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[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

New thread ladies

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

JKS
they do, they do. The wild animals are everywhere. Either that or the cat holds soirees while we are out.

ROFL at cat holding soirees. Not sure what excuse we have no cat etc, maybe one of the neighbourhood cats has a spare key?

Today
Call re. boiler done
Call re. bed delivery (hopefully arriving on Thursday) done Delivery Thursday, phew! SO over the whole sleeping-on-mattress-on-floor
Washing up done
Washing done
Shower and dress done
Food shop making list now
Sort life insurance
Lunch done
Water plants
Tidy bedroom and organise clothes
Clean bathroom
Ignore baby bouncing up and down on my cervix
Plastic sheeting on sofa, just in case done

4pm Pedicure (essential, honest, as can no longer reach my feet)

Ongoing
Sort family room - take stuff upstairs so downstairs is clear for housewarming on Friday
Source incinerator/bin and wood for bonfire on Friday
Plan and buy food and drink for Friday
Buy broom and tidy back yard
Call OU re. law course
Call friend re. distance GDL
Plan Christmas food presents to make
Fill freezer for post-birth dinners, cakes and cookies

Well we have 2 and they do have mad stair-attacking sessions every now and then. Plus chasing their tails

Today:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• Parents to PO DONE
• kitchen tidied & dw on DONE
• next laundry load on DONE
• unload & reload dw DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• afternoon; go to town for a wander DONE

• dw again
• more laundry Lots Sorted & Folded
• ironing & put away
• tea x 5 (lasagne DH made yesterday )
• boys bath & bed
• 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; DH looking into 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
• cheap picture frame; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?/Wilkinsons?)
• eBay stuff; Last item paid for; Needs posting
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too; Started)
• tackle the bombsite that is the spare room...Done some, sorted reusable nappies & baby blankets onto shelves
• more vests & pjs & pants for DS1 DONE
• re vests; get some FC ones with pictures, lol
• watch missed episodes of my programmes on 5 on demand

Half term has been lovely and all, but I get my life back tomorrow, then can attack this list with a vengeance!!!! Three weeks until my builders start which is good news, but also and utterly scary...... Am a smidge overwhelmed at the thought of it all. But there we go.

Today

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Sweep/hoover loft DONE
• Put down mouse traps DONE
• Write/send Birthday cards DONE
• Wrap DD?s present
• Credit card bills to sort DONE
• Pay Hedge man DONE
• check rugby tournament photos
• Empty DW DONE/ Run after supper
• Two loads of washing DONE
• Chickens
• Dog away with PIL's! DONE
• Reading with DS DONE and DD
• Set up meeting with builder
• Pots and Pans cupboard ? make a start
• Speak to life insurance people DONE
• Speak to house insurance people
• Order de-humidifier DONE
• Confirm rental of moving van DONE
• Call decorator
• Buy straw for chickens
• Kindling
• Matches/lighters
• Friends for lunch today ? make burgers, wedges and apple crumble DONE
• Call Utilities Warehouse/other energy supplier
• Uniform check, clean school shoes etc!! DONE
• Order more vacuum bags
• Supper??

Hello

Have been busy with the halloween party (went very well, way too much sugar consumed by the small people) and also re-reading my Jilly Cooper books

Have been inspired by another thread (in chat) and going to try to get decluttered by christmas Starting with a trip to the charity shop tomorrow to offoad donate some stuff, and to the stationary shop for file dividers (exciting)

Oh, and news here is that my litte sister had her baby on saturday, little girl 6lb 1oz (not MumRugrat, my next sis)

List for tomorrow:

TO DO
Everyone up
Everyone dressed
Everyone breakfast
Empty dishy
Put washload on
Make beds
Express milk
Go into town - charity shop, stationery shop and Boots for nappies
Lunch
Dry washing
Clear up kitchen
Plasterer coming to finish kitchen about 12pm
Go to horses
Measure horses for new rugs
Cook dinner - fishcakes and mash
DD bed by 7pm
Sort out organiser file

ONGOING
Clean microwave
Take random stuff upstairs
Email friend some photos of kids
Sort side table in living room
Find some nice photo frames
Try out more biscuit recipes
Measure windows for quote for curtains/blinds
Get chimney swept
Sort out toybox
Get some file dividers
Sort out a file for all important stuff
Clear conservatory sides
Mop hall floor
Mop kitchen floor
Go to the big charity shop to look for a bookcase/unit for the conservatory
Sand around fireplace and repaint
Find a big mirror for over the mantlepiece
Get my sister a card and present
Declutter our bedroom (needs a whole list to itself!)

Hi Alice! I saw that declutter thread... only, I have 18 days and counting to do mine!! AAAGGGHHH.

I need to seriously get act together to project manage this build we are doing.. Deep sigh. I am sure there is loads of advice on the Property threads, but I don't quite get around to looking properly. Major list making/file keeping is going to be required I think!!! When I worked I was a kind of project manager, so I am hoping that all my methods of multi tasking and keeping up with the timetable will come flooding back to me?!?!?! Only thing is, I am massively indecisive, which could be a serious problem. I can happily manage others to make decisions, then carry that through, but the buck stops HERE this time, I have to manage it AND make the decisions AND then ensure that it is carried through.

Glad party went well, and congrats on your sister's new DD!!

Alice - congrats on new niece :)

Anon - i want my normal routine & life back now too! DS1 not back at sch til Wed.

After early start today, DS1 went nuclear at teatime :( no food eaten, then tantrummed about Ben 10 finishing on tv, went off, came back and threw bricks around (one hitting my mum).

So bed instantly.

Asleep instantly. Phew. Lots of tears from him though & that made me feel so bad. How horrid to go to bed crying when you're only 4 :( :(

Today:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• Parents to PO DONE
• kitchen tidied & dw on DONE
• next laundry load on DONE
• unload & reload dw DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• afternoon; go to town for a wander DONE
• dw again DONE
• more laundry Lots Sorted & Folded; Lots put away Next load on
• ironing & put away
• tea x 5 (lasagne DH made yesterday ) DONE
• boys bath & bed Bed DONE (bath abandoned)

• tv & early night

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• swap bathmats & towels
• parents going home
• library
• PO
• pop into bf group (hopefully more organised than last week)
• home & lunch & tidy up
• afternoon? check if any friends free after sch?
• tea x 3 (pasta)
• boys bath & bed
• orchestra (remind sitter)

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; DH looking into 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
• cheap picture frame; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?/Wilkinsons?)
• eBay stuff; Last item paid for; Needs posting
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too; Started)
• tackle the bombsite that is the spare room...Done some, sorted reusable nappies & baby blankets onto shelves
• re vests; get some FC ones with pictures, lol
• watch missed episodes of my programmes on 5 on demand

Evening!

Anon, I don't envy you with the builders, and project managing. Sounds like you've got the skills. If in doubt, make a decision.

Alice, congrats to your sis and everyone. Babies are ace.

I shall hunt out that declutter thread. There isn't that much stuff left here really, but I do enjoy chucking stuff out these days.

• up, make beds, open curtains done
• wipe round bathroom done
• shower and dress done
• spatone + vits done
• breakfast doing and tidy up afterwards done!
• potty and dress DS done
• internet doing
• laundry - put a load in done, hang up done take dry washing up done
• play some
• menu planning done for the next couple days
• water plants done
• lunch done

--- library done

• feed the birds done
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out done
• tea done
• wash pots and tidy kitchen done
• tidy downstairs + hoover done
• DS bath and bed done
• DH dinner cooking

To Do -

• copy CDs onto hard-drive - started
• put stuff up into top cupboard in Ds room
• inventory the freezer done get it emptied to defrost
• measure shed base
• wrap present and write card

Christmas -

• decide on gifts to make/buy
• cross-stitch - hand wash, frame - myself? ,
• duplo - inspect and wash
• Christmas cake - find recipe done
• menu?
• decide other deadlines and mark into diary

diy-

• polyfilla holes in ceiling kitchen
• put mirror up above dressing table ? or above new hallway radiator? or chuck it Save for sis to carboot
• full length mirror for bedroom + more mirrors in general, I like mirrors
• new bulb for fridge
• CO detectors
• replace downstairs door handles

paperwork -

• find ds account details done
• find paper firemen gave
• filing

JKS, sounds like he really needed to sleep. Tears are a stress release as often as they are about being sad, and being tired is stressing, but it's ok now.

Morning

JKS i have often had rows with DD and sent her to her room to find she has fallen asleep within about 2mins, which then makes me feel really guilty. Tired children really are very unreasonable though

Oh, and you know i was worried about my friend not speaking to me? Well, was texting someone the other day, phone was playing silly buggers, checked sent messages to see if it had sent, it had, but the one the other day to my other friend apologising hadn't sent [idiot] saw her on sun and mon and all fine

DONE
Everyone up
Everyone breakfast
Empty dishy
Put washload on
Put steriliser on

TO DO
Everyone dressed
Make beds
Express milk
Go into town - charity shop, stationery shop and Boots for nappies
Lunch
Dry washing
Clear up kitchen
Plasterer coming to finish kitchen about 12pm
Go to horses
Measure horses for new rugs
Cook dinner - fishcakes and mash
DD bed by 7pm
Sort out organiser file

ONGOING
Clean microwave
Take random stuff upstairs
Email friend some photos of kids
Sort side table in living room
Find some nice photo frames
Try out more biscuit recipes
Measure windows for quote for curtains/blinds
Get chimney swept
Sort out toybox
Get some file dividers
Sort out a file for all important stuff
Clear conservatory sides
Mop hall floor
Mop kitchen floor
Go to the big charity shop to look for a bookcase/unit for the conservatory
Sand around fireplace and repaint
Find a big mirror for over the mantlepiece
Get my sister a card and present
Declutter our bedroom (needs a whole list to itself!)
Christmas!!!!!

Morning, link to the declutter thread?

DS2 awake at 3.46 put him back in bed several times until 5am, gave up & came downstairs. Relieved by my Dad :) so went back to bed.

DS1 had a solid 12 hours and is in good spirits today, phew!

Leftover:

• ironing & put away

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE

• swap bathmats & towels
• parents going home
• library
• PO
• buy milk
• pop into bf group (hopefully more organised than last week)
• home & lunch & tidy up
• afternoon? check if any friends free after sch?
• tea x 3 (pasta)
• boys bath & bed
• orchestra (remind sitter)

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; DH looking into 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
• cheap picture frame; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?/Wilkinsons?)
• eBay stuff; Last item paid for; Needs posting
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too; Started)
• tackle the bombsite that is the spare room...Done some, sorted reusable nappies & baby blankets onto shelves
• re vests; get some FC ones with pictures, lol
• watch missed episodes of my programmes on 5 on demand

Morning all. Final antenatal class last night so clearly DH and I know all about what to expect now ...

Alice glad to hear all fine with your friend now.

Right, this place is a mess and needs some serious organising. Was interrupted yesterday by surprise visitor - nice but meant I missed out on food shopping.

Today
Food shop making list now
Research and buy drill doing now
Find hammer and other tools
Meet friend for lunch
Optician's appt
Pedicure appt as missed yesterday due to friend's visit
If time and energy later, put black shelves together
Tidy bedroom and organise clothes started, but only so much can be done as we have no wardrobe yet
Clean bathroom
4pm Pedicure (essential, honest, as can no longer reach my feet)

Ongoing
Sort family room - take stuff upstairs so downstairs is clear for housewarming on Friday
Sort life insurance
Source incinerator/bin and wood for bonfire on Friday
Plan and buy food and drink for Friday
Buy broom and tidy back yard
Call OU re. law course
Call friend re. distance GDL
Plan Christmas food presents to make
Fill freezer for post-birth dinners, cakes and cookies

morning everyone. Lovely SonIL has sorted our computers. Anon, my DH is a builder and project manager. So yes make decisions, but above all -don't change your mind. Hope all goes well, its v. exciting your very own new house. Am.
Agree with everyone on the tired child front.
Had a big talk with lovely friend re - exH GF. so that helped me get ,especially that I don't have to 'fix it'which as a mum you tend to do. So slept better. Thanks for all suppport. It will evolve no doubt.

stuff to do
sil is down to help with computers thank goddone
prep wknd stuff thinking about
print IP stuff
cis check
IPinvoices done
hoover lounge, as some wild animals have trampled through without us knowing. Still needs doing
make christmas cake
washing
dishy

Spent 2 weeks yesterday in the office of doom so I now have 4 piles instead of 7. Having reviewed the situation I have decided I need a)some new files and b)a cupboard to keep them in.

OOOO that means I can officailly go and buy whispers... stationery. goes all quivvery at the thought

Sorry that's stationary.

OMG the more I look at spelling the more weird it gets.

Lol Mini - it's stationery and i go oddly quivery at the thought too

'course a cupboard would hopefully be stationary....

Morning ladies, hope everyone had a good half term. Kids back to school today so I am back at the lists and tying to get a handle on the mess. We managed to get a small bit done last week but not as much as I would have liked.

TODAY
everyone up,showered,dressed,breakfast,lunch boxes made,school DONE
dc3 to nursery
washing machine on TWO WASHES IN, ONE OUT
dishwasher empty and fill
sort out middle kitchen counter
make DC3's bed
go to the shops

ONGOING
15 minutes on the sock pile of doom
15 minutes on the paper mountain of doom
wipe kitchen cupboard doors down
clean white goods down
wash kitchen windows
de-cobweb the ceiling

TO DO
find NHS dentist

Have a good day everyone.

JKS here

Mini it hadn't ocurred to me the spelling of it, but now i look at it i haven't a clue which is right!

Thanks ALice :)

DS1 doesn't go back until tomorrow, can't wait for it!

One way to remember is:

stationERy = papER

:)

Lol at cupboard that might not be stationary. would have to chase it round to get at files.
best get my day started

Good morning all!

Alice - my old phone caught me out with unsent messages several times too, but glad all ok, phew!

OK, so I only had to go back home ONCE after getting to school this morning - remembered all our various school clutter, but forgot DD's wellies and she has forest school today so she really kind of needed them!! No one noticed, well, not many.... Monster list - this week is MY week, I am just going to get SO MUCH DONE. Positive thinking will work.

Today

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc
• Wrap DD?s present
• check rugby tournament photos
• DW Run - after tea/supper
• One load of washing - After school
• Chickens
• Dog
• Ironing
• Kitchen sort!
• Ocado order to place
• Buy cake for DD?s birthday at school tomorrow
• Reading with DS and DD
• Buy straw for chickens DONE
• Pick up DC?s swimming badges
• Organise birthday special meal for DD tomorrow

Moving/House stuff

• Call Architect
• Need Diary and Notebook
• Call Car insurance
• Set up meeting with builder
• Pots and Pans cupboard ? make a start
• Start packing study
• Speak to house insurance people
• Call decorator
• Track down empty boxes for packing from homebase etc.
• Sign tenancy agt and pay deposit etc
• Start on house and kitchen magazines given by MIL
• Call Utilities Warehouse/other energy supplier
• Order more vacuum bags

Next couple of days

• Trip to dump
• Clean DH's car
• List more eBay
• Find Maths worksheets for DS and phonics for DD
• DD?s birthday ? finalise party , cake , present party bags . Playlist, candles and napkins needed.
• Check photo printing
• Organise some more tea dates for DC
• Start Recipe diary/log
• Send back clothes order
• set up energy monitoring meter
• Final Party numbers
• Sort out DD?s scooter
• Fix up lunch at school

Ongoing

• Flights for next year?s holiday
• Names and addresses onto computer
• Bin/Charity Shop/Keep exercise on the kids toys Largely done
• Check pension documents for me and DH
• Learn to use IMac (finally) and Itunes
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• Check out this year's panto
• Christmas plans - Ocado Booked, Who/where DONE presents

Morning!

Anon, forest school sounds fun.

Mmmm... stationery...

• up, make beds, open curtains done
• wipe round bathroom done
• shower and dress done
• spatone + vits done
• breakfast doing and tidy up afterwards done
• potty and dress DS done
• internet doing
• laundry - put a load in done
• Morrisons
• lunch
• Mum visiting
• feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• tea
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs + hoover
• DS bath and bed

To Do -

• copy CDs onto hard-drive - started
• put stuff up into top cupboard in Ds room
• get the freezer enptied to defrost
• measure shed base
• wrap present and write card

Christmas -

• decide on gifts to make/buy
• cross-stitch - hand wash, frame - myself? ,
• duplo - inspect and wash
• Christmas cake
• menu?
• decide other deadlines and mark into diary

diy-

• polyfilla holes in ceiling kitchen
• full length mirror for bedroom + more mirrors in general, I like mirrors
• new bulb for fridge
• CO detectors
• replace downstairs door handles

paperwork -

• find paper firemen gave
• filing

Anon - c'mon you can do it. Waves pompoms and does splits.
Am off into town now. I may look normal but I only have one thing on my mind.
Stationery

Mini - have fun!

Leftover:

• ironing & put away

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap bathmats & towels
• parents going home DONE
• library DONE
• PO DONE
• buy milk
• pop into bf group DONE
• home & lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• afternoon; i think lazy one with films/tv
• tea x 3 (pasta)
• boys bath & bed
• orchestra (remind sitter DONE)

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; DH looking into 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
• cheap picture frame; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?/Wilkinsons?)
• eBay stuff; Last item paid for; Needs posting DONE
• pile of blankets to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through bedding/towels too; Started)
• tackle the bombsite that is the spare room...Done some, sorted reusable nappies & baby blankets onto shelves
• re vests; get some FC ones with pictures, lol
• watch missed episodes of my programmes on 5 on demand

Am back armed with files, envelope files, storage box. metal file holder thingy, treasury tags and plastic zipper bag for archive. This could make the office of doom into a fun place....
Have made a christmas cake too, although did not have right size tin so too much mix, so put rest in loaf tin. Am not holding my breath for Nigella loveliness or Plum standard.