Getting nothing done? Procrastinators, pottering here.

[Alibabaandthe80nappies]

Welcome to the new thread ladies :)

Trying to get back into work frame of mind. Not really working.
House List:
washing
tidy
shopping
filing
garden
make burgers

Work list:
invoices
Filing
DHadmin
accounts
office
course work
student portfolio

Passport photo

Mon:

• PIL to go home DONE
• eat something DONE
• clear up kitchen after breakfast DONE
• get dressed DONE
• put WM on DONE
• tidy toy chaos DONE
• finish crossword from yesterday DONE
• lunch DONE
• poss nap if DD sleeps DONE
• collect DS1 (set alarm! - DONE) DONE
• chill out/tv time/DS2 home Doing
• tea x 3 (pasta)
• get ready for GOSH trip tomorrow
• boys to bed/DD to bed/me to bed early (DH home late)

Ongoing:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• order blind for kitchen side door
• curtains for playroom; gather & tie strings - 2 of 4 done; stitch pairs together; hang - need more hooks
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• DS1 Party; pencilled in for July (confirm once cast is off on Thurs)
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos of all 3 DC (2 for passports, 1 for blue badge form)
• library (with DS's books)
• bank - pay in cheque
• sort out flush on downstairs loo
• make some cards; Done more; & sort out presents
• think about TQs (baby & DS1 bday); Doing; order photos of DD for card

Hello :)

Hectic day here and I'm shattered because T didn't settle properly until gone 2am!
For the rest of the day I need to do the following.

TO DO
Bit of a tidy downstairs
Tea for DS1
1 more load of washing
Send photos of DS1 in his fancy dress to family who sponsored him
Order DS1's 'big boy bed'
Research and order waterproofs for DS1
Me and DH dinner
Clear up
Bed

Hi Peeps!
Back from holiday, how is everyone? Any more pregnancies/babies/other similar?! A lot can happen in ten days!

My new kitchen arrived today

I have a major major weeds in the lawn problem - I don't think I can use Round Up as I don't want to kill the lawn, naturally.

Anyone got any tips/ideas? I have six weeks to make the lawn at my rented house look vaguely respectable as I have not done ANYTHING with it other than a couple of cuts.... I see this as a bit of a challenge.. it's not a big area particularly, so I do think I must be able to do something with it!

TIA!

No idea Anon sorry, just mow them to the same level as the grass and hope no-one notices?!

Ali - better luck for tonight!

Mon:

• PIL to go home DONE
• eat something DONE
• clear up kitchen after breakfast DONE
• get dressed DONE
• put WM on DONE
• tidy toy chaos DONE
• finish crossword from yesterday DONE
• lunch DONE
• poss nap if DD sleeps DONE
• collect DS1 (set alarm! - DONE) DONE
• chill out/tv time/DS2 home DONE
• tea x 3 (pasta) DONE
• get ready for GOSH trip tomorrow Started
• boys to bed/DD to bed/me to bed early (DH home late) DONE (in bed already)

Tues

• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• strip beds
• swap bath mats & towels
• DS1 to sch
• rest of us to GOSH
• lunch in London (depending on timings)
• me & 2 DC home/DH to work
• collect DS1
• chill out!
• tea x 3 (what?pizza?)
• DC bath & bed
• me to bed

Ongoing:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• order blind for kitchen side door
• curtains for playroom; gather & tie strings - 2 of 4 done; stitch pairs together; hang - need more hooks
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• DS1 Party; pencilled in for July (confirm once cast is off on Thurs)
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos of all 3 DC (2 for passports, 1 for blue badge form)
• library (with DS's books)
• bank - pay in cheque
• sort out flush on downstairs loo
• make some cards; Done more; & sort out presents
• think about TQs (baby & DS1 bday); Doing; order photos of DD for cards

Morning-have lots of bits to do today but am struggling to get beyond coffee this morning! Thought if I came and posted on here it might make me FOCUS!!
So here's the list:

Tidy kitchen and sweep floor.
Drop DS at preschool.
Post mortgage forms.
Print off new term forms for toddler group I run.
Check on craft for this week and get supplies together.
Laundry, laundry, laundry.
Drop DD at college for exam.
Hoover through.
Hoover out my skip on wheels car
Research car hire for our vacation to Cyprus.
Mop hall flor and bathroom floors.
Walk dogs.
Call Tesco for schools AGAIN and get them to sort out my toddler group account.

Ongoing List

Declutter magazines.
Declutter wardrobe and re-organise.
Take Ds's outgrown clothes to charity shop.
Trip to tip with crap from garage.
Plan routes for next 3 training walks. (walking Hadrians wall later this year).

That'll do for now!

I have been here all the time honestly

Anon artificial lawn? We have been very tempted....

I need to do a serious spring clean. We are going to decorate our room, and it is currently a dumping ground. DD's play area (also the conservatory and laundry) has been taken over by our stuff, there is stuff in every corner of the house, but i am almost on top of the laundry (well, everything apart from everything in actual laundry hamper has been washed, believe me, this is such an improvement!)

AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH................... help?

Oh and DS is into everything he is cruising and keeps trying to stand on his brick trolley to get over the sitting room stair gate.

He is looking ready for a nap now though, so need a list of things to do in half hour

Morning! Ridiculous lists return.

Today/daily

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Ocado 9-10 DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Kitchen
• Ironing
• Playroom
• Weeding at front of house
• Tidy loft
• On line banking and check credit card
• Book cab for night out
• Post SIL's birthday card
• Order strip light for kitchen
• Call furniture storage people.
• Maths/phonics workbooks and cards
• Clean Oven
• Collect post from house
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards DD DONE
• Meeting at school, DC to after school club
• Collect hedges
• DC swimming
• June budget itemise everything DOING
• Make dinner
• Extra big hugs for DC before bed

House

• Clean dining room windows
• Ikea re various furniture required
• Watering
• Choose pendant light
• Building project finances - need to update spreadsheet
• Three bills to pay
• Building project plans/lists/schedule to update
• Choose bathroom mirrors
• Find door stops
• Disposal of flooring rubbish
• Order Fridge
• BT - reinstate phone line

One off things this week/soon:

• Go to IKEA
• Strimming/mowing/weeding
• Notice on house
• Tennis camp for DC
• Bag and box things for the loft
• Plan to meet DH on his cycle trip
• Book DDog's jabs
• MOT DH's car
• Trainers for DS
• Refix mortgage?
• Back up photos
• Bike rack ? check loft
• Renew DD?s passport
• Work out parental controls on Mac
• Life insurance to finalise
• Mortgage?
• Holiday dates with MIL mostly done
• Spend DH's Amex points!
• List more eBay
• Set up weather station
• Travel insurance and car hire and kennel booking for holiday
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust

Weekly

• Towels
• Bedding
• Mop Floors
• Meal plan
• Bathroom

Wow Anon that is some list!

Well, here is my 'done' list:

DONE
Empty dishy (not entirely, DH overloaded it last night so only half was clean )
Hang washing out
Have breakfast
Get DS dressed, DD not yet dressed, she is watching Ben and Holly in her pants
Put DS to bed for nap
Tidy bathroom, rinse out bath, wipe loo and sink
Sort out clean washing (is now in individual piles on our bed)
Get a basketful of washing out of the hamper and put in wash
Empty tumble and fold washing
Clear up breakfast stuff
Load dishy
Do washing up
Clean sides
Clean sink (it is now sparkling! )

TO DO
Get DD dressed
Get DS up from his nap
Get dry washing in, hang second load out
Make lunch - tomato and mozzarella tart and salad (yum)
Go to horses (by 1pm)
Farrier coming 1pm to do horses feet
Go home, start making dinner
Back to horses to ride while DH feeds and baths kids
Feed DS, put kids to bed
Have my dinner
Slump in front of the telly
Shower
Bed

Ali you dissappeared and I had posted a recipe for you! Actually everyone disappeared at the weekend it was abit draughty in here

Right the wedding cake has been cancelled although for very good reasons it has ended up costing me money so I will have to be tougher with my pricing

but on other hand I have time now to catch up on my housework

check damp washing in washing machine (rewash or hang up??)
load dishy and on
hoover
get another wash on
brush kitchen floor
wipe round bathroom

sets timer ready steady go

Plum - not the wedding cancelled too then?

Been to GOSH and home again, exhausting as per usual. All good and DS2 managed just 2 tantrums .

today:

• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds DONE
• swap bath mats & towels
• DS1 to sch DONE
• rest of us to GOSH DONE
• lunch in London DONE
• me & 2 DC home/DH to work DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• chill out! DONE
• tea x 2 DONE

• DC bath & bed
• my dinner
• me to bed

Ongoing:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• order blind for kitchen side door
• curtains for playroom; gather & tie strings - 2 of 4 done; stitch pairs together; hang - need more hooks
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• DS1 Party; pencilled in for July (confirm once cast is off on Thurs)
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos of all 3 DC (2 for passports, 1 for blue badge form)
• library (with DS's books)
• bank - pay in cheque
• sort out flush on downstairs loo
• make some cards; Done more; & sort out presents
• think about TQs (baby & DS1 bday); Doing; order photos of DD for cards Photos ordered

Yeap JKS whole thing cancelled it was an older couple getting married as in their 70s, and the grooms brother has taken very sick

What a day! Have not stopped for a minute since 6.30am... though from the look of my list you would never know it! Not nearly enough DONE's. Grrrrr. Tomorrow, maybe, I can make inroads and shorten my list....

Hope all ok at GOSH JKS...

Today/daily

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Ocado 9-10 DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW DONE
• Washing *DONEU
• Hoovering
• Kitchen
• Ironing
• Playroom
• Weeding at front of house
• Tidy loft
• On line banking and check credit card DONE for now
• Book cab for night out
• Post SIL's birthday card DONE
• Order strip light for kitchen
• Call furniture storage people.
• Maths/phonics workbooks and cards
• Clean Oven
• Collect post from house DONE
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards DD DONE
• Meeting at school, DC to after school club DONE
• Collect hedges DONE
• DC swimming DONE
• June budget itemise everything DOING
• Make dinner
• Extra big hugs for DC before bed

House

• Clean dining room windows DONE
• Ikea re various furniture required
• Watering DONE
• Choose pendant light
• Building project finances - need to update spreadsheet
• Three bills to pay DONE ONE
• Building project plans/lists/schedule to update
• Choose bathroom mirrors
• Find door stops
• Disposal of flooring rubbish
• Order Fridge
• BT - reinstate phone line

Evening :)

Really nice day here, we went to a friends for the day and then DH was home early so we took the boys to the park and came home via the chip shop. DS2 has slept loads, am worried about what tonight may bring!!

Plum - I did see your recipe, thank you. They look fabulous and I will definitely make some another time.

JKS - hope all is well with DS2.

Anon - just reading your list makes me knackered, no idea how you manage it tbh! :)

Hello Dave

Back to normal tomorrow, pre-school etc. I need a big list, all behind with housework, mealplanning and everything.

Ali he might surprise and sleep loads tonight, fingers crossed. I definitely recomend those buns they are yummy and with pecan pineapple & banana I convince myself they are good for me too

Since I am not baking tonight I have one of 2 lovely choices
Iron or VAT rtn yuck

Plum - that's sad. I vote ironing, I don't get vat stuff!

GOSH was good thanks, they assessed his 2 worst areas (speech & fine motor) and put them both about 24months (he's 3.5 now), which given we basically say he was 0 pre-op and that was only 18months ago we are pretty chuffed with him! And they said he would be classed as having 'moderate' learning difficulties which is 'too able' for his SN school longer term!!
There's a long way to go still but he is making great strides.

today:

• DC bath & bed DONE
• my dinner DONE
• me to bed DONE (2nd night in a row nice and early!)

Wed:

• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• DS2 bus pickup/DS1 to sch
• LIBRARY!!! (my books overdue now)
• HV 6 (7) week check (10.30)

• lunch
• poss visit ill friend? (need to text his son to check first)
• poss trip to town for various bits?
• collect DS1 & go chocolate nesquik shopping...
• DS2 home
• chill out
• tea x 3 (fish fingers day)
• DC to bed
• DH home late

Ongoing:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• order blind for kitchen side door
• curtains for playroom; gather & tie strings - 2 of 4 done; stitch pairs together; hang - need more hooks
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• DS1 Party; pencilled in for July (confirm once cast is off on Thurs)
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos of all 3 DC (2 for passports, 1 for blue badge form)
• library (with DS's books & my 2 books)
• bank - pay in cheque
• sort out flush on downstairs loo
• make some cards; Done more; & sort out presents
• TQs (baby & DS1 bday); Doing

JKS, that all sounds like very encouraging news. If he is doing that well in what you describe as his worst areas, then good on him (and you!). How often do you go for these assessments?

Ok, another day - I WILL get some things of this list before the end of the week, oh yes I WILL!

My ironing has reached critical mass - although I hate it, Plum, I have no idea about VAT returns and at least I can watch desperate housewives with the ironing, so my vote is the ironing!

Today/daily

• Up, showered and dressed ME DONE
• DC to school
• General tidy, make beds etc
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Kitchen
• Ironing
• Playroom
• Weeding/strimming/mowing at front of house
• Tidy loft
• On line banking and check credit card
• Book cab for night out *
• Order strip light for kitchen
• Call furniture storage people *
• Maths/phonics workbooks and cards
• Clean Oven
• Collect post from house
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards *
• June budget itemise everything DOING
• Make dinner
• Extra big hugs for DC before bed

House

• Clean utility room
• Ikea re various furniture required
• Watering
• Choose pendant light
• Building project finances - need to update spreadsheet
• Three bills to pay DONE TWO
• Building project plans/lists/schedule to update
• Choose bathroom mirrors
• Find door stops
• Disposal of flooring rubbish
• Order Fridge
• BT - reinstate phone line
• Choose spotlights

One off things this week/soon:

• Notice on house
• Tennis camp for DC
• Bag and box things for the loft
• Plan to meet DH on his cycle trip
• Book DDog's jabs
• MOT DH's car
• Trainers for DS
• Refix mortgage?
• Back up photos
• Bike rack ? check loft
• Renew DD?s passport
• Work out parental controls on Mac
• Life insurance to finalise
• Mortgage?
• Holiday dates with MIL mostly done
• Spend DH's Amex points!
• List more eBay
• Set up weather station
• Travel insurance and car hire and kennel booking for holiday
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust

Weekly

• Towels
• Bedding DC done
• Mop Floors
• Meal plan DONE til Saturday
• Bathroom

Loads to do today, and the first part of the day has completely disappeared with feeding/changing/dressing etc. Not a great night, but not a totally horrendous one either. DS1 started sleeping through from 11pm-7am at 11 weeks, every night without fail until he hit the 4-month sleep regression. Really hoping DS2 does the same, he is 10 weeks now.

JKS that is brilliant news about DS2, really pleased for you :):)

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
DH to work - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - started
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs
Washing onto the line
Water plants
Massive tidy upstairs
Hoover and dust upstairs
Lunch and tidy kitchen
DS1 to preschool
Mealplanning and Waitrose order
Tidy downstairs
Hoover and dust downstairs
Pick up
DS1 tea
DH home
Baths
DS1 bed
Our dinner
Tidy downstairs
Kitchen clear before bed

SOON
Go into dental practice to fill in forms
Write thank-yous for DS2's presents (and DS1's)
Buy more ink for the printer
Order DS1's bed
Get DS1 some summer waterproofs
Father's Day

Re assessments - we won't go back to GOSH for another one unless there are problems, so we'll have the same test done locally probably every year for a few more years, depends how organised they are here...! Plus school will review him officially for his Statement every year as well as ongoing reviews so we'll keep track that way.

Ali - lots of the others on our AN thread seem to be getting long sleeps at night, not us! Well M will do a good 4 hours stretch first thing at night, then can be up any time after that, last night 12, 3 & 4.45. Then DS2 was up at 5.45

Wed:

• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS2 bus pickup/DS1 to sch DONE
• LIBRARY!!! (my books overdue now) Grr closed today
• HV 6 (7) week check (10.30) DONE

13,11 :) still on the 98th line

• lunch
• poss visit ill friend? (need to text his son to check first)
• poss trip to town for various bits?
• collect DS1 & go chocolate nesquik shopping...
• DS2 home
• chill out
• tea x 3 (fish fingers day)
• DC to bed
• DH home late

Ongoing:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• order blind for kitchen side door
• curtains for playroom; gather & tie strings - 2 of 4 done; stitch pairs together; hang - need more hooks
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• DS1 Party; pencilled in for July (confirm once cast is off on Thurs)
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos of all 3 DC (2 for passports, 1 for blue badge form)
• library (with DS's books & my 2 books)
• bank - pay in cheque
• sort out flush on downstairs loo
• make some cards; Done more; & sort out presents
• TQs (baby & DS1 bday); waiting for cards & photos to arrive

Hi everybody. you may noticce a theme.
List
washing it goes on forever, clothes never stay clean
tidy it goes on forever people leave stuff around
shopping it goes on forever, people keep eating stuff
filing it goes on forever, bills keep coming
garden blahblah it keeps growing
make burgers done

Work list:
invoices
Filing
DHadmin
accounts
office
course work
student portfolio

Passport photo

Heaves a sigh.

JKS that is great news about GOSH

I didn't get either done last night, and I sat today filling out dd1s entrance exam application which to took way longer than I expected didn't help dh was hanging about so we were chatting and drinking tea.

So tonight is my waterloo Road & Apprentice night so it will be either ironing or VAT for that

JKS - interested to see your DD is on 98th - mine was (and might still be for all I know!).

Still have a disturbingly small number of DONE's despite running around like a headless chicken!

Today/daily

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing DONE
• Hoovering
• Kitchen
• Ironing
• Playroom
• Weeding/strimming/mowing at front of house
• Tidy loft
• On line banking and check credit card DONE
• Book cab for night out *
• Order strip light for kitchen
• Call furniture storage people DONE
• Maths/phonics workbooks and cards
• Clean Oven
• Collect post from house DONE
• Chickens
• Dog DONE
• Reading/Spellings/Word cards *
• June budget itemise everything DOING
• Make dinner
• Extra big hugs for DC before bed

House

• Clean utility room
• Ikea re various furniture required
• Watering
• Choose pendant light
• Building project finances - need to update spreadsheet
• Three bills to pay DONE TWO
• Building project plans/lists/schedule to update
• Choose bathroom mirrors
• Find door stops
• Disposal of flooring rubbish
• Order Fridge
• BT - reinstate phone line
• Choose spotlights

Anon - if it's not too rude, does your DD look, well, big? I like having a lovely big baby but when she's older i don't want being this hulking amazonian or anything. (no offence intended to amazonians....)

So it turns out DD does NOT like supermarkets lol!
Hoping to watch some tennis but it's raining so watching Deal or No Deal instead as DS1 knows it's my 'turn' for tv...

Wed:

• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS2 bus pickup/DS1 to sch DONE
• LIBRARY!!! (my books overdue now) Grr closed today
• HV 6 (7) week check (10.30) DONE

13,11 still on the 98th line

• lunch DONE
• poss visit ill friend? (need to text his son to check first) Not done
• poss trip to town for various bits? Not done
• collect DS1 & go chocolate nesquik shopping... DONE
• DS2 home DONE
• chill out Doing

• tea x 3 (fish fingers day)
• DC to bed
• hide DH's Father's Day Toblerone :)
• DH home late

Ongoing:

• Find new dentist that is taking on NHS nervous patients for me/investigate private; DH thinks his will take me on too
• order blind for kitchen side door
• curtains for playroom; gather & tie strings - 2 of 4 done; stitch pairs together; hang - need more hooks
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started
• DS1 Party; pencilled in for July (confirm once cast is off on Thurs)
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos of all 3 DC (2 for passports, 1 for blue badge form)
• library (with DS's books & my 2 books)
• bank - pay in cheque
• sort out flush on downstairs loo
• make some cards; Done more; & sort out presents
• TQs (baby & DS1 bday); waiting for cards & photos to arrive

JKS - that is such good news about DS2, really pleased for you :):)

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
DH to work - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Washing onto the line - done and in again
Water plants
Massive tidy upstairs - done
Hoover and dust upstairs - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DS1 to preschool - done
Mealplanning and Waitrose order - done
Mirrors and skirting upstairs - done
Tidy downstairs
Hoover and dust downstairs
Pick up - done
Snacks, TV and stories - doing
BF DS2 x 1000/clear up milk vomit/change outfits - ongoing
DS1 tea
DH home
Baths
DS1 bed
Our dinner
Tidy downstairs
Kitchen clear before bed

SOON
Go into dental practice to fill in forms
Write thank-yous for DS2's presents (and DS1's)
Buy more ink for the printer
Order DS1's bed
Get DS1 some summer waterproofs
Father's Day

JKS I think dd1 was on the 98th too, and I was just saying to dh dhe is now one of the smaller ones in her class so don't worry

Think it will be ironing tonight as we are in need of some clothes

Ali you are putting me to shame the amount you have got done and a new baby in the house!!