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!!!

oh god you are all doing really well today and I'm not getting anything done!

(but my airing cupboard is still tidy and my garden weeded!)

Ali - does the wrap not feel damp then?
Oh, and what oil blend you using? I tried the 10% castor/ 90% sunflower but still needed moisturiser.

• DS boobed, changed, dressed done
• make beds done
• sort washing loads out done
• check emails done
• check online banking done
• breakfast done
• dry pots done
• clean sink done
• wash pots done
• fold dry washing done
• washing - clothes done, cloths and towels, nappies
• wipe round bathroom done
• Me showered and dressed done
• remember to change nappy often to get rid of nappy rash oksofar
• town? - bobbles, DH socks, Tesco mini-shop nottoday
• lunch mine
• declutter in office
• tidy up
• tea
• put bread on
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen
• put milk bottles out

Afternoon all

Was going to post my list with lots of lovely dones on it, but farrier has just rang and he is going to be early so will have to shoot off. Will read through this evening when i get back.

Have a good afternoon all

Afternoon everyone, so far today I have
been woke at 5.45 am
Made my bed
Breakfast for everyone
Make Spag Bol from scratch (normally use Dolmio)
Breakfast Dishes
Had Tea with a friend
Washing 3rd wash in
Cooked Lunch
Washed up after it
Washed Floor as DD3 helped me wash Dishes!!!!
Having a lazy day as it is my time of the month, also after having a lovely bank holiday,I think I have post holiday blues

Hi everyone. I'm back back back! from rainy week in Cornwall. I hope everyone is ok? Have I missed anything exciting???

I have lost my list but will try to find it somehow.

Am off this week and have loads to do including preparation for local village show. DS in nursery - hurrah.

Forms for village show
Take trophy back
Make honey cake
Get other stuff ready

Prepare for in-law arrival
Sort kitchen

Clutter busting
DS room
Dining room
Bedrooms
Stuff to charity shop
Spare room

Get baby stuff out of woodshed and check OK

HMHB - welcome back

Tues:

• more laundry Doing
• ironing DONE
• collect ebay bag of toys
• ds2 nap DONE
• catch up on FB, MN & Ebay DoingAgain!
• lunch DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• me & ds1 out to see friends DONE
• boys tea (& dh if he wants) DH Doing
• dinner out with other mums, yey! (remember baby 'bouquet' for pg friend - see profile for a pic )
• late night!

Ongoing:

• contact handyman (sort list)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen - maybe buy a new one - can't find one i like
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• write in DS2's book for 18mo entry
• buy new (cheap) DVD player
• make more cards so i'm ahead of myself
• plan & use reward chart for ds1 to get him using the toilet......

HMHB - where in Cornwall were you? No exciting updates, it's been business as usual chez Slatterns!

WME - no it doesn't get wet because you lanolise it - and it's so breathable that moisture evaporates. Try one - honestly - they are fab. Disana is the make I have, and they are only a tenner. I tried them because DS was leaking at night and also getting a sore tummy from his wrap rubbing, and both those problems are now solved. He does smell like a little sheep when he comes into bed for a feed, but it's ever so cute
I use 10% castor/90% extra virgin olive. I still do my normal moisturiser at night and then I use a really gentle facewash in the morning and moisturise as normal. This is when I remember to do any of it of course!

Clairey - nothing better than a tidy airing cupboard - don't worry about anything else

Peppa - eye cream is the key I think. Do they do a special cream to deal with the crease that goes between your nose and the corner of your mouth - if they do that's what I need!

Today
Up and dressed - done
DS boobed, changed and dressed - done
Breakfast x 3 - done
Tidy round upstairs - done
Dishwasher on - done
Hang up washing on airer - done
Next load of washing in - done
DS nap - done
Natter to my Mum for half an hour on the phone - done
Make chilli for tonight - done
Make meatballs for freezer - done
Lunch x 3 - done
Clear up kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Reload - done
Freeze extra chilli - done
Load of washing into dryer - done
Wash nappies
Make banana cake x 2
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Relax

Ongoing
DS thank yous
Paperwork - argh
Appearance improvement!
Organise bookcases

Tuttut CC What is this Dolmio?, Once you make it from scratch you'll never go back![yum] Although I can't talk I'm off to stir my homepride curry!

Well just back from Gforce, it was alright dcs loved it

popped into Tesco and got a few bits and ds his new lunch box£8 and pencil case

still have to get schoolbags and dd1's lunchbox, I think I'm a miserable git I really begrudge the price of them!!

Peppa & Ali I had a terrible time turning 30, I think it was also because I was soo shocked at myself for being annoyed about it.

Turning 30 was fine for me, turning 31 I was worse, I was depressed for the week!

Tues:

• more laundry LastLoadForNowHungOut
• collect ebay bag of toys
• catch up on FB, MN & Ebay DONE
• boys tea (& dh if he wants) DH DONE
• dinner out with other mums, yey! (remember baby 'bouquet' for pg friend - see profile for a pic )
• late night!

Ongoing:

• contact handyman (sort list)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen - maybe buy a new one - can't find one i like
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• write in DS2's book for 18mo entry
• buy new (cheap) DVD player
• make more cards so i'm ahead of myself
• plan & use reward chart for ds1 to get him using the toilet......

Welcome back HMHB

Ali that crease is the bit i need to get rid of too. I used to have lovely skin before i had DD, i could go to bed with my make up on and get up the next morning and be glowing. Now it is so sensitive i would come out in a rash! I found a great face mask in Superdrug. It is their own brand rasberry exfoliating clay mask costs about £2 and is amazing. Leaves your skin really plump and good for the tops of your arms too.

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Put washload on done
Empty dishwasher done
Sort out DD's clothes done
Sort out DD's toys done
Hoover upstairs done dd's room
Clean sides/bars of cot done
Dry washing on airer
Move some boxes of stuff from our bed (might ask DH)
Go to young parents group (maybe)
Lunch done
Dust downstairs done
Do horses/ride done
Put a load of washing away
Clean oven done
Cook dinner done
Load dishwasher done
Sewing

HMHB hope you had a good week in Cornwall despite the weather.

Ali and Alice I don't know if there is a special cream, let me know if you discover one as I need it too!!

PBM I was just 10 days away from DS3s due date when I had my 30th birthday, so I wasn't overly bothered at the time, but once last xmas was over and the strain of mothering 4 DC started to show on my face I started to hate being 30, I not so bothered now but I need to start taking care of myself, I'm still 18 in my mind

CC I'm going to struggle with 31 too, although my mum says that I look younger my 28 year old brother!!

Put eye cream on
Breakfast done
Lunch done
Dinner done
Hang up wet washing done
Dust and polish living room, hall, stairs and landing done
Charge mobile done*
Phone Nanny done
Catch up on some sky+ed TV done
Order older DSs school trousers from Next
Sort through all the paper that keeps falling out of my diary
Everyone up and dressed done
Check the items on Ebay done
Help DS1 advertise his PSP on Ebay
Wipe round bathroom done
Keep kitchen tidy after every meal done after lunch
Run WM done
Run DW done
Save brothers new mobile number on my phone phone broken
Sterilise bottles done
Bath/wash DC and to bed done
Make beds done done
Tell brother car part has arrived done
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

Ongoing;
Clutter clearing - my bedroom is clutter free just needs* a good clean rather than a quick dust
Work on DH books
Appearance improving!!

LOL PEPPA, I am still 18 in my head even though I am 20 yrs older! Cant believe I am 18 months away from being 40 , how did that happen! Though I have convinced myself that life will really begin at 40!

DS is supposed to be asleep but I can hear him singing to himself upstairs.

It's not so much how old I am that bothers me, it's how old I look . I need to change my skincare, my skin has altered totally since having DS, much drier. I am heading for mummy elbows too (where you get that dry bit and then a kind of wrinkly overhang ), must moisturise there a lot too to try and stave those off!

Today
Up and dressed - done
DS boobed, changed and dressed - done
Breakfast x 3 - done
Tidy round upstairs - done
Dishwasher on - done
Hang up washing on airer - done
Next load of washing in - done
DS nap - done
Natter to my Mum for half an hour on the phone - done
Make chilli for tonight - done
Make meatballs for freezer - done
Lunch x 3 - done
Clear up kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Reload and run again - done
Freeze extra chilli - done
Load of washing into dryer - done
Wash nappies - in a minute
Make banana cake x 2 - done Made a cake and some muffins from the mix, yum.
Shower and do skincare - done
Dinner x 3 - done First chilli for DS and he loved it!
Clear up - ignoring for the moment
DS bath and bed - done
Take washing off airer
Get washing from dryer and fold
Relax - doing
Drink wine - doing

Morning!

Well I turn 31 on Friday and that seems loads older than 30. I wouldn't mind if I didn't look so terrible! I looked quite young til just after we got married 3 years ago, the stress of doing my MA, and then pregnancy and motherhood have drained me, but I'm having a go at sorting myself out.

Ali- I'll give the OCM another go I think, I did feel glowy when I tried it before.
What nappy do you use on DS at night?

• Wii Fit done
• Me showered and dressed done
• DS boobed, changed and dressed done
• make beds done
• sort washing done
• emails
• internet banking
• breakfast
• bring in milk
• dry pots
• wash pots
• fold dry washing
• washing X3
• snacktime

+ +

• nap
• lunch
• immunisation clinic
• walk/shop
• snacktime
• tea
• DS bath and bed
• clear kitchen

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed
Make beds done
Put washload on done
Empty dishwasher
Dry washing
Put clean throws on sofas
Hoover living room
Move some boxes of stuff from our bed (might ask DH)
Go to Stay and Play
Lunch
Do horses/ride done
Put a load of washing away
Cook dinner
Load dishwasher
Sewing

Oops, posted by accident, i hadn't finished

Good morning

Wasting what is OCM?

I have been feeling the same a bit recently. I have tended to go a bit frumpy and now i am thinking that i don't want to be frumpy mummy, i want to me again. I am 24 FGS! (25 in a month) So i am trying to get my skin back under control and lose some weight and make a bit of an effort day to day.Sometimes it gets me quite down, especially as my best friend looks like barbie

Alice - there's a big thread in Style and Beauty here.

It's cleaning your face with oil, and using a hot cloth to steam the skin while wiping it. Very relaxing and very glowy afterwards.

Oh yes - duh! the Oil Cleansing Method i had read it before but i thought maybe OCM was a great new product - oh well, it's a bit early

Hello ladies,
dh has finally gone back to work after a week off sick. I just can't seem to get anything done while he's in the house, drives me mad! So now can get back to some work.

Up, dressed done
breakfast done
wash dishes
clean kitchen
Loaf in breadmaker done
sort out my wardrobe (Mammoth task!)
Make soup for tea
Make fruit crumble
lunch
feed animals
ring friend with poorly dd
ring mum also poorly
fill out OU forms
ring OU re: registration
buy Get Well card for friend's dd
return cat box I borrowed
post letter

Feels like I'm starting again with the housework after having dh under my feet for a week.

Morning .

JKS Hope you are feeling better . I really like the bouquet my friend has just announced she is pg so may have to do one .

Welcome back HMHB hope everything is ok .

PBM DS wants to see G-force I don't fancy it at all I am also starting the back to school shopping this week I am dreading it as they all need new coats /shoes everything .

alice My skin is crap too I have all the stuff but keep forgetting to cleanse and whatever and my sister also looks like barbie and is always getting eyed up when we go out while I'm sure people think I am her Mother .

Waves to all other slatterns .

Don't know what I am doing today raining and miserable and dc all grumpy .
I have put a couple of new photos on of Lola if anyone wants a look can't believe how fast time is passing she is 10 weeks old on Friday .

Today
Make biscuits with dd4
Go and check on dsis house ?
Washing and drying
hoover
quick tidy round
menu plan
look for some stuff to do next week
dinner
tea
download some music for dd3
upload photos to snapfish
email family and ask for pics of dsis wedding
Do not eat a galaxy
Bath.

Morning .

JKS Hope you are feeling better . I really like the bouquet my friend has just announced she is pg so may have to do one .

Welcome back HMHB hope everything is ok .

PBM DS wants to see G-force I don't fancy it at all I am also starting the back to school shopping this week I am dreading it as they all need new coats /shoes everything .

alice My skin is crap too I have all the stuff but keep forgetting to cleanse and whatever and my sister also looks like barbie and is always getting eyed up when we go out while I'm sure people think I am her Mother .

Waves to all other slatterns .

Don't know what I am doing today raining and miserable and dc all grumpy .
I have put a couple of new photos on of Lola if anyone wants a look can't believe how fast time is passing she is 10 weeks old on Friday .

Today
Make biscuits with dd4
Go and check on dsis house ?
Washing and drying
hoover
quick tidy round
menu plan
look for some stuff to do next week
dinner
tea
download some music for dd3
upload photos to snapfish
email family and ask for pics of dsis wedding
Do not eat a galaxy
Bath.

CWWM - she is getting big already, time does fly!
I'm going to the doc in a bit - sure it's tonsilitis, so hoping i get some ABs and knock it on the head asap, took some night nurse last night to force me to sleep which worked, woke up hardly able to swallow or talk though. neurofen & strepsils can only do so much.

Re age - i'm 34 now, how did that happen?! turning 30 i found weird, i think i had so many thoughts when i was younger about how i would be/what i would have done/how i would have decided what to do with my life/etc. by the time i was 30 - it was a bit of a shock to find out i was still the same!

Yest:

• collect ebay bag of toys DONE
• dinner out with other mums, yey! (remember baby 'bouquet' for pg friend - see profile for a pic ) DONE (she liked it)
• late night! DONE

Today:

• breakfast DONE
• doc appt 9.40
• ds1 to holiday club for morning (yey) gone
• ds2 nap Doing
• lunch
• tidy kitchen
• trip out with ds1 this afternoon with friends while babysitter minds ds2
• boys tea
• boys to bed
• dinner & early night for me
• other jobs as i find the energy
• sort toys from ebay bundle started
• collect together things i'm going to try and sell on ebay
• maybe start laundry (again)

Ongoing:

• contact handyman (sort list)
• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy some cheap photo albums
• find correct sized refills for filofax pen - maybe buy a new one - can't find one i like
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census (again)
• write in DS2's book for 18mo entry
• buy new (cheap) DVD player
• make more cards so i'm ahead of myself
• plan & use reward chart for ds1 to get him using the toilet......

Wecome back ladygooga

I must look into OCM, I'll try anything!

CWWM she's so cute, I am feeling broody!! I must put some pics of my DCs on!!

CC My DH is a little over 10 years older than be and I don't see him as old, so I don't why I'm feeling old, actually what bothers me the most the the speed that time is passing.

Well we're of to visit my Nan, my mum is coming with us, I just hope things go smoothly, there has been a few agruements going on between my brothers and cousins, Oh the joys of having a large family, my mums the eldest of 5 and 1 of her sisters has 5 and the over has 6 DC. I hope we can just have a nice chat and not get into a discussion about family politics

Package parcel and post
Write shopping list (including some toys)
Prepare bag to take
Go to shop
Put eye cream on
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Hang up wet washing done
Catch up on some sky+ed TV
Order older DSs school trousers from Next
Sort through all the paper that keeps falling out of my diary
Everyone up and dressed
Check the items on Ebay
Help DS1 advertise his PSP on Ebay
Keep kitchen tidy after every mealafter lunch
Run WM
Run DW
Sterilise bottles done
Bath/wash DC and to bed
Make beds done
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

Ongoing;
Clutter clearing
Work on DH books
Appearance improving!!