Getting nothing done? Procrastinators, pottering here.

[Alibabaandthe80nappies]

Welcome to the new thread ladies :)

Ali I try my best

Just went and did the lottery, you never know, well you lot will know, as my list tomorrow will be
employ cleaner
employ personal trainor
contact estate agent to LA celebs find me a house
book slatterns tickets over to emerald Isle for meet up
book DisneyWorld

Plum my lottery list would look like this

Hire a cleaner
Hire a personal trainer
Buy a mahoosive house
Organise (and fund) slattern meet up
Book a month at Bedruthan immediately
Go shopping

Then once I had calmed down I would do worthy things like decide which charities to support etc

Morning everyone :)

TODAY
Me up and exercise - done
Boys up and dressed - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH working from home today - doing
Me showered and dressed - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs (strip our bed)
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs
Laundry

• put away huge pile of clean things
• as many loads as possible - 1 drying/1 washing

Water plants DUSTING (I keep putting it off and it is really bad now) Clean mirrors Lunch and tidy kitchen DS1 preschool Make bolognese for dinner Make fruitloaf Hoover upstairs DS1 pick up My Mum coming up at some point? (if so need to change spare bed) DS1 tea Baths DS1 bed Our dinner Tidy downstairs Finalise Waitrose order for Friday morning Remember not to eat anything after 9pm because of fasting blood test in the morning Kitchen clear before bed

THIS WEEK
Decide which easel for DS1's birthday
Food shopping list for party
Chase about DH's tax rebate
Pay MIL for holiday

I am trying to clean out kitchen cupboards but it is so boring and I have got distracted by mumsnet.

Had orchestra conductor's funeral this morning, so feeling all out of sorts & teary today :( It was lovely in a funeral kind of way though.

Today:

• all up & breakfasted & dressed DONE
• DS2 on bus DONE
• funeral DONE
• DS1 & N out to the cinema Doing
• other jobs; Sitting catching up on MN & drinking tea
• DS2 home/DS1 & N home
• me & DD out to meet DS2's new teacher for Sept
• boys chill out/tv time
• tea x 3 (fish fingers?)
• Ocado shopping & put away
• DC to bed
• collapse in a heap

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
• 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; Track responses 15 Yes's so far; get cake & balloons
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos x 2 boys
• bathroom needs a blitz
• check length/take down/shorten front door curtains & store in vacuum bag until winter
• sort out 'exit pile' for ebay/freecycle; In living room to remind me
• get on with milk donation registration (need blood tests done & to email lady in London)
• sort out various To Do lists & make into one, lol

JKS :( I always feel the need to get a bit drunk after funerals. The first one I ever went to was my Grandpa's and he left a specific budget in his will that was to pay for booze at his wake. It has clearly set a precedent in my mind! :)

I have not stopped today but chaos still reigns. How is this possible????

TODAY
Me up and exercise - done
Boys up and dressed - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH working from home today - doing
Me showered and dressed - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done (strip our bed - done)
Wipe over bathroom - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs
Laundry

• put away huge pile of clean things
• as many loads as possible - 2 dry/1 washing

Water plants General tidy and jobs downstairs - done DUSTING (I keep putting it off and it is really bad now) - downstairs done Lunch and tidy kitchen - done DS1 preschool - done Make bolognese for dinner - done Make fruitloaf - done Hoover upstairs DS1 pick up - done My Mum coming up at some point? - yes (if so need to change spare bed - done) Run DW - done Dinner Baths Bed for DS1 Tidy downstairs Finalise Waitrose order for Friday morning Remember not to eat anything after 9pm because of fasting blood test in the morning Find blood form - done Kitchen clear before bed

THIS WEEK
Decide which easel for DS1's birthday
Food shopping list for party
Chase about DH's tax rebate
Pay MIL for holiday

Ali - sounds like a plan. and a great idea of his! I feel like a cuppa and a sit down hasn't quite done justice to him somehow i think a tipsy gathering with everyone reminiscing would be better :)

Today:

• all up & breakfasted & dressed DONE
• DS2 on bus DONE
• funeral DONE
• DS1 & N out to the cinema DONE
• other jobs; Sitting catching up on MN & drinking tea
• DS2 home/DS1 & N home DONE
• me & DD out to meet DS2's new teacher for Sept DONE
• boys chill out/tv time doing
• tea x 2 DONE

• Ocado shopping & put away
• DC to bed
• easy dinner (pizza?) + a glass of to toast conductor
• collapse in a heap & bed early

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
• 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; Track responses 15 Yes's so far; get cake & balloons
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos x 2 boys
• bathroom needs a blitz
• check length/take down/shorten front door curtains & store in vacuum bag until winter
• sort out 'exit pile' for ebay/freecycle; In living room to remind me
• get on with milk donation registration (need blood tests done & to email lady in London)
• sort out various To Do lists & make into one, lol

Popped in to say hi. not been listing lately. Sad about your conductor JKS, will the orchestra keep going? Hope so.
I like the 'what if I won the lottery (which I haven't) game'.
mine would be:
have a massive hot flush
pay the whole families mortgages
get dh's parents a nice home and some good care
go shopping
get house decorated, repaired,
see the world trip
then do some sensible planning

Hugs JKS, Hope you are feeling a bit better today,

I'm baking today, and sun is still shining which is good
have dd1 doing a practise paper for her entrance exam

AND eek I have bought a dye for my hair, I used to buy them all the time so don't know why I'm nervous but I'll give it a go later!

Ali when are you starting your cake?
JKS whats the theme for your ds1s party?

Um, Plum, no theme lol! It's at a soft play, just need to bring along a cake for them to cut up, maybe a balloon or two. It's the mega-lazy option. I think I will just buy a shop-cake , a chocolate one with lots of sweets on top!

I hope the orchestra keeps going too, I've been part of it for nearly 6 years now, but the conductor pretty much ran it for 25 years. No idea how we go about finding a new conductor, the trombone player is happy to carry on for now but not indefinitely.

Been rubbish about lists recently, must get back into gear. Off out to a 'Jamie at Home' party in a minute, with a few glasses of i hope :)

So, the weekend:

• brother here so may get extras done
• swimming possibly
• attack Ongoing list if poss
• donate bags of baby clothes to women's refuge if poss
• donate bedding to homeless centre (open at the weekend?)
• other stuff?

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
• 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; Track responses 15 Yes's so far; get cake & balloons
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• blue badge application for DS2; Form done need photos
• passport photos x 2 boys
• bathroom needs a blitz
• check length/take down/shorten front door curtains & store in vacuum bag until winter
• sort out 'exit pile' for ebay/freecycle; DONE
• get on with milk donation registration (need blood tests done & to email lady in London); have blood appt
• sort out various To Do lists & make into one, lol

Hello lovelies :)

Hate to say it but got on quite well with flylady last week :o

However, today the kids have trashed my house, so going to set the timer for 5mins in each room once the kids are in bed.

We are having dinner now (dh is away, kids are very tired after a busy weeekend) so early dinner then bath and a story for the kids and hopefully them both asleep by 7pm

Ok, both dcs fed and bathed and having milky drinks watching ITNG

Going to have 10mins in the kitchen I think, but going to start with 5mins in the dining room.

Yes I know, riveting stuff.

Ready, steady GO!

Kids in bed(still awake but happy and quiet -dd is reading to ds) kitchen done, dining room done and sitting room done. Now watching harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban :o

Morning!

Had a good time on holiday, and made a great start to the post-holiday time by being unpacked with washing in the machine before we'd even got DS to bed on Friday.
The weather has been rubbish though, so still plenty of washing to do, but there always is.

• breakfast done
• put water on to heat up done
• strip beds done

Before 9 (feeling ambitious this morning) -

• upload photos onto laptop
• put washing in
• water plants
• oj, spatone and vits
• wash pots
• swish and swipe
• shower and dress

Wowser.

Morning! Must list today as I'm taking the boys down to my parents for a few days and need to be organised.
Still in bed BFing ds2 atm.

Morning :)

Glad you had a good holiday Wasting, and I am very impressed at being unpacked so soon, usually takes me at least a week!

Hi Ali, how are you getting on?

Kids are very pleased to see DH this morning (and the presents he brought back for them) We have had a cooked breakfast this morning as DH didn't get any dinner last night.

TO DO
Clear up breakfast
Put washing in tumble (very wet here)
Get dd dressed
Get ready to leave the house
Go to horses
Go to playgroup - take cakes
Lunch
Dd school
Ds nap while at the horses
Pick dd up
Give kids a drink and snack and telly on
Take a binbag up to our bedroom and chuck out a load of rubbish (flylady)
Put some washing away
Do dinner
Kids bath and bed
5mins dining room
10mins kitchen
5mins sitting room

I am pleased and slightly embarrassed to say that there is lots of flylady that I don't need! We are decluttered pretty much, and everything has a place to live. I need to be better at sink shining

My sink is that plastic fake granite stuff, so I can't shine it. Washing the pots in the evening continues to be my Achilles heel, but it generally gets done every day now, which is a huge improvement from years back.
I love decluttering so much. I've been reading lots about minimalism on the net lately. I've got two ornaments left, and one of those DH sneaked back in.

Dedalus, sounds like a nice morning.

• upload photos onto laptop done and spent too long sorting into folders
• put washing in done
• water plants done
• oj, spatone and vits done
• wash pots started cleaned sink and done first bowlful
• swish and swipe
• shower and dress

Not too bad really. If I can get that lot finished before 9.30 I'll be awesome... Go!

I have got to the point where I need someone to tell me what to do, I don't have the brain power to think and do :o

DS has changed our plans a bit this morning. He bumped his face on the stairgate (i think, i had just nipped to the loo) and when i ran back downstairs his face was covered in blood. He has cut the gum just above his front teeth and has a very fat lip. He has had some calprofen and is having his nap in his cot rather than in the car as we didn't really hve enough time to get to the horses and get them done before playroup after the blood clean up. Poor boy

DONE
Clear up breakfast
Put washing in tumble (very wet here)
Get dd dressed
Put another washload on
Sweep up under highchair

TO DO
Check what time the PO closes
Get ready to leave the house
Go to playgroup - take cakes
Lunch
Dd school
Ds nap while at the horses
Pick dd up
Go to PO?
Give kids a drink and snack
Take a binbag up to our bedroom and chuck out a load of rubbish (flylady)
Put some washing away
Do dinner
Kids bath and bed
5mins dining room
10mins kitchen
5mins sitting room

I have had to change washing powder (again) as we were using the non-bio sensitive washing liquid because of DD's skin, but all our clothes just smell musty and never really looked that clean, so i have taken to getting some bio powder and napisan and putting the clothes through an extra rinse and spin and the clothes came out feeling clean iyswim? I just hope it doesn't aggravate(sp?) DD's skin

Poor DS Dedalus.
I tried that Surcare, and even washing it twice just didn't get things clean. I find normal Non-bio to be ok though. I think I might get some bio in though, helps to clean the machine out, as well as getting the worst out of some clothes.
Hope her skin's ok, eczema is horrible.
I'm so relieved mine has cleared up, finally. I'm so glad Plum I think it was told me about Aveeno.
Still had to use the hardcore stuff from Docs and move house, but it's making it possible to keep it properly moisturised now.

So, I'm mostly awesome, few pans soaking and I've got a few bits of admin done (+assisting Ds with 2 toilet visits and much snack acquisition).
What next?

• read to DS
• coffee and snacktime
• hang washing
• put washing in
• Get DS colouring/playdoughing
• finish tidying kitchen up
• find a recipe (I want to do baking on Mondays, for snacks for the week. Bit ambitious )

hello Wasting. Not caught up in ages. How long have you been in new house now. Hope its gone well. Not listing at the mo. but all goes on as usual.

Right - small lists needed. I feel all lazy today and just want to lounge about doing as little as possible!

NEXT

• get DS1 dressed
• dry my hair
• hoover downstairs

Ali, how you getting on with your list?

Hey Mini. Been here about two months now I think. It's dusty, but it's dry. Hope you're all well.

• read to DS done
• coffee and snacktime done
• hang washing done
• put washing in done
• Get DS colouring/playdoughing He just started playing by himself with his toys in his playroom! He's getting better at this, thank goodness!
• finish tidying kitchen up done
• find a recipe (I want to do baking on Mondays, for snacks for the week. Bit ambitious ) done found several won't be today, missing ingredients, need to build my baking stocks up again.
• lunch done
• hang washing up done

• library
• review all my lists
• post photos on FB
• crafty stuff update
• sweep and mop floors
• tea
• wash pots
• take rubbish and recycling out
• put recycling box out
• DS bath and bed (DH)
• sort and put away washing
• make beds
• book hotel for trip in August

• library done
• review all my lists started
• post photos on FB done
• crafty stuff update done
• sweep and mop floors done
• tea done
• wash pots done
• take rubbish and recycling out done
• put recycling box out done
• DS bath and bed (DH) done
• sort and put away washing done
• make beds done
• book hotel for trip in August doing