Come on you slatterns, get your arses in gear, I stop posting for 2 days and you all start getting lazy................

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didn't see a single bump of a slattersn thread in the 2 days I've lurked. So here we are - a brand new slatterns thread to take us over to the new year (where I think we can safely say that one of our NY Resolution won't be keeping teh house tidy at all times )

I can officialy say that:

Paper lists of things to do are SHIT. They don't work, they don't tell you how well you're doing when you update to say what you've done, they get lost under the stuff still to be sorted, and they don't give you other unrelated banter while you're having a rest from it all

So - with that in mind.

Tonight (and I use the word quite loosely as I've slept the last 2 nights so suspect there will be little sleep to be found tonight) I need to:

• Get my washing done
• Dry it
• Iron it all (it's taking over the dining room!)
• Tidy and hoover the lounge
• Clean kitchen worktops
• Empty kitchen bins
• Put dishwasher on

May add more stuff later as I realise it needs doing.

Ahh..

Perhaps that should be on your list for today then?

it is...I just need to find the guts to do it .

I did send her an email th eother night, but I've had a thought that she's changed her email address and I sent it to her old one

FAQ - RING THAT VICAR

go on, you know you're stalling...

today:

• dishwasher DONE
• boys dressed DONE
• me dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-school DONE
• me & DS2 to Sing & Sign DONE
• renew DONE/ have to return one library book
• a few bits of shopping
• ironing
• shower DONE
• PO; parcel & letters letters done
• go round to friend's house later
• clean old shoes DONE
• clean newer shoes DONE
• orchestra (need to confirm sitter)

ongoing:

• remove stuff from our room to reclaim it and find new homes for it (or get rid....) more done
• tidy spare room started
• get rid of lots of stuff we've cleared out to freecycle/charity shop/rubbish tip started
• ebay lots of stuff, currently in a big box
• spend some time figuring out new hard drive thing for laptop
• get back on track with weight loss... ongoing
• go to post office to post slippers to sister
• complain to cat sitter/her mum as cats had no food when we came back
• charge mobile DOING & check for messages DONE
• write in DCs books about Christmas & DS2's 11month update (before his birthday if poss, lol) started

The other week you forgot about working up to making a phonecall and just DID IT - the outcome was you found a great house with a great landlady and a great agent (the holy grail of house rental).

Sometimes good things happen when you take the bull by the horns - RING THE VICAR

ring the vicar
ring the vicar
ring the vicar

ok I've rung her.

Asked if she'd got my email - she hasn't her computer has been throwing a wobbly when she tries to check her emails so she doesn't anymore.

I stuttered slightly, and said "You know on Sunday I said I would need a guarantor"........and she said

"yes - you want to ask me" LOL.

She's literally on her wait out when I rang, but is going to think about it and ring me back. Think she's a little nervous has her tenants (she's letting her house out that she owned before becoming a Vicar) owe her £3000 shock.

Explained that I had the money for 2 months rent, and that I would get the housing benenfits to cover all but £20 of it, and that I will be able to find that easily.....

So she's going to ring me back later ARGHHHHH

Yay for you!

Check with your agent but, my understanding of it is that they only have to cover unpaid rent in arrears so - if you miss a month - the agent would go to them for the money, they can say they are not prepared to cover any more losses than they have to and ask the agent to begin court proceedings at the earliest opportunity. This way they limit the amount they are ever going to have to cover IYSWIM. It may help your vicar to know this.

Speak to your agent, mine was happy to go through all scenarios for me so I could explain it well to the people I had to ask.

Round of applause and a pat on the back for you FAQ, thats the worst of it over, fingers crossed she will agree to do it

I'll speak to him - it would appear that the refencing agency aren't going to send me the link by lunchtime so he'll be dropping the forms round here to fill in by hand (urghh).

I think I explained it pretty well - I can understand her apprehension if she's owed £3000 mine - think I'd have said no striaght away if I was owed £3000 by my tenants (if I had any obviously hehe)

Good luck with the guarantor FAQ!

I'm having a productive morning, but the list keeps growing. Going to put my feet up for a bit now.

-have a shower done
-get ds dressed and breakfasted done
-wash dishes done
-clean kitchen done
-put a wash load on done
-dry wet washing doing
-fold/iron and put away dry laundry half done
-vacuum downstairs done
-clean bathroom done
-tidy living room done
-tidy ds's toy box done
-take out recycling done
-buy milk and blueberries
-cook lasagne for tea
-cook lunch for ds
-file away receipts etc for tax
-take books back to library

I hope she says yes too - otherwise I have to go through the whole "dare I ask them" scenario with some of the others I have in mind to ask...........

Fingers crossed FAQ,I have butterflies for you .

So motivated myself still feel really yuk but will feel worse if I just sit so have had some hot lemon and got on with thngs sort of .

Get older dc ready for school done

washing and drying started

bath me and dd will do tonight

dress me and dd done

clean bedrooms done

tidy round downstairs

ring landlord about leaky radiator .

sort out dd 4 outfit for nursery tomorrow [sob].done

Put things on ebay.

Send thankyou emails .done

sort out washing pile .done

pasta for tea.

pick up dc and feed.

uniforms.

Bath dc.

Do school reading .

Take dog for walk .

Mop floor in downstairs loo .

Sandwiches .

you think you have butterflies - you should feel how I do right now

• DS1/2 up and out to school DONE
• Empty dishwasher DONE (DS1/2's job )
• Get DS3 changed and dressed DONE
• Shower DONE
• Dry hair and get myself dressed DONE
• Put rest of the clothes away
• Take meat out of the freezer for dinner DONE
• Wait in for OU set books to be delivered DONE
• Ring Vicar (gulp) about being a Guarantor for me DONE
• Dinner
• Pack boxes in my room
• Bath boys
• Load dishwasher and put on
• Load of washing DONE
• Town (Can't remember what for lol)
• Sit nervously and wait for Vicar to call me back later today.................. in progress

Cant find my list but
I have been downtown and did banking
Ordered repeat prescription for dd2
Bought birthday cake for dh
did some shopping
Cleaned kitchen/dining area
Woke DD3 and dressed her

Obviously woke DD3 before I went downtown

well if she does say yes I now have the application form to fill in to give to her, which the letting agent will come and collect and fax to the company as soon as it's filled in.

stuff up to loft
vacuum bedroom
2 hours GFR revision min done
2 hours HS revision
stuff to post office done
washing done
vacuum downstairs done
sort DD clothes done
sort DVD's
sort another box of junk in shed done
prep biryani done
DD bath
sort dining table dumping ground done

good luck faq - hoe its good news when i log on later

good luck faq - hoe its good news when i log on later

thanks - so do I

FAQ - Well done for asking the vicar. I hope she says yes. Let us know.

To do:-

Get DC up and dressed DONE
Get dressed DONE
Straighten my hair
Breakfast DONE
Clear up after breakfast DONE
Empty and fill dishwasher DONE
School run DONE
Nursery run DONE
Supermarket (get things I forgot yesterday) DONE
Put tonights dinner in slow cooker DONE
Make lots of meals for freezer MOSTLY DONE
Dry bedsheets DONE
Pick up from nursery DONE
Pick up from school
Strip kids beds
wash and dry kids bedsheets
Do at least 2 loads of washing STARTED
Get clothes out for tommorrow
Have a shower
Arrange playdate for DC1
Arrange furniture delivery

My sister popped in for an hour and she fetched chips . Had a nice chat with her and a cuddle with my tiny nephew while dd and dn played .

Get older dc ready for school done

washing and drying started

bath me and dd will do tonight

dress me and dd done

clean bedrooms done

tidy round downstairs done

ring landlord about leaky radiator .

sort out dd 4 outfit for nursery tomorrow [sob].done

Put things on ebay.

Send thankyou emails .done

sort out washing pile .done

pasta for tea.

pick up dc and feed.

uniforms.

Bath dc.

Do school reading .

Take dog for walk .

Mop floor in downstairs loo .

Sandwiches .

Well done FAQ
good luck!

today:

• dishwasher DONE
• boys dressed DONE
• me dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-school & home again DONE
• me & DS2 to Sing & Sign DONE
• renew/return one library books DONE
• a few bits of shopping later maybe
• ironing started
• shower DONE
• PO - tomorrow
• go round to friend's house later DONE
• clean old shoes DONE
• clean newer shoes DONE
• boys tea & bed
• orchestra (need to confirm sitter- DONE)

ongoing:

• remove stuff from our room to reclaim it and find new homes for it (or get rid....) more done
• tidy spare room started
• get rid of lots of stuff we've cleared out to freecycle/charity shop/rubbish tip started
• ebay lots of stuff, currently in a big box
• spend some time figuring out new hard drive thing for laptop
• get back on track with weight loss... ongoing
• complain to cat sitter/her mum as cats had no food when we came back
• charge mobile DONE
• write in DCs books about Christmas & DS2's 11month update (before his birthday if poss, lol) started
• chase Center Parcs to see about forgotten cables
• remember boiler man is coming tomorrow!

-have a shower done
-get ds dressed and breakfasted done
-wash dishes done
-clean kitchen done
-put a wash load on done
-dry wet washing doing
-fold/iron and put away dry laundry half done
-vacuum downstairs done
-clean bathroom done
-tidy living room done
-tidy ds's toy box done
-take out recycling done
-buy milk and blueberries done
-cook lasagne for tea
-cook lunch for ds done
-file away receipts etc for tax
-take books back to library