Slatterns getting Sorted for Summer!

[PlumBumMum]

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

DH got the job!!! Woohoo!!!!!!! Such a relief

Alice - you are not a bad Mum, we all do that when needs must

MM - well done on the assignments!

Today
Up and dressed - done
DS dressed - done
Tidy and clean kitchen - done
Tidy living room - done
Get ready for swimming - done
Swimming with DS - done
Lunch with friend and her DD - done
Gossip with tea and cupcakes (I bought some )- done
More washing - done
Sort out toilet bag for holiday
Get out cases
DS dinner
Story
DS bath and bed
Me and DH dinner - wine and takeaway
Clear up
Relax
Get excited about holiday - ongoing
Sleep

Congrats PBM! My DD3 is Kate if thats any help JKS, actually sorry I never called her Katharine, as I have fallen in love with the name!

Congrats to your DH, ALI

Congrats ALi thats brilliant news

Congratulations Ali's DH Really, really pleased for you

Thanks everyone!

Well done Mr Alibaba! That must be a huge load off your mind

Well done Mr AliBaba

CC - i like Kate too but we have a rule (!) that everyone will have different initials, keeps us busier when it comes to name choosing, lol.

Thurs:

• test out all camping stuff Doing (all over the garden now, lol!)
• put away all camping stuff
• tea x 2 Doing
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & bed
• wait for other part of Amazon delivery
• friend popping round with some to try; HasLeantMe3ToTryTheyLookLovely

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?
• 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
• rest of food shopping as not done an online one but got some stuff in Aldi

I have a job! A very temporary one, just for next week, but is better than nowt. I will be answering phone and typing stuff at an estate agent for £7.50 an hour. I'll try to get in some MNing on my lunch break if I get one

Well done Mr Ali for getting a proper job!

run? NAH
breakfast DONE
get up (includes shave legs, wash hair, etc) DONE
water plants DONE
fold and put away dry clothes DONE
hang up wet clothes DONE
repot tomatoes (is it possible to grown cherry tomatoes inside?) DONE
go collect parcel that didn't get delivered DONE
try to collect parcel that go delivered to my old address DONE
pick up a few bits from ethnic shop DONE
make chicken korma for tomorrow DONE
clean bathroom?
good long search for jobs
washing up DONE

Yeah for you too TA!

I'm just making dinner, then we are off to meet the newest member of the family

Good rule JKS, except in this house I have 2 beginning with C and 2 beginning with K as my name shows!

Congrats TA on the job!

CC - so you have the start of everyone's names? we would be Jaketohe..

Thurs:

• test out all camping stuff DONE
• put away all camping stuff DONE
• tea x 2 DONE
• boys bath & bed Soon
• dinner & bed
• wait for other part of Amazon delivery TomorrowHopefully

Friday:

• all up & dressed & breakfasted
• me decide on dresses for Sat ball & brother's wedding (& anything else needed)
• Amazon delivery? (then start on loading software)
• ds2 nap
• cats to vet (poss with ds1) 9.30am
• dh working from home for the morning
• me & ds1 to playgroup
• home for lunch
• dh out to work until late
• ds2 nap
• friends round here for afternoon?
• tidy chaos left behind, lol
• boys tea
• boys to bed
• dh home
• dinner & bed

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?
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family tree stuff over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again) for research
• rest of food shopping as not done an online one but got some stuff in Aldi

JKS I have that rule too which dh would like to break if we have another boy!
I have all sorts of rules, no names that can be shortened, although we did manage to shorten Zoe
Although I have a name that can be shortened to a name I hate, but I have never been called it, or I have corrected people if they ask me can they call me it, thats another , If you introduce yourself as something why would anybody dream of calling you something else if nobody else does???

Although we actually gave dd1 a double barrelled name (actually I did) and still to this day I don't know why, I blame the fact that she wasn't even a day old and I was trying to feed her and was trying to get the registrar away as quickly as possible
I dreaded the birth certificate coming because I was convinced I must have told her something wrong!

cikecaka I always wondered about your name because in my head I pronounce it c-cake-a and wondered did it mean something!

Si-kee-ka-ka is how I pronounce it.

(not sigh and not see but si like in sing)

I think of it as the same as plum with 'cake' in the middle

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Empty dishwasher done
Put washload on done
Go to town? nope
Dry washing done
Put 2nd load of washing on done
Dry 2nd load done
lunch done
Clean bathroom - put bleach in loo
Hoover upstairs
Do horses/ride done
Cook dinner done
DD bed done
Sewing?

Ongoing:

Sort out clothes. Have decided i need to completely empty chest of draws and wardrobe and have massive clear out. DONE!!!!! (last night) We chucked out 3 bin bags of old clothes
Sort bathroom shelves
Get living room finished (half painted)
Sort understairs cupboard
Find the bottom of the laundry basket!!!

I'm with TA/
So CC, how would you say it?!

Thurs:

• boys bath & bed DONE
• try on all dresses & decide DONE

(May have to start a Style thread for help though!)

• dinner DH Cooking & bed

Friday:

• all up & dressed & breakfasted
• me decide on dresses for Sat ball & brother's wedding (& anything else needed) DressesDecided
• Amazon delivery? (then start on loading software)
• ds2 nap
• cats to vet (poss with ds1) 9.30am (remember cards)
• dh working from home for the morning
• me & ds1 to playgroup (remember bday card for friend's dd)
• home for lunch
• dh out to work until late
• ds2 nap
• friends round here for afternoon?
• tidy chaos left behind, lol
• boys tea
• boys to bed
• dh home
• dinner & bed

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?
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family tree stuff over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again) for research
• rest of food shopping as not done an online one but got some stuff in Aldi
• maybe pop back to Aldi for other camping stuff (wither minus DC or with DH to make it easier)

Well done Mr. Alibaba and Trillian!

We walked to town and back and I have blisters now.

But my friend at Lush gave me some samples.

I think I pronounce it how Trillian says, but now I'm thinking about it, it's all gone funny in my head.

• clear kitchen
• sort some of DH packing out
• order blind when DH gets in

That's about all I can manage tonight I think.

Tomorrow:-

• bring milk in
• breakfast, clear up
• wash pots
• fold dry washing
• washing
• Me dressed
• DS dressed
• Tidy living room
• wait for Virgin man to bring V+ box!
• sort clean washing and put away
• lunch, clear up
• walk (if feet are ok)
• what next?

Congrats all round - Ali's DH and TA for your jobs.

No list for me today. Had a migrane and came home early from work. Been on sofa all afternoon. Have only just been able to look at computer screen.

Lovely DH has put DS to bed and made me some food.

Ooh, free samples from Lush sound lovely WME.

List for tomorrow:

get up
Tesco (in car)
unpack shopping
smear test
take back stuff to New Look and White Stuff
give in cheque for garden party
take in form for ISA
lunch
go visit estate agents for handover
go to agency for forms
dinner at H's

Well I thought I would sleep like a log tonight but I can't - still wide awake!
I say CC's name like TA does, but having similar issues to WME now I've tried to think about it

Me and DH have the same initial. The girl's name we like also has that initial! It gives us a bit of a problem as that would leave DS as the odd one out....

TA - congrats on the job

HMHB - boo for migraines, yay for lovely DH.

JKS - glad you've sorted clothing, nothing more worrying than not knowing what you're going to wear! How is DS2 doing?

List ready for tomorrow
Up and dressed
DS dressed
Hang out sheets
More washing in
Breakfast x 3
DH into office to do admin for leaving
Fold clean laundry
Clear up and tidy kitchen
DS nap
Wiifit
Shower and get dressed properly
Pack DS clothes
Lunch x 2
Post father's day cards and DB's birthday card
Pop into Sainsbury's
Decide what clothes I'm taking with me
Ironing
More washing?
DH home - check when
DH to tell neighbours we are away and ask them to keep an eye on the house
Dinner x 3
Story
DS bath and bed
Do packing
Sort satnav and map
Sleep

Morning everyone, never really put much thought into my name, when I signed up I thought it was a simpler way, as the first few names I saw had their Dcs name in their names, I thought it would be very long winded to put CI....,KE...,CA.....,KA..sMUM , back in a min with my list. Have to get DD1 and DD2 up

Good morning everyone

Trillian congrats on temping job
Are you moving (v. nosy)

HMHB how is your head?

WME I lurve Lush. My favourite thing at the moment is Rub,Rub,Rub sea salt shower gel - so yummy!

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed
Make beds done
Empty dishwasher done
Put washload on
Take horses rugs off
Go to town, get christening card, more hairbands and possibly tin for laundry stuff
Dry washing
lunch
Put dry washing away
Clean bathroom
Hoover upstairs
Do horses/ride
Cook dinner
DD bed
Quick tidy round
Load dishwasher and start
Sewing?

Ongoing:

Organise with next door about garden fence
Sort bathroom shelves
Get living room finished (half painted)
Sort understairs cupboard
Find the bottom of the laundry basket!!!

Am I moving Alice? No. Why? The temp job (one week only) is actually about a 15 min walk away from our flat, which is great.

Decided not to go to Tesco this morning - we have enough stuff to get us through the weekend and I think we'll be more economical if we leave it until we actually need stuff.

get up
Tesco (in car) CHANGED-MIND
unpack shopping
smear test
take back stuff to New Look and White Stuff
give in cheque for garden party
take in form for ISA
lunch
go visit estate agents for handover
go to agency for forms
dinner at H's