Getting nothing done? Procrastinators, pottering here.

[Alibabaandthe80nappies]

Welcome to the new thread ladies :)

Hey Wasting - how many weeks are you now?

Freak - i'm on a bit of a drive to replace all the paper globe lampshades we have everywhere with lampshades of our actual choice have done 5 recently, mostly Ikea so not pricey or anything just something different.
Am watching some star shaped ones for the hallway and porch on ebay at the mo.

Chuffed with myself for fixing the catflap :)

Mon:

• DH up & leaving early DONE
• all up, dressed & boys breakfast DONE
• sch runs DONE
• my breakfast DONE
• catch up on emails/MN/FB DONE
• laundry mountain; Wm on again & washing hung out; TD on
• wash DD's car seat cover DONE
• ironing pile
• putting away laundry; all but DDs
• tidy toys DONE
• tidy hallway DONE
• tackle kitchen DONE
• finish unpacking from weekend DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• achieve something; trip to pet shop & trainers & wellies for DS1 DONE
• drop trainers at school for running club DONE
• sch runs/reading/bags DONE
• tea DONE
• walk DONE
• DC bath & bed DONE (no bath tonight)
• quiet night in on my own, early to bed Doing

Tues:

• all up, breakfasted & dressed
• sch runs
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• swap bathmats & towels
• BF group (walk)
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• jobs?
• collect DS1, reading & repack bag
• DS2 home, check bag
• DS1 swimming
• tea & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• orchestra
• DH home late

TO DO:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence (waiting for neighbours to do their side)
• 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
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned before winter
• new wellies needed for DS1 DONE
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom (mantlepiece, kitchen corners x 2, coffee table, etc); Landing DONE
• get cat flap repaired pre-winter DONE

JKS it does feel good to be finally buying my own furniture etc, and slightly nicer stuff rather than this-will-do-for-now. I saved for over a year for the footstool and bookcase and now owe my mum for the tv stand but it's worth it I think.

So that long list I had yesterday? Didn't get done. Hopefully get some of it done today but have friends ds again (there may be a rant coming on that front)

Freak - i bet it does feel good, most of our house is still handmedown/donations from family & friends, not our choice as such.

DS2 up early today, 5.30 so i'm knackered already, the sod's law of Tuesdays when i have to stay awake at orchestra.

Tues:

• all up, breakfasted & dressed DONE
• sch runs DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap bathmats & towels DONE
• BF group (walk) DONE (drove in the end)
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• jobs; catch up on Sky+ DONE :)
• collect DS1, reading & repack bag
• DS2 home, check bag
• DS1 swimming
• tea & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• orchestra
• DH home late

TO DO:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence (waiting for neighbours to do their side)
• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• 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
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned before winter
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom (mantlepiece, kitchen corners x 2, coffee table, etc); Landing DONE

Hi Peeps, sorry, been absent once again. I ended up spending the whole of last week painting the outside of the house with FIL as the weather was so good.... so housework, lists etc went completely by the wayside.

Anyway, back to routine now:

Daily/today:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing second load in
• Testing heating system doing - contact plumber
• Clean fridge inside and out DONE
• Change DC's beds
• Get petrol for mower
• Hoovering
• Ironing
• Bathrooms
• On line banking/budget
• Meal Plan next week
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading with DC
• Maths homeworks
• Make dinner

One off things this week/soon:

• DH?s tax return
• Call about tennis lesson
• Work out when we can put boats away
• DD's birthday - present/treat/party
• Tea dates for DC
• Organise class christmas do (AAGGHH)
• Addresses onto computer
• Piano music to find
• 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
• Tesco vouchers ? half term ideas/plans?
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• NYE plans to finalise
• Choose two outdoor lights
• Need Blu-Ray player and Microwave
• Book up to see Cars 2 possibly missed the boat
• Go electronic with my calendar?? underway!

Hi Anon :)

(reminded me to put Cars 2 DVD on Christmas shopping list)

Wed:

• all up, breakfasted & dressed DONE
• sch runs DONE
• Makaton morning at DS2's sch DONE
• tidy under our bed (cat has been sick and it needs a sort out anyway)
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• afternoon orchestra
• collect DS1, reading & repack bag
• DS2 home, check bag
• tea & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• our dinner & bed

TO DO:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence (waiting for neighbours to do their side)
• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• 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
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned before winter
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom (mantlepiece, kitchen corners x 2, coffee table, etc); Landing DONE

Need to read back, just to let ye know I am still alive. My MIL and SIL arrived last fri and have started pulling my house apart (cause I couldnt be happy living like this) I am biting my tongue because it will be worth it to have a clean house. Though it doesnt seem like my house. Cause they are putting things where they think they should go not where I want them to! Need to get off this before they catch me!

Hi Cike, I've not been around much too! Glad to be back though, listing is so therapeutic and reassuring.

JKS - suspect Cars 2 may well be on our Christmas or DD's birthday list as we are way too late for a cinema trip.... .

Are we nearly in new thread territory? But it CANNOT be time for our Christmas thread, no no no, that's just, well, plain illegal, surely?! Haven't even dared see if the Christmas Topic is up and running, I bet it is!

Daily/today:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing DONE
• Testing heating system running second test later - contact plumber DONE
• Clean fridge inside and out DONE
• Change DC's beds
• Get petrol for mower
• Hoovering DONE except kitchen/family room
• Wash utility floor, tidy utility DONE
• Spare bedding back to loft DONE
• Pick pears for ripening DONE
• Water greenhouse, pick toms and basil
• Ironing
• Bathrooms
• On line banking/budget
• Meal Plan for the next week
• Chickens
• Dog DONE
• Book parents evening slots DONE but need to recheck for cancellations.
• Reading with DC
• Maths homeworks
• Make dinner stew defrosting

One off things this week/soon:

• DH?s tax return
• Call about tennis lesson
• Work out when we can put boats away
• Veg patch sort
• DD's birthday - present/treat/party
• Tea dates for DC
• Organise class christmas do (AAGGHH)
• Addresses onto computer
• Piano music to find
• Back up photos DONE
• Time Machine for Mac to set up
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• List eBay
• Set up weather station
• Tesco vouchers ? half term ideas/plans?
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• NYE plans to finalise
• Choose two outdoor lights
• Need Blu-Ray player and Microwave
• Book up to see Cars 2 possibly missed the boat
• Go electronic with my calendar?? underway!

I think we should have a Halloween thread first :)

But yes the Christmas topic is going, mind you I have started collecting little bits & pieces, ordering from Book People, etc.

Had a great sort out under our bed, masses of cat fur under there have now fit the spare single mattress under there so that helps in The Great Spare Room Clearout :)

Wed:

• all up, breakfasted & dressed DONE
• sch runs DONE
• Makaton morning at DS2's sch DONE
• tidy under our bed DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• afternoon orchestra
• collect DS1, reading & repack bag
• DS2 home, check bag
• tea & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• our dinner & bed

TO DO:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence (waiting for neighbours to do their side)
• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• 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
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned before winter
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom (mantlepiece, kitchen corners x 2, coffee table, etc); Landing DONE

We can have a halloween thread only if we all take an oath to post regularly...otherwise we'll still have a halloween title in february or something!

Erm well Santa has done his shopping here! And I won dd a big bundle of dressing up clothes and ds some wii games (all used) on ebay so they're done really and I'm making for most other people. TBH I've only done it so early because I was already very broke and in my twisted little way I'm more likely to be able to live frugally to repay debt than to save and this way I should be back in the black by xmas and be able to enjoy it rather than stressing about money. I know it's a bit of an upside down way to manage money but it works for me

Cars 2 may well be our xmas movie too.

CC that would drive me mad but hopefully once they're gone it should be easy enough to rearrange the bits that aren't working for you.

Oh yes, Halloween of course, but yes, that would require regular posting indeed to enable us to also have a festive thread!!

Am impressed jealous that you have the foresight to plan ahead for Crimbo. We still have DD's birthday to go early November, and I haven't organised that yet so I will not give it any thought until after that. It is the same every year.

That said, DH has apparently sourced us our turkey (I don't particularly like turkey, and had my heart set on a great big rib of beef and yorkshire pudding but he has promised me that he has been promised a turkey extraordinaire.... )

Ah well.

Daily/today:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW running
• Washing DONE
• Testing heating system running second test later - contact plumber DONE
• Clean fridge inside and out DONE
• Change DC's beds
• Get petrol for mower
• Hoovering DONE except kitchen/family room DONE
• Wash utility floor, tidy utility DONE
• Spare bedding back to loft DONE
• Pick pears for ripening DONE
• Water greenhouse, pick toms and basil
• Ironing
• Bathrooms
• On line banking/budget DONE
• Meal Plan for the next week
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Book parents evening slots DONE
• Reading with DC DONE
• Maths homeworks DONE
• Make dinner stew defrosting

One off things this week/soon:

• DH?s tax return
• Call about tennis lesson
• Work out when we can put boats away
• Veg patch sort
• DD's birthday - present/treat/party
• Tea dates for DC
• Organise class christmas do (AAGGHH)
• Addresses onto computer
• Piano music to find
• Back up photos DONE
• Time Machine for Mac to set up
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• List eBay
• Set up weather station
• Tesco vouchers ? half term ideas/plans?
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• NYE plans to finalise
• Choose two outdoor lights
• Need Blu-Ray player and Microwave
• Book up to see Cars 2 possibly missed the boat
• Go electronic with my calendar?? underway!

Morning ladies.

Daily/today:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Testing heating system running second test later - contact plumber DONE
• Change DC's beds
• Get petrol for mower
• Hoovering
• Water greenhouse, pick toms and basil
• Ironing
• Bathrooms
• On line banking/budget
• Meal Plan for the next week
• Waitrose order
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading with DC
• Make dinner

One off things this week/soon:

• DH?s tax return
• Call about tennis lesson
• Work out when we can put boats away
• Veg patch sort
• DD's birthday - present/treat/party
• Tea dates for DC
• Organise class christmas do (AAGGHH)
• Addresses onto computer
• Piano music to find
• Back up photos DONE
• Time Machine for Mac to set up
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• List eBay
• Set up weather station
• Tesco vouchers ? half term ideas/plans?
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• NYE plans to finalise
• Choose two outdoor lights
• Need Blu-Ray player and Microwave
• Book up to see Cars 2 possibly missed the boat
• Go electronic with my calendar?? underway!

I alibaba promise to post daily on the Halloween thread!

Things are going reasonably smoothly here. We are going to look at schools for DS1 next week. We've got 3 very good state primaries locally, so there shouldn't be any major dramas. The secondaries here are awful though, really awful so we will either have to move or go private at that point.

Off to my parents today to get my hair cut while they look after the boys.

Oh you've reminded me, I need a hair cut! AND need to go to the hygienist (bleugh).

Good news re your local primaries, not so good news re the senior side! We have two local senior schools. Unfortunately the one we are in catchment for is nowhere near as good as the one slightly further away (a top 100 in the country job, fantastic school).

Does anyone use Waitrose.com? I shop there in person all the time, but only just now used the online service for the first time. I didn't get on so well with their website, suppose I'm just not used to it, but it took forever to load and stuff. Do they have somewhere where you can just type in your list and search rather than searching each item one at a time???

Lots of offers and a £15 off voucher, so £120 shopping actually costing me £67...

DH and I are going part veggie. He gave me a fabulous book for my birthday, it's the River Cottage Veg Everyday book and I am literally salivating at some of the recipes. It's going to be a hell of a lot cheaper that's for sure. Found 3 dinners for next week in the first chapter! Hmmmm. It gets five stars on Amazon, and I cannot wait to get stuck in. Not that i am greedy or obsessed with food or anything.

Morning!

Anon, that book sounds good, I might have to have a look at that.
Last year I actually had Christmas on my ongoing list from the previous January and it worked. I made a Christmas cake in the October and cooked my very first dinner for the three of us, it was fab.
This year, I'm only buying for the children and cooking nothing. Much less stress.

Well, I'm 40+1 today, no sign yet. Keep getting mild contractions during the night that disappear as the sun comes up though, and she was engaged and facing the right way on Tuesday so it's looking good for the VBAC as long as she shows up before induction day.

Hmm, list...

• bring washing in out of rain
• drink raspberry leaf tea +
• school run
• lunch
• shopping
• pancakes for tea
• Ds bath and bed
• wash the pots

Hello
Had quite a successful morning, even did my ironing It is obviously a baaaaad thing to do though as it made my energy monitor have a sad face!

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Feed cats- DOnE
Litter tray - DONE
Washing up ? DONE
Clean sink & draining board - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
DD to school- DONE
DS to preschool ? DONE
Change towels - DONE
Load of washing on ? DONE
Load of washing on line ? DONE
Make beds - DONE
Recycling into box ? DONE
Tidy sitting room ? DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Hoover upstairs -
Clean loo ? DONE
Clean sink- DONE
De-mould coving in bathroom - DONE
Tidy dc room? DONE
Dust downstairs ? DONE ISH
Dust bedrooms -
Clean screens ? DONE
Clean inside windows and mirrors ? DONE
Pick up ds - DONE
Lunch? DONE
Sort The Pile ?
Try to sort pet insurance- (am a bit bamboozled by it!)
Bring in washing- DONE
Go to toddlers - DONE
Pick up dd- DONE
Visit wc nan- DONE
Cook dinner ?

Wash up -
Bath and bed dc-
Remake my bed -
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?
IRONING- DONE

Anon we eat veggie quite a bit...but not in a very inspired way! Just tend to do say veg and lentil lasagne or bean chilli etc

Daily/today:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW running
• Washing DONE
• Testing heating system DONE - contact plumber DONE
• Change DC's beds sheets going back on whilst they bath
• Get petrol for mower DONE
• Hoovering
• Water greenhouse, pick toms and basil
• Ironing DONE
• Bathrooms
• On line banking/budget DONE
• Meal Plan for the next week DONE
• Waitrose order DONE - collect Friday 3.30
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• DS to hospital for check up DONE
• Reading with DC DONE DD
• Make dinner

One off things this week/soon:

• Maternity leave card for DS teacher
• Email Parish Council
• Optician appointment for DS
• DH?s tax return
• Book Haircut
• Hygienist to book ahead
• Call about tennis lesson
• Work out when we can put boats away
• Veg patch sort
• DD's birthday - present/treat/party
• Tea dates for DC
• Organise class christmas do (AAGGHH)
• Addresses onto computer
• Piano music to find
• Time Machine for Mac to set up
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• List eBay
• Set up weather station
• Tesco vouchers ? half term ideas/plans?
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• NYE plans to finalise and reply
• Choose two outdoor lights
• Need Blu-Ray player and Microwave
• Go electronic with my calendar?? underway!

I'm quite looking forward to being a bit more veggie. I couldn't give meat up completely, but in the past DH has always had the attitude of "a meals not a meal without some meat in it". However, this book sounds soooo good even DH is convinced and when I said it would help with the budget (ie. more money for his beer!) he definitely perked up!

Freaky, that's a very good reason not to do it!

• bring washing in out of rain done
• drink raspberry leaf tea + +++ done
• school run done
• lunch done
• shopping done
• pancakes for tea done (back too late to be bothered to make pancakes )
• Ds bath and bed DH doing
• wash the pots some

Next -

• more raspberry leaf tea
• bounce on ball

Oh Wasting, how are you??? Still waiting? You should be TimeWaiting.... for now at least!

Or TimesUp :)

not having a good day, have a read here about parents evening. not impressed.

Oh JKS, poor you, not surprised you're not impressed. I'd be livid frankly at the attitude and the fact that she has not said anything so far and is at odds with what you were told last year.... He must only be 5 so I think all that sounds very unfair AND unrealistic. Why on earth would someone be a Year One teacher and just not be able to find it in themselves to a) just be nice and b) be a tad more helpful/empathetic/understanding/proactive rather than negative and critical. Grrrr... I am and for you.

Is he happy at school? Here, have some , a and hope you enjoyed the .

Daily/today:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Email Parish Council
• Optician appointment for DS
• NYE plans to finalise and reply
• Call window people for window locks message left
• Ebay pile sort and photos
• Town - bank, library, flowers
• Call/pay windowcleaner
• Water greenhouse, pick toms and basil
• Ironing
• Bathrooms
• On line banking/budget
• Waitrose order collect Friday 3.30
• Chickens
• Dog
• Reading with DC DONE DD
• Make dinner

One off things this week/soon:

• Maternity leave card for DS teacher
• Holiday plans for Summer 2012
• Thank you for FIL
• DH?s tax return
• Book Haircut
• Hygienist to book ahead
• Call about tennis lesson
• Work out when we can put boats away
• Veg patch sort
• DD's birthday - present/treat/party
• Tea dates for DC
• Organise class christmas do (AAGGHH)
• Addresses onto computer
• Piano music to find
• Time Machine for Mac to set up
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• List eBay
• Set up weather station
• Tesco vouchers ? half term ideas/plans?
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• Finish sorting in loft
• Choose two outdoor lights
• Need Blu-Ray player and Microwave
• Go electronic with my calendar?? underway!
• Investigate beekeeping
• Study - major sort needed

Morning!

JKS, she doesn't sound very helpful. One thing is true, being a little behind others at that age doesn't indicate future problems at all.

Well, I'm still waiting! Best get some cleaning done, can't hurt can it?

• take clean washing up
• sort washing
• put load in
• wash pots

Thanks guys - i'm still very upset but also angry, hope we can sort some of this stuff out over the weekend/next week.

Have just blitzed the kitchen & my pile of junk in DH's office. Need to load the car with charity shop stuff and get rid before i dither and change my mind!

Fri:

• morning routine DONE
• cafe with mums DONE
• kitchen Blitzed
• load car with crap
• buggy back in car
• find DS1's sch reports for reference re lat year
• sort through what bits I've got for Christmas & write lists for DC presents
• lunch
• sort pile of dry laundry & put away
• ironing & put away (maybe tomorrow)
• charity shop trip?
• DH collecting DS1/reading/unpack bag
• DS2 home/check bag
• park with DC
• DC tea
• DC bath & bed
• dinner, tv & bed

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence (waiting for neighbours to do their side) They've done theirs
• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• 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
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned before winter
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom (mantlepiece, kitchen corners x 2, coffee table, etc); Landing DONE; Study pile DONE

Hello everyone! I have got rage today, my bloody car needs MORE money spending on it! It went in for a safety recall on tuesday, some issue with the cruise control, and then yesterday it went into 'limp home' mode. DH took it into the dealership this morning and some value or other is gone and it's going to cost £270
It is a good job he was there and not me else I think the roof would have gone off the building. This is the second time in 6 months that they have had it in for a service and then this recall, and both times it has then developed a problem - literally the next day. I feel it cannot be a coincidence... or perhaps I'm being unreasonable? Rant over

JKS she does sound really lacking in empathy, which is bad in someone teaching little ones. Don't be angry with yourself, it would have floored me completely too and I wouldn't have known what to say.