Lists for the Slatternly - May edition

[TrillianAstra]

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.

So Clairey, seeing as you're our resident expert, do i leave the wet stuff out overnight? or bring it in, drape all over the kitchen and put out again tomorrow, or put it in the tumble dryer......?

i await your benevolent decision with bated breath....

Evening ladies. I can see you've been busy again. Are we getting competitive?

JKS - check weather forecast, if dry overnight leave out. Worked for me on Sat. Although have a feeling its going to chuck it down so may as well put straight in dryer. Clarey will be along in a minute with the correct answer I'm sure.

Go to work done
Ring cooker man done
Pick up DS from nursery done
Make bbq tea done
Get DS to bed done
load dishy done
Dishy on done
Make bed

Tomorrow
Update phone
Buy massive bag of compost

Plus
Do some exercise x 3 times a week
Go see head of DS's new school
DS Haircut! done
Get cooker bloke back!
Hoover sofa

More jobs
Buy new bathmat
Get some decent maternity clothes for work
Home facial did sunday
Buy new mugs
Buy kitchen towel holder

Trillian - just catching up with all the posts, yes lots better now everyone knows am pg. Feel a bit more confident. Less stares to my expanding midriff.

Expanding midriff with no explanation - slightly 'gosh she's put on weight' looks.

Expanding bump with a baby inside 'awwwwww' looks.

I am making the MN lemon drizzle cake! In a loaf tin. I'm going to cut off the end so we can check that it's okay, and take the rest round to T (the one with the new baby) tomorrow afternoon.

You're sure it's not horribly rude to go round to someone who had a baby only this weekend? I know there have been threads with people wanting to just be left alone. I think I might knock on the door and run, so they get the stuff but don't get disturbed.

TA - you strike me as the kind of person who it would be ok to drop round.
esp coming laden with lemon drizzle cake!!!!

well inactivity wins out, washing stays out!

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 DONE
• dinner DONE
• dh out for evening meeting DONE
• stay up too late watching BGT Doing
• early night for me err no!

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

The forecast is rubbish here tomorrow afternoon, but looks fine the rest of the week, looking forward to it.

• 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 done
• hang up washing done
• put another load in done
• walk done
• hang washing up done
• tidy livingroom done
• phonecalls when DH gets in done
• dinner done
• DS bath and bed done
• clear kitchen done
• what needs doing? relax
• put milk bottles out
• take mince out of the freezer

Tomorrow:-

• breakfast, clear up
• bring milk in
• washing on
• dry pots
• DS dressed
• me dressed
• rubbish, recycling, composting out
• take boxes to garage
• DS snack
• sort house insurance papers
• DS nap
• lunch, clear up
• walk (depending on the rain)
• DS snack
• tidy living room
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen

Thanks JKS, I think that could be the nicest thing anyone has said to me in ages

TA - aw bless! actually i'd be happy for more of my friends to drop in, but then a) i'm always in because of ds2 sleeping & b) i don't really care what state my house is in

(though it is generally better since being on here!)

Today:

• wake up too early and wait for boys to wake up DONE
• up first with boys DONE
• last load of washing on DONE
• breakfast
• DH to work
• hang out wet stuff
• bring in dry stuff
• ds2 nap
• try online shop/go shopping depending on ds2
• text other mums to come round this afternoon for garden time (fingers crossed for sunshine)
• lunch
• friends round
• tidy chaos left by marauding toddlers
• tea (maybe with others if any stay)
• boys bath & bed
• DH home
• ironing & put away clean clothes
• dinner & early night

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

Right, today's list.

Get up DONE
Breakfast and MN DOING
Invigilating (4 hours, very boring)
Show passport to agency
Lunch
Wrap lemon cake
Pick up bread cheese pate
Take round to T
Washing up
Put away dry clothes
Dinner
Apprentice!

I'd put a brew on for anyone who turned up with lemon drizzle cake.

Trillian - Expanding bump aww looks plus bonus enormous bosoms (where there were none before) stares from older male colleagues who are finding me quite a distraction.

Weather much to awful for any washing. 1 minutes silence for JKS's washing on the line.

List
Get out of house
Take DS to nursery
Go to work
Take stuff back to Debenhams at lunchtime
Quick food shop
Back to work
Post card to friend and order some present for her
Get anniversary card for mum.
Come home to home type carnage.

Good morning all (would say slatterns but some of you have been doing a bit too much to warrant that )

trillian After i had DD i was more than happy for people to come over as long as they didn't mind the mess and made me cake a cup of tea. My Grandma and aunt came over 4 days after i had her, and brought lunch with them and did the washing up - they live 40miles away! I couldn't be doing with someone dropping in who expected me to be hostess, but by the sounds of things, you would be welcome as you seem to understand how new parents feel.

So, stupidly, i went into cambridge with DH yesterday afternoon and i suffered. I was in bed by 6pm with a temperature Feel almost normal today apart from the snotty nose. (yuk)

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Washing on done
Dry washing
Put dishwasher on
Tidy hall
Tidy kitchen
Lunch
Go to jewellery making taster session at college (maybe, if still feel ok)
Do horses (dirty beasts!)
Do weekly shop ( we normally go on a sunday, so have been living off stuff from the freezer for the last 3 days )
Cook dinner
DD bath and bed
Sewing?

Morning all!

Hope you feel better soon alice.

Hope all the slatterns have a good day!

• breakfast, clear up done
• bring milk in done
• washing on done
• dry pots done
• DS dressed
• me dressed
• rubbish, recycling, composting out
• take boxes to garage
• DS snack
• sort house insurance papers
• DS nap
• lunch, clear up
• walk (depending on the rain)
• DS snack
• tidy living room
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen

Thanks for the thoughts re my washing - it is currently being rained on.....toss up now between, leaving it out there and hoping the sun comes out soon, or going out and getting wet myself to bung in the tumble dryer.....

Today:

• wake up too early and wait for boys to wake up DONE
• up first with boys DONE
• last load of washing on DONE
• breakfastDONE
• DH to work DONE
• hang out wet stuff DONE duh
• bring in dry stuff NoneWasDryNowItReallyIsn't!
• ds2 nap Doing
• go shopping DONE FirstTripOutAnywhereWith2ForAges
• text other mums to come round this afternoon for garden time (fingers crossed for sunshine) DONE
• lunch
• friends round
• tidy chaos left by marauding toddlers
• tea (maybe with others if any stay)
• boys bath & bed
• DH home
• ironing & put away clean clothes
• dinner & early night

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

Hello going to read through in a minute . Hope all is ok with everyone.

Had to go to drop in centre yesterday as my MW thought baby was breech (she isn't) while I was there had a sweep been having irregular CTX on and off since about midnight and had a really big show so things may be happening !!!

Ooh cwwm how exciting, are you sure you don't want a slatterns birthing thread??

Right weather here crappy too and still no dryer ! So have heating on and windows open .

JKS enjoy your afternoon of chaos sounds fun.

Alice hope you feel better soon .

Anyone who wants to pop by with lemon drizzle cake after baby arrives is very welcome .

Waves to all slatterns < goes off to potter>.

Alice I nearly cried when I had the sweep I am a total wuss I need Gas and air .

Just hope this isn't another false alarm but if it is my MW is going to book an induction at my appt next week .

Would definitely pop by with cake, but i don't think you are near me. Are you?

Ooh do I get a shiny medal?

So glad I got all that done yesterday though because it is absolutely chucking it down here today.

Well if we're all cool with popping in, shall we have a slatterns tour?? Absolutely no tidying beforehand allowed (and then we can judge see how slatternly we all really are).

Erm today I have got us all up, popped to tescos, hoovered the sitting room, turned the sofa cushions over to hide the dirty side, washed up and had a friend round for coffee. Need to hang out nappies and cook dinner but other than that I am not going to do much so will not bother with a real list . Anyone in N somerset v welcome to come around if they bring cake

JKS I would have left it out too, and then cursed myself when I woke up to rain this morning!

Oh Claireybee I do like your new name (although if you were irish we would have called you a superscrubber)

Well I had to go out and work this morning(which means do messages for dh)
and Iwas up through the night with my shoulder which triggered a migraine so I'm not really with it today, dh said get the kids to bed and then have a beer and watch football with him
Hello Apprentice is on!

And I realised I should have had the VAT return done, but thankfully I do have a lovely dh who said don't worry about it I could do it at the weekend!

And don't worry about my shoulder as its my own stupid competitive fault dh and I are trying to see who can get the youngest wii fitness age, of course he won, he got 28 ffs, I was pleased at getting 37 but yesterday my shoulder gave in and I got 59,

Only 1 schoolrun today as ds has Judo so finishes with dd1
dishes
dinner
beer
football/ Apprentice

thats all lazyday for me

Oh sorry CWWM, I'll be thinking of you!

AND YOU ENGLISH SLATTERNS BETTER NOT THINK OF MEETING UP WITH LEMMONDRIZZLE AND COOING OVER BABYCWWM OR I WILL BE VERY[ENVY]

OR CC and I will have to plan a meet somewhere between here and Co Louth (will have to go see where abouts that would be)

Oh crap forgot that dosen't work in caps

And it would probably be Newry or Dundalk for anyone whos interested depending on where CC is

(OH God I'm in rambling mode today, and it looks like I'm the only slattern online, or I've bored you all to sleep)

Popping in on CWWM would be scary, lots of children there already! Where are you? If you're near Alice then you're near me too! (I'll need to get more lemons though)

Get up DONE
Breakfast and MN DONE
Invigilating (4 hours, very boring) DONE
Show passport to agency DONE
Lunch COOKING
Wrap lemon cake DONE
Pick up bread cheese pate
Take round to T
Card for C whose birthday is the day after mine
Washing up
Put away dry clothes
Dinner
Apprentice!