New Years Lists for procrastinators/slatterns - let there be organisation

[HalfMumHalfBiscuit]

Welcome old and new slatterns. All welcome for mutual support and kicks up the bum where nec. Just add your list and report back to let us know how you get along.

Long time no post!

Hope everyone ok and all skin troubles better. I've been really busy at work the last week.
DS's impetigo has gone now.
DD has done several direct hits on the potty now -woo hoo!

Today
Make pancakes done
Find family dentist! DONE
Wash up done
Make lunch
DD potty training doing
Pick up DS from school
Clean dining room
Clean kitchen
Find new washer / dryer - any good makes?

Ongoing List
My filing drawer
Buy new school jumpers for DS
Clean mouldy wall in bedroom - buy mould cleaner DONE BY DH !
Take in some dry cleaning
Pick up laundry DBDH
Book holidays! Easter?
Filing

Morning all. Cor, I love it when the sun shines. DDog and I going out for a good stroll, now that Mr Ocado has been.....

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW NOT WORKING!!!! Very unimpressed
• Washing One load after school
• Hoovering
• Playroom
• Ironing
• Music downloads with vouchers MUST DO THIS WEEK
• Find back exercises
• Bathrooms
• Bottle bank and recycling trip DONE
• Lodge comments on council website re local development plans
• Sort old clothes/teddies for school collection
• Get filing cabinet into study DONE and order hanging files ordered
• On line banking
• Chickens DONE
• Dog
• Book babysitter(s) for various things One Booked - one more needed
• Menu plan/supermarket - Ocado Tuesday am DONE
• DC to GP's for pancakes after school
• Reading with DC - finish their half term reading lists to take to school
• Book Club at mine
• Make dinner for book club

Sunshine anon? Not here it isn't

Friend dropped her dses here at 745 this morning, took the big two to school and the little two to toddler group this morning, now entertaining the little two at home before going to school to pick up another FOUR children. Must be mad! The good thing about having other people's children is that you feel completely justified in doing no housework or jobs at all

No sunshine today, sadly.

Really noticing my brand very bloody expensive new DW being on the blink, grrrrrr, have had two supper parties in the last 4 days and by god washing it all up is a real real drag. That's it though, it's just the four of us now for the next week or so (and lots and lots of one pot cooking!) so it will be easier until the engineer comes......

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc
• Fill/Run/Empty DW NOT WORKING!!!! Very unimpressed
• Washing One load needed
• Hoovering
• Playroom
• Ironing
• Pay Plumber
• Book haircut
• Outfit for party on Saturday
• Ask MIL if she can cover Parents evening
• Music downloads with vouchers MUST DO THIS WEEK
• Find back exercises
• Bathrooms
• Make HFW's parsnip soup
• Lodge comments on council website re local development plans
• Order hanging files ordered
• On line banking
• Chickens
• Dog
• Book babysitter(s) for various things Two Booked - one more needed
• Reading with DC - finish their half term reading lists to take to school
• Make dinner

Anon - that is not good about the new DW, grr.

Feeling lazy but need to achieve something or i'll get annoyed at myself when i'm out at orchestra later.

Today:

• morning routine/sch runs DONE
• makaton session at DS2's sch DONE
• DD nap Doing
• fix loo roll holder DONE
• sort new Lakeland shoeboxes
• lunch & tidy up
• afternoon orchestra
• sch runs, reading, etc
• tea and tidy up
• DC to bed, DH home late, tv & bed

Ongoing:

• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• Spring Cleaning: sort through bedding; art cupboard
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 42.3
• book bowling for orchestra social; Have emailed committee
• sort wills
• toys need a good sorting out (have put up some new shelves, may need to get some more storage boxes)
• finish resorting kitchen crap stuff

JKS - as you can imagine, less than impressed. Even less impressed when Siemens said it would take TWO WEEKS to get a sodding engineer here. seriously big grrrrrrs all round in our house.

Today is the start of Lent, as you know. I am going to try and stop biting my nails. Have bought stop and grow, also going to buy some OPI stuff recommended on another thread.......

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW NOT WORKING!!!! Very unimpressed
• Washing TWO LOADS DONE
• Hoovering DONE
• Playroom
• Ironing

I bet Anon! Nails is a good one, wish DH would stop that - he's also got DS1 doing it and I've noticed DS2 having the odd nibble too, hmph.

I'm not exactly giving anything up but i'm aiming for less sniping at DH as i've been annoying myself with it recently

Today:

• morning routine/sch runs DONE
• makaton session at DS2's sch DONE
• DD nap DONE
• fix loo roll holder DONE
• sort new Lakeland shoeboxes DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• afternoon orchestra DONE
• sch runs, reading, etc DONE (no reading book in bag today)
• tea and tidy up DONE
• DC to bed DONE, DH home late, tv Doing & bed

Thurs:

• DS1 to sch (DH hopefully)
• lazy day with DD at home, do jobs, etc.
• print off form for sending wedding shoes to be be dyed (only nearly 8 years on!)
• sch runs, reading, etc
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• early night (DH away)

Ongoing:

• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• Spring Cleaning: sort through bedding; art cupboard
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 42.3
• book bowling for orchestra social; Have emailed committee
• sort wills
• toys need a good sorting out (have put up some new shelves, may need to get some more storage boxes)
• finish resorting kitchen crap stuff

Ooh anon me too, failed last time. Shall we support each other?

Had very nice eve with Boy last night, there was a good snogging session too. No dc this weekend so am seeing him tomorrow night as well

court have declined my application for decree nisi due to xh imposing conditions on divorce and not ticking a box on form Have to reapply.

He's also been made redundant which selfishly I am stressing about because it means no more money from him for dc, going to have to be very frugal now which isn't a great prospect as I am already very careful. We'll survive but it means no more days out/trips/clothes/wine/chocolate etc. Basically no fun.

Woohoo, been good last few days and it's paying off :)

Thurs:

• DS1 to sch DONE (me as DH left early)
• lazy day with DD at home, do jobs, etc. Doing the lazy bit!
• print off form for sending wedding shoes to be be dyed (only nearly 8 years on!)
• DS2 home, go and get DS1 from art club, reading, check bags.
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• early night (DH away)

Ongoing:

• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• Spring Cleaning: sort through bedding; art cupboard
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 63.5
• book bowling for orchestra social; Have emailed committee
• sort wills
• toys need a good sorting out (have put up some new shelves, may need to get some more storage boxes)
• finish resorting kitchen crap stuff

Freaki - happy to be nail not biting buddies... I put some stop and grow on yesterday and I must say that it has reminded me a couple of times to stop, so hopefully I may be able to do it - at least just to get them looking neat, even if short. Just vaguely respectable!!!

Glad things going well with your boy, but sorry to hear DH been crap on the forms...

List out the window today, but have had a fairly productive day so all good. And most crucially, my concertina folding doors onto the garden now hang straight so open easier and I want to get them open again SOON!!!

I need to start using the stop and grow stuff again,I keep putting it off though as I find it makes eating difficult!

Out on a proper date with the boy tonight

ANon - we'd love some doors like that out the back, are they fab? Probably not had much chance to use them yet I guess. Friends have some the full width of their huge kitchen/family room out onto a deck and I love them.
We have slightly 80's style double-glazing-with-twiddlw-coloured-bits doors with windows on the sides. Does mean though that if you just want to open a window you can't it has to be a whole door.
Same problem with the concertinas I expect?

Been to PTA AGM, but cancelling BF meeting as DD is asleep and I love the peace/don't want to wake her cos she'll be grumpy!

Fri:

• morning stuff DONE
• TA AGM at DS2's sch DONE
• BF meeting nope
• lunch DONE
• tidy kitchen, dw on, wm on, etc
• bake marble loaf using new Lakeland tin :)
• sch runs, reading, etc
• poss park if nice enough
• DC tea & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• our dinner & bed

Ongoing:

• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• buy frames to hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• Spring Cleaning: sort through bedding; art cupboard
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 63.5
• book bowling for orchestra social; Have emailed committee
• sort wills
• toys need a good sorting out (have put up some new shelves, may need to get some more storage boxes)
• finish resorting kitchen crap stuff (mostly in a box for now)
• sort out broken new car seat, grr; Need to find buying details

Fri:

• morning stuff DONE
• TA AGM at DS2's sch DONE
• BF meeting NOPE
• lunch DONE
• tidy kitchen, dw on, wm on, etc DONE
• bake marble loaf using new Lakeland tin DONE yummy
• sch runs, reading, etc DONE
• poss park if nice enough DONE
• DC tea & tidy up DONE

• DC bath & bed
• our dinner & bed

Ongoing:

• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• buy frames to hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• Spring Cleaning: sort through bedding; art cupboard
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 63.5
• book bowling for orchestra social; Have emailed committee
• sort wills
• toys need a good sorting out (have put up some new shelves, may need to get some more storage boxes)
• finish resorting kitchen crap stuff (mostly in a box for now)
• sort out broken new car seat, grr; Emailed

Our folding doors are truly fantastic. We actually put them in when we moved here, 5 years ago, and they survived the recent overhaul and I absolutely bloody love them, it just extends the house into the garden... heavenly in the summer.

Yes, it does mean either one (or four!) doors open, but I have them open all the time, even if it means I have to wear a cardy! Just to get the air and the view out into the garden.... (luckily south/east facing for maximum sunlight) And no windows down the sides, all just lovely lovely open space between me on the sofa and the great outdoors... (you can tell I rather like them hey?!?!? )

No list today. DH had the day off pottering in the garden in the sunshine, and I was helping my friend set up for her big 4-oh party tomorrow night... It's going to be fun, but boy it's going to messy I know already......

Having good weekend all?

My 'lent' promise to snipe less at DH didn't exactly last long but honestly sometimes...! will not rant will not rant

Sun:

• me up first, boo
• lots of laundry
• papers & crosswords
• bags ready for school
• anything extra?

Ongoing:

• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• buy frames to hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• Spring Cleaning: sort through bedding; art cupboard
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 63.0
• book bowling for orchestra social; Have emailed committee
• sort wills
• toys need a good sorting out (have put up some new shelves, may need to get some more storage boxes)
• finish resorting kitchen crap stuff (mostly in a box for now)
• sort out broken new car seat, grr; Emailed

I am having a rather splendid weekend thanks jks- my date on friday night lasted 19 hours! Definitely safe to say he has grown on me

Woo-hoooooooooo Freaki!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Freak - that is so good to hear, a slow burner but hopefully a long & fun relationship to be had :)

Anon - hmm our kitchen/back of the house is north-facing. Big mistake but we had no idea about this sort of stuff moving from a flat & we do love the house but...if we ever move it will def NOT be north-facing again. Or a semi but that's another story.
I would still love to have them, it would mean getting more/new steps out onto the patio as there is a drop down and only steps where the doors are now.
We also would love to knock down the wall in the extension part of the house between the kitchen & living room, change the ceiling (flat roof) to a more conservatory-stylr glass roof for more light.

Sun:

• me up first, boo DONE (& DD up early too, not good she's getting ideas from her brothers!)
• lots of laundry; Distracted by maintenance wash! WM on
• papers & crosswords Done most
• bags ready for school DONE
• anything extra; Park in the sunshine & feed ducks DONE (lovely)
• roast dinner Cooking
• review plans for the week
• DC bath & bed
• tv & bed

Ongoing:

• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• buy frames to hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• Spring Cleaning: sort through bedding; art cupboard
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 63.0
• book bowling for orchestra social; Have emailed committee
• sort wills
• toys need a good sorting out (have put up some new shelves, may need to get some more storage boxes)
• finish resorting kitchen crap stuff (mostly in a box for now)
• sort out broken new car seat, grr; Emailed
• drop off wedding shoes & re-dyeing place (Tues maybe)

I hope so. Had a really nice meal out fri, I stayed at his house, then we had a really nice day out yesterday too.

Loving the sunshine this weekend!

Ah spring must be in the air. Power cut today, so have been mostly gardening. Have planted onions and done loads of weeding so feeling very virtuous,.
Doing a first aid course tomorrow. Stayin' alive Stayin' alive a a a ah

Hi everyone :) Lovely weekend at my brother's wedding, boys behaved brilliantly and everyone was saying how lovely they were and how well behaved
We are all shattered now, just gearing up for tomorrow and then off to bed.

Freak that is brilliant

Anon I am v.covetous of doors like that also. I don't think they would work on this house unfortunately!

JKS - we also have big plans and no money!! Although we know we want to move from here because it really isn't big enough downstairs even if we get the planning to extend upstairs. We could put a conservatory, but not a very big one and our plot is a bit oddly shaped which means we have to be careful not to lose our side access.

List for tomorrow:

• finish unpacking
• laundry
• check numbers for DS2's party and decide about food (caterer? Waitrose? me?)
• write diary for the class dragon ready to go back on Tuesday
• DENTAL FORMS

that will do for starters

That's always the question isn't it, spend money on where you already are (with the associated builder's mess & hassle) or move to somewhere else.

We haven't the money for either anyway so a silly discussion

Sun:

• me up first, boo DONE (& DD up early too, not good she's getting ideas from her brothers!)
• lots of laundry; Distracted by maintenance wash! TD & WM on
• papers & crosswords Done most
• bags ready for school DONE
• anything extra; Park in the sunshine & feed ducks DONE (lovely)
• roast dinner DONE
• review plans for the week; started
• DC bath & bed DONE
• tv Doing & bed

Mon:

• morning routine
• sch runs/DH to work
• jobs; general tidy everywhere
• lunch & tidy up
• DD nap
• orch concert
• collect DS1 from friends
• home for DS2
• tea & tidy up (walk round block?)
• DC to bed
• early night

Ongoing:

• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• buy frames to hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• Spring Cleaning: sort through bedding; art cupboard
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 63.0
• book bowling for orchestra social; Have emailed committee
• sort wills
• toys need a good sorting out (have put up some new shelves, may need to get some more storage boxes)
• finish resorting kitchen crap stuff (mostly in a box for now)
• sort out broken new car seat, grr; Emailed
• drop off wedding shoes & re-dyeing place (Tues maybe)

JKS - yes exactly. And then DH starts talking about when we will need to replace my car...

I am going to add your 'general tidy up' to my list for tomorrow. I've spent 20 minutes this evening sorting a few bits but the place is a mess and just glancing round now I think I need to spend about an hour rehoming random items!

Both the boys are still awake It was to be expected because they both napped solidly for the 2 hours it took us to drive home this afternoon and we got here at 4.45pm. I thought we had got DS1 down, but he is bouncing around up there and keeps yelling for us. I'm afraid we've been in once but then have closed the door and are ignoring for a while to see what happens! T is down here with me, I'm hoping a short playtime and a drink of water will help him settle when I try again in 10 minutes.
DH has done something to his toe, and seems unable to do much

That was a lot of faces!! I am actually quite cheerful, honest!