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Welcome one and all, especially if you love writing a great list, then sitting back and MNing crossing everything off.

And extra welcomes to those of us who write something we've already done on the list just for the satisfaction of getting to cross it off

Procrastination may be about to bite me on bum. Still have 1.5 units of coursework to do. House is a mess. Busy tomorrow. Away thurs and not back til sun eve. And there went the summer. Whoops.

I did contact a driving school today though. Deep breath....

List for today

Load of washing x2
Sort recycling
Print legoland tickets
Go to shop
Make packed lunch for tomorrow
Check train times/connections etc for tomorrow
Sort outfits etc for tomorrow
Make sure bag is organised for tomorrow

Hello everyone, I feel like I have been missing from this thread for a bit, a combination of being away for a few days in caravan and utter frustration with this house. On a daily basis I could weep at the fact it never changes, just as one bit gets sorted another bit is a tip and by the time that is sorted the first bit is a tip again. My problem other than being a self indulgent drama queen is maintenance. I blitz clean, then it all goes to pot again.

Enough of my whining, onwards and upwards with the aid of list!

Go into work (even though its my day off)
Change my bed linen
Change DS's bed linen
Clean bathroom
Ensure all school uniform ready for tomorrow (bit late if its not!)
Pick a hot spot and do something with it
Empty last bits out of caravan

Ditto slattern. Felt ok yesterday as did a few jobs that had been annoying me such as tidying some of the kitchen cupboards and cleaning the hoover head but today I have been pottering around achieving little. Sacked off my original plans though as otherwise would have achieved nothing!

Same here. All my plans for the summer and getting things organised, finally sorting the house out etc.... Hahahahaha, how stupid I was!

Anyway, kids back to school (well, DD back, DS starting preschool) one week today. Lots to do in that week:

Help DD finish the library reading challenge
Dig out the uniform and check for missing buttons, new nametapes etc.
Keep trying with the potty training that is really just taking DS out of nappies and changing his clothes several times a day (still slightly traumatised by the poo-cident yesterday)
Get kids hair cut
Sort out a dentist (bad mummy!)
Zoo on saturday
Day out on Monday or Tuesday
Get kids back into school time routine - bed at 7pm
Get on top of laundry - wash, dry, put away

So that is my last week of the hols list. Going to need to break it down a bit....

Today
Drink my tea and get up
Hang out washing
More washing in machine
Empty and reload dishy
Dress kids
Go to yard - muck out and wash more rugs
Home for lunch
Hang out second load of washing
Into town - library, boots, maybe park, card shop, bank
Tidy up all toys downstairs
Make pasta for dinner
Go to horses once DH finishes work

Have you checked if the challenge is still running? I got caught out as it finished on the 24th. Ds2 finished it but DS1 didn't.

Ours is the 8th September. She has finished book 3, so will read a short book in the library today (4) take a short one home to read by Sunday (5) and then another to read together by the end of next week (6) :o

Dentist done! And booked in for a check up! Huge tick for me :)

Mmmm some progress made with immediate list.

Go into work (even though its my day off) DONE
Change my bed linen NOPE
Change DS's bed linen DONE
Clean bathroom NOPE
Ensure all school uniform ready for tomorrow (bit late if its not!) DONE
Pick a hot spot and do something with it DONE
Empty last bits out of caravan. NOPE

The best thing I did was sort out the tip that the dining room had become, hot spot? - more like a hot room.

I have also done quite a bit of batch cooking. There is no correlation between me cooking of an evening and drinking wine whilst doing it, oh no.

Right - back to work for DH tomorrow, school starts on Wed/Thurs & I go back to work too. We've had house guests for 9 consecutive nights which has been too much and I found PIL hard work this time round.
Also drank too much last night so feeling fragile today!

But, need to get on/back to RL from tomorrow.

Mon:
breakfast & tidy kitchen
DH to work
ring GP to try and get appt for boys ears
shopping coming 10-11 & put away
lunch & tidy up
DD nap
go out in the afternoon?
tea x 4 & tidy up
DC bath & bed

Also:
Find Ongoing list DONE
Book B&B & lunch for school reunion in Oct
Check diaries with DH DONE
Firm up plans for Dad's 70th in Oct
Plan Thomasland trip with friends DONE
Get back on track with decluttering programme Started*
More stuff out of loft to sort through & get rid of
Pile of baby clothes to friend (currently in car boot)
Pile of clothes to other friend
Pile of clothes recycling to shop where they pay you for it DONE
Music Magpie pile sent off DONE
Get school bags ready
Get uniform ready
DS2's holiday diary/notes for new teacher

Ongoing:

• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email contacts)
• need to gather photos from family to print out & decide where to hang it
• sort wills; just try and get something written down as a minimum
• sort out my desk DONE
• cash in Tesco vouchers (what for - towards a day out, just which one?)
• Apple shop trip for poorly laptop DONE
• dentist appt(s)
• check birthdays coming up/make cards

Big list today. Seems like the rest of you have one too!

DONES
All up etc
Load washing on
Supermarket
Load washing out
Strip my bed
wash bedding
Last few name tags
To work for 3 hours
Hang out bedding
Load washing on
Lunch
Order flea treatment
pill prescription

Still to do
Hang out last load
Bring in washing, fold, put away
Ironing
PE Kits organised
Write notes to teachers
Change cat litter
hoover
mop kitchen
dinner
evening stuff

Hi Freak :)

One more day of holidays left! Time has flown by and I'm half and half about school starting again. Lots of changes in this house.

Mon:
breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
DH to work DONE
ring GP to try and get appt for boys ears DONE
shopping coming 10-11 & put away DONE (& mostly done)
lunch & tidy up DONE
DD nap DONE
go out in the afternoon to friends DONE
tea x 4 (McDs) DONE
doc appt DONE
DC bath & bed DONE
empty pool in garden DONE

Tues:
strip beds & swap bathmats/towels
breakfast & tidy kitchen
park/library in the morning
lunch & DD's nap
me & DS1 out for a bit
all of us to the fairground & out for tea
DC bath & bed
me to orch meeting

Ongoing:

• Book B&B & lunch for school reunion in Oct
• Firm up plans for Dad's 70th in Oct
• Get back on track with decluttering programme Started
• More stuff out of loft to sort through & get rid of
• Pile of baby clothes to friend (currently in car boot)
• Pile of clothes to other friend DONE
• Get school bags ready 2 DONE (DD's to do)
• Get uniform ready x 3
• DS2's holiday diary/notes for new teacher
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email contacts)
• need to gather photos from family to print out & decide where to hang it
• sort wills; just try and get something written down as a minimum
• cash in Tesco vouchers (what for - towards a day out, just which one?)
• dentist appt(s)
• check birthdays coming up/make cards

Is that a completed list I see JKS?

Knackered now. Just showered and sat down to see what I've forgotten to do

DONES
All up etc
Load washing on
Supermarket
Load washing out
Strip my bed
wash bedding
Last few name tags
To work for 3 hours
Hang out bedding
Load washing on
Lunch
Make and freeze sandwiches
put dds fruit for the week into named bags
Order flea treatment
pill prescription
Hang out last load
Bring in washing, fold, put away
Ironing
PE Kits organised
Write notes to teachers
Change cat litter
hoover upstairs
hoover downstairs
mop kitchen
mop bathroom
untangle hose and water plants
tidy dc room
tidy top of my chest of drawers
dinner
get ds to write birthday cards x3
remake my bed
evening stuff

I think I might have done everything too

Lol nearly - bits of shopping not put away still...

Why is it when you have a madly busy day, you are slower to get up?

Currently got kids soaking in the bath (they need a good soak, filthy beasts) while I watch them from my bed :o

TO DO
Scrub kids and wash hair, do nails etc
Give them proper breakfast (had crackers so far)
Drink tea and get dressed
Strip beds
sheets in machine
Order horse food and collect
Big Asda for packed lunch stuff and fuel
Make cake for friends son
Do horses
DD ballet taster
Round to friends fir birthday tea
Sew in name tapes
Book table for Friday night

I think the weight of thinking of everything you have to do slows you down!

This morning went quite smoothly. Only had to come in the door twice after leaving, once for my work bag and once for dd's fruit

DONES
All up etc
Make beds
wash up
Clean loo and bathroom sink
DC to school
Me to work
Lunch
Supermarket
Post card to HK
Wrap presents x 3
Book driving lessons
Pick up dc
Order ds' rugby kit

Still to do
cook dinner (toad in the hole, yum)
wash up
tidy round
bath and bed dc
coursework

Also done
fill in club forms
pay for school dinners
pay for rugby club
check bank account
email dad

About to investigate when the last correspondence I had was re child trust funds...

Quite a successful day, but that is because I have put off some jobs til tomorrow :o

TOMORROW
Get up by 7.30
Everyone fed and dressed and out the house 8.30am
Horses
Home and changed
At friends 10ish
Home for lunch
Order horse food
Pick up horse food
Asda shop - get fuel
Get kids fed, bathed and in bed for 7pm!
Tidy round,school morning will go smoother with tidy house!
Check uniform
Make sure all stuff going to school is named

Tues:
strip beds & swap bathmats/towels DONE
breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
park/library in the morning DONE
lunch & DD's nap DONE
me & DS1 out for a bit DONE
all of us to the fairground & out for tea DONE (knackered)
DC bath & bed DONE (well bath abandoned lol)
me to orch meeting DONE

Ongoing:

• Book B&B & lunch for school reunion in Oct
• Firm up plans for Dad's 70th in Oct
• Get back on track with decluttering programme Started
• More stuff out of loft to sort through & get rid of
• Pile of baby clothes to friend (currently in car boot)
• Get DD's school bag ready
• Get uniform ready x 3 DONE
• DS2's holiday diary/notes for new teacher DONE
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email contacts)
• need to gather photos from family to print out & decide where to hang it
• sort wills; just try and get something written down as a minimum
• cash in Tesco vouchers (what for - towards a day out, just which one?)
• dentist appt(s)
• check birthdays coming up/make cards (brothers x 2 (30 & 35) & Dad's 70th; what else?)

Wed:
all up, dressed & breakfasted
DS2 on school bus
DS1 to school
me to work
DD to Tumble Tots
lunch & dd's nap
orchestra
DS1's swimming
DC tea & tidy up
DC bath & bed

As usual the day didn't go as planned

Anyway, kids are in their room (not sleeping) and I have just eaten a rather rubbish dinner. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but DH who is a very good cook, just chucked some chicken and veg in the oven, no seasoning or anything, feel like I'm on a diet!

Need to get laundry sorted, dishy on, kitchen wiped down and some nametapes sewn in (nothing like leaving it til the last minute!)

DD first day in year 1 tomorrow, and DS having his first morning in preschool.

Exhausted! But new WM is in and on, so lots of catching up to do.

Wed DONE:
all up, dressed & breakfasted
DS2 on school bus
DS1 to school
me to work
DD to Tumble Tots
lunch & dd's nap
orchestra
DS1's swimming
DC tea & tidy up
DC bath & bed (2 out of 3)
new wm installed
Load 1 on
DS1 to bed

TO DO:
my dinner
more washing on
last bits of DD's bag
boys bags ready

Ongoing:

• Book B&B & lunch for school reunion in Oct
• Firm up plans for Dad's 70th in Oct
• Get back on track with decluttering programme; Started
• More stuff out of loft to sort through & get rid of
• Pile of baby clothes to friend (currently in car boot)
• Get DD's school bag ready Mostly done
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email contacts)
• need to gather photos from family to print out & decide where to hang it
• sort wills; just try and get something written down as a minimum
• cash in Tesco vouchers (what for - towards a day out, just which one?)
• dentist appt(s)
• check birthdays coming up/make cards (brothers x 2 (30 & 35) & Dad's 70th; who else?)
• eye appt for me, then followup with doc re migraines
• register new wm

We are all awake, DH is going down to feed kids, I need to get my arse out of bed and get everything sorted for school.

First day back!

First school drop off complete.

DONE
Everyone up, dressed and fed
Kids beds made
Washing on line
Next load in machine
Dishy empty
Do kids hair and suncream
School on time!

NEXT
Disappear to the yard for a couple of hours! Freedom!