Blessed are the ListMakers!!!

[anonymousbird]

Slatterns, you are beckoned!

Come hither from thither but do not dither!!

Morning, remember me?

I had written a post, with a list and explanation for my absence then bloody lost the bastarding thing

Anyway, we have all got a cold, F is a greedyguts that wants to feed a lot, and DD is being potty trained - busy!

How are you lovely ladies?

Welcome new slatterns

DONE
Everyone up
Get dressed
Make our bed
Tidy bathroom (going for the 'if you see it needs doing, do it now' approach today, see how we get on )
Everyone breakfast
Dishy on (again, was so loaded last night, it hasn't cleaned properly - it is that kind of day already)

DOING
Drink bucket of tea
Plonk DD down in front of telly with potty close by
Remind DD to use the potty

TO DO
Clear up breakfast stuff
Dry sheets i put in wash last night (can't hang out - raining)hang over banisters?
Put another washload on
Empty clean washing from the tumble
Make DD's bed
Make up DS cot with clean sheets (yet more washing....)
Give DD some medised (controversial i know, but it is the only thing that clears the snot and calms down her eczema when she has a cold)
Get DD dressed
Brush DD hair
Get DS changed, fed and dressed
Playgroup - don't worry, we haven't got flu, just the tail end of a cold
Lunch
Send some money off to frind for cards
Horses
Washing
Washing
Washing
Washing.....
Make Macaroni cheese for dinner
Ride with friend this evening? - Express some milk if i do
Dcs bath
DD bed
Watch last nights X-factor
Shower
DS, DH an i to bed

So far, 1 wee on the potty this morning, no accidents (yet!) We started on Tuesday last week and i think she is getting it now.

DONE
Everyone up
Get dressed
Make our bed
Tidy bathroom (going for the 'if you see it needs doing, do it now' approach today, see how we get on)
Empty upstairs bins
Everyone breakfast
Dishy on (again, was so loaded last night, it hasn't cleaned properly - it is that kind of day already)
Clear up breakfast stuff
Dry sheets i put in wash last night (can't hang out - raining)hang over banisters?
Put another washload on
Make DD's bed

DOING
Waiting for the last few mins of the tumble
Getting bag ready to go out

TO DO
Empty clean washing from the tumble
Make up DS cot with clean sheets (yet more washing....)
Give DD some medised (controversial i know, but it is the only thing that clears the snot and calms down her eczema when she has a cold)
Get DD dressed
Brush DD hair
Get DS changed, fed and dressed
Playgroup - don't worry, we haven't got flu, just the tail end of a cold
Lunch
Send some money off to friend for cards
Horses
Washing
Washing
Washing
Washing.....
Make Macaroni cheese for dinner
Ride with friend this evening? - Express some milk if i do
Dcs bath
DD bed
Watch last nights X-factor
Shower
DS, DH an i to bed

15 minute break

15 minutes to sit down and rest.

Short term
Dishwasher emptied and filled and on
washing machine emptied and hung up and next load on
Rubbish out and in bin, new bag out
ensuite cillit banged the sink and loo and scrubbed the soap scum, toothpaste etc. off. Picked up all the rubbish and toys and clothes off the floor, bought some down.
master bedroom
family bathroom
landing

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Ring Dr.'s ringing during break, engaged at the moment
Chase outpaitents appt. appt made
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt.
Pay 3
Pay Tesco
Sort out paperwork and payment for school trip
Allotment stuff

Long term
Find cable for printer
Print out baby photo's
Sort out dentists
Sort out health ins.
Sort out magazine sub. for DC1.

I bought a load of Cillit bang and bleach at the weekend as I knew that things were bad and I needed to use something to get things clean quickly. The things that are now clean I will go back to using stardrops on.

Mrnin'Alice, newbys 'n everyone.
I think plenty of rests are an essential in getting through list. Says she who has not posted a list for aaages.
Yesterday: did manage washing, garden cut back and bonfire. cook and eat roast dinner.

New List
Dishy
DH admin
supergroup
print course stuff
print stuff
tidy everywhere
hoover (Dh did a bit last week - I did not notice)
Plan food
take up new yoga pants
get ready for wknd away.
mat duvet pillow blanket clothes notebook
print pics for show. Ah that means:
buy paper

A two day slattern list I fancy-

washing
ironing
dusting
tidying
hoovering
clean hard floors
go to bank
present for husbands sister
budget
plant bulbs
tidy garden
pay bills
kitchen drawers
clean kitchen
clean bathroom
write blog
write chapter a day (book I'm writing)
theatre rehearsals-take props
ring doctor for appointment
tidy UCO wardrobe
normal chidcare-wash, dress, feed, to and from nursery
make apple pie
go to Sainsburys

Jealous of 'Im a slattern'-you have done loads and I have written a list

Morning!!!! The least productive weekend ever. After a very late night on Friday, DH and I did sweet FA pretty much for two days. Bed at 8.30 last night, asleep almost straight away.... All worth it though, got to meet none other than the really gorgeous (and hugely enormous) Steve Redgrave. Gosh, he is really rather majestic.

Anyway, snap out of it now, back to the real world.

Welcome to PurpleA and I'maslattern.

Today

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC?s to school DONE
• general tidy, make beds etc
• DW unload/unload
• Chickens
• Walk dog DONE by DH
• Two WM loads to run
• Dust and hoover downstairs
• Downstairs Bathroom
• Wear teeth whitening moulds for two hours
• Reading with DS (and now DD!)
• Dig up next row of spuds
• Second coat the shed painting

Break time again

Short term
Dishwasher emptied and filled and on
washing machine emptied and hung up and next load on
Rubbish out and in bin, new bag out
ensuite cillit banged the sink and loo and scrubbed the soap scum, toothpaste etc. off. Picked up all the rubbish and toys and clothes off the floor, bought some down.
master bedroom
family bathroom
landing Cleared the chair of clothes and put away. Started picking up jigsaw pieces, cards and dominoes etc. and putting in a box to be sorted

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Ring Dr.'s appt. booked for me and DC2 for tomorrow afternoon
Chase outpaitents appt. appt made
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt.
Pay 3
Pay Tesco
Sort out paperwork and payment for school trip
Allotment stuff

Long term
Find cable for printer
Print out baby photo's
Sort out dentists
Sort out health ins.
Sort out magazine sub. for DC1.

I won't be able to do the same everyday, I'm afraid. I have a child free (till 1pm), no school run, appointment free day today so I am making the most of it. Will be slowing down the rest of the week.

But I am hoping this will give me the impeteus to carry on even if I only manage an hour a day.

You're amazing Imaslattern.
I'll get off my arse now, I feel at your level of productivity!!!

PS. How do you bold all those words? Do you have to go word by word, or do you have a quicker way of doing it????

Break time again

Short term
Dishwasher emptied and filled and on and emptied. Now ready for things to be put straigh in.
washing machine emptied and hung up and next load on and out and next load in
Rubbish out and in bin, new bag out
ensuite cillit banged the sink and loo and scrubbed the soap scum, toothpaste etc. off. Picked up all the rubbish and toys and clothes off the floor, bought some down.
master bedroom
family bathroom
landing Cleared the chair of clothes and put away. Started picking up jigsaw pieces, cards and dominoes etc. and putting in a box to be sorted

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Ring Dr.'s appt.booked for me and DC2 for tomorrow afternoon
Chase outpaitents appt. appt made
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt.
Pay 3
Pay Tesco
Sort out paperwork and payment for school trip
Allotment stuff

Long term
Find cable for printer
Print out baby photo's
Sort out dentists
Sort out health ins.
Sort out magazine sub. for DC1.

Sorry about reposting my list again and again but it is keeping me going and motivated.

Anon, I just put a star at each end of the sentance. But they need redoing everytime I copy the list.

I am new here. Are these lists you people are writing your tasks for just one day [terrified] or ongoing for, say, a week? [slightly less terrified]. I am having a day off work, am usually out of the house 8-6.

So far today I have:
had a small row with DH about the 'f-king shit-tip' we have let the house get into (we are in the middle of a building project and have no kitchen.
cleared the table on which our temporary kitchenette sits in the living room.
put books into display cabinets which were piled on sofa
had toast.

TO DO
move massive pile of cushions from sofa to a cupboard in DS room
washing up
90 degree machine cleaning wash
short wash with stain remover
main wash
sheets and tablecloth wash (unlikely as have no TD, and it's a damp day)
meet Project Manager at 1215.
be in for oven delivery 1200-1600
wipe/wet-dust surfaces in living room
bring in garden table as second 'kitchen' surface in living room. clean it.
hoover
Plant bulbs
put canes for horticultural fleece around brassica/onion bed.
Make up new kitchen base cabinet for builders to install sink in (19 stone plasterer fell on the old one so it is bent in two and very wobbly. doing the washing up is like working in an earthquake.)
collect baby from nursery at 1730.
cook something (god knows what)
baby bath and bed
make our bed
have a calming shower
drink wine.

is that the right sort of list for this topic?

Hi Lexi!
Your list can be whatever you want it to be. I have a "today/tomorrow" type list and an "ongoing" ie. stuff to do in the next days/weeks that is less urgent, but I need constantly reminding of!!!

Welcome, and good luck.

PS. I am about to embark on a big build - can't live in though, I don't think, though as cannot currently find somewhere to rent, I might have no choice! How is it going? How long are you without a kitchen for example?

aw thanks for the welcome!

we have a house extensions support thread over in the property section - loads of tips from selecting architects to choosing splashbacks. come and ask anything.

I've been sans kitchen for two weeks and the new units will arrive on Oct 15th. but as we want a granite worktop it will take at least a week after the units are in, probably two, as they have to make a template and then cut the pieces and come back for fitting.

ok, I have started the maintenance wash and brought in a table. 20 mins till builder bloke arrives.

Break time again

Short term
Dishwasher emptied and filled and on and emptied. Now ready for things to be put straigh in.
washing machine emptied and hung up and next load on and out and next load in
Rubbish out and in bin, new bag out
ensuite cillit banged the sink and loo and scrubbed the soap scum, toothpaste etc. off. Picked up all the rubbish and toys and clothes off the floor, bought some down.
master bedroom was going to tackle the floor but I had to go into the airing cupboard to switch something and loads fell out so decided to tackle that. Found tons of bedding, clothes, tableclothes, curtains and assorted junk in boxes that were shoved in there and forgotten when we moved in 2 years ago. Some have joined the washing pile, some recycle, some church fete. There is one humungeous box left in there now to sort
family bathroom
landing Cleared the chair of clothes and put away. Started picking up jigsaw pieces, cards and dominoes etc. and putting in a box to be sorted

Medium term
Re-do budget sheets
Ring Dr.'s appt.booked for me and DC2 for tomorrow afternoon
Chase outpaitents appt. appt made
Sort swimming lessons
Opticians appt.
Pay 3
Pay Tesco
Sort out paperwork and payment for school trip
Allotment stuff

Long term
Find cable for printer
Print out baby photo's
Sort out dentists
Sort out health ins.
Sort out magazine sub. for DC1.

Hi Lexi and welcome from another newbie, my first day today as well.

Hello & respect Lexi :)

Alice - hallooo!!

Left frmo Sun:

• Laundry; finish washing & drying DONE
• ironing & put away DONE
• toy tidy Some Done/Don't know why i bothered!

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed (DS1 in PE kit) DONE
• DS1 to school DH DONE
• decide who can have which bits from Freecyle (hate this bit) DONE (Some collected already :) )
• new car seat for DS1 coming DONE
• experiment with seats DONE

• Monday job attack
• finish leftover weekend jobs DONE
• lunch & tidy up
• no nap
• collect DS1
• tea x 4 & tidy up (not sure of DH's timings)
• boys to bed
• my choice of tv i think!

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS patients; have looked up some to ring next 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
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star Arts & crafts area Started

• SHOWER; use Lakeland spray
• baby present for friend & arrange visit Emailed
• cheap picture frame; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?)
• make pile for eBay Started & Added To
• school uniform shop trip for winter bits & label them
• order/buy another cot duvet cover for DS2; Bidding on eBay

Hello again everyone. Lots of new people popping up, I hope we are all welcome.

I think I've done ok so far, lets see..

• get DCs to school/nursery done
• 4 hours' work (working from home) 2 hours so far
• book DS's consultant appointment
• book Dr's appointments for DH and me (sickly family) done
• fill in nursery bear's diary and return bear to nursery done
• make DS's packed lunch done
• defrost lamb stew for dinner done
• make sure DH has booked work holiday
• update diary for the week
• check school letters for upcoming dates
• change DS's bed done
• change our bed done

Also done the following:

• been to doctors
• tidied living room
• emptied dishwasher
• cleared away breakfast

So not too bad. On break from work (work at home) so checking in here and now I'm going to tackle some other things on the list.

What kind of day is everyone else having?

Crikey I think I started a virtual rampage of newbies !

My list:
Sort out dd's clarinet lesson and gym lessons
Ditto ds tennis lesson
Ditto ds football
Try to work out how to get money out of the cash machine (it refused me the other day and then reverted to Arabic)
Iron school shirts (ick)
Buy bed sheets THAT FIT
Make sure dd learns her ridiculously hard spellings (new school its a BIG learning curve)
Drop off curtain material at curtain makers
Water plants (leave it a day and they wither and die)
Sort out/return defective water cooler (it does not cool fgs)
Tidy/sort out bathroom (everything has been tipped into a cupboard straight from the suitcase.

I've sort of made a start (I'm 3 hrs ahead of GMT)

And to answer the question what sort of day am I having I walked straight into a glass window thinking it was the door in front of about 150 parents in the schools main reception (its a MAHOOSIVE school)
(I'd forgotten I had my sunglasses on and was distracted)

Oh well I guess thats all my non existant street cred and cool dissapeared in the 10 seconds I yelled shit and saw stars then legged it.

I now have a charming bruise and a headache (wine is not helping)

OMG Hello to all newbies you are all doing brilliant with your lists

I have been good today and already done quite abit

but need to
start sorting clothes for bag collection for school
ring MIL incase we are going out for FILs b'day
Then decide whats for dinner if not
bake cake for FIL (abit late now???)
Put away dry washing (I love haing a working tumble drier again!!)
wipe round bathroom
wipe round ensuite
any dirty dishes into dishy
packed lunches for tomorrow
wash & dry winter coat washed

ONGOING
cases into attic
curtains & pole up in dining room
order curtains for Lounge
buy new jeans for hen night
order cake stuff
Menu plan
Start thinking about Xmas
VAT return
desk of DOOM
Accounts to accountants

Oh dear wordsonasceen. Poor you. List not moving much this end

washing
ironing
dusting
tidying
hoovering
clean hard floors
go to bank
present for husbands sister
budget
plant bulbs
tidy garden
pay bills
kitchen drawers
clean kitchen
clean bathroom
write blog
write chapter a day (book I'm writing)
theatre rehearsals-take props
ring doctor for appointment
tidy UCO wardrobe
normal chidcare-wash, dress, feed, to and from nursery
make apple pie
go to Sainsburys

I'm glad to see this thread so busy. WAVES to everyone in encouragement

Hi everyone and welcome to new listmakers

No list yet but have been to supermarket, returned library book and done school run x 2. Have one load of washing on line but air is so damp it's not drying and have another load in machine. I'm going to have to put the heating on to dry it aren't I? Bugger. Haven't paid off last winter yet.

Erm also need to

Put away clothes in dc room
Hoover downstairs
Clean loo
Clean bathroom
Cook dinner
Do dd's reading with her
Tidy sitting room
And lots of other stuff to make my house look decent

Going to have to sort out a basic day to day list again at some point, but at the moment i am struggling to find the time to post let alone sort out an everyday list.

Potty training - 3 wees, 1 poo on the potty 0 accidents

DONE
Everyone up
Get dressed
Make our bed
Tidy bathroom (going for the 'if you see it needs doing, do it now' approach today, see how we get on)
Empty upstairs bins
Everyone breakfast
Dishy on (again, was so loaded last night, it hasn't cleaned properly - it is that kind of day already)
Clear up breakfast stuff
Dry sheets i put in wash last night (can't hang out - raining)hang over banisters?
Put another washload on
Make DD's bed
Get DD dressed
Brush DD hair
Get DS changed, fed and dressed
Playgroup
Empty clean washing from the tumble
Lunch

DOING
Having cuddles on sofa wth DS

TO DO
Make up DS cot with clean sheets (yet more washing....)
Send some money off to friend for cards
Horses
Washing
Washing
Washing
Washing.....
Make Macaroni cheese for dinner
Dcs bath
DD bed
Watch last nights X-factor
Shower
DS, DH an i to bed

Right my DC2 is home now so his homework is being done. DC1 and 3 home in about an hour. So things will slow down now. Will just potter and do odd jobs in between staving off world war three and homework.

Alice - well done to your DD :)

Words - sorry but that did make me chuckle, sorry! hope it doesn't hurt too much.

Prepare yourselves...i have sorted the art & craft area

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to school DH DONE
• decide who can have which bits from Freecyle (hate this bit) DONE 2 collected 2 collecting later
• new car seat for DS1 coming DONE
• experiment with seats DONE

• Monday job attack Done sort of
• finish leftover weekend jobs DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• no nap DONE

• collect DS1
• tea x 4 & tidy up (not sure of DH's timings)
• boys to bed
• my choice of tv i think!

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
• tackle Areas of Doom:

Kitchen: 2star Arts & crafts area DONE

• SHOWER; use Lakeland spray
• baby present for friend & arrange visit Emailed
• cheap picture frame; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?)
• make pile for eBay Started & Added To
• school uniform shop trip for winter bits & label them
• order/buy another cot duvet cover for DS2; Bidding on eBay

DONE
move massive pile of cushions from sofa to a cupboard in DS room
washing up
90 degree machine cleaning wash
short wash with stain remover
main wash 1 - on line
met project manager and came out with no extra to pay - yay!
took delivery of oven
brought in garden table and cleaned
had lunch

STILL TO DO
main wash 2 - on now
floor in DS room - had to pick my way when putting the cushions in there!
sheets and tablecloth wash (unlikely)
wipe/wet-dust surfaces in living room
hoover
Plant bulbs
put canes for horticultural fleece around brassica/onion bed.
Make up new kitchen base cabinet for builders to install sink in on Wed.
collect baby from nursery at 1730.
cook something (god knows what)
baby bath and bed
make our bed
have a calming shower
drink wine.