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.

Being a wordsy person, workwise, my whole life, I have never successfully used a spreadsheet. Even last year when I was project managing our build, I had to defer to DH for the actual inputting/updating of the finances and timescales spreadsheet. I did it all on paper, with a calculator and my trusty propelling pencil....

Anyway it's GORGEOUS here today (Essex) and the DC and I have just cycled out for lunch!!!

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing DONE one, one more after bedtime
• Ironing
• Kitchen and family room to hoover and dust
• Order printer ink
• Finish thank yous
• Find back exercises
• Bathrooms
• Measure for units in study
• On line banking/budget
• Chickens DONE
• Dog DONE
• Reading with DC
• Finalise Ocado for tomorrow
• Make dinner

Wow - meal plan spreadsheet

List for today
Change earrings in jewellers -
Buy ballet tickets DONE
Quick food shop

Meal plan - my mind is fairly blank
Fri - mmm toad in the hole
Sat - risotto with sweet potato/haddock
Sun -

NY resolutions
Look after self (vits/excercise/eating well)
Plan hols etc in advance so don't get stressed
Do meal plans so don't get stressed when get home from work
Go to hairdressers/spa more than 2 times a year

LIST
Buy new school jumpers for DS
Clean mouldy wall in bedroom
Take stuff to charity shop
Write thank you cards DONE
Take vits
Take in some dry cleaning
Pick up laundry
Confirm hen weekend thingy & pay
Confirm wedding invite and babysitters
Get money back off Karen Millen - sent another email
Get new passport
Ring accountant

Random things to buy in sales
Table cloth
Dinner service
Socks for DD (where do they go?) DONE!
Napkin holder

Ballet, what ballet??

I really need to think about meal planning, but tbh my DC won't eat a lot of what you guys list.
I know that Tues is always pasta with veg & grated cheese & Wed is fish fingers + freezer chips/waffles/etc + salad-y veg.

Sat & Sun are DH's domain, sometimes Fri too.
So that leaves Mon & Thurs that need attention.

Been away for a few days, loads of washing and unpacking to do. Will leave it til tomorrow though as knackered. Sleep is always hit and miss when we go away.

Tomorrow/Sun:

• lots of laundry
• finish unpacking & rehoming stuff
• bags put away
• DS2 footie with DH
• find school bags & get them ready for Mon
• more reading with DS1
• go through DS2's report pre-review on Mon

Hi JKS

Not got much done this afternoon, DS1 and I had cuddles on the sofa and played games on the beebies website while DS2 had a nap

Boys in bed and sleeping, just the clearing up to do and then chill out, jobs can wait until tomorrow.

Mini - Nutcracker next Sunday - I tried ages ago to get you and Dsis to come too but you both said you were busy (you said you were working that weekend). Let me know if you want to come xx

I am working. Boo. It will be fab.

I've only been to the ballet once, what surprised me was how noisy they were on stage, their feet hitting the floor. Guess I expected them to be as light as they look &

Forgot some bits off list yesterday, plus DH has done his back in

JKS - please don't even almost wish for a bad back!!!! Oh god, I'd give birth ten times rather than deal with it.... Hope your DH feels better soon, and you only do what you absolutely have to.... Hope you had a nice few days away.

Quiet day here....

• Outside christmas lights down and up to loft with rest of the decs
• Boxes down from loft
• Find DH's ski gear
• Go through DS/DD's clothes - lots of outgrown things to put on ebay
• List some ebay (free this weekend)
• Double check uniform and shoes all ready to go for Tuesday
• DH rugby match
• Post thank you's
• DS last school reading book to read.

That's about it.

Anon - I know you are right, just sometimes when he gets to stay in bed and take drugs that knock him out so he gets to sleep blissfully i do get a bit
One memorable time I left him with my brand new laptop, food, drinks & a wee bottle (!) while I drove to a party of our Godchildren 2 hours away with 2 DC.
I definitely would have preferred a day of peace that day!

Today/Sun:

• lots of laundry; Load 1 on airer & 2 on airer, 3 in td, 4 in wm
• finish unpacking & rehoming stuff; some done
• bags put away some done
• find school bags & get them ready for Mon; started
• more reading with DS1 DONE today
• go through DS2's report pre-review on Mon
• last lot of Christmas bits put away; all upstairs
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• everyone dressed all but DD DONE
• book some online shops

Ongoing:

• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom;
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes; Bought 1 to test no good, need to keep looking
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt for Jan
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• fill out Organised Mum calendar; More done

Keep forgetting that I'm out tonight, meeting a friend's new baby boy, awww.
Got to make a card, have a present sorted already.

Today/Sun:

• lots of laundry; Load 1 on airer & 2 on airer, 3 folded & sorted, 4 in td, 5 in wm + lots put away
• finish unpacking & rehoming stuff; more done
• bags put away; 1 left
• find school bags & get them ready for Mon; started
• more reading with DS1; DONE today
• go through DS2's report pre-review on Mon
• last lot of Christmas bits put away; all upstairs
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• everyone dressed all but DD DONE
• book some online shops 1 done
• DS2 & DD naps Doing (DS2 decided he needed one!)
• boys haircuts DS1 DONE

Ongoing:

• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom;
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes; Bought 1 to test no good, need to keep looking
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt for Jan
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• fill out Organised Mum calendar; More done

Both my boys are fast asleep! Conked out after lunch, so I've got a few things done this afternoon and the house is quiet, and no-one has done a wee anywhere they shouldn't

DONE
Enormous book cull
Send DH for more crates to put things in the garage
Fruit loaf into the breadmaker
2 loads of washing
More tidying and sorting of bookcases
Run DW
Put chicken in to roast

TO DO
Wake DS1 up otherwise he won't sleep tonight
Put away clean clothes piles
Spend 15 minutes clearing my drawer in the bedroom tallboy (massive doom of recipts etc)
Get DH to spend 15 minutes dealing with his drawer
Boys tea
Baths and bed
Our dinner - takeaway and
Film?

Ali - LOL re the wee :)

Had lovely cuddles with a little baby last night, so cute! He's only 8lbs now at a few weeks old, DD was 9,8 at birth so it was so nice to see a tiny one.

Today/Sun:

• lots of laundry; Lots done & more doing
• finish unpacking & rehoming stuff; nearly done
• bags put away; DONE
• find school bags & get them ready for Mon; DONE
• more reading with DS1; DONE
• go through DS2's report pre-review on Mon
• last lot of Christmas bits put away in loft; all upstairs
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• everyone dressed all but DD DONE
• book some online shops; 1 done
• DD nap Doing
• boys haircuts DS2 DONE

Ongoing:

• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom;
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes; Bought 1 to test no good, need to keep looking
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt for Jan
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• fill out Organised Mum calendar; go through birthdays to add
• check out birthdays coming up/missed/make cards
• general Spring Clean (sort through kitchen cupboards, DC clothes)
• lose weight! (Current: 66kg; Target: 54kg)

JKS I am very lucky that my dc eat most stuff, I'd go mad if they didn't especially with no dh/dp to share an adult meal with-am certainly not spending time cooking just for me! Although I changed the plan and did the lamb curry last night and they weren't keen on it, admittedly it wasn't my best effort and not sure I'd eat it again but it was ok

House stinks of curry today though I like the smell when it's cooking but hate how it seems to permeate the walls and smell for days after. Any good housekeeping tips to get rid???

It's sunday so the dc are playing.......schools!

PMSL at playing school!
Well short term measure is to light then blow out some matches, that seems to get rid of smells.
I've never tried one but there are those 'chef's candles' that supposedly work?

I didn't use to think my kids were fussy, and at 'weaning' stage they have all eaten everything, but as DS1 has got older, he's got fussier, DS2 has obsessions with certain foods and is v reluctant to try new things though getting better. I need to get out of the rut we are in though, I got myself the BLW recipe book a while back but haven't done anything from it yet.

Yeah had candles burning last night and they worked whilst they were lit but it must have been more of a cover up as today it smells very curryey again. Had window open while cooking as well...

JKS - DS1 has got fussier and fussier as he's got older. He was so good when we weaned him, we used to be able to take him anywhere and feed him anything. Then he got mega fussy about 2-3 months before his 2nd birthday and it has been a bit of a battle ever since. I try him with 1 or 2 new meals/things per week in an effort to expand our menu.
What bugs me the most is that he will wolf down things like quiche and falafel, and turn his nose up at beans on toast or boiled egg. It makes lunches very expensive!!

Freak I shut the kitchen door and open the back door (which is off the kitchen) when I'm cooking something stinky, I have never found those candles particularly successful.

We have had such a massive clear out this weekend, even DH has gone through most of his drawers and boxes of cables and bits of computer crap and thrown loads away. We have some empty drawers and shelves instead of everywhere being full to bursting

Done - tomorrow's dinner cooking in the slow cooker (so a change from previously listed meal plan!) - quorn mince Shepherd's pie filling. Dp will make the mash tomorrow so dinner then just needs to be a quick assembly job and some vege to go with it.

Bathroom clean except for the loo, which dp will clean later (I hope!).

Kitchen clean.

Dp has vacuumed.

Have bought lampshades for the landing and all this morning and dp has just put them up.

To do -

Make today's dinner
Do nails and dye hair
Tidy desk
Tidy knicker drawer
Order floor lamp online
Check out new bathrooms online and decide where to go to look at them irl (any tips?)

Lampshades for the landing and HALL - I lost my H!

Remus - wish we could get a new bathroom, ours needs serious help. Think you can get a website thing where yo put the measurements in and fiddle about with where you put stuff, maybe on B&Q?

DS1 & newly for DS2's fave sandwich is chocolate spread. V healthy
And not v handy for going to places where it's not allowed re nuts.

Today/Sun:

• lots of laundry; Tonnes done, & ironed & put away
• more to put away
• finish unpacking & rehoming stuff; DONE
• bags put away; DONE
• find school bags & get them ready for Mon; DONE
• more reading with DS1; DONE
• go through DS2's report pre-review on Mon
• last lot of Christmas bits put away in loft; all upstairs
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• everyone dressed all but DD DONE
• book some online shops; 1 done
• DD nap DONE
• boys haircuts DS2 DONE

Ongoing:

• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom;
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes; Bought 1 to test no good, need to keep looking
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt for Jan
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• fill out Organised Mum calendar; go through birthdays to add
• check out birthdays coming up/missed/make cards
• general Spring Clean (sort through kitchen cupboards 1 done, DC clothes, sort through bedding, ...)
• lose weight! (Current: 66kg; Target: 54kg)
• put away tablecloth. napkins & placemats we used for Christmas

Argh keep thinking of things to add to list but not getting much crossed off!

Today/Sun:

• lots of laundry; Tonnes done, & ironed & put away
• more to put away DONE
• finish unpacking & rehoming stuff; DONE
• bags put away; DONE
• find school bags & get them ready for Mon; DONE
• more reading with DS1; DONE
• go through DS2's report pre-review on Mon DH DONE
• last lot of Christmas bits put away in loft; all upstairs
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• everyone dressed all but DD DONE
• book some online shops; 1 done
• DD nap DONE
• boys haircuts DS2 DONE

Mon:

• everyone up, breakfasted & dressed
• DS1 to sch
• DS2 on bus
• me, DH & DD to DS2's sch for review
• lunch
• HV for DD's check
• collect DS1/DS2 home, reading, check bags
• tea x 3 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• dinner & bed

Ongoing:

• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom;
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes; Bought 1 to test no good, need to keep looking
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt for Jan
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• fill out Organised Mum calendar; go through birthdays to add
• check out birthdays coming up/missed/make cards
• general Spring Clean (sort through kitchen cupboards 1 done, DC clothes, sort through bedding, ...)
• lose weight! (Current: 66kg; Target: 54kg)
• put away tablecloth. napkins & placemats we used for Christmas
• organise DS2's party (hall booked in 2 weeks time but no invites sent yet, eek!)

Happy Monday Morning Everyone :)

Boys are at school

Leftover from weekend:

• last lot of Christmas bits put away in loft; all upstairs
• book some online shops; 1 done

Mon:

• everyone up, breakfasted & dressed DONE/DD doing
• DS1 to sch DONE
• DS2 on bus DONE
• me, DH & DD to DS2's sch for review
• lunch
• HV for DD's check
• collect DS1/DS2 home, reading, check bags
• tea x 3 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed
• dinner & bed

Ongoing:

• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs)
• order blind for kitchen side door
• pictures to label 'animals' & 'people' & 'cars' boxes
• watch Prison Break DVDs & give back to PIL; Started; Done more
• clean oven; Bought Oven Pride
• get kitchen curtains dry cleaned
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email new contact)
• tackle Areas of Doom;
• buy some frames that will hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; need some sizes; Bought 1 to test no good, need to keep looking
• sort iPhoto on laptop; Book Genius appt for Jan
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• fill out Organised Mum calendar; go through birthdays to add
• check out birthdays coming up/missed/make cards
• general Spring Clean (sort through kitchen cupboards-1 done; DC clothes; sort through bedding; ...)
• lose weight! (Current: 66kg; Target: 54kg)
• put away tablecloth, napkins & placemats we used for Christmas DONE
• organise DS2's party (hall booked in 2 weeks time but no invites sent yet, eek!)
• cats flea drops & see if I get any more bites, none recently so maybe we are on top of flea problem at last?!
• something else I keep remembering when away from laptop

Monday morning feeling over here. But GOT to make a start. Small list so I don't feel overwhelmed.

Shopping
Make phone calls
Sort office(which has been a dumping ground for everything over Christmas)
Post
Archive a box of stuff
Whizz round kitchen < although whizz is not in my usual everyday vocabulary>

That'll do for now, then if I do more I'll feel virtuous

Notice that another of my posts didn't work from the weekend. Never mind.

Morning all.

List for today
Change earrings in jewellers -
Buy ballet tickets - swap!

Meal plan - my mind is fairly blank
Fri - mmm toad in the hole
Sat - risotto with sweet potato/haddock
Sun -

NY resolutions
Look after self (vits/excercise/eating well)
Plan hols etc in advance so don't get stressed
Do meal plans so don't get stressed when get home from work
Go to hairdressers/spa more than 2 times a year

LIST
Clear clutter
dresser in bedroom done
DD's wardrobe done
DS's chest of drawers done
Still to do
My wardrobe
Under beds
Buy new school jumpers for DS
Clean mouldy wall in bedroom
Take stuff to charity shop
Write thank you cards done
Take vits
Take in some dry cleaning
Pick up laundry
Confirm hen weekend thingy & pay
Confirm wedding invite and babysitters
Get money back off Karen Millen - sent another email
Get new passport
Ring accountant emailed

Random things to buy in sales
Table cloth
Dinner service
Socks for DD (where do they go?) DONE!
Napkin holder

Morning everyone :) DS1 is back at preschool today after The Pox, hurrah! He goes in for 11.30 on Mondays and Tuesdays so the boys are playing and I'm trying to locate lunchbox/bottle etc etc

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Bins and recycling out for collection - done
DH to work - done
Unload dishwasher
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs
1 load of washing
Fold clean washing
Take sausages out of the freezer
DS1 to preschool
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Pick up DS1
Reading and snacks
Possibly go and buy DS1 new shoes?
Baths
Boys to bed
Tidy downstairs
Kitchen clear before bed