 3.5
ImASlattern - DS1 8.7, DS2 5.1, DS3 3.4

TODAY

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC?s to school DONE
• SIgn up for parents evening DONE
• general tidy, make beds etc
• Playroom sort out
• Two wash loads
• DW run
• Pick bramleys; make apple pudding.
• Excess bedding and summer clothes into vacuum bags
• Chickens
• Walk dog
• Reading with DS (plus spellings) and DD
• Dig up yet more spuds
• Meal plan next two weeks - Recipe hunt
• SIL and DN's for tea

Guess who is the eejit who turned up to parent's eve a week early??

However it did mean that I was able to come home and discover H nosing around in my bedroom

Morning!

Yes, no gestating here atm.

There's quite a few of us one the thread atm aren't there?

Imaslattern, I do not envy you that start to the day!

• up etc. done
• breakfast done
• dry pots
• put washing in
• hoover upstairs
• CD copying
• lunch
• playgroup
• Aldi
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed

Freak! I hope you tore him off a strip?

Any tips for dealing with a vomiting toddler? DS has been sick 3 times already today. My bed is stripped and airing, the sofa has been christened. The washing machine is on and the bath is full of more stuff waiting to go in.
He won't drink anything but wants to eat and keeps crying :(:(:(:(

Ali I was fuming.

Poor ds (and you).

Try to get him to have small sips of water/dilute juice.

If he wants food small amounts of dry toast are ok. Also bananas to replace potassium. (just like for us). If he is anything like my ds he will try to gorge himself and then sick it all up again so really try to restrict him, give him a soldier at a time and let it settle before giving anything else. Apparently ready salted crisps are good too.

Cover floor with towels/waterproof bedmats and have a bucket ready to dive in and catch sick.

Oh and I always worried about calpol on empty stomach but dr told me it's ok and can help encourage them to drink if they have a pain that's stopping them.

Also make sure you look after yourself, I get really tense when mine are poorly andd find it hard to eat etc.

Freak I've done that before, it is embarassing isn't it. Though I don't envy you coming home to find your ex rummaging around your things.

Ali I second what Freak says. Also can you get some icepops or make your own? Children quite often like sucking them if they are not drinking.

Children up, breakfast, showers, dressed, lunch boxes made, off to school done
DC3 to nursery
Dishwasher on and emptied also done some washing up,
washing machine 2 wash in and 2 out just got 1 thing to put through a jumper wash and that is me all caught up again.
Sort out the 2 boxes that are on the kitchen floor
Wipe surfaces
Start clearing the centre work surface

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt
Make appt. for smear eeek! Rang and needs to be done at a certain time of the month.
Make Dr's appt.

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

Freak - & for you, that's outrageous!! Maybe put a lock on for anytime in the future he might be in the house without you? I couldn't bear it.

Ali - lots of good advice from Freak there. definitely little and often, if one bit stays down, allow him some more.
Nothing but butter on the toast/bread either to start with.
anything salty really to replace body salts. crisps can be good as you can suck on them til they're soggy if your throat is sore (from being sick).

Abandoned town plan for today, meant to be getting on with eBay pile but got a letter from GOSH that's got me thinking. Calls the 'dodgy bit' in DS2's brain a tumour which has thrown me somewhat. A benign, non-spreading, non-chemo, kind of tumour but still....

Left from Sun:

• ironing & put away

Wed:

• fridge repair man coming at some point...
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• kitchen tidied & dw on DONE
• all dressed DONE (sort of)
• DS1 to sch DONE
• N taking DS2 to pre-sch Doing
• going to have a bath then get dressed properly DONE

• me to town for H&M top return & maybe even some Christmas bits! & a tea & cake
• lunch & tidy up
• jobs?
• collect DS1
• chill out time/garden time
• tea x 3 (fish fingers!) & tidy up
• boys bath & bed
• my tv & early night

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?/Wilkinsons?)
• eBay pile; photos; list
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too)
• poss town to return/exchange H&M cardigan that's coming apart; need to find receipt

Freaki - am seriously at you discovering that. What did he have to say for himself?

Ali can only support what the others said. There has been a sick bug going round school here, DS had it badly earlier in the year, and it is no fun.

JKS - I can see why that has rattled you - you poor thing. But the news is still GOOD, hopefully? and the use of the word as a medical term, don't let it get you down if you can help it. Is there anyone you can call for clarification, or simply to talk it over with?? To help put your mind at rest?

Still glued to the BBC (with my box of tissues) getting jobs done in the times between the capsule coming out of the ground.

Seriously blotchy cheeks!

TODAY

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC?s to school DONE
• SIgn up for parents evening DONE
• general tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Playroom sort out
• Two wash loads ONE DONE
• DW run
• Pick bramleys DONE; make apple pudding.
• Excess bedding and summer clothes into vacuum bags
• Chickens DONE
• Walk dog
• Reading with DS (plus spellings) and DD
• Dig up yet more spuds
• Meal plan next two weeks - Recipe hunt
• SIL and DN's for tea - make burgers and wedges

JKS I'm not surprised that's thrown you, think I'd be bawling. It's the terminology that's scary isn't it. Prob won't make you feel any better at all because a)I'm an adult and b) not my brain but I have had a tumour removed from my shoulder and it's all fine although themsing the word tumour terrified me.

I'maslattern H was bloody lucky I was embarrassed about having got the wrong day or I'd have really lost it with him.

JKS - I can see why that's thrown you, didn't they use that terminology at all while he was being treated? Can you give them a ring just to reassure yourself - or maybe just ring your GP for a chat?

Thank you for all the advice :) I tried him with a bit of banana which stayed down so he's had about 2 thirds of a banana and a little piece of bread about 10 minutes ago which is staying put so far. He's also had some water.
If I didn't have a stonking headache then we would be alright I think!

Ali - have some paracetamol, i've had to rely on it when i've had really bad headaches this pg.

They have never mentioned this terminology before, perhaps the pathology/testing of the stuff has only just come in, i will ring the consultant's sec later to leave a message saying i'd like to discuss it, feel it is bad form to just let us know some results by accident almost in a letter, grr.

Anon - ditto re news coverage!
But i have also been good with starting eBay process too.

Left from Sun:

• ironing & put away

Wed:

• fridge repair man coming at some point...Not heard anything
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• kitchen tidied & dw on DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• N taking DS2 to pre-sch DONE
• going to have a bath then get dressed properly DONE
• me to town for H&M top return & maybe even some Christmas bits! & a tea & cake tomorrow maybe

• lunch & tidy up
• jobs; new baby card for parents in DS1's class
• collect DS1 (take card? maybe tomorrow if DS1 wants to help! remember £5 for present donation)
• chill out time/garden time
• tea x 3 (fish fingers!) & tidy up
• boys bath & bed
• my tv & early night

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?/Wilkinsons?)
• eBay pile sort DONE; photos DONE; weight stuff i will post; upload photos; list
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too)
• town to return/exchange H&M cardigan that's coming apart; need to find receipt

My god Freak. What is going on with him ( as if we don't know)that is so out of order.
JKS I hope you get to talk to consultant and get some reassurance.
Back to Chile and the tissues girls.
PLUM meant to say HMHB not twin but her Band S are. Is that Irish twins? I have been asked many times are they identical?
List
account woman coming A bit doom
hair cut done
client visit first thingdone
washing
dishydone
kitchen
print stuff
prep stuff
household filing -got box out
accounts NOPE
go for a walk NOPE
gardne tidy, more to do
plant garlic
reboil jam NOPE
write up feedback sheets
shopping done

All this sobbing has given me a headache now!!

My kitchen/playroom and breakfast area are SPOTLESS as I haven't left the room all morning! Toys away, even the "area of doom" (love that phrase) of the colouring boxes have new organised life breathed into them.

Anon - i am totally the same, such a weepy wuss

Mini - i believe "Irish twins" refers to 2 children born within 12 months/same calendar year. As you hadn't said you had twins, guess we were wondering if you'd had 2 & 3 really close together.

Right must weigh pile of stuff for ebay - figure i can do that in front of the tv