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

I am most please with my achievements today.

I am getting a bit nervous about the exhib. I imagine I will be sitting there for three hours waiting for people who forget to turn up. At least I 'll have the wine to drink.

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

mini - when is the free wine showing then????

And we need photos, for sure! How very exciting.

GOOD LUCK!!!

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• Major tidy up DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW DONE
• Washing DONE
• 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 DONE
• Make dinner DONE

Tomorrow:

• DC to school
• To friend for quick coffee
• Home for tidy up/dog walk/check on builders
• Go collect DH from hospital (hopefully)
• DC getting lift home from school (phew!)

Saturday, at The Inner Place in Ledbury. Drop in between 5 and 8. I think you are a bit far away though.

Well, I would come by if I could, but instead, will wish you all the best and will be thinking of you!!!

Mini - it far for me too, so good luck from me :)

DS1 is so funny, watching some Ben10 whilst DS2 goes to bed first, and he's set up a den to watch it from (an upturned stool + blanket) whilst playing with new Jessie & Bullseye at the same time. He has to lean out of his den to see the tv, looks v uncomfy!

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted & dressed DONE
• sch/pre-sch runs DONE
• bath & book for me + nap DONE
• 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 DONE
• try and find a new tumble dryer online to suggest to DH Have started looking
• fish & chips tea DONE
• boys bath DONE & bed DS2 DONE
• night on my own/Sky+/early to bed

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• school runs
• cafe to meet other mums (plastic tubs for teacher friend)
• Asda for few bits (remember list)
• town for Poundland bits
• home & jobs?
• lunch & tidy up
• MW (2.30)
• DS2 Educational Assessment (3.30)
• boys tea (beans on toast type tea)
• boys to bed
• DH home (when?)
• dinner & 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; All grown up books OUT
• refill dispenser in shower

Oh I love den

Ohh Mini I am so excited for you!
Iam sitting here doing VAT rtn but keep getting distacted by computer so going to bring it into kitchen, bit warmer in there too
Anon good luck to you dh, and sprinkle you with lots of patience for your patient

Hi Plum it getting colder here. My DH has gone to a meeting to I am chillin'. Your return must be a month ahead of mine. Good luck with it.

Ladies I will have a catch up later - have only 5 mins left on laptop battery!

One question to JKS What is an 'inversion' and how do I do it? Fed up of this child being wedged sideways in my belly !!!!!!

Evening!

Good luck to your hubby Anon.

JKS, well done to DS2.

Looking forward to seeing some photos Mini!

I'm super tired, but v. happy as I lost 4lbs this week at Weight Watchers.

My kitchen is actually a nightmare, so I need some galvanisation.

• tidy and clear sides
• dry pots
• clean sink

...

• tidy and clear sides done
• dry pots done
• clean sink done

+ washed a few pots done

It's still awful, but there's some clean black counter.

Tomorrow morning -

• shower and dress
• make beds and open windows
• oj, spatone and vits
• breakfast
• put DH top in to wash
• kitchen - wash pots, sweep floor, take rubbish out
• tidy and hoover through downstairs
• if time - bathroom and general spruce
• DS changed and ready to go
• music class

Ali - what position is your baby in? Have you looked at the spinning babies website? on there they show one example of an inversion, basically imagine you try to go down the stairs on hands and knees head first :) except with someone standing below you supporting your shoulders and you just get into position and stay there, not actually go down the stairs.
Basically any position that totally takes the baby's weight off the ligament around the bottom of the bump, so i have tried off the side of my bed (quite a high bed), hand on the floor.
Think you're meant to hold it for 10/15secs then get up (carefully). It hasn't worked yet for me.
Have MW later so will have to discuss further methods as i really want a HB and transverse has only possible exit route :(

Morning JKS - fellow early bird today! DH had to go early to the hospital so am wide awake.... Actually I did wonder what you meant by inversion too! Good luck with that.

Am trying to think of nice things to have in for DH when he gets back. He is going to be very sore and immobile for a couple of days, he'll hopefully be up and about a bit at the weekend, but will be largely housebound for the next week, if not two... have got in nice biccies and cakes (I always crave sugar after operations!), lots of juices, lager (of course - but may be not today!), comfort food - eggs, toast, might even make some soup. Lots of logs for nice warm fires... Going to get the kids to make him get well cards this morning.

What else?

Plum - have ordered in extra patience - great idea!

Minimal list today:

• DC to school
• To friend for quick coffee
• Home for tidy up/dog walk/check on builders
• Meal plan and Ocado order for tomorrow
• Go collect DH from hospital (hopefully)
• DC getting lift home from school (phew!)
• DC reading, DS practice lines for play tomorrow
• Look after DH.

DS2 awake from 4.54....

Yet, it's now 8.05 and no-one is dressed

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed
• school runs
• cafe to meet other mums (plastic tubs for teacher friend)
• Asda for few bits (remember list)
• town for Poundland bits
• home & jobs?
• lunch & tidy up
• MW (2.30)
• DS2 Educational Assessment (3.30)
• boys tea (beans on toast type tea)
• boys to bed
• DH home (when?)
• dinner & 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; All grown up books OUT
• refill dispenser in shower

Morning!

JKS, how many weeks are you now?

Anon, that sounds lovely. Hope he's not too grumpy.

• shower and dress done
• make beds and open windows done
• oj, spatone and vits done
• breakfast done
• put DH top in to wash
• kitchen - wash pots, sweep floor, take rubbish out
• tidy and hoover through downstairs
• if time - bathroom and general spruce
• DS changed and ready to go
• music class

Mornin'
Ali JKS, I do yoga with pregnant ladies and we do: from kneeling on all fours, bring toes together knees apart making room for bump, walk your hands forward until your head is on floor or as far as you can get, Bottom up-ish. Let gravity do its work. This is supposed to help baby into right pos.
Back later with list.
Work day today

Inversion ie being upside down over bed sounds good idea too.

• shower and dress done
• make beds and open windows done
• oj, spatone and vits done
• breakfast done
• put DH top in to wash done
• kitchen - wash pots started, sweep floor, take rubbish out
• tidy and hoover through downstairs
• if time - bathroom and general spruce
• DS changed and ready to go
• music class

I've no energy and am feeling a bit down about the state of the house.

The cleaning is going to have to wait til later.

I'm going to have a crisis cleaning festival - bring on the timer!

Hello again.
Right, I have a couple of hours to make soup and do chores:

• DC to school DONE
• To friend for quick coffee DONE
• Make soup
• One load washing to unload/dry
• Ironing (bare minimum)
• Tidy up/dog walk/check on builders
• Meal plan and Ocado order for tomorrow Order placed - finalise tonight
• Go collect DH from hospital (hopefully)
• DC getting lift home from school (phew!)
• DC reading, DS practice lines for play tomorrow
• Look after DH.

JKS/Mini - that all sounds good. Baby is transverse, or was the last time I checked. Felt it moving a lot in the night though and the kicks etc seemed in a different place so if I can get DS to be quiet infront of the TV then I will have a feel and see what's going on.
Scan to decide birth plan is in 2 weeks, so if I do want to try a VBAC then that's how long I've got to persuade the baby into a better position!
Will give it a go tomorrow once DH is back (thank bloody God I am knackered) and we are at home.
87 year old grandmother isn't going to manage to deal with DS and get me to hospital if I do myself a mischief

Wasting - yay for 4lbs, that is brilliant! Is it your first week?

Anon - hope the op goes well. Men can be strangely wimpish about such things - DH needs an op on his ear and despite the fact that he can pick and choose his date etc because it's private, he keeps putting it off. Have told him that now it's too late to have it done before DC2 comes.

Mini - good luck for exhibition! :)

to everyone else

I may even post a small list later, need to do a shop for grandma and sort a few things here before we leave tomorrow.

Just couldn't wait - had to phone hospital.
He's not back on the ward yet... just want to know he's through the anaesthetic and no complications.

The waiting is fairly unbearable!

Ali - Strangely wimpish - yes, DH the same, has needed this surgery for years really, but has soldiered on, putting it off etc etc. Finally, this latest injury has forced the issue - and as it was private, the surgeon just said "see you in the morning then". No time to stop and think or worry about it at least. And let's face it, not a lot happens in February does it, so it's a good month to be in recovery!

AAAGGGHHHH. Wish they'd call!

Hope you get some news soon Anon.

Ali, my third week, I lost 5lbs first week then 1.5lbs the second. I thought I'd do well to lost the half lb last night I needed to get my first half stone loss then lost 4 so I was on a real high. I've a lot to lose so those little goals are great motivation.

Right -

• finish coffee

Then -

• 15 mins - general pottering and tidying

He just called ! Phew! Sounds very groggy, but not at all surprising. Just wants out of there. I can collect him at 2...

I want to cry - with relief and also as he sounded so out of it and he is going to hurt so much...

Anon - glad he is through it, even if he's in pain now, well he was before too, this is 'useful' pain IYKWIM.

Wasting - I'm 28+4 now.

Ali - this baby is transverse too, grr. I see the MW later and will discuss when best to have a scan to confirm position and maybe discuss ECV, or start trying to find a reflexologist or something.

Mini - i can do that pose except for having my knees apart, my SPD is ok at the mo but i'm being ultra careful and keeping my knees together as much as poss. This baby just seems happy in it's 'pelvic hammock'

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• school runs DONE
• cafe to meet other mums (plastic tubs for teacher friend) DONE
• Asda for few bits (remember list) DONE
• town for Poundland bits DONE
• home & jobs;

new batteries in toys DONE new Cheerios into tupperware thingie all shopping away Started

• lunch & tidy up
• might have a lie down & tell Nanny to let DS2 have a lie down too as I don't want him crashing at the assessment appt
• MW (2.30)
• DS2 Educational Assessment (3.30)
• boys tea (beans on toast type tea)
• boys to bed
• DH home (when?)
• dinner & 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; All grown up books OUT
• refill dispenser in shower

Anon, glad everything went well.

JKS, there's time yet then isn't there for baby to turn by themselves.
Floor scrubbing in a wheelbarrow position?

Right -

• finish coffee done

Then -

• 15 mins - general pottering and tidying done X 2

+ lunch doing

Next -

• 15 mins kitchen