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

[HalfMumHalfBiscuit]

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JKS- HAppy birthday DS2

Feeling a bit poorly here. DD has just been sick. Not sure if it is that that is making me feel a bit green about the gills.

Weather truly horrid here. Yukola.

Get babysitter - cancelled
Email accountant again done
Buy new school jumpers for DS
Clean mouldy wall in bedroom
Take in some dry cleaning
Pick up laundry
Confirm wedding invite, book room and babysitters got
Book holidays!
Filing

Random things to buy in sales
Table cloth
Dinner service
Napkin holder

Oh dear HMHB. Sick toddlers is gru.
I am afraid I did succumb to the charms of pampered chef, but not the chopper, you will all be relieved to hear. The stoneware was on a20%off offer, how could I resist. It better be bloody good. Got the rectangular stone and a dish thingy plus small one free. I expect transformation in my cooking, all healthy like with no fat.
Hope birthday is going well jks.

If you don't like it mini send it my way Use mine most days.

Sorry for poorly dd hmhb, I'm the same when dc are ill-never sure if I am actually ill myself or just stressed/worried/feeling ewww at having to deal with their puke.

Hope ds2 has had a lovely birthday jks

Haha Mini - suckered! Hope it's good anyway.

HMHB - grim times, hope you're ok.

DS2 had a fab day thanks :)
He had footie this morning with DH, present opening scattered throughout the day, a very relaxed (if I say so myself) party this afternoon, followed by more presents - tonnes of vehicles - and gone to bed with a taxi & a London bus

I am on the wine and sitting with my poorly foot up as it's aching.
Think party went very well :)

Tomorrow:

• play with new toys
• laundry
• put new football goal in garden (currently in living room!)
• usual stuff

Ongoing:

• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs); Done some jobs, booked for more
• 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)
• 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
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• check out birthdays coming up/make cards; Done 2
• Spring Cleaning: sort through kitchen cupboards-more Done; DC clothes-DS2 done; sort through bedding; tidy up & hoover car DONE; sort freezer DONE)
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 65.5 today
• 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 lampshade saga
• book bowling for orchestra social - need new dates; need to email committee
• library to pay fine

Happy birthday JKS DS2 and well done to JKS/JKS DH on what was clearly a very successful birthday all round. Bed with a taxi and a London Bus? marvellous. Mum sat with a glass of wine? Double marvellous. Though sore foot still, not so marvellous. But well done to you all!!!!

We've just taken the DC out for a pizza, so now home, full tummy, and seeing as DH has to get up at 2am to leave for a skiing trip I suspect it will be a glass of wine and a very very early night! Absolute bliss not having to cook/clear up!

So night night all, (7.47 pm... saddo emoticon!)

What a lazy day, yet I'm still tired. Told DH I was aiming low today, not sure he believed me until I didn't get out of bed properly until lunchtime (obv have to get up for various things but took papers back to bed).

Today:

• play with new toys Done lots
• laundry Load1 in TD & load2 in WM
• put new football goal in garden (currently in living room!) DH DONE
• usual stuff DONE
• change over DS1's wardrobe as his is falling apart DONE
• organise clothes in new wardrobe Started
• Chinese meal out DONE yum :)

Mon:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted
• school runs
• lots of laundry & ironing needed
• cull DS1's clothes to see if I can fit them in new smaller wardrobe
• DD nap (nap myself?)
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• boys home, reading, repack bags
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• DC to bed
• early night

Ongoing:

• book handyman in to clean gutters (& other jobs); booked to repaint kitchen in Feb
• 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)
• 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
• bathroom cabinet needs sorting
• check out birthdays coming up/make cards; Done 2
• Spring Cleaning: sort through kitchen cupboards-DONE for now; DC clothes-DS2 done; sort through bedding; tidy up & hoover car DONE; sort freezer DONE)
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 65.5 today
• 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 lampshade saga
• book bowling for orchestra social - need new dates; need to email committee
• library to pay fine

JKS I'm glad the day went well, sounds a lovely birthday!

HMHB - hope DD and you are feeling better.

We've had a good weekend, just getting geared up for Monday now. And here is my list - I'm ahead of myself!

MONDAY
All up dressed and fed
Breakfast
Dishwasher and washing machine
Bags and packed lunch
Playtime
Tidying
DS1 to preschool for 11.30
Ring and change the time for DS2's 8 month check
Massive sort through DS2's clothes needed
Fill in dentist forms
Lunch and clear up
Dinner check
Pick up DS1
Snacks and reading
Boys tea
DH home at some point
Baths and bed
Our dinner
Bedtime

Morning all.

• Up, showered and dressed
• DC to school
• General tidy, make beds etc
• Fill/Run/Empty DW
• Washing
• Hoovering
• Playroom
• Clean Oven and extractor
• Ironing
• Sort DC's DVD's and toys for any I can pass on
• Find back exercises
• Bathrooms
• Choose units in study
• On line banking
• Chickens
• Dog
• DH car to washdown
• Book babysitter(s) for various things
• Menu plan/supermarket
• Reading with DC
• Make dinner

Morning :)

I'm deliberately not getting dressed yet, waiting for DD to have her nap then I'll have a bath, bliss.

Mon:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted Most done
• school runs DONE
• lots of laundry (esp sch uniform oops!) & ironing needed WM on, airer full
• cull DS1's clothes to see if I can fit them in new smaller wardrobe
• DD nap
• long bath in peace
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• general tidy of bombsite Started
• boys home, reading, repack bags
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• DC to bed
• early night

Ongoing:

• 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)
• 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
• check out birthdays coming up/make cards; Done 2
• Spring Cleaning: DC clothes-DS2 done; sort through bedding)
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 65.5 today
• cats flea drops & see if I get any more bites (none recently so maybe we are on top of problem at last?!)
• ring M&S about lampshade saga
• book bowling for orchestra social - need new dates; need to email committee
• library to pay fine
• charity shop box full

Morning all :)

JKS that bath sounds amazing. I so wish T would sleep during the day, it would transform my life!

MONDAY
All up dressed and fed - done
Breakfast - done
Dishwasher and washing machine - done
Bags and packed lunch - done
Playtime - doing
Tidying - done
DS1 to preschool for 11.30 - NEXT
Ring and change the time for DS2's 8 month check - done, they are sending a new letter
Massive sort through DS2's clothes needed
Fill in dentist forms
Lunch and clear up
DH to interview
Dinner check
Pick up DS1
Snacks and reading
Boys tea
DH home at some point
Baths and bed
Our dinner
Bedtime

Ali - it was does T not nap at all M normally naps a couple of hours midday (though today was only just over an hour but still good) and sometimes another hour about 4pm (handy for getting tea ready!).

Mon:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• school runs DONE
• lots of laundry (esp sch uniform oops!) & ironing needed; Wm & Td on
• cull DS1's clothes to see if I can fit them in new smaller wardrobe
• DD nap DONE
• long bath in peace DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• general tidy of bombsite; Started
• boys home, reading, repack bags
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• DC to bed
• early night

Ongoing:

• 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)
• 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
• check out birthdays coming up/make cards; Done 2
• Spring Cleaning: DC clothes-DS2 done; sort through bedding)
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 65.5 today
• cats flea drops & see if I get any more bites (none recently so maybe we are on top of problem at last?!)
• ring M&S about lampshade saga
• book bowling for orchestra social - need new dates; need to email committee
• library to pay fine
• charity shop box full

Only sometimes, and not for a reliable length. Although he is asleep at the moment! He dropped off in the buggy on the way back from taking DS1 to preschool and has been flat out since, which is an hour and a half now. If he would do it reliably it would be lovely because I could plan to have a bath, or do some jobs or whatever.
He will nap if we go out in the car, but wakes up immediately that the car stops, but often if we are just around at home and short trips out with the buggy he will only have about 30 minutes sleep during the day.
It wears me out, and it is a bit of a nightmare for DS1 because he never gets any time at home when T isn't rampaging around the place, crawling through his games, eating his toys etc. I put stuff up on the dining table for DS1 and T yanks the tablecloth off so it all goes on the floor. He is moving trail of destruction and we are all exhausted. He is gorgeous with it, obviously , but I do yearn for a break.

Sorry that turned into a bit of a rant

Sympathies ali, ds was a non napper too and it was exhausting.

Had a very productive day yesterday, did bikini line, trimmed hair (head hair!), cleaned bathroom, sorted through the books, sorted and tidied the toys, sorted through dd's desk, sorted dd's hair stuff and jewellery, put away clean washing, dusted bedrooms, hoovered everywhere...

...and today I have drunk tea and eaten cake with my friend

Aww, sympathies Ali. It's the unpredictability of it that's so awful. I have found though that DD's nap (the main midday one) can be very restrictive. I always feel we have to rush anything in the morning to get home on time, then have no real time to do anything before sch run in the afternoon.
I've found since having DS1 stopping his nap (however many years ago) which i was distraught at that life is easier when they properly stop napping overall.

Mon:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• school runs DONE
• lots of laundry (esp sch uniform oops!) & ironing needed; DONE! (some still doing)
• cull DS1's clothes to see if I can fit them in new smaller wardrobe DONE
• DD nap DONE
• long bath in peace DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• general tidy of bombsite; lots done
• boys home, reading, repack bags DONE
• tea x 4 & tidy up DONE
• DC to bed DONE
• early night Soon

Tues:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted
• sch runs
• strip beds & bathroom bits
• charity shop & library
• BF group
• DD nap
• lunch & tidy up
• jobs?
• collect DS1, reading, swimming, home
• DS2 home, repack bags
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed/ready for bed
• orchestra (check cash)

Ongoing:

• 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)
• 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
• check out birthdays coming up/make cards; Done 2
• Spring Cleaning: DC clothes-DS2 done; sort through bedding)
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 65.5 today
• cats flea drops & see if I get any more bites (none recently so maybe we are on top of problem at last?!)
• ring M&S about lampshade saga
• book bowling for orchestra social - need new dates; need to email committee
• library to pay fine
• charity shop box full; in car

Hi all.

Everyone has stopped being sick now. DD fine and I am ok too.

Freakoid - how did the tea drinking go?

Jobs for tomorrow
DS to school
Food shop
Empty dishy
Clear filing in kitchen

Probably some other stuff

And the rest
Buy new school jumpers for DS
Clean mouldy wall in bedroom
Take in some dry cleaning
Pick up laundry
**Confirm wedding invite, book room and babysitters got
Book holidays!
Filing

Random things to buy in sales
gloves done

Table cloth
Dinner service
Napkin holder

HMHB glad you are all feeling better :)

JKS you are right it is the unpredictability. I have decided though that any naps he does have while DS1 is at preschool, that I will use the time to have a cuppa, read a book, do some exercise - something for myself rather than jobs unless they are v.urgent paperwork/admin type things.

Early start here today but now I've sat down and need to galvanise myself.

TUESDAY
DH out early to interview - done
All up dressed and fed - done
Breakfast - done
Take fish out for dinner - done
Dishwasher and washing machine
Bags - done and packed lunch
Playtime - doing
Tidying
Hoover downstairs
DS1 to preschool for 11.30
20 minutes housework (dusting and bathroom)
Massive sort through DS2's clothes needed
Fill in dentist forms
DH home for lunch?
Lunch and clear up
Dinner check - done
Pick up DS1
Snacks and reading
Dinner x 4
Baths and bed
Bedtime

Afternoon Ali

Having a regroup here too, tea, MN + list...

Jobs for today
Bring in recycling bins done
Sort out fridge done
Mop porch done
DS to school done
Food shop done
Empty dishy done
Clear filing in kitchen
Put wash on

Areas of doom to sort out
Random bags in diining room
My filing drawer

Probably some other stuff

And the rest
Buy new school jumpers for DS
Clean mouldy wall in bedroom
Take in some dry cleaning
Pick up laundry
**Confirm wedding invite, book room and babysitters got
Book holidays!
Filing

Random things to buy in sales
Table cloth
Dinner service
Napkin holder

Good plan Ali - be strict with yourself!

Tues:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• sch runs DONE
• strip beds & bathroom bits DONE
• charity shop & library Not done
• BF group DONE
• DD nap Doing
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• jobs? move seats around in car, try and tackle DD's clothes if she wakes up in time
• collect DS1, reading, swimming, home
• DS2 home, repack bags
• tea x 4 & tidy up
• DC bath & bed/ready for bed
• orchestra (check cash)

Ongoing:

• 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)
• 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
• check out birthdays coming up/make cards; Done 2
• Spring Cleaning: DC clothes-DS1 & 2 done; sort through bedding)
• lose weight! (From: 66kg; Target: 54kg); Scales said 65.5 today
• cats flea drops & see if I get any more bites (none recently so maybe we are on top of problem at last?!)
• ring M&S about lampshade saga
• book bowling for orchestra social - need new dates; need to email committee
• library to pay fine
• charity shop box full; in car

Evening all. Hope you all managed to get lots done today or get some peace/treat yourselves if not doing housework.

Jobs for today
Bring in recycling bins done
Sort out fridge done
Mop porch done
DS to school done
Food shop done
Empty dishy done
Clear filing in kitchen
Put wash on
Dinner done
DCs to bed done

Areas of doom to sort out
Random bags in diining room done
My filing drawer

Probably some other stuff

And the rest
Buy new school jumpers for DS
Clean mouldy wall in bedroom
Take in some dry cleaning
Pick up laundry
Confirm wedding invite, book room and babysitters got done all
Book holidays!
Filing

Random things to buy in sales
Table cloth
Dinner service
Napkin holder

Yesterday I went through 2 piles of paper in the office of doom. It smells better in there now. Though still not that nice.
Tomorrow I will venture in again. (prepares protective clothing and air filter)
fell I am not achieving much at present. Must get organised.

Hello everyone.

Having a major tidy/housework session today (apart from right now obviously!) as things seem to have gone somewhat to pot since end of last week.... House now smells of bleach (bleugh) and Flash. Next, it's the main event. The kitchen. I'm allowed a chocolate biscuit at 11am (45 minutes...) if I've done the bulk of it!

Mini - I have ignored our study for about 6 months. I entered yesterday (at great personal peril) and went through one box of papers.... and that was enough!

May venture back in later and shuffle things around a bit more try and sort through another box. Or maybe I won't.

Today I have:
been shopping, have alook at my 'made you smile' thread in chat.
bought some bargain treggings.more like narrow leg trousers, really comfy.
got VAt up to date
Filed paperwork for DH
avoided office of doom
cuppa now and then might venture into office, < searches for bio hazard tape and gas mask>

Today I have been on a date

OooFreaki. How'd it go? Do tell.

Come on Freaki, spill the beans!