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'm cancelling because they aren't as good as they were. I've had to request so many refunds in the last 2/3 months because of things being packed badly - things like lasagne on it's side so it all goes in a heap at one side of the tray, cream not wrapped in a bag so if it gets knocked it goes over everything else in the bag. Best before dates have started to get shorter as well, everything needs using in the first 2 days.
My biggest bugbear though is the number of substitutions - loads of Waitrose own brand replaced by Ocado own brand, which is frankly crap quality. They seem to be gradually phasing out lots of the Waitrose fresh fruit, veg and bread in favour of their own stuff.
Waitrose deliver to here now, which they didn't a couple of years ago, so I've started to use them instead. Prices are exactly the same, if not cheaper because you get all their special offers and they don't charge anything for delivery. And it arrives all nicely packed and nothing squashed

Sorry for the rant - can you tell it's annoyed me???

Yum to Nando's, might suggest to DH that we go there for lunch this weekend.

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
DH to work - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Sweep kitchen floor
Call from midwife at 10.30ish - not heard from her yet
Finalise Waitrose order for tomorrow - done
Remember to cancel Ocado order and delivery pass - done
Re-new DS' library books over the phone - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - next
Music
Drive to parents for haircut
DS tea
Drive home
DS bath and bed (hopefully DH will be here when we get back)
Our dinner
Put a wash on
Clear up
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
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Think I will start a new list

washing
ironing
hoover
get invoice book
look at playgroup spreadsheet
make buns
go to library storytime
clean bathroom

just a short one for Thurs/Fri

Ali - interesting what you say about Ocado. I am a die hard Ocado (ie. Waitrose) fan and always choose Ocado deliveries because I can get them at very short notice, and they offer hour slots. My Waitrose Deliver service is a bit rubbish - not many slots available unless you book way ahead and I cannot navigate their website....

BUT I agree that all this phasing in Ocado own brand isn't necessarily a good thing - Waitrose own brand is sooo good mostly, I wish they would just concentrate on that! Maybe spreading themselves a bit thin to offer ANOTHER "cheaper" (ie. non-brand) range???? Especially if it is no good!!!

Anyway, nuff of that.

Have vile cold, have cleaned house, so cannot contemplate a list.

Happy Chinese New Year BTW - I am a Rooster (as is DD!) DS is a Monkey (oh yes he is!). DH is a Tiger, rrrrrraaah.

That's interesting Ali, I don't really understand the difference between Ocado & Waitrose, though i did spot packers in Waitrose the other day which i didn't think happened.
A good thing as in Asda, you have to fight your way through the staff stocking the shelves & the staff unloading the shelves for online shops which strikes me as a bit daft.

We managed the playground after school today was chilly but sunny and thought best give it a try today in case it turns back to rainy again.

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• sch runs DONE
• DS2's IEP meeting (9.30) DONE (had bit of a moan about Ed Psych too, helps to spread the word that she's awful!)
• cook risotto DONE
• tidy DS2's files DONE
• buy some icing sugar DONE
• meet friend for lunch (remember borrowed book) DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• playground DONE
• chill out time/finish decorating cakes with DS1 DONE cakes Doing playtime

• tea x 2 & tidy up (what; mixture tea i think, some risotto, some ravioli, etc.)
• boys to bed
• DH home at some point
• forgot I am going out with other mums for Nando's tonight

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; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options
• get DH to get baby clothes down from loft

DH home, yey!
DS2 fell asleep on my lap so DH has taken him up to bed already, uh oh for tomorrow morning. hey ho, keeping him up late didn't work.

Thurs:

• tea x 2 & tidy up DONE
• DH home at some point DONE
• out with other mums for Nando's tonight

Fri:

• DH up first...(mwahahahahaha!)
• breakfast & tidy up
• DH to work
• DS1 to school
• sort/make TQ & bye card
• pop to shops for tin of biscuits
• pop into old playgroup with biscuits & card
• go to new SN playgroup
• lunch & tidy up
• jobs/chill out
• collect DS1
• 2 friends + 2 DC coming to play & for tea
• tea x 4 kids (pizza)
• DH home
• boys bath & bed
• early quiet night together

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; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options
• get DH to get baby clothes down from loft

Anon - I have always been a diehard Ocado fan as well, raved about them to anyone who would listen, but I just got so irritated.

I am a Snake, DH is a Dog and DS is a Rat. Holds fairly true for DH and I, DH is highly amused to think that he would make an ideal 'secret agent'!

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
DH to work - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Sweep kitchen floor
Call from midwife at 10.30ish - hmm, she didn't phone ring antenatal clinic in the morning
Finalise Waitrose order for tomorrow - done
Remember to cancel Ocado order and delivery pass - done
Re-new DS' library books over the phone - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Music - done
Drive to parents for haircut - done
DS tea - done
DH home - done
Drive home - done
DS bed - done
Our dinner - done
Collapse - doing
Put a wash on
Clear up
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

I haven't read the attributes just lately but I am an ox, DH a sheep.DD1 also ox , DS1,DS2 are both dragons (twins).
i am also aware that Mrs Thatcher and Hitler were both Oxen. EEK

Please salute when I post

Lol Mini, I have no idea, will have to look it up to see what we all are.

Is DS2 in league with DH? He woke at 6.05 this morning not fair!

Fri:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to school DONE
• make TQ & bye card DONE
• pop to shops for tin of biscuits DONE
• pop into old playgroup with biscuits & card DONE
• go to new SN playgroup DONE
• laundry; Load1 in WM

• lunch & tidy up
• dw unloaded & reloaded
• jobs/chill out
• collect DS1
• 2 friends + 2 DC coming to play & for tea
• tea x 4 kids (pizza)
• DH home
• boys bath & bed
• early quiet night together

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; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options
• get DH to get baby clothes down from loft

washing
ironing
hoover DONE
get invoice book
look at playgroup spreadsheet DONE
make buns
go to library storytime NO RAINING
clean bathroom

I am an ox

my daughter is a pig!

Hello everyone :)

JKS - nightmare! Will he give you an extra lie-in over the weekend? I think it would only be fair seeing as you are carrying his child

The fireplace is being done - finally! I am holding my breath for further problems, shan't be celebrating until I am sat down in front of it with lovely warm toes!

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH working from home - doing
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Change DS' bedding - done
Waitrose delivery 9-11am - done
Put away shopping - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - later once fireplace is done
Fireplace fitters here - doing hurrah! :)
Lunch out - done
Sit down and do as little as possible - doing
Get card and present for SIL (DH)
Unload dishwasher
Wash towels etc
Put out clean towels
Dinner
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Change our bedding

Ali - i should think so! Hoping for both Sat & Sun (esp as Sun is my birthday) :)

Fri:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to school DONE
• make TQ & bye card DONE
• pop to shops for tin of biscuits DONE
• pop into old playgroup with biscuits & card DONE
• go to new SN playgroup DONE
• laundry; Load1 in WM
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• dw unloaded & reloaded DONE
• jobs/chill out Doing

• collect DS1
• 2 friends + 2 DC coming to play & for tea
• tea x 4 kids (pizza)
• DH home
• boys bath & bed
• early quiet night together

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; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options
• get DH to get baby clothes down from loft
• birthday TQs 'from' DS2 for his birthday Printing out

Ali - hope all goes well with the fireplace.............!

DS is home from school today, complained of a sore tummy and I must say he looked decidedly peaky this morning and even the promise of football club didn't have any effect. Anyway, strangely enough, he has now stuffed his face and "perked up" and is now ensconced on the sofa with DH, under a blanket watching The Discovery Channel......

Ah well.

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Bathroom Delivery DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Ironing DONE
• Hoovering DONE
• On line banking DONE
• Credit card payments - two need to be made DONE
• Staircase meeting DONE
• Two birthday cards needed for Mon and Tues
• Renew library books
• Holiday dates with MIL
• Check dehumidifier DONE
• Building project finances
• Collect post from house DONE
• Go see builders DONE
• Doors order this week
• Call man to collect old doors
• Balance transfer to organise
• Tesco wine delivery
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards
• Pay Utilities Warehouse Bill
• Sort stuff to list on Ebay
• Call Builder re costings
• Feb house budget ongoing, itemise everything
• Get fire going
• Out 7.30pm.

OH yey, new icon

• Tesco delivery

NICE!!!!

Anon I love how often deliveries come up on your list

Yey for

Well DS2 hates paint (and any wet stuff) but managed to get him to 'tolerate' me putting his hands in paint and splatting the backs of some printed out photos of him for his TQs :)

Fri:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to school DONE
• make TQ & bye card DONE
• pop to shops for tin of biscuits DONE
• pop into old playgroup with biscuits & card DONE
• go to new SN playgroup DONE
• laundry; Load1 On airer Load2 in WM
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• dw unloaded & reloaded DONE
• piles of dry washing put away DONE
• jobs/chill out Doing

• collect DS1
• 2 friends + 2 DC coming to play & for tea
• tea x 4 kids (pizza)
• DH home
• boys bath & bed
• early quiet night together

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; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options
• get DH to get baby clothes down from loft
• birthday TQs 'from' DS2 for his birthday; Photos printed out; Paint hand prints DONE

Ali will foreplace have a real fire?
Just have not got down any list at all this week. Must get meself sorted for next week.
print some stuff - at least have got that working now.

No, it is a gas fire. I couldn't be bothered with the prospect of having to clean the fireplace all the time, and worry about supplies of wood etc.
Wanted something I could just flick on for instant warmth.
It has a closed front, so v.economical, something like 80% of the heat goes into the room rather than up the chimney - and there is no draft down the chimney any longer, or a convenient entry-route for giant spiders!!

Yay it is done, and it works! Am so so pleased. Have paid the fitter, now to phone the shop... I might get DH to do it, I'm feeling a bit wimpish for some reason!

Yay for fireplace ali

Productive morning, non productive afternoon. Played marbles and watched telly with ds and wc for 2.5 hours instead of doing anything useful, ah well.

Need to take sofa covers off and get them washed tonight, they are filthy with chocolate and all sorts of gunk all over them.

Ha ha re deliveries - you know, they do come up quite often but generally because when Tesco offer free delivery for an order of any size, it means I don't have to spend £100 +, I can just order one box and it's delivered for free, so that is what I do!!!

Soooo much cheaper than buying in my regular groceries delivery.

AND I have the PIL's babysitting tonight which means two things:

a) I need vast amounts of wine in (they are right old soaks) (hence the next day order made yesterday) and
b) the DC won't go to bed before 9... which REALLY pisses me off as I always say "8 on the dot please".

Grrr. I mean, I know it is usually a weekend when they babysit or whatever but even so, I like them in bed at 8 otherwise they are horrors the next day and it is ME who has to deal with it!

Hey ho.

Anon - that would annoy me too!

Knackered today, think 3 4-yr olds is the max to have indoors. And they all get on, DS1 has a group of baby friends but tbh he prefers today's 2, and i prefer the mums so it's perfect but i feel mean about not inviting everyone. Well i did, but after tidying up after 3 (+DS2), even with them helping & DH, i know i couldn't manage anymore.

Fri:

• laundry; Load1 On airer Load2 in WM
• collect DS1 DONE
• 2 friends + 2 DC coming to play & for tea DONE
• tea x 4 kids (pizza) DONE
• DH home DONE
• boys bath & bed DH DONE

• early quiet night together

Sat:

• DH up first
• breakfast & tidy kitchen
• all dressed
• DH & boys out to Dad's Club
• aahhhhh peace :)
• write DS2's TQs
• other paperwork/filing type activity with news on & a cup of tea
• lunch & tidy up
• chill out
• DH wants to take DS1 into town to see the Chinese dragons (and possibly buy me a birthday present I suspect)
• remind DH to find something as present for party on Sunday
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• boys to bed
• crash out

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; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options
• get DH to get baby clothes down from loft Tomorrow hopefully
• birthday TQs 'from' DS2 for his birthday; Photos printed out; paint hand prints dry; Write little note on each one & post tomorrow

hello all, I'm on a mission today but not well so we'll see how I get on, haven't caught up so hope everyong is well,
seen chinese new year thing must check it out
think I'm a rat or something

Anyway have tidied & brushed kitchen
clean out & lit fire,
so just going to
wash fireplace down (ashes are messy)
hoover
put a wash on
Iron
Clean bathrooms

not sure I have the energy and I have lost my voice!
Proud mummy alert dd and 3 of her classmates were in Quiz last night and they came 2nd beat by 1 point but rest of the teams were miles behind and all from much bigger schools than ours so we were very proud as lots of people think our school isn't good because we only have 70 pupils

Hi Plum, yey for DD :) & I have a stinker of a cold & sore throat/cough too. Wondering how bad really would it be to take some Day Nurse....

Sat:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH & boys out to Dad's Club DONE
• aahhhhh peace DONE
• bath DONE
• laundry; Wm on & airer full
• New tumble dryer arriving DONE

• write list of jobs for DH (clothes from loft, move TD into place....)
• install new TD
• write DS2's TQs
• other paperwork/filing type activity with news on & a cup of tea
• lunch & tidy up
• chill out
• DH wants to take DS1 into town to see the Chinese dragons (and possibly buy me a birthday present I suspect)
• remind DH to find something as present for party on Sunday
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• boys to bed
• crash out

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; Emailed 3rd person & again
• ebay/freecycle Dance Mat
• analyse heating/electricity for cheaper options
• get DH to get baby clothes down from loft
• birthday TQs 'from' DS2 for his birthday; Photos printed out; paint hand prints dry; Write little note on each one & post

Hello Plum and JKS. It's clearly vile cold week!! I have been in a deep fog of sinus pain since Wednesday. Just today I feel like a couple of layers have lifted.... But my nose is SO SORE!

PIL's weren't too bad with DC last night. They were in bed at 8.15 apparently, which is ok for a Friday..... so not grotty today, which is a relief!

Anyway, Saturday is our lazy day, we have nothing we need to do at all other than just chill out a bit.. Nice.

Rugby, newspaper and sofa for the afternoon I suspect!

Plum - good call on the fire, ours is full of ash, so before we light it, I am going to go and clear it out....

Fantastic quiz result! How old are they??