The 'things to do today' list-makers, slatternly or otherwise - part (&!$(*&^%$$

[TrillianAstra]

New thead. I am so organised

Bet I cross-thread with FAQ doing the same!

I think of it as a timesheet, a record of where my day went, as well as a reminder of what I need to do.

CD - lists on here are for things which need to be done and take time to do. It all eats up space in the day - so if you get to the end of it and have only fed and dressed children and got them to bed you have achieved something

I put 'waste time on MN' on my list!

We are the Slatterns, not the crazy-cleaning-FLY-people.

Make coffee and tea and lunch DONE
Drink tea DONE
Order Laithwaites wine with special discount DONE
Defend self against accusations of being a doormat DONE
More tea DONE
Get email saying I didn't get job DONE
Drink more tea and MN DONE (for too long)
Run DONE
(shower after run) NOPE BEING STINKY
post about run on M DONE
Hoover DONE
Tidy DONE
Quickly clean bathroom DONE (wiped everything that guests will see - very Slatternly)
Prepare stuff for tonight
Take stuff to charity shop?
Buy things I have forgotten
Make self look nice

Flame your DD sounds lovely My little bro had/has Aspberger's tendencies and that reminded me so much of the kind of conversation he would have with my parents when he was little.

TA - IME it depends how you treat them. If you

Today
Up dressed and showered - up and dressed, shower later
Shave legs, deal with eyebrows etc etc - later
DS up and dressed - done
Breakfast x 3 - done
Make lists of things to pack - done
Take bin out
Pack DS bag for weekend
Pack up cutlery and serving bowls I need to take to Mum's - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Tidy and clean kitchen - done
Sort my clothes for weekend
Lunch x 2 - me done
Floor fitter coming - not sure what time still
Check what time DH will get home from work - 3pm he hopes
Put away clean clothes (pile is entirely covering spare bed ) - doing
Quick trip to Mothercare
DS dinner
Load car and go to parents house
Drink wine and be fed nice food
Sleep

Finish that sentence please!

I need to know!

How weird - a whole chunk missed out there!

Can't be arsed to type it all again - but essentially if you treat a child like a person who can be reasoned with then they pick up on that fairly quickly. Having said that I'm sure there are exceptions.

Blimey I need to get off here and get on - arghhh!

x-posts!

Thanks. I won't hijack the slatternliness any more - will start a thread some other time when I can be bothered.

WME oops asked HMHB about her ds when it was meant to be you, How is he my dd' are horrible scabs now please tell me they clear up soon, my dd & ds had chicken pox last year and my bfs ds's had hand foot mouth, I think its coincendence

Everyone up done
breakfast done
washed & dressed done
dd2 dettol bath done
dd2 dressed done
empty dishwasher done
load dishwasher done
wipe round surfaces done
bake philly cheesecake brownies 10minsleft
paint rest of fence if sunny 1sidedone
lunch done dhs uncle called so had to make a speedy extra portion
replant some daffodils that have appeared in veg patch
load washing machine 2ndloadin
1st load hungup
sort clean washing
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
load dinner dishes
clean & tidy kitchen

OK Slatterns, tell me this.

We have a couple of friends coming round for dinner. I am making curry. I have made a lamb rogan josh (Jamie MOF) and will be making a chicken passanda (creamy/nutty). There will be rice and nann bread. We're having Poppadoms with stuff to start off, and icecream with meringues at the end. (most of this is prepared in advance)

Should I also do a vegetable side dish thing?

Or don't tell me, that's fine. I;ll go to food.

Thats ok PBM! He didn't really get that many spots, they're all dried now and the smaller ones are disappearing.
Hope she's feeling better.

Go for it Trillian, side dishes make a meal a treat.

• Breakfast done, clear up done
• Dress DS done
• Wash pots done
• Mop floor
• Washing - nappies
• Put clothes for tonight on radiator to dry done
• Face mask done and eyebrows done
• Bag up jumble
• Check bus times done Rubbish evening service!
• Text MIL what time to come round done
• Read and join 24 thread done
• DS nap done
• Lunch done, clear up
• Lots of playing done
• Make sure everywhere is 'tidy' before MIL comes round

to you slatterns wha are going out partying tonight

alice - I've had several hot baths already (including one immediately after coming in from the garden) and ibruprofen doesn't seem to make any difference

I'm not going 'out' anywhere, am I excused the ?

No your not TA I just love Indian food

Dress - DONE
Hair - DONE
Eat - DONE
Feed DC - DONE
Dress DC - DONE
Go to Hatt - DONE
Sort orders - DONE
Post orders - DONE
Dry Washing x 2 - DONE ONE
Wash washing - DOING
Write down fic ideas

• Breakfast done, clear up done
• Dress DS done
• Wash pots done
• Mop floor done
• Washing - nappies done
• Put clothes for tonight on radiator to dry done
• Face mask done and eyebrows done
• Bag up jumble
• Check bus times done Rubbish evening service!
• Text MIL what time to come round done
• Read and join 24 thread done
• DS nap done
• Lunch done, clear up done
• Lots of playing done
• Make sure everywhere is 'tidy' before MIL comes round done apart from living room
• shower done
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• get dressed and face on
• Go out!

I hope everyone doesn't think i've been bragging??!!!! I didn't mean it like that, just that i was so surprised that i recovered so quicly and that having a cs may in some people be a better option iyswim
plum i hope you DD has a lovely time, i would definitely take her to see mine if you were just that little bit closer
Faq It probably needs rest, the Dr's are unlikely to do anything, perhaps see how it is after the weekend - NO GARDENING!!

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds DH done (again! goes to show that nagging does work!)
Put washload on done
Turnout horses done
Put washing tumble dryer done
Put 2nd load of washing on done
Put washing in tumble done
3rd load of washing??
Unload dishwasher DH done
Lunch done
Muckout horses done
Ride done
Clean bath
Go to Waitrose about to go
Tidy living room
Hoover living room
Wash living room carpet??
Cook dinner
DD bed

ONGOING LIST
Lose at least 5lbs (its a start!)
Finish painting living room
Buy fabric and make curtains for conservatory
Sort out bathroom unit
Get shelves put up

Am totally behind and haven't time to catch up sorry, will try and have a read tomorrow sometime.

Today:

• me up first DONE
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• ds2 ABs x 4 3Done
• dh to work DONE
• morning activity with ds1 DONE
• bath for me? in peace while PIL watch Madagascar with ds1, lol DONE
• sort diary dates DONE
• sort 1 load of laundry (all the weed on stuff from yesterday) DryJustNeedsPuttingAway
• make card for friend
• lunch x 5 DONE
• me to work for half day (to up my hours) DONE
• roast for dinner altogether cooking BoysEatenAlready
• boys bath & bed
• dh & me to friend's 40th
• don't drink too much
• home not too late hopefully & bed

Ongoing:

• find ds1's toy golf clubs from last year (think they all broke/got lost, oops!) GivingUpOnThis!
• find new ones to buy for an early bday present (Waitrose has some good ones apparently)
• reset Sky+ to record DS programs
• buy some films off eBay SomeBought
• get to 8stone 7lbs (new low of 8,11)
• look up family tree stuff on 1911 census site DoingSomeMore
• think about sorting out DH's photos
• 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
• sort orchestra social for 21 April Ongoing
• book nursery for extra work days coming up

I've prepared everything I can think to prepare in advance, the the extent that my onions are chopped already.

Alice - we don't think you're bragging, just letting us know that c sections aren't always terrible.

Having a cup of tea now

Make coffee and tea and lunch DONE
Drink tea DONE
Order Laithwaites wine with special discount DONE
Defend self against accusations of being a doormat DONE
More tea DONE
Get email saying I didn't get job DONE
Drink more tea and MN DONE (for too long)
Run DONE
Shower after run DONE
wash hair DONE
post about run on MN DONE
Hoover DONE
Tidy DONE
Quickly clean bathroom DONE (wiped everything that guests will see - very Slatternly)
Prepare stuff for tonight DONE
Empty bin DONE
Take out recycling DONE
Hide old microwave DONE
Take stuff to charity shop?
Buy things I have forgotten DONE
Make self look nice

No Alice I didn't think you were bragging either I had 3 as I see it vvv good natural births and I wouldn't like anyone to think I was bragging if I was telling them about it, because if you listen to my MIL natural birth is the most horrific thing ever, so I was try to give the positives, (exp my epsis on G&A obvisously) but again I survived and it wasn't that bad (on reflection )

that was supposed to be I aways try to give the positives anyway better go get out of painting clothes

Hi just catching up with you all.

PlumBum - we must have crossed wires somehow. DS is fine (apart from the potty training obv). No spots atm. He had chicken pox last year. But we used calamine lotion when he had chicken pox and he was fine. Hope your LO gets better soon.

CWWM - I've just had a big cry with the midwife as we were discussing VBAC or Section due to emergency section last time, so I know exactly how you feel with the dilemma between the two. I also would miss the gas and air! BTW it took me ages to recover from the EC!

Jobs
Up showered, make up on, dressed done
DS up breakfasted done
DS dressed done
DS bag packed for nursery done
DS dropped at nursery with potty training instructions done
See midwife done
Go to work done
Fish n chips at lunch done
Pick up DS from nursery done
Make snack at home for DS done
Cup of tea done
Mnet done
Get DS ready for bed done
Story and into bed
Plan potty training bootcamp weekend
Make tea
Tidy kitchen
Online food shop
Put load of washing on
Ring Dad