Getting nothing done? Procrastinators, pottering here.

[Alibabaandthe80nappies]

Welcome to the new thread ladies :)

Ali - hope today is better for you, DD has obliged with a nice long nap this morning :)

Left from Fri:

• quick kitchen tidy DONE
• move laundry forward WM & TD ON
• reading/pack DS1 bag DONE
• DS2 swimming stuff in wm DOING

Sat:

• breakfast/me stay in bed for a bit DONE
• Dad's Club + 2 x DS DONE
• DD nap DONE
• hopefully get stuff done; watched rugby :)
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DH out to football DOING
• DS1 film/DS2 playtime doing

• tea x 3 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• DH out for evening/my tv time

TO DO:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence
• jetwash the patio & furniture; Done side of house & driveway (may abandon until Spring)
• TQs from DS1 (only 10 to do as some done back in May)
• book handyman in to clean gutters
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away pre-Christmas influx Started
• 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; Shower door scrubbed
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned before winter
• tidy & sort my wardrobe (Area of Doom!)
• new wellies needed for DS1
• Sept bday cards; 3 left
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom (mantlepiece, kitchen corners x 2, coffee table, etc)

Gah, started raining and I was feeding DD, so washing wet, and even worse, me wet as I went out to get it and it was still raining!

Left from Fri:

• move laundry forward TD on again

Sat:

• breakfast/me stay in bed for a bit DONE
• Dad's Club + 2 x DS DONE
• DD nap DONE
• hopefully get stuff done; watched rugby
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DH out to football DONE
• DS1 film/DS2 playtime DONE
• tea x 3 & tidy up DONE (well not that tidy tbh)
• DC bath & bed DONE
• DH out for evening/my tv time Doing
• paper & crosswords Started

Sun:

• breakfast & tidy kitchen
• watch rugby (maybe)
• all dressed
• papers & crosswords
• more laundry
• spare room ready
• lunch
• PIL arriving (time?)
• dinner
• DC to bed

TO DO:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence
• jetwash the patio & furniture; Done side of house & driveway (may abandon until Spring)
• TQs from DS1 (only 10 to do as some done back in May)
• book handyman in to clean gutters
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away pre-Christmas influx Started
• 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; Shower door scrubbed
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned before winter
• tidy & sort my wardrobe (Area of Doom!)
• new wellies needed for DS1
• Sept bday cards; 3 left
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom (mantlepiece, kitchen corners x 2, coffee table, etc)

Hello!

I got some good books on labour and birth from the library on Saturday, and I've started drinking the raspberry leaf too. Going to add another cup each day soon. I've ordered a birth ball too and some massage oils.
There's so much to sort though, it feels like I'm getting somewhere, but there's always more to do!

Short list for now -

• ring up about ante-natal class
• tidy up kitchen
• hang washing
• get dinner started

Hello, sorry I am horribly useless at posting/listing/catching up.

Hope all are ok. Wasting - how long to go?!

I need to "refresh" my daily list, but I did achieve a few things today:

• take delivery of Mum's piano (yey)
• Make a vat of irish stew (yum)
• Sort out four boxes of DC old clothes and bits - at least 75% are ebay-able (£££ yey)
• Three loads of washing
• Clean oven (well, I ran the self clean function!)
• DW load, run empty
• Attack rust on DS's bike with WD40
• walked dog
• sorted chickens

Now all I need to do is persuade DS to write a couple more thank you letters and that feels like the hardest thing I will have to do today!!!!

Morning!

Anon, it's two weeks til my due date, so any time.

• Shower and dress done
• Make beds, open curtains done
• Breakfast done
• Oj, and vits
• Put washing in done
• Dress DS done
• Check bag, shoes and coats on done
• 8.40 ? set off done
• check emails, online banking etc. done
• Raspberry leaf tea
• Fold dry washing, hang washing
• dry mountain of pots
• knitting
• 11.40 ? set off done
• Empty bag of water bottle and any dirty clothes
• Lunch
• Pots
• Playing
• Tesco delivery 1-3
• watch a film if DS is tired (late night, early morning)
• Tea
• Pots
• Rubbish and recycling out
• Tidy up ? make sure playroom is tidy
• Make beds
• DS bath and bed
• Raspberry leaf tea

• Doom
• Cleaning cupboard
• Top of fridge done
• Pantry
• Bookcases in front room (minor doom)
• Sort and pack up neatly crafting stuff (minor doom) - can't reach boxes in garage!

• Baby preparation
• Sort and wash rest of baby blankets, nappies etc.
• Get info together eg. Breastfeeding councellors number, name of tongue-tie doctor etc.
• Hospital bags ? repack!
• Buy ? sling, buggyboard, pram suit
• VBAC! Eek! - research!

Hello everyone!

Having a crap week here, I'm tired, and stressed out because preschool want the SENCO to come and observe DS1 :( I don't really know what for, they say that he's having problems focusing in large groups, which I would think is fairly standard for a just-3-year-old but there we are. Apart from that he is fine apparently, v.bright and socialising well.

I really do need to list, the house is in chaos and needs cleaning desperately.

Oh no ali, weird that they haven't discussed it with you in more detail Although on the positive side at least if he does need additional support they'll have spotted it early.

Am also very tired. had weird night out on sat (thread in relationships about it, the one with bunny boiler in the title -it's posted under a different name just cos it's a bit crazy and don't want it following me around for evermore), the silent calls I've been getting, dc have colds and are coughing at night and next door have just got a puppy and it's crying all night at the moment. Yawn!

Ali, sounds a shock. Agree with Freaky, though, if he does need the help, getting it now could be a good thing.

Sorry you've been having a rough time too Freaky. Had a look at your thread, but can't really add anything I'm afraid. Just smile and carry on I think.

I'm absolutely exhausted today, so an earlier night tonight I think.

• Shower and dress done
• Make beds, open curtains done
• Breakfast done
• Oj, and vits done
• Put washing in done
• Dress DS done
• Check bag, shoes and coats on done
• 8.40 ? set off done
• check emails, online banking etc. done
• Raspberry leaf tea done
• Fold dry washing done, hang washing done
• dry mountain of pots done
• knitting done
• 11.40 ? set off done
• Empty bag of water bottle and any dirty clothes done
• Lunch done
• Pots
• Playing done
• Tesco delivery 1-3 done
• watch a film if DS is tired (late night, early morning) done
• Tea done
• Pots
• Rubbish and recycling out
• Tidy up ? make sure playroom is tidy done
• DS bath and bed DHdoing
• Raspberry leaf tea

• Doom
• Cleaning cupboard
• Top of fridge done
• Pantry
• Bookcases in front room (minor doom)
• Sort and pack up neatly crafting stuff (minor doom) - can't reach boxes in garage!

• Baby preparation
• Sort and wash rest of baby blankets, nappies etc. sorted a bit
• Get info together eg. Breastfeeding councellors number, name of tongue-tie doctor etc.
• Hospital bags ? repack!
• Buy ? sling, buggyboard, pram suit ordered
• VBAC! Eek! - research!

Thanks girls :) I did ask if they had any more serious concerns - my youngest brother, DH and DH's uncle all have some very ASD-type behaviours, as did my Grandad, so it really wouldn't come as the hugest shock if he is on the spectrum somewhere. I specifically asked if that was the concern though, and they said no.
What his keyworker (who is also the preschool leader) said, was that they don't want to leave things as they are, and then him get to school and be labelled as disruptive etc. That she is hoping the SENCO will be able to give them some better strategies for getting him to focus and stay engaged with a group task.

Which all sounds fine, but it does feel like a bit of an over-reaction and I really hope that they aren't fobbing me off. If they do have some more serious concerns then I would prefer to know sooner rather than later!

We shall see.

Wasting - considering how pregnant you are, you are doing tremendously. I was parked on the sofa like a whale most of the time at 38 weeks

Freak - I shall look for your thread.

AAAARRRGGGGHHH,
Spent yesterday evening in a/e with DD3 as she is severely constipated! They ended up giving her an enema and medication to help her, back up Sunday. Because I was tired and stressed when I got home, ended up falling out with DD1 and she wouldnt go to school today.
I sobbed for 10mins this morning!
Hope noone comes to talk to her cause the house is like a bombsite!

Hi girls, sorry have been crap lately, partly because my computer keeps crashing on this thread. And not on laptop as much so have a try on my fancy new phone.

Sorry to hear everyone's having abit of a crappy time at the min, add my name to the list, dd1 getting excluded abit in school although is bothering me more than her I think. So fingers crossed she gets her exam in Nov as she has her heart set on a particular school.

Wasting I can't believe you only have 2 weeks to go where has the year went

Ali hopefully they are just very cautious, better than taking no interest at all

Freak will have a look for your thread

Waves to everyone else

Oh and CC I was close to tears this morning too, if only we had magic happiness wands, passes virtual wine to CC

Freak - bloody hell. I agree with most people on there that he's set up the whole thing because he doesn't like you being fine without him. Although it does sound like your ex-Twat might be involved in there somewhere.
Pair of gits - move on and forget.

CC - oh hugs! What a time you are having! Is DD3 ok now?

Plum - grrr kids can be so horrid. Is that like the 11+ that she's going to take?

Well DS1 had a really good morning at preschool today, he joined in properly in a big group game and the staff were so chuffed it was lovely.

Still not managing to list, although I did clean the bathroom this morning and I've done two loads of washing. House is a mess though - I need a day without DCs to really get it shipshape

Yeap Ali, we did away with 11+ but have the transfer test instead until a new system of nontesting is agreed upon, double

Well I was going to start a thread, as I feel its partly my fault, , everyone in her class has facebook, everyone has a phone, etc etc, firstly she dosen't even want facebook (apart from not being allowed it) and we are relenting and getting her a phone for christmas as I have reasoned that she will need one for big school , ones in her class seem to be allowed to watch any old thing on tv where as we are abit stricter.
I think the problem is she is just too honest and others in the class are bit more street smart or better at pretending to be, iykwim, so they don't bother telling her stuff because 'she won't understand'

Anyway tomorrow I am going to get house ship shape, laundary is well caught up, just smalls to sort & bathrooms to clean

Freak - haven't seen thread, will try and find it.

Can't remember what else i was going to say, sympathies for tricky situations with the DC.

Not got much done here, need to get back on track (again). Though did get the highchair set up for DD & she had a go in it at teatime, so now have to remember to include her at mealtimes :)

Thurs:

• sch runs
• tidy kitchen
• laundry
• visit friends new house (need to confirm)
• empty kitchen cleaning cupboard and limit what we have in there
• bday cards check
• tackle email inbox
• lunch & tidy up
• collect DS1/reading/pack bag
• DS2 home/check bag
• DC tea, bath & bed

(DH might take DS1 sailing instead)

• dinner & early night

Freak I read the thread, sounds strange, I do think he was messing you about, he was happy for you to be interested in him even though he maybe didn't want to do anything more about it.
I would make sure you are not left alone with him again and then there can be no mistaking who is running after who.

Task today - clean my tip of a house. Downstairs it looks like students live here

DONE
Unload dishwasher
Washing onto the line
Another load on

TO DO
Finish basic kitchen clean and tidy
Dining table
Make fruit loaf
Fold washing
Sweep and mop kitchen floor
Hoover downstairs

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Feed cats- DOnE
Litter tray - DONE
Washing up ? DONE
DD to school- DONE
Speak to teacher about going in to help with French - DONE
Collect friend?s ds - DONE
DS and friend to preschool ? DONE
Strip dc bed s? DONE
Load of washing on ? DONE
Print job app stuff - DONE
Load of washing on line -
Make my bed - DONE
Recycling into box ? DONE
Tidy sitting room ? DONE
Clean lower half of kitchen cupboard fronts etc ? DONE
Shake n vac - DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Hoover upstairs -
Clean loo ?
Clean sink-
Pick up ds
Lunch
Toddler group
Go to shop
Post lovefilm disks
Pick up dd-
Cook dinner ?

Wash up -
Bath and bed dc-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?
Focus on job app

Freak what job are you applying for?

DONE
Unload dishwasher
Washing onto the line
Another load on
Finish basic kitchen clean and tidy
Have long winded discussion with DH about winter tyres for my car
Drink coffee

TO DO
Dining table
Make fruit loaf
Fold washing
Sweep and mop kitchen floor
Hoover downstairs

Morning ladies, I'm lurk alot here but barely post. I'm going to join if that's ok.
Today I am going to

get myself and DD dressed done
strip master bed
Make Cornflake barbie cakes done
hoover
Dining room table
Polish cabinet
make lemon drizzle cake
hang washing out
wash piss mat in toliet
trip to the shops (walk there needs to excercise)
make beef curry for tonight done
ironing GAH !! Haven't had the money this week to send it out to be ironed
wash kitchen floor
make lunches for tomorrow

I will have the motivation to do it

Have a good day ladies

Admin post in a school ali

Have just booked mini break at the end of jan with uni friends how amazing does this look??

Morning!

Sorry about the troubles with the DC Plum and CC.

Ali, the parcel came yesterday, thank you soooo much!

I've not done nearly as much as I needed to this morning, but I've mainly been looking through the VBAC yahoo group postings, which is an important job too.

Right now I need to get ready to pick DS up, but when we get back -

• lunch
• raspberry leaf tea
• oj and vits
• put washing in
• tidy up
• sweep and mop
• clean bathroom
• fully inflate birth ball
• try and keep DS from destoying birth ball

Wasting - are you finding the group useful?

Freak - that look seriously fab!! Immediately trying to work out who and when we could use it. As for other thread, agree with everyone really, you are best off out it all. And turn it round, if someone sent you texts telling you how hot your boyfriend was, would that make you think the boyf was a weirdo? surely not, just smug

Thurs:

• sch runs DONE
• tidy kitchen DONE
• laundry 2loads hung out & wm on again
• visit friends new house (need to confirm) not today
• empty kitchen cleaning cupboard and limit what we have in there
• bday cards check
• tackle email inbox Started
• diary sync with DH/sch diaries DONE
• lunch & tidy up
• collect DS1/reading/pack bag
• DS2 home/check bag
• DC tea, bath & bed

(DH might take DS1 sailing instead)

• dinner & early night

TO DO:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence
• jetwash the patio & furniture; Done side of house & driveway (may abandon until Spring)
• TQs from DS1 (only 10 to do as some done back in May)
• book handyman in to clean gutters
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• see if any toys can go/be put away pre-Christmas influx Started
• 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; Shower door scrubbed
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned before winter
• tidy & sort my wardrobe (Area of Doom!)
• new wellies needed for DS1
• Sept bday cards; 3 left
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom (mantlepiece, kitchen corners x 2, coffee table, etc)

JKS - yes that is true! 2 different women told me how hot they thought DH was in his kilt at the wedding we went to the other week - and I certainly wasn't angry with him!

Wasting - I'm glad it arrived on time. Meant to say, the strange wrinkles are just where it has been hung over a peg here - it has been washed since the last time I used it!!

Freak that place looks amazing! And good luck with the job, will keep fingers crossed for you :)

Hello shineyshoes :)

I've been somewhat derailed by having an hour on the phone with my brother, was lovely to talk to him though and we had a collective rant about our parents and other brother which was v.cathartic

DONE
Unload dishwasher
Washing onto the line
Another load on
Finish basic kitchen clean and tidy
Have long winded discussion with DH about winter tyres for my car
Drink coffee
Fold washing
Book restaurant for anniversary
Dining table
Make fruit loaf
Lunch

TO DO
Clear up
Make shepherd's pie for dinner
Clean hob
Sweep and mop kitchen floor
Hoover downstairs
Phone Admiral
Online banking
Kitchen worktop Area of Doom
Dust upstairs
Dust downstairs
Bannisters
Stairs
Hoover upstairs
Change the boys bedding
More laundry