Spooky Slatterns are Ghosting through our Lists!

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

New thread ladies

Just going to put DS to bed and then I'll be back with my list.

JKS I would love to, but they get on really well with PILs (to the point of email and phone contact) and they've arranged to do a Thanksgiving dinner for us. I usually do a big Thanksgiving dinner for about 15 friends every year, including them, and it was announced to me a few weeks ago that they would do Thanksgiving for DH and I and PILS (grumpy cow emoticon). Which is very kind etc but I was annoyed at being told, not asked, and they're certainly not my closest friends or anything either.

I'm really not this horrible/ungrateful a person usually, honest

Right, enough complaining, frantic housework time to help things along with LO.

Hope everyone else is having a more productive day!

Have just got a very strange and worrying letter through from the council showing that I am not entitled to housing benefit Have phoned them and the lady had no idea why I got it because the system was showing nothing had changed and I would get my next payment as usual. Hopefully that is so but still worrying why I got the letter showing 'Benefit payable £0.00'

Can't wait til I don't need to rely on that anymore!

Just had a productive 20 minutes since I got back from nursery run

DONE

School run
Unloaded dishwasher
Re-load dishwasher
Lunch
Pick DS3 up from nursery
Email re Sunday School Rehearsal & Hymns
Email re clip for Leapfrog

IN PROGRESS

Washing
Drying

TO DO

Drying
Ironing

Online shop
Toddlers
Pick DS2 up from school (later today because of after school club)
Watch last night's Apprentice on I-player
Dinner
Choir practice
Type out (and print) words for choir practice
Put clothes away
Change boys sheets
Wipe worktops down
Speak to exH about Sunday School Rehearsal
Ring JC about Midnight Mass
Wash grill pan

ON GOING

Sort church laptop

Blimey that email re the clip for Leapfrog was scary - we found a fabulous animated song about the first night of Christmas and woud LOVE to use it in our afterschool service at church. I found the blokes website, along with an email address and have written to ask if we could use it for the service.

Freak probably just a cock up on their part

Need to get going, you know it is bad when cbeebies start repeating the day's programmes

Got to do horses now, it is too cold and all my decent winter gear is all too small for me atm.

DONE
Everyone up
Have shower and wash hair
Get dressed
Feed and change F
Breakfast for everyone
DH park my car
DH mpty recycling bin
Empty dishy
Put washload on
F fall asleep on me - helpful!
Dry washload
Second load of washing on
Lunch
Write shopping list (about to do)

TO DO
Horses
Waitrose
Take some toys upstairs
Clean kitchen - sides, hob and cupboard fronts
Sweep kitchen floor
Tidy hall
Tidy dining room
Friend round about 4.30pm
Cook dinner that her kids will either cry because they don't like it or ask for extra helpings x5
DD and DS bed
Clear up after children have trashed the house

[miserable bugger]

Back from the gym and just had a nice lunch.

Ali the cricket was indeed disappointing. Slightly surreal here because one of DH's friends "watched" it with us from San Diago - no coverage there so he rang us on skype and we put the laptop in front of the tv for him. V odd!!

Never been on pets section, but sounds alarming so note made to stay away (if we ever get a pet that is).

TO DO THURSDAY
check money done
start defrosting sausages done
check emails done
take DS's packed lunch to nursery done
go to the gym 5k run done
make counselling appointment
email big boss to fix time to discuss new role done still scared
make sausage casserole for tea done
put on washing done

STILL TO DO
measure myself so that I can look out for signs of improvement from running/shred
put away washing
wrap up some christmas presents
packing list for weekend/DS's hospital stay
speak to mum about weekend
wrap present for children's party at weekend
ring doctor to check appointment time for Friday
speak to chemist about DS's repeat presecription

CHRISTMAS
Wrap presents STARTED
Christmas card list
Finish list of presents
Order last presents on line
Meal plan for entertaining between Xmas and New Year DONE
Shopping list for entertaining
Decide which presents to give DS and which to save for birthday

Pram DONE! With no need for help from instructional DVD

Alice sending you virtual help with your horses - miss the physical exertion of mucking out etc. With horses, who needs gym membership?

Comtessa - what pram did you get? I have my eye on a new one out next year, totally unnecessary but still....

Freak - admin cock-up almost certainly, still i hope the cock-up doesn't get as far as the finance dept!! keep a close eye on what happens.

Thurs:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch/DH to work DONE
• DS2 to pre-sch DONE
• meet friends for tea & croissant DONE
• Matalan/Primark for Christmas concert bits for DS1 (long sleeve white t-shirt & long white trousers) & batteries & nappies!! DONE
• check spare room is ready DONE
• sort out shopping DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• wrap any new presents & put away DONE
• PIL arriving at some point on way

• collect DS1 (with PIL - maybe)
• get DS1 to try on white clothes i've bought for his snowman outfit
• leave boys with PIL for scan (15.40)
• tea x 6 (what? lasagne maybe)
• boys to bed
• chilled evening hopefully

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS patients; have looked up some to ring
• Photos: a) move all photos from DH's PC onto time capsule, b) upload photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door; need to email seller about sizes (got measurements); Pole up
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• set up Time Capsule with DH's laptop (this weekend)
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2; Got Basket
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too; Started)
• DS2's new DLA forms; ask on MN, get HV to help, questions for friend with NT 3yr old, etc.
• photos of bits for eBay; Take Photos DONE; Prices from RM DONE; Upload Photos Done Some; list on eBay
• DS2 Statement forms; Need DH to sign

JKS Bugaboo cameleon . It's expensive but way sturdier looking than some and nicely compact - not a three-wheeler. Also, should be the only thing we need as it converts to a pushchair. The thing I really liked about it (and was duly approved by my mum - child speech therapist) is that both the pram and the buggy can face either way. Apparently buggy facing mum is good for development, and of course means that LO isn't facing traffic etc at roads. Probably not a big deal, but couldn't see any others which had the dual-facing option.

Comtessa, I had a bugaboo frog and now have a bee for the same reason - I loved the rear facing option so I could chat to my DCs while we were out and about. IMO both were worth the money.

Purple - get off the laptop, only one hour left till school pick up.

Soft play and lunch a success, hurrah. DS now exhausted and fast asleep so I have some time to myself.

Comtessa - we have a cameleon and it has been worth every penny. I am the only person I know (besides other cameleon owners) who are still using their original pram/buggy. Everyone else has bought at least one other.
The dual facing is brilliant, DS and I walk along chatting to each other and he isn't thrust out into the traffic.
It needs a good clean and a couple of screws tightening before DC2 comes, but it is basically good as new even after 2.5 years use.

Freak - argh, hope it is just a random letter and that they don't stop your payments! Yes, you can add nice willy to the list - v.important

Some of those pets threads are hysterical. Dogs first, humans second - er, no!

Alice - Cbeebies came around for the second time for us yesterday, so we switched to a Peppa DVD DS has watched no TV at all today though to compensate

DONE
Breakfast
Get showered and dressed
Get DS dressed
DH to work
Pack a bag and get out of the house by 10.50
Soft play
Lunch out
DS nap
Tidy upstairs

TO DO
Tackle kitchen that I am currently ignoring
-unload dishwasher
-reload
-wipe sides
-sweep floor
Get meatballs out of the freezer for tea
Meal plan for next week
Ocado order
Nap maybe?
DH home at some point

Ali I agree about how well the bugaboo lasted. I only changed mine because I needed a new pram for DS. DH was not happy but gave in. That said, we have been up to London on the train loads with DS for his hospital appointments and the smaller bee was great for fitting inside the train and on buses/in cabs etc. Still love it. If I had another DC (unlikely I think I would definitely want another one, but now we live in the country I think DH would want something more rugged.

THURSDAY
check money done
start defrosting sausages done
check emails done
take DS's packed lunch to nursery done
go to the gym 5k run done
make counselling appointment lost number
email big boss to fix time to discuss new role done no reply [anger]
make sausage casserole for tea done
put on washing done done
measure myself so that I can look out for signs of improvement from running/shred done am horrified
put away washing done
speak to mum about weekend done

STILL TO DO
wrap up some christmas presents
packing list for weekend/DS's hospital stay
wrap present for children's party at weekend
ring doctor to check appointment time for Friday
speak to chemist about DS's repeat prescription

CHRISTMAS
Wrap presents STARTED
Christmas card list
Finish list of presents
Order last presents on line
Meal plan for entertaining between Xmas and New Year DONE
Shopping list for entertaining
Decide which presents to give DS and which to save for birthday

Sounds interesting, i will look up the chameleon in a bit.

I love the rear-facing option, in fact have changed from my Maclaren to my 3-in-1 M&P thing we were given years ago so DS2 can see me when we walk along so we can talk more.

I fancy the Recaro Zen which isn't out til Jan and is mega-bucks! Still working on DH....

Scan went well, but baby is breech - as DS2 was. better blooming well turn the b*gger!

Thurs:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch/DH to work DONE
• DS2 to pre-sch DONE
• meet friends for tea & croissant DONE
• Matalan/Primark for Christmas concert bits for DS1 (long sleeve white t-shirt & long white trousers) & batteries & nappies!! DONE
• check spare room is ready DONE
• sort out shopping DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• wrap any new presents & put away DONE
• PIL arriving DONE
• collect DS1 (with MIL) DONE
• get DS1 to try on white clothes i've bought for his snowman outfit DONE (MIL going to take up the t-shirt as too long)
• leave boys with PIL for scan (15.40) DONE
• tea x 2 DH & MIL Doing

• boys to bed
• cottage pie (brought up by MIL :) )
• chilled evening hopefully

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS patients; have looked up some to ring
• Photos: a) move all photos from DH's PC onto time capsule, b) upload photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door; need to email seller about sizes (got measurements); Pole up
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• set up Time Capsule with DH's laptop (this weekend)
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2; Got Basket
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too; Started)
• DS2's new DLA forms; ask on MN, get HV to help, questions for friend with NT 3yr old, etc.
• photos of bits for eBay; Take Photos DONE; Prices from RM DONE; Upload Photos Done Some; list on eBay
• DS2 Statement forms; Need DH to sign

Here you are JustKeep - not sure if there are better prices than John Lewis but JL were great with ordering and delivery.

Comtessa - i do like the look of that, then DH reminded me that he always liked that one in the shop, but i found it a bit heavy to push (mind you 5yrs ago now so prob a bit different!).

there is a video of the one i want here hopefully. Think DH is coming round

Have not achieved much today!
Will be back tomorrow.......

Hello ladies. Can't really read the thread on my iPhone and feel like I am missing out! gather tho that Comtessas baby hasn't arrived.....

Anyway, we are very settled in our very cost and comfy rental, I love the bungalow vno stairs and such a practical layout compared to our higgledy cottage! Speaking of which, it is barely recognisable.... builders not wasting any time.

Hope to have broadband by tomorrow. Have been listmaking like theres no tomorrow! Just using pen and paper.

Hope to be back properly tomorrow.

Anon xxx

cosy bungalow.

Typing on this thing is a challenge!

DONE

School run
Unloaded dishwasher x 2
Re-load dishwasher x 2
Lunch
Pick DS3 up from nursery
Email re Sunday School Rehearsal & Hymns
Email re clip for Leapfrog
Toddlers
Pick DS2 up from school (later today because of after school club)
Dinner
Wash Grill Pan
Wipe Worktops Down

IN PROGRESS

Washing
Drying

TO DO

Ironing
Online shop
Watch last night's Apprentice on I-player
Choir practice
Type out (and print) words for choir practice
Put clothes away
Change boys sheets
Speak to exH about Sunday School Rehearsal
Ring JC about Midnight Mass

ON GOING

Sort church laptop

As it turned out, have been having contractions all day with terrible backache, so staying home this evening. Am in total hibernation mode. Hoping this is the start of something but after last week's lengthy preliminaries I'm not holding my breath.

Thursday
Up, shower, dress done
Hoover
Final pie-making extravaganza for Saturday afternoon done
Clear bedroom in progress
Dismantle clothes rail and take up to spare room emptied, not yet dismantled
More baby clothes washing (3 - 6 months range, just to be on the safe side)
Parcel up maternity clothes to send to N
Parcel up baby clothes to send to N, A and F (LO not even here yet but have been given so many second-hand ones as well as new ones)
Pram done
Washing up done
Make lasagne doing
Repack hospital bag done
Bath - soon!

Think I need a longer-term list too.

Other
Read new determination RT
Sort out spare room for when mum comes to stay
Sort out sponsorship forms
Do work on website - call helpdesk re. online ordering and private albums
Write items for church website and email to vicar to be signed off
Wrap presents and work out what else needs getting

Ooh Comtessa, go and have that bath and see what happens :) and well done for getting out of dinner, lol! is your Dh & PIL still going?

Thurs:

• tea x 2 DH & MIL DONE
• boys to bed DONE

• cottage pie (brought up by MIL )
• chilled evening hopefully

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS patients; have looked up some to ring
• Photos: a) move all photos from DH's PC onto time capsule, b) upload photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door; need to email seller about sizes (got measurements); Pole up
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• set up Time Capsule with DH's laptop (this weekend)
• make up basket of toys & pictures for DS2; Got Basket
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too; Started)
• DS2's new DLA forms; ask on MN, get HV to help, questions for friend with NT 3yr old, etc.
• photos of bits for eBay; Take Photos DONE; Prices from RM DONE; Upload Photos Done Some; list on eBay
• DS2 Statement forms; Need DH to sign

Comtessa - that sounds promising, more your state of mind than anything else - you need to go and find a cave! Good luck, will be thinking of you! :)

Hi anon - 'see' you tomorrow!

JKS - I always think your MIL sounds brilliant and useful My baby is breech also, but I could tell that anyway because of being kicked in the bladder....

Evening! Got sucked into a silly thread, but still managed to get stuff done!

I really want a Bee, they look yummy. If/when, I'd love one, but as I've got a perfectly good Emmaljunga 2-in-1 and a serviceable Silver Cross Pop, that might be a bit extravagant.
Not that I'm going to get pg anytime soon, Dh away til next Sat at earliest, then I'll no doubt get another 3 week visit from AF!

• lunch 8done*
• laundry carnival - the airers are bare, let the washing piles beware! progressing
• get cracking with the cd copying again. (needs to be done) started
• DS to have a crafty afternoon! some

+ a bit of knitting done + tea done + wash pots done + bath and bed done

Next - internet and knitting!

Where is Plum? No post from her for a while? Hope you're ok Plum and not stressing out too much about your Dad xxx

Thanks JKS and Ali. Really hoping this is it and have been doing things like making lasagnes for freezer and sorting out our bedroom etc etc so a real nesting day without having planned to do so. Had a strong contraction while in the bath, so off to bed now to see if I can get some sleep in case this is the real thing ( at having hijacked slatterns thread and turned it into antenatal thread - as you were)
DH was out for post-work birthday drinks for a mutual friend - on my insistence and he's just called to say he'd heading home now. Have really just wanted to be alone all day so that was fine.

Ooh all sounds promising Comtessa Fingers crossed for baby arrival!