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!!!

O hope your grandad is ok Peppa.

Not read through, hope everyone's ok.
Been out for most of the day, had a good time.

• DS boobed, changed and dressed done forgot teeth!
• make bed done
• dry pots done
• breakfast, clear up done
• drink coffee doing
• take up clean washing and sort most
• put nappies in to wash done
• Me showered and dressed done
• snacktime done
• random tidying and decluttering nope
• hang out washing bitlate
• go out - paper, food done
• lunch out
• playing SILs
• tea, clear up
• tidy livingroom
• appointment
• DS bath and bed
• relaxxxx

Evening all

Flame you sound like you are doing brilliantly, after a particularly low episode earlier this year, i wrote out a 'What makes Alice happy' list. I find that to look at it now and again really helps to stop me slipping. I don't know about your situation, but wondered if you had any little things like that which help you cope a bit better. and hugs.

Peppa hope your Grandad gets better soon

wasting where did you go? Anywhere nice?

I have been a true slattern today (my excuse is AF and feeling particularly feeble)so not got much done

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Turn horse out done
Tidy kitchen sort of
Put washload on done
Dry washing done
Lunch done
Do horses/ride done
Decide what to have for dinner done leftovers
Do some handwashing (dress, top and nice underwear)
DD bed

Our Bedroom
Put all books back into bookcase
Put all clothes away started
Wash curtains
Hoover
Dust

DD's Bedroom
Put clothes away
Dust
Hoover

Bathroom
Clean bath
Clean loo
Clean sink
Clean mirror and window
Wipe down unit
Hoover and mop

Hoover/sweep landing,stairs and hall

Livingroom
Load up bookshelves
Hoover
Dust
Put clean throws on sofas

Diningroom
Clear table
Dust
Hoover

Kitchen
Clean all worktops
Clean all cupboard doors
Sweep floor
Mop floor

Get all food/drink sorted for BBQ and dig out all paper plates/cups/cutlery

I have spoke to my nan and my grandad is comfortable but he hates being in hospital.

I have made mums cake this evening and I have hid it away because I am so temted to try abit!!

I am so tired now, I'm going to sleep without reading any book or I will be reading all night!!

Night night all

Peppa - night night & hope your GDD is ok soon.

hi all

Done Today:

• wake up bl**dy early with ds2
• Dh out for work meeting then home
• breakfast
• tidy kitchen (PIL DONE!)
• painting with ds1
• ds2 wake too early from nap crying, think it's teeth, neurofen given & he's gone back down
• me strop at DH!
• sort out DS2's paperwork for medical file to take to hosp next week
• lunch
• laundry (some left for tomorrow)
• afternoon plan - DH, me & DS1 out to park for a bit while ds2 naps
• ds2 nap
• tea
• boys bath (must do tonight!) & bed

TO DO:!

• early night soon

This week:

• PIL here
• remember Fire Station Open Day on Saturday
• try and do family tree stuff
• dust blinds in study (bought a gadget!), babywipe them first

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

I have done a big pile of ironing
one more to do
I successfully finished Super Mario Galaxy, or so I thought it just gives you anopther mission I'm hoping ds will do this one

off to make dh and I a cuppa and read me book!

dd1 at hosp tomorrow again
dh bringing ds to get his haircut for back to school
need to go buy BIL his birthday present tickets to see Bruce Springsteen Tribute!

I'm babysitting tomorrow night for BIL birthday, can't wait!

We will have to think of a new thread title soon, and search for our missing Slatterns

Not like Cikecaka to go missing?

Peppa - glad your grandad is doing ok, sleep well

Flame - you are doing so well. It's probably all unsettling for DS with the baby coming. No idea how much he knows or understands, but he'll know something is happening and he's testing his boundries. Hopefully he'll settle down once the baby is here

to everyone else

DONE
Up and dressed
DS boobed, changed and dressed
DS and DH breakfast
Load dishwasher
Tidy kitchen
2 loads of washing - 1 done
Take bin out
Lunch x 3
Hoover living room
Dinner - oven fish and chips
Clear up
Relax

NOT DONE
Fold clean washing - it is totally covering the dining table, must tackle it in the morning.

Alice - we went out with SIL and DN for the day. Just walking to supermarkets, had lunch at pub then played in their back garden. Really enjoyed it, should do things like that more often.

Gave DS supper of a bowl of cereal tonight before bedtime-boob, hope he sleeps longer.

• DS boobed, changed and dressed done forgot teeth!
• make bed done
• dry pots done
• breakfast, clear up done
• drink coffee doing
• take up clean washing and sort done
• put nappies in to wash done
• Me showered and dressed done
• snacktime done
• random tidying and decluttering nope
• hang out washing bitlate
• go out - paper, food done
• lunch out
• playing SILs
• tea, clear up done
• tidy livingroom done
• appointment done
• DS bath and bed done

+ brought washing in

• relaxxxx doing

Jinxed myself there of course. He woke at 4.30, and I had to feed him to sleep and then up at 7. Worth a try!

• DS boobed, changed, dressed and teeth brushed done
• bed made, rooms tidied done
• bring milk in done
• breakfast, clear up done
• fold dry washing done
• wash pots started
• washing on done
• get stuff out of freezer for lunch and tea done
• sort fridge
• clean bathroom
• Me showered and dressed
• hang washing out
• put another load of washing in
• snacktime
• phonecalls
• online order
• go out
• lunch
• ?
• tea, clear up
• tidy livingroom
• DS bath and bed
• sweep and mop through
• relaxxxx

Oh no. I have a head cold

I rang MW to see if she still wants to see me. She said to stay at home. Thats fine with me as don't want to be pinned down and given Tamiflu by people in face masks at the surgery. Honestly everyone its just a cold!

Also not going to work - they handed out antibacterial wipes yesterday but we aren't allowed to use them til next week. I used 3. If I go in with a cold the health and safety people will catch me in a net and put me in the dreaded medical room.

So here I am, at home. My symptoms are headache, blocked nose/sinus/ear and feeling a bit hot. Drinking hot lemon and honey. Will take a paracetamol in a bit.

Will be taking up residence on sofa shortly.

Jobs
Email work to say I'm not going in done
Ring mum for sympathy
Ring work to check everythings ok
Take vits and spatone
Watch crap on tv
Gestate 32 weeks doing
Wrap present and write card for Aunty
Get congrats card, write and send
Pack for weekend at bro's
Veg

Morning all

Had a good nights sleep so I'm feeling all refreshed, I managed to stay away from my book

HMHB Take it easy today!!, what horrible timing to have a cold, what with the pregnancy and your weekend at your brothers.

wasting You have done loads already!! We are still in jammies and I am faffing about as usual, I must pick a task and do it. DS3 is napping now so I have no excuse.

The damm sky remote is not working even after changing the batteries, we cannot turn the volume down and it is up high because DH was watching a sci-fi film last night, the volume controls on the TV and the Tv remote do not work because the TV is ancient, so the TV has been turned off, I won't be catching up on anything I have sky+ed today

Write a cheque for a bill and post
Go to Mums for her birthday and eat cake
Hang out washing
Blitz kitchen
Wipe round bathroom
Transfer some photos stored on laptop onto disk
Sort DS1 and DS2 shelves
Phone friend
Put eye cream on
Moisturise feet
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Everyone up and dressed
Keep kitchen tidy after every meal
Run WM
Run DW
Sterilise bottles
Bath/wash DC and to bed
Make bed
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

Ongoing;
Drink more water
Clutter clearing
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!!

I have just hung the washing out and it's started raining. I knew I was pushing it, but it was so lovely when we got up.

I'm going to have to leave the washing, if I stick DS back in the playpen he'll get really upset.

Peppa, I usually run out of steam after that first rush of activity in the morning.
I like to list everything though as it's motivating.

• DS boobed, changed, dressed and teeth brushed done
• bed made, rooms tidied done
• bring milk in done
• breakfast, clear up done
• fold dry washing done
• wash pots most
• washing on done
• get stuff out of freezer for lunch and tea done
• sort fridge

+ sweeped kitchen done + take clean washing upstairs done

• clean bathroom wiped
• Me showered and dressed done
• hang washing out done
• put another load of washing in done
• sort washing and put away
• snacktime
• phonecalls
• online order
• go out
• lunch
• ?
• tea, clear up
• tidy livingroom
• DS bath and bed
• sweep and mop through
• relaxxxx

Good morning lovely ladies

I had a good night's sleep last night (the first all week) and DD actually slept til 7.30! (was running around like a loon til about 8 last night though)

I'm supposed to be going out for a curry with some of play group mums this evening, must find out whats going on.

Wasting I hung out the stuff i had handwashed this morning only to look out the window 5 mins later to see it had blown of the line. Now in airing cupboard and will tumble the load i washed this morning, can't be doing with knocking at next door and asking for my pants back

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Turn horse out done
Empty dishy done
Put washload on done
Dry washing
Ring child minder
Find out about tonight
Lunch
Do horses/ride
Do some handwashing (dress, top and nice underwear) done

Our Bedroom
Put all books back into bookcase
Put all clothes away started
Wash curtains
Hoover
Dust

DD's Bedroom
Put clothes away
Dust
Hoover

Bathroom
Clean bath
Clean loo
Clean sink
Clean mirror and window
Wipe down unit
Hoover and mop

Hoover/sweep landing,stairs and hall

Livingroom
Load up bookshelves
Hoover
Dust
Put clean throws on sofas

Diningroom
Clear table
Dust
Hoover

Kitchen
Clean all worktops
Clean all cupboard doors
Sweep floor
Mop floor

Get all food/drink sorted for BBQ and dig out all paper plates/cups/cutlery

Afternoon We had a god awful night with DS last night - he woke at midnight for a feed and didn't go back to sleep until DH took him out in the car at 3am!! . There are a lot of bleary eyes in our house today! Feeling much better in terms of throat etc.

HMHB - sorry you are feeling crap, there seems to be a lot going around at the moment.

Alice/Peppa - very jealous of your sleep

Wasting - what a pain about the laundry, I hate that.

Small list today - DH is back at work although still at home and DS and I are both tired and grumpy.

DONE
Up showered and dressed
DS changed, boobed and dressed
Breakfast x 3
Load dishwasher
Clear up kitchen

TO DO
Laundry folding
Whites wash
Handwashing
Makesomething for dinner ?

ali sorry you had a bad night, with my DS3 he will have a couple of goods, so you think you've cracked it and then will have a few bad nights to prove me wrong. Before last nights good sleep he a couple of nights where he woke at 2ish for a least an hour and a half, he was quite cheerful just wanted to play rather than sleep I just can't sleep knowing that he is awake.

I have been quite productive today, when DS3 wakes up we're off to see my mum and eat cake!!

Write a cheque for a bill and post
Go to Mums for her birthday and eat cake
Hang out washing done
Blitz kitchen
Wipe round bathroom done
Transfer some photos stored on laptop onto disk done
Sort DS1 and DS2 shelves done
Phone friend
Put eye cream on
Moisturise feet
Breakfast done
Lunch done
Dinner
Everyone up and dressed done
Keep kitchen tidy after every meal
Run WM timer set
Run DW done
Sterilise bottles
Bath/wash DC and to bed
Make bed
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

Ongoing;
Drink more water
Clutter clearing done some
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!!

Well I'm not babysitting tonight, they have decided to stay in, Think parenting is turning out to be harder than they thought!

dd has to stay on her drops 8 times a day, which means I will have to go up to school and give her them or keep her off
So shes going to school, she would be devastated if I kept her off, shes not allowed out in the playground for 6 weeks and no swimming, (and she dosen't require anymore care than a healthy 8 year old)

going to change beds
think about dinner
do more ironing
have a shower
bath dcs
read book

wonder if you think about dinner for long ehough will it miracously appear
bath dcs

I feel so 'meh' today. Really want to go out but it's really really windy here and keeps raining so we're a bit stuck inside. Garden is too wet to go and play out there with DS even. Humph.

DONE
Up showered and dressed
DS changed, boobed and dressed
Breakfast x 3
Load dishwasher
Clear up kitchen
Lunch x 3
Unload dishwasher
Reload and tidy kitchen
Whites wash

TO DO
Laundry folding
Handwashing
Makesomething for dinner ?

Plum x-posts. What a PITA about the drops, how long will that go on? I'm wondering the same about dinner myself today!!!

Ali hopefully another couple of weeks and then down to 6 times a day

I knew I had already typed bath dcs don't know how it got to the bottom of the page though, I'm definitely not with it today, Ali I'm the same I feel like we have been stuck in all summer, roll on school

Start thinking of new thread title everyone!

How about 'September Slatterns - How clean is your skirting??'

I have sat down in front of Pride and Prejudice (BBC version) and folded my washing. Feel much better

I heart BBC Pride and Prej. Its nice to have an Elizabeth with bosoms instead of Kiera.

Still sofa surfing.

M&S lasagne for tea. Feeling a bit better - although don't let on to DH .

Hi all, trying to catch up:

Peppa - have you googled resetting Sky remote? it's happened to us a few times. If one button is pressed for too long (by a child for eg) is turns itself off and you have to press a series of buttons to reset it.

Ali - re bad sleep, could your being ill be messing with your milk? (sorry think you are bf) i found it did when i had a vomiting bug when feeding ds1.

Plum - why not allowed in the playground? seems excessive.

New title sounds good to me

No list today, not had a chance to get on here:
lots of phone calls to-ing and fro-ing but news re DS2:

• Tues am, go in and register for MRI
• then go to Epilepsy Development Clinic & see a Neuro-Psychiatrist
• go back to ward for MRI
• go home
• Wed am go in for 24hr EEG (telemetry), stay in overnight
• Thurs come home

oh, & fit in a meeting sometime Tues with the Professor whenever suits us between appointment!
phew!

They are taking us seriously at last and things are moving.
there is a possibility of surgery within 2/3 months.

fingers tightly crossed for good results and fast moving appointments!!!

Today:

• just get by + trip to beach Doing

This week:

• PIL here
• remember Fire Station Open Day tomorrow
• try and do family tree stuff
• dust blinds in study (bought a gadget!), babywipe them first

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 shes not allowed any 'rough and tumble' so no risks of someone bumping into her or being hit with a ball or falling, shes not allowed on her bike or go swimming

By the way going to see my Dad this weekend - see the chat thread for ranting about his GF. Haven't seen him since March so there may be a rant coming from this direction on Mon / Tues.

Am liking September Slatterns Ali - hope you have a better night with DS.

I hope everyone has a great Bank Holiday weekend with nice relatives and good children who clean up after themselves. Then we can all have a breather when they go to school!

Plum - thats a pain re drops and school! At least you will know she is getting them properly though.

By the way. If anyone is having a bad day you may feel better when you know that I am still in my PJ's! but I am ill (ish)..... actually feeling a lot better now.

List
DS to bed done
Make tea - cheers M&S
Pack for tomorrow
Watch more crap on tv

HMHB good luck seeing your dad,

My dad will probably be at funeral tomorrow but I am not going to think about that, dh has to work so I have to go on my own, so fingers crossed for me

Anyone have cikecaka on their Facebook and check shes ok?