Summer Slatterns - Martha Stewart we are not!

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

I used your title Alice seeing as the rest of us were to slatternly to even think of anything!!!

Ali - hope you are ok?

MN wisdom found the toy - it's an argos one

Tues:

• me up first (i was awake anyway, boys up from 5.10!) DONE
• breakfast
• tidy kitchen
• general tidy pre-cleaners
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• DH out to work meeting for morning (half day)
• poss lunch out with other mums
• not sure what else...

This week:

• package up paid for eBay items
• post sold & paid for eBay items
• DH's birthday Wed (make cards/wrap presents/etc)
• PIL coming for 3 days to help, yey
• remember Fire Station Open Day on Saturday
• try and do family tree stuff

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• list last item to sell on eBay (find anything else? - free listing until 31st August)
• clear kitchen counter Area of Doom

Glad you found the toy JKS

Am off to work today - YIPEEEEEEEEEE. Been off since June. Arms still sore though - it wasnt sore before op slightly concerned.

Hope you all have a good day

Giraffes - enjoy work, hope the arm is ok.

Tues:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• tidy kitchen DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• ds2 nap
• DH out to work meeting for morning (half day)
• make cards for DH & wrap his presents with ds1
• pop to Argos for new toy for ds2 (can't find one on ebay close to us, grr)
• poss lunch out with other mums
• ds2 nap
• boys tea, bath & bed
• very early night needed for me

This week:

• package up paid for eBay item
• post sold & paid for eBay item
• DH's birthday Wed (make cards/wrap presents/etc)
• PIL coming for 3 days to help, yey
• remember Fire Station Open Day on Saturday
• try and do family tree stuff

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• list last item to sell on eBay (find anything else? - free listing until 31st August)
• clear kitchen counter Area of Doom

Aha, just found one on eBay that will post and it finishes today

JKS so glad you found it, thought it was little tikes but googled little tikes and it gave me picnic benches!

Ali, hope your not too bad, a scallion is a spring onion!

oh forgot to copy list, better go get it

Started book last night and everyone is right I'm hooked but I will not touch it today until I have lots of 'dones'

I have my list on another page which has just frozen

Don't know whats happening with other tab completely frozen,
and I have just went mad at ds because he is crying over his lego and then when I went to help it broke more so I stood on some he hadn't tidied up, feel bad now so I have told him once he stops crying it can all be fixed I'm not even dressed yet ggggrrrrrrr

Done
Everyone up
breakfast

TO DO
everyone washed
dressed
hoover hall
dust declutter hall table
brush kitchen floor
empty washing machine and dry washing
load dishwasher
mop kit floor
clean & tidy worktops
clean kit table
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
mop bathroom floor
mop ensuite
mop bedroomsif I can find the floors
pack up dd1s DS to send off to get fixed
clean side door windows
declutter livingroom
dust livingroom
hoover living room
tidy away all stray shoes
sort all clean washing
iron washing
put away washing

lego diaster averted but now I have posted wrong list!
DONE
Everyone up
breakfast

TO DO
everyone washed
dressed
hoover hall
dust hall table
brush kitchen floor
empty washing machine and dry washing
load dishwasher
mop kit floor
lunch
wipe down work tops
clean top of oven again
clean kit table
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
declutter and clean utility room
mop bathroom floor
mop ensuite
mop bedrooms
pack up dd1s DS to send off to get fixed
dust livingroom
hoover living room
tidy away all stray shoes
sort all clean washing
iron washing
put away washing

Lol Ali I almost just ran out of the bedroom but then I realised that I'd be leaving it on my bed and what if it got out of the basket-I wouldn't have been able to go to bed! Hope you haven't got flu-one of my fears is if me and dh get it at the same time...

Alice hope it goes well today.

Giraffes hope the arms are ok, don't overdo it!

Today
All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Hang load of washing on airer- DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Clean loo -
Dust sitting room ?
Tidy playroom REALLY MUST DO THIS-
Meal plan for rest of week ? DONE
Print train refund slip-
Post back train tickets -
Write shopping list -
Go to supermarket -
Lunch ?
Phone cousin -
Pick up all the bits littered around house ?
Put some more of the photos in albums ?
PLAY WITH MY CHILDREN -
Yoga -
Cook dinner ?

Right some stuff done.

Tues:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• tidy kitchen DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• ds2 nap Doing
• DH out to work meeting for morning (half day) DONE
• make cards for DH & wrap his presents with ds1 DONE
• watch toy on ebay CurrentlyWinning
• poss lunch out with other mums
• ds2 nap
• boys tea, bath & bed
• very early night needed for me

This week:

• package up paid for eBay item
• post sold & paid for eBay item
• DH's birthday Wed (make cards/wrap presents/etcDONE)
• PIL coming for 3 days to help, yey
• remember Fire Station Open Day on Saturday
• try and do family tree stuff

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• list last item to sell on eBay (find anything else? - free listing until 31st August)
• clear kitchen counter Area of Doom

OMG the lists are starting to work my kitchen looks lovely
I'm going to do bathrooms etc again to keep on top of things hope fully it will start to be routine and everywhere stays sparkly

CC where are you? hope you are ok?

DONE
Everyone up
breakfast
everyone washed
dressed
brush kitchen floor
load dishwasher
mop kit floor
wipe down work tops

TO DO
hoover hall
dust hall table
empty washing machine and dry washing
lunch
clean top of oven again
clean kit table
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
declutter and clean utility room
mop bathroom floor
mop ensuite
mop bedrooms
pack up dd1s DS to send off to get fixed
dust livingroom
hoover living room
tidy away all stray shoes
sort all clean washing
iron washing
put away washing

Well done PBM . I'm about to do the next batch of stuff...will report back later.

Morning everyone

alice hope all goes well today.

Ali how are you feeling?

plum was he getting frustrated with the lego?? My DD gets so cross when she finding it hard to do something and her screaming is deafening!!

I find that if my house is looking nice I try to keep it that way, but if I don't housework for a few days and its starting to look messy the slattern in me shows its ugly face. Sticking to the routine is the key to a sparky house, it's that bit that I find hard

to everyone else

Tuesdays list
Dust living room
Hang out wet washing done
Collected DS2 requested book from library done
Online banking/look at finances
Decide what to get mum for her 50th birthday
Sort through diary
Go to shop done
Go to post office done
Clean bathroom
Catch up on some sky+ed TV
Put eye cream on
Moisturise feet
Breakfast done
Lunch
Dinner
Everyone up and dressed done
Keep kitchen tidy after every meal
Run WM
Run DW
Sterilise bottles
Bath/wash DC and to bed
Make beds done
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

Ongoing;
Drink more water
Clutter clearing done some in cupboard
Sort through stuff to Ebay, carboot or donate.
Sort through the masses of photos stored on PC, print some and put the rest to disk
Work on DH books
Appearance improving!!

Quick hello as am at work.

Have a good day all. Heres a motivational kick up the bum to all who need it.

Back later...

Thanks HMHB I really need that!!

Hi everyone - I am poorly poorly. Seems to be tonsillitis rather than flu, so Mum is coming up to take me and DH to the Drs and make us some dinner and play with DS for a bit. Poor child is so bored today.

Hope everyone is ok.

Plum - I had been wondering where CC was too, she's not been on for a few days.

Peppa he had built a bulldozer quite hard, it was when he was lifting it to put it in the lego tidy up box (I really am organised) it kept falling apart
Yeap Peppa that is my prob I think I've done really well I can take it easy but thats when you get back to sq 1 so thats why decided to mop today again and dust, yey

Just my washing building up again [bleurgh]

Definitely think damp dusting is the way to go, or your just moving it about and house looks as dusty again the next day,
have stumbled on Flash clean and care good job esp on pencil drawings on oak doors!

DONE
Everyone up
breakfast
everyone washed
dressed
brush kitchen floor
load dishwasher
mop kit floor
wipe down work tops
hoover hall
empty washing machine and dry washing
lunch
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
mop bathroom floor
mop ensuite
mop bedrooms

TO DO
dust hall table
clean top of oven again
clean kit table
declutter and clean utility room
pack up dd1s DS to send off to get fixed
dust livingroom
hoover living room
tidy away all stray shoes
sort all clean washing
iron washing
put away washing

Afternoon all - not got much done as had long lunch at friend's house.

Turns out i actually have 2 areas of doom in the kitchen, one lives by another name: DS1's craft corner Have tidied that one up and thrown away filed all of his recent artwork...

Tues:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• tidy kitchen DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• DH out to work meeting for morning (half day) DONE
• make cards for DH & wrap his presents with ds1 DONE
• watch toy on ebay CurrentlyWinning
• poss lunch out with other mum DONE
• ds2 nap Doing
• boys tea, bath & bed
• very early night needed for me

This week:

• package up paid for eBay item DONE
• post sold & paid for eBay item DONE
• DH's birthday Wed (make cards/wrap presents/etcDONE)
• PIL coming for 3 days to help, yey
• remember Fire Station Open Day on Saturday
• try and do family tree stuff

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• list last item to sell on eBay (find anything else? - free listing until 31st August)
• clear kitchen counter Area of Doom Started

JKS I am back to ignoring the areas ofdoom

PBM what do you reckon these people with spotless houses have on their daily lists that we don't, there must be a secret! I can spend hours cleaning and it still looks a mess by the end of the day!

Today
All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Load of washing in - DONE
Hang load of washing on airer- DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Clean loo - DONE
Dust sitting room ?
Tidy playroom REALLY MUST DO THIS- STARTED
Meal plan for rest of week ? DONE
Print train refund slip- FORGOT
Post back train tickets - FORGOT
Write shopping list -DONE
Go to supermarket -DONE
Lunch ? DONE
Phone cousin -
Pick up all the bits littered around house ? DONE SOME
Put some more of the photos in albums ? DONE
PLAY WITH MY CHILDREN - DONE A BIT DD TOLD ME I WAS ANNOYING HER
Yoga -
Cook dinner ?

Clairey - lol & lol at your DD may as well carrying on MNing cleaning then!

Tues:

• watch toy on ebay StillWinning
• ds2 nap Doing
• bit of baking with ds1 DONE
• everyone's tea
• boys bath & bed
• very early night needed for me

This week:

• DH's birthday Wed (make cards/wrap presents/etcDONE)
• PIL coming for 3 days to help, yey
• remember Fire Station Open Day on Saturday
• try and do family tree stuff
• dust blinds in study (bought a gadget!)

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• list last item to sell on eBay (find anything else? - free listing until 31st August)
• clear kitchen counter Area of Doom Started

ahem, yes cleaning...
about to put dinner on and do a 30 min whizz around

MUST CONNECT PRINTER AND PRINT TRAIN THINGY BEFORE TURNING OFF COMPUTER AGAIN

Tonsillitis sucks Ali

Home:

Clear lounge - DONE
Sort toys in lounge
Lounge carpet
Birth Ball - fix and inflate - DONE
Clear dining room
Rearrange dining room
Clean kitchen (not as essential tbh) - DH is working on it
Find crib
Clear bedroom
Post maternity clothes
Washing x 100000 - Slow....
Sort clothes for loft (& glare at DH as that was meant to happen in MAY)
POST FRENCHMAN'S CREEK!

BumFluff:

Post orders - DONE
Contact suppliers - DONE
Newsletter - DONE
Pack stock into proper boxes

Children:

Do not kill - Doing So Far (today is hard
Write letter to nursery - DONE

Food:

Feed us daily - Doing
Batch cook

Flame - you name-changing again!
(i only know it's you cos of the glaring at DH!)

Ali - yes ouch re tonsils - i had it a few weeks ago.

Clairey - done the train thing yet?

Tues:

• watch toy on ebay StillWinning
• ds2 nap DONE
• bit of baking with ds1 DONE
• everyone's tea DONE
• tidy kitchen Started (rice a bad idea for ds2!)
• dustbust under the fridge! DONE
• put away dry laundry
• sort out ds1's wardrobe if time while he's in the bath
• boys bath & bed
• very early night needed for me

This week:

• DH's birthday Wed (make cards/wrap presents/etcDONE)
• PIL coming for 3 days to help, yey
• remember Fire Station Open Day on Saturday
• try and do family tree stuff
• dust blinds in study (bought a gadget!)

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• list last item to sell on eBay (find anything else? - free listing until 31st August)
• clear kitchen counter Area of Doom Started

Ali Get well soon

plum I've started to use Flash Clean, it's much better than Mr Sheen.

Clairey I wish I knew the secret to spotless houses!!

Mmmeggs My DH is working on our kitchen too, thats my excuse for not taking care of it, when his has laid the floor and put the skirting on I will have to make more of an effort.

I have finally had a brainwave for my mums birthday present, I bought her a subscription to a weekly magazine, I hope she likes it, some of my relatives and I have put some money towards tickets for her and a friend to see a Jane Mcdonald show.

Tuesdays list
Dust living room done
Hang out wet washing done
Collected DS2 requested book from library done
Online banking/look at finances done
Decide what to get mum for her 50th birthday done
Sort through diary done
Go to shop done
Go to post office done
Clean bathroom done
Catch up on some sky+ed TV
Put eye cream on
Moisturise feet
Breakfast done
Lunch done
Dinner done
Everyone up and dressed done
Keep kitchen tidy after every meal
Run WM done
Run DW done
Sterilise bottles
Bath/wash DC and to bed
Make beds done
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

Ongoing;
Drink more water
Clutter clearing done some in cupboard
Sort through stuff to Ebay, carboot or donate.
Sort through the masses of photos stored on PC, print some and put the rest to disk done some
Work on DH books
Appearance improving!!

you know you love the name changes

My mum was really pleased the year we got her a subscription for her birthday