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Slatterns getting Sorted for Summer!

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PlumBumMum · 30/05/2009 11:37

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

OP posts:
PlumBumMum · 23/06/2009 00:34

Ouch ali, have you tried nipple sheilds?

I basically didn't do much else tonight, had acatchup on the phone with 2 of my friends, then watched a very shocking episode of wife swap

Tomorrow
everyone up washed & dressed
breakfast
pack lunches
schoolruns
banking for dh
Clean tidy kitchen
really need to sort some clean washing!!!!
foundation stage fun meeting for ds at 1.15
dinner made early
drop dcs to MIL
dh picking them up and going to park
dds dance show have to be there for 6

OP posts:
FAQinglovely · 23/06/2009 08:05

just a reminder that the new thread is ready to go when we all are.

Todays' list (won't be updated until later though)

  • DS's up and dressed DONE
  • DS1 and 2 to school
  • Empty dishwasher
  • "Coffee Cup" (church thing)
  • Town
  • My place to pack more stuff
  • Sort top of piano
  • Sort kitchen worktops
  • Dinner
  • Study
  • Pop into DS1's school to check details about lunch for school trip
  • Load dishwasher
ermm think that's it for now.
alicecrail · 23/06/2009 08:26

Good morning all

Ali ouch! That sounds really painful

I am so tired this morning. Dh was out late so woke me up when he came to bed, then he had his alarm set for extra early for work that was actually cancelled but forgot about the alarm. The alarm then woke DD up so she is tired and grumpy and i am tired and grumpy - great combination

Bathroom
Pick up clothes/towels, put in washing basket done
Empty bin done
Hoover

Bedrooms
Pick up clothes done
Make beds done
Open curtains/windows done
Empty waste paper basket
Hoover

Landing
Tidy away clothes hanging on banister
Put away sheets that are sat by airing cupboard door
Hoover

Stairs/Hall
Tidy all shoes
Chuck any old envelopes etc in recycling

Living/Diningroom
Pick all clothes up
Put all toys away
Take throws off sofas
Febreeze sofas
Recycle newspapers
Hoover

Kitchen/Conservatory
Look lovingly at new fridge done
Empty dishwasher
Put bottles beer/coke in new fridge DH done
Clean old fridge - Eek!!

Everone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed
Wait in for DH's new laptop doing
Put lots of washing on 1st load on
Dry lots of washing
Go to town if chance
Lunch
Horses
Dinner
Baths and bed

cikecaka · 23/06/2009 09:06

morning everyone, hope everyone is well, just copied and pasted my list from yesterday as I didnt get much done as we had tons of visitors cause it was DD2 birthday and ended up having an impromptu tea party, lucky I had some supplies in for the party on Sat

Everybody Up DONE
Everybody Dressed DONE
Make Lunches DONE
tidy over Kitchen
Wash Breakfast Dishes DONE*
Clear Dining Room
Clean Sitting Room
Start Cleaning for Party
DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM
Wash Walls
Clean Door
Remove dust from Skirting boards and behind the sink
clean Toilet
Wash Floor

MuppetsMuggle · 23/06/2009 09:27

Morning slatterns

Well DD isn't well. Was up most of the night, coughing and trying breathe. Was quite worrying for a moment, as she stopped breathing due to all the coughing. however, I am used to it in a way. she is really congested, my poor little girl - she's still stating she wants to go to school.

My List:

Get us up & Dressed DONE
Breakfast DONE
Medicine DONE
Take rubbish bags out
School run (Darcies choice)
Hoover
clean my bathroom
really start my ironing
prepare dinner
School run
bath DD
then we will see from there

PlumBumMum · 23/06/2009 09:31

Who thinks we'll be on the new thread by this evening(only 20 posts left here!)?

Well Alice that is a long list
I'm going to break list done going to start with kitchen

everyone up washed & dressed done
breakfast done
pack lunches done
schoolruns dhdoing
banking for dh dhdoing
wash on done

KITCHEN
wash, dry & put away all dishes
declutter work tops
clean work tops
clean kitchen table
brush & mop floor
peel potatoes
boil potatoes &mash
cook mince for cottage pie

really need to sort some clean washing!!!!
hang washing out
foundation stage fun meeting for ds at 1.15
dinner made early
drop dcs to MIL
dh picking them up and going to park
dds dance show have to be there for 6

OP posts:
morningsun · 23/06/2009 10:11

morning all

Need to get beyond basic tidy up and

1 PUT CLOTHES AWAY!
2 PUT DS BOOKS AWAY!

So quick tidy up then do some of that

PlumBumMum · 23/06/2009 10:57

everyone up washed & dressed done
breakfast done
pack lunches done
schoolruns dhdone
banking for dh dhdone
wash on done

KITCHEN
wash, dry & put away all dishesdone
declutter work topsdone
clean work topsdone
clean kitchen tabledone
brush & mop floordone
peel potatoes
boil potatoes &mash
cook mince for cottage pie
make lunch

really need to sort some clean washing!!!!
hang washing outdone
foundation stage fun meeting for ds at 1.15
dinner made early
drop dcs to MIL
dh picking them up and going to park
dds dance show have to be there for 6

OP posts:
alicecrail · 23/06/2009 11:24

Morningsun i know what you mean about books and clothes, they seem to breed in this house, i'm sure of it!!

Bathroom
Pick up clothes/towels, put in washing basket done
Empty bin done
Hoover

Bedrooms
Pick up clothes done
Make beds done
Open curtains/windows done
Empty waste paper basket
Hoover

Landing
Tidy away clothes hanging on banister
Put away sheets that are sat by airing cupboard door
Hoover

Stairs/Hall
Tidy all shoes
Chuck any old envelopes etc in recycling

Living/Diningroom
Pick all clothes up done
Put all toys away
Take throws off sofas done
Wash throws done
Febreeze sofas
Recycle newspapers
Hoover

Kitchen/Conservatory
Look lovingly at new fridge done
Empty dishwasher done
Put bottles beer/coke in new fridge DH done
Clean old fridge - Eek!!
Tidy round and wipe sides done

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Wait in for DH's new laptop done
Put lots of washing on 2nd load on
Dry lots of washing 1st lot drying
Go to town if chance
Lunch
Horses - farrier coming 3.30pm
Dinner
Baths and bed
Do some painting

claireybee · 23/06/2009 11:29

Muggle if your place is clean and tidy then I'd say you have more than the basics covered already, mine is neither

Am child free today so in theory should get lots done...

I am also overdue a smear but my nurse friend told me to wait til I stop breastfeeding because the cervix can be high and difficult to get to when you are bf and it can be painful. Then again ds is only feeding twice a day now and my periods have been back and regular for a good few months so that probably wouldn't apply to me. I was going to book it for today while my friend had the dc but then looked at the calendar and realised that it would be a very nasty time to do so.

Today:
All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen & dining table - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Another load in - DONE
2nd load on line - DONE
Another load in - DONE
3rd load on line -
Mp up tea I just spilt and try to stop it staining carpet - DONE
Clean fridge - DONE
Hoover downstairs -
Mop downstairs -
Lunch -
General tidy round -
Clean playroom -
Clean bathroom -
Sort and put away baskets of clean clothes -
Cook dinner -

claireybee · 23/06/2009 11:31

There are some scarily long lists today, what's wrong with everyone??

I think we might be about to have a storm, it's gone all dark, not good for my washing on the line but I do love storms

cikecaka · 23/06/2009 11:44

Everybody Up DONE
Everybody Dressed DONE
Make Lunches DONE
tidy over Kitchen DONE
Sweep floor DONE
Wash Floor ABOUT TO DO
Put casserole in oven DONE
Go to bike shop to collect DD1s Bike NOT READY YET
Wash Breakfast Dishes DONE*
Clear Dining Room DONE
Wash Floor DONE
Clean Sitting Room
Make Lunch
Go Downtown to do banking
Start Cleaning for Party
DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM
Wash Walls
Clean Door
Remove dust from Skirting boards and behind the sink
clean Toilet
Wash Floor

claireybee · 23/06/2009 12:59

Today:
All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen & dining table - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Another load in - DONE
2nd load on line - DONE
Another load in - DONE
3rd load on line - DONE
Mop up tea I just spilt and try to stop it staining carpet - DONE
Clean fridge - DONE
Hoover downstairs - DONE
Mop downstairs - DONE
Lunch - DONE
General tidy round -
Clean playroom -
Clean bathroom -
Sort and put away baskets of clean clothes -
Cook dinner -

Next task: DRINK WATER

cikecaka · 23/06/2009 13:02

Everybody Up DONE
Everybody Dressed DONE
Make Lunches DONE
tidy over Kitchen DONE
Sweep floor DONE
Wash Floor DONE
Put casserole in oven DONE
Go to bike shop to collect DD1s Bike NOT READY YET
Wash Breakfast Dishes DONE*
Clear Dining Room DONE
Wash Floor DONE
Clean Sitting Room DONE
Make Lunch DONE
Go Downtown to do banking AFTER DINNER
Start Cleaning for Party
DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM
Wash Walls
Clean Door
Remove dust from Skirting boards and behind the sink DONE
clean Toilet
Wash Floor

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 23/06/2009 14:48

Very late with my list today! Had an awful night with DS, only got about 2 hours sleep so DH worked from home today and I had another couple of hours sleep this morning - feel just about passable!
Nipple seems to be healing, feeding wasn't so painful this morning thank goodness!!

Today
Breakfast x 3 - done
Wash nappies - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Reload - done
Tidy kitchen - done
Tidy living/dining room - done
Lunch x 3 - done
DS nap - doing
Book Ocado delivery for tomorrow - done
Hang out clean washing from last night - next
Make chicken casserole for DS
Hoover downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Wipe over radiator and shelves in bathroom
Hang out nappies
Put on another load of washing
Sit down with cup of tea in front of tennis
DH to put up stairgate
DH to do tip run?
Meal plan for rest of week and weekend
Finalise Ocado delivery
DS dinner
DS bath and bed
Me and DH dinner, kievs and chips with salad
Clear up

Ongoing/this week
DRINK WATER
Lose weight - 7lbs down
Sort out DS' wardrobe
Shoe cull - 2 pairs gone
MOP KITCHEN FLOOR!
Clean insides of patio doors
Book smear
Book Drs app for next Friday

claireybee · 23/06/2009 14:49

Are you all too busy actually completing lists to post about them?

Today:
All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen & dining table - DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Load of washing on line - DONE
Another load in - DONE
2nd load on line - DONE
Another load in - DONE
3rd load on line - DONE
Mop up tea I just spilt and try to stop it staining carpet - DONE
Clean fridge - DONE
Hoover downstairs - DONE
Mop downstairs - DONE
Lunch - DONE
General tidy round - DONE
Clean playroom -
Clean bathroom - DONE
Take down shower curtain and wash - DONE
Sort and put away baskets of clean clothes - DONE
Make list for dh to give letting agent - DONE
Meet product test lady (she's going to give me £5 just for testing some tampons!)-
Cook dinner -

I don't wanna do the playroom [sulk] Maybe I'll just shove toys in boxes and quickly wipe the surfaces and leave the proper clean til another far away day-at least then it will look clean on the outside

claireybee · 23/06/2009 14:51

But first I'm going to drink more water (thanks Alibaba for reminding me ), I think I am going to have to put it in my list so I can cross it off in future.

HalfMumHalfBiscuit · 23/06/2009 15:21

Hi all, sneaky post from work. HAve only managed to read this page so hope everyone is doing well. Lots of long lists on here!

Was so exhausted last night completely failed to post at all (plus DH hogging computer).

Ali - ouch , glad its healing.

Alice - hope you have a better night sleep tonight. Sleeping seems to be tricky at the moment cos the nights are so light.

CC - Happy Birthday DD2

MM - Hope DD is ok, sounds like a nasty cough.

Am going to take DS for a trail run at nursery at the local school tomorrow so have the morning off which is exciting.

Gestate 23 weeks doing - lots of kicking during boring meetings which is good.
Go to work done
Post parcel done
Pay nursery done
Water plants
Start packing for weekend
Find something for me to wear to party
and DS
Get DS from nursery
DS bath
Quiche for tea
Empty dishy
Sort kitchen
Washing on / out

Important
Get cake for mums 60th!

HalfMumHalfBiscuit · 23/06/2009 15:22

trial run sorry

cikecaka · 23/06/2009 16:34

Its a fabulous day here, got lots of washing done, have only one basket of colours left and I will be up-to-date with my washing. That is call for celebration! Anyone got a bottle of champers they would care to share
Everybody Up DONE
Everybody Dressed DONE
Make Lunches DONE
tidy over Kitchen DONE
Sweep floor DONE
Wash Floor DONE
Put casserole in oven DONE
Go to bike shop to collect DD1s Bike COST ME E50 TO GET FIXED
Wash Breakfast Dishes DONE*
Clear Dining Room DONE
Wash Floor DONE
Clean Sitting Room DONE
Make Lunch DONE
Go Downtown to do banking DONE
Washing ONLY ONE BASKET LEFT
Start Cleaning for Party
DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM
Wash Walls
Clean Door
Remove dust from Skirting boards and behind the sink DONE
clean Toilet
Wash Floor

PlumBumMum · 23/06/2009 16:41

Yeap absolutely roasting here today, can't believe going to be stuck inside changing alot of children later
just nipped in as all I have left on my list is to eat dinner and go, although never sorted washing but to busy outside
going to take in first wash and hang out 2nd

everyone up washed & dressed done
breakfast done
pack lunches done
schoolruns dhdone
banking for dh dhdone
wash on done

KITCHEN
wash, dry & put away all dishesdone
declutter work topsdone
clean work topsdone
clean kitchen tabledone
brush & mop floordone
peel potatoes done
boil potatoes &mashdone
cook mince for cottage piedone
make lunchdone

really need to sort some clean washing!!!!
hang washing outdonedone
foundation stage fun meeting for ds at 1.15done
everyone out in garden in sun doing
dds hair up and in to bundone
makeup and lots of glitter done
dinner made early about to eat
drop dcs to MIL
dh picking them up and going to park
dds dance show have to be there for 6

OP posts:
PlumBumMum · 23/06/2009 16:43

Think I will have to cook cottage pie more often if it will guarantee 23degrees outside, nobodies in the mood!!

OP posts:
cikecaka · 23/06/2009 16:44

Enjoy the show (again), PBM, Probably best to see it twice you could have missed something the first time . Cant believe we are near the end of this thread

cikecaka · 23/06/2009 16:46

I made lamb casserole, (or stew as they call it here), poor DDs were starving but the sweat was dripping off them while eating it

cikecaka · 23/06/2009 17:55

Everybody Up DONE
Everybody Dressed DONE
Make Lunches DONE
tidy over Kitchen DONE
Sweep floor DONE
Wash Floor DONE
Put casserole in oven DONE
Go to bike shop to collect DD1s Bike COST ME E50 TO GET FIXED
Wash Breakfast Dishes DONE*
Clear Dining Room DONE
Wash Floor DONE
Clean Sitting Room DONE
Make Lunch DONE
Go Downtown to do banking DONE
Washing ONLY ONE BASKET LEFT
Start Cleaning for Party
DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM
Wash Walls
Clean Door
Remove dust from Skirting boards and behind the sink DONE
clean Toilet
Wash Floor
Sort out drawers in DS Room DONE
Tidy DS room STARTED BUT DD3* TRIED TO HELP SO ABANDONED IT UNTIL* LATER

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