Autumn organisation for slatterns old and new with support/advice and mugs of tea

[HalfMumHalfBiscuit]

I thought it was time for a new Autumnal thread for all slatterns.

This thread is welcome to all who like to write lists or have loads of jobs to get done or if you need a kick up the bum for motivation. Also good for support with relationships, random advice on moths and birthday cakes!

We welcome new slatterns, post your lists here.

Back in a sec with my list.

Morning all! Hope everyone had lovely weekend we had a fairly chilled one after a busy few weekends and just pottered around and we went to watch DP play football Saturday afternoon (rare treat for him! )

Today

• DD nap doing
• Toddler group
• DS lunch
• DS and DD lunchtime nap
• Friend over this afternoon for coffee with her DD
• Phone church re DD Christening to arrange meet with vicar
• Phone Boots re paying for contact lenses
• Puree apples and pears for DD
• Load of washing in
• Washing hung up
• Email old work friends re drinks this week!!!!!

This week

• Iron
• Sort out small piles of doom
• Send off ebay items
• Phone Vodafone re shitty signal at our house!!!
• Summer clothes put in loft
• Go and get spare contact lens' from Boots
• Phone council re extra recycling box

Ongoing/ non-urgent

• Sort photos online into albums and edit
• DD Premium bonds sort
• Pre-schools - research and arrange visits/put DS on waiting list

Gummiberry, Congrats on your news, just thrilled for you!!! Very small list for me today has I have some sort of bug, stomach cramps and headache.

Have been downtown and bought new workboots for DH
Bought meat for dinner
Bought DD3 halloween outfit online
transfered money online for my DNs hen night this weekend

Really need to do
Wash Clothes
Make Lunch
Buy a halloween bag in local charity shop!
Make DCs Dinner

Will pop back in later but definitely need to read this thread!

Waves to CC, thankyou

Right I actually think I have all ironing done
I need to check what I need from Tesco
have lunch
do school run and Tesco inbetween both

Tonight sort all underwear
Actually just realised there is more ironing on clothes horse

Really need to do
Wash Clothes1st load in
Make Lunch ON
Buy a halloween bag in local charity shop!
Make DCs Dinner
Load dishwasher

Hi Tryingtothink, Gummy and CC.

It has been a fairly mental weekend of DIY and IL visit. I am going to have to pass on making DD a cake as didn't have time at the weekend and can't do it tonight as I have to pick up DS from beavers at 6.15 pm so won't get home til 7ish and will be knackered. So have bought M&S piggy cake. DD will not even remember what cake she had on her third birthday so I'm not going to feel guilty about it. I will ice her some buns instead.

Today
Buy cake for DD done
Take back teddy cake mold done
Buy bits for party
Pick up DS from Beavers
Wrap DD's presents
Card for DD
Card for next door
Get buns out of freezer and ice them

Also to do
Bunkbed for DS's room. Swap kids rooms round!
Get new tyres on car- booked in Mon DH
Present for friend in NZ
Check kids bank accounts
Check life insurance policies
Arrange trip up north
Pay CM extra *

Really need to do
Wash Clothes1st load in
Make Lunch ON
Buy a halloween bag in local charity shop!DONE Didnt save me much money as DD3 was with me and wanted a halloween cat teddy
Make DCs Dinner
Load dishwasher DONE

Bit quiet on here today, everyone ok?

Have done buns, wrapping, shopping etc. glad didn't have to make a cake too.

We are having an energy assessment thingy on the house tomorrow. So madness is taking over, involving frantic searches for receipts for doors and windows, checking levels of loft insulation , clearing loft space. Dh wandering around looking like Darth Vader in his face mask. Did Darth ever clear his loft?This involves close encounters with dead sparrows and mouse shit, and all other fascinating crap that you decide must be kept for posterity and shoved in the loft space. Why why? Lesson. Just dump it. Honestly.
See you later if I survive the glass fibre, dust, collection of Elephants, esoteric books, old suitcases, oh and computer packing, which obviously has to be saved for ever.

Lol Mini, enjoy

The broadband is a dh work provided thing so his IT dept is trying to sort it.

Today:
Morning routine Done
Ironing & out away Done
Strip beds Done
Swap bath mats & towels Started

Sing and sign
Lunch out
Ds2 some sort of water play
(Operation bath, sigh)
Ds1 art club
Tea x 4 and tidy kitchen
Dc bed
Me to orch

Morning, still not fully better but feeling more energetic. Need to keep close to the loo though

TO DO
Load/unload dishwasher
Clean counters
Clean Kitchen Table
Washing
Make Lunch/Dinner

Good morning All.

I had a lovely but very tiring weekend away with my family. Good news is that as we were not in the house we couldn't mess it up, bad news is that I haven't yet unpacked or done the washing and the ironing mountain is in danger of showing up on Google Earth.

This is the part of the week that I work and so I will not stress about it all until the end of the week. I will post my (never ending) list then.

Now I better go and tackle my work (never ending) list.

TO DO
Load/unload dishwasher DONE
Clean counters DONE
Clean Kitchen Table
Washing
Make Lunch/Dinner DONE
Tidy Hall
Hoover Stairs
Start cleaning DDs room

Slattern - I am about to start on a never ending list so know exactly what you .
mean. I can't bear to think about the madness of Christmas preparation.

MIni- I wondered what happened to the elephant collection. Ebay? Xmas presents sorted for this year?

CC - hope you are better now.

DD's birthday is nearly over and I have manged to do the party this afternoon and tidy up. She really enjoyed it and the cake part of the party lasted for about 2 minutes so don't mind that I didn't make one in the end. Completely exhausted though!

LIST

Sooner
Pay CM cheque
Pay school for Urdd
Respond to DS party invite
Meals for this week
Wed - spagetti and meatballs?
Thurs
Fri

Card for next door
Bags to charity shop
Thank you cards for DD!

Later
Declutter DS's room, our room and DD's room
Check filing
Bunkbed for DS's room.
Swap kids rooms round!
Get sofabed
Present for friend in NZ
Check kids bank accounts
Check life insurance policies
Arrange trip up north

Phew HMHB. Good job done. There are some very select elephants in the collection, I will have to give their future some thought especially as they have been packed away for oooo 15 years. Energy inspection tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Hi everyone, thanks for the welcome many posts back. Busy weekend but ready to get stuck in now.

Today:
Finish budgeting stuff
Put on load of washing
Put away clothes on spare bed
Tidy the study
Hoover
Steam mop kitchen and bathroom

Then I need to get DD out, go for a walk with her and pick up some bits for dinner.

Not sure if you the cycling thread is still running HMHB but here is our hero wiggo scrubs up quite well.

Did everything on list yesterday including some time in an empty bath with ds2 and some jugs of water. We got a bit wet but some progress.

Does anyone remember when our only rule was that we weren't allowed to finish our lists?!

Today:
Sort heap of coats
Some shopping incl Christmas paper!
Maybe big tesco as have light bulbs to return
Maybe try some charity shops for cars/planes for ds2
Repair ds1's monkey
Have a look at elc delivery bits
Dentist part 2
Ds1 swimming & mcds
Dc bath and bed
Dh home late
Tv & bed

HMHB, thanks a million, I feel tons better today and can actually move away from the house today

TO DO
Load/unload dishwasher DONE
Clean counters DONE
Clean Kitchen Table DONE
Washing 1st Load in
Make Lunch/Dinner
Tidy Hall
Hoover Stairs
Sitting
Start cleaning DDs room

Afternoon ladies, whose idea was it to have a baby when their baby is going to be 6 in a couple of weeks, I honestly don't remember being this tired!

I have a pot of stew on, I had plans to do so much more but I think I shall gather up dd2s dancing uniform and maybe have a snooze before school runs

midwife tomorrow so probably won't be on until lunch

HMHB how did the buns go? oh and the cake!

I'm at the pool, done most things this morning but not looked at the elc stuff, will have to assemble pre Christmas morning but easiest to hide in the boxes for now (somewhere!) dh will get fed up of then in his office.

Dentist called as I was about to walk out the door - could I come half an hour later as they had an emergency come in? I couldn't as had tight timings anyway for sch run & ds1's swimming. Receptionist was useless so I haven't rescheduled. Not impressed.

Finish at pool
Mcds for tea
Home & new puzzle with ds1
Pack sch bags
Dc bath & bed
Tv and bed (dh home late)

Hi all

Gummi - bought a cake in the end but the buns went down well esp with DD pink with sprinkles and tasty too. AND you couldn't tell that they were frozen!

JKS - don't they realise what 30 mins can mean?

Sooner
Pay CM cheque
Pay school for Urdd done
Respond to DS party invite
Meals for this week
Wed - spagetti and meatballs?
Thurs
Fri

Card for next door
Bags to charity shop
Thank you cards for DD! done

Exactly hmhb - things are so finely balanced!

Very sad day here - funeral for 13 yr old from ds2's sch
No reason for his death, just didn't wake up.
It was awful, and most of us were in tears before it even started anyway.
Stupid me forgot tissues! Luckily lady next to me had tonnes.

Also had left dd napping with a friend only for her not to sleep as workmen were drilling up the pavement outside, grr.
She managed an hour on my friends lap and seems to be holding on ok so far.

Off out with dh later meant to be cinema but not sure there's anything we want to see on.....

JKS - that's awful, my sympathies and thoughts to the family.

No housework done today. Spent the entire morning at the vets because one of my cats is poorly . She is 13 but it's the first time she has been unwell. I wish I could do more for her.

Dinner in oven, half a bottle of wine had whilst cooking . Will try and do something pro active when kids are in bed.

Jks how sad, it doesn't even bare thinking about.

Hmhb Yey for frozen buns

Slattern its not good when a pet gets sick especially when you have had it so long

I had midwife today baby was hiding so gave me a fright but then it kicked the Doppler and heartbeat was loud and clear, so that will keep me going until 20 wk scan

Have fire lit so going to sort some underwear
Need to go to bank tomorrow and see if I can get a hold of ds's Xmas pressie as its released tomorrow and I'm now panicing about not preordering