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.

Another Essex girl JKS

ok if i dont get jobs done please aim a well deserved kick in directiopn of my rear and its of ample size that cant be missed

ds2 up showered and on way to school ,done
ds3 the same done
dd up dressed done

to do list

Get ds1 up , this could take time as is no collage day and I went to bed before him
take dd to school less can bribe ds1 to do

breakfast dishes
Laundry load on and put away the clean washing before it falls of and burys a child
tidy lounge so can do below
Hoover Lounge and hall
sweep kitchen and hall
check bank account
food shopping if the above allows
Chase up ds2 school buss pass
ditto ds1 saver card for cheap bus fares
cook Dinner whats for dinner depends on the 2 above on list

Long term list

Decorate my bedroom
Build ds1 new bed
sweep leaves from yard
hunt for xmas tree lights
Clean ds1 and ds2 bedroom , long term as there teens and bio hazard warning on door
Sort out photos of dc for grandparents and print them of

Hi All,

Its been a while I know, had the in-laws over for a visit and all plans went out of the window for a while.

So, current list:

• book DD swimming lessons
• go through DD clothes, bag up those no longer fitting
• buy new vests/sleepsuits/clothes that do fit DD
• hoover
• de flea cat
• book car in for MOT
• reply to friend @ meeting up date
• start Xmas shopping
• write pre-holiday packing list
• clean fish tank
• ironing
• put away washing
• new load in
• Doc's appointment for DD
• take back library books
• go to baby salsa
• get bungee cord thingie from Halfords
• Stew apples and freeze
• clear out car
• household filing
• change beds

Morning

DD is currently looking to be heading back to bed if she doesn't pack it in (grumpy madam!)

DONE
Everyone up
Everyone breakfast

TO DO
Finish emptying dishy
Sort out mess DH has made with all the clean washing, sorry i mean my washing
Bath disgusting child and cut nails
Out the house by about 11am
Do some christmas shopping - write list
BF group and baby weigh in

ONGOING
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
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!!!!! (new store in town has some nice stuff - clothes and homeware - and have 15% off voucher, so will do big shop soon)
Get christmas cards

Hooray its friday. Waves to everyone.Hello roundthebend and fumble. Hope your listing goes well today, in that they get miraculasly (scuse spelling)smaller with no effort at all.
My DS is over for the day today which is great, but I'm off to life-drawing first.
A few to dos
shop
get fireworks
do anti-rain dance
check weekend prep.
go to pub

Fumble am intrigued by baby salsa.
Hope all have a good weekend.

Morning goingrounthebend!

That is quite a troop you have there - we had a list somewhere (not immediately to hand!) of the various ages of our children and grandchildren... I'll see if I can dig it out. If you are prepared to share the info, what ages are yours?

Great list BTW!!

And fumble, sorry, hello too - not sure we have met before... How Do You Do?

My DD who hates dressing up (weird girl!) needed to go "Diwali" style this morning - was absolutely convinced that my sarong turned into a sari would be a battle to persuade her.... But NO! Maybe I do have a girl after all, she was so pleased to go all colourful etc.. she is emerging from her tomboy haze perhaps?! She is more a rugby playing/football playing/ Formula 1 watching kinda girl most of the time so I was very surprised.

However, she drew the line at a Bindi, which was a shame!! Even the boys were in some fantastic outfits, such fun and so great for them to embrace the culture... brilliant.

Today

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• School Christmas fair DONE
• Drop off tenancy agreement and deposit DONE
• Final party numbers to venue
• check rugby tournament photos
• Empty DW DONE
• One wash load
• On line banking
• Chickens
• Dog
• Ironing
• Trip to dump
• Late pick up at school
• DD to swimming
• Reading with DS and DD
• Bonfire????!!!!

Moving/House stuff

• Need Diary and Notebook DONE
• Call Car insurance
• Set up dehumidifier
• Pots and Pans cupboard ? make a start STARTED!
• Start packing study
• Speak to house insurance people
• Track down empty boxes for packing from homebase etc.
• Sign tenancy agt and pay deposit etc DONE
• Start on house and kitchen magazines given by MIL
• Order more vacuum bags

Next couple of days

• Clean DH's car
• List more eBay
• Find Maths worksheets for DS and phonics for DD
• DD?s birthday ? finalise party , cake , 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
• Sort out DD?s scooter
• Fix up lunch at school

hello ladies i got lots to do so i need a kick up the bum and to get off the computer

done
everyone up
everyone washed
everyone feed
dds hair
dd1 to school
shop for t-bags
shop for bulb for car
have cup of tea

todo
living room
puff sofa
wash nets in all rooms
toys away

bathroom
toilet
bath
floor
bin
damp

bedroom
bed
clothes
floor
damp

hall
floor
toys
coats

ddsroom
beds
toys
damp

kitchen
washing up
bin
sides
floor
window

other
wrap presents
iron
wash clothes
dry clothes
make dinner
pick dd1 up
food shopping
lunch
dds bed
and sleep

where about in essex are you from jks and anon i grew up in colchester

Hello all :)

Rugrats - to the Sarf of Colchester IYKWIM? :)

Leftover:

• ironing & put away DONE

Fri:

• breakfast & get dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• Team meeting for DS2 DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• chill with laptop & tv Doing
• sort mini Christmas party for DC & secret santa DONE

• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• friend & DS coming for afternoon
• boys tea (what?)
• boys to bed (bath if DH wants to do it!)
• tv & bed

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
• get DH to go through what I want to throw out, then add to shopping list to 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 for kids alphabet picture; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?/Wilkinsons?)
• 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 Watched one, one left

JKS and Rugrats - Norf Essex here, Sarf of Cambridge.

I always forget how big Essex actually is?! Takes me an hour to get to Colchester, and that is on a good run!

jks i dont think essex is as bad as people make out

done
everyone up
everyone washed
everyone feed
dds hair
dd1 to school
shop for t-bags
shop for bulb for car
have cup of tea
bathed dd2 bescause she wet herself
living room
puff sofa
toys away
dust
hover

todo
bathroom
toilet
bath
floor
bin
damp

bedroom
bed
clothes
floor
damp

hall
floor
toys
coats

ddsroom
beds
toys
damp

kitchen
washing up
bin
sides
floor
window

other
wrap presents
iron
wash clothes
dry clothes
make dinner
pick dd1 up
food shopping
wash nets in all rooms
lunch
dds bed
and sleep

I love Essex, it's gorgeous around here and great accessibility to so many places... . Didn't grow up here, but DH did and luckily, he persuaded me to come and live here rather than my neck of the woods which is just nowhere near as nice!

Darling bastard dog being picked up imminently by MIL.. love her and all, but finding time to walk her right now is hard, so yippppeeee, the dog is off to the seaside. One less thing to do for next 5 days!

Anyway, mustn't linger:

Today

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• School Christmas fair DONE
• Drop off tenancy agreement and deposit DONE
• Final party numbers to venue DONE
• check rugby tournament photos DONE not buying any
• Empty DW DONE
• One wash load
• On line banking DONE
• Chickens
• Dog GOING ON HOLIDAY WITH GRANNY!!!!!
• Ironing
• Trip to dump
• Late pick up at school
• DD to swimming
• Reading with DS and DD
• Jackets and meatballs for tea/supper
• Bonfire????!!!!
• Read Life insurance pack and confirm if ok.

Moving/House stuff

• Need Diary and Notebook DONE
• Finances record needs to start
• Storage??? Consider quote
• Meeting with foreman to be diarised
• Call Car insurance
• Set up dehumidifier
• Pots and Pans cupboard ? DONE
• Start packing study
• Speak to house insurance people
• Track down empty boxes for packing from homebase etc.
• Sign tenancy agt and pay deposit etc DONE
• Start on house and kitchen magazines given by MIL
• Order more vacuum bags

I worked for a while in Halstead and that part of Essex is lovely.
I'm kind of in the corner and that makes going anywhere else a bit of a pain for traffic, but it really isn't as bad as the stereotypes make out (though i missed all that tv prog which i've been told was awful!).

Fri:

• breakfast & get dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• Team meeting for DS2 DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• chill with laptop & tv DONE
• sort mini Christmas party for DC & secret santa DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE

• change DS1 out of uniform
• look at DLA forms for DS2 mobility bit
• friend & DS coming for afternoon
• boys tea (what?)
• boys to bed (bath if DH wants to do it!)
• tv & bed

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
• get DH to go through what I want to throw out, then add to shopping list to 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 for kids alphabet picture; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?/Wilkinsons?)
• 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 Watched one, one left

Hi anon

dc are ds1 is 16 ,ds2 is 13 , dd is 7 and then ds3 is 5

Small world I lived not to far from Colchester till January this year .now moved across the border into Herts

most my today list done bar shopping and chasing bus pass . dodges kicks aimed in my direction shopping being fine tomorrow now have Bern offered lift downside means 2 younger dc to come with me .got distracted from anything more as came over rather tired and had a long small nap

Hello all!

I've never been to Essex. Or anywhere in the South East apart from London. It always looks nice on the telly.

JKS, plans for number 2 may be under way soon, but what with me having very long AF atm and DH working away a lot from now it could be tricky.

Well, just waved DH off, so it's just me and DS for a few weeks.

• up, dressed done
• breakfast done
• playgroup done
• lunch done
• wave off DH done
• walk to shop
• wrap present
• quick tea
• visit ILs at pub
• pop to shop
• DS bath(?) and bed
• online shop

Hello all
Haven't forgotten you just haven't been doing lists much this week,strangely I have been doing housework without them. Will be back properly next week!

Hello everyone - we are home! Hello new slatterns

Wasting - :( at weeks without DH. I would be v.useless. I can recommend low carb diets for sorting out your cycle length - astonishingly effective. I have done it both times before we've started TTC.

Hope everyone is ok - any firework plans?
We have had a fab time away, and DS has learnt to swim on his own with arm bands! He is so proud of himself, bless him

DONE
Come home
Unpacking done 95%
1st load of washing on
DS down for a nap (he has had a brilliant time but is exhausted and v.glad to be back home)

TO DO
Sit down with milk and cookies
2 more loads of washing
Dust spare room and make up bed
Ocado coming at 5pm
Put away shopping
Pizza for tea
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Flop
Early night in my own bed

yes it is a small world i moved from colchester to herts too

V. small world - I grew up in Saffron Walden, North Essex. My DH is from the States and he swore that for the first few months he knew me, he thought that "Near Cambridge" was a actual place.

Right, starting late as was at funeral this morning.

This afternoon
Washing up
Take baby stuff upstairs
Take out rubbish
Make chilli hotpot for housewarming
Make salad
Make pies
Nap. Please let there be time for a nap.

PS BED ARRIVING TUESDAY LUNCHTIME! BED ARRIVING TUESDAY LUNCHTIME! :o :o :o

Welcome home Ali!! How was it? Where did you go? I know you told us, but brain is fried at the moment!! Getting battered by DC about the rain meaning our bonfire might not be so great....

Comtessa - SW is my part of the world!!! Sorry to hear about funeral..

And I lived in Herts prior to this house, we are all following each other around

Here is the running tally - any one to add?

Mini DD1 (37)
Mini DD2 & DS1 (34)
Going DS1 (16)
Going DS2 (13)
Plum DD1 (9.5)
ImASlattern DS1 (8.7)
Words DS (8)
Rugrats DD1 (7.6)
Going DD (7)
Plum DS (7)
Anon DS (6.1)
Words DD (6)
ImASlattern DS2 (5.1)
Going DS3 (5)
Anon DD (5)
JKS DS1 (4.5)
Freak DD (4.4)
HMHB DS (4)
Plum DD2 (4 minus 2 weeks)
Rugrats DD2 (3.5)
Spacehoppa DD (3.5)
ImASlattern DS3 (3.4)
Alice DD (2.11)
Freak DS (2.10)
JKS DS2 (2.9)
Wasting DS (2.5)
Ali DS (2.3)
HMHB DD (1)
Fumble DD (almost 5 months)
Alice DS (2 months)
Comtessa (36 wks pg)
Ali DC3 (17wks pg)
JKS DC3 (14wks pg)

Yey Comtessa

Welcome back Ali :)

BTW - i won a prize on MN &
A Jordans hamper thing, with some Emma Bridgwater bowls - extra handy as DH & my Mum managed to break several at the weekend!

Fri:

• breakfast & get dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• Team meeting for DS2 DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• chill with laptop & tv DONE
• sort mini Christmas party for DC & secret santa DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• change DS1 out of uniform DONE
• look at DLA forms for DS2 mobility bit Looked at, need help
• friend & DS coming for afternoon DONE
• boys tea DH Doing (pasta & sausage rolls!)

• boys to bed (bath if DH wants to do it!)
• tv & bed

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
• get DH to go through what I want to throw out, then add to shopping list to 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 for kids alphabet picture; (50 x 70) (poss Ikea trip?/Wilkinsons?)
• 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 Watched one, one left

Just popping in to say hello, know it has been over a month, just wondering how you all are. I see there is new slatterns as well, so Welcome to what has been my lifeline for the last few months!

hello!

Today

• Up, showered and dressed me and DC?s DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• School Christmas fair DONE
• Drop off tenancy agreement and deposit DONE
• Final party numbers to venue DONE
• check rugby tournament photos DONE
• Empty DW DONE
• One wash load
• On line banking DONE
• Chickens DONE
• Dog GONE ON HOLIDAY WITH MIL!!!!!
• Ironing
• Trip to dump
• Late pick up at school DONE
• DD to swimming DONE
• Reading with DS and DD DONE
• Meatballs and jackets for tea/supper DONE
• Bonfire????!!!!

Moving/House stuff

• Need Diary and Notebook DONE
• Call Car insurance
• Set up dehumidifier DONE
• Pots and Pans cupboard ? DONE
• Start packing study
• Speak to house insurance people
• Track down empty boxes for packing from homebase etc.
• Sign tenancy agt and pay deposit etc DONE
• Start on house and kitchen magazines given by MIL
• Order more vacuum bags