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

Me neither Wasting, rabid imaginings and all that!

I did try an 'inversion' off the side of the bed to see if baby will turn, can't tell if it's worked but will try again tomorrow. (meant to release the baby from the ligament around the bottom of the bump and give it a chance to rearrange itself)

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap bathmats & towels
• general tidy DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• portage worker (10am) DONE
• maybe pop into bf group if time No time today
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• jobs; forgot - surveyor coming (1-2.30) re remortage thingie DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• chill out time DONE
• tea x 3 (pasta) DONE
• some DS1 homework DONE
• bounce on ball Doing

• DS2 to bed & DS1 ready for bed
• orchestra (check cash for sitter)

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private
• get DH to ring his dentist re the boys; On his list; Seeing dentist soon
• 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
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• decobweb house
• assemble cot DONE/next phase of sorting baby room
• refill dispenser in shower

Evening all,

My we have all been busy, I really don't know how you all do it!

JSW - I can't believe you have done so much whilst 'with child' - respect!!

My afternoon totally went to pot, took longer getting to my sisters than expected. Then we had a cup of tea and a chat about her upcoming uber-renovation and flicked through house magazines. Popped into House of Fraser to return something, ended up buying a much reduced dress. Now feel bad for wasting time :(

Updates list as follows:

• Tidy house - just 15 mins DONE
• Pack 3 more boxes NOT DONE
• Drop key off at my sisters DONE
• Go see builders NOT DONE
• Cancel Virgin NOT DONE
• Set up SKY for new house NOT DONE
• Arrange house insurance for new house and cancel for this one NOT DONE
• collect dry cleaning NOT DONE
• go to DD's parents night DONE

-take chicken out of the freezer for tonight DONE - Booked carpet fitting DONE

DP and I will be painting the hall tomorrow and Thursday so wont get much done then, but hope to catch up on Friday.

Hello Slatterns

Have done pretty much no housework today til after dinner. Kitchen now at least looks hygenic!

Been for a shopping trip today and had coffee with the lovely TrillianAstra.

Friend coming over tomorrow afternoon with her DD, so need to get house straight and make some cakes. My friend has a tidy house, and is always doing her housework, but can't cook, so figured if i just make sure the house looks presentable and make some yummy cakes that will be fine

Will be back soon with a list....

Tomorrow's list:

Make beds
Breakfast
Get everyone dressed
Empty dishwasher
Put washload on
Tidy toys
Clean dining room table
Sweep dining room floor
Sweep kitchen floor
Tidy hall
Sweep hall
Clean bathroom
Tidy DD's room
Hoover upstairs
Clean bathroom floor
Lunch
Horses
Friend over 2.30 - she is always on time!
Dinner - DH doing
DCs bath and bed
Dishwasher on
Put steriliser on
Expess milk

Hello All,

I know that you will all be really busy cleaning your houses however if you have a sec it would be fab to have your views please. Am having a dilemma about storage in DD's new room - am now thinking about an armoire but worried it might look messy.

this is where I need your help please

As I say, it would be good to know what you think if you have a sec, tidyness is a key consideration here I'm sure you'll appreciate

Morning

Shocking night here

DONE
Make our bed
Breakfast
Get dressed
Clean bathroom - i love my flash wipes!!

TO DO
Print some pics out for DD to colour (and making sure she stays out of the way and doesn't make more mess)
Empty dishwasher
Put washload on
Tidy toys
Clean dining room table
Sweep dining room floor
Sweep kitchen floor
Tidy hall
Sweep hall
Clean bathroom
Tidy DD's room
Hoover upstairs
Clean bathroom floor
Lunch
Horses
Friend over 2.30 - she is always on time!
Dinner - DH doing
DCs bath and bed
Dishwasher on
Put steriliser on
Expess milk

I think I'll get some flash wipes too, have used some of DS1's kandoo toilet wipes when i've seen stuff but they are ££.

DS2 up from 5.15, yawn. But he's mid-developmental spurt again, i was being v slow to realise, loads of new things yesterday, new word even at breakfast ('where?'), so i wish he'd sleep more but at the same time...!

Starry - Ali & I both expecting, she's a few weeks ahead of me

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted & dressed DONE
• sch/pre-sch runs DONE

• bath & book for me
• jobs? poundland trip for batteries, toothbrushes, etc
• asda few bits shop
• lunch & tidy up
• SN playgroup
• collect DS1
• finish his homework (it's hardly any but he's resisting!)
• chill out time
• fish & chips tea i think
• boys bath & bed
• night on my own/Sky+/Biggest Loser/early to bed

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private
• get DH to ring his dentist re the boys; On his list; Seeing dentist soon
• 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
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• decobweb house
• next phase of sorting baby room
• refill dispenser in shower

Its wedneday and its just hit me that I have DD2 coming this weekend, house a mess and the exhib do on saturday. EEk

hire glasses from tescos
buy wine, juice and eats
perhaps no-one will come ?
clean the house
bathroom,
bedrooms
sitting room
kitchen
dining
conservatory

best get a wiggle on

JKS at least there is a good reason for it! Well done DS2!!

Mini the weekend is ages away

F just fallen asleep on me, now can i get him upstairs to his cot without waking him .....

Fried coming round with her DD this afternoon. F has got a snotty nose and rattly cough, i feel a bit crap, and DD has a snotty nose, shall i postpone it?

DONE
Make our bed
Breakfast
Get dressed
Clean bathroom - i love my flash wipes!!
Print some pics out for DD to colour (and making sure she stays out of the way and doesn't make more mess)
Tidy DD's room - started

TO DO
Empty dishwasher
Put washload on
Tidy toys
Clean dining room table
Sweep dining room floor
Sweep kitchen floor
Tidy hall
Sweep hall
Clean bathroom
Hoover upstairs
Clean bathroom floor
Lunch
Horses
Friend over 2.30 - she is always on time!
Dinner - DH doing
DCs bath and bed
Dishwasher on
Put steriliser on
Expess milk

doh, should be friend not fried

Morning All!

Thanks JSW for your post on the other thread, much appreciated and how lovely, new babies on the way for yourself an ALI! Take it easy both, too much cleaning can be bad for your health or at least that's what I used to tell myself

Here's my very short list:
breakfast, school drop of etc DONE
house tidy up - just 15 mins DONE
made list of door hooks, little boxes etc that we need from Ikea DONE

Off to new house with DP now to paint hall (we are trying to keep the costs down by doing the hall and our room ourselves), so will not manage the items I did not get done on Tuesday.

MUST catch up with these when I have a moment!

Morning ladies.

After DH's knee "incident" at the weekend, he saw the surgeon this morning. Has offered to do the procedure tomorrow.... DH quite apprehensive, but maybe just needs to bite the bullet. We have a very quiet couple of weeks at home, no big social things, his work is quiet and he needs to be fit to start travelling for work again at the beginning of March, so now really is a good time... which means, in case DH needs help/ferrying around, I need to get my act together! He is "thinking about it". I think he needs to just do it, and be done, he is in pain anyway after the injury on Saturday, and not all that mobile anyway....

Oh, and my garden guy has billed me for the full 6 hours he was supposed to work, but didn't,.. so I need to deal with that today too.... he is getting the sack!

So, today looks something like:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• Major tidy up
• General tidy, make beds etc
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing first load of bedding in now
• Ironing
• On line banking
• Check dehumidifier
• Building project finances
• Collect post from house
• Go see builders
• Collect dog food DONE
• Chickens
• Dog
• Pay Utilities Warehouse Bill
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Remake the beds
• 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
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

Next few days

• Clean DH's car
• Find Maths worksheets for DS and phonics for DD
• 121 tutorials
• Organise some more tea dates for DC
• List more eBay
• Set up weather station
• Start to think about lighting, bathrooms, doors?. look through MIL's magazines and online for ideas
• Two costumes for DD and DS this term at school

Dsis is here, quite like this two adults thing I was able to have a shower in peace and she got ds dressed so shaved 5 mins off what I needed to do. She has also hoovered the sitting room for me

Having pampered chef party this eve so need to make house look semi ok...

Will catch up on ever

y one else later

Oh and friend's ds has pneumonia and coincidentally had a reaction to reflux meds as well which caused the seizure

How did that happen

Oh crap, you mentioning your pampered chef party has reminded me - I was supposed to be at one this morning, completely forgot. Never been to one, so was very interested to go along and check it out....

Sounds like it is nice having your DSis around.

Sorry to hear about your friend's DS, poor thing, is he in hospital/getting the right treatment now?

Have sent a "justify your time" text to my garden chap, let's see what he says. I am stupidly (unreasonably) anxious/nervous about it, which is ridiculous, because a) I am the customer and b) he is trying to diddle me!!!

Ah well

Good Morning Girls, I have been bad, sucked into FB, but I need to get back in track for fear of all my hard work unravelling as I type, but short list today

MINI WARNING shut eyes

VAT rtn (yyeeeeuuuuccckkk)

open eyes again Mini
Well how is everything going for exhibit, is HMHB coming up for it?
How is she & her babies doing?

Right I was going to go see my nannie today but ds was sick again so kept him off another day I really have no idea what is going on with his stomach, it seems to be all flem and making him gag

Welcome new slatterns

Waves to Ali JKS Freaki Alice & Wasting oh and Anon get that dh to the docs NOW

Ok, I am Slattern of the Year. It's official.

I warmed up to the title last week, when I admitted to mopping the floor for the first time in two months.

However, today, I reached the pinnacle (or should that be depths?) that any Slattern can possibly reach.

I cleaned the inside of the lid of our pedal bin for the first time in two years. I know it is that long because I am as certain as it is Wednesday that it has not been done since we bought it. I do the top of the lid nearly every day, but the inside.. well, it wasn't pretty!

Shame on me.

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• Major tidy up DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing second load of bedding in now
• Ironing
• Bathroom
• On line banking
• Check dehumidifier
• Building project finances
• Collect post from house
• Go see builders
• Collect dog food DONE
• Chickens
• Dog
• Quick supermarket trip
• Pay Utilities Warehouse Bill
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Remake the beds
• Refix with EON ? part done, but need to shop around for a possible ?switch?
• Call Builder re costings
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• Babysitter for school quiz night
• DC to PIL's for tea
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

Right all invoices sorted into their months, off to school to collect dd2
lunch
prepare dinner
start totting up invoices

think ds has forgotten hes off school sick

Anon - hope DH gets himself sorted asap, i'm a crap nurse and hate DH being ill, get really impatient, etc, so he'd be getting short shrift from me! And that is funny about the bin! I bet there are things here that i haven't even thought of that could top that...

Well sod lists, i went back to bed after my bath was lovely :)

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted & dressed DONE
• sch/pre-sch runs DONE
• bath & book for me DONE + nap
• jobs? poundland trip for batteries, toothbrushes, etc Tomorrow
• asda few bits shop Tomorrow

• lunch & tidy up
• SN playgroup
• collect DS1
• finish his homework (it's hardly any but he's resisting!)
• chill out time
• fish & chips tea i think
• boys bath & bed
• night on my own/Sky+/Biggest Loser/early to bed

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private
• get DH to ring his dentist re the boys; On his list; Seeing dentist soon
• 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
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• decobweb house
• next phase of sorting baby room
• refill dispenser in shower

DH is having the op done tomorrow morning first thing. Am a bit sad for him, as I know he just doesn't want to be cut open, however, in the long run this is the right thing to do.

So, action stations for me:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• Major tidy up DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW running now
• Washing towels in
• Ironing
• Bathroom
• Hoovering
• On line banking
• Check dehumidifier
• Building project finances
• Collect post from house DONE
• Go see builders DONE
• Collect dog food DONE
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Quick supermarket trip
• Practice DS's lines for his play on Friday
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Pay Utilities Warehouse Bill
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Remake the beds Bunk beds DONE
• Refix with EON ? part done, but need to shop around for a possible ?switch?
• Call Builder re costings
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• Babysitter for school quiz night
• DC to PIL's for tea
• Get fire going
• Make dinner

PLUM Thank you for VAT kindness. It is on my list, ....again. Plan to do invoices and filing this afternoon.
Have hired glasses , bought wine and think I am ready for exhib will sort out some photos.
HMHB has visitors this weekend, But HicCups is coming.
Baby biscuit is v.cute and amusing and is already in her brothers face. DGS1 is at that sensitive age and is growing fast.
ANON I hpe your DH grabs the opportunity to get his leg fixed how often do you get ..'well I could do it tomorrow'. Am off now to inspect inside of bin lid, in search of new life forms. We boldly go.

Anon i have never cleaned inside the lid i think it is good your DH is going in tomorrow as less time to worry about it. Good luck

JKS mmmm.....bed

freak yay for your sister being there.

Change of plan for today. F was wheezing (has a cold) so took him to Dr and postponed friend til next week. He has been prescribed a baby inhaler to help shift the snot on his chest, but good news there is no infection and Dr doesn't think it is actually asthma.

He has just fallen asleep sitting up next to me cute

Alice - so cute, hope the inhaler helps.

Mini - all this exhibition talk is getting exciting!

Anon - great news that it can be done so quickly, over and done with, this time tomorrow he can be starting to recover, rather than still being in pain with no improvement in sight.

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted & dressed DONE
• sch/pre-sch runs DONE
• bath & book for me DONE + nap
• jobs? poundland trip for batteries, toothbrushes, etc; Tomorrow
• asda few bits shop; Tomorrow
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• SN playgroup DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• finish his homework (it's hardly any but he's resisting!) DONE
• chill out time Doing
• try and find a new tumble dryer online to suggest to DH
• fish & chips tea i think
• boys bath & bed
• night on my own/Sky+/Biggest Loser DONE/early to bed

Longer term:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private
• get DH to ring his dentist re the boys; On his list; Seeing dentist soon
• 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
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• decobweb house
• next phase of sorting baby room
• refill dispenser in shower

Alice - my DD had an inhaler from very young, though technically not asthmatic. These days (5yo now) we have them on standby as we tend to need them when she has a cold, goes straight to her chest. The inhalers make a big difference to her, really ease the coughing and most importantly make sure she has a good night's sleep... most of the time!

Right, DC despatched to MIL's for tea, so I have two hours to MN generally get sorted for what is bound to be a busy few days looking after DH after his op tomorrow...

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• Major tidy up DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW just need to empty once cool
• Washing four down, one more load to go
• Ironing
• Bathroom DONE
• Hoovering DONE
• On line banking
• Check dehumidifier
• Building project finances
• Collect post from house DONE
• Go see builders DONE
• Collect dog food DONE
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Quick supermarket trip DONE
• Practice DS's lines for his play on Friday DONE
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Pay Utilities Warehouse Bill
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Remake the beds DONE
• Refix with EON ? part done, but need to shop around for a possible ?switch?
• Call Builder re costings
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• Babysitter for school quiz night
• DC to PIL's for tea DONE
• Get fire going
• Make dinner