Spring into action Slatterns, it's Cheap, Easy and Quick here...

[Anonymousbird]

New thread ladies!! Welcome back.

Bring your lists, bring whatever you want, but remember we love it cheap easy and quick .

Who mentioned Shake n Vac??? Cor, that takes me back, those adverts! I used to love the stuff!!!

Oh, and JKS - the ebay stuff keeps getting up on the bed (naughty ebay stuff) and then I have to take it off again each night. How silly is that.

Anyway

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• Major tidy up DONE (except playroom)
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW DONE
• Washing DONE
• Ironing DONE
• On line banking DONE
• 24th DONE and 25th Jan ? credit card payments
• Check dehumidifier DONE
• Building project finances
• Collect post from house DONE
• Go see builders
• Collect dog food
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Find/buy photo frames DONE
• Check photo printing DONE
• Pay Utilities Warehouse Bill
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Refix with EON ? part done, but need to shop around for a possible ?switch?
• Call Builder re costings
• Feb house budget Started - needs more work
• Babysitter for school quiz night
• Gloves and other warm gear for DD
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

Ali you got me singing this now

Ok, so listing didn't quite start today as planned, and tomorrow I am out all morning, so this is a kind of today/tomorrow combined effort!

Freaki - we've all been there. Despite being completely arseholed, and it being about 15 years ago, I can still unbelievably clearly visualise myself going arse completely over tit down the stairs at the tube station...... and there are numerous other examples from the drunken haze that was vaguely known as my university/early/mid twenties.......

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run DW
• Ironing

Yes Mini - at Vienna, we are off to darkest Norfolk - not quite the same, lol!

Had a lie down after school run, left Nanny with the boys, they all played very nicely, & DS1 suggested fish & chips for tea, yey. So not much activity here.

We are with Atlantic, USwitch recommends NPower (£200 annual saving), SimplySwitch recommends ScottishPower (£500 saving!!).

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• wm on with one load of baby clothes, awww DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work/boys to sch/pre-sch DONE
• BF course DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• start on sorting baby clothes; 2nd load on
• ironing N DONE HALF
• ring DLA people re strange letter DONE (all fine, just strange terminology)
• collect DS1 DONE
• chill out time DONE
• tea x 3 DONE

• boys bath & bed
• sort through dry baby clothes
• me to bed early

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• make boys dentist appts
• Photos: upload select photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door, curtain for kitchen door & curtains for playroom
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets & bedding to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through towels too)
• research motability options for if/when we get mobility; Done More/DH doing
• see if any toys can go/be put away?? Done More
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• Freecycle blinds; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options; Started
• write list of pre-baby jobs for DH/write list for myself too DONE

Quite a productive day today, feel pleased with myself!

I spent an hour in playdough hell this afternoon - DS loves it and I loathe it. Can't wait until he starts pre-school and then I won't feel so guilty for being reluctant at messy, crafty things!

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - it is needed, but CBA
Laundry - 2 folded, 1 drying
Reply to e-mails and sort out inbox - done
Online banking - done
Phone antenatal clinc - done appointment made for this week
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Put away Leaning Tower of clean washing - done
Dust living room blinds - done
Clean kitchen bin - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Admin jobs from ongoing list - done
Speak to fireplace shop and get discount - done
DH home early - here! :)
Dinner - roast chicken - done
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - done
Tidy downstairs ready for cleaner tomorrow - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Set DW for the morning - done

ONGOING
E-mail out some recent photos of DS
Send off form for DS' September pre-school hours
Strip wash and sort through cloth nappies to see how many new ones we need for DC2 (love buying new cloth nappies )
Get midwife to sign HIP form for me
Go into dental practice to fill in forms
Buy and hang a mirror in the spare room

SPRING CLEANING LIST
Clean living room and dining room carpets - have requested some quotes
Spare bedroom bookcase
Nag DH into sorting out his growing stacks of shite paperwork - getting there
Call furniture donation scheme about stuff in garage - have rung, need to check it has the relevant fire label
Polish the silver
Sideboard (this is a mega task) - one cupboard done
Sort and shred old paperwork

Ali - tbh I'm not a messy play person either & really should try harder with DS2 esp as he needs to learn about it - very tactile-defensive. The portage worker does lots though so i kind of let it slide...

2 6ams in a row from DS2, then a 5am today, he's definitely in some sort of deal with DH - who is not here today obv!

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes

Tues:

• all up 2Done & breakfasted
• all dressed
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• swap bathmats & towels
• general tidy? (not too bad this morning)
• DS1 to sch
• PO
• BF group (remember Glow Station to show other mum)
• lunch & tidy up
• chill/maybe rest upstairs while DS2 plays
• collect DS1
• chill again
• tea x 3 (pasta)
• DS2 to bed/DS1 ready for bed
• orchestra (need cash for sitter); must go as didn't last week

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• make boys dentist appts
• Photos: upload select photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door, curtain for kitchen door & curtains for playroom
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets & bedding to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through towels too)
• research motability options for if/when we get mobility; Done More/DH doing
• see if any toys can go/be put away?? Done More
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• Freecycle blinds; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options; Started

Morning!

I love crafty stuff me, I'm a big kid.

• shower and dress done
• make beds and open windows done
• breakfast doing
• Oj, spatone + vits
• kitchen - 15 mins
• laundry - load in

• block knitting
• find phone numbers
• how to do papier mache? on balloons?
• ring
• text MIL
• collect parcel
• buy balloons
• make playdough
• photos
• lunch
• hot air balloon project
• baking
• feed birds
• tea
• kitchen - 15 mins
• rubbish and recycling out
• tidy downstairs + hoover + playdough removal
• DS bath and bed (DH)

To Do -

• copy CDs onto hard-drive - last batch
• e-tidy - emails, laptop, external hard-drive - cleared out and tidied up
• clean front room window
• clean front room curtains, and stitch extra onto bottom

diy-

• polyfilla holes in ceiling kitchen
• put new bulb for fridge in
• replace downstairs door handles, who? how? how much?
• shed - shelving - measure up
• measure up bedroom for cupboard removal
• bedroom window - clean, bleach and paint

Morning. Its frosty and sunny here. Sunlight is flooding my sitting room and THE WINDOWS ARE DISGUSTING. I need to get a window cleaner.......FReeeee kiyy. i guess its a bit far.
Rummages for list

admin and vat return getting doomish
call C done
meeting with D done
portfolio scan done
ring S re above done
sort spare room done well partly
plan packing list
accred papers

bathroom
change bed
shop/food plan
washing on
Bank done

and today:
washer hunt
admin ready for a/c woman

Am in a grumpy mood today, poor kids! not even early chocolate has done the trick, so going to walk to bf group in the hope that the sunshine & fresh air helps.

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes Started

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap bathmats & towels DONE
• general tidy? (not too bad this morning) Done a bit
• DS1 to sch DONE

• PO
• BF group (remember Glow Station In buggy)
• lunch & tidy up
• chill/maybe rest upstairs while DS2 plays
• collect DS1
• chill again
• ironing & put away
• tea x 3 (pasta)
• DS2 to bed/DS1 ready for bed
• orchestra (need cash for sitter); must go as didn't last week

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• make boys dentist appts
• Photos: upload select photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door, curtain for kitchen door & curtains for playroom
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets & bedding to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through towels too)
• research motability options for if/when we get mobility; Done More/DH doing
• see if any toys can go/be put away?? Done More
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• Freecycle blinds; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options; Started

It's a beautiful sunny day here.

Sorry you're feeling glum JKS.

• shower and dress done
• make beds and open windows done
• breakfast doing
• Oj, spatone + vits done
• kitchen - 15 mins done
• laundry - load in done

• block knitting done
• find phone numbers done
• how to do papier mache? on balloons? done
• ring done
• text MIL done
• collect parcel
• buy balloons
• make playdough
• photos
• lunch
• hot air balloon project
• baking
• feed birds
• tea
• kitchen - 15 mins
• rubbish and recycling out
• tidy downstairs + hoover + playdough removal
• DS bath and bed (DH)

To Do -

• copy CDs onto hard-drive - last batch
• e-tidy - emails, laptop, external hard-drive - cleared out and tidied up
• clean front room window
• clean front room curtains, and stitch extra onto bottom

diy-

• polyfilla holes in ceiling kitchen
• put new bulb for fridge in
• replace downstairs door handles, who? how? how much?
• shed - shelving - measure up
• measure up bedroom for cupboard removal
• bedroom window - clean, bleach and paint

Morning everyone,
I still have this rotten cold it dosen't seem to want to go away, and I was up alnight coughing think I may try JKS adictive habit of night nurse tonight if I remember to buy it at Tesco

I'm trying to keep house ticking over with my little energy reserves,

AND I NEED EVERYONES Good vibes tomorrow dd1 is getting her dteroid injection tomorrow in her ankle BUT Dr reckons she is old enough to do it with out GA we'll see, so I don't think I know who needs vibes me or dd1

freak/CC will you look at my cake page and tell me what you see every time I pu it on there is loads missing there should be photos of minnie cake, and cake all cut up on Wall, but I'm not seeing them and comments are missing haven't a clue whats going on???????
I might see if I can curl up with dd2 this afternoon for a wee nap

waves to everyone

• shower and dress done
• make beds and open windows done
• breakfast doing
• Oj, spatone + vits done
• kitchen - 15 mins done
• laundry - load in done

• block knitting done
• find phone numbers done
• how to do papier mache? on balloons? done
• ring done
• text MIL done

+ stories and pink milk done

• take out rubbish done
• hang out washing done
• put another load in done
• get DS changed and dressed
• collect parcel
• buy balloons
• make playdough
• photos
• lunch
• hot air balloon project
• baking
• feed birds
• tea
• kitchen - 15 mins
• rubbish and recycling out
• tidy downstairs + hoover + playdough removal
• DS bath and bed (DH)

To Do -

• copy CDs onto hard-drive - last batch
• e-tidy - emails, laptop, external hard-drive - cleared out and tidied up
• clean front room window
• clean front room curtains, and stitch extra onto bottom

diy-

• polyfilla holes in ceiling kitchen
• put new bulb for fridge in
• replace downstairs door handles, who? how? how much?
• shed - shelving - measure up
• measure up bedroom for cupboard removal
• bedroom window - clean, bleach and paint

Best of luck for tomorrow.

OK. I have just purchased washer. its coming friday so new toy for weekend. ordered euros. and its fabulously hot in conservatory. Feeling all Spring ish.
Might even tackle windows. Anything to avoid vat return.

It's lovely in the sun isn't it?

• shower and dress done
• make beds and open windows done
• breakfast doing
• Oj, spatone + vits done
• kitchen - 15 mins done
• laundry - load in done

• block knitting done
• find phone numbers done
• how to do papier mache? on balloons? done
• ring done
• text MIL done

+ stories and pink milk done

• take out rubbish done
• hang out washing done
• put another load in done
• hang washing out
• put another load in
• get DS changed and dressed
• collect parcel
• buy balloons
• make playdough done
• photos done
• lunch done
• hot air balloon project
• baking?
• feed birds
• tea
• kitchen - 15 mins
• rubbish and recycling out
• tidy downstairs + hoover + playdough removal
• DS bath and bed (DH)

To Do -

• copy CDs onto hard-drive - last batch
• e-tidy - emails, laptop, external hard-drive - cleared out and tidied up
• clean front room window
• clean front room curtains, and stitch extra onto bottom

diy-

• polyfilla holes in ceiling kitchen
• put new bulb for fridge in
• replace downstairs door handles, who? how? how much?
• shed - shelving - measure up
• measure up bedroom for cupboard removal
• bedroom window - clean, bleach and paint

Lol mini He'd be no use, he's currently 5 weeks behind on houses. My windows are disgusting too atm.

Though I actually walked past another wc today and he said I was fit [likes-whistles-from-builders-too-emoticon] Though why is it that the only men that find me attractive at the moment are window cleaners??? Do I have a big sign saying 'ladders do it for me' or something?

Am cleaning my oven today, cooked a very splattery roast chicken yesterday and the house filled with smoke. Have also cleaned sink, received and sorted pampered chef orders and gone to toddlers...not a lot else tbh!

Plum can see Minnie and cut open cakes. But damn you I want cake now!

Tired, hormonal & coldy, nothing serious!

And babysitter cancelled for tonight which is good news as i can go to bed early!

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes Started

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap bathmats & towels DONE
• general tidy? (not too bad this morning) Done a bit
• DS1 to sch DONE
• PO DONE
• BF group DONE
• lunch & tidy up Doing
• chill/maybe rest upstairs while DS2 plays
• collect DS1
• chill again
• ironing & put away
• tea x 3 (pasta)
• DS2 to bed/DS1 ready for bed
• orchestra (need cash for sitter); must go as didn't last week

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• make boys dentist appts
• Photos: upload select photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door, curtain for kitchen door & curtains for playroom
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets & bedding to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through towels too)
• research motability options for if/when we get mobility; Done More/DH doing
• see if any toys can go/be put away?? Done More
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• Freecycle blinds; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options; Started

Hi everyone. I am being rubbish today. It is lovely and sunny though so after DS has finally eaten some lunch we are going to walk to the shops.

I have a problem with my cleaners. They are really good, except they cannot dust! They only do the fronts of things, not behind and don't seem to dust actual items, only the surfaces. I don't know if I'm over-reacting (I am anal-white-glove-woman when it comes to dust) or if I should say something? Seems daft to be paying them to do something and then going around after and re-doing it myself...

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
DH to meeting - done
Cleaners here - done
Flop about and playtime with DS - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - in progress
Take keys back to Timpson because they don't actually open the door
Sainsbury's
Mothercare
Order nursing bras?
Fold washing
DH home early - 5ish?
Dinner
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

ONGOING
E-mail out some recent photos of DS
Send off form for DS' September pre-school hours
Strip wash and sort through cloth nappies to see how many new ones we need for DC2 (love buying new cloth nappies )
Get midwife to sign HIP form for me
Go into dental practice to fill in forms
Buy and hang a mirror in the spare room
Put away clothes which DS has grown out of
Clear out a drawer in DS' chest for the baby's clothes
Get DH to get the hammock out of the garage so we can wash it
Buy some sheets for the moses basket

SPRING CLEANING LIST
Clean living room and dining room carpets - have requested some quotes
Spare bedroom bookcase
Nag DH into sorting out his growing stacks of shite paperwork - getting there
Call furniture donation scheme about stuff in garage - have rung, need to check it has the relevant fire label
Polish the silver
Sideboard (this is a mega task) - one cupboard done
Sort and shred old paperwork

Freak - I LOL'd at your 'ladders do it for me'

Plum - hope it goes well tomorrow, does sound scary.

Hello. My windows are vile in the sun too.. I may even get the windolene and e-cloth out. May. Or may not.

Today

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Forest School with DD DONE
• Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• On line banking
• Renew library books
• House plan to carpet people for quote
• Meal planning for next week or so
• Set up swingball in the garden
• Get bikes from other house DONE
• Holiday dates with MIL
• Check dehumidifier
• Building project finances
• Collect post from house DONE
• Go see builders DONE
• Call man to collect old doors
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• DC swimming
• DD's costume for school tomorrow
• Get fire going

Next few days

• Major kitchen clean down needed this week
• Spend DH's Amex points!
• Find Maths worksheets for DS and phonics for DD
• 121 tutorials
• List more eBay
• Set up weather station
• Start to think about lighting, bathrooms, doors?. look through MIL's magazines and online for ideas DOING
• Two costumes for DD and DS this term at school Two done
• Travel insurance and car hire for holiday

I really need to do the insides of the windows as DS2 loves to lick them

Freak - are you very tall...?

Plum - hope DD1 is ok without the GA.

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes Started

Tues:

• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 garden time DONE

• collect DS1
• chill again
• ironing DONE & put away
• tea x 3 (pasta)
• DS2 to bed/DS1 ready for bed
• orchestra Cancelled

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• make boys dentist appts
• Photos: upload select photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door, curtain for kitchen door & curtains for playroom
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets & bedding to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through towels too)
• research motability options for if/when we get mobility; Done More/DH doing
• see if any toys can go/be put away?? Done More
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• Freecycle blinds; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options; Started
• plan for weekend away (& packing list)
• BF homework & tidy file

Oh the joys of nearly spring! OK, so the windows look disgusting (at my house anyway!) but the DC are actually playing in the back garden for the first time since we moved here mid November!! I have actually never been on the lawn before until today! They just about have some room to scoot/ride a bike so after school they can bee line outside... oh remember those days!

Today

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Forest School with DD DONE
• Empty DW DONE
• Washing
• Hoovering
• On line banking DONE
• Take back library book
• House plan to carpet people for quote
• Meal planning for next week or so
• Set up swingball in the garden
• Get bikes from other house DONE
• Sweep and tidy up front of house and broken bricks
• Sort out pile of newspapers
• Holiday dates with MIL
• Check dehumidifier
• Building project finances
• Collect post from house DONE
• Go see builders DONE
• Call man to collect old doors
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• DC swimming
• DD's costume for school tomorrow
• Get fire going

I know Anon, it's great isn't it? Well DS2 loves it anyway, DS1 is yet to get his 'garden-boots' on yet this year, think he takes after me, a fairweather gardener :)

Sorting clothes would be much easier without DS2's 'help'

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes; More Done

Tues:

• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 garden time DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• chill again DONE
• ironing DONE & put away DONE
• tea x 3 (pasta) DONE
• boys to bed
• some rubbish tv and an early night

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• make boys dentist appts
• Photos: upload select photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door, curtain for kitchen door & curtains for playroom
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets & bedding to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through towels too)
• research motability options for if/when we get mobility; Done More/DH doing
• see if any toys can go/be put away?? Done More
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• Freecycle blinds; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options; Started
• plan for weekend away (& packing list); Started
• BF homework & tidy file

Evening! I'm knackered! Got another busy day tomorrow too.

• shower and dress done
• make beds and open windows done
• breakfast doing
• Oj, spatone + vits done
• kitchen - 15 mins done
• laundry - load in done

• block knitting done
• find phone numbers done
• how to do papier mache? on balloons? done
• ring done
• text MIL done

+ stories and pink milk done

• take out rubbish done
• hang out washing done
• put another load in done
• hang washing out done
• put another load in done
• get DS changed and dressed done
• collect parcel done
• buy balloons done
• make playdough done
• photos done
• lunch done
• hot air balloon project started
• baking? no
• feed birds no
• tea done
• kitchen - 15 mins done
• rubbish and recycling out done
• tidy downstairs + hoover + playdough removal
• DS bath and bed done
• nip to shop (DH) done

To Do -

• copy CDs onto hard-drive - last batch
• e-tidy - emails, laptop, external hard-drive - cleared out and tidied up
• clean front room window
• clean front room curtains, and stitch extra onto bottom

diy-

• polyfilla holes in ceiling kitchen
• put new bulb for fridge in
• replace downstairs door handles, who? how? how much?
• shed - shelving - measure up
• measure up bedroom for cupboard removal
• bedroom window - clean, bleach and paint

Wasting - you've done loads. the balloon project sounds interesting?

Giving the boys a chance to fall asleep then i'm going to bed with laptop.

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes; More Done

Tues:

• boys to bed DONE
• some rubbish tv Doing and an early night

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DS1 to sch/DS2 to pre-sch
• bath & book & cuppa
• jobs?
• lunch & tidy up
• SN playgroup
• collect DS1
• playground if nice weather
• home for tea x 3 (fish fingers day)
• boys bath & bed
• DH home maybe?

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• make boys dentist appts
• Photos: upload select photos of DC to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain for front door, curtain for kitchen door & curtains for playroom
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• pile of blankets & bedding to homeless centre (some basic shopping first & go through towels too)
• research motability options for if/when we get mobility; Done More/DH doing
• see if any toys can go/be put away?? Done More
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• Freecycle blinds; relist
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options; Started; Checking with DH
• plan for weekend away; DONE & packing list; Started
• BF homework & tidy file

JKS, DS wanted to make a hot air balloon out of some random items he found in the bathroom, so I thought we'd do it properly and have papier mached over a balloon. It's currently hanging from one of my airers to dry, and we'll paint it tomorrow/Thursday, then add a basket underneath. I'm thinking we might make several and hang them in DS room.