The "things to do today" list makers, otherwise known as the Slatterns - thread 248,309

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here you go - new shiny thread all ready for us when the current one fills up

DS1 running riot upstairs, grrrr!

Got ironing board set up, going to have dinner first then iron to 24 i think
(once i've got the cat off the ironing board, weird cat )

Today:
-put away climbing frame bits DONE

• finish our laundry DONE
• towels load DONE
• ironing DoneSome
• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• DH rubbish out DONE
• ds2 nap pre-playgroup DONE
• DH to work DONE
• playgroup DONE
• home for lunch DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• ds1 tv time DONE
• attack kitchen & laundry DONE
• friends round DONE
• tea for boys DONE
• DH home DONE
• boys bath & bed DONE (sort of!)
• more ironing
• dinnerstarted, tv & bed

Weekend:

• DH to cut the grass
• assemble trampoline
• assemble climbing frame
• assess garden crap toys!
• me to Factory Shop
• DH & DS1 to Dad's playgroup

+ usual stuff

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• think about sorting out DH's photos
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1) 14th April
• contact handyman re fixing kitchen light & other things
• get photos of family for new frames & hang them up
• put together climbing frame we were given last year Started
• sort babysitter for last date DH has given me
• plan dinners out doing
• clean carpets (either 'get a man in' or hire a cleaner & diy)
• get matching brass letterbox for front door
• buy some more cheap photo albums (trip to Factory Shop for crafty bits)
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer

Goals for this week:

• sort orchestra social for April Ongoing

DS1 gave in, eventually!

Today:
-put away climbing frame bits DONE

• finish our laundry DONE
• towels load DONE
• ironing Done
• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• DH rubbish out DONE
• ds2 nap pre-playgroup DONE
• DH to work DONE
• playgroup DONE
• home for lunch DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• ds1 tv time DONE
• attack kitchen & laundry DONE
• friends round DONE
• tea for boys DONE
• DH home DONE
• boys bath & bed DONE (sort of!)
• more ironing DONE
• dinner DONE, tv Doing & bed

Weekend:

• DH to cut the grass
• assemble trampoline
• assemble climbing frame
• assess garden crap toys!
• me to Factory Shop
• DH & DS1 to Dad's playgroup

+ usual stuff

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• think about sorting out DH's photos
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1) - 14th April
• contact handyman re fixing kitchen light & other things
• get photos of family for new frames & hang them up
• put together climbing frame we were given last year Started
• sort babysitter for last date DH has given me
• plan dinners out doing
• clean carpets (either 'get a man in' or hire a cleaner & diy)
• get matching brass letterbox for front door
• buy some more cheap photo albums (trip to Factory Shop for crafty bits)
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer

Goals for this week:

• sort orchestra social for April Ongoing

have secret plan to become MN sleb exposed DONE

And for tomorrow:

• tackle huuuge pile of ironing on dining table and underneath
• big ish food shop with 4 dc's in tow.
• collect dh's suit from cleaners
• collect dh's prescription
• buy self new outfit for wedding reception tomorrow evening.
• hoover downstairs.
• find three lost library books.

had to have one, they look so cute in the window.

SOOO SORRY TA posted without thinking, should have posted on here! Thought i nearly kicked things off with my big mouth!
(luckily they all think you're just bonkers not full-on weird )

Weekend:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast soon
• DH to cut the grass
• assemble trampoline
• assemble climbing frame
• assess garden crap toys!
• me to Factory Shop
• DH & DS1 to Dad's playgroup

+ usual stuff

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• think about sorting out DH's photos
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1) - 14th April
• contact handyman re fixing kitchen light & other things
• get photos of family for new frames & hang them up
• put together climbing frame we were given last year Started
• sort babysitter for last date DH has given me
• plan dinners out doing
• clean carpets (either 'get a man in' or hire a cleaner & diy)
• get matching brass letterbox for front door
• buy some more cheap photo albums (trip to Factory Shop for crafty bits)
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer

Goals for this week:

• sort orchestra social for April Ongoing

Weekend:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• Get dressed 2done
• read papers Started
• DH & DS1 to Dad's playgroup
• DH to cut the grass
• assemble trampoline
• assemble climbing frame
• assess garden crap toys!
• me to Factory Shop

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• think about sorting out DH's photos
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1) - 14th April
• contact handyman re fixing kitchen light & other things
• get photos of family for new frames & hang them up
• put together climbing frame we were given last year Started
• sort babysitter for last date DH has given me
• plan dinners out doing
• clean carpets (either 'get a man in' or hire a cleaner & diy)
• get matching brass letterbox for front door
• buy some more cheap photo albums (trip to Factory Shop for crafty bits)
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer
• sort orchestra social for April Ongoing

to do today

-bath and wash my hair

• washing (lots of it)
• drying
• ironing
• load dishwasher and put it on
• pop into town
• park with DS's (weather dependent - was lovely and sunny umtil 1/2hr ago grey and cloudly now
• Clean dining room table
• Pick up all rubbish from floor
• Tidy toys
• Hoover
• Kitchen worktops
• Kitchen floor

erm = that''ll do for now

Morning everyone . Hope all of you are ok .
Laptop threw a wobbly yesterday so couldn't post .

Proud mummy moment went to assembly yesterday and ds won a massive trophy for good citizenship he is allowed the trophy home for a term and we can take it to get his name engraved on it and he won the overall prize for his egg .

Today

Wait for shopping
loads of washing done and hung out
dress girls
go to park
take overdue stuff back to library
argos
ds back from sleepover
make curry
take shopping friend sneaked onto my order round to her house
put curtains up in bedroom
Tea
Put sons stuff he wants to sell on local forum
Clean porch door
bathroom
have a bath

Morning all, Its horrible here, thankgod dh got grass cut yesterday before rain started

Went to Ikea last night and got notice board, got stuff that I was going to put on my to do list shelving for shower, toilet seat for ensuite, but apart from that am I the only one that thinks Ikea is not all its cracked up to be

TA & JKS what have you 2 been up to?

everyone up done
dcs bath done
breakfast done
friend collected dd1 to go shopping done
load breakfast dishes done
kitchen clean & tidy done
wash down utility cupboards
load washing machine
Tumble dry
Clean damp patch in bedroom
put away clean clothes
Clean bathroom & ensuite
Fit toilet seat
Hoover done
lunch
fill out land of Leather claim form

THIS WEEK
b&Q paint for fence & gates
make a start on invoices
Chase up some money done
measure dd1 for dance show costumes
fill in form and fee
dance lesson fee in env
Fill in Judo licence form & fee for ds
Judo lesson fee in envelope
FFS all of above £81
buy hoover bags (tues)
make doc app for dd1 blood test done Wed

ONGOING
loose weight for dd communion
find home for all dcs toys in lounge
strip paint in lounge
decide colours for lounge
Sort out my bedroom & wardrobe
Sort out damp patch in porch
do mn profile started

ComeWhine - what did friend sneak onto your order?!

PBM - Ikea is not all that great really, useful for some things though.
TA was 'recognised' as an old-time MNer on another thread and i totally blew her cover by saying, 'oh you're plan's going well then to be famous', oops & sorry again!
(think some of the other's thought there was some shenanigans going on)
Hope the rain holds off here....

Weekend:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• Get dressed 3done
• read papers Started
• DH & DS1 to Dad's playgroup Gone
• enjoy peace & quiet Doing
• maybe do some family tree stuff Doing
• have cup of tea Doing!
• DH to cut the grass
• assemble trampoline
• assemble climbing frame
• assess garden crap toys!
• me to Factory Shop

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• think about sorting out DH's photos
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1) - 14th April
• contact handyman re fixing kitchen light & other things
• get photos of family for new frames & hang them up
• put together climbing frame we were given last year Started
• sort babysitter for last date DH has given me
• plan dinners out doing
• clean carpets (either 'get a man in' or hire a cleaner & diy)
• get matching brass letterbox for front door
• buy some more cheap photo albums (trip to Factory Shop for crafty bits)
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer
• sort orchestra social for April Ongoing

really TA is a long time MNer oooooooooo who????

No, oh god i'm not explaining it well at all!

She was on another thread and said something like, i'm not an oldtimer, and someone else said they thought she was, so i said her plan to become famous on MN was working.
is that clearer?
oh i really am making a mess of this!!!

JKS it was fabric conditioner and some babywipes .
Can I be nosy now what are you getting from the factory shop??

Still lovely and sunny here not making the most of it as me and girls still not dressed I just hung washing out in my pjs .

PBM I have never been to ikea no stores near us but I was not impressed by what I have seen online .

Today

Wait for shopping arrived
loads of washing done and hung out started
dress girls
go to park
take overdue stuff back to library
argos dpgone
ds back from sleepover
make curry inslowcooker
take shopping friend sneaked onto my order round to her house dpdroppedoff
put curtains up in bedroom
Tea
Put sons stuff he wants to sell on local forum
Clean porch door
bathroom
have a bath

S'okay, I thought it was funny.

I've had on my 'things to do' list 'post lots in order to become a celeb MNer' as a sort of joke.

Someone on another thread asked a question abou two posters, I said no they weren't the name person with an altered name they were different and which one came first. Anyway the person who had been unsure came back and said 'thanks, I am just a newbie so I don't know these things'. I was quite and at someone describing themselves as a newbie to me, cos as far as I'm concerned I'm a newbie.

Then JKS came along and said my cunning plan was working.

Well looking at my list I have done nothing on it since I last post

made dd1 egg in a cup
got Ikea stuff out of car
my mother called over, they cancelled their holiday as dad too sick, mystery illness could be kidney stones, but she told me how he had been on the phone to his friend who had prostate cancer,
so have spent the week questioning what I want to do if he has something a little more serious, but then dd has been in hosp for her eye surgery(one was a very serious operation) and he didn't do anything (sorry ramble over)

CWWM IKEA only came here last year, I think people get carried away thinking everything is cheap and then get a shock when they go to the till, I like my notice board though

its a blackboard/magnet board with a shelf underneath for crap important things, It was 10.97, so not bad and its quite big

Right off to have a nosey on active conv, then I really must do something, need to decide wiether I have enough food to last me until Monday, or do I brave Tesco today, no it will be madness

We bought some furniture for our rented out flat in Ikea which was much cheaper than anywhere else i could see online, so it's good for that, or people starting out.

ComeWhine - need to get some more bits for 'crafting' with ds1, just tissue paper, glue, etc.
Also want to get some more cheap photo albums to put the boys photos in - now that i'm on top of that as a job!
Want to find a container for our cat food too. we buy these huge bags of dry Iams food but don't have a good way to store it, something like a bin but with a tight lid so the cats can't get in there and help themselves

Weekend:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• Get dressed DONE
• read papers Started
• DH & DS1 to Dad's playgroup DONE
• enjoy peace & quiet DONE
• maybe do some family tree stuff StillDoing
• have cup of tea DONE
• maybe brave Asda later for easter nest making ingredients...
• DH to cut the grass
• assemble trampoline
• assemble climbing frame
• assess garden toys!
• me to Factory Shop

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• think about sorting out DH's photos
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1) - 14th April
• contact handyman re fixing kitchen light & other things
• get photos of family for new frames & hang them up
• put together climbing frame we were given last year Started
• sort babysitter for last date DH has given me
• plan dinners out doing
• clean carpets (either 'get a man in' or hire a cleaner & diy)
• get matching brass letterbox for front door
• buy some more cheap photo albums (trip to Factory Shop for crafty bits)
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer
• sort orchestra social for April Ongoing

Oh sounds fun I love making stuff with the dc (prefer it in summer when they can use the garden though ).

We are lucky we have a scrapstore a two minute walk away from us and it has a toy library attached too . Craft stuff is really cheap too.

PBM I almost bought a desk from ikea (someone was selling it on ebay) for dd it had a little pot built in for crayons and stuff .

Right my bedroom looks a right mess just bought the dc loads of new bedding along with the curtains and it is now chucked all over my bed . DP has fetched the girls the new mama cooking game back very funny watching our 3 year old trying to work it .

Curry smells lovely another recipe thanks to MN .

Today

Wait for shopping arrived
loads of washing done and hung out started**
dress girls done
go to park
take overdue stuff back to library
argos back
ds back from sleepover
make curry inslowcooker
take shopping friend sneaked onto my order round to her house dpdroppedoff
put curtains up in bedroom
Tea
Put sons stuff he wants to sell on local forum
Clean porch door
bathroom
have a bath

We have some ikea furniture (bought for starting out in our rented flat, so fulfilling lots of your criteria JKS) and it's pretty good. Better than the flatpack stuff I got from Argos, definitely.

What curry recipe are you using CWWM? I made curry properly from scratch the other day, I've done a Jamie Oliver recipe for rogan josh (did it with lamb)and one that a friend gave me for passanda (very fat curry with lots of nuts).

ComeWhine - would you recommend a slow cooker? bear in mind i am cr*p at cooking! i picture it as a throw in loads of things early in the day and hey presto! dinner is ready at dinnertime

Made it to Asda but couldn't waste the sunshine so may go to Factory Shop tomorrow instead!
may attempt trampoline assembly later, depends if dh is worn out from lawnmowing

Weekend:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• Get dressed DONE
• read papers Started
• DH & DS1 to Dad's playgroup DONE
• enjoy peace & quiet DONE
• maybe do some family tree stuff StillDoing
• have cup of tea DONE
• 'allocate' 10 horses to each of us for the Grand National DONE
• maybe brave Asda later for easter nest making ingredients... DONE
• DH to cut the grass Doing
• watch GN (4.15)
• tea altogether
• boys to bed
• assemble trampoline
• assemble climbing frame
• assess garden toys!
• me to Factory Shop

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site
• think about sorting out DH's photos
• dentist trip for me & DS1 (1st for DS1) - 14th April
• contact handyman re fixing kitchen light & other things
• get photos of family for new frames & hang them up
• put together climbing frame we were given last year Started
• sort babysitter for last date DH has given me
• plan dinners out doing
• clean carpets (either 'get a man in' or hire a cleaner & diy)
• get matching brass letterbox for front door
• buy some more cheap photo albums (trip to Factory Shop for crafty bits)
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer
• sort orchestra social for April Ongoing

TA I made this one here . Basically just chopped loads of veg added garlic stock and curry paste and turned the slowcooker on .

JKS I love my slowcooker I have only made chicken casserole and chilli in it until today but it is really easy to use . Like you said chuck everything in and leave until the end of the day .

I only learnt to cook since using MN until then I could only really make spag bog and roast dinners .

Which one have you got?

um, i can't do a roast dinner or spag bol.

popcorn, stuff on toast, pasta & sauce, fish fingers, that's about it.....

I don't know JKS my mil gave it to me just a bog standard one .

Use the recipe boards on here (netmums is good for recipes too I swear I never go on the forums) and all recipes uk .

I can't make yorkshire puddings I buy ready made and am crap at pastry .

I can cook a bit, but it's almost all things that you do on the hob, while standing there the whole time. I think it's left over from student houses that only had one of those plug-in two-ring electric hobs and no oven.

I made a roast dinner the other day and I was very excited, even though for most people (perhaps depending on generation?) a roast dinner is the most basic full meal you can make.

I also burnt out the microwave the other day.

My living room looks like an Ikea catalogue! I think we must be who they design for, as when we were looking for a TV unit the other year, I had looked in despair through the Argos catalogue and when I clicked onto the Ikea website, I was like 'oh that's what I was thinking of!' (Low and wide with at least 5 spaces for electronics and space on the top for phone ornaments) The store is very annoying though.

I bought a slow cooker, and tried to do a veg stew, but it was all still raw when I went to serve up. Haven't dared have another go.

Had fun bowling last night, but DS was still awake when I got in, so we'll have to stick with bf to sleep for the time being.

I've got a few bits done today, but still to do -

• make dinner
• washing - DS clothes, nappies
• DS bath and bed
• clear dinner/highchair
• DH dinner when he gets in
• wash pots
• Wii Fit
• sort lists