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Lists for the Slatternly - May edition

1002 replies

TrillianAstra · 05/05/2009 09:33

Okay, I am clearly worrying way too much about this but there are only a few spaces left in the old thread!

(What do I think will happen if we finish without a new list? We'll just make a new one. Relax woman!)

Thanks to alicecrail for the title.

Please finish the old thread before starting on this one - there could be a prize if you are number 1000.

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JustKeepSwimming · 26/05/2009 09:03

err, the brownies, well, see, first the dog ate the recipe, then i lost the baking tray, and then.....

Today:

  • all up & breakfast DONE
  • all dressed 3done
  • Dh to work DONE
  • ds2 nap Doing
  • tidy pre-cleaners DONE
  • catch up on MN Doing
  • try and get out with the boys in the rain when cleaners are here, maybe, if ds2 wakes up
  • try and tackle weekend jobs!
  • lunch x 3
  • friend popping in for coffee
  • ds2 nap
  • afternoon activity; baking?
  • DH home earlyish (working nearby this week, yey!)
  • boys tea
  • boys bath & bed
  • our dinner/eat with boys?
  • dh out for evening meeting (i think)
  • early night for me

Left from weekend:

  • try and clear out boys clothes that are too small & put in loft
  • get bigger clothes down from loft for ds2
  • get summer clothes sorted out for boys
  • ring insurance people to chase my new laptop

Ongoing:

  • get to 8stone 7lbs (currently 8,9)
  • contact handyman (sort list)
  • get photos of family & hang them up
  • buy some cheap photo albums
  • go through all websites i've bought stuff off recently and change passwords
  • research epilepsy PlentyMoreToDo
  • find correct sized refills for filofax pen
alicecrail · 26/05/2009 09:22

Good morning slatterns

Started feeling a little grotty yesterday with a sore throat, and by bed time my nose had filled up, and this morning i am aching all over. So i am feeling very sorry for myself, but hoping that it is only a 24 hr thing

List:
Feel sorry for myself
Drink hot ribena
Take paracetamol
Change DD's nappy (starting to get a little wiff of something....)
MN
Put a washload on
Go and get horses in (if i feel better)
Go shopping with Dh (if i feel better and he gets afternoon off)
Waitrose
Ride horses? (doubtful)

Have good day all

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TrillianAstra · 26/05/2009 09:35

Just reading though, hope everyone had a good weekend. DP's sister plus boyfriend came to visit and we went punting (very Cambridge!).

Plum sorry your mum is being a pain - I really don't know how some people's minds work or what they think they are doing. She must mean well somehow, right?

HMHB well done the grapevine - are you glad nwo that everyone knows officially?

Alice - where did you go for lunch? Somewhere nice? Sorry you're feeling rubbish today.

The last lot of brownies I made rose and turned into just a square of chocolate cake. I think I did something wrong.

Can we have a kitten update? Or did I miss it?'

And a general 'hi' to everyne else

Today:
MN and drink tea DOING
apply for job at friend's work
up and dressed porperly
washing up
water chillis
supermarket? (if it stops raining)
bake cake?
lunch
invigilating

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PlumBumMum · 26/05/2009 10:22

Morning all,

See Alice you didn't do as you were told, if you had made brownies at least you would have yummy brownies to keep you company while you huddle up on the sofa!

Trillian they should rise abit but should be denser than chocolate cke, but thats what you get for pissing people off on mn

Only joking by the way I thought you were in the right, and understood completely what you mean't in your original post some people can be abit possessive over their unusednicknames
(I catch anyone eyeing up my plumbum I'll cut your hands off)

And Lucky is grand, got him some kitten food but he just licked all the milk from around it so will leave it for a couple of days, but he can use the cat litter tray so yay!

HMHB you get a tick, good girl

Right suppose I should do a list

dcs back to schooldone
get dd1 washed and dressed
breakfast dishes
hang out washing
load washing machine
sort any dry washing
iron what needs ironed
hoover
dust
clean tidy kitchen
lunch
collect ds from school
MIL collecting dd1
Put lasagne in oven
Dancing for dd1 (me read my book)

PlumBumMum · 26/05/2009 10:25

JKS YOU DON'T HAVE A DOG

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TrillianAstra · 26/05/2009 10:28

What, someone is cursing my brownies because I innocently wondered if they wanted it any more? MN is full of vipers after all!

Glad your kitten is doing well. Lucky is definitely the right name for him. (him? her? do you know?)

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PlumBumMum · 26/05/2009 10:34

Lucky is a him/he/tom

Well my other nickname will be unused until 24 starts again and nobody is getting their hands on it, because she kickedass last night on 24 (reneewalker)

alicecrail · 26/05/2009 10:36

Plum I may not have made brownies, but i did make my plum tray bake which looks like the same sort of thing - has cream cheese swirled through it. I had some for breakfast

Trillian We were planning on going to cafe rouge but it was packed (as usual) so went to La Tasca instead yum yum. They have a new pudding that is chocolate fondue with strawberries, pears and donut twists to dip Sooooo good.

PlumBumMum · 26/05/2009 11:00

Ok you get a tick too Alice

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TrillianAstra · 26/05/2009 11:28

Don't think I'm going to get much done today, spending the afternoon sitting in a room while someone does an exam reading my book making sure they don't cheat.

Today:
MN and drink tea DONE
apply for job at friend's work DONE
up and dressed properly DONE
washing up
water chillis DONE
supermarket? (if it stops raining)
bake cake?
lunch
invigilating

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claireybee · 26/05/2009 11:30

Mornin'

DD's party was good, lots of people came, most of the food was eaten and we had good weather . Then had more friends come on sunday to stay til monday so spent all of sunday sat in the garden drinking wine and eating bbq food while my sister looked after children and cleared up for me. Heaven! (and this was after she ran 13.5 miles in the morning in preparation for a half marathon )

I do love having a houseful of people, but I don't like all the mess it brings .

Today:
All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line -
Load of washing in -
Load of washing on line -
Tidy round sitting room - DONE
Dust sitting room - DONE
Wipe round loo -
Wipe round sink -
Wipe round kitchen - DONE
Wipe dining table & highchair - DONE
Clean bathroom -
Sort and put away clean washing -
Decide what to make for dinner -
Cook dinner -

PlumBumMum · 26/05/2009 11:40

Its raining here so can't get my washing out, and washing on clothes horse isn't completey dry yet

TrinityRhino · 26/05/2009 11:56

get up done
find bra done
eat breakfast done
get kids up done
kids breakfast done
take dd1 to school done
walk duke
empty and fill dishwasher done
put a load on done
put dryer on done
hang a load out
have early lunch done
take dd2 to nursery
nap for dd3
bag for charity

Original poster
TrillianAstra · 26/05/2009 12:10

I'm not interested in your tonuge Trinity!

If the wind changes you'll be stuck like that

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claireybee · 26/05/2009 12:18

PBM Sunny here but rain forcast tomorrow so am trying to get the millions of loads of bedding and towels from the weekend all washed and dried today. Its windy too so it's drying fairly quickly(just hope I don't break this washing line too!)

Oh and I didn't make brownies but I did say it would have to be this week... (and I did a hell of a lot of other catering over the weekend!)

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line -
Tidy round sitting room - DONE
Dust sitting room - DONE
Lunch - DONE
Wipe round loo -
Wipe round sink -
Wipe round kitchen - DONE
Wipe dining table & highchair - DONE
Clean bathroom -
Sort and put away clean washing -
Decide what to make for dinner - DONE (XimXim)
Cook dinner -

JustKeepSwimming · 26/05/2009 12:21

TA - you been upsetting people again?!
hope you have a good book/crossword/pile of sudoku for the afternoon!

Plum - pmsl, did i say dog? i meant cat! actually i'd love to make brownies & ten eat them all, but diet is wobbling enough atm as it is! may do some baking with ds1 this afternoon depending on ds2's nap/the weather.

sun is trying to come out....

now how difficut can it be to find these refills online??? have ordered & returned one lot already, hmph.

Today:

  • all up & breakfast DONE
  • all dressed DONE
  • Dh to work DONE
  • ds2 nap HadShortNap
  • tidy pre-cleaners DONE
  • catch up on MN DONE
  • try and get out with the boys in the rain when cleaners are here, maybe, if ds2 wakes up DONE
  • ds2 proper nap Doing
  • try and tackle weekend jobs! Started
  • loads of filing lond overdue DONE
  • lunch x 3 InAMo
  • friend popping in for coffee
  • ds2 nap
  • afternoon activity; baking?
  • DH home earlyish (working nearby this week, yey!)
  • boys tea
  • boys bath & bed
  • our dinner/eat with boys?
  • dh out for evening meeting (i think)
  • early night for me

Left from weekend:

  • try and clear out boys clothes that are too small & put in loft
  • get bigger clothes down from loft for ds2
  • get summer clothes sorted out for boys
  • ring insurance people to chase my new laptop DONE ComingThisWeek!

Ongoing:

  • get to 8stone 7lbs (currently 8,9)
  • contact handyman (sort list)
  • get photos of family & hang them up
  • buy some cheap photo albums
  • go through all websites i've bought stuff off recently and change passwords
  • research epilepsy PlentyMoreToDo
  • find correct sized refills for filofax pen
PlumBumMum · 26/05/2009 12:26

Yes Claireybee you are excused

Anyoneelse (glances up thread, notices a tongue sticking out) Trinity, Brownies?

dcs back to schooldone
get dd1 washed and dresseddone
breakfast dishesdone
hang out washing
load washing machine
sort any dry washing
iron what needs ironed
hoover
dust
clean tidy kitchendone lunchdone
collect ds from school
MIL collecting dd1
Put lasagne in oven
Dancing for dd1 (me read my book)

Original poster
TrillianAstra · 26/05/2009 12:28

Again? When have I ever upset anyone? I'm completely fluffy and uncontroversial.

I like your long list of washing Clairey - I did some yesterday but next lot I might list as all separate jobs to make my list more impressive.

Might go to supermarket on way back from invigilating. Pregnant friend is now friend-with-baby, ended up having a C section but all is well and has a little girl (don't know any more than that). So I need to bake her a cake and take round some nice food. Think it would be best to do a ring-doorbell-and-run-away job as I don't want to disturb them, just want to leave a card and some yummy food.

MN and drink tea DONE
apply for job at friend's work DONE
up and dressed properly DONE
washing up DONE
water chillis DONE
supermarket? (if it stops raining)
bake cake?
lunch BACON-SANDWICH
invigilating

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PlumBumMum · 26/05/2009 12:45

Oh I think if your bringing yummy food and make a cupa you'll be welcomed

wastingmyeducation · 26/05/2009 13:02

Afternoon all!
Had a fab time in Wales! Raining a little on Friday, then great weather til we left yesterday after lunch. It was fair day on Saturday, so lots for DS to look at, then Sunday we visited the Castle and went on the beach, then yesterday there was an antique fair followed by fish and chips and icecream.
I've been dozens of times over the years, but it never loses its magic.

I'm afraid I missed the homework assignment, but then I'm supposed to be on a diet so must be excused.

  • breakfast done
  • hang up washing done
  • more unpacking done
  • DS dressed done
  • me dressed done
  • clean sink done
  • take clean washing up done
  • sort washing done
  • put load of washing on done
  • DS snack done
  • DS nap done
  • lunch, clear up
  • hang up washing
  • put another load in
  • walk
  • hang washing up
  • tidy livingroom
  • phonecalls when DH gets in
  • dinner
  • DS bath and bed
  • clear kitchen
  • what needs doing?
claireybee · 26/05/2009 13:10

Trillian As if I have separated them out just to make my list look longer

JustKeepSwimming · 26/05/2009 15:34

WME - welcome back

Today:

  • all up & breakfast DONE
  • all dressed DONE
  • Dh to work DONE
  • ds2 nap DONE
  • tidy pre-cleaners DONE
  • catch up on MN DONE
  • get out with the boys in the rain DONE
  • ds2 proper nap StillDoing
  • try and tackle weekend jobs! Started
  • loads of filing lond overdue DONE
  • lunch x 3 DONE (except ds2)
  • friend popping in for coffee DONE
  • ds2 nap StillAsleepFromThisMorning
  • laundry 2LoadsWashed&Out 3rdLoadIn
  • afternoon activity; baking? ErmTVInstead
  • DH home at some point, he thinks he won't be that early after all, boo hiss
  • boys tea
  • boys bath & bed
  • our dinner
  • dh out for evening meeting (i think)
  • early night for me

Left from weekend:

  • try and clear out boys clothes that are too small Started & put in loft
  • get bigger clothes down from loft for ds2
  • get summer clothes sorted out for boys Started

Ongoing:

  • get to 8stone 7lbs (currently 8,9)
  • contact handyman (sort list)
  • get photos of family & hang them up
  • buy some cheap photo albums
  • go through all websites i've bought stuff off recently and change passwords
  • research epilepsy PlentyMoreToDo
  • find correct sized refills for filofax pen
claireybee · 26/05/2009 17:21

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Tidy round sitting room - DONE
Dust sitting room - DONE
Lunch - DONE
Wipe round loo -
Wipe round sink -
Wipe round kitchen - DONE
Wipe dining table & highchair - DONE
Clean bathroom -
Sort and put away clean washing -
Decide what to make for dinner - DONE (XimXim)
Cook dinner -

Erm, so other than a lot of washing I seem to have done very little today

JustKeepSwimming · 26/05/2009 17:57

Claireybee - SuperWasher

Today:

  • all up & breakfast DONE
  • all dressed DONE
  • Dh to work DONE
  • ds2 nap DONE
  • tidy pre-cleaners DONE
  • catch up on MN DONE
  • get out with the boys in the rain DONE
  • ds2 proper nap DONE
  • try and tackle weekend jobs! DONE
  • loads of filing lond overdue DONE
  • lunch x 3 DONE (except ds2)
  • friend popping in for coffee DONE
  • ds2 nap DONE
  • laundry 2DryLoadsBroughtIn 3rdLoadOut 4thLoadInMachine
  • afternoon activity TV DONE
  • DH home at some point, DONE
  • boys tea DONE
  • boys bed
  • our dinner
  • dh out for evening meeting (i think)
  • early night for me

Left from weekend:

  • try and clear out boys clothes that are too small & put in loft DONE
  • get bigger clothes down from loft for ds2 DONE
  • get summer clothes sorted out for boys DONE

Ongoing:

  • get to 8stone 7lbs (currently 8,9)
  • contact handyman (sort list)
  • get photos of family & hang them up
  • buy some cheap photo albums
  • go through all websites i've bought stuff off recently and change passwords
  • research epilepsy PlentyMoreToDo
  • find correct sized refills for filofax pen
Original poster
TrillianAstra · 26/05/2009 18:40

superwasher. See, you don't really need to do much to get praise here.

MN and drink tea DONE
apply for job at friend's work DONE
up and dressed properly DONE
washing up DONE
water chillis DONE
supermarket DONE
bake cake?
lunch BACON-SANDWICH
invigilating DONE

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