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

[JKSLtd]

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

[BornInACrossFireHurricane]

Yep well spotted slattern, I am a fan

My twins are nearly two JKS. Double whirlwinds of destruction when it comes to undoing all my good work.

I have loads I need to do today actually but finding it hard to get motivated

[JKSLtd]

Hurricane - totally understand you! DD is 2 in April and is into everything! I'm sure she's worse than the boys ever were. It's not fair or right really. When friends had girls & I had DS1, they could leave stuff out and their girls didn't trash the place. I was in disbelief. Then I had a girl and she still trashes the place

She is cute though

Tues:
DS2 to sch DONE
strip beds/bathmats/towels DONE
general tidy pre-cleaner coming DONE
Sing & Sign (last one, remember cakes we made today) DONE
lunch & dd's nap DONE (Doing)

baking with pastry I defrosted yesterday
Governor meeting
DC tea, bath & bed
orchestra

Ongoing:

• family tree (scanning in old certs & photos & email contacts)
  
• buy picture frames to hang on the wall & hang up as many photos as poss; get sizes into phone for TKMaxx
  
• sort wills; just try and get something written down as a minimum
  
• sort out my desk
  
• kids photos albums; upload onto Snapfish; order printouts; put in albums. Step 1; sort all photos on iPhoto
  
• cash in Tesco vouchers (what for - towards a day out, just which one?)
  
• Apple shop trip for poorly laptop
  
• DD picnic party? presents, etc.
  
• DS1 Lego party & presents, etc.
  
• dentist appt for sore tooth that needs new filling
  
• nurse/doc appt for going back on the pill (think I'm coming to no-DC4-way of thinking)

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

I've done masses today, am completely worn out.

DONE
School run
Drop form at preschool to book DS2's hours for next January
Sainsbury's
Drs app. for me
Food prep for DS2's party on Friday
Lunch and clear up
Pick DS1 up early from school
Dentist
Into town to Optician to pick up glasses for DS1
Boys tea

TO DO
Massive tidy-up pre cleaner tomorrow morning
Boys bath and bed
Our dinner
Renew library books online if possible??
Clear up
Bed

Tomorrow
School run
Laundry and change boys beds
Bake birthday cakes
Finish off casserole for Friday
DS1's Easter disco at school (need to take clothes for him and then hang about for 45 mins somehow keeping DS2 amused )
Home and tea
Send this month's invoices etc to accountant

[SlatternismyMiddlename]

Ailbaba - I think I need to take you to the side and have a wee chat about what a cleaner does, and it doesn't involve tidying up before they arrive,

I had a rubbish day at work today so currently installed on sofa with a cup of tea after doing nowt but stick the dishwasher on.

Tomorrow's list

Pick up cat food from vets
Dishes
Washing machine on
Meet friend for lunch
Supermarket run

Please keep warm in your igloos I will not insert cheap joke about the best way to keep warm

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Slattern :) My cleaner is fab, but I always make sure that the house is really tidy before she comes so that she can get in all the corners! We've got quite a few people coming on Friday for DS2's birthday party so I needed to have a good tidy up anyway - that is one less thing to do on Thursday
Sorry about your crappy day.

I have forgotten to do library books, must remember tomorrow.

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

DONE
School run
Laundry and change boys beds
Cleaner here
Sainsbury's
Lunch and clear up

NEXT
Make big cake for party on Friday
Make another batch of dough for hot cross buns
DS1's Easter disco at school (need to take clothes for him and then hang about for 45 mins somehow keeping DS2 amused )
Home and tea
Send this month's invoices etc to accountant

LATER/TOMORROW
Make a small cake for T's actual birthday
Finish off casserole for Friday
More to add to this...

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

I have - mainly because I've only done the bare minimum for so many weeks while we've all been ill, so there is a lot to do!

DONE
School run
Laundry and change boys beds
Cleaner here
Sainsbury's
Lunch and clear up
Make big cake for party on Friday
Renew library books online
Finalise Waitrose order for tomorrow
Put flowers in vases and try to make it look like Spring

NEXT
Make another batch of dough for hot cross buns
DS1's Easter disco at school (need to take clothes for him and then am going for coffee with another Mum while it is on)
Cut some flowering twigs from the garden to add to vases
Home and tea - fish defrosting
DH home a bit early maybe?
Send this month's invoices etc to accountant
Build T's new train set ready for the morning
Wrap my Mum's birthday present
Our dinner and bed

[SlatternismyMiddlename]

Pick up cat food from vets DONE, 2 hour round trip!
Dishes. DONE
Washing machine on. DONE
Meet friend for lunch DONE
Supermarket run. DONE, and remembered why I shop online

Good luck for the birthday party celebrations this weekend Ali.

[JKSLtd]

Well done Ali

2 hrs to vet?!

Done
Ds2 to sch
Tumble tots with dd
Orch concert at ds2's sch

Doing
Ds1's swimming

To do
Dc tea, bath & bed
Tidy up
Chill wine
Find pizza leaflet
Mums coming for pizza

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Argh I overcooked the cake, and not by a little but a lot. Will have to start again.. Arse.

[JKSLtd]

Arse indeed. Late night baking for you then.

House relatively tidy, DC in bed, looking forward to & pizza :)

[Minimammoth]

Quick hello to everyone. Our timings are being worked around vets appointments at the mo. my poor cat is hobbling still and vet is doing tests. She is not happy. Have to do my trip to DD2 tomorrow postponed from last week . Mr Mammoth still in pain. Glad we are having an Easter break.

[twinklesparkles]

Hi everyone

Sorry I've been absent the past few days

Today I've:
Bathed ds
Picked him up from school massive braxton hicks walking up the hill and got stuck cos I couldn't move my legs enough to move
2 loads of washing and tumble drying
Folding clothes
Dishes

Dh not here tonight, so will try and do a bit more before he comes home tommorow so I can suprise him.

Saw some little easter egg things on sticks in £land. Gonna get some of them and some carnations and try and do some kinda flower arranging in the nice new glass vase I bought.

Contemplating inviting parents round for easter dinner .. But that would mean more cooking and cleaning [wink[

[twinklesparkles]

Hi everyone

Sorry I've been absent the past few days

Today I've:
Bathed ds
Picked him up from school massive braxton hicks walking up the hill and got stuck cos I couldn't move my legs enough to move
2 loads of washing and tumble drying
Folding clothes
Dishes

Dh not here tonight, so will try and do a bit more before he comes home tommorow so I can suprise him.

Saw some little easter egg things on sticks in £land. Gonna get some of them and some carnations and try and do some kinda flower arranging in the nice new glass vase I bought.

Contemplating inviting parents round for easter dinner .. But that would mean more cooking and cleaning

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Cake done, buns done.

DS2's birthday today, can't believe he is 2! This time two years ago I was sat waiting in hospital to go in for my ELCS.

Loads to do today

Reading in school
Music class with DS2
Go to farm shop for cheese for tomorrow
Home - my parents coming
Lunch
Parent helpers tea at school and early pick up for DS1
Prep for Friday
Play with DS2 and his new toys
Cook dinner
Some sort of cake? Might buy, can't face further baking unless my Mum volunteers...

[JKSLtd]

Happy Birthday to your DS Ali! This time 2 years ago I was still hugely pregnant, just under a month to go :)

DONE:
DS2 to school
Jo Jingles with DD
WM & TD on

TO DO:
Lunch & tidy kitchen
DD nap
packing for trip away (just Fri-Sun but still a mega mission)
send DH & DS1 out shopping!
DS2 home
DC tea & bed
my dinner & orch meeting

& anything else useful or productive....

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Thanks JKS!

Second cake also went rock solid, third attempt made with help from my mum has finally worked!

Won't be on much now until Saturday, enjoy the bank holiday everyone

[SlatternismyMiddlename]

Morning all. This is the first day of my holidays, I'm off next week. Must get this place into some kind of order as it is really bothering me.

My list will be for the next few days

Sort washing
Do washing
Iron multiple quilt covers
Other ironing
Easter pictures with DCs
Day out somewhere
Tidy den
Dust den
Count PTA money
Put too small clothes in attic
Rotate DCs toys
Clear kitchen table of doom
Kitchen counters
Sort cloakroom out
Tidy hall
Tidy study
Filing
Wash sticky stuff off the stairs (thanks dd)
Clear dressing table
Hang up all clothes lying around
Put all shoes away
Vacuum upstairs
Vacuum downstairs

There is so much more to do but that will be a start.

Hope birthday party goes well Ali.

Any motivation greatly appreciated.

[twinklesparkles]

[busmile] Happy easter [busmile]

Today, so far:
2 loads of washing
2 of tumble drying
Hoovered livingroom
Done dishes
Put dishes away
Made choc cornflake nests with ds
Peeled veg
Pork joint in oven

:)

Got loadsa clothes to put away, I haven't done any this week, I've just folded them. Bloody clothes everywhere [buenvy]

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

Happy Easter everyone!
Landed at 3am, brrrr! Needless to say am shattered today after going to bed at 5am. Have unpacked and got all the washing done, plus gone to the shop for basics and got all the beds made up so the day hasnt been a total write off although I feel Ive spent most of it slumped on the sofa!

At least I've come back to sunshine too, even though it is many degrees cooler than the canaries!