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.

thanks - still waiting for her to call me back

today:

• a few bits of shopping (later maybe)
• ironing DONE
• go through last bank statement & receipts DONE
• PO - (tomorrow when I'm minus DS1)
• boys tea & bed (tea defrosting)
• 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
• 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 DONE (wait for them to call me back)
• remember boiler man is coming tomorrow!

Done school run and bathed girls early ,just getting tea ready now and waiting for dp to get back .

Get older dc ready for school done

washing and drying started

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. pickedup

uniforms. done

Bath dc. done

Do school reading .

Take dog for walk . done

Mop floor in downstairs loo .

Sandwiches .

My god comewhine with me, you have been very busy. Would love to have mine bathed but cant get off mumsnet

I don't usually bath them this early but just decided to bung them in as soon as we got home from school and get them in pj's ,what you need is a DS who tells you he needs the laptop for important work but you catch him on studywhizz chatting to all his friends he has just left at school [sigh] then you have no choice but to get off MN .

He did just help me cook tea though .

ComeWhine - that's a great idea re early bathtime we've changed to baths every other day so that i can feel like i have less to do at bedtime. and they don't need it every day....

My kitchen is laundry-free. woohoo
Lots of clean, ironed/folded stuff to put away, not sure when....

today:

• a few bits of shopping (later)
• PO - (tomorrow when I'm minus DS1)
• boys tea DONE & bed
• orchestra

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
• 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 DONE (wait for them to call me back)
• remember boiler man is coming tomorrow!
• chase the local church about the decorations I lent them...they're meant to have rung me but haven't heard a thing.

I only bath them Tuesdays,Thursdays and Sundays Its the hair thats a pita 4 dd's with long hair .

Get older dc ready for school done

washing and drying last load

dress me and dd done

clean bedrooms done

tidy round downstairs done

ring landlord about leaky radiator . oops

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.done

pick up dc and feed. done

uniforms. done

Bath dc. done

Do school reading .done those books are bloody boring plus I have to help dd1 write in a diary 'cos she has fetched the class teddy home ,donald watched mummy mn .

Take dog for walk . done

Mop floor in downstairs loo . meh

Sandwiches . dp can do

Not been on here today as at work, I have a lush tea in oven and dishes are done.

Would you mind looking at this

mumsnet.com/Talk/nurseries/683357-Would-you-be-upset-about-this

To do:-

Get DC up and dressed DONE
Get dressed DONE
Straighten my hair SCRAPPED
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 DONE
Dry bedsheets DONE
Pick up from nursery DONE
Pick up from school DONE
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

still waiting.............I suspect something "church" related may have come up this afternoon hence her not having got back to me yet - arghh another sleepless night.

Anyhow, my list

• DS1/2 up and out to school DONE
• Empty dishwasher DONE (DS1/2's job grin)
• 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 DONE
• Pack boxes in my room DONE
• Bath boys DONE
• Load dishwasher and put on DONE
• Load of washing DONE
• Dry washing in progress
• Put bin out DONE
• Shop DONE
• Sit nervously and wait for Vicar to call me back later today.................. in progress

Load Dishwasher done
Wipe Kitchen sides
Tidy Dining Room
Tidy Living Room
Dust round
Sweep through
Collect children from school
Feed Children done
Bath Children done
Mop Kitchen and Hall
Tidy bedrooms
Sort drawers in dressing room
Hoover upstairs
Clean Bathrooms
Put away clean laundry
Collect and wash dirty laundry
HOOVER STAIRS (not been done recently )
Take old clothes to recycle centre again

Looks like a long evening ahead

What a shame she hasn't called back FAQ - having said that, at least she is taking time to consider it and not dismissing it out of hand. (like you, I would be tempted to if I had bad tenants too!)

yea - it's frustrating, but she said she wanted to think it over, and as she had a consultants appointment, and then would have been straight back to Vicarly duties afterwards tonight may have been the first chance she would have had to actually sit and think about it properly.

I nearly died when she said her tenants (who she'd mentioned to me before as being on HB) owed her £3000 of rent LOL>

Yes, that can't have boosted your confidence much

ive posted on some of the tidying threads before.
can i be smug and say since ive moved into new house ive turned from tramp to angel over night.i am sad-i thrive for crumb watch.someone help before i polish the children.

stuff up to loft
vacuum bedroom
2 hours GFR revision min done
2 hours HS revision done
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 done
sort dining table dumping ground done

tomorrow.......

Kids ready, SD to school
stuff up to loft
vacuum bedroom
sort DVD's
de-grub house before boiler inspector comes
bank x3 cheques
post ebay stuff
post cheques
finish HS revision
2 hours GFR revision
prep bnut squash thing
washing up

Nope, no smugness allowed

Are you a reformed Slattern then?
Do you think there is hope for the rest of us?

Ok, I would be smug if I became a reformed slattern - go ahead

I'm hoping to become a reformed slattern, but I'm too darn lazy. Ironing is waiting till the morning.

i wouldnt say reformed but doing well.need pat on the back.

today:

• a few bits of shopping DONE
• PO - (tomorrow when I'm minus DS1)
• boys tea DONE & bed DONE
• orchestra 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

{turns out she thought it was this week - ouch!}

• 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 DONE (wait for them to call me back)
• remember boiler man is coming tomorrow!
• chase the local church about the decorations I lent them...they're meant to have rung me but haven't heard a thing.

knackered, off to bed, night all

Don't talk yourself out of it, I am sure attitude is half of it!

(Which may be why I am not making it - for all my good intentions I am no further on )

cheesesarnie. Perhaps I could be a Good Housewife if I moved into a new house. Just kept moving into new houses perhaps?

Tomorrows list:
RECYCLING!!
Make lentil soup
Hoover
Hoover loft
Washing
Put dry washing away

now theres a plan,can i just add ive only been in clean tidy house for 1 month so its not that im going to become kim or aggie.no where near anthea.

List for next week:

Move house
Make it a tip like what my house is now
Move house
..............

PMSL - so it's the lack of new house that's holding me back then? hmmm, will the consult with DH and make a move every few weeks plan then

today:

• everybody dressed
• everybody breakfast
• DS1 to pre-school
• DS2 nap
• DS1 from pre-school
• lunch
• no plans for this afternoon yet
• tea, bath & bed for boys
• DH home and we are off to football, yey!
• 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
• 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 DONE (wait for them to call me back)
• remember boiler man is coming today!
• chase the local church about the decorations I lent them...they're meant to have rung me but haven't heard a thing.

• no laundry unless i'm feeling v organised and ahead of myself!
• no ironing to do at all!

Morning all. Achieved very little and off now to get started. Have a good day!