Slatterns and list makers reunited - FAQ returns!!!

[FAQinglovely]

new thread - a little early but I wanted to mark my return.

Sorry for everything I've missed - but I can promise you I'm BACK now

(any major updates please let me know )

Morning all and hi dilemma and everyone

Short list today as I'm sneakily mning from work and have a full day in the office today.

Today:
all up, washed & dressed - DONE
breakfast - DONE
fold clean washing - DONE
put away clean washing - DONE
put on washing - DONE
stack dishwasher
do work invoices
print and hand in expenses
hoover upstairs
send off credit card
Bottle elderflower cordial
put away on line shop
dinner for 3
Samba to bed
bed

Ongoing this week
organise July budget properly
plant chard and spinach
empty bins
clean bathroomDye hair
pluck eyebrows
Dye eyelashes
Lose 2 pounds
Clear and polish kitchen table
Find something to use as a fruit bowl and put fruit in it
Sugar soap bathroom door
Sugar soap kitchen walls
Wash cat beds
Wash coats
Tidy stacked paper pile
buy wedding anniversary present for DH
Tidy little pots of random crap
Move junk up to attic
get attic ready for friend to stay
Buy remaining food for christening
Change bed

Muppets - sod housework, go to the pub - good life philosophy

• finish crosswords from Sun

Tues:

• DH up first (thank heavens!) DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed 3done (DH getting ds2 dressed now)
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• dh working from home for morning so i'm free Doing
• pop into neighbours to meet cats & tortoise that i'm feeding for next 2 weeks! (have kept forgetting about it so will have to write it somewhere in big letters so they don't starve!) DONE
• maybe try and find shoes (yet again) for a dress for an event coming up next week, argh! DONE
• drop off forgotten toy at friends house DONE
• maybe pop into bf group for cuppa Not Done
• collect ds1
• lunch
• dh to work
• ds2 nap
• invite 'tues' friend round (we're in such a routine now) DONE
• garden + paddling pool
• tea x 3
• boys bath & to bed
• me to orch (confirm sitter & check cash)
• home and bed

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• contact handyman (sort list Doing)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family tree stuff over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again) for research
• make a holiday collage with ds1 to send to Bro & SIL
• make congrats card for friend's new baby
• find cheap bedframe before both sets of grandparents come for party weekend in 3 weeks, eek BiddingOnLocalOneOnEbay

morning all

Only just back from volunteering so better start now
Kitchen DONE

Next

clothes in my room onto rail
clothes of mine for car boot[or jumble lol]
tidy small annexe room
hoover my room
hoover annexe
sort newspapers
dust my room

JKS I think thats a fab philosophy i've been up there with Darcie everyday since friday hehe

she loves it, has her own dedicated bar stool and everything lol, also orders her own orange juice from the bar staff.
Its our local and its a lovely quiet family pub, I know the owner and nearly all the bar staff.

Its the pub quiz tonight, we will not be doing well as DP doesn't answer any questions.

Hi all, just popping in to say hi. Why does DP not answer any questions at the pub quiz Muppets? Is he scared of getting it wrong?

I am temping still today but leaving at lunchtime to go to the pub for a leaving lunch for a friend from the lab. I expect the beer garden will be packed!

TA He doesn't know any of the answers, they are quite difficult - i'm proud that I am smart enough to answer some of them lol.
He doesn't really read tbh, has no interest in history or anything. One of the questions last week was

Which was the last reigning monarch from the House of Hannover?

Now to me this was an easy question the answer being Queen Victoria but DP had no idea.

Not done much, DS was shouting.

Are you all going to the pub today?!

• DS boobed, changed and dressed done (thought I'd expand as it always looks like I've done nothing first thing)
• breakfast, clear up done
• dry pots done
• spin washing done
• wash pots
• wipe round bathroom
• Me dressed done
• washing nextloadin
• lunch, clear up
• walk - Co-op, chemist, Range
• visit SIL
• tidy livingroom
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen
• put milk bottles out
• mop floor

Ooh, that does sound tricky!

TA that was easy compared to some.
another easy one was

Whats the capital of Malta?

WME If you live in bedhampton, we can leave the kids with daddy and we can go up the pub

Hi everyone
MM we have no pubs with in walking distance(we have nothing within walking distance)

OOOOOHHHHHHH Alice you are getting me all excited and abit

Hi TA whats the new job?

Right we definitely need our own chat thread
Slatterns having a chat
Just chatting ignore us or join us

Or something else?

Right off to get lunch on and washing hung out its so lovely here (cross fingers, hopes it lasts)
Went to chemist collected scripts and got hayfever stuff under the minor ailments (thats what I couldn't remember the other day incase anyone was interested)

everyone up, washed & dressed done
breakfast done
feed kittendone
clean litter traydone
school runsdone
collect prescriptionsdone
go to school to watch end of year done
preformance thing (get to see dd1 play violin for the first time)done
speak to teacher about dd1 & violindone
dcs finish @12done
dd1 off to friends and then to a partydone
organise collection for dd1 with other mumdone
ring ins about carseats again
dishes, wash,dry & put away
wash ondone
hang out
Brush & mop floors esp utility room
sort my wardrobe
sort my bedroom (done abit)
lunch
clean & declutter utility room
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
sort all clean washing
clean & tidy lounge
sort dd2/ds room
sort dd1 room
dinner
dishes again
find spare spray bottle for dettol
spray dettol around chimney breast
make a start on CTC forms

Will add more as I remember

Afternoon . Been lazy today again .
I seem to have started doing more things in the evening when DP is here to keep an eye on things.

JKS dc are at school today I think we were just all tired and grumpy yesterday .

MM am having a better day apart from the crap with my Mum am @ pub . We do have a pub near us but tis full of scary looking people .

Hi TA .

I love pub quizzes even more now my dsis won a 100.00 the other night in the pub not sure what for though .

Hi PBM I want a slatterns chat thread I like Slatterns having a chat .

Waves to all other slatterns [weneedawavingsmiley]!

Today
Dress DD4/5 done
Washing and Drying started
Strip Dc bed done
wait for packages here
Pay ebay
General tidy round
Dinner done
Walk
Clean dd room
School run
Tea
uniforms
rr
Bedtimes

What about "Slatterns having a cuppa and a chat"?

Hi all, just popping in as am at my parents' for the week. Have only skimmed a few of the messages but alice's possible news caught my eye! When you test can you post the result in caps so I don't miss it?!

Haven't got a proper list but have loaded/unloaded dishwasher, hoovered downstairs, mopped their kitchen and utility room floors, wiped all the cat food off the utility room walls (it was minging and STANK of catfood), washed the cat beds and washed the nappies today so fairly productive

What's alice's possible news? I have failed to read through. Is it another baby? (I assume all MN 'big news' is babies unles told otherwise )

I got to hold a 5-week-old baby today and I was scared. Silly me

Hey everyone

We have had a lovely day at the beach, but i had never noticed that it smelt soooo bad I have also got a bit sunburnt DD wasn't interested in the sand, just wanted to go in the sea good old DH

I'm thinking that if i don't come on by monday then i am assuming i am and pointless to do a test, may as well just book in at drs, unless they need you to test first? Though i am also thinking that if i do a test tomorrow then it would probably be quite accurate, so i am umming and ahhing over it.

List:
Do horses
Dry washing
Cook dinner
Finish painting last alcove
Pull out sofas and tidy/hoover
Shampoo carpet
Wash throws and cushion covers
DD bath and bed

• DS boobed, changed and dressed done (thought I'd expand as it always looks like I've done nothing first thing)
• breakfast, clear up done
• dry pots done
• spin washing done
• wash pots
• wipe round bathroom done
• Me dressed done
• washing 2ndloaddone
• lunch, clear up done
• walk - Co-op, chemist, Range done
• visit SIL toohot
• tidy livingroom
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen
• put milk bottles out
• mop floor

Plum I can see our lovely pub from my balcony window

CWWM In regards to your mum I really do think you need to be strong for your DBro and take him to your mums pack a bag of his belongings and have him stay at yours whilst you work on helping him get a place to stay, get on his feet with college and finding a job. I agree with doing the RSPCA foster thing for his dog until he is settled, he needs this as you've said he's totally different he's full of life when hes not around her.

Oooh Alice testestestestestest

um, hi everyone else - wish i could head out to a pub quiz - love good pubs & love quizzes! DH hates them as he gets stressed when he doesn't know the answers!
we are going to a charity quiz on fri actually - could be fun, but at a school not a pub, boo hiss!

• finish crosswords from Sun

Tues:

• dh working from home for morning so i'm free DONE
• collect ds1 DONE
• lunch DONE
• dh to work DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• garden + paddling pool DONE lovely
• tea x 3 + friends 2 DDs DONE
• tidy kitchen MostlyDone
• boys bath & to bed soon
• me to orch (confirm sitter DONE & check cash)
• home and bed

+ lots of laundry HangingOut

• collect in laundry

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• contact handyman (sort list Doing)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family tree stuff over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again) for research
• make a holiday collage with ds1 to send to Bro & SIL
• make congrats card for friend's new baby DONE
• find cheap bedframe before both sets of grandparents come for party weekend in 3 weeks, eek StillWinning

Hi again & thank you all for the warm welcome. I already feel more organised just for writing things down! Must try & get on in the morning tomorrow though, seems more logical!

TODAY:
Up & dressed, me & DS DONE
Shower DONE
Sterilise bottles DONE
DH lunch DONE
Brekkie me & DH DONE
Brekkie DS DONE
Weigh-in DS DONE - now 21lbs (at 6 months 2 weeks tomorrow )
Story time at library DONE
Market for veg DONE (saved £2.25 on Tesco prices there, by my reckoning & much fresher too)
Lunch in park DONE (including sneaky 99 ice cream!)
Walk 3 miles home via Tesco for nappies & nappy sacks DONE
Washing in DONE
Washing out DONE
Washing in
Dinner
Prepare meals for DS, now at meat & dairy stage of weaning - Ratatouille, AK One-pot chicken, Fish pie. If anyone has any more weaning recipes suitable for a 6-month old who eats everything I'd love to hear them please!
Dishwasher
30 mins minimum exercise bike (did last night watching Andy Murray, spurred me on a bit - thought if he can play tennis for close on 4 hours, i can cycle for 30 mins! Although granted he probably hadn't been looking after a baby all day!)
Mail out for freelance translation business
Make sympathetic noises towards DH who swears he has broken his toe
DH to dress DS for bed, give him bedtime feed & put to bed

Sorry for waffling, must be in a good mood today!

PS - Even though I have only just joined you, am excited by Alice's possible news! Fingers crossed!

Well we are not going to pub quiz now DP feels ill and has gone to his mothers straight from work, can't you tell shes back off holiday she phoned DP this morning and said she'd got him some hayfever tabs and he told her i'd already got him some I think she ignored that and said your dinner for tonight is.... then phoned me all apologetic saying won't be round as going to mummys even tho he knew I was cooking his fav dinner tonight before we went out he didn't have the balls to stand up to his mother and it realy bugs me, shes trying to keep hold of him and he's 31 FGS.

My sympathies Muppets, in my (limited)experience DPs do feel unable to let go of Mammy's apron strings, and MILs even less so. I just console myself by thinking about all the things DH has done (uni, travelling, tasted new foods etc) since being with me, so I guess that means I'm a catalyst for that. (BTW I do like my MIL, just dislike the way she insists she knows DH best - tell me I'm not going to be like this with my DS!)

Is there not a friend you can go to pub quiz with - make the most of a planned night out & your extensive general knowledge?

My sympathies Muppets, in my (limited)experience DPs do feel unable to let go of Mammy's apron strings, and MILs even less so. I just console myself by thinking about all the things DH has done (uni, travelling, tasted new foods etc) since being with me, so I guess that means I'm a catalyst for that. (BTW I do like my MIL, just dislike the way she insists she knows DH best - tell me I'm not going to be like this with my DS!)

Is there not a friend you can go to pub quiz with - make the most of a planned night out & your extensive general knowledge?

oops, posted twice

Thanks Jen, I'm the same I get on with her but just grr he can be such a mummys boy at times and for his age it bugs the hell out of me.

No one at short notice to go up there with, should arrange it one week really.

Huuuuggge list to be completed (yes, completed) by tomorrow

Do lots of washing
Cook dinner doing
Finish painting last alcove
Pull out sofas and tidy/hoover
Shampoo carpet
Wash throws and cushion covers
Clean out bathroom unit DONE!!!
Clean bathroom
Tidy bedrooms
Hoover upstairs
Hoover stairs
Empty bins
Empty hall
Hoover hall
Dust downstairs
Hoover kitchen
Clean all kitchen sides and cupboard doors
Clean kitchen window
Clean cooker/hob
Wipe down bins
Mop all hard floors
Clear dining room
Clear living room