Getting nothing done? Procrastinators, pottering here.

[Alibabaandthe80nappies]

Welcome to the new thread ladies :)

anon which chickpea recipe do you use?

I too need ideas because a) am rotten cook b) lazy spend too much time running round after four legged things

Thank you for kind words and support as always, and for going through the whole sorry saga with me over the past 18 months or so (yes it really has been that long )

Anyhoo, I just got off the phone from a boy! Friend of friend who I met whilst slightly intoxicated at a bbq and who has since asked me out...don't think I fancied him when I met him but he does seem nice so would like to meet up with him to double check the lack of fancying. He seems very very keen though, which while not necessarily a bad thing, I don't think I'm ready for after the wc. Initials sp for those of you on my fb who want to have a nose (I know what you're like!)

Still haven't done the ironing, but have at least packed for weekend at parents'.

Hugs Freak, hopefully this new man will be just what you need! Will head off for a nose now and report back!

Oh and will do out a list as well

Oh, very nice Freak, very sporty! Enjoy!

TO DO
Tidy Kitchen
hoover floors
Wash Floors
Washing
Put away clothes
Tidy Sitting Room
Keep Cool with moody teenager!!
Make Lunch

Silversky - Chorizo chicken and chickpea We make it with the chicken first time round, but there is always loads of the sauce/chorizo/chickpea bit left over which goes brilliantly with rice/jackets/whatever. It is yummy, and the children actually eat it.... Pretty sure I would not have put in the dry sherry, as it's not something I have at home, maybe a splash of wine instead.

Freaki - good luck with checking out the fancying/not fancying task at hand! And even if it's not a "thing", if he is a nice guy and you can have a laugh/drink/whatever, then good for you....

Anyway, the weekend beckons, so I need to get organised:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Ironing
• Remake bed
• On line banking and check credit card - IMPORTANT
• Repack spare bedding for loft
• Library and bank trip
• Supermarket
• Send back appliance guarantee forms
• Maths/phonics workbooks and cards
• Chickens
• Dog
• Pick beans
• Reading with DC
• August budget itemise everything DOING
• Make dinner

One off things this week/soon:

• Renew car insurance URGENT
• Organise DS's party
• Call about tennis lesson
• Get spare gas for BBQ
• Plan to meet DH on his cycle trip??
• Some uniform/trainers and school shoes for DC
• Back up photos
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• List eBay
• Set up weather station
• Travel insurance and Euros
• DVD's to take on holiday
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust

TO DO
Tidy Kitchen
hoover floors
Wash Floors
Washing 1st LOAD ON
Put away clothes
Tidy Sitting Room DONE
Keep Cool with moody teenager!! NO SIGN OF HER YET
Make Lunch
Make DD3s day and ring for 'her best friend' to come over. DONE

Freak - enjoy :)

This week:

• as much gardening as poss; DH cut grass
• maybe jetwash the patio if poss
• parents anniversary presents; Nearly Done
• unsold stuff to charity shop
• packing for week away at parents;

DD clothes - started DS1 clothes - DONE DS2 clothes My clothes - started DH clothes books/toys - started food - started tent/readybeds in case travel cot & other baby kit which buggy? DVDs? laptop/phones/chargers parents presents - started

• tidy house (have house sitters coming);

get bedding ready - started tidy spare room - started leave note re house info/alarm/rubbish day/etc what else?

• start TQs from DS1 (only 9 to do as some done back in May)
• check on birthdays pre-week away

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; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• bathroom needs a blitz; Shower head descaled; kids step washed & stored; Shower grout scrubbed
• check length/take down/shorten front door curtains & store in vacuum bag until winter
• finish hand & foot casts of DD DONE

Phew it's hot again, thought it was meant to be cooler

This week:

• as much gardening as poss; DH cut grass garden is tidy
• maybe jetwash the patio if poss nope
• unsold stuff to charity shop nope
• packing for week away at parents;

DD clothes - DONE DS1 clothes - DONE DS2 clothes - DONE My clothes - started DH clothes books/toys - started food - started tent/readybeds in case - Started travel cot & other baby kit - started which buggy? DVDs? laptop/phones/chargers parents presents - started

• tidy house (have house sitters coming);

get bedding ready - DONE tidy spare room - Done more leave note re house info/alarm/rubbish day/etc what else?

• start TQs from DS1 (only 9 to do as some done back in May)
• check on birthdays pre-week away

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; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• bathroom needs a blitz; Shower head descaled; kids step washed & stored; Shower grout scrubbed
• check length/take down/shorten front door curtains & store in vacuum bag until winter

It IS warm again, hey? We took refuge in the cold cabinet area of Waitrose this afternoon for a good ten minutes after hiking around town!!! Phew.

Anyway, hoping for more of the same tomorrow... we have friends coming to camp in the garden so we need warmth for afternoon/evening to ensure that all the children do indeed want to sleep outside.... should be fun!

Right, DC are calling me, I'm on cricket duty in the garden.

Have a good week, JKS.

Thanks for recipe! Think even I can attempt that without burning the place down!

Done feck all today. Been out. Pretty poor indeed!!

Think we are ready :)

This week:

• as much gardening as poss; DH cut grass garden is tidy
• maybe jetwash the patio if poss nope
• unsold stuff to charity shop nope
• packing for week away at parents;

DD clothes - DONE DS1 clothes - DONE DS2 clothes - DONE My clothes - DONE DH clothes - DONE books/toys - DONE food - started tent/readybeds in case - DONE travel cot & other baby kit - DONE which buggy - DONE DVDs - DONE laptop/phones/chargers parents presents - DONE

• tidy house (have house sitters coming);

get bedding ready - DONE tidy spare room - DONE leave note re house info/alarm/rubbish day/etc - Doing

• start TQs from DS1 (only 9 to do as some done back in May) nope
• check on birthdays pre-week away DONE

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; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• bathroom needs a blitz; Shower head descaled; kids step washed & stored; Shower grout scrubbed
• check length/take down/shorten front door curtains & store in vacuum bag until winter

Have a lovely time away JKS :)

We are pretty organised here - I even cleaned my upstairs skirtings yesterday!!
Must get a few bits done though, as we are off to see family tomorrow.

TO DO
Cut grass (DH)
Clear creeper away from Sky dish (DH)
3 loads of washing - 1 washing
Whip cream for dessert to take tomorrow
10 minute declutter in the sitting room
Do some filing
Watch the rugby
Prep roast
Ironing! (once the boys are in bed)

morning all!

sorry I've been a bit absent this weekend, it's been a busy one! had a lovely day at a local day spa with a close friend yesterday (a treat paid for by lovely dh!) but unfortunately came home to a bit of a bomb site! oh well, i suppose you can't have everything! so today....

-everyone up, showered and dressed done
-everyone breakfast done
-clean up after breakfast, wipe down surfaces etc done
-general tidy up and make beds done
-empty and re-fill dishwasher done
-put a wash load on done
-hang up wet washing doing!
-fold up dry washing
-lunch
-DD nap
-hoover and mop floors hoovered
-ironing
-wipe over bathroom done
-make dinner
-DS and DD bath and bed
-dishwasher on (again!)

Ongoing:
-clean windows inside and outside
-clean oven (it's disgusting blush!)
-get some euros for holiday done
-make a list of things to take on holiday! done
-start packing for hols
-collect dresses x2 from dry cleaners done

Hello fellow procrastinators!

I'm poorly so have done nothing. Myself and DS spent the afternoon in bed sleeping.

Still got thumping headache.

As usual still got to sort hoss and walk dawg. It's at times like this that I wished my parents lived nearer so they could help with childcare.

I think aside from sleep deprivation that the next worse thing is having to parent age you are sick yourself. They should make the Secret Service do this as part of their training. If you can survive looking after a lively 9mo whilst feeling pants then you can take on anything.

Will repost once bit better and in a position to actually do some chores/jobs.

Silver - sorry to hear you are poorly

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to swimming class DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing DONE
• Hoovering
• Ironing
• Fridge engineer to come
• On line banking and check credit card - IMPORTANT
• Repack spare bedding for loft
• Send back appliance guarantee forms DONE
• Maths/phonics workbooks and cards
• Finalise car insurance
• Call window cleaner
• DC to PIL's for tea
• Shopping list for supermarket run tomorrow
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading with DC
• August budget itemise everything DOING
• Make dinner

One off things this week/soon:

• Organise DS's party
• Call about tennis lesson
• Get spare gas for BBQ DONE
• Plan to meet DH on his cycle trip??
• Some uniform/trainers and school shoes for DC
• Back up photos
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• List eBay
• Set up weather station
• Travel insurance and Euros
• DVD's to take on holiday
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust

I really want to do some proper sorting and clearing this week but can't get motivated to start.

I have gone through the chests of drawers and filled a charity bag but that's it so far...

Also want to:
Empty understairs cupboard, sort through and put back neatly
Do all the ironing and put away
Sort wire spaghetti junction behind tv
Clear out under bunkbeds and clean
Wash dcs duvets and pillows

Silver, sounds tough. I find it bad enough just taking care of dc when ill, let alone a dog and horse. Hope you feel better soon

Right I havent stopped since 9 am, done ironing, washing, cooked lunch etc, and the place looks like a bombsite. Only sitting down now cause I made DD1 get of the computer. Think I am going to do a few 15 mins spurts! Otherwise I may just give up . Fed up of it being like a bombsite, but obv I dont have it in me to be a domestic goddess!

My bomb site has disappeared, but only for approximately another half an hour... took DC to MILs at 3pm, came back tidied up, sat back, admired said tidiness and tutt free floor..... little blighters come back in half an hour and all will break loose!!!! So why did I bother? Not sure, but I'm playing my favourite music very loud, my kitchen is spotless and I can MN without one of them throwing a paper aeroplane at me for another 25 minutes!

Anyway, in the grand scheme actually haven't got that much done really, other than a spotless hall/kitchen/boot room.

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• DC to swimming class DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW DONE
• Washing DONE
• Hoovering DONE
• Ironing
• Fridge engineer to come DONE
• On line banking and check credit card - IMPORTANT
• Repack spare bedding for loft
• Send back appliance guarantee forms DONE
• Maths/phonics workbooks and cards
• Finalise car insurance
• Call window cleaner
• DC to PIL's for tea DONE
• Shopping list for supermarket run tomorrow
• Chickens
• Dog DONE
• Reading with DC
• August budget itemise everything DOING
• Make dinner

One off things this week/soon:

• Organise DS's party
• Call about tennis lesson
• Get spare gas for BBQ DONE
• Plan to meet DH on his cycle trip??
• Some uniform/trainers and school shoes for DC
• Back up photos
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• List eBay
• Set up weather station
• Travel insurance and Euros
• DVD's to take on holiday
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust

I have cleaned the corner where the stereo lives! Leaflets etc...
I have hoovered the hall and steam washed the floor,steamer is crap for the corners need to invest in a better one.
Cleaned downstairs loo and thats it.....
Starting timer at 6.15 and hopefully will be a bit more productive

Yay I have done the understairs cupboard and the ironing! That was the 2 biggest tasks so not bad...

Going to clean the Kitchen/Dining Area this morning!
Setting timer at 9 and off I will go

Typical me!!! Feeling human and plan to do loads of stuff and I go and accept invite to coffee morning!!!!!

Someone shoot me !!

Washing machine is on though!

DS is up, dressed and throwing toast on the floor!!

Dog fed and watered. Will walk later or leave for HI to do.

Hoss to do this s'avo. May clean tack. No riding.

DW to empty.

Clean stuff on drainer to go away. Stuff in washing up bowl to go in DW.

Glass to be recycled.

Book Drs appt for DS stand ground on referral.

Buy conditioner!!! Hair is greasier than a frying pan.

Make it 9.30,started reading facebook and this