Fly Duvet or A/L week.... Mon 18th October

[Nuttybear]

Okay, didn't know that you lot have decided to stay in bed or flown away for the winter.
But I still have a list to make so even if i'm here all week by myself i'm going to carry on! [hblush]
here is the Mission which I will do today as it needs doing! Right off to make the link [hsmile]

It's late I'm tired but the house is a tip!
I just have to get somethings done to make the rest of the week possible!
Tidy Kitchen
brush & wash floor
Fold clean clothes away
1 load of washing
Cheque to pay for DS's photos
Make plans for my week off work so I can make Christmas go more smoothly! Yippe!

Hope someone will pop on the thread soon! [hsad]

Tidy Kitchen done
brush & wash floor done
Fold clean clothes away done
Bugger the photos Load of washing! I'm tired now! Going to watch T.V with some Coco [hsmile]

Hi Nutty [hgrin]

Who knows where everyone is?! I poppped on on Monday but no one had started a thread and I didn't have much time, then I forgot yesterday! Hope all are well

We are all fine here. List for today:

Toy shopping
moses basket mattress shopping
bit of Xmas shopping
clean kitchen
what's for tea
night out for mum's birthday (eek at somewhere very expensive, seemed like a good idea at the time!)

BBL

hello all, did abscond to fledglings yest as my list wasn't very inspirational and entirely composed of complaints

TODAY
bad start - two kids in bed at 7.am dh in very grumpy mood
last night did not clear kitchen before going to bed as dh insisted I went upstairs at 9.30 (then we had a row so it would have been better to shine sink really

children in good mood though
and ds1 finally showing some interest in research and was typing out some project on a rap star

house complete tip after yesterday's paperwork blitz

done
dropped off two applications two more to go
made batch of scones
fried some aubergines for peperonata/pasta sauce
made leek and potato soup
cooked two delicious dishes yest (casserole for kids today and yest, and stuffed mushrooms for dh's separate meal yest
washing on
washing drying

need to do
recycling
more applications drop off
book aeroplane tickets for halfterm [aargh - so many problems with dates that have to keep waiting to decide whether to go or not]
rescue bedrooms - complete mess every one of them
sweep floor

wendy You are nearing the finish line and very organised. Dance display sounded charming.

Oh yes, and Eire great, parents a bit doddery/bossy [strange combo] fantastic scenery, and it is truly odd not to have to worry about kids'meals, laundry and travel arrangements for 48 hours. In balance nicer to have kids with me but I did feel FREE! But what was sweet was how their little (or not so little) faces lit up when I picked them up from school on Monday.

done
dropped off another application to Hounslow (far away) and put on wrong bus on way back
recycling
booked aeroplane tickets to eire for 27th-30th (dd orthodontic appt is bang in middle of half term so so annoying but won't get another for months so)
made flapjacks and choc cake to cheer up dh!
bought some dw tablets/bread

not done any cleaning except laundry
washing up mountain

now piano practice and lesson
then Beavers, Brownies (special event)
supper is last night's and soup.

N>B[ahem]. Washing up mountain notdone

yippee dh has just rung from hospital for results of biopsy to say he hasn't got pr. cancer! In fact the consultant said he was a medical mystery So another blood test in 5 months but happiness for five months at least
so relieved for dh.

still have to do washing up though..

Swan great news and a load off your mind. You can now enjoy the up & coming parties and Christmas. Kisses to you and yours [hsmile]
Must dash have a kid to take to Gymnastics and out tonight with a friend who might be losing her job! [hsad]

poor friend
Thanks nutty

Madmen now! hope you're recording it

Hi, nutty/swan/wendy

I haven't left you, just busy.

I am marking my place to come back first thing. I have two days to get the house in order, then the weekend at my parents while dp pulls down the kitchen ceiling.....

and on Monday, I am getting a BRASND NEW combi boiler fitted, after 10 months with no hot water

Congrats on dps good news, swan. A huge relief for you both

Morning SWAN JAS & WENDY BURRR! Cold this morning, frost. I have found Ds's hat gloves and scarve and we are off to school. How long do you think it will take him to lose them?! [hsmile]

Morning

First job of the day is to go up into the loft and see if I can find any gloves and hats. We have two pairs of gloves and one hat at the moment between five of us!

I'm buying a bale of black gloves/hats today pink gloves seem to dominate here, ds2 went to school yest with one small pink and one small cream glove which he had found for himself

lots of errands
feeling ill today [not alcohol!), have taken pills and coffee, very late evening yest with Brownie 100 year celebration, spiders making in Beavers, and Madmen.
House still a total mess, will try and focus on steady rescuing, and then clean tomorrow for halfterm.

nearly at end of long SS application haul..making final online choice today. It is amazing how one's opinions change over the two months of visiting - in the end it's just a case of..I'm fed up, that school will be fine...go for it...and if he doesn't get in there, the second school will be fine too...and the third too...so ha!!!

Dh in good mood, not surprisingly, but has to be kicked to remind him that he is not allowed to be GRUMPY and DOWNBEAT for at least five months

I have the loft bag of "winterwear" but it seems to be lacking anything schooly.

no hot water for 10 months! Did you have an immersion?
I remember watching that play called Steaming by Nell Dunn(sp)and realising that in the old days people used the Public Swimming Baths for hot water washing as well as swimming, when they had no bathrooms. It was a v. important civic amenity.
They are trying to close ours down Edwardian.

rambling! must go!

Hello to all. Sorry that I'm so irregular with my posts. I used to pop onto MN with I was having a cup of tea and then I got into playing chess on the PC and now I'm addicted to playing patience on the PC.

swan Excellent news! I'm very pleased for you.

Jas I can tell that you're really looking forward to the new boiler and the prospect of hot water on tap soon!

Nuttybear Thanks for the thread.

Hi Wendy.

I'm going to sign off and get cracking. It's 9.30am and I'm not even dressed! This time yeseterday I'd breakfasted, dressed, taken the car to the garage for 8.30 and walked the dog the 2 miles home! Not good news on the car front. It's old and the parts we need for it to pass the MOT will be around £500. I've taken books out of the library to help me with teaching ds to drive. I'd better start reading them as he'll be 17 in a fortnight. Yikes.

Simply you are a kind mother preparing ds to drive. My brother learnt in a field when he was 14 (by stealth) but I was considered to be too inept for lessons at 17, and it took 15 years to pass from age of 22.

Sorry, sorry, erm...the cat ate my homework !

Fabulous news swan .

Db and dsil are coming to stay on Saturday and so I need to tidy. Ds2 was awake most of last night with teething so I'm on my knees this morning .

Blitz kitchen and clean floor done
Hoover and dust lounge done
Buy and fit new toilet seat (broken by my 3 year old messing about) done
Dust and hoover stairs and banisters
Dust and hoover children's bedrooms
Blitz our bedroom ready for guests (dsil is pg, so they've having our bed)
Pop to the supermarket for stuff
Wash towels
Wash school uniform
Wash nappies done
Declutter random piles of paper done
Phone decorator about kitchen
Wash car seat covers for dsil
Sort out baby stuff to give to dsil
Clean bathroom and downstairs loo

I'll stop now, as I'm depressing myself .

Morning again I've had a mince pie and tea and have now got out my Christmas Journal. Thank you Jas for your tips. Wallace & Gromit stamps will look great. (out 2nd Nov for everyone else) I can't beleive that I didn't write in what I finally got for a friends!or final receipes for Christmas Day. I've lost the photo of the table setting that looked fab! I promise to put down a few lines over the Christmas Hols to remember what worked and what did not!
So My two Christmas tasks for today will be find out which Panto we are going to go to and fix it with DH & friends this weekend.
2 Go around the house looking for Christmas wrapping paer & cards left over from last year! [hgrin]
We normally go to Winchester for the Christmas carols but the family we normally stay with are getting a divorce (Nothing to do with us honest (well! I don't think so!!!))
Would love to keep the tradition but we don't have anyone to babysit our boy for the evening bits & not sure about the cost of a hotel either.
Back in a mo with todays proper list

Arggghhh, Christmas

I have SO not started yet .

you're ahead fun if downstairs and loo seat done!

have printed out something
found parking vouchers to reapply for
changed printer ink again
really wrestling with the online scanning thingy, now going to deliver hard copy with printout of online application

paperwork in drawer is getting more and more horrendous - piles of statistics knocking up against paediatric physiotherapy knocking up against baptismal certs, open day invites - the gas man will be lucky if he gets anything at this rate.

going Out.

swan - No immersion either We've had various solutions, which do include me using the showers at the swimming pool once a week while the dds have their lessons.

I have hats, gloves and scarves

And the shed is tidied so I can move some of the stuff from the kitchen into it so the work men can have access on Monday.

proper list but an hour lost in MN world!
So here goes
e-mail to friend done
Beds made done
W/M empty and relaoded Dh's stinky PE kit done
Clothes on dryer done
Rubbish out done
To do
Collect DH's shoe inserts
Collect glasses (I can see!)
Buy white Polo shirts (ink on ds shirts not coming out!)
friend's birthday present
wrapping paper for birthdays
Thank you cards
Socks & bras for me
Kedgeree for tea
laters [hsmile]

Jas When I was a kid we didn't have hot water for 2 years (long story) I used to heat metal buckets on the stove and carry them at arms length to the bathroom to wash Brother Sister and me. The bottom of the bucket used to be red hot. I had beautiful arm muscles! I also nearly killed my dad when I tried to hit him on the head with a cast iron frying pan when he went to heat water for a shave! That's why I'm so good with prisoners for DV!

Hi all. Nice to see the thread populated again.

I'm shattered, went out for my mum's birthday last night, show and meal - didn't get to bed til after midnight . Result: everything aches - pelvis, bump, legs ... very tired!

Poor dd isn't having much success persuading me to play shops, I can barely move so have sat at computer instead - must rouse myself.

Been up to Mum's house this morning after visiting the florist. We are out AGAIN for tea with kids and my parents to celebrate her birthday.

See you tomorrow