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

If only they had that cup of tea icon everyone is banging on about, we could have [tea] and . Not sure I can stomach until much later.

Great news on the cake enquiries...... wish you lived a bit nearer me!

unload dishy done
put a wash on done
empty hoover (maybe dh)
hoover
nursery run about to
lunch
bathrooms 1done
kitchen surfaces done
kitchen floor
dust

Plum - good news about the cake enquiries! If there wasn't a body of water between us then I would be lining you up to do some for me!!
Spa weekend sounds lovely , where are you going?

Freak - at the window cleaner

Anon - glad DH's knee is on the mend!

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 - done
Find clean towels etc - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs - done
Dust everywhere - done
Waitrose delivery 9-11am - done
Put away shopping - done
3 loads of washing - 1 washing
Fold huge basket of clean washing I found in the spare room
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

Going to a tiny village called North Creake, near Fakenham/Wells-type area.

Really thinking i need to remember that staying at home is much much easier!!

See you on Sun night, knackered most probably...

Fri:

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

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

Ali, no he doesn't really nap anymore. Once every few weeks if he's pooped, and then only in vehicular motion or a quick feed, but as I'm trying to wean him now I guess that's that!

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

--- take clean washing up --- drain unblocker down bath --- put a load in --- kitchen - 15 mins

Ha ha Freaki - missed the WC reference first time around, you just can't the staff these days can you?!?!?

North Creake - I know it well! We spend lots of holidays in Burnham Overy Staithe as my PIL's have a place there. It's gorgeous, a lovely village, it will be worth all the effort of packing and getting ready!!! Ooo, I am very now. We won't get there at half term, unfortunately, normally we would. Roll on Easter!

One of the Creakes, it might be South Creak has a great playground next to a very little river and there are usually ducks crossing the road. Very very sweet!

I have run out of steam

DS won't eat anything :( I think he's got a sore throat and he says everything he tries to eat is making him cough - which it is. Poor little chap, not sure what to do with him. Bloody typical that my parents are away this weekend otherwise we could have a home visit from a Dr without faffing with appointments!

Certainly can't anon

Though I am a little bit annoyed with him (really) anyway at the moment. After stuff happened he and gf had a big row and cleared the air and he moved back there, didn't tell me for a few days. So after he did tell me I was actually fine with it and tried to give him some space to work things out with her...but he kept texting and calling and asking if he could come over. Then he came while my sister was here and brought me a present which kind of made me feel like he was trying to keep me hanging on...

Saw him 10 days later (so fri last week) and he said he and gf had had a huge fight again and she had told him he was moving out. Also that it was upsetting his kids so they wouldn't be staying at their house with him anymore and he'd have to stay at his nans instead. Told me he and gf hadn't spoken all week and he was staying at his brother's that night and at his nans with the kids Saturday.

Then monday when he gave me a lift we chatted about the weekend and he just casually dropped into conversation that he'd had to leave his brother's before the rugby finished on fri because they had to get her ds home for bed-so she and ds had gone to his brother's with him. And also his kids stayed at theirs Saturday...

So I'm just a bit annoyed, feel like he is using me to offload onto and he comes and sees me, we have a good chat and it acts as a plaster or whatever so that he then goes and works things out with gf. IYSWIM. And honestly, I'm really not entertaining hopes that he and I will get together but I think it is unfair of him to keep coming and telling me that he and gf are splitting up but then never actually doing it and the next time just casually talking about stuff they've done together. I don't feel like he is considering my feelings at all really.

Rant over! But annoyed is good right? Better than pining after him because he really doesn't deserve that!

Sorry Now I'm offloading on you much as he does on me!

Freaki, you should be annoyed. It's very difficult because obviously you like the guy and he clearly likes you too, but he is not being best towards you with this constant change, come to you, off load to you, then back again and everything.. he is being selfish and not considerate at all of how all this and his too-ing and fro-ing would make you feel.

You need to tell him that, if you can? Firm but fair and all that. Rant away, lady, I think you are entirely entitled. Hmmm.

Today

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW DONE
• Washing Drying
• Hoovering DONE
• Major kitchen clean down DONE
• On line banking DONE
• 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

That's ok Freaki. It sounds as if he needs a kick. It is obviously great for him to have such an understanding and attractive woman around, lots of pluses for him. Annoyed /angry even, is good, if channelled in the right direction( aim it at the sink ).

My new washer has arrived YEY.

Although I had to forgo waitrose for its arrival. So no food. Thats take away then.

Weekend off.... then Vienna.
can't be botheres to list. Its all Blah blah anyway. Usual stuff, and nothing done.
Will pull myself together after hols.

Freak - he is behaving like an arse, he really is. Vastly disrespectful to you and his GF, not to mention how unsettling it must all be for all the children involved. Definitely don't pine for him, you deserve someone who will treat you properly.
I am quite :( and on your behalf actually, stupid man.

Mini - yay for washing machine. At least you can take clean clothes on hols with you now
I think we might be looking at takeaway here actually, DH isn't going to be done with work for another couple of hours at least and my risotto is nowhere near as good as his, so perhaps we will have indian and he can cook tomorrow instead.

Anon - go on, you can open it.

DS is in bed fast asleep, he drunk some milk and ate half a biscuit, there is definitely something the matter.

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 - done
Find clean towels etc - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs - done
Dust everywhere - done
Waitrose delivery 9-11am - done
Put away shopping - done
3 loads of washing - 1 washing, 1 drying
Fold huge basket of clean washing I found in the spare room
Put breadmaker on - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Drop in repeat prescriptions - no
Post pre-school form - no
Lazy afternoon - doing
DS nap - doing
Feet up and read for an hour
Unload dishwasher
Dinner (DH doing risotto) or perhaps takeaway
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

Yes Ali I am quite looking forward to washing. Have just been rubbing clothes in the dirt for the past 6 months

Oh and yes Freaki. Where is Alice??
Hope she is well, on holiday maybe?

Thanks Ali!!

And Alice - hope she is ok, sure she will be back soon!

Actually, did she go on holiday??

Yes he is being an arse! I feel sorry for his dc too, and it's such a shame because he is an excellent father in every other way

Next time he wants to use me as a sounding board I think I will say something because I am annoyed with it now. Not sure how to say it though

Yay for washing machine mini And for holiday. I was invited on a girls holiday this afternoon, by some mums I had barely spoken to before Saturday night. So I can't have been that annoying if they have decided they like me after getting to know me in that state! Don't think I will be able to go though, too many weddings/hen do's/30ths for funds to stretch

Morning :)

Lovely sleep last night, only woke once really and DH whisked DS away this morning so I slept until 10am!
We had a nightmare getting DS settled last night, up and down the stairs in relays like he was 4 months old again and eventually DH took him out in the car which worked for a bit and then he woke again - poor mite wasn't properly settled until about 11.30 but he did then sleep until 7.30am so at least he had a chunk of sleep.

Freak - how about 'you are taking the piss and upsetting me', as an opening gambit? Let's him know how you feel!

I need a little list today

TO DO
Take DS to the park
Strip wash nappies
Fold all clean washing
Post pre-school form
Find baby cardigans and shawl so that I can wash them
Pack basic bag for hospital
Book cinema tickets for Friday

Am in love. The washer is up and running. Scrambling around house for any remnants to wash. (saddo emoticon)
Waves to everyone. have a good weekend.

Ah we have tea

Make me a cup mini

My house is an absolute tip today Had a very lazy morning, then went to a birthday party and we have another party at 4. The dc are watching cbeebies for a bit so really I could be doing something useful. But I'm not!

Minimum I need to do is:
Get clothes off airers and put away
Hoover
Washing up
Wipe round kitchen
Clean handprints off patio door and mirror

Think if I get those bits done it will look 100x better

Ali I keep clicking on that sadagain thread you've posted on and typing responses and then thinking I should just take my own advice! It's so much easier to tell other people what to do than to actually do it yourself though! Not exactly the same situation but some similarities I think.

Are you all having a very lazy weekend???

In a (PMT Fuelled) frenzy I have:

Taken everything off the front of the fridge and cleaned it

Taken everything off the top of the fridge and cleaned it

Cleaned the inside of the fridge and chucked a few bits

Adjusted the legs of fridge so it no longer tilts (I only moved in 14 months ago after all )

Moved fridge out and swept/mopped underneath it

Sorted everything before putting back on fridge.

Then inspired by finding 25 colouring pencils underneath the fridge I also

Sorted dd's desk
Sorted the pens/crayons/pencils
Sorted the sticker/colouring books
Sorted the paints
Sorted the craft stuff

Then ds started crying that he was hungry so I remembered to feed my children lunch(at 2.30 )

Hello Freaky

Fairly lazy, just plodding through a few baby-related jobs and spending lots of time cuddling my poorly boy.

DONE
All usual
Some baby jobs
Finish washing nappies

TO DO
Next lot of baby clothes in to wash
Cook roast (DH)
Fold all clean washing
Finish packing hospital bag

ONGOING
E-mail out some recent photos of DS
Send off form for DS' September pre-school hours - drop into pre-school tomorrow
Strip wash and sort through cloth nappies to see how many new ones we need for DC2 (love buying new cloth nappies ) - washed
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 - done
Clear out a drawer in DS' chest for the baby's clothes - in progress
Get DH to get the hammock out of the garage so we can wash it - found it, needs washing
Buy some sheets for the moses basket - done

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

We are doing invoices, or at least one particular invoice, v. stressful, v. complicated. I have sneaked off as DH giving off angst vibes. So much for a Sunday off. I have however washed everything in sight in washer obsessive mode.

List for tomorrw:
Bank
Shopping
find passport
make packing list
sort clothes
CIS
Call into IP with cups etc.
Organaise Cat. Yeah, right.

You are really showing that fridge what for Freak
Valentines - Bah Humbug

Oh and VAT. DOOM