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

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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

Thank you!

Due early October. Just in time for DS first term at nursery which is a mile walk away.

Ali, I think that will be the hardest bit, losing the evening again.

Must go to bed, I've been knackered for hours!

Morning ladies.

Anyone know much about Turkey (the country)? We have a cultural day at school next week, and this year the country is Turkey and the children are encouraged to either take in relevant things, or dress up or whatever.... I've never been and don't know much, can only think of belly dancers and clearly not suitable for DS and DD would think I'd lost my faculties if I tried to dress her up in that!

Stumped....

Today

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Major kitchen clean down
• On line banking
• Take back library book DONE
• Collect house plan from carpet people
• Meal planning for next week or so
• Petrol DONE- 90 flippin quid to fill!!!!!
• 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
• Call man to collect old doors
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• Friends back for tea
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

Ah Turkey. Think Ephasus, Also Troy. Lots of early roman/greek remains, famous for temple of Artemis at Ephasus. Ephasus of course is also famous for early christianity as St Paul preached there and it is the alleged place where Mary lived to her old age. There is the tomb of King Mausel the original mauseleum near Bodrum( if I have spelt that right).
Also fabulous turkish baths, hot mud etc. Not to mention the bosphorus and Istanbul. Also supposed to be the placce where Noah's ark came to rest.

More recently Attaturk was the great political reformer who wanted to pull his country into the modern world. There you go...

Mini - and and . Thank you.

WOW. I have plenty to go on now!!!!

Congrats Wasting! So your "sort of ttc" last week was actually "I'm already pg"

Now will you all hurry up and find me a nice man so that I can make more babies too

Where is Alice these days btw?

Need to get ds in a min, have steamed ahead so far this morning though.

What shall I make with the last of the roast chicken? Am going round in circles unable to make a decision! so far options are
a) risotto
b) pie
c) casserole
d) curry

I also have fresh carrots, mushrooms, asparagus and spinach and frozen peas and baby broad beans. And every type of pulse/grain that exists

Someone decide for me please!

Casserole!!!!

(Or pie, risotto or curry...)

Sorry I am no help, I love them all, though Casserole did kind of cry out from your list of ingredients.

Or pie filling.

Sorry

No help from me, rubbish at cooking!

Managed to waste the whole morning chatting & drinking tea, lol.

Leftover:

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

Thurs:

• DH up with DS2 DONE
• DH to work early DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch/DS2 to pre-sch DONE
• cafe to meet other mums for tea & croissant DONE
• jobs??? Not Done!
• laundry Wm on

• 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

Morning everyone

WASTING CONGRATULATIONS

Anyway dd1 didn't get her injection yesterday, there was fluid around her joint when scanned so she has to get it down under GA, so all that hype for nothing although it did prove dd1 is no where near ready for getting anything down without GA as she just about let nurses do bloods!

Anyway I really need to catch up on housework and have a catch up on here
off to do lunch
tidy kitchen
put on a wash
set up new fax machine
clean out fire & set again

Afternoon everyone :)

Plum - how annoying, but as you say at least they know that she still needs a GA for now.

Freak - I would do risotto with the asparagus, peas and baby broad beans. Mmmmmm.

Wasting - yes we've timed this baby to co-incide with DS starting pre-school. Feeling very relieved that I have him down for just afternoons for the first term, will give me a chance to get dressed!! Ooh how exciting!

Well we were supposed to be at music class, but DS burst into tears over his lunch that he wasn't eating and asked to go to bed! Poor little sausage, I think he must be coming down with this cold. :( So he is fast asleep and I'm finishing my lunch in peace and quiet and then going to have a nap

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Midwife app. at hospital - done took the whole morning, we were waiting an hour
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed
Lunch and tidy kitchen - mostly done
DS nap - doing
Nap or certainly bed with my book
Dinner for me and DS (pizza)
DH home late
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

This baby timed to coincide with DS starting at SN pre-sch could be in-ter-esting....

Have 'packed' emergency baby bag - well thrown in some basics, enough just to get me & baby dressed in hosp at least. And always find it easier to add to/change something than start from scratch, so can put bits in as i go now.

Leftover:

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

Thurs:

• jobs??? Not Done!
• laundry Wm on
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• chill out/jobs time Doing
• start packing for weekend Boys clothes DONE Trunkis down for boys toys

• 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; Have started process to switch to Scottish Power (seems mad given i'm in essex lol)
• BF homework & tidy file

Hi all, have had horrid sinus headache this morning so havent really done a lot tbh. Not so good as I do have a lot to do.
I have sorted my blog out ish.

There will be a small gap but I think all age gaps bring their own pros and cons tbh. It will be lovely for them to grow up together. There is a much larger gap between my sibling and I. So this is all new to me.

Its so miserable and rainy here today. It's not helping my get up and go. Not much on the list today but then its getting late in the day now.
Hope everyone else isnt too put off by the rain.

To Do:
Tidy lounge
Wash up
Drink tea and eat a treacle tart
Make dinner- balasmic pork with veg and mash

Conflicting dinner answers ladies, no blimmin use!

DS had two massive tantrums this afternoon. The second one he was stood on the doorstep refusing to move and I was getting soaked so I lost it a bit, shouted "just get inside" and picked him up by his hood and plonked him inside the house Got a tut and a disapproving look from another mum, whoops.

Pipplin my two have 18 months between them, hard work sometimes but also play together really nicely and fight like mad. It's quite nice in a way to have them at fairly similar stages now.

What a day!!

The man came and took my doors at last so I have a wad of fifties - not seen any of those for years - burning a hole in my pocket

DH GOT A NEW JOB!!!!!!!!!! He's staying at the same company, but it's a new challenge in a new team and more money. He never thought he stood a chance but yesterday they said it was between him and one other... and today they offered it to him! I am so pleased for him, he's been bored and frustrated for ages and his boss and he clash in their styles somewhat so I think it is good for everyone..

Today

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Major kitchen clean down
• On line banking DONE
• Take back library book DONE
• Collect house plan from carpet people
• Meal planning for next week or so
• Petrol DONE- 90 flippin quid to fill!!!!!
• 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 DONE
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• Friends back for tea DOING
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

Congrats Mr Anon. another opportunity for
Re Turkey. Have been twice on holiday, and love finding out about the place I am visiting. There was a lot of crusader activity there too. But the main thing is... Turkish delight.

Yey for Mr Anon :)

Freak - i've done & said much worse than that!!

DH home with curry :)

Leftover:

• sort through dry baby clothes; DONE :)

Thurs:

• jobs??? Not Done!
• laundry WM on again & TD on
• chill out/jobs time DONE
• start packing for weekend Boys clothes DONE Trunkis down for boys toys; Done more
• collect DS1 DONE
• chill out time DONE
• tea x 2 DONE
• DH home DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• collapse in a heap on sofa until DH gets home, then bed Doing :)

Fri:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DS1 to school
• jobs/finish packing/start loading car
• sensory playgroup
• collect DS1 early from school
• home for lunch & tidy up (dw on, top up cat food, etc)
• DH home
• finish loading car
• head off to Norfolk :)

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
• BF homework & tidy file Tidying & filing DONE

Oh crikey Freaki, we've all been there - I was out with DS just the other day, he was daydreaming, as usual, it was going on and on and on, he wouldnt respond at all. In the end in front of everyone at rugby I just said "oh for goodness sake just wake up will you" and kind of tapped him on his arm at the same time and then realised I had said it louder than I realised

I felt terrible. But it happens to everyone, even the very best of us .

Morning! Well done Mr. Anon!

Soooo tired....

• breakfast done
• shower and dress
• get DS dressed
• playgroup
• lunch
• cleaning fest!

Morning all :)

Anon - how is dh's knee holding up?

Fri:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 2Done
• DS1 to school DH doing
• jobs/finish packing more done/start loading car
• sensory playgroup
• collect DS1 early from school
• home for lunch & tidy up (dw on, top up cat food, etc)
• DH home
• finish loading car
• head off to Norfolk

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
• BF homework DONE

Right, packing on hold as time for playgroup, sure i'm forgetting something important!

Fri:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to school DH DONE
• jobs/finish packing more done/start loading car Started

• sensory playgroup
• collect DS1 early from school
• home for lunch & tidy up (dw on, top up cat food, etc)
• DH home
• finish loading car
• head off to Norfolk

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

Well done Mr Anon!

JKS - have a lovely weekend!

Wasting - does DS nap ever? First trimester tiredness is such a killer!

Freak - that is minor, don't worry

I'm feeling a lot better today but still well below par. DS isn't himself, still won't eat anything except fruit and milk and he felt really hot so I've Calpol'd in the hope that he then might be tempted with some real food!

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH working from home - doing
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - half done
Hoover and sweep downstairs
Dust everywhere
Waitrose delivery 9-11am
Put away shopping
3 loads of washing
Put breadmaker on
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Drop in repeat prescriptions
Post pre-school form
Lazy afternoon
Dinner (DH doing risotto)
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

Morning ladies.

JKS - thanks for asking. A bit sore from time to time, but largely very good. It's only been two weeks, but he was back at work this week and seems to be coping fine.

He bumped into his brother on the way home from work last night, and fancied a celebratory pint or three with him and has a headache this morning!! . If he stuck to a nice weak-ish bitter he'd be fine, but what do they drink when they get together??? Rocket fuel - Kronenburg all round. Bleugh

Where are you going in Norfolk (you lucky things?)

Today

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Major kitchen clean down
• On line banking
• Collect house plan from carpet people DONE
• Meal planning for next week or so
• 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
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

Morning ladies I really need to get off here and set the timer I think, although I'm being good have had a few cake enqueries so I was doing research

Right need to get stuck in or I wont deserve my spa weekend next week

unload dishy
put a wash on
empty hoover (maybe dh)
hoover
nursery run
lunch
bathrooms
kitchen floor
dust

think that shall do for now

freak we shall a virtual tea here while our virtual cleaners do the house work, although my virtual cleaner would probably be a slattern too

God I'm still here right seting timer now

Mmm good cuppa Plum Tasty bit of cake too.

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Load of washing on ? DONE
DD to school ? DONE
Recycling into box ? DONE
Bins out - DONE
Tidy sitting room ? DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Load of washing on airers ? DONE
Clean loo ? DONE
Clean bathroom-

Tidy dc room? DONE
Dust downstairs ?
Dst bedrooms -
Clean tv ?
Clean front door and outside window sill ? DONE (bloody useless unreliable window cleaner )
Lunch ?
Hoover upstairs ?
Mop downstairs - DONE
IRONING ?
Pick up dd ?
Cook dinner ?

Wash up -
Bath and bed dc-
Clean bathroom -
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?