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.

I was so so organised this morning, everyone was dressed and ready by 8.20 (don't have to leave til 8.42), washing was on, washing up done, I'd even hoovered downstairs. So actually sat down with my cup of tea instead of gulping it between jobs. Then broke the charger on our tablet just by unplugging it (family xmas present) so faffed with that for a bit. Got to the front door ready to leave and realised I hadn't made ds' lunch . Luckily we had some leftover pasta with sweetcorn and grated cheese already boxed up inthe fridge so shoved that in and quickly peeled and chopped a carrot and some cucumber, few cherry tomatoes and a yoghurt and it was sorted. But we were late for school

Need a kick up the arse for my coursework...just can't seem to settle to do it. Keep finding stuff to do instead, I tidied under my bed this morning fgs!

Namechange to non xmas name - DONE

Freakoid - hate that re ending up late after being early. Why why why? This happened to us after DH managed to set the alarm for 1 hour early. All up 1 hour earlier... still late.

Morning all.

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

Meal plan - my mind is fairly blank
Mon - tuna
Tues -
Wed -
Thurs -
Fri -

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 done
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

Freak - that is annoying. Liking the stalling-cleaning though :)

Had lovely review for Ds2 at his sch this morning, they are very pleased & mentioned the possibility of him leaving SN sch and moving to mainstream as early as 6yrs old I try not to be too positive about him in case we get disappointed but always nice to hear good news.
And DD 'passed' her development check, which is good too :)

Leftover from weekend:

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

Mon:

• everyone up, breakfasted & dressed DONE
• DS1 to sch DONE
• DS2 on bus DONE
• me, DH & DD to DS2's sch for review DONE
• lunch DONE + friend who popped round last minute
• HV for DD's check DONE
• collect DS1/DS2 home, reading, check bags DONE (& repacked by the door)
• tea x 3 & tidy up DONE

• 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)
• organise DS2's party (hall booked & paid for; class list got from sch)
• cats flea drops & see if I get any more bites, none recently so maybe we are on top of flea problem at last?!
• ring M&S about wrong lampshade, get it returned & replacement sent

DS2 party help needed please, v disorganised!

Oh this is fab... right, off to think about my priorities so I post something useful.

Finished my list today, apart from shoe shopping which I completely forgot about! Try again tomorrow :)

Freaki. Course work. Need I say more. C' mon.
Sort sharp lists coming up
Shopping done
Post done calls made
A start made on archiving
Prep for weekend started
Kitchen half hearted whizz

Today
Got some work hours
Odds and sods shop
Continue weekend prep
Continue office sort. < office remains doomy>

It's a bit repetitive and boring but that's life heh.

Morning all. Ok, so the kids are finally back at school (quietly going "yey" here).

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing one in, one more later
• Ironing
• Kitchen and family room to hoover and dust
• Order printer ink
• Find back exercises
• Bathrooms
• Measure for units in study
• On line banking/budget
• Chickens DONE
• DH?s tax return
• Dog
• Meal plan until Friday
• Quick dive into supermarket and buy parcel wrap ***
• Dentist
• Ebay items finishing - get ready to post
• New school shoes?? Check sizes
• Reading with DC
• Make dinner - not today. Out to book club.

One off things this week/soon:

• Cash back for old mobiles?
• Musical instrument lessons for DS?
• Music downloads with vouchers doing - loads more to choose!
• Holiday Summer 2012 - insurance and car hire, pay deposit end Jan
• Booze run to France
• Call about tennis lesson
• Addresses onto computer
• Piano practice
• Time Machine for Mac to set up
• Choose photos for the wall
• Work out parental controls on Mac and Sky
• Life insurance to finalise
• Set up weather station
• Register with Anthony Nolan Trust
• Choose two outdoor lights
• Need Microwave and hard drive and camera
• Investigate beekeeping
• Study - major sort needed

Today:

• gp appt DONE
• go to hosp and wait for an X-ray on my foot Doing....

Started day at 4.18 with ds2, yawn, may doze off sat here waiting

JKS - is this from when you hurt your foot recently? Still not right (sorry if I've missed a post explaining...)?

Meals:
M - Stew and jacket
Tu - OUT (book club)
W - Aubergine and bean curry (thanks Hugh!)
Th - Cauli Cheese and salad
F - Bacon egg and chips (yey!)
Sa - Veg Stir Fry
Su - Roast Chicken

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW running
• Washing one DONE one more later
• Ironing
• Kitchen and family room to hoover and dust DONE
• Order printer ink
• Find back exercises
• Bathrooms
• Measure for units in study
• On line banking/budget DONE
• Chickens DONE
• DH?s tax return
• Dog DONE
• Meal plan until Friday DONE
• Quick dive into supermarket and buy parcel wrap ***
• Dentist
• Ebay items finishing - get ready to post
• New school shoes?? Check sizes
• Reading with DC
• Make dinner - not today. Out to book club.

Yes from Christmas eve, the second foot I bashed
It's sill v sore so I thought I best see the doc hopefully for him to say nothing I can do.
He did say that bout the year foot but not the 2nd.
Sigh.
Lots f people, not much movement, no idea how long I my have to wait... Dd at home napping with nanny, both boys at sch, fine, for now...

Hello Maria - are you new to slatterns thread? If so welcome.

HOpe everyone is doing ok.

Hope your foot gets sorted soon JKS sounds like a right pain. Good news re DS!

List for today
Change earrings in jewellers - done got some nice gold ones
Buy ballet tickets done and collected
Lunch!
Tidy dining room and kitchen
Put a wash on
Empty/load dishy

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 & post
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 DONE
Get new passport - applied online
Ring accountant Done

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

Hello folks!

I've been doing ok with my to dos, and getting my head round routines, but really struggling to get actual cleaning done in a regular fashion.
DD is poorly which doesn't help, bad cold and she only sleeps on me if she doesn't drop off in pram, which she doesn't always.
And my hands are still sore. Its been 2 years since it started, and though I can heal it if I remember to use creams etc, I forget!
But that puts me off cleaning and washing up as it's very painful.

I've been devouring the organisation thread, really good stuff.

My biggest problem is the washing up, so I might try concentrating on that and not worry about anything else for now. Everything else is peanuts compared with the Washing Up.
I've got a thread here if you could comment?

Today -

• Wash The Pots!
• dinner - new pots w. nut cutlets (chilli dh)

Hi Maria :)

Well I am home, tad confused but home
Had xray, only waited an hour which is good by previous standards with DC.
THen she said, it was fine, results will go to your GP in a few days.
So is it broken? who knows. I know i've been struggling on with it since Christmas Eve but they don't know that. So it may be broken, then what, go back into hosp in a 'few days' to get something sorted? All seems weird, either it needs something doing to it or not but don't get the system of just hobbling walking out of there not knowing.

Leftover from weekend:

• book some online shops; 1 done

Tues:

• everyone up, breakfasted & dressed DONE
• Sch runs DONE
• BF group DONE (+ drive friend who's had a cs)
• GP + hosp DONE
• lunch DONE (DD doing)
• something useful...
• collect DS1 & go straight to swimming (new time) + reading
• DS2 home
• check & reapack bags
• tea x 3 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed/ready for bed
• orchestra (if I can stay awake!)

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)
• organise DS2's party (hall booked & paid for; some invites sent/given out)
• cats flea drops & see if I get any more bites, none recently so maybe we are on top of flea problem at last?!
• ring M&S about wrong lampshade, get it returned & replacement sent
• PO depot for parcel
• Asda for vests for DD + some food shopping

JKS that sounds rubbish! Maybe your GP will be sensible. I guess it means that you are ok walking on it though

By the way re Karen Millen, they finally paid the money they owed (aftern I sent an email to the press officer and MD). The MD rang me personally to apologise!

List for today
Change earrings in jewellers - done got some nice gold ones
Buy ballet tickets done and collected
Lunch! done
Tidy dining room and kitchen
Put a wash on
Empty/load dishy Done
Tea Doing
Pick up DS from school Done

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 & post Done
Take vits DONE
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 DONE
Get new passport - applied online
Ring accountant Done

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

ohhh lakeland delivery has arrived...

actually not that exciting. got the egg dehumidifier thingy

HMHB - you were obv too restrained when ordering, lol
Well done on getting your money back from KM.

Foot v sore after doing too much today, made me realise it is actually quite bad but I've had it easy for a few weeks.
Sch run & swimming lesson took it out of me/my foot a bit.

Leftover from weekend:

• book some online shops; 1 done

Tues:

• everyone up, breakfasted & dressed DONE
• Sch runs DONE
• BF group DONE (+ drive friend who's had a cs)
• GP + hosp DONE
• lunch DONE
• something useful... Ran out of time & was late picking up DS1!
• collect DS1 & go straight to swimming (new time) + reading DONE
• DS2 home DONE
• check & reapack bags Started
• tea x 4 & tidy up DONE

• DC bath & bed/ready for bed
• orchestra (if I can stay awake!) - have cash for babysitter

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)
• organise DS2's party (hall booked & paid for; some invites sent/given out)
• cats flea drops & see if I get any more bites (none recently so maybe we are on top of flea problem at last?!)
• ring M&S about wrong lampshade, get it returned & replacement sent
• PO depot for parcel
• Asda for vests for DD + some food shopping
• book bowling for orchestra social

Thought I'd posted but don't know where it went!

Take it as easy as you can on that foot JKS, sounds very sore, poor you.

• Up, showered and dressed DONE
• DC to school DONE
• General tidy, make beds etc DONE
• Fill/Run/Empty DW DONE
• Washing one DONE one more later
• Ironing
• Kitchen and family room to hoover and dust DONE
• Order printer ink
• Find back exercises
• Bathrooms
• Measure for units in study
• On line banking/budget DONE
• Chickens DONE
• DH?s tax return
• Dog DONE
• Meal plan until Friday DONE
• Quick dive into supermarket DONE and buy parcel wrap ***
• Dentist DONE
• Ebay items finishing - get ready to post
• New school shoes?? Check sizes
• Reading with DC
• Make dinner - not today. Out to book club.

JKS that sounds sore! Did the hospital not tell you anything then, all very odd!

HMHB - result on KM. Surely they should be sending you vouchers or similar?

Managed to achieve shoe shopping, hurrah. And also had a blissful hour to myself earlier as DS2 actually napped while DS1 was at preschool - yay!

When I had the X-ray the lady said to wait as she needed to check the pictures were ok, she called my name, I went over, she yes they're fine. I stood there waiting for next instructions, she said they'll be sent to your gp in a few days so I left.
Strange as not just getting an old break reviewed or something similar.
Will ring gp surgery tomorrow.

Ali - they are sending me vouchers. Dunno how much for though.

JKS - sounds like she was checking picture quality rather than your foot??

List for today
DD to CM done
Take vits DONE
Find forms for accountant
Take stuff to charity shop
Buy juice / biscuits as promised to avoid wrath of DS sulking

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 in some dry cleaning
Pick up laundry
Confirm hen weekend thingy & pay
Confirm wedding invite and babysitters
Get new passport - applied online
Book holidays!

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

AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

going round in circles with loads of half done stuff, seem to be wading through mud at the mo.

Daily stuff
Finish filling in ds' funding form
Finish filling in supply staff form for preschool
Do CRB form online
Find docs to accompany crb check
Pay for dds school trip
Fill in permission slip for school trip
coursework
Thank you cards
redo CV
Job application

Someone help!!!!! There is more of a deadline on the job app and course but they are also the biggest tasks so maybe I should do all the little bits first so thay are ticked off and I have less in my head?

Struggling... And annoyed with self as shouldn't be.

Sorry will contribute more to thread soon

Daily stuff
Finish filling in ds' funding form
Finish filling in supply staff form for preschool
Do CRB form online
Find docs to accompany crb check
Pay for dds school trip
Fill in permission slip for school trip
coursework
Thank you cards
redo CV
Job application

Bit better...