Slatterns sorting themselves out, sort of.

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A new thread taking us slatterns into March.
Feel free to join and add your lists just don't show us up by always completing them !

ARGHHH - DH here any time from now onwards, guests" arriving from 8pm onwards

Still to do

Ironing
Bath
Get changed
Finish tidying living room/dining room
Tidy hallway
Tidy kitchen
Hoover
Put clothes away
Finish rolling fags for later
Cook/sort nibbles

Done list

Empty dishwasher DONE
Load of washing DONE
Dry washing done tonight started DONE
DS's up and dressed DONE
Bath (me)
Drop DS's at school DONE
Pick sofa bed up DONE (lovely mum at school gates saw me balancing it on top the pushchair and gave me a lift grin)
Clean downstairs toilet DONE
Hang towel in downstairs toilet blush DONE
Empty boxes in living room DONE
Go to co-op for more drinks/snacks
Check with ShelleyLou what time she's coming over
Redo word search and email it to C DONE
Roll cigarettes for going out later started
Cook "nibbles" for the evening
Buy wine glasses(?) DH sorting
Buy paper plates (to save on washing up grin) DH sorting
Empty/move boxes in DS1's room started
Make sofa bed up
Put DS1's bedding on bunk bed
Make DS1's bed up for Shelleylou DONE
Pick DS2 up from school

Enjoy your party FAQ, , woul love to be getting drunk tonight instead of having DDs 2 friends for a sleepover tonight . You probably will get more sleep

Loads of time FAQ

Have fun! Wish I was coming!

God I'm knackered! Friends round which was fine, except one of them, her toddler is turning into a real 'un-pleasure' to have round. think all she did was whinge/scream/wail/tantrum It's getting so bad that i don't really want to invite them anymore!

Today:

• finish laundryDONE, ironingDONE
• put away clothes
• ds2 nap DONE
• friends coming here this afternoon DONE
• tidy chaos after 4 toddlers + 2 babies DONE
• tea x 2 (pizza in fridge needs eating today) DONE
• DH home DONE
• boys to bed
• dinner
• bed not too late

Ongoing:

• haircut (Finally going to happen!) tomorrow
• get disc out of disc drive!
• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 9,2)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• photos for boys albums (DS1 2-2.5yrs & DS2 6mo-1yr)
• take door handles back to B&Q
• sort out kitchen drawers & cupboards
• think about sorting out DH's photos too
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1)
• do some work from home to catch up my hours started
• get new transformer thingie for broken kitchen light (find old one in shed to take to shop so i know what to get, lol)
• contact handyman re fixing it
• tidy up/sort out/clear my desk of cr*p started
• get up to date photos of family for new photo frames
• send back broken car seat to get replacement
• get ds2's feet measured
• ds2 first hair cut soon....
• Mother's Day card (order flowers)
• ring Ikea customer services re missing bits for a chair

Beginning of weekend list:

• MUST post car seat
• my haircut (9am)
• go to shoe shop for DS2

Oh poor you JKS, nothing worse than having to sit there and grit your teeth,

I know i don't know what to do anymore as i find myself wishing the mum is too busy to come round or almost ignoring her when she wants something as i don't like her

Is she a close friend, or is she someone you met through school/preschool

I met her through my bf group which we went to together when our (now) toddlers were 0-1. then we both pg again and wen to bf group together again.
In the meantime we had got together with other mums, mixture of bf & AN groups and we see each other several times a week.
I just find i can't tolerate her DD (her younger DD is lovely, 9mo) anymore and i probably show it too i'm not good at hiding my emotions and i'm sure my eyes roll at some of her antics.
Also, well prob the main thing is, the mum seems to pander to her soooo much.
in a situation when i would say 'tough' to my ds1 she goes all out to do/get whatever her DD wants.
and there is full on screaming when she's 'upset'.
sorry to go on, may start a thread asking for advice on how to deal, except i don't want to get flamed for being judgey

ARGHHHHH - DH turned up - dropped the KFC and some other stuff off and has dashed again to my old place to fix the door (was fine this morning when I popped in.........)

FAQ , dont you know by now that men are single minded and would never think of anything else than the one thing that concerns them!

oh I'll let him off - just peeked inside one of the bags he bought with him 3 presents all wrapped up for me - one says it's from DS3, one from him and he's forgotten to write in the 3rd but I'm guessing it's "from" DS1 and 2

. Cant remember last time DH bought me a present, lately I buy my own pressies from DCs, purposely didnt buy any presents for my birthday last month to try and make him feel bad, that lasted about 5 mins and forgotten about it now

ok I'm panicking slightly now - need to bath and wash my hair, dry it and straighten it and put some make-up on (rare occurrence for me).

Still need to sort the food - but don't want to do that until after I've bathed so it's still warm when it goes on the table - but at this rate it's still going to be in the oven when they start arriving.

Need to finish tidying and hoover too.

I would say sod the hoovering, they won't notice, and keep tidying to a minimum of chucking stuff in a cupboard/box in a corner.

Go and have a quick bath and get yourself sorted

A smiling, welcoming hostess counts for tons more than a hoovered carpet IMO

Well have had 2 glasses tonight FAQ, one for me & one for you
Hope your head is ok tomorrow....

Today:

• put away clothes
• boys to bed DONE
• dinner DONE
• bed not too late going now

Ongoing:

• haircut (Finally going to happen!) tomorrow
• get disc out of disc drive!
• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 9,2)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• photos for boys albums (DS1 2-2.5yrs & DS2 6mo-1yr)
• take door handles back to B&Q
• sort out kitchen drawers & cupboards
• think about sorting out DH's photos too
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1)
• do some work from home to catch up my hours started
• get new transformer thingie for broken kitchen light (find old one in shed to take to shop so i know what to get, lol)
• contact handyman re fixing it
• tidy up/sort out/clear my desk of cr*p started
• get up to date photos of family for new photo frames
• send back broken car seat to get replacement
• get ds2's feet measured
• ds2 first hair cut soon....
• Mother's Day card (order flowers)
• ring Ikea customer services re missing bits for a chair

Beginning of weekend list:

• MUST post car seat
• my haircut (9am)
• go to shoe shop for DS2
• put away all clean clothes
• spend as much time as poss in garden

Enjoy your night FAQ

Hi everyone busy here tonight,
hope your ds is ok CWWM

Wonder how FAQ's party is going nothing like a party/guests for a good clean

JKS I sometimes feel like I'm the only mum watching out for the kids when they're round and I think its okay its my house, but then I seem to be the only one in other peoples houses too, and as my dd is the oldest she seems to be stuck with all the tiding up

I try to organise playdates out of home now

Going to get stuck in tomorrow have done all the usual cleaning today but am def going to do windows etc
and dh is talking about getting the painting done so am picking colours, I don't know why I wait for him because I'm the one that does most of painting I love it

Hi PBM, I have been cleaning all day but my sitting room looks like a bomb hit it at the minute as DDs have friends sleeping over and they have a mattress on the floor

Remembered need to get to post office and tax car if passes MOT, prob won't make seminar

SATURDAYS LIST

Everybody up and showered
breakfast
MOT car dh
load dishwasher
clean & tidy kitchen
brush & mop
load washing machine
load tumble
sort uniforms
My bed
sort and put away clean washing again
lunch
fix hoover yeap floors really need hoovered
sort out my bedroom
Clean bathroom
Clean ensuite
do last months invoices (really should have been done, kick dh up the bum)
Clean windows inside
decide on colours for decorating

get carpet cleaner out for neighbour
offered to clean her livingroom carpet

ONGOING (there is alot not on here don't want to scare myself
fix leaky pipe at washing machine washer bought
fix leaky pipe under sink (worse than we thought grrr)
sort out bedroom wardrobe
clean damp patch in porch (need ladders)
Put away crib (need ladders)
decorate wee hall
decorate kitchen
finish stripping paint in lounge
find home for all dcs toys in lounge
reorganise kitchen cupboards
go to cake shop
declutter utility room
do mn profile started

Lots of decorating to be done

Hi Cikecaka what age is your dd1? I'm dreading the start of sleep overs, although dd1 is a real hamebird she will just about stay in her nannies

DD1 is 10, DD2 is 9 and DD3 is 2, also have a Ds who is 12. they are more DD2s friends as she is becoming more sociable and didnt like to say no when she asked

Ahh good for her

Think I have done my bit now for a couple of months. Hopefully they will start being asked to other peoples house now

Although I can see dd start to be alot more grown up lately too

Thats a big gap and there was me worrying about having 3/4 year gap if I go again for no4

Better go dh is in from checking my car wants some tea and toast, chat tomorrow hopefully when your shocked to see my windows washed and lots more ticked on my list

Good morning slatterns. Hope everyone is well, have had a broken computer on thurs and was working yesterday, so no lists.
Here is my weekend list:

Hoover entire house
Give kitchen a very good clean
Give bathroom a very good clean
Clear off dining room table
Clear out tv unit
Clear behind sofa
Get stuff put in loft
Shampoo living room carpet - i think its beyond help tbh
Clear rubbish from front garden

Hope everyone has a good weekend

Happy Saturday morning all

(boys up once each in the night and ds1 up at 5.30 but DH here to deal with them!)

Today:

• all usual
• haircut (going in a mo)
• supermarket shop (written list)
• garden time
• DH says he will take car seat to PO later
• put away all clean clothes
• try and get d2's feet measured
• DH going out at 6 so bedtime on my own but i get to watch Sat night tv on my own too

Ongoing:

• haircut (Finally going to happen!) tomorrow
• get disc out of disc drive!
• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 9,2)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• photos for boys albums (DS1 2-2.5yrs & DS2 6mo-1yr)
• take door handles back to B&Q
• sort out kitchen drawers & cupboards
• think about sorting out DH's photos too
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1)
• do some work from home to catch up my hours started
• get new transformer thingie for broken kitchen light (find old one in shed to take to shop so i know what to get, lol)
• contact handyman re fixing it
• tidy up/sort out/clear my desk of cr*p started
• get up to date photos of family for new photo frames
• send back broken car seat to get replacement
• get ds2's feet measured
• ds2 first hair cut soon....
• Mother's Day card (order flowers)
• ring Ikea customer services re missing bits for a chair