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

[FAQinglovely]

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

Oh dear have slumped and feel crap can actually feel myself nodding off.
The bloody HV has not turned up and I am seriously thinking about making beans on toast for tea .

The house is a complete pit now too and mil is coming to drop dd off and I have to tidy up because sofa is arriving later .

Sounds like you need to raise your blood sugar CWWM. Tea and a biscuit?

Here's the cut-your-own-hair link (well, one of them).

Plum - the Philadelphia one ...

Trillian - It's his first birthday in May. We're just having family round for either barbecue if it's nice or tea party if not. I need to decide what I'm doing about the cake and when we'll do the food shop for it etc. Can't believe he's nearly one!

Alice - the 3rd best hotel? I wonder how they worked that out?

I've got curly hair too, and have cut it in the past, but only when it was quite short. What I do is grab a section, twist it and then snip into the ends. Wouldn't do it if I had straight hair, all the mistakes would show!

• make bed done
• clean sink and toilet done
• breakfast done
• fold dry washing done
• pack change bag done
• clear breakfast/highchair done
• DS dressed done
• Me dressed done
• hang washing out done
• put another load in done
• DS nap nope!
• out for lunch done
• walk done
• DS nap done
• clean second hand toys done
• raise level on entertainer done
• DS snack done
• dinner
• DS bed and bath
• clear dinner/highchair
• wash pots
• Wii Fit
• put milk bottles out
• soak feet

Ongoing:-

• Lost 1stone -1lb
• DS birthday planning started
• DS birthday invites
• babyproofing
• book dentist appointment
• Child Trust Fund - fill in dd form, post
• email RSVP
• Set up Freecycle account
• Put up clock and pictures in DS room
• Sort Mums stuff in garage
• gas and electric on dd, - ring to find out how much?
• sort pantry
• buy double buggy for me and SIL watchingonebay
• order photos for frame
• blackout curtain for DS room

Put food in slow cooker - DONE
Laundry - IN PROGRESS
Clean kitchen - DONE
Sort out toy boxes - DONE
Clean living room - DONE
Clear dining table - DONE
Clear outgrown clothes from kids wardrobe DONE
Clean bathroom
Clean bedrooms - DONE
Hoover everywhere
Mop all floors
Clean outside deck area
Clean front door
Sort out paperwork

Hello everyone

Had friends round, toys everywhere but we all had fun in the garden.

DS2 just done an explosive poo & DH didn't deal very well with it - sobbing from ds2, wtf is going on from me, total ignorance from ds1 watching tv!!

Today:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• ds2 quick nap DONE
• tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• get some laundry 2ndLoadOn
• hang out 1st load DONE
• repair seam on t-shirt DONE
• get distracted & tidy sewing box DONE
• play cars with DS1 DONE
• all of us to coffee morning thing at friend's house DONE
• me & boys home for lunch DONE
• dh to work DONE
• dw DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• friends round for afternoon DONE
• tea Doing
• tidy toys
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & quiet night

This weeks goals:

• pack for trip to parents (need lists!)
• go to parents (Thurs)
• sort out Easter baking to take with us (nests & butterfly cakes/fairy cakes i think)
• remember chocolate bunnies for boys to take with us
• friends coming tomorrow (check timings & weather forecast-rain)

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site StillDoing
• 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
• 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
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer
• sort orchestra social for 21 April Ongoing
• fit new loo seat (need new 'screw' bit as thread is wonky, grr)

Go for a run DONE
Post about run on DONE
Shower etc DONE
Wash running gear and towels - HUNG UP
Fold dry sheets DONE
Wait for Tesco to be delivered DONE
Drink tea and MN DONE
Pack away Tesco stuff DONE
Lunch DONE
Take out recycling DONE
Wait for microwave to be delivered (I burnt out the old one) DONE
Make soup and freeze COOLING
Apply for job LETTER PREPARED
Fix hair so can't be accused of being 'frizzy' DONE
Make dinner - noodles tonight I think

Pretty much a full list

One sounds like a good birthday - you can just do what you want without interference from the child in question

I'm wavy rather than curly - it can be encouraged in either direction if I try but often ends up a little like a nest on my head at which point I resort to scraping it back into a ponytail

FAQ you're entitled to a slower day today after yesterday's efforts

Today
Up, showered and dressed - done
DS up and dressed - done
Breakfast x 3 - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Tidy kitchen - done
Clean kitchen - done
Tidy dining room - done
Tidy living room - done
Floor shop manager coming at 11am - done
Hoover downstairs
Clean loo and sink in bathroom - done
Lunch x 3 (DH 'working' at home today)- done
Wash nappies - done
2 other loads of washing - one done
Sort out airing cupboard
Fold and put away clean laundry - started
Go to floor shop to choose replacement vinyl - done
Find plumber's invoice for Homebase - done
Go to Homebase with invoice - done
Out for walk? - too cold now
Make dinner
Tidy up from dinner
Tidy round before bed
Book skiing holiday

Ongoing
Sort out going back to work
Find childminder
Poppers onto duvet covers
Lose weight - 1 stone to start with
DS' child trust fund
Open DS savings account
Birthday card for my brother
Buy Easter eggs

My hair is dead straight. Am I in the wrongplace?

Looks like we all quite a productive day. Thanks for letting me post here
Sorry haven't been chatty but I was on one helluva a mission!

Put food in slow cooker - DONE
Laundry - IN PROGRESS
Clean kitchen - DONE
Sort out toy boxes - DONE
Clean living room - DONE
Clear dining table - DONE
Clear outgrown clothes from kids wardrobe DONE
Clean bathroom
Clean bedrooms - DONE
Hoover everywhere - DONE
Mop all floors - DONE
Clean outside deck area
Clean front door
Sort out paperwork

Letting you post here not sure how we'd stop you

Straight hair is allowed, it looks like a lot of people would like to have straight hair, you are lucky because you don't need to iron yours!

I mostly have straight hair, except for the greys which stick straight up and look obvious

TA - what did you do to the old microwave???

Today:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• ds2 quick nap DONE
• tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• get some laundry3rdLoadOn
• hang out 1st load DONE
• repair seam on t-shirt DONE
• get distracted & tidy sewing box DONE
• play cars with DS1 DONE
• all of us to coffee morning thing at friend's house DONE
• me & boys home for lunch DONE
• dh to work DONE
• dw DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• friends round for afternoon DONE
• tea DONE
• tidy toys Started
• bring in 1st laundry load
• tumble dry 2nd load
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & quiet night

This weeks goals:

• pack for trip to parents (need lists!Lists DONE)
• go to parents (Thurs)
• sort out Easter baking ingredients to take with us (nests & butterfly cakes/fairy cakes i think)
• remember chocolate bunnies for boys to take with us
• friends coming tomorrow (check timings & weather forecast-rain)

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site StillDoing
• 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
• 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
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer
• sort orchestra social for 21 April Ongoing
• fit new loo seat (need new 'screw' bit as thread is wonky, grr)

I was deforsting some meat that I had bought fresh and then frozen in the plastic packaging.

So I stabbed a few holes in the lid and stuck it in the microwave on 'defrost'.

Apparently some shops feel the need to use a metal security tag thingy on £3 worth of beef. Cue black smoke, small fire, melted plastic on microwave, greasy blackness all through microwave (including in air vents).

It still actually will heat stuff, but it spews out brunt-plastic smell as you can't get intot he air vents to clean them. So we've got a new shiny silver microwave with a grill instead

lol for your extra secure beef TA

Right home from dancing
dinner
clean tidy kitchen
get dcs to bed (check all their underwear is in the right place)
Football on tonight so I will do ironing
MIL took my picture to get framed tomorrow, hope it looks good on wall, she was suitably impressed when I told her I did it when I was 14 [bighead]

Had to go get some of my list

THIS WEEK
fill out land of Leather claim form posted (thankyou TA)
visit friend & new baby done [broody]
make a start on veg patch
b&Q paint for fence & gates
make a start on invoices (should have been done)
measure dd1 for dance show costumes done
fill in form and fee done
dance lesson fee in env done*
Fill in Judo licence form & fee for ds (will do after Easter hols)
Judo lesson fee in envelope
FFS all of above £81
buy hoover bags (tues)forgot
doc app for dd1 blood test Wed

The McClusky was a Very Bad Haircut that made me look lik this

wash 2 loads of clothes - second in
dry at least 1 load - drying
make dinner done
clear kitchen floor done
clean kitchen floor done - not perfect, but not dodgy nightclub style sticky anymore
buy present done
Make Charter - done
Do dishes - done

pmsl Flame forgot about her

I don't know who she is.

But it is definitely not good hair.

It has taken since OCTOBER to grow a decent length, and even now won't go without straightening.

PMSL Flame

Had layers put in once when parents were away, think i was about 16, it was awful & took forever to grow out.

Today:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• ds2 quick nap DONE
• tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• get some laundry3rdLoadOn
• hang out 1st load DONE
• repair seam on t-shirt DONE
• get distracted & tidy sewing box DONE
• play cars with DS1 DONE
• all of us to coffee morning thing at friend's house DONE
• me & boys home for lunch DONE
• dh to work DONE
• dw DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• friends round for afternoon DONE
• tea DONE
• tidy toys DONE
• bring in 1st laundry load
• tumble dry 2nd load
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & quiet night

This weeks goals:

• pack for trip to parents (need lists!Lists DONE)
• go to parents (Thurs)
• sort out Easter baking ingredients to take with us (nests & butterfly cakes/fairy cakes i think)
• remember chocolate bunnies for boys to take with us OnList!
• friends coming tomorrow (check timings & weather forecast-rain)

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site StillDoing
• 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
• 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
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer
• sort orchestra social for 21 April Ongoing
• fit new loo seat (need new 'screw' bit as thread is wonky, grr)

Can I join you ladies?

Trillian, I have just checked on Wikipedia, and you are too young to know who Mrs. McClusky was. [old]

Welcome MuppetsMuggle! Check back in a few mins when i have actually done something!!

I've just looked - I didn't watch Grange Hill anyway so I have no chance.

Welcome muppets muggle

Well TA I felt really old last week, ds asked me did I watch something on Jetix when Iwas a little girl and I was like there was

no sky
just 4 channels
kids tv everyday at 12noon and then after school thats it
saturday morning

he was

but had a wee trip down memory lane showing him and dd all the programs I watched, was so pleased when I found mooncat as nobody ever seems to remember that, (I was starting to think I had made it up)

Anyway he thought He-man was just the coolest thing ever, was even more impressed that he was called Prince Adam, I had completely forgot

Just remembered dcs finish school tomorrow at 12 yay
don't have to make any packed lunches!

Welcome Muppets

Ooh we used to have a He-Man & She-Ra video when i was little (lived abroad, no tv, poor deprived us!), got watched a lot!!!

Today:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• ds2 quick nap DONE
• tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• get some laundry3rdLoadOn
• hang out 1st load DONE
• repair seam on t-shirt DONE
• get distracted & tidy sewing box DONE
• play cars with DS1 DONE
• all of us to coffee morning thing at friend's house DONE
• me & boys home for lunch DONE
• dh to work DONE
• dw DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• friends round for afternoon DONE
• tea DONE
• tidy toys DONE
• bring in 1st laundry load DONE
• tumble dry 2nd load Doing
• boys bath & bed DONE (well ds1 still playing silly buggers...)
• dinner DH GoneForTakeaway! & quiet night

This weeks goals:

• pack for trip to parents (need lists!Lists DONE)
• go to parents (Thurs)
• sort out Easter baking ingredients to take with us (nests & butterfly cakes/fairy cakes i think)
• remember chocolate bunnies for boys to take with us OnList!
• friends coming tomorrow (check timings & weather forecast-rain)

Ongoing:

• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site StillDoing
• 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
• 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
• contact neighbour to sort out fixing fence over the summer
• sort orchestra social for 21 April Ongoing
• fit new loo seat (need new 'screw' bit as thread is wonky, grr)