Slatterns and list makers reunited - FAQ returns!!!

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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 )

Tell me this: what are hundreds and thousands?

I think they are the brightly-coloured strands. But I ordered them from Tesco and Dr Oetker says they are pastel-coloured balls.

I would have said they were the multicoloured strands, but Dr Oetker has lots more baking experience than me

Hundreds & thousands are coloured strands Dr O is obviously losing the plot .

MM (((hugs))).

Waves to PBM .

Crappy day here nothing massive just crappy and boring .

Washing / Drying done
Dress me and dd's done
Quick tidy round done
Get bday cards for Godson done
Go see Godson tomorrowheisgoingoutforday
hand form in for DS uniform done
Prep tea done
dinner done
find dd1's pe kit
Get dd2/3 to fetch pe kit home so I can wash it and don't have to on sports day . oops
Remind dp dr's appt done
RR
uniforms
Bedtimes done
Torchwood ?

I always thought they were multi coloured balls - hundreds and thousands i mean

Mum has gratefully decided to have Darcie tonight so I can get a good night sleep and she will also take Darcie to school in the morning so I don't have to worry about getting up early and I can move around at my own pace.

Muppets - that's good. hope the hydro/crutches/physio all starts working sooner than expected.

TA - did i miss it, who are you baking for? they all sound yum!
I would have said bright multi-coloured balls or strands really, small 'bits'!

I need to get some bright red, white & blue bun cases, any ideas?

Mon:

• ds2 to nursery DONE
• dh to work DONE
• laundry 4thLoadOn 1&2OnAirer 3InDryer
• ds1 & me to pre-sch for sports day & picnic lunch DONE
• then ds1 & me to beach with friends for a treat DONE
• early tea for ds1 out in cafe DONE
• collect ds2 DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• shower (covered in sand from windy beach) DONE
• some work (as taken the day off so far) Started
• dinner DONE
• trash tv Doing
• early night

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
• find cheap bed frame asap

JKS try Lakeland thats where we get ours from

I am baking my tasty-but-messy-looking cakes for DP to take into work for a meeting. His lab have made comments before about the cakes he takes in for lunch so am being nice to them.

TA dizzydixies has a recipe on here for hummingbird cupcakes they are yummy, pecan nuts, pianeapple and banana, lovely with cream cheese icing on top!

Evening all

Mmmmmm........mmmmmm cakes

muppets at least you are getting somewhere now, it will help to have a plan won't it? Good luck

clairy i watched Kim and Aggie's 'How clean is your house?' last week and apparently the easiest way of cleaning grubby baths is to fill the bath up with warm(not hot) water and add biological washing powder and leave for a couple of hours. It was quite amazing!

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Put washload on done
Dry washload done
Put bathroom stuff back done
Sort out clean washing (have put the mountain on my bed to sort throughout the day)
Empty dishwasher done
Clean loo done
Sweep kitchen floor done
Mop kitchen floor (very muddy from yesterday) done
Go to stay and play done
Get some citronella oil done
Keep an eye out for outfit for ladies day done Found a dress!
Lunch done
Empty suitcase
Do horses done
Cook dinner done
Load dishwasher done
Wipe down kitchen sides done

Tomorrow's list:

Everyone up
Everyone breakfast
Everyone dressed
Strip beds
Make packed lunch
Make sure i have got everything needed for day out
Put washload on
Dry washload
Empty dishwasher
Empty suitcase
Do horses
Cook dinner
Load dishwasher
Wipe down kitchen sides
Sort floordrobe!!!!!
Hoover

Hi - bit of a late one.

My mum is feeling a bit better. The doc is running some tests but they are thinking kidney infection now. She has gone to bed with a hot water bottle bless her.

Alice - I have tried the washing powder in the bath thing and it does work.

Cake bakers - I have used Dr O's hundreds and thousands and they are indeed balls. Have to have nice wet icing or the ruddy things roll off and end up stuck round the edges of the buns.

Suppose better add a list

Fill in child tax credit form asap
Clear up all paperwork accumulated from trying to fill out the above.
Find DH's cunningly hidden pay slips so can fill out the above.
Put washing away
Buy birthday card for Dad and post
Post parcel
Throw out all dead flowers
Go to work early for meeting.
Get to bed doing

Night everyone

Hello slatterns! I have been so slatternly I've not even written a list for about a week
DH was in court today for speeding, we thought he was going to get a ban but he just got 6 points - £500 fine though

List for tomorrow
Up and dressed
Take DH to station for 8am
Come home
Sort out speeding ticket (mine this time! )
Breakfast x 2
Get DS dressed
Shower and get dressed properly
Hang washing out
Ring garage about paperwork on my old car
Ring insurance to tell them about DH's points and transfer insurance to new car
Jolly babies with DS
Lunch at friend's
Dust my bedroom
Put away clean washing
Pick DH up from the station
DS dinner
DS bath and bed
Me and DH dinner - chicken curry + naan
Clear up
Find ongoing list
Relax and watch 2nd episode of Torchwood

Ali - oh dear!

Muppets - thanks, will try them

TA - hope they appreciate them!

Alice - how did the mountain of washing on the bed work out then?!

Tues:

• ds1 to pre-sch and home
• breakfast, lunch & tea
• pack car for 2 days away
• remember brother's things he left last time he was here!
• ds2 naps x 2
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• general tidy pre-cleaners
• laundry
• meet PIL for afternoon outing
• keep checking on my Farmville farm
• dinner
• early night
• sure there's more....

Everybody Up
Everybody Dressed
tidy over Kitchen
Sweep floor
Wash Floor
Wash Breakfast Dishes
Clear Dining Room
Wash Floor
Clean Sitting Room
Make Lunch
Washing
Downtown to do Banking
Downstairs loo

Everybody Up
Everybody Dressed
tidy over Kitchen
Sweep floor
Wash Floor
Wash Breakfast Dishes
Clear Dining Room
Wash Floor
Clean Sitting Room
Make Lunch
Washing 1st LOAD ON
Downtown to do Banking
Downstairs loo

Posting and running sorry got HV visiting at 11.15 so need to get Lola & Poppy dressed and downstairs tidy .

Hope everyone is ok .

DDs dressed
washing
make beds
clean downstairs
HV
Dinner
DSis picking dd4 up for cinema
Schoolrun
uniforms
Pe kits
Tea
school disco?
Baths
torchwood
sandwiches

Morning All.

Alice I am glad I have a plan of action now

HMHB I hope your mum is okay? and they find out what is causing her pain.

I'm going to make some cakes with Darcie this week if I can but I can never get my icing good enough to go ontop hmm whats the trick there?

I'm tired and didn't sleep well but see how today goes.

Muppets - i dunno. if i do butter icing it's good, but runny icing with icing sugar never quite works for me. still don't know how to do creme fraiche icing either!

Tues:

• ds1 to pre-sch DONE and home
• breakfastDONE, lunch & tea
• feed neighbours cats DONE
• get other neighbour to take over for 2 days DONE
• pack car for 2 days away
• remember brother's things he left last time he was here! DONE
• ds2 naps x 2 Doing1
• upload photos to brothers website from his wedding Doing
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• laundry AnotherLoadOn
• meet PIL for afternoon outing
• keep checking on my Farmville farm Doing
• dinner
• early night
• sure there's more....

I am so so tired today, stayed up later than usual on the fonz webchat then went to bed but couldn't sleep because dh was making the bed too hot and was making an irritating whistling noise with his breathing, then ds woke up 5 times without giving me enough time in between to get off to sleep, finally went to sleep around 4.30 but he woke at his usual 5.30 . Am feeling very fuzzy headed and grumpy. DD seems quite tired so hopefully when ds has his nap I can persuade her to either go to bed or watch cbeebies so I can rest.

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table - DONE
Clean kitchen sink/drainer -
Load of washing in - DONE
Hang load of washing on airer -
Hoover downstairs -
Clean loo - DONE
Toddler group - NO
Clean bath - DONE
Lunch -
Finish unpacking -
Post birthday cards x 2 -
Write and post thank you card -
Cook dinner -

JKS I think you either have it or you don't when it comes to icing!

I need to get some cooking choc and cornflakes at somepoint this week I promised Darcie she could make crispy cakes.

Need to make a victoria sponge so need to get some more icing sugar too.

MM/JKS - the trick I find with runny icing as opposed to butter icing is to make it up with hot water but then leave it to cool down until it has formed a crust in the bowl. Then stir it and put it on top of the cake. When you put it on top, leave about 1.5-2 inches gap between the edge of the icing and the edge of the cake and you shouldn't get too much dribbling over the side.

Clairey - I have a noisy husband when it comes to sleeping, I feel your pain.

CWWM - hope it goes well with the HV!

Today
Up and dressed - done
Take DH to station for 8am - done
Come home - done
Sort out speeding ticket (mine this time! ) - done
Breakfast x 2 - done
Get DS dressed - done
Shower and get dressed properly - done
Hang washing out - done
Empty dishwasher - done
Clear up kitchen - done
Ring garage about paperwork on my old car
Ring insurance to tell them about DH's points and transfer insurance to new car
Jolly babies with DS - going now
Lunch at friend's
Dust my bedroom
Put away clean washing
Pick DH up from the station
DS dinner
DS bath and bed
Me and DH dinner - chicken curry + naan
Clear up
Find ongoing list
Relax and watch 2nd episode of Torchwood

Ali I'll try that thanx

Thanks Ali.

AM rubbish at icing too can bake just can't do the icing .

Sorry you had rubbish nights MM and clairey bee .

What is Farmville JKS my friend has it and was moaning about it on facebook last night .

AHEM can I just have a proud Mummy moment ?
DS got his report yesterday and he is working at a level above the national average for 11 year olds .

DDs dressed done
washing started
make beds done
clean downstairs done
HV
Dinner
DSis picking dd4 up for cinema
Schoolrun
uniforms
Pe kits
Tea
school disco?
Baths
torchwood
sandwiches

CWWM - yey for ds

Ali - thanks will try that next time!

Farmvlle - is a stupid addictive timewaster game on FB - don't start! i find it fun but really i have lots better things i should be doing rather than planting strawberries and worrying about harvesting my pumpkins

Right best chuck some stuff in the car...

Tues:

• ds1 to pre-sch DONE and home
• breakfastDONE, lunch & tea
• feed neighbours cats DONE
• get other neighbour to take over for 2 days DONE
• pack car for 2 days away
• remember brother's things he left last time he was here! DONE
• ds2 naps x 2 Doing1
• upload photos to brothers website from his wedding DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• laundry AnotherLoadOn
• FIL birthday present & care DONE
• online shopping delivered DONE
• meet PIL for afternoon outing
• keep checking on my Farmville farm Doing
• dinner
• early night
• sure there's more....

CWWM - well done to DS! (is he your oldest?)

Ali - glad DH got away with the speeding, hope he's going to be very careful from now on.

Am being lazy this morning, on www.tvtropes.org messing about and generally drinking tea. Enjoying my days of not having to go to work.

I have no good advice on making icing pretty - I can only make things that are 'ugly but tasty'.