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

Wasting - they sound brill, i may try that one day (when i can summon enthusiasm lol) - where did you get the papier-mache instructions? is it hard to make?

Ali - best of luck today, hopefully all is well with baby and it's turned head down and not too big, etc etc :)

Went to bed early but watched to much OBEM - gave me slight wobbles, guess it's too late now lol!!
Awake from 4, DS2 up from 4.30...

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes; More Done

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• dw on DONE

• 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
• packing list for weekend; Started
• BF homework & tidy file

Good luck today Ali.

JKS, I googled it, but the best method I could see for covering a balloon is just to rip newspaper into strips, and cover each strip with watered down PVA glue and stick all over the balloon. The method where you smoosh it into a pulp would be just too messy atm, and not stick to the balloon so well I don't think.

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

• strip beds done
• hot air balloon project
• ring
• get DS changed and dressed
• friends for lunch
• playgroup
• 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

Wasting brilliant done list. Most impressive. My method of paper mache is most primative. Mix plain flour and water until its a smooth paste add more water if its too stiff, lots of torn news paper,then layer up, glue,paper, glue, paper. I am sure you can probably buy clean news print which would be less mucky. Wasting has probably got a modern method up her sleeve.
Hope you feel better soon Ali

admin and vat return started
plan packing list
accred papers
bathroom
change bed
shop/food plan
washer hunt done
admin ready for a/c woman done
have lunch with friend
tidy/hoover

Morning! Hope you don't mind me popping in for the day. Have so much to do and little motivation but a great slattern thread always helps me to get on.
Today:
Hoover downstairs
Go to post office
Wash the baby's bottles
Start the mountain of washing up
Make lunch for 12
Ensure both DS and I are ready for 1

The temptation to ignore and cuddle up with DS instead is quite strong.
I'm off to start hoovering first!
Have a good day everyone.

Hello piplin, always welcome here!!

Ali - good luck today.

JKS - I have not been able to bring myself to watch OBEM, even though it's 5.5 years ago for me, and no prospect of going through it again, it would definitely give me the heeby jeebies and even more definitely would make me blub like a blubby thing! Which frankly is embarrassing and DH would larf at me!

I am addicted to.... BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS! Oh my oh my, it's my favourite ever (at the moment!). What a flippin hoot. I think I have one from last night on Sky Plus to watch. Even DH watches it, with his jaw on the floor. Outstanding TV.

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• DD Dressed as a camel DONE!!!
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Major kitchen clean down needed this week
• On line banking
• Order doors
• Tidy garage
• Meet electrician 10.30
• Take back library book
• House plan to carpet people for quote
• Meal planning for next week or so
• Supermarket and wash down
• Petrol
• Set up swingball in the garden
• 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
• Go see builders
• Collect tools to fix DD's bike
• Call man to collect old doors
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

Next few days

• 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

Am having a little break with a cuppa and shortbread. I am pg thus I've decided a break to scoff biscuits is more than acceptable

Today:
Hoover downstairs done
Go to post office done They wanted £5.15 for special delivery. That's bonkers! I'm sure it never used to be that much.
Put a load in the machine done

To Do
Wash the baby's bottles
Start the mountain of washing up, I reckon if I do half then I have done well.
Make lunch for 12
Call bank.
Put washing away.

If there is time:
sort out blog.
look at pavlova recipes.
write a shopping list for Friday.
Check bank balance then amazon order.
look at birthday cakes online.

Hi Pipplin :)

How pg are you? I'm 30 weeks and AliBaba is 33wks.
I've had a bath, gone back to bed & eaten bicscuits - my fave morning of the week

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes; More Done

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• dw on DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch/DS2 to pre-sch DONE
• bath & book & cuppa DONE
• bed DONE
• 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
• packing list for weekend; Started
• BF homework & tidy file

Lunch for 12????? Eek. 12 people, or 12 o'clock?!?!

Pavlova - I am something of a novice, but I have used Delia's pavlova several times now and it turns out heavenly. Now a firm family favourite. "Dead cert" pud as it were.

I have a new tactic with my list, I put it up on the screen, realise how little is DONE I then blitz for say, 20-30 mins and feel very very satisfied indeed at adding the DONEs and then posting....

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• DD Dressed as a camel DONE!!!
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing Second lot in
• Hoovering
• Major kitchen clean down
• On line banking DONE
• Order doors DONE
• Tidy garage DONE
• Meet electrician 10.30 DONE
• Take back library book
• House plan to carpet people for quote
• Meal planning for next week or so
• Supermarket and wash down
• Petrol
• Set up swingball in the garden
• 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
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

JKS no...am 5'2. maybe I need to get up a ladder myself so the eligible men stop looking straight over the top of my head!

Anon that is a good method for getting stuff done. I am currently looking around my house in despair. Been out all morning and got back just in time to get ds from preschool. Next job I think has to be kitchen floor-it is covered in crumbs from ds' lunch and sticky from some spilt juice (last night I did wipe it up but haven't yet mopped it-truly slatternly)

Afternoon all :)

Well, it kind of went ok. Baby is fine - and has turned, I thought it did yesterday! - but getting pretty big, just over 5lbs already is the estimate!
In my cold-ridden state I got a bit tearful, the guilt is here already :(
Still no decision made VBAC vs. ELCS, and I have another scan and consultant app. in 2 weeks.
Just want it all to be done and dusted now - roll on the end of March!

My lovely, lovely friend came and looked after DS and stayed for lunch, and she helped me clear up before she left so I have a lovely tidy, crumb-less house rather than a disaster zone :)

TO DO
Take sausages out of the freezer
Ring Mum
Sneeze x 20
Chill with DS
Make some mash for dinner

Good news Ali

Hope Plums dd1 has got on ok too.

I still haven't done the floor

Justkeeponswimming I am behind you ladies am 17 weeks with number 2 who is erm 7 months

Ali- I dont really know the background but Im so pleased the baby has turned for you. DS didnt turn until late.

Anonymousbird 12 Oclock, sorry should of said!

I have dusted and cleaned one leather sofa and footstool.
I also looked at houses for us to rent and DP disregarded the two I found. :( Sigh
2 neighbours just stood and spoke about our house outside my front door where I can see them. Single Glazing isnt sound proof. < teent, tiny bit hormonal>

Today:
Hoover downstairs done
Go to post office done They wanted £5.15 for special delivery. That's bonkers! I'm sure it never used to be that much.
Put a load in the machine done

To Do
Wash the baby's bottles soaking in the sink
Start the mountain of washing up, I reckon if I do half then I have done well. done nearly all of it
Make lunch for 12 eaten
Call bank. DS is asleep I dont want to wake him=excuse
Put washing away. done

If there is time:
sort out blog.
look at pavlova recipes. done thank you Anonymousbird

write a shopping list for Friday.
Check bank balance then amazon order. next
look at birthday cakes online

Um just to clafify I'm not 17 weeks pg with number who is 7 months!
I am 17 weeks pg with number 2. DS is 7 months.
Sorry for the added small rant.

Now feeling guilty about state of kitchen floor damn you Freaki.

cis reconciliation
admin and vat return started
plan packing list
accred papers almost
bathroom
change bed
shop/food plan
washer hunt done
admin ready for a/c woman done
have lunch with frienddone
tidy/hoover

Think about veg to grow in spring

Dirty kitchen floors?? Crumbs annoying you under foot.

LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

Labrador for rent to sort out the problem, as good as new once she has done her work. .

Who was teasing me the other day about my very frequent wine deliveries?

Well, the wine delivery to end all wine deliveries arrived today.
PIL's (who I have probably mentioned are right old soaks) did a morning trip to France, and at 1pm rolled on to my drive with an estate car FULL of wine. They don't have a garage or shed to store it in, so guess what? I now have 180 bottles of wine in my garage. . 24 for me (I have to pay for them despite providing free storage) the rest for them.

MIL's parting comment was "OO, shouldn't need to go again for about 3 months now"!

THREE MONTHS?!?!?!?!?! Didn't she mean at least SIX??How do their livers survive??

Anyway, today:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• DD Dressed as a camel DONE!!!
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing TWO DONE
• Hoovering DONE
• Major kitchen clean down
• On line banking DONE
• Order doors DONE
• Tidy garage DONE
• Meet electrician 10.30 DONE
• Take back library book
• House plan to carpet people for quote DONE
• Meal planning for next week or so PART DONE
• Supermarket and wash down DONE
• Petrol
• Set up swingball in the garden
• 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
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

Lol Pipplin, how old was DS when you got pg?! 10ish weeks? my my. My boys are 20months apart - not exactly planned but it was ok :)

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes; More Done

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• dw on DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch/DS2 to pre-sch DONE
• bath & book & cuppa DONE
• bed DONE
• jobs Nope
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• SN playgroup DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• playground if nice weather DONE (chilly brrr)
• home for tea x 2 (fish fingers day)
• something for my dinner, not sure what though, don't fancy fish fingers
• boys bath & bed/DS1 ready for bed so he can play with babysitter for a bit
• keep forgetting; orchestra Committee Meeting (8pm)
• DH home late

Thurs:

• DH up with DS2
• DH to work early
• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• DS1 to sch/DS2 to pre-sch
• cafe to meet other mums for tea & croissant
• jobs???
• lunch & tidy up
• chill out/jobs time
• collect DS1
• chill out time
• tea x 2/3 (what?)
• Dh home at some point? (prob late)
• boys to bed
• collapse in a heap on sofa until DH gets home, then bed

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
• packing list for weekend; Started
• BF homework & tidy file

Afternoon!

Ali, glad baby has turned.

I am approximately 6 weeks pg.

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

• strip beds done
• hot air balloon project done
• ring done
• get DS changed and dressed done
• friends for lunch done
• playgroup done
• 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

Wasting - is this new news, as it were????????

Congratulations!

Piplin, it sounds like they will be close together - mine are exactly 13 months apart. It may not surprise you that I didn't have a third!!! Lovely age gap though very hard in the first year or so.. fantastic now.

Ali - glad things went well!

OMG Wasting!! Congratulations!

Congrats WASTING I suppose wine might not be appropriate but cheers

Right, last post of the day, so here goes

Had forgotten about ... Cheers to wasting

And the 180 bottles in my garage!!!!

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• DD Dressed as a camel DONE!!!
• Fill/Run/Empty DW Running
• Washing TWO DONE

Lol Anon - party time round yours

Wasting!! - just slipping that in there, as if we wouldn't notice!!! Congratulations what kind of due date does that give you? Seems we need a constant flow of babies on here :)

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes; In piles by type started putting size piles now

Wed:

• home for tea x 2 (fish fingers day) DONE
• boys bath & bed/DS1 ready for bed so he can play with babysitter for a bit DONE

• something for my dinner, not sure what though, don't fancy fish fingers Going to get McDs on way
• Orchestra Committee Meeting (8pm)
• DH home late

Thurs:

• DH up with DS2
• DH to work early
• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• DS1 to sch/DS2 to pre-sch
• cafe to meet other mums for tea & croissant
• jobs???
• lunch & tidy up
• chill out/jobs time
• collect DS1
• chill out time
• tea x 2/3 (what?)
• DH home at some point? (prob late)
• boys to bed
• collapse in a heap on sofa until DH gets home, then bed

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
• packing list for weekend; Started
• BF homework & tidy file

Congratulations Wasting!
Thanks Anonymous. I have a feeling the first year will be hard but hey. All be worth it. Bring it on!
I've not really done much more since earlier :( alas I shall return bright and early tomorrow to resume the tasks in hand.

Good night all. I'm off to finish that shortbread

Anon - my Dad has got about 400 bottles at home, it is bonkers. But he never runs it down really, many are laid down for future consumption/for special occasions etc. I think he and Mum drink about 4 bottles a week on average which I guess isn't too bad (between them that is!)
Your PILs must be drinking 50 bottles a month though at that!

Wow pipplin that is a small gap! It is bound to be hard, but then you are done with all the baby bit all at once I suppose? I think DH and I are going to find it quite a shock again to lose our evenings and full night's sleep!

DONE
Take sausages out of the freezer
Ring Mum
Sneeze x 20
Chill with DS
Make some mash for dinner
Run dishwasher
Dinner
DS bath and bed

TO DO
Unload dishwasher
Clear up (DH is going to do it)
Go to bed