Slatterns getting Sorted for Summer!

[PlumBumMum]

Here it is a new thread for June, and to motivate us for the Summer

Alice - you feeling better now? a good rant does wonders i find

Wednesday:

• usual upDONE, dressedDONE, breakfastDONE, lunch, etc.
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• pop to shops for bits for lunch DONE
• ds2 nap Doing
• shower DONE
• try on dresses for ball on Sat & find one that fits DONE
• try on dress for brother's wedding next week to find it's now too big! DONE
• panic slightly about what the heck i'm going to wear now.....
• photos
• family tree if poss
• invite friends round for afternoon DONE
• quiet night as DH staying away i think
• wait for Amazon order, poss coming today, of software & new books for me for holiday & for ds1 just because...Doing

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• get to 8stone 7lbs (currently 8,8)
• contact handyman (sort list)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen EmailedFilofaxForHelp - maybe buy a new one?
• edit out the rubbish photos
• upload good ones & order online (DS1; 2.5-3 & DS2;1-1.5) (soon as code will run out!)
• get on with friend's family tree Restarted
• transfer all family tree stuff over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again) for research

Fingers crossed for DH interviews Ali

Alice, I always thought my Dad's place was quite organised, but it's because he puts everything in boxes, baskets, crates. A miscellaneous box is a big help while you're trying to get sorted.
Alternatively, I just throw everything into the study.

Well, we had a lie-in, and we've only just finished breakfast.

• make beds done
• bring in milk done
• breakfast done
• dry pots done
• fold dry washing done
• hang up washing done
• wash pots
• sort washing
• put washing on
• wipe round bathroom
• Me dressed
• DS dressed

That'll do for now.

Feeling better, having a rant and finding some mad threads always cheers me up

Wasting I keep saying to DH about getting some more storagey things and he has finally agreed to let me - yay!! I had a good moan yesterday, and he even looked at the v expensive GLTcompany hallway stuff but decided it was too big. Having a trip to lakeside Ikea at the end of the month to find stuff.

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Strip DD's bed - leaky nappy done
Empty dishwasher done
Go round picking up random items of clothing done
Put washload on done
Go to Stay and play (not doing, one of those days)
Dry washing
lunch
Hoover living room/dining room
De-cobweb downstairs - tall ceilings, you don't notice til the cobwebs are nearly touching you!
Put clean throws on sofas
Do horses/ride
Cook dinner
DD bed
Sewing?

Ongoing:

Sort out clothes. Have decided i need to completely empty chest of draws and wardrobe and have massive clear out.
Sort bathroom shelves
Get living room finished (half painted)
Sort understairs cupboard
Find the bottom of the laundry basket!!!

Morning everyone .

ALI sorry to read about your dp hope he finds something else soon .

Thankyou smallblessings I have been feeling ok over the past couple of days but if I start feeling down I am going to chat with someone I don't want to get PND again .Glad you are feeling a bit more positive and have talked to HV .

PBM your sil is due day before my birthday I don't envy her been that pg though I hated the last few weeks . Hope it all goes ok for her.

alice sounds like our house sometimes first thing hope the day gets better for you .

Waves to everyone else .

Midwife just been Lola weighs 6lb 10.5 oz so is half an ounce of been back to her birthweight she went down to 6lb 7oz last week.

Feeling ok today having to hide from friends though they are trying to get me to go down to their houses and up to babygroup and I don't feel ready yet I'm knackered walking to pick dc up from school ...I know they mean well but I just want to do things at my own pace especially as next week dp will be back at work so everything back to normal .

today

All up and dressed done
Tidy round upstairs done
Make chicken thing I saw on MN done
Quick tidy downstairs
Put potatoes in oven
school run
uniforms
put lolas stuff away

Hi everyone, I plan to be only on for a min, can't be bothered to go find my list its just the same

so I'm going to start in the kitchen

MIL doing schoolruns and then bringing dd1 out for some summer shoes (she has more shoes than anyone I know) but I'm not complaining although dd2 is the one that actually needs new shoes!

CWWM I was going to say sure the kids will be off soon but your dcs finish way later than mine I think, we stop at end of June for Summer

SIL thinks her waters are leaking, am afraid to ring her today as don't want to annoy her

CWWM - well done on Lola's weight gain

Alice - i just spotted some cobwebs here too!

Wednesday:

• usual upDONE, dressedDONE, breakfastDONE, lunchDONE, etc.
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• pop to shops for bits for lunch DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• shower DONE
• try on dresses for ball on Sat & find one that fits DONE
• try on dress for brother's wedding next week to find it's now too big! DONE
• panic slightly about what the heck i'm going to wear now.....
• collect ds1 DONE
• tidy kitchen Started
• clear out fridge DONE
• friends coming later
• ds2 nap
• online food shop
• photos
• family tree if poss
• quiet night as DH staying away i think
• wait for Amazon order, poss coming today, of software & new books for me for holiday & for ds1 just because...Doing

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• get to 8stone 7lbs (currently 8,8)
• contact handyman (sort list)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen EmailedFilofaxForHelp - maybe buy a new one?
• edit out the rubbish photos
• upload good ones & order online (DS1; 2.5-3 & DS2;1-1.5) (soon as code will run out!)
• get on with friend's family tree Restarted
• transfer all family tree stuff over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again) for research

Oh and Alice I feel that way at the minute too, I'm actually ignoring the living room at the minute, wish there was a magic wand to make it all dissappear
looked up dishwashers, but will have to wait awhile as I really am budgetting at the minute, although I had better go as I have the immersion on to heat water for the dishes

BTW nurse says I have like a repitive strain injury in my arm, wonder if I could sue MN

CWWM I know what you mean about hiding-some of my friends kept trying to get me to go places with them when ds was tiny and I was determined to take it easy after having done too much after having dd. Then they started to say that they'd take dd for a day/overnight because I wasn't coping! FFS! I was coping fine but then felt like I had to do stuff I dodn't want to do just to prove that I was...

Alice I don't notice cobwebs til they are quite bad either. And my house is a big mess at the moment and I don't seem to be getting on top of it.

DS posted all the dvds down beghind the radiator earlier so I had to try and fish them out. It seems to have been a hobby of his for some time (and of the previous occupants!) as so far I have retrieved: 3 dvds, a wipe, 2 pairs of knickers (mine)a pair of boxers (dh's) 7 socks, cereal, a kidney bean, 3 small bears from dc's teddy bear train, a montessori phonics booklet about the letter a and a newspaper from 2004. And a hell of a lot of dust and fluff. Unfortunately the lining paper was all bunched up behind the radiator so I ended up ripping half of it off and so now need to repaint the bit under the radiator-hopefully that is one of the cans of paint the landlord left in the shed...

All up, dressed etc - DONE
Wash up bfast stuff - DONE
Go to buy veg, cereal and washing powder - DONE
Go to PO - DONE
Load of washing in machine - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Nappies in machine - DONE
Clean nappy bucket - DONE
Nappies on line -
Lunch -
Hoover (properly) -
Tidy, tidy, tidy -
Cook dinner -

Lunch should read done on tht list btw.

PBM I quite want a dishwasher but it would mean moving the washing machine to the conservatory and I worry that I would get behind with the washing if I had to unlock a door to go out and load it! Also I don't like the smell DW's leave on things and don't like drinking from glasses that have been washed in one unless I wash them off under the tap first. I am pathetic aren't I??

all NOW list done
NEXT
map for ds mum
tidy ds playroom
tidy downstairs
shopping in town for groceriesDONE
dd dropped off at examDONE
sandwich for me
wipe bathroomDONE
put shopping awayDONE
put gazebo awayDONE
MOT booked DONE
tidy outside DONE
clean binDONE

Hello all. Have read but brain is not up to remembering enough to post.

No list today, but I have invigilated for 3 1/2 hours this morning and posted the job app I did yesterday (silly old-fashioned poeple wanting it on paper in an envelope!).

Felt okay until abotu 11 o'clock, then felt rubbish (in the middle the exam thingy). Have eaten lots of cheese and crackers for lunch and now just feel tired, eating cherries and sitting on sofa.

Clairey I have a diswasher but it packed in a couple of threads ago,
my dh is like that but we found if you stick to fairy original tablets there is no smell

WELL BIL & SIL are at hospital, I'm very priviledged they rang me first, shes very nervous, but they hope to have her delivered in the next 48 hours so fingers crossed!

I haven't got anything done, well did dishes and put the chicken on to roast so need to get a wriggle on

oh have sorted and put away some washing
had a cup of coffee out on the patio, got a wee bit of sun

Lucky you having sun Plum, and good luck to SIL and baby. Is this her first?

Ikea is an awesome plan Alice! ()

Well done on Lola's weight CWWM!

I got wet. 5 minutes after we set off the heaven's opened. Still, I needed the walk and DS needed the sleep.

• make beds done
• bring in milk done
• breakfast done
• dry pots done
• fold dry washing done
• hang up washing done
• wash pots done
• sort washing done
• put washing on done
• wipe round bathroom done
• Me dressed done
• DS dressed done
• lunch done
• walk to Morrisons done
• get very, very wet done

next-

• put shopping away
• hang washing up
• snack
• tidy lvingroom
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen
• sleep plan - sort!
• relax

Got wet coming back from pre-school too.

Wednesday:

• usual upDONE, dressedDONE, breakfastDONE, lunchDONE, etc.
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• pop to shops for bits for lunch DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• shower DONE
• try on dresses for ball on Sat & find one that fits DONE
• try on dress for brother's wedding next week to find it's now too big! DONE
• panic slightly about what the heck i'm going to wear now.....
• collect ds1 DONE
• tidy kitchen DONE
• clear out fridge DONE
• friends coming later DONE
• ds2 nap Doing
• tea Cooking
• tidy toys/chaos Started
• online food shop
• photos
• family tree if poss
• quiet night as DH staying away i think
• wait for Amazon order, poss coming today, of software & new books for me for holiday & for ds1 just because...Doing

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• get to 8stone 7lbs (currently 8,8)
• contact handyman (sort list)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen EmailedFilofaxForHelp - maybe buy a new one?
• edit out the rubbish photos
• upload good ones & order online (DS1; 2.5-3 & DS2;1-1.5) (soon as code will run out!)
• get on with friend's family tree Restarted
• transfer all family tree stuff over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again) for research

Evening everyone, hope everyone is well, ended up having the police calling yesterday to discuss the incident on Sunday Night . Matter is now closed hopefully, only beginning to get my appetite back now.

TO DO
Tea Dishes
Clean Counters
Brush Kitchen Floor
Clean Dining Room Table
Brush Floor
Tidy Sitting Room
Brush Floor
Downstairs loo
Bath DD3
Clean bathroom
Have Bath

TO DO
Tea Dishes
Clean Counters
Brush Kitchen Floor
Clean Dining Room Table
Brush Floor
Tidy Sitting Room
Brush Floor
Downstairs loo
Bath DD3 TOO LATE SHE IS ASLEEP
Clean bathroom
Have Bath

Yes Trillian this is her first, my dcs are the only children in dhs family, so it will be strange for them, we never see my brothers dd so keep forgetting I'm already an aunty! This will be different as we see them all the time!

OMG CC Who contacted the garda? Surely it wasn't that bad!

After getting my kitchen sorted it is messy with dinner dishes so back to square one!

Have coffe with other mums from school tomorrow, suppossed to be another mums turn but I think she is out of the house at the min , so it might be my turn, IF I'm not baby shopping!
So I really need to have place tip top just incase!

The poor woman that most of the stuff was directed at her house, thought she was been broken into so called the gardai, seemingly they called sunday night but the boys refused to answer the door, I also got a lecture because I left DD2 (ten on the 22nd June) by herself for a few mins while I collected DD1 from her school tour. I am totally devestated . Had to bring DS to Gp, this morning as he has piled on weight since Christmas, refering him to the same clinic as DD2 but I dont think it is thyroid but no harm to get it checked out.

Oh the joys of Motherhood, never did I think when those 2 lines went pink on the test that this was the way it was going to be

CWWM - sounds like you are being very grounded and trying not to do too much. I had PND last time and am trying to put strategies in place so it doesn't happen again...

hang on, just got to put DH to bed then will write a bit more ...

CWWM - sounds like you are being very grounded and trying not to do too much. I had PND last time and am trying to put strategies in place so it doesn't happen again...

hang on, just got to put DH to bed then will write a bit more ...

CC - crikey! maybe they will have put the frighteners on the boys so might be good thing?

Plum - what do you mean, the other mum is out of the house? away? kicked out?

Wed:

• usual DONE
• panic slightly about what the heck i'm going to wear to brother's wedding Doing
• ds2 nap DONE
• tea DONE
• tidy toys/chaos DONE
• online food shop
• photos
• family tree if poss
• quiet night as DH away Doing
• wait for Amazon order, poss coming today, of software & new books for me for holiday & for ds1 just because...TomorrowMaybe

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• get to 8stone 7lbs (currently 8,8)
• contact handyman (sort list)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen EmailedFilofaxForHelp - maybe buy a new one?
• edit out the rubbish photos
• upload good ones & order online (DS1; 2.5-3 & DS2;1-1.5) (soon as code will run out!)
• get on with friend's family tree Restarted
• transfer all family tree stuff over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again) for research

Evening All.

CWWM - Lola is putting on weight well

Plum - I hope your okay?

CC- How you doing?

TA - How you feeling?

For everyone who got wet today, we got soaked too

DD had her first tranistion lesson upto infants today, and she done really well so proud of her.

All my housework is done, just sitting and going to finish both my assignments tonight, no matter how long it takes me and try and watch the footie inbetween LOL

Plum Thank you

CWWM Make sure you so have a chat to someone in RL if you think you may be getting PND. I'm feeling good - think a good lie in has done me good, Violet and me did'nt wake until 11.10 today!!

I thought I'd pasted my list for today but I have'nt -duh!

Here goes done/to do:

Sleep very late DONE
Get showere and dressed DONE
Breakfast and tidy up DONE
Wash baby and dress DONE
Get DD2 ready for school visit DONE
Lunch and tidy up DONE
Drop DD2 off for visit DONE
Pick DDs up DONE
DD1 and 2 homeork DONE
Load DW, put on and empty ON
Drying IN
Washing DONE
Tackle ironing pile DONE
Get DH to do recycling and bin
Clean catlitter DONE
Clean bathroom floor DONE
Feed baby ongoing

Right must do this week (even though it is thursday tommorrow)

Find address and label parcel
Post office
Text friend to see what are doing on friday
Join slimming world
Arrange service on my car
Sort money out
Sort out the rest of baby's next size clothes
Wash and iron baby's clothes

Lunch and tidy up DONE

I can't believe that we got sun today while you all got rain!

CC that is crap, no they don't tell you all those things maybe thats how they should teach sex education , and hope your ds is alright

JKS Shes in the process of splitting up with her husband, and her ds told mine that he is staying at his grandas house for 6 days, the last time it got bad she moved too her fathers, I seen her breifly yesterday but all the dcs were there so she said she would speak to me today but her father did schoolrun today.
There is no violence just a really bad breakdown, I don't understand things like that as they have 4dcs,7,5,3,1, its all quite sad!

MM how are you doing? what about blood test?