Spring cleaning, list making, or just plain procrastinating? Join us here!

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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

I plan to do one load of washing every day, as well as keep kitchen sides clear and toys put away as much as possible, but the hoovering and cleaning just wasn't getting done, so need to have one day set aside. Sadly today wasn't it :o

Maybe tomorrow lol!

I actually let myself have days off laundry if i feel like it, but not Mon as I have to get stuff ready for the cleaner coming on Tues when she remakes the beds for me.

Well, today may be the day! I am going to start by cleaning the loo and spraying cleaner round the sink - who knowd where I might end up? :o

PMSL, let us know how it goes!!

I have taken a load of nappies we don't need to DS2's school for spares.
And drunk tea at the PTA morning.
And fed DD her lunch.

Really have tonnes I should do, argh. And DH is away with work from tomorrow night until Thurs night, feels like far too long, boo.

To Do:
remove nametapes from DS1 too small uniform and pass on at sch
put nametapes in new shirts/trousers
email old teacher re sch reunion organising
book & pay for my dinner at reunion
sch runs
maybe meet friends after sch?
DC tea (out?)
DC bath & bed
DH out/my tv & early night

Ongoing:

• Book B&B & lunch for school reunion in Oct
• Firm up plans for Dad's 70th in Oct; email sister
• Get back on track with decluttering programme; Started
• More stuff out of loft to sort through & get rid of; done a bit more
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email contacts)
• need to gather photos from family for big frame 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 (Dad's 70th)
• eye appt for me, then follow-up with doc re migraines
• check theatre timings for Horrible Science for DS1 & his friends
• raffle prize into DS2's school DONE
• haircut appt for me
• cats to vet appt made for next week

Some online research into

• holiday for next year with family; done lots with brother
• holiday year after (hopefully); started
• SN horse riding carriage for DS2's sch; Started
• Singing Hands to DS2's sch; Forward reply to sch sec
• Christmas trip to Colchester Zoo; not bookable yet

DONE
Clean loo
Clear bath and sink sides and spray with cleaner
Build Duplo farm house, complete with flower garden, stairs, garage, bus stop, and animal areas
Try to encourage DS to sit on the potty - briefly managed.

NEXT
Scrub bath and sink
Put all bottles back, chucking empty ones
Make kids beds
Put kids clean washing on beds

Sit down for 10mins and plan next stage :o

Loving the Duplo building

To Do:
remove nametapes from DS1 too small uniform Done some and pass on at sch
put nametapes in new shirts/trousers
email old teacher re sch reunion organising DONE
book & pay for my dinner at reunion DONE
sch runs
maybe meet friends after sch?
DC tea (out?)
DC bath & bed
DH out/my tv & early night

Good luck mrsnr

So far today I have
Put wash on
Put recycling out
Gone to work
Had lunch
Hung out washing
Hoovered downstairs
Had driving lesson

About to go and get dc then they needto tidy their room so I can hoover it. Then homework.

I didn't do as much as I had hoped today, but one thing I am determined to change is to not beat myself up if I don't get things done, and concentrate on the things I did do! Ok, enough of the hippy talk, here is what I have done today :o

Dishy
Laundry
Supplied food for people at the correct times
Cleaned bath, sink and loo
Made a cake
Done the horses
Three lots of school run on time

That will do! :o

It is a valid point Mrs - if you sit down at the end of a day and list all the things you have done instead of dwelling on what you haven't, you will probably surprise yourself. Doesn't stop me dwelling though!

To Do:
remove nametapes from DS1 too small uniform Done some and pass on at sch
put nametapes in new shirts/trousers DONE
email old teacher re sch reunion organising DONE
book & pay for my dinner at reunion DONE
sch runs DONE
maybe meet friends after sch DONE
DC tea (out) DONE
DC bath & bed DONE
DH out/my tv Doing & early night

Sat:
DS2 to football
DS1 to first gym lesson
me & DD swimming poss while waiting for DS1
lunch & tidy kitchen
tidy spare room & get ready
DS1's friend coming for sleepover
DH away on work trip
DC tea & bed
my dinner & bed

DH away until Thurs with work.

DS1's friend round for sleepover.

Wii stopped working.

ARRRGGGGHHHH!

Luckily found a tip on YouTube to DIY a cleaning disc and it's working again, phew!

Sat:
DS2 to football DONE
DS1 to first gym lesson DONE
me & DD swimming while waiting for DS1 DONE
lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
tidy spare room & get ready DONE
DS1's friend coming for sleepover Doing
DH away on work trip DONE
DC tea DONE & bed
lots of laundry Washed & Dried
stuff to shed DONE
cat box from shed and hidden for Mon DONE
my dinner & bed

Tomorrow is an aiming low day, garden time, Wii time, laundry, sch bags ready, etc.

Good morning/afternoon. I haven't been about for a bit as I have been trying to spend less time on my iPad and more time actually doing stuff.

Not sure how successful I have been .

Reading back I have to agree with MrsNR about listing the things done rather than to do. Less disheartening.

This morning kitchen is not too bad, but table is a disaster. Living room is fine. Ironing pile is gigantic and bedrooms aren't great.

See you later feel the need to say 'alligator', too much time with children

In a while crocodile :o

Im going to list things to do this week

Phone SALT to organise speech review for DS - by Tuesday!
Phone car insurance to add friend
DD French class - Monday
DD ballet -Tuesday
Out to organise DD's birthday party tonight
PTA meeting - Wednesday - check time
Horses - more exercise needed! Clip mare?
Keep up with laundry, new system is working quite well
Hallway needs a good tidy and sort
Sitting room ditto
Kids clothes sort through
Whole house hoover - my big goal for the week
Do some batch cooking for next week as working (eek and yay!)
DD to friends for b'day tea Thursday (get present)
Having friends boys over Thursday evening
DD skipping club on Friday
Our anniversary on Friday (5 years!) Get babysitter sorted
Also sort present, probably wine

In a bit bird shit

Doing lots of bits today so need a list to keep track

Dones
All up etc
washing up
My bed stripped
Bedding washed
Sofa covers washed
work
lunch
clean bathroom grout
mop bathroom floor
make apt for boiler service
online banking
check paypal to see wtf I have been buying
organise kitchen cupboard a bit and vague meal plan for week
chicken out of freezer

STill to do
Jumper wash
blanket wash
set darks wash to do for morning
finish drying all washing
put covers back on sofas
remake bed
cook dinner
dust sitting room and my bedroom
hoover downstairs
mop kitchen
BUY MILK

hmm not doing as well as it feel I am...

Meals:
sesame chicken strips, sweet potato & broccoli
freezer meal
lentil & red pepper lasagne
sausages, corn on cob, broccoli, mushrooms
fajitas

:o haven't heard that one before!

DONE
Everyone up, fed, dressed etc
DD packed lunch and book bag
Washload on
DC's to school/preschool
Horses - rode out in the sunshine!
Pick DS up
Lunch
Hang washing out
Put dishy on
Little tidy of sitting room
Sort through pile of clean laundry
Car insurance sorted
Phoned SALT and left message

Not too soon, you big baboon

Busy day, poo trauma, need kids to bed and wine.

Done everything except dusting. But I did also sort out plastic container tower of doom and The Pile (all filed properly now) so I think I can be let off. Surprised my washer and dryer kept going all day!

Jks I have wine rewarding my efforts and as I get a lie in til 730 tomorrow (morning off work to do my learning diaries so can take dc to school at school time not breakfast club time) it's a large glass.

DONE
Everyone up, fed and dressed
DD school stuff - book bag, drink, packed lunch
Washload on
School run
Horses - productive morning
Pick DS up
Book hall for DD party
Chase up horse bedding delivery
Hang washing out
Make SALT appointment
Lunch
Take DS for a drive to get him to nap - fail
Finish horses
Get changed
School run
Get DD ready for ballet

Tis in the bleak mid winter here, yuck. Rain, rain and more rain.

I am in dire need of cheering up. Someone uttered the fateful words to me today "are you pregnant". No, I'm not but thanks for pointing out that I have put on weight .

I am going out to my usual exercise class tonight but will take my bad mood out on the house tomorrow.

TO DO

School run
Pick up PTA stuff
Get some insurance quotes
Do some filing from pile of doom
Make dinner
Put away ironing that DH better do this evening
Tidy DD's book case
Dust my bedroom
Review wardrobe in light of 'pregnant gate'

Slattern, there is winter to worry about weight, get yourself some big jumpers and embrace autumn :o

Rain here today, possibly all day by the looks of it.

TO DO
Usual school morning chaos
Take DD to school
Horses
Lunch
Town - puck up last bits for anniversary, birthday present for DD's friend, pick up forms for hall hire
PTA this evening - joy

I had plans with the horses today, but DS was coughing so much he was sick last night (all over the hall carpet) so he is having a day off and it is pissing it down, so we will not spend too much time with them today!

I have just attacked the conservatory. Took me just over 20mins, and although far from perfect it looks 100x better.

Why do I put stuff off and stress about the house being a mess if it only takes minutes I am clearly an idiot, it is the only explanation! :o

Then I'm an idiot too

Busy day with work & orch but have started sorting some more baby clothes to go. & some baby toys.

Put in prescription for more pills too.

Trying to think of small job pre-bath that would make me feel productive...hmm

Ah no slattern, am sure you're not that bad!

I'm the same.get really worked up and start swearing and banging stuff and then it only takes for me to put some washing away or hoover or something and it looks loads better

Not loads done today, just some washing and got the dc stuff packed for the weekend.

I found this www.unfuckyourhabitat.com/category/challenges/mini-challenges/ very helpful this week

Ooh I quite like those mini-challenges :)

I have got better at doing mini somethings when I find I have 10mins free with no specific job to do - rare but sometimes happens.

I went through all of our filing drawers the other day and made a big pile for DH to approve for binning. Luckily he approved it all

Back to Sat tomorrow:
Football
Gymnastics
Swimming (if I cba) with DD
out with DH in the evening
usual stuff

Ongoing:

• Book B&B & lunch for school reunion in Oct DONE
• Firm up plans for Dad's 70th in Oct; Getting there
• Get back on track with decluttering programme; Started
• More stuff out of loft to sort through & get rid of; A fe more boxes down & sorted
• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email contacts)
• need to gather photos from family for big frame 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 (Dad's 70th)
• eye appt for me, then follow-up with doc re migraines
• check theatre timings for Horrible Science for DS1 & his friends
• haircut appt for me
• cats to vet appt made for next week One cat done, other went awol

Some online research into

• holiday for next year with family; done lots with brother
• holiday year after (hopefully); started
• SN horse riding carriage for DS2's sch; Started
• Singing Hands to DS2's sch; Forward reply to sch sec
• Christmas trip to Colchester Zoo; not bookable yet