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glassslipper · 10/04/2007 08:16

Morning all.

Yet another tiring night as DD1 was sick all over the bed again (still has bug) and DD2 was up 2 x and then up for the day at 5.3-

That said I'm feeling ok now so will give the kitchen a good tidy. Had a good declutter upstairs over the weekend so feel i've achieved something. Not sure i can face mopping the kitchen floor though so the mission will have to wait until later in the week.

DD1 seems ok now but we've read every book she has and I need to convince her she needs a rest as she keeps saying she wants to go out

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DimpledThighs · 10/04/2007 08:19

hi

hardly ever make it to the fly boards these days!

Is everyone house a mess upon a mess due to the holidays? I can't walk in some of my rooms!

Me today:

WM
DW
Kitchen floor
Swish and swipe kitchen
Swish and swipe bathroom
PAck and post couple of books
General trying to get things back into at least the rooms they belong in
Throw out a bin bag of stuff
Make a bin bag of stuff for the charity shop

Hope you all have a good day - quite like the kitchen mission. First one to finish their list gets a cup of coffee and a doughnut!

DimpledThighs · 10/04/2007 08:20

glassslipper - your poor DD - hope she can get some rest (and you!) would aim low today if I was you, sounds like you did a good job at the weekend so take a breath.

glitterfairy · 10/04/2007 08:23

Morning dimpledthighs and glassslipper. Can hoover but not mop in my kitchen so will do just that.

Am going to be working today but will also do a thorough tidy and sort.

For now am making a cup of tea and catching up with the internet!

shouldbe · 10/04/2007 08:32

Good morning glassslipper, Dimpled and everyone

Hope your dd gets over this latest sickness soon Glassslipper - poor you you seem to have had a run of it lately...hope you get some rest today
Good to see you Dimpled My house was left really nice and tidy before we went away at the weekend - we've been home one day and the place is a tip again how do the lo's manage to make such a mess (and how on earth am I expected to keep up with it??!)

My list for today
~washing (never even opened the suitcase yesterday so have 4 piles of laundry along my landing to get through today)
~make beds
~dw unload and re-run(it's getting worse - takes 3 hours to run a cycle now and even then it's not always clean )
~quick tidy in bedrooms
~get kids out for a walk/bike ride
~water newly planted plants in garden
~plant bulbs with kids
~s&s kitchen
~clean hob
~mop floors (when kids are in bed)
~S&S bathroom - ds has wee-ed all over the floor again...

The spare room/office still needs lots of attention but will have to wait till next week when the lo's are back at school.

Have a good day all

shouldbe · 10/04/2007 08:33

Morning Glitter didn't see you there

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glassslipper · 10/04/2007 08:40

sh1t. cat has brought in a mouse and it has run behind the dresser. too heavy to move. how do i gte it out?

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EHM · 10/04/2007 08:52

Morning All

glassslipper hope that you are all well very soon
DT glitter Is your sister still with you & her lo's. for you both if they are not sleeping. How old are the lo's?
shouldbegood luck with your list.

Right I am off to get organised. Still need to catch up with the threads for the last few days not sure whats going on

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glassslipper · 10/04/2007 09:02

ok. still no mouse

nice to see you DT.

have done nothing since last post except feed dd2 and had a cuppa

ok, will tidy living room and dust as i can do that with both dds in the room.

see you in a bit.

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ludaloo · 10/04/2007 09:09

Good Morning All

glassslipper I'd take it easy today too, hope DD is feeling better soon. Its tough when one is ill and the other just won't sleep

DT Hi Hope you get your house back into some order, the holidays wreak havoc don't they!!

GF I have to hoover my kitchen too, so I'll get that done today. Have a good day at work

shouldbe big list there!! I have to do Bathroom today too...DS weed in the bin

EHM Morning to you

Right, I have to carry some things over from yesterday's list..

~D/W
~W/M
~T/D
~Hoover
~Hamster
~Change beds
~Light a Fire
~Take DD1 into town to a party
~Food Shop
~Bathroom and downstairs loo

Better get the fire lit as it has gone chilly....and then get the kids dressed. See you in a bit

ludaloo · 10/04/2007 09:13

glassslipper EEk! Just spotted your mouse post! Is it hiding behind it still? Try putting chocolate down to entice it out...mice love chocolate...unless the cat has crippled it (....Sorry )Then I think you'll have to move the dresser other wise it'll die behind there. (Get a big strong man to do it)....or...could you poke around behind it with a long stick?????

ludaloo · 10/04/2007 09:14

lol!! or you could just hoover it out? stick the hoover attachment down there, It'll soon leg it (if it can..)

shouldbe · 10/04/2007 09:20

...does Anthea's book not have a section for getting rid of mice, Luda?

DimpledThighs · 10/04/2007 09:21

glassslipper leave the cat to deal with the mouse - shut it in the said room and forget about it if at all possible!

well I am not getting on wiht my list because my son is badgering me for a website address for some fun (educational) games - if you know any please help me!

shouldbe · 10/04/2007 09:22

We get lots of dead mice in the garden as gifts ()from our cat but thankfully haven't had one make it into the house (yet) - we're putting off installing a cat-flap because of the fear of rodants being brought in....

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glassslipper · 10/04/2007 09:22

i cant see it so it must be right at the back, or even got underneath at the back? The cat sat there for 30 minutes waiting for it to come out and it didnt appear (unsurprisingly). I think it will die behind there. DH will have to move the dresser I guess (it weighs a ton) but he is working late tonight and tomorrow so it will have to wait until Thursday .

We had this happen in our last house behind a wardrobe but we didnt know it was a mouse until the smell of mouse corpse made us move the wardrobe to look.

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glassslipper · 10/04/2007 09:23

good idea DT but it i in our playroom which has no doors between it, the kitchen and dining room

i have however shut the doors to the rest of the house.

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shouldbe · 10/04/2007 09:23

How old is your ds dimpled?
My dd (almost 6) likes lots of games on the BBC school sites...

BabiesEverywhere · 10/04/2007 09:24

Good Morning Ladies Hope everyone had a nice long weekend

glassslipper Sorry to hear your DD's are under the weather
dimpledthighs Strangly my house is the tidyness it has ever been after a lazy weekend with visitors and I have no idea why
glitterfairy Have you got carpet in your kitchen ?
shouldbe What a long list?.good luck with it.
EHM I?m playing catch up too
ludaloo Eeee, Wee in the bin, I just love little boys flexibility in toilet matters

DONE
Kitchen and bathroom quickly gone over
w/m on
d/w emptied

TO DO
Walk to local shops for salad stuff for lunch and meat for tea
Iron one small basket of clothes, just dried yesterday
Hoover downstairs

Nothing else I am tired and need to catch up with sleep, unlike my DD who can crawl around all day on a couple of hours nap !!!

shouldbe · 10/04/2007 09:25

Good Luck glassslipper, sorry not to be any help

ludaloo · 10/04/2007 09:35

Babies he said it was because there was wee on the seat of the loo, so he couldn't lift it ...even so...weeing in the bin!!

glasss I hope you manage to sort the mouse out...they are tricky little things. I was told once, that a mouse can fit through any gap you can get a pencil in!!!!

shouldbe....no...no advice on mice in her book...fleas and tics...but not mice (I don't think)

~D/W
~W/M load in
~T/D load in
~Hoover
~Hamster
~Change beds
~Light a Fire done
~Take DD1 into town to a party
~Food Shop
~Bathroom and downstairs loo

glitterfairy · 10/04/2007 09:59

Hiya shouldbe ludaloo and EHM. Luckily my sister is not staying with me but with my dad who is deaf! Her los are ds 4 yrs and a dd of 5 months. They both have colds so are not sleeping well and she is driving back down to the south east where she lives today.

Am off to work now so speak later.

DimpledThighs · 10/04/2007 10:27

Me today:

WM done
DW done
Kitchen floor done and wiped!
Swish and swipe kitchen done with knobs on
Swish and swipe bathroom
PAck and post couple of books
General trying to get things back into at least the rooms they belong in
Throw out a bin bag of stuff
Make a bin bag of stuff for the charity shop

Jelley · 10/04/2007 10:31

I've not been online for a few days, so haven't kept up with the threads.
Hope everyone is well

I've done today's and yesterday's missions this morning[smug]

I've got plans to do lots more as ds is playing happily downstairs and the dds are busy upstairs with betty spaghetti

shouldbe · 10/04/2007 11:14

~washing (never even opened the suitcase yesterday so have 4 piles of laundry along my landing to get through today) 1st load in - just went to empty it only to find I'd forgotten to switch wm on!
~make beds done
~dw unload and re-run(it's getting worse - takes 3 hours to run a cycle now and even then it's not always clean ) done
~quick tidy in bedrooms
~get kids out for a walk/bike ride
~water newly planted plants in garden
~plant bulbs with kids
~s&s kitchen done, several hotspots have appeared from nowhere though
~clean hob done
~mop floors (when kids are in bed)
~S&S bathroom - ds has wee-ed all over the floor again...

Slow going today...kids are in the garden though and are (so far) playing very nicely together Think it may be time for an Easter egg break