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.

Freak what are you courseworking?

Today is going well, tempted to slump now though!

DONE
All up, dressed and fed
DS1 to preschool
Unload dishwasher and clear up
Put away clean clothes
Put a wash on
Have lots of cuddles with DS2 :)

TO DO
Finish Waitrose order
Contact some more cleaners
Ring other infant school about looking round
Lunch (DH bringing Starcucks, yum)
Pick DS1 up

Ali - ah, i only use the calendar on my phone, i haven't got round to sorting out the laptop one. Well i did on my old pre-burglary one, had spent hours putting all birthdays in, then it got nicked and ihaven't been arsed to do it all again.
But it should sync with my phone easily, right? [hhmm]

Freak - do some coursework! [hgrin]

Wed:

• all up & dressed DONE
• breakfast DONE
• DS2 on the bus DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• DS2's school for Makaton session DONE
• home & lunch & tidy kitchen
• DD nap hopefully
• deal with various paperwork piling up
• afternoon orchestra
• collect DS1, reading & check bag
• DS2 home & check bag
• tea & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• DH home at some point

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
• more sch jumpers for DS2 needed
• new watch battery needed

It's just a tefl course, not massively useful at this stage in my life but ties in with my degree and the British Council work I've done. Was always going to do it but then moved to bots, then had babies etc but it came up on groupon with a huge discount so figured I may as well do it just to get the old brain working. It's dull as anything though so not really inspired!

Mini hope the mammogram goes ok

Does anyone else keep going to click on the procrastinators thread in student parents?

Helllllloooooooooooooooooo.

Freaki - good for you, you never know when it could be useful. Does Groupon work? I get the emails and I hover over them and then panic that there will be a catch!

DD is 6 tomorrow so today has mostly been panicking about presents and party getting ready for the Big Day.

Freak - haven't seen that thread but my mush-brain would definitely get confused!

Anon - Happy 6th birthday to your DD for tomorrow :)

Wed:

• all up & dressed DONE
• breakfast DONE
• DS2 on the bus DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• DS2's school for Makaton session DONE
• home & lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• DD nap hopefully DONE
• deal with various paperwork piling up Not really done again
• afternoon orchestra Not today
• collect DS1, reading & check bag DONE
• DS2 home & check bag DONE
• tea & tidy up DONE
• walk round block DONE
• DC bath & bed DONE (still no bath for DS2, he at least came into the bathroom to get his toothbrush, sigh)

• DH home at some point

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
• more sch jumpers for DS2 needed
• new watch battery needed

it especially confuses me as procrastinators is in capitals and draws me in.

more soap opera shit going on in my life, have a thread. its all totally crazy and i just want to crawl into a little box and hide for a very long time.

Freaki - sorry to hear that things are still difficult. Is this still WC and (x)GF? Sorry, not seen your thread.

My day was:

• get ready for DD's party DONE
• Bring home 7 children from school in DH's wagon DONE
• Have party DONE
• Finish party DONE
• Early bath DONE and bed any minute now for DC
• Collapse imminent

Yes anon still. Can't believe it's still ongoing and the lengths someone is going to to cause trouble

Freak I have replied. My guess is that it is him. And he is too thick to realise that you will actually go to the police. Please do go to the police, and then it will all be clear.

He is a total cock, total.

My laptop is in Apple hospital - luckily it is being repaired for free :)
But only have my phone to post with and I'm not good doing that so no lists til I get it back.

Freak read thread. Sorry u are having this trouble :( no idea how it works but would go with going to the police.

Thanks guys.

Just so so sick of it all. Just want my life to be calm and drama free. Guess I need to be very careful about who is in my life, stay away from men and keep a low profile. Just relieved it isn't impacting on the dc though the issues with the neighbours may do.

Freak - did you find out who was doing the stirring between you and that other bloke? Seems weird to have a v.similar scenario occurring again? You don't think your ex is involved do you?

I have tackled the paperwork pile of Doom in the kitchen, and now have masses more workspace available.

Ali we presumed xh because it stopped when I told him i'd call police if I got more calls and after I told him there was nothing between me and other bloke...I wondered about him with this but I don't see how he'd have got wc or gfs numbers. unless the original informer was a friend of his?

I've been driving myself mad trying to work out who it could be, now I just want it to stop so I can move on.

Freak it is all really crap, I really feel for you. I would go to the police, because as you say it is a bit weird to have someone know so much about your life. My money would be on it being WC, but it would be good to know for sure for peace of mind.

Bombsite here.

Friday is usually tidy up day for the weekend, but I seriously have my work cut out as DD had her party yesterday afternoon so there it more to do than usual!

DS was such a little star, bless him, there he was surrounded by a gaggle of girls, and he was doing his best to tell jokes and ditties at tea and joined in all the games to make his sister's party as good as possible. He was sooooo sweet. I had a little chat with him after about how proud I was of him just joining in and not making a fuss and he just said "Mummy I really wanted DD to have the best birthday".

Anyway, so here goes for today, I know there is more but I haven't thought of it yet:

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Help at school with coffees DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc Next
• Fill/Run/Empty DW needs emptying
• Washing one load done, second going in
• Hoovering
• Trainers for DS
• DH?s tax return
• Window locks - still waiting to hear
• Venue for Christmas do Booked
• Ebay pile sort and photos
• Call/pay window cleaner

Anon I forgot to say, Happy Birthday to your DD! Your DS sounds lovely :)

DONE
All morning jobs
Shopping here and mostly unpacked
DS1 at preschool
Boys beds stripped
Lunch and clear up
Quick tidy round upstairs
Dust bedrooms
Possible cleaner came to quote at 2.30pm
Cleaner hired to start Wednesday - woohoo!
Pick DS1 up - DH doing now

TO DO
Film afternoon
Vacuum upstairs
Make up spare bed
Boys tea
Baths
DH home at some point
Our dinner

Less of a bombsite (phew)

And thanks for the birthday wishes!

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• Help at school with coffees DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc Next
• Fill/Run/Empty DW DONE
• Washing three loads DONE
• Hoovering DONE
• Trainers for DS
• DH?s tax return
• Window locks - still waiting to hear
• Venue for Christmas do Booked
• Ebay pile sort and photos
• Call/pay window cleaner
• Collect DS from friend's at 6
• Make dinner

Just a quick list as weekend is upn us.
Freaki I am sorry to hear you still have crap going on, I couldn't find your thread. But I'm right behind you, in a friendly mammoth kind of way.
loads of HW to do. and stilll got to sort christmas logistics, am v. pulled with DGC in 2 different directions now.

deal with leaves
organise a body double or clone
make DH a wheat free cake, his BD was thurs and I have neglected him
papers blah
bathroom 2 star doom
stair carpet -more hair than cat
and more that I cant be bothered to list or will frighten myself

Morning :)

Having a lazy morning here, MonstersInc and bacon sandwiches on the sofa. Need a short list though because my parents are coming before lunch.

TO DO
Get everyone clean and dressed
Half hour of housework upstairs
Make a plan for this afternoon
Decide what to give the boys for tea (we are getting a curry, yum!)

Ah mini I hadn't really considered grandparents also getting torn in 2 directions at xmas I've always just been glad I've never had to do the juggling parenst thing so many of my friends seem to- even when I was with xh our parents were on different continents so we just spent it with whoever we were in the same country as at the time!

Kittens now have collars with tags on so don't have to worry about them getting stuck in other gardens so much now. DS helped me choose them andthey are very blingy (wasn't much choice in kitten collars)-bright rainbow stripes with a bell and a flower charm on

Computer very slow today, is making me want to scream! Poorly ds is asleep on sofa, dd at a party. Had very little sleep last night between the two of them (dd not ill but has a night cough) and someone lobbing bits of pumpkin at my bedroom window from the alley behind.

Todays list

1. Stop caring about people who clearly don't care about me back
2. Stop caring what the above people say or think about me
3. Stop being nice to people who don't deserve it and getting walked over by them
4. Try to work out why I keep attracting weirdos
5. Start online CBT course

Today am mainly looking after poorly ds, looking after friend's ds, washing and experimenting with beetroot risotto for dinner-am nt convinced it will be nice!

Have also ordered a couple of xmas decorations...I normally buy one or two 'nice' ones every year so I can gradually phase out the tat but think that maybe clicking on links to white company and cox and cox was a bad idea, I bought a couple more than intended did get 20% discount on both sites though...

Freaky that is a good list. I like to do that with decorations too. I often get a couple in John Lewis but I may have a look at Cox and Cox.

Productive weekend here. My parents came up and have helped loads with the boys while DH and I got a few jobs done around the house, and we went to the fireworks last night which was brilliant. Had some little ear defenders for DS2 :)

Just the usual left to do today, dinner, bath, bed, plus one more load of washing.

Hello ladies.

Freak - good list.

Have had fairly productive day:

• Up and to school DONE
• Gardening at school DONE
• Home for lunch and hot shower DONE
• Back to school DONE
• Feel like I may as well move into the blinking school DOING!
• Home for tea DONE
• Make dinner DONE

Tomorrow is EBAY DAY!!!!!! Oh glory, I hate listing on ebay, hate it with a passion, however I have loads and loads to sell, and it's a very annoying pile in the corner of our bedroom and I want the cash, so I really must do it!

I have some Charlie Bears to sell. The two I have to sell sold recently (as part of a set of three, though) for nearly £200!!!!! I mean WTF?! For teddies? Really?

Sure I won't get that much (or even two thirds of that much!) but clearly there is a market for these blooming things so I need to go for it!

Ali - DD had her ear defenders on too on Saturday! Nice bright pink ones she's got!

I am lacking in brain.
Have lost
party invitation
lovefilm dvds i had ready to send back
invitations for ds' party
something else I remembered in the middle of the night but have now forgotten.

Did online shop yday and forgot to order loads of stuff.

Think last week was just so stressful that I wasn't functioning normally and also havent had much sleep with ds being ill.

Spent all that time looking into pet insurance and trying to pick the right one and now the buggers have charged me twice. So need to chase that up.

Also need to make dentist appt for dc as had to cancelt he last one.