Two steps forward one step back. Stepping or not here's the list thread for June.

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Welcome to the thread where we try to do what we can.

Some of you might like to try:
babysteps

Others may just want to do what you feel you can.
Life has a habit of throwing hurdles in the way!
Lets try to do what we can one step at a time.

All newcomers welcome.

Sorry Adora - it can sometimes be hard to tell online or through texts

Ta Das:

put the heating on
made a banana loaf
phoned my dmum and made arrangements for which dcs are where
taken a little time out for myself with some beads

No need to apologise Carrots' as you say it can be hard to tell.

3rd load of washing is done
DW emptied and reloaded

I've had a break, coffee and grotty shop bought muffin, now I really need to get off my arse the shopping done

Hi. It seems to have been quiet on here yesterday which perhaps makes me a little happier that perhaps i'm not the only one wh has slacked on the housework so far this weekend! Yesterday we went to my nieces birthday party and then just got a takeaway on the way home and had a lazy evening. Apart from the morning kitchen clean up and one load of washing nothing else got done yesterday...

ta dahs today:

• everyone up and fed
• tidied the kitchen
• put some washing on

to do:

• lounge needs polishing
• downstairs toilet needs cleaning and bleaching
• bathroom needs a good clean
• put washing outside to dry
• do some ironing in the evening
• make lunch and tea
• tidy and wipe down kitchen
• go on amazon and buy a dvd for ds
• water hanging baskets
• bath kids
• make sandwiches for tomorrow
• probably watch the football game tonight

Hi

I think I have skipped about a week - not been very productive here. Time is rapidly marching on though and I am panicking now about the impending house move - we go away on Friday and when we get back I will only have 3 days to get ready ARGH.

To do for today

Put washing away
Clean bathrooms
Tidy living room yet again
Make kids lunch
Have shower
Take DS2 to party and hang out at FIL's with the other two until it's finished (can't wait until we're living locally to school again!)
Make/eat dinner
Bath kids
Try and get some packing done after kids in bed

Hi all, Struggling a bit here. I hope I will get more done during the week --when the DC aren't here-- it's a bit hard to concentrate on anything when you have constant noise in the background.

ta dahs:

• Brought dvd on amazon. Also brought a book for myself too :)
• Washing out on the line
• Beds changed and duvets, etc in the washing machine
• Bathroom cleaned (loo, basin, bath, tiles, mirror and floor)
• Downstairs loo squirted round with domestos and room out of bounds ready to be cleaned
• Lunch made (rather late lunch today)

Right best get back to it...

Sounds like good progress Lucy.

I have a few Ta Da's for the weekend

Got up both days
Saturday OH did breakfast for me after I had
fed big dogs,
waved DDs off for an hour,
vacuumed,
Cleaned 2 bathrooms
directed DD's friend's dad to where they had gone to play
Got friend's overnight bag re-packed
Handed over bag & waved friend & her dad off
Woken OH up
Cleaned up after puppies- OH helped
Fed puppies, then after breakfast,

Lunch
Emptied DW & reloaded
2 loads in WM
Fed big dogs
Out for dinner
Cleaned up after puppies
Fed puppies

Today
Cleaned up after puppies
Fed puppies
Breakfast for DD2
Coffee
Cleaned up after puppies
Breakfast for DD1
My breakfast
Fed big dogs
Coffee for OH, another for me
WM on
Walked all dogs
Abandoned walk after attack by stray dog
Calmed DDs
Snack & drinks
OH took one of our dogs to the vet
Snack for puppies
TV with DD2
Tea
Emptied DW & reloaded
Emptied WM, hung hand washing out
Cleaned up after puppies
Dinner
Tea
Provided minor assistance with homework
Fed puppies
Now looking forward to glass of wine and waiting to hear from the vet, and need to do sandwiches for tomorrow's packed lunch.

Morning all!

Adora I hope all has gone well with your puppy. My pup is much better today although he is a bit about me rubbing vaseline on his paw, as the vet suggested.

Ta Das:

washed and dressed
dcs breakfasted (having to make sure dd eats breakfast just now)
ds's snacks made
dcs to school
dw unloaded and reloaded
worktops cleaned
bit of decluttering done

Ta Das 2:

huge pile of ironing done
been to doc
hoovered downstairs
wm on

Now some time for me before the dcs come home.

Ta dah's so far today

Up. breakfasted, showered and dressed - really hard today - I feel v tired!
Phone call made
Emptied dishwasher and put dirties in
Prepared 2 lessons
Phoned Natwest who have assured me that the money is in my account for me to pay for my car tomorrow!
Phoned car insurance to arrange transfer of insurance to new car
Amended breakdown rescue details for new car
Cooked a (reasonably) healthy lunch (lots of olive oil!)
Vaguely tidied up kitchen after dyspraxic cooking
Put load of washing in machine and then out on line once washed!

To Dos and Ta Dahs for today:

Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
keep on top of feeding/watering Toddler
wash last night's pots & pans
finish putting away groceries from last night's trip
Seniors (6:30 to 9:30 including travel time) -- Outdoor Cooking Night (wahoo!)
slice: chicken, beef
marinade: chicken, beef
cook: chicken, beef
wash & slice: celery, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, red pepper (x2), yellow pepper (x2), green pepper (x4), onion
wash all containers for meat & veg storage
rebag cheese
rebag lettuce
pack for Seniors cook-out
make list to ensure I have everything for cook-out
load car for Seniors
call for Toddler's haircut (called yesterday but it went to answerphone)
fling, upstairs
fling, downstairs
declutter, downstairs
take out trash to bin
take out recycling to bin
Tesco, forgotten things for cook-out
Tesco, recycling glass & cans
caterpillar studying with Toddler
Toddler caterpillar project: paint caterpillar
clean up paint from Toddler's project
Toddler 4th of July project (not sure which drawing/coloring we'll do)
keep on top of washing up so far so good
bag up laundry for a wash run tomorrow
despite Toddler's very yellow/green gunk coming from nose go for a walk or to the park for 1/2 hour in the sun
remind MrScout verbally and by email about coming home "early" tonight (leaving Toddler behind this evening due to late meeting time)

I swear I'm missing some things but I'm sure I'll think of them and add them to both my on-line list and my paper list.

To Dos and Ta Dahs for today:

Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
keep on top of feeding/watering Toddler yup, that's going well
wash last night's pots & pans
finish putting away groceries from last night's trip
Seniors (6:30 to 9:30 including travel time) -- Outdoor Cooking Night (wahoo!)
slice: chicken, beef
marinade: chicken, beef
cook: chicken, beef
wash & slice: celery, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, red pepper (x2), yellow pepper (x2), green pepper (x4), onion
wash all containers for meat & veg storage
rebag cheese
rebag lettuce
pack for Seniors cook-out
make list to ensure I have everything for cook-out
load car for Seniors
call for Toddler's haircut (called yesterday but it went to answerphone)
fling, upstairs
fling, downstairs
declutter, downstairs
take out trash to bin
take out recycling to bin
Tesco, forgotten things for cook-out
Tesco, recycling glass & cans
caterpillar studying with Toddler
Toddler caterpillar project: paint caterpillar
clean up paint from Toddler's project
Toddler 4th of July project (not sure which drawing/coloring we'll do)
keep on top of washing up so far so good
bag up laundry for a wash run tomorrow
despite Toddler's very yellow/green gunk coming from nose go for a walk or to the park for 1/2 hour in the sun
remind MrScout verbally and by email about coming home "early" tonight (leaving Toddler behind this evening due to late meeting time)
clean up toys before I leave for Seniors

I swear I'm missing some things but I'm sure I'll think of them and add them to both my on-line list and my paper list.

So far today I have:
got up at 3.00am --after sharing a bed with toddler and DH--
Too tired to get her too sleep in own bed so let her in ours
done some painting
done some washing up
1 x laundry in machine
1 x laundry hanged on line --hopes it won't rain--
Dc to school/nursery
DD back from nursery
tried to nap but couldn't
forgotten to take pill in morning again (will have it in a mo)

To do:
lunch
try to nap before school pick up or go to bed EARLY
wash up/dry up
put something together for dinner
try to get DD to wee on potty but not in pants --without nagging--

--gets bored of typing list and falls asleep-- (only joking!!)

Hello everyone

Ta Das:
washed and dressed
dcs breakfasted (made sure dd had some)
ds's snacks made
got ds to wee in a sample bottle for doc (he made me leave the room)
went to docs - bruised ribs (ouch!), kidneys (sp?) fine though (phew!)
dw loaded and put on
work tops cleaned
realised forgot to hang the wash I did yesterday - euw!
tidied beading stuff as it is getting on dh's nerves (he is shattered and increasingly grumpy)
worked on commission arising from fb page - is tricky but made a rough example
realised I hadn't eaten or drunk anything so had a snack and juice

Need to pack for the kids after school activities. Just realised I have to be in two villages at the same time. Eeek!

Didn't get a chance to post yesterday, t'internet went kaput as I sat down to log on.

Anyway, yesterday's Ta Da's

Up & dressed
Breakfast for family, OH cleaned up from puppies
Packed lunches
Coffee
WM on, 1st load
Fed big dog
Breakfast
Tea and toast for OH
Clean up after puppies
Emptied DW & reloaded
2nd & 3rd loads in WM, others hung out
S&S bathrooms
4th load in WM
Had a bubble bath
Went to vet
Shopping
Tried to give puppies de-worming tablets
Cooked chicken for puppies, hid tablets in that. They still attack the food and wolf it down so they didn't notice the tablets
Quick sarnie for me
Hung washing out
School run, dropped freind's DCs home
Snack and shopping
Vet's - dog not ready yet
Home
Cleaned up after puppies
Drinks all round
Dog arrived, spoke to vet about cleaning & antibiotics
Dinner
Fed puppies
Tea
De-tissued tracky bottoms for school today
Cleaned up after puppies
DW on

And on to today

WM on 3 times so far
Fed family and puppies, ushered family out, and gave DDs a packed lunch
Had breakfast myself, then did tea and toast for OH post school run
Replenished loo roll in all bathrooms
CBA'd to empty the DW at present, I'm taking a break before I launch myself in the vacuuming

Still To Do

Too much

I've vacuumed, and now I've run out of steam

Adora - You have a steam-powered vacuum cleaner?

I wish Arti , off to do what can't wait until morning. I'll be back soon.

Week, I tried to post last night but MN went off.

Anyway, updating yesterday Stirling Efforts

PM, school run
Shopping
Classmate over
Unpacked shopping
Coffee
Put shopping away
Snacks and drinks
Dinner
Fed puppies
DW on
Tea
Sat down for a few mins, then-

Cleaned up from puppies
Gave Pirate (injured dog) antibiotic
Sprayed antiseptic on Pirate's wound, the floor, skirting board and walls
Wiped yucky brown antiseptic off floor, skirting board and walls
Fed big dogs
Took rubbish out
Hosed down dog crate, puppies have been sleeping in it.
Cooked today's packed lunch under the watchful eye of puppies
Hung out the afternoon's washing
Put more rubbish out, rather nippy outside by this time
Cleaned up from puppies
Coraled puppies for the night
Ignored DW when it finished
Collapsed

Today
Up & dressed
Assembled packed lunch
Emptied DW, reloaded and switched on
Fed puppies, this included making them wait and wait and wait after they leapt up to knock a disappointingly small amount of food out of my hand. That'll learn 'em
My breakfast, tea and toast for OH post school run
Fed big dogs
Looked at DDs rooms, walked away in dismay
Thought about a shower, no hot water, I am not happy

Carrots how is Pup's paw now? Houdini is improving rapidly.

Where is everyone? Honestly, you have one duvet day and everyone wanders off to do summat different.

I have managed to administer food and meds to the dogs and DDs, but not much else. I'm hoping for more tomorrow.

I was grumpy on Wednesday. I did stuff but not happily/joyfully and I spent more time being a miserable moo than anything else.

Do have a list today but will post when I don't have a Toddler with trucks/ambulances/trains on my lap (I seem to be part of the roadway, too).