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 )

• DS dressed done
• bring milk in done
• breakfast, clear up done
• take iron tablet done
• dry pots done
• spin washing done
• sweep and mop done!
• hang washing out done
• put washing in done
• Me dressed done
• tidy through somemore

+ tidy DS room, put some toys away done +

• walk and buy cake no time
• lunch, clear up done
• Mum, MIL, SIL and DN coming round done
• tidy up done
• dinner done
• DS bath and bed done
• clear kitchen done
• bring washing in
• get online order done
• relax!

Sadly it's the boring dull jobs that need doing the most!

Friday: (busy day)

• all up & dressed DONE
• breakfast DONE
• DH to work DONE
• take ds1 to nursery for extra day DONE
• go to hosp for ds2's follow-up appt DONE
• take ds2 to nursery for extra half day DONE
• drop off card + voucher DONE
• meet up with dh for business summer lunch DONE
• maybe have some 'quiet time' without boys DONE
• collect boys DONE
• dh home DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• dh & i dinner DONE & bed AboutToGo

Saturday:

• Dh working i think most of the day
• quick trip to shops round corner for few food bits
• ds2 nap
• baking with ds1 (experiment with strawberry buns)
• lunch
• ds2 nap
• garden time with ds1 (gardening & paddling pool)
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & bed
• dig out ongoing list and see if i can cross anything off it

Keeping place

Everone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Wipe down kitchen done
Unload dishwasher done
Have spatone done
Put lots of washing on done (1 load)
Dry lots of washing
Tidy living room done
Shake out throws done
Find mobile done
Hoover living room dh done
Clean and empty bathroom done
Plasterer coming about 11ish done
Lunch done
Horses - ride both (MUST DO) done but not ridden
Dinner - Steak and ale pies (yum) done very yum
DD bath and bed done
Put dry washing away
Hoover whole house - its filled with sawdust and plaster dust and puppy smell - delightful! doneish (DH has hoovered living room and swept kitchen/conservatory)
Load Dishwasher

Hello slatterns!

No list today It was DH's last day at his current job and he had to give back his company car, so I went to pick him up at 11am this morning and we went out for lunch with DS and then did some shopping. We are also looking for a new car so that discussion has taken up a lot of the day DH has decided that he can't cope with my little runabout for more than a few days - argh.

TA - congratulations on the job!! You must be so chuffed/relieved

WME - the tent is from Jojo Maman. It is still taking up lots of our dining room, we haven't actually attempted to take it down!

Sorry if I've missed anything important, have only skim read as i've had wine and can't see entirely straight

Ali - lol at the tent. give it another go, take a deep breath, and go for it! sometimes i find it works, other times it has a mind ot is own and i have to walk away

Saturday:

• all up 3Up
• breakfast
• DH working i think most of the day
• quick trip to shops round corner for few food bits
• ds2 nap
• baking with ds1 (experiment with strawberry buns)
• lunch
• local fire station open day if we can manage to fit it in
• ds2 nap
• garden time with ds1 (gardening & paddling pool)
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & bed
• dig out ongoing list and see if i can cross anything off it

Morning all, Party day here argh! Lashed rain for about an hour last night!!! Hopefully the weather brightens up today!!!

TO DO
Sweep dining room floor
Wash Dishes
Sweep Kitchen Floor
Wash Floors

Thats it for now if I write any more I will start to panic

CC - good luck with the weather today, typical wimbledon weather, lol!
hope the party goes well.

Saturday:

• all up 3Up
• breakfast 3DONE
• DH working i think most of the day
• quick trip to shops round corner for few food bits
• ds2 nap
• baking with ds1 (experiment with strawberry buns)
• lunch
• local fire station open day if we can manage to fit it in
• ds2 nap
• garden time with ds1 (gardening & paddling pool)
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & bed
• dig out ongoing list and see if i can cross anything off it FoundIt

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• contact handyman (sort list)
• 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 boy

Morning all

Good luck with the party CC, I think it's supposed to brighted up a bit later most places.

Today:
all up & dressed - DONE (except DH)
breakfast
fold clean washing
put on washing
stack dishwasher
clean kitchen worktops and tidy table
recycle old shoes
rubbish to tip
send off credit card form
Buy veg
Buy fruit
Buy ingredients for experimental fair cakes
Buy ingredients for making elderflower cordial
lunch for 3
Plan budget for DD christening
weed veg plot
plant elderly veg
dinner for 3
Samba to bed
Plan July budget
Order online shop
bed

Morning everyone

I have a childline shift today - I think. I was 100% convinced it was Sat, but then the time detals are written in the sunday side of my diary - but I just scribbled them while chatting at same time so very likely I wrote it anywhere. I will go in anyway and see...and if I am not in then I shall go window shopping come home and clean

Morning, morning all!

That tent looks good Ali.

We are doing a carboot tomorrow, first ever and we are barely prepared, and DH has a busy day, I hope we can get everything done!

• DS dressed done
• breakfast, clear up
• washing
• Me dressed
• general tidy through
• research hayfever remedies (again)
• lunch, clear up
• DS nap
• tidy fridge and cupboards up a bit
• start on carboot sorting
• Tesco delivery 3-5
• put groceries away
• sort change bag for tomorrow
• sort our clothes for the morning
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen
• pack car when DH gets in
• Me bath and bed

Morning Slatterns

Sorry haven't read through yet, will do it later.

Feel so angry and really should be over this feeling by now. my mum is still jumping to the defence of my little sisters selfishness and the fact that she is self centred and i'm in the wrong to not want anything to do with her and want my DD to have limited contact with her. thinking maybe I should just stay out of their lives tbh i've never been brought up the same - put it this way my sister has always been favourite. feel so

Muppets for you. also googled that list you gave the other day and tbh i'm amazed you get out of bed at all. you must be made of strong determined stuff, remember that

Saturday:

• all up DONE (DH finally got up!)
• breakfast DONE (and i made him tea and toast
• DH working i think most of the day (nearly late now though as he didn't tell me what time he needed to be out, silly boy)
• quick trip to shops round corner for few food bits (have to abandon as no time before dh leaves, grr)
• ds2 nap Doing
• recharge some batteries Doing
• dw load, unload, reload DONE
• baking with ds1 (experiment with strawberry buns)
• lunch
• local fire station open day if we can manage to fit it in
• ds2 nap
• garden time with ds1 (gardening & paddling pool)
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & bed

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• contact handyman (sort list)
• 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!

TO DO
Sweep dining room floor DONE
Wash Dishes DONE
Sweep Kitchen Floor
Wash Floors
Have been downtown to pay for the cakes and buy some minerals! DONE
Move mattress back upstairs
Tidy sitting room (hopefully wont need it because we will be outside)
clean out fridge

Looks like its going to lash rain, but its is very dead and warm, might be no harm

JKS we have experimental strawberry buns on our list for tomorrow. Let us know how they turn out

for you Muppets. Am new here so don't know your story, but have favoured sister myself and know how hard it can be.

Today:
all up & dressed - DONE (except DH)
breakfast
fold clean washing - DONE
put on washing - DONE
stack dishwasher - DONE
clean kitchen worktops and tidy table - DONE
hoover stairs - DONE
mop kitchen floor - DONE
recycle old shoes
rubbish to tip
send off credit card form
Buy veg
Buy fruit
Buy ingredients for experimental fairy cakes
Buy ingredients for making elderflower cordial
lunch for 3
Plan budget for DD christening
weed veg plot
plant elderly veg
dinner for 3
Samba to bed
Plan July budget
Order online shop
bed

TO DO
Sweep dining room floor DONE
Wash Dishes DONE
Sweep Kitchen Floor
Wash Floors
Have been downtown to pay for the cakes and buy some minerals! DONE
Move mattress back upstairs
Tidy sitting room (hopefully wont need it because we will be outside)
clean out fridge DONE

Right think its going to be crisis cleaning time!!! Going to have a quick cup of tea first, then I am going to clean the counter and top of the cooker, then I want to hoover the floor!

• DS dressed done
• breakfast, clear up done

+ bring in milk done + dry pots done

• washing washing
• Me dressed done
• general tidy through some
• research hayfever remedies (again) done
• lunch, clear up
• DS nap
• tidy fridge and cupboards up a bit
• start on carboot sorting
• Tesco delivery 3-5
• put groceries away
• sort change bag for tomorrow
• sort our clothes for the morning
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen
• pack car when DH gets in
• Me bath and bed

Well ds2 slept 8-1230 when i woke him for lunch, he scoffed food then screamed when i put him down and won't let me put him down now. not his usual self

Saturday:

• DH working i think most of the day Doing
• quick trip to shops round corner for few food bits
• ds2 nap DONE
• recharge some batteries Doing
• baking with ds1 (experiment with strawberry buns)
• lunch DONE
• local fire station open day if we can manage to fit it in
• ds2 nap
• garden time with ds1 (gardening & paddling pool)
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & bed

Ongoing:

• rediscover favourites to save on new laptop DoneMore
• contact handyman (sort list)
• 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!

Hope you're all out enjoying the sunshine - black clouds here, waiting for the heavens to open....

Saturday:

• DH working DONE
• quick trip to shops round corner for few food bits DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• recharge some batteries Doing
• baking with ds1 (experiment with strawberry buns) DONE
• lunch DONE
• local fire station open day if we can manage to fit it in
• ds2 Doing
• garden time with ds1 (gardening DH Doing & paddling pool)
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & 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

Oh and verdict on the strawberry 'chip' cupcakes:

DH ate 2!!!

so they must be good. DS1 mostly ate mixture and icing

they are good actually. i would say cut them up into small pieces and put more in than you would chocolate chips.

with some butter icing and a bit of strawberry on top of that they look fab

Thanks Ladies.

Feeling more cheerful this afternoon am watching a Michael Jackson Tribute on TV! I thought he was fantastic it was music I grew up with.

Well I had the letter from my consultant with my MRI results and my 2 lower discs are bulging and if the spinal physio can't fix it then I have to go for spinal injections at the new super hospital. can you imagine what the size of that needle will be

Afternoon everyone

Those cakes sound yum JKS Muppets on the plus side, you won't be able to see it because it's behind you

We have had a super lazy morning this morning. Dh had o be at work for 7am and won't be home til 9.30 so DD are having quite a chilled day.

I am starting to get a little bit nervous about tomorrow now, which is ridiculous!

Everone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Unload dishwasher done
Have spatone doing
Lunch done
Horses - wash manes and tails, clean tack done
Wash numnahs doing
Dry numnahs
Dinner
DD bed
Write my list for tomorrow
Learn dressage tests
Put dry washing away
Load Dishwasher

I think I have chickened out of carboot. There's simply too much left to do. I think if we didn't need to be there by half five I'd feel a little more enthused.
Next week though!

• DS dressed done
• breakfast, clear up done

+ bring in milk done + dry pots done

• washing washing
• Me dressed done
• general tidy through some
• research hayfever remedies (again) done
• lunch, clear up done
• DS nap done
• tidy fridge and cupboards up a bit done
• start on carboot sorting abandoned
• Tesco delivery 3-5 done
• put groceries away done
• sort change bag for tomorrow
• sort our clothes for the morning meh
• dinner
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen
• pack car when DH gets in pah
• Me bath and bed no need
• drink wine

JKS those cakes sound fab. I am going for a creme fraiche icing I think and have some pink sparkly dusting powder on top (tis a trial run for DD's christening next weekend). Am tempted to bring my cake making forward from tomorrows list now!

Today:
all up & dressed - DONE (except DH)
breakfast
fold clean washing - DONE
put on washing - DONE
stack dishwasher - DONE
clean kitchen worktops and tidy table - DONE
hoover stairs - DONE
mop kitchen floor - DONE
recycle old shoes - DONE
rubbish to tip - DONE
send off credit card form - FECK
Buy veg - DONE
Buy fruit - DONE
Buy ingredients for experimental fairy cakes - DONE
Buy ingredients for making elderflower cordial - DONE
lunch for 3 - DONE
Plan budget for DD christening
weed veg plot
plant elderly veg
dinner for 3 - DOING
Samba to bed
Wine
Plan July budget
Order online shop
bed

Hm, i don't know how to do creme fraiche icing - it is similar to butter just lower fat?
the pink dust sounds fab too

Muppets - eek re big needles but good point about not being able to see it! i don't even look when they take a blood sample

WME - do you have a 'lazybones' one near you? we have one that starts at 9am instead, though i've not been to either. i couldn't voluntarily get up in time for a 5.30 start

Saturday:

• recharge some batteries Doing
• local fire station open day if we can manage to fit it in no
• ds2 DONE
• garden time with ds1 (gardening DH DONE & paddling pool) Maybe More in a bit
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & 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 LookingOnEbay&Freecycle