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 )

Aaaaaahhhhhhh, boys in bed

Saturday:

• recharge some batteries Doing
• food shop DH & DS1 DONE
• garden time with ds1 DONE
• boys bath & bed DONE
• watch tennis Doing
• dinner & bed

Sunday:

• DH up first!
• breakfast
• all dressed
• DH pop out to meeting
• friends from Surrey coming for the day
• bbq lunch
• not sure what we'll get up to, depends on the weather i guess...
• friends go
• boys to bed
• collapse in a heap!
• maybe even try and pack nursery bags in advance!

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 WatchingSomeOnEbay NothingLikelyOnFreecycle

Jks what about those airbeds? Some are quite a decent height, would they be any good?

There seems to be a smell of wee coming from somewhere in my living room and i can't find the source of it. I've tried spraying Febreeze everywhere but to be honest now all i've got is wee being mingled with lavender

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

mmm Alice, nice!

Well we borrowed an airbed at Christmas and it deflated under us so we had rubbish sleep so i've been put off!

We have a spare double mattress so i just need a frame. some on ebay are about the 20quid mark which is about right given that once we have another baby we'll have to get rid of it again. or at least dismantle it and put it in the shed for a decade few years.

We seem to have bought cheap double beds so many times over the years i find it frustrating, then we move and get rid of them. then need them again later on!
we only still have the mattress as DH bought it for his/our first bed and it was v expensive (for his bad back) so he's insisted on holding onto it through various moves - even when it's been totally in the way!

Good morning slatterns

No list today as we are with the horses all day. My first dressage test is at 10.20am and my second is at 2.20pm.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good luck with Today AC,
Well my DS is 13 today, cant believe where the time has gone, DH and DS are heading to AC/DC this afternoon, so it will be just DDs and myself for the day.

Parties went very well, sun shone all day and they had a ball! Went back to basics with them (apart from the bouncy castle), they played pass the parcel, musical statues, pin the shopping bag on cecelia (variation of pin the tail on the donkey that DD1 drew and used blu-tac on the bag).

But my poor kitchen, going to sort that out now (even though I have no energy), and that will be me, think I will take the girls out for lunch!

TO DO
sing Happy Birthday to DS
Clean Kitchen
Bath DD3

I don't really know how to make creme fraiche icing either. I am hoping it will be like yoghurt icing eg on carrot cake, but a bit richer and naughtier!

Shortish list today as going to PIL for lunch and don't want to overtax myself!

Today:
all up, bathed & dressed - DONE (except DH)
breakfast
fold clean washing
put on washing
stack dishwasher
hoover (other) stairs
Got PIL for lunch
send off credit card
Buy SR flour and raspberries
Make experimental fairy cakes
weed remaining bits of veg plot
plant elderly veg
dinner for 3
Samba to bed
Wine
Order online shop
bed

Morning,

Alice have a good day.

CC I'm glad that the parties went well. Good luck with the aftermath.

Push Quite right PIL are enough to deal with

We are trying to have a family focused weekend. Yesterday I was so tired, I think I was emotionally drained because I had a letter from my mother (who I don't speak to) and then my baby's carseat tipped forward and she was hanging forward with her arm bent back (she is fine, I am still shook up) . I went straight to the nearest baby shop and bought a maxi cosy car seat which i am much happier with.

must do

Shower and dress
Make up and hair
Feed baby and change nappies ongoing
Bath all 3 DDs
Go out to lunch
Go for a walk
Spend family time together
Supervise DD1 doing homework

tonight

Dry washing
Wash essentials
Get clothes out for tomm
Check wardrobes for what clothes need ironing most
Ironing loads
Make DD1 a packed lunch
Clean round in kitchen and wash up
Put clothes away - loads
Plan diary for week especially tomm

have a good day

at the car seat SB, poor you and then to get the letter from your mum. Hope things are ok
TO DO
sing Happy Birthday to DS DONE
Clean Kitchen DONE
Bath DD3
Clean sitting room
Wave DH and Ds off DONE

((hugs)) SB.

CC - happy birthday to your DS, hope you have a nice lunch out after tackling the kitchen!

Alice - good luck today

PMPY - let me know about the icing, good luck with PIL too

Sunday:

• DH up first! DONE
• breakfast InBed!
• all dressed 2done
• DH pop out to meeting Cancelled
• friends from Surrey coming for the day ArrivingSoon
• bbq lunch
• not sure what we'll get up to, depends on the weather i guess...Prob garden, maybe beach...
• friends go
• boys to bed
• collapse in a heap!
• maybe even try and pack nursery bags in advance!

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

Hi everyone

A slattern here who has a full child free day to get LOADS done and Im sitting on here

My list is as follows.....

Sort out disgusting car
Load dishwasher DONE
Put wet load in dryer
Fold clothes that are dry
Put away dry clothes
Load of washing in
Reload dishwasher
Get uniforms sorted
Packed lunches for tomorrow
Go through paperwork pile
Fill in diary and calendar for next week
Tidy my bedroom
Tidy DD1's bedroom
Tidy DD2's Bedroom
Tidy DS Bedroom
Clean and hoover all bedrooms
Hoover stairs and landing
Clean bathroom
Clean out budgie
Tidy kitchen
Tidy Living Room
Clean and hoover kitchen
Mop kitchen floor
Clean and hoover living room
Write a bluey to my friend in RAF

I think thats enough for now!

Will keep coming back to update!

Morning everyone

I did absolutely nothing yesterday and my house is proof of that

alice my friend had a smell of pee in her bedroom once(no dcs) she had a leaky radiator!

Smallblessings Are you ok? Let me know if you need a chat!

Welcome Peckarolloveragain

Right we literally have no bread or milk so I am off to Tesco

Call me Old Mother Hubhard today

Hello everyone

You are right that I won't see it as its behind me, but the thought of it freaks me out lol.

SB Hope your okay?

Alice hope you find the source

CC Happy birthday to your DS

We went to the Food Festival down at Gunwharf Quays and I necked a shot of toffee flavoured vodka @10:30am was quite nice couldn't drink alot of it tho would be very sick otherwise!

Feel very uncomfortable and tired today.

JKS I always watch when having blood taken.

JKS, CC and Plum, Thanks I am okish. I have been feeling very down this weekend anad taking it out on my lovley DH and . I'll be ok.

SB I have weekends like this too.

Muppets - lol, maybe they'll set up a mirror to let you watch the big needle then if you'd like to see it?!

Pecka - how's the marathon going?

Sunday:

• DH up first! DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• friends from Surrey coming for the day DONE
• bbq lunch DONE
• not sure what we'll get up to, depends on the weather i guess Garden&PaddlingPool DONE
• friends go DONE
• boys bath & to bed soon
• collapse in a heap! AlreadyStarted!
• maybe even try and pack nursery bags in advance!

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

Thanks MM

JKS Not sure i'd like to watch the BIG needle lol.

must do

Shower and dress done
Make up and hair make up done/hair left to dry
Feed baby and change nappies ongoing
Bath all 3 DDs DD1 and DD2 done
Go out to lunch done
Go for a walk done
Spend family time together done with a very grumpy mummy
Supervise DD1 doing homework doing

tonight

Dry washing done
Wash essentials
Get clothes out for tomm started
Check wardrobes for what clothes need ironing most done
Ironing loads started - might need to get ironing angel to do some
Make DD1 a packed lunch
Clean round in kitchen and wash up wash up done
Put clothes away - loads
Plan diary for week especially tomm

Added:
De-nit DD1's hair done
Get DH to check my hair
Sweep kitchen floor
Put my phone on to charge
Watch wife swap
Load DW, put on and empty on
Clean up huge mess from DD2 dropping milk in her cereal bowl

SmallBlessings we can start our own chat thread if you want, like Berrie Oggs etc
No wonder you are grumpy if you've found nits!
Touch wood we haven't experienced those but we have had a few run ins with worms, which drives me mad because I do everything, and we are all abit OCD about handwashing!

Anyway had a really bad day today firstly no milk etc for breakfast, so stupidly I starved so the kids could eat any remaining pancakes
trigger migraine
went to Tesco
came home, had lunch
THEN dd2 managed to get herself locked in her room,
no locks the handle broke, I tried kicking it, unscrewing handle nothing worked
rang dh who was oout on call,
took him at least 30mins to get home,
poor dd2 is screaming because she needs the potty and won't go in her pants and all I could do was watch through the window, while being sick due to migraine!
dh finally got home and and had to use a crow bar to get door open and dd2 is crying now because her 'pants were all wetty'
Meanwhile roast chicken cooked potatoes boiled, no veg, just gravy and I was so hungry I couldn't wait although noone else cared

The house feels like the heating has been on its so clamy so going outside for some air, roll on Tuesday 12noon

And Smallblessings I got an e-mail from my aunt asking me not to keep the dcs from my dad

Plum about the email from your Aunt.
Hope you feel better soon.

SB I have worked really hard to keep DD nit free but i've found out from the nursery that one of the kids who my DD is friends with her mother doesn't bother to de-nit her DD hair so soon as i get mine nit free she gets them again grrr. will be so glad when the summer holidays are here, i will be able to get rid of them and for good.

Plum You sound like you have a had aright day of it too! Are you ok? Shall we start a thread?

MM That is what drives me potty! Why can't people de-nit their DC? must do

Shower and dress done
Make up and hair make up done/hair left to dry
Feed baby and change nappies ongoing
Bath all 3 DDs DD1 and DD2 done
Go out to lunch done
Go for a walk done
Spend family time together done with a very grumpy mummy
Supervise DD1 doing homework doing

tonight

Dry washing done
Wash essentials
Get clothes out for tomm started
Check wardrobes for what clothes need ironing most done
Ironing loads started - might need to get ironing angel to do some
Make DD1 a packed lunch started
Clean round in kitchen and wash up wash up done
Put clothes away - loads started
Plan diary for week especially tomm done

Added:
De-nit DD1's hair done
Get DH to check my hair done
Sweep kitchen floor
Put my phone on to charge
Watch wife swap doing
Load DW, put on and empty on
Clean up huge mess from DD2 dropping milk in her cereal bowl

Plum - for you.

SB - nits, yuk!

MM - lol, i couldn't even think about the epidural needle when having ds2 (em c-s) - can't imagine volunteering for that!

Anyone else addicted doing Farmville on FB? mad, another timewaster, yeah i really need that, lol!

Sunday:

• DH up first! DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• friends from Surrey coming for the day DONE
• bbq lunch DONE
• not sure what we'll get up to, depends on the weather i guess Garden&PaddlingPool DONE
• friends go DONE
• boys bath & to bed DONE
• go through diaries with DH DONE
• collapse in a heap! Doing
• drink wine Doing
• papers & crosswords Doing
• maybe even try and pack nursery bags in advance! DONE

Monday:

• all up & dressed
• breakfast
• DH take boys to nursery then go to work
• me to work
• lots to do at work
• collect boys
• boys to bed
• any ironing
• finish crosswords from Sun
• me 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
• 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

Yeap we shall start a thread but I am off now to do a final tuck in of dcs and watch Jon &Kate, then wife swap on plus1, I'm forgoing the house until tomorrow, I will be back with a big list!
What shall we call our chat thread?

JKS I'm not on FB, don't need another addiction but if it is anything like Zootycoon(build & manage your own Zoo) it is very addictive