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 )

Hi ladies
Total nightmare at home. Internet not working in the evenings . Hope it works tonight as DH is out celebrating the end of another school year. Cue - inebriated DH arriving home in the middle of the night .

Friday
Empty and load dishy
Tidy kitchen
Audit numerous bottles of potions in the bathroom and throw some away done some - althought they seem to be multiplying.
Pick up DS from nursery
Go to work doing - honest
Online shop
MW appointment done

Other
Cards for all DS's friends with birthdays coming up done
And presents done
DS card and present
DH 5th Anniversary present and card
Pick my Anniversary present!
Start packing for holiday

Before October
Visit hospital delivery ward - Wed
Dentist - also Wed
Clear out freezer and fill with delicious ready meals
Buy lots of 'healthy' snack type stuff to eat on the run
Cancel childcare vouchers
Cancel nursery
Get out all baby stuff and clean / buy new stuff if necessary
Get Wii fit
Get subscription to Grazia to keep me sane
Get some DVD's to watch whilst breastfeeding

Any ideas on how to keep me sane once DC2 arrives most welcome.

Todays list
Make beds done
Breakfast done
DS3 fed, changed and taking am nap done
put away clean clothes done
wrap pressie and write card for brother
advertise unwanted toys in local paper
lunch done DH came home for lunch and he voluteered to make it
trip to library and shop
wait for parcel delivery done
reactivate photobook account
run WM
run DW
Sterilise bottles
dinner (takeaway hooray!!!)
and anything else thats comes my way, feeding baby, changing nappies, entertaining 3 year old etc.

I am planning some pampering on saturday as I am babysitting for a friend, I am going to paint my nails although the sandal weather has dissappeared just in time for the start of the school hols

halfmumhalfbiscuit

Tips to keep you sane

• make the most of your sleep now
• get as much help as possible
• forget about being a domestic goddess ( I wish I'd listened to that one)
• online food shopping

Was going to suggest filling freezer with easy meals, but you have that one covered.

Looking at you list you seem like you will be well prepared.

Congratulations BTW

I am NOT a domestic goddess BTW (wish I was)but I tried to be and failed. I have given up trying now. I am just doing what I can. I'm going with the flow and enjoying my LOs because the time goes by so quickly. I wish I'd slowed down a bit when my older 2 were small. I can't believe my eldest is going to be a teenager this year, makes me feel old, I had him when I was just 18 so really I am still a young mum (thats what I keep telling myself .

Today
All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table - DONE
Clean kitchen sink/drainer -DONE
Hoover downstairs -
Unblock loo - DONE
Clean bath - DONE
Lunch - DONE
Buy ds new wellies - DONE
Buy fruit& few other bits - DONE
Try to find house under wet weather chaos-FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE
Cook dinner -

Whoops! Sorry to just post and run again I did mean to type more but got distracted by ds weeing on the floor despite me and dd both shouting "Get on the potty!" at him.

Alice DS is really suffering with canines too, he had a high temp for over a week just getting one of them through. Top ones are through now but bottom ones not. And I also think they are particularly bad because they start narrow but get wider so carry on hurting even after they've cut through.

Am going to try and read a book this afternoon, ha!

Thanks ITMDIPP or can we call you pig for short? - totally agree with your suggestions. Making the most of sleep and DC's while they are little sounds like a good plan.

Had nice chat with MW re birth. Not allowed home birth but talked about how I can do it on my terms rather than EC nightmare of last time.

Friday
Empty and load dishy
Tidy kitchen
Audit numerous bottles of potions in the bathroom and throw some away done some - althought they seem to be multiplying.
Pick up DS from nursery
Go to work doing - honest
Quick Tesco shop with DS
Online shop
MW appointment done
Wrap presents for DS parties tomorrow
Bake some fairy cakes for parties tomorrow

Other
Cards for all DS's friends with birthdays coming up done
And presents done
DS card and present
DH 5th Anniversary present and card
Pick my Anniversary present!
Start packing for holiday

Before October
Visit hospital delivery ward - Wed
Dentist - also Wed
Clear out freezer and fill with delicious ready meals
Buy lots of 'healthy' snack type stuff to eat on the run
Cancel childcare vouchers
Cancel nursery
Get out all baby stuff and clean / buy new stuff if necessary
Get Wii fit
Get subscription to Grazia to keep me sane
Get some DVD's to watch whilst breastfeeding

Any ideas on how to keep me sane once DC2 arrives most welcome.

ithinkmydaughterispeppapig
I'm starting to fell old and my eldest is only 8
but your not old because if I have done my calculations right I'm older than you!

was at funeral today, just awful and I hope I never have't to experience that again,
I could still cry thinking about it, poor dh's aunt looks like she has aged about 20 years

Have just remembered it is dh's birthday on sunday and with purchasing the caravan(I did post about it) and dishwasher the pot is dry so will have to make a very fabulous chocolate cake and wrap myself up in a bow

Right I'm going to
load dishwasher
tidy kitchen
try and get smell of homemade burgers and onions out of house
load washing machine
sort some more washing
try and finish Cathy Kelly book I am reading(normaly would take me 1/2 days for a book but this one has dragged into a couple of weeks)!

plum big hugs x

Sorry i have been a real slatternly slattern today. Didn't get dressed til after lunch and was on mn all some of the morning so got bugger all done. Here is a list of jobs to be done by sunday evening (mostly tomorrow)

Strip beds
Wash sheets
Clean bathroom
Hoover downstairs
Put ALL clean washing away
Hoover upstairs
Hoover stairs
Empty waste paper bins from around the house
Empty bathroom bin
Dry sheets
Wash sofa throws
Febreeze sofas

I think that is enough to be getting on with.
I am stressing because i have texted DH about 45mins ago and recieved no reply (he isn't driving btw) I am hoping it is just a dead battery on his phone, but i always worry when i don't hear back as he is always very good at replying.

I forgot to add that trillian is being distracted on the diet thread and told me to say hi the lazy slattern

alice don't worry probably left his phone in car or battery dead

my dh is crap(when it comes to mobiles) he hates mobiles full stop so I hardly ever get a text

Tomorrow dh will be left in charge as I'm off to run a stall at a craft fair...Yay!

I know i am being silly. He had to go to Devon today for work. He left early this morning, and a colleague drove them both. I last spoke to him about 5.45pm and he said the traffic was terrible, would probably be back late. I text him at about 6.50 to ask how he was getting on, did he want me to sort some dinner out etc. I text him again at 7.10 saying "you know i hate to nag, but i get worried when i don't hear from you, can you just let me know all is ok" and i have heard nothing. He is generally very good because he knows i'm a worrier

Just give me a slap and tell me to pull myself together

PBM, so awful...

Alice hope you've heard from your dh by now

no

halfmumhalfbiscuit I don't mind being called pig at all, in fact my DD calls me mummy pig regularly, she really is obsessed

plum I was hoping that no one would bother with the maths, I know that being nearly 31 is not that old really but DS2 and DD1 think I am ancient.

oops!! clicked the wrong button!!

plum OMG I read through the thread about the baby, how awful

alice Heard yet??

Make beds done
Breakfast done
DS3 fed, changed and taking am nap and pm nap done
put away clean clothes done
wrap pressie and write card for brother done
advertise unwanted toys in local paper
lunch done DH came home for lunch and he voluteered to make it
trip to library and shop done
wait for parcel delivery done
reactivate photobook account
run WM done
run DW done
Sterilise bottles done
dinner (takeaway hooray!!!)yum yum

I have finshed the painting at last

Morning all

DH got in about 9.30pm - his phone had died. The first thing he did was apologise because he knew i would be worried sick Anyway, had a couple of glasses of wine which helped enormously

So, my big list is not looking promising. The plan was that DH gets DD up and takes her downstairs while i stip beds and clean the bathroom. However, DH has been working since 3.30am on and off so could get DD up but i had to get downstairs straight away. (DD up 6.20am) So nothing done as yet.

Not long after DH left at 3.30 there was shouting in our street. Some (probably drunk, by the sound of it) americans knocking on someones door very loudly and shouting "Caroline!" "Caroliiiinnnnnnneee" for a good half an hour until the bloke across the road tells them to get lost as they are waking up the whole street. Their reply was "Sorry, we were just passing and thought that we would see if our friend was in" WTF?! I have a feeling that the house they were at is the american couple that have moved in recently and have a baby of about a month old! I hope for their sake that were away last night!

Where is everyone???

Morning all! Was very ill yesterday so NOTHING got done at all. So need to catch up, but we are going to my sisters for her birthday BBQ so not sure how much will get done!

To do:
-Prepare lambs heart for dinner and put in slow cooker done
-Clean and tidy bathroom

• Wash first load of nappies and hang out done
• Wash second load of nappies and hang out
• Get sis a card and write it out and put with gift
• Go to Dsis BBQ
• Arrange babysitting circle meetup
• Washing up
• Put clean clothes away
• Bring all dirty washing downstairs
• Put clothes wash on
• Sweep and mop bathroom floors
• Drop maternity clothes off to SILs house if she is in
• Tidy living room

Where is the thread about the baby? Can't find it?

Jennypenny22chat thread here at end of pg4 and then 5

Alice glad dh is alright

I'm in good mood today as long as I don't think about my family

cake timer just went off will be back in abit with list

everyone up done breakfastdone showered/batheddone
everyone dresseddone
clean tidy kitchen surfacesdone
load washing machinedone
hangout washingdone
make dh birthday chocolate cake(for tomorrow)
mad dash get washing in from rain done
finish cake
load dishwasher
sort clean washing
hooverdone
make lunch

everyone up done*
breakfast done
showered/bathed done
everyone dressed done
clean tidy kitchen surfaces done
load washing machine done
hangout washing done
make dh birthday chocolate cake(for tomorrow) done
mad dash get washing in from rain done
finish cake done
load dishwasher
sort clean washing
hoover done
make lunch done
clean up cake mess
makes a start on dinner

oh and where is everyone????????