Babystepping our way through May, The lists thread.

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I forgot to update my list yesterday. Oh well. Starting fresh today!

To Dos and Ta Dahs:

Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
Toddlers in Guiding Village (10-11:30, not including travel)
keep up on the washing up
keep up on feeding Toddler he's having breakfast now so we're off to a good start
fling, upstairs it's amazing the crap I got rid of this morning and the donations I've uncovered
take flung bags of recycling and trash to bins
fling, downstairs
laminate games games in laminate sheets, just need to fire up the laminator
print coloring pages for Toddler
Seniors, attendance
Seniors, subs update & write receipts
Seniors, follow up on badges
donations to town
donations to tip (clothes)
cardboard to tip
recycling to Tesco
update presents spreadsheet
take trash to bin
return recycling bin to driveway
restock diaper bag with spare clothes had a nappy flood at Seniors last night
go outside for walk or play
sweep kitchen
wash up jars (put recycling ones in bag put Christmas mincemeat ones in box)

Forgot something!

To Dos and Ta Dahs:

Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
go with Toddler to wave to the binmen
Toddlers in Guiding Village (10-11:30, not including travel)
keep up on the washing up
keep up on feeding Toddler he's having breakfast now so we're off to a good start
fling, upstairs it's amazing the crap I got rid of this morning and the donations I've uncovered
take flung bags of recycling and trash to bins
fling, downstairs
laminate games games in laminate sheets, just need to fire up the laminator
print coloring pages for Toddler
Seniors, attendance
Seniors, subs update & write receipts
Seniors, follow up on badges
donations to town
donations to tip (clothes)
cardboard to tip
recycling to Tesco
update presents spreadsheet
take trash to bin
return recycling bin to driveway
restock diaper bag with spare clothes had a nappy flood at Seniors last night
go outside for walk or play
sweep kitchen
wash up jars (put recycling ones in bag put Christmas mincemeat ones in box)

Today's to dos and ta dahs:

Must
Work
Write up 2 lessons
Prepare 2 lessons
Teach 2 lessons
Quick blitz on tidying/vacuuming workroom
update accounts

Personal household
Up dressed showered breakfasted
bathroom swish and swipe
Organised lunch (out hopefully)
Organised tea
Living room rescue
tidy in kitchen
personal admin
physio exercises
aerobic exercise
time for prayer

Might
do leaflet to tell student my holiday dates
book hair appointment

Today's to dos and ta dahs: -update

Must
Work
Write up 2 lessons
Prepare 2 lessons
Teach 2 lessons
Quick blitz on tidying/vacuuming workroom
update accounts

Personal household
Up dressed showered breakfasted
bathroom swish and swipe
Organised lunch
Organised tea
Living room rescue
tidy in kitchen
personal admin
physio exercises
aerobic exercise
time for prayer

Might
do leaflet to tell student my holiday dates
book hair appointment

up, breakfast for family
made sandwiches for packed lunch
family ushered out the door
kitchen bin emptied
picked up clothes off DC floors
opened curtains and windows to air DC's rooms
my bed turned back to air
my underwear drawer organised
showered, dressed, hair dried and straightened
second load of washing on
swept kitchen floor
my breakfast plus coffee and toast for OH, he eats before and after school run

I have an extra To Do, clean up spilt rice from all over the utility room floor were DD 1 dropped it this morning

Today's to dos and ta dahs: update

Must
Work
Write up 2 lessons
Prepare 2 lessons
Teach 2 lessons
Quick blitz on tidying/vacuuming workroom
write up another 2 lessons
update accounts

Personal household
Up dressed showered breakfasted
bathroom swish and swipe
Organised lunch
Organised tea
Living room rescue
tidy in kitchen
personal admin
physio exercises
aerobic exercise
time for prayer

Might
do leaflet to tell student my holiday dates
book hair appointment

Just about to do accounts!

Today's to dos and ta dahs: update

Must
Work
Write up 2 lessons
Prepare 2 lessons
Teach 2 lessons
Quick blitz on tidying/vacuuming workroom
write up another 2 lessons
update accounts

Personal household
Up dressed showered breakfasted
bathroom swish and swipe
Organised lunch
Organised tea
Living room rescue
tidy in kitchen
personal admin
physio exercises
aerobic exercise
time for prayer

Might
do leaflet to tell students my holiday dates
book hair appointment

Just about to do accounts!

To Dos and Ta Dahs:

Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
go with Toddler to wave to the binmen
Toddlers in Guiding Village (10-11:30, not including travel)
keep up on the washing up
keep up on feeding Toddler
fling, upstairs it's amazing the crap I got rid of this morning and the donations I've uncovered
take flung bags of recycling and trash to bins
fling, downstairs
laminate games games in laminate sheets
print coloring pages for Toddler
Seniors, attendance
Seniors, subs update & write receipts
Seniors, follow up on badges
donations to town
donations to tip (clothes)
cardboard to tip
recycling to Tesco
update presents spreadsheet
take trash to bin
return recycling bin to driveway
restock diaper bag with spare clothes had a nappy flood at Seniors last night
go outside for walk or play
sweep kitchen
wash up jars (put recycling ones in bag put Christmas mincemeat ones in box)

To Dos and Ta Dahs:

Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
keep up on the washing up
keep up on feeding Toddler
fling, upstairs
take flung bags of recycling and trash to bins
fling, downstairs
take flung bags of recycling and trash to bins
print alphabet game
laminate games
print coloring pages for Toddler
Seniors, attendance update
Seniors, subs update
Seniors, badges update
Seniors, follow up on badges (where's our order?)
Seniors, write out deposit slip
town, bank, personal
town, bank, Seniors
town, donations
clear out car
swimming (10:30-12:00)
pack swimming bag, clothes & nappies
pack swimming bag, snacks
pack swimming bag, lunch
update presents spreadsheet
hang up wet swim gear
pack for weekend, Scout, clothes
pack for weekend, Scout, projects
pack for weekend, MrScout, clothes (MrScout's not home tonight to do it himself)
pack for weekend, Toddler, clothes & fresh pack of nappies
pack for weekend, Toddler, trains
pack for weekend, miscellaneous stuff (ie, camera bag, presents, Easter stuff we borrowed or bought in sale, etc)
pack up car as I can (trains, nappies, camp blanket, etc)

Today's to dos:

Must

Work
Prepare 2 lessons
Teach 2 lessons
Tidy up (again)

Household/personal
Get up. showered, dressed, breakfasted and hair dried
Book hair appointment
Organised lunch
Organised tea
Mini supermarket shop
Phone parents to say hope Dad's surgery tomorrow goes well
Physio exercises

I'm out this morning and again this evening so my time for getting stuff done is more limited today

to do

• return huge pile of clothes to next
• pop to supermarket
• have early lunch (eating now)
• attack weeds
• drag dirty, aching body into the bathtub I cleaned yesterday

bessie I tried on 18 tops yesterday and only liked 2 of them.

Ta Das:

washed and dressed
dcs breakfasted
ds's snacks made - he is having a school dinner today as we have so little food
dcs to school
very interesting interaction with a friend's delivery driver as I couldn't speak to him - I felt like such a plonker and he clearly thought I was a nutter.
dw unloaded, reloaded and on
worktops cleaned
wm on
long chat with friend via fb about horrible problem she is embroiled in
lots of cups of tea for voiceless self.

Dh wants me to take it easy as I am getting increasingly unwell and it is my birthday tomorrow. I will do basics but not big declutters etc.

Today's babystep no 17 is for Arti

Yesterday's babystep was just reading an email btw. Meh! As bessie would say.

Ta Das:

Ironing done - there was very little
chocolate on the 2 tray bakes I made earlier in the week
healthy flap jacks in the oven - I doubled the recipe so hope it works
managed to chat to friend who came round (in a very squeaky voice)

Wow carrots I thought it was bad enough returning 10 tops! (I kept 2)

I am just having a and a rest. I have filled the brown wheelie bin & the wheelbarrow with weeds. I have moved one of my raised (veg) beds. Next I have to re-lay the carpet around the raised beds & put down the permeable membrane I bought.

Luckily it is perfect gardening weather here, bright, but just slightly overcast so I'm not getting too hot & bothered.

To Dos and Ta Dahs:

Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
keep up on the washing up doing well
keep up on feeding Toddler doing well
fling, upstairs
take flung bags of recycling and trash to bins
fling, downstairs
take flung bags of recycling and trash to bins
print alphabet game
laminate games
print coloring pages for Toddler
Seniors, attendance update
Seniors, subs update
Seniors, badges update
Seniors, follow up on badges (where's our order?)
Seniors, write out deposit slip
town, bank, personal
town, bank, Seniors
town, donations
clear out car
swimming (10:30-12:00)
pack swimming bag, clothes & nappies
pack swimming bag, snacks
pack swimming bag, lunch
update presents spreadsheet
hang up wet swim gear
pack for weekend, Scout, clothes
pack for weekend, Scout, projects
pack for weekend, MrScout, clothes (MrScout's not home tonight to do it himself)
pack for weekend, Toddler, clothes & fresh pack of nappies
pack for weekend, Toddler, trains
pack for weekend, miscellaneous stuff (ie, camera bag, presents, Easter stuff we borrowed or bought in sale, etc)
pack up car as I can (trains, nappies, camp blanket, etc)

That sounds really satisfying bessie.

What veg do you grow?

We have rhubarb, raspberries, strawberries, quince (ooh get me!), apples, blackcurrants and gooseberries. We also have seeds to grow round carrots in a trough that we have which will start indoors and move outdoors if the weather ever improves. The dcs are also helping my ddad grow tomatoes at his house.

We don't have many veg, more fruit, but I would like to get into more veg.

I struggle to keep on top of the garden as it is though.

I tried on all the tops in store, in a cubicle that had a curtain that was smaller than the door - always a joy with all my wobbly bits on show to the world as I wriggle into tops that do nothing for me

I forgot:

Ta Da:

Made a sausage and lentil stew with loads of ginger in it and have now chucked it in the slow cooker and some large tatties in the oven for baked tatties with it later on tonight. Yum!

We have very little useful food in the house. I am stuck here waiting for the tv repair men for the 4th time this year. I am sure it would be cheaper for them just to give us a new tv

at babystep 17

I think I haven't actually decided what my bedtime is! It is difficult because I do things differently on different days and work until different times!

I'm going to have to think about this one.

I am trying to make it 10.30 but doing it gradually as the sudden shift didn't work for me.

No matter what time I go to bed my body naturally wants me to put the light out at 11.55pm every day. Even if I don't watch the time the point when I get sleepy is always the same

carrots, at the moment i have asparagus potatoes, onions, garlic, rhubarb, blueberries, raspberries, broad beans & peas. My ILs gave me a few spare kale plants which I put in today. My parents said they would grow a few extra tomato & bean plants for me too. I also need to get some purple sprouting broccoli in, I didn't do any last year & really missed it!

I would be interested to hear how you get on with the kale as our rabbits and guinea pigs love it and it costs a packet.

I was thinking about growing peas or broadbeans where we usually plant sweet peas. Do they need deep soil as we only have a very shallow trough there?

I've grown kale before & it was easy. These plants looked a bit sad, so am not sure they are going to make it!
I don't think they need anything too deep. I usually stick the broad bean seed in about 3", I would guess the peas were about the same (can't really remember as I did mine back in oct/nov)

Am I too late now I wonder? I will have to google it.