Procrastinating Pumpkins: The Autumn Relaunch

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AKA 'Oh yikes, a new thread cometh...'

I Freak, do solemnly swear to post regularly on the new thread so as to avoid an unseasonal title.

JKS the poo sounds a nightmare, sympathies.

I decided to take the boys to the zoo this afternoon. I am knackered, and I think I got a speeding ticket on the way home. Bollocks

Both boys are asleep in the car, I am still sat in it on the drive just having 5 minutes peace before I get them out! DS2 is especially exhausting at the moment, he is crawling around all over the place and has now started pulling himself up on things. No sense of danger though because he is so little, I am exhausted trying to keep him safe.

Oh, and it is our 4th wedding anniversary today DH is working late though

Happy Anniversary!!! It's our thirteenth in two weeks.... eek.

Well my list is now:

• survive 10 boys for the afternoon DONE
• wine on my way to the fridge NOW despite the fact it is not 7pm yet
• bed - oh so early tonight!

Ali - what makes you think you got caught? Camera or car? Fingers crossed...

Ali - Happy Anniversary :) I've been flashed by cameras before and never heard anything so fingers crossed.

Anon - well done on surviving!

Day did improve thankfully!!

Leftover:

• arrange service visit for alarm DONE
• pop to docs for DH prescription & DD referral info DONE
• put boxes & pram in loft
• sort next box down from the loft for DD DONE

Today:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DS1 DONE
• clean up poo disaster DONE
• water play DONE
• dry kitchen! DONE
• laundry TD & WM on
• change DS2's wet clothes...they dried eventually
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• more laundry DONE
• poss brave playground if not raining later nope
• DC tea & tidy up DONE
• some DC bath, all to bed DONE

• DH home, then out for the evening (to the pub, jealous!)
• tv & bed

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• big sort out of DD's clothes DONE
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes

Oh my, I must say, a whistle with a crowd of children...... incredible. Forget having to shout, just blow the damned whistle!!!!! Ten kids screaming their heads off in the kitchen.. no voice can be heard. Blow the whistle??? ALLLELUYAH!!!!!

JKS - glad the day improved!

We are having champagne and ice cream. Yum

It was one of those cameras in the back of a van, and I just didn't see it and realise what it was quickly enough. I will be very, very surprised if I don't get something in the post in a week or two.

DH has got another long day tomorrow, I think I may go insane trying to keep the boys happy. DS1 is very unsettled by DS2 being on the move, he hates that he comes barging into all his games and there has been a fair amount of shoving.
I may resort to putting them in the car and just driving round until they are asleep and then parking up somewhere and reading my book.

Anon - Had to PMSL at that image with the whistle [hgrin]

Ali - i quite like the sound of that drive - if only I though all 3 would sleep at the same time i would definitely give it a go!!

Long and good day out today with friends, knackering though. DS1 & DD asleep pretty quickly, went up to check on them all and DS2 was awake - not like him but had a dirty nappy so think he had stayed up to go, lol. Also he had put his shoes on DS1's pillow [hhmm] - he does have a strange relationship with his shoes right now but giving them to your sleeping brother is particularly weird!

Dh away overnight at his parent - seeing his Dad's band at a gig.

Saturday:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DH hoping to get home early
• poss DH + DS2 to footie
• DS1, DD & me to kids cinema (or DS1 with friends if DH not home in time)
• lunch & tidy up
• afternoon at home?
• laundry
• DC tea, bath & bed
• dinner, Strictly & bed

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes
• put boxes & pram in loft

JKS - the power of the whistle. I hadn't even thought of it. DS said "Mum, buy a whistle" so I did. Then during tea and the extraordinary noise, I was wondering how to deal with it and DD pointed at my whistle through the din as I couldn't hear what she was saying and it was simply maaaaaarvellous. They all instantly go quiet. I think they use a whistle in the playground at school and it is sooo effective.

We had a great day out, gorgeous day here. Actually sat outside in the Botanical Gardens for lunch!

DH has just taken off from Texas... home tomorrow!

And, JKS, your FIL is in a band?!

Anon - your DD is a genius! Maybe i'll keep a whistle on hand when all the DC are bigger & noisier!
FIL plays guitar in a band with 3 others. They are ok apparently, i haven't heard them yet. THey play covers, sort of mixture of blues & rock i think. Though they did the Timewarp last night as it was a Halloween dressing up evening at the pub they were playing in.

Saturday:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH hoping to get home early DONE
• DH + DS2 to footie DONE
• DS1, DD & me to kids cinema DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• afternoon at home; Doing

• laundry
• DC tea, bath & bed
• dinner, Strictly & bed

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes
• put boxes & pram in loft

at whistle

Jks sorry ds2 is hard work at the moment. Ds also went through a stage of being a total nightmare, I'd forgotten how bad it was until I stumbled across some very desperate threads I'd started!

Have managed to clean bathroom and do the ironing today, quite an achievement!

• CHANGE CLOCKS 4done (cars still to do & my watch which has gone awol)

Hi Freak - I find it so reassuring to hear about other kids being difficult as I never know if it's DS2 just being a pita or his 'issues' causing problems. He's roughly 2 developmentally so i need to spend more time with 2year olds lol!

Saturday:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed just me done so far!
• read papers DONE
• crosswords Started
• watch F1 Doing
• shopping coming (11-1) have changed to Waitrose Online but not cancelled Ocado yet!
• lunch & tidy up
• more laundry
• ironing maybe?
• afternoon activity? garden time?
• get DS1's bag ready for school
• dinner x 5 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed (still no bath for DS2, sigh)
• Strictly, other tv & bed

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes
• put boxes & pram in loft

Yes JKS ds was 2 when he went through it. Hopefully not too much longer for your ds!

Massive spermarket shop DONE
New boots for dd DONE
New trainers for ds DONE
Clocks changed DONE
Skype family DONE

Roast to cook (freak in roast on sunday shocker!)

Daisy kitten can now jump onto fence by using garden table so the letting them into garden thing won't really work now cos she can't jump high enough to get back onto fence from the other side.

Freak - just have to hope he develops out of 2 soon! Daisy will learn to jump that high soon don't worry.

• CHANGE CLOCKS 4done & watch done

Saturday:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• read papers DONE
• crosswords Started
• watch F1 DONE
• shopping coming (11-1) have changed to Waitrose Online but not cancelled Ocado yet! DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• more laundry DONE & Doing
• ironing DONE
• afternoon activity? colouring & tv DONE

• get DS1's bag ready for school
• dinner x 5 & tidy up Roast Cooking
• DC bath & bed (still no bath for DS2, sigh)
• Strictly, other tv & bed

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes
• put boxes & pram in loft
• cancel Ocado Emailed

Morning!! We still have one more day of half term to go... Halloween party later - DC refuse to dress up (nothing new there) but have said "Mummy can make us some hats". .

perhaps they haven't noticed yet that Mummy is beyond hopeless at anything remotely creative!! How on earth do I rustle up some hats out of thin air?!

Anyway, so we are still on short list mode:

• survive the day

Morning ladies - back to preschool today!

Short lists today I think, need to ease myself back in before I do a massive one for the whole day!

TO DO
Unload dishwasher
Clear up kitchen
Fold basket of laundry
Make packed lunch for DS1
Put another wash on

Ali - my list for tomorrow is going to be shocking. Shame it's Halloween today as my list would suit today perfectly!!!

We have so far:

• got up and showered and dressed
• Had breakfast
• got fancy dress on for this evening's party
• bought and wrapped a gift
• .....

And still working on:

• survive the day

anon

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Feed cats- DOnE
Litter tray ? DONE
Disinfect tray - DONe
Washing up ? DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
DD to school- DONE
DS to preschool ? DONE
Go to shop - DONe
Make halloweeny jelly ? DONE (except i forgot i was supposed to make it inlayers so all the gory bits are at the bottom )
Make beds ? DONE
Bins- DoNE
Recycling into box ? DONE
Tidy sitting room ? DONE
Hoover downstairs ?
Hoover upstairs ?
Mop floor -
Clean loo ? DONE
Tidy dc room? DONE
Take meter readings- DONE
Submit meter readings
Pay for dd?s school trip
Look up Halloween recipes
Go to supermarket
Dust downstairs ?
Dust bedrooms -
Clean inside windows and mirrors ?
Go to friend?s house-
Do some coursework-
Pick up dd-
Pick up ds ?
Change dc into Halloween costumes
Take dd to her party
Take ds to his party
Cook dinner ?

Wash up -
Bath and bed dc-
Take dry washing off airers& put away
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?
Ironing -

Lol Anon - got any cardboard hanging around? roll into a cone, tape together - they can decorate, ta da = witches hats!

DS2 has an inset day today so I'm 'on hold' for most jobs, but DS1 has gone back. Gone back to his new class after the horrid parents evening. Who knows what the other parents will do now...
Anyway DS1 is getting a lift home so i don't have to face the school run until tomorrow morning.

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 3 done
• DS1 to sch/DH to work DONE
• dw emptied & on again DONE
• TD on DONE
• DD nap Doing

• dress DS2
• lunch & tidy up
• pop round corner for walk & maybe wrapping paper (have lots of Christmas present sitting around just waiting to be discovered)
• DS1 home, reading & check bag
• put pumpkin out & hopefully get a couple of T&Ters...
• tea & tidy up
• pumpkin in & front lights off
• DC to bed
• quiet night on my own (hopefully)

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes
• put boxes & pram in loft
• cancel Ocado; Emailed

Today is going very slowly...

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed all but DD done (she can stay in pjs anyway)
• DS1 to sch/DH to work DONE
• dw emptied & on again DONE
• TD on DONE
• DD nap DONE
• dress DS2 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• pop round corner for walk & maybe wrapping paper (have lots of Christmas present sitting around just waiting to be discovered) DONE

• DS1 home, reading & check bag
• put pumpkin out & hopefully get a couple of T&Ters...
• tea & tidy up
• pumpkin in & front lights off
• DC to bed
• quiet night on my own (hopefully)

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes
• put boxes & pram in loft
• cancel Ocado; Emailed

Phew, got worried we wouldn't have anyone knock at the door, but have had enough now, will bring the pumpkin in in a minute.

DD & DS2 given up on the day early. Let's hope they aren't up too early tomorrow!

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed all but DD done (she can stay in pjs anyway)
• DS1 to sch/DH to work DONE
• dw emptied & on again DONE
• TD on DONE
• DD nap DONE
• dress DS2 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• pop round corner for walk & maybe wrapping paper (have lots of Christmas present sitting around just waiting to be discovered) DONE
• DS1 home, reading & check bag DONE
• put pumpkin out & hopefully get a couple of T&Ters... DONE
• tea & tidy up DONE

• pumpkin in & front lights off
• DC to bed 2 DONE
• quiet night on my own (hopefully)

Tues (1st sch run morning on my own in a while):

• all up & dressed
• breakfast
• DS2 on the bus
• DS1 to sch
• town to collect M&S order (remember paperwork)
• library returns & 1 collection
• BF group
• home & lunch & tidy kitchen
• DD nap hopefully
• deal with various paperwork piling up
• collect DS1, reading & check bag
• DS2 home & check bag
• DS1 swimming
• tea & tidy up
• DC to bed/ready for bed
• orchestra (need cash for sitter, as usual)

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes
• put boxes & pram in loft
• cancel Ocado; Emailed

Got to the pool to find out there is no swimming today as there is a competition - i had written it in my folifax diary but not put it into my phone diary, oops.

Tues (1st sch run morning on my own in a while):

• all up & dressed DONE
• breakfast DONE
• DS2 on the bus DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• town to collect M&S order (remember paperwork) DONE
• library returns & 1 collection DONE
• BF group DONE
• home & lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• DD nap hopefully DONE
• deal with various paperwork piling up Not done
• collect DS1, reading & check bag DONE
• DS2 home & check bag DONE
• DS1 swimming Not today
• tea & tidy up DONE

• DC to bed/ready for bed
• orchestra (need cash for sitter, as usual)

Ongoing:

• finish pruning hedges by back fence DH DONE - tidy up cuttings, grr
• 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; piling up again
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss (hoping to clear the top of the dresser in tv room); need some sizes
• put boxes & pram in loft
• cancel Ocado; Emailed - need to find account info & ring
• nametapes on M&S school clothes for DS1

Talkin to yourself again JKS?

I feel like I've done a lot today but actually I probably havent
DS was being a little shit naughty this morning so I took my anger out on my sitting room and pulled out all the furniture and hoovered behind it. Then went and had tea and cake at friends, had another friend over for lunch (and sat chatting all afternoon), tidied the toybox and cleaned the toys, cooked dinner, mopped the floors...Oh and 2loads of washing, plus putting away the dry stuff off the airers.

Evening :)

I had a nap today - DS2 slept for nearly 2 hours while DS1 was at preschool! Woohoo! This is unheard of, he normally only naps for about 30-40 minutes throughout the entire day. Feel much better

Today has been quite productive, and I'm going to book my online shopping for Friday in a minute. I need to start a list for Christmas, otherwise it will be December and I'll have done nothing.

JKS - you have an iPhone/Macbook combo don't you? My macbook diary keeps overwriting my phone diary - which is a disaster and I am losing appointments. What am I doing/not doing?

Getting back into normal life after hols. Small list coming up.
Sort course stuff
Find Dh's invoices
Prepare self for mammogram
Go for mammogram. Urghhh.
Scrub kitchen floor. Is hacky.
Paperwork
Shuffle papers
Shred papers
File papers
Blah blah.

Am bored of my own list already.
Knitting cardi for baby . Is cute.
CHriStMSaZ. Runs away screaming

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