'September Slatterns/List makers - How clean is your skirting??'

[PlumBumMum]

Stealing Ali's title as just realised we're out of room, and hopefully all lost slatterns will find us!!!

I wore black to the wedding last week (with v dark red graduating to bright red shoes, and a red wrap). No-one seemed bothered.

No list, just sticking head in really.

Plan for the weekend is to finish the bedroom, after that I feel I am ready for this baby. The rest (diningroom etc) is a plus - if I have space for a birth pool/clean house for home birth then yay, if not, Bournemouth hospital has a great maternity unit

DH has taken DC to the cinema (as per our bribe last week to allow them to go to the wedding like he wanted). I think I may have hit a nerve last week... I was a teeny bit tipsy when I said to him that it was all very well being loving father when he wanted to show them off, but what about the rest of the time - this week he has been much more attentive to them, and even took DS to the park with me after preschool on Thursday (NEVER happens!) . Feel a bit for having been so hard on him - he is a good dad, but also slightly chuffed that it had this effect.

Hi all

No list from me today, I am feeling like c**p, whatever DS3 has had I have now got.

alice aw.. I want a kitty cat now
I have been racking my brains for a name, but all I have come up with is Garfield or Garf for short

HMHB Enjoy the wedding, I haven't been to a wedding in ages, my brother and to be SIL canceled theirs because she is expecting.

flame You live near me, I live in sunny Weymouth!! Well done on giving your DH a gentle kick in the right direction, don't be it's obviously worked and you can now tell him what a great dad he is!! I have to give my DH a kick up the bum where the DC are concerned sometimes, he gets all wrapped up with work and providing for them that he forgets all they want is a cuddle and play!!

I will be back on monday with a long list, I know the house will be a dump by the end of the weekend.

Where is everyone??

JKS how did the hospital visit go?

We have our kitten!! He is very sweet, completely unbothered by our feral toddler and we named him Loki

Frizbe (another MNer) has a kitten called Loki! Tis a fabulous name for a cat imo

Morning all have loads to do, going to put everything down that I need to do won't get it all done!

DONE
Everyone up washed & dressed
strip my bedclothes
turn matress around
load wash(uniforms)

TO DO
hang washing out
hoover hall
finish loading dishwasher
tidy/declutter kitchen
clean surfaces
mop kitchen/utility/hall
tidy living room
hoover living room
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
wash my bedclothes
strip dd1 & ds beds
wash dcs bed clothes
wash the tweenies
lunch
sort & iron clean washing
put away clean washing
declutter utility room

invoicing
VAT return
get car tax stuff ready for tomorrow

DONE
Everyone up washed & dressed
strip my bedclothes
turn matress around
load wash(uniforms)
finish loading dishwasher
empty kitchen bins
defrost sausages

TO DO
hang washing out
hoover hall
tidy all shoes lying about
tidy and sort all shoe in cloakroom
tidy/declutter kitchen
clean surfaces
brush kitchen floor
mop kitchen/utility/hall
tidy living room
hoover living room
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
wash my bedclothes
strip dd1 & ds beds
wash dcs bed clothes
wash the tweenies
lunch
sort & iron clean washing
put away clean washing
declutter utility room

invoicing
VAT return
get car tax stuff ready for tomorrow

DONE
Everyone up washed & dressed
strip my bedclothes
turn matress around
load wash(uniforms)
finish loading dishwasher
empty kitchen bins
defrost sausages
hang washing out
hoover hall
wash the tweenies
bleach sink
tidy/declutter kitchen
clean surfaces

TO DO
tidy all shoes lying about
tidy and sort all shoe in cloakroom
brush kitchen floor
mop kitchen/utility/hall
tidy living room
hoover living room
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
wash my bedclothes
strip dd1 & ds beds
wash dcs bed clothes
lunch
sort & iron clean washing
put away clean washing
declutter utility room

invoicing
VAT return
get car tax stuff ready for tomorrow

Everybody must be out enjoying the sunshine

DONE
Everyone up washed & dressed
strip my bedclothes
turn matress around
load wash(uniforms)
finish loading dishwasher
empty kitchen bins
defrost sausages
hang washing out
hoover hall
wash the tweenies
bleach sink
tidy/declutter kitchen
clean surfaces
wash my bedclothes
strip dd1 & ds beds
hang out 2nd wash & tweenies( dd2's face is a picture at the tweenies hanging on the line)

TO DO
tidy all shoes lying about
tidy and sort all shoe in cloakroom
brush kitchen floor
mop kitchen/utility/hall
tidy living room
hoover living room
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
make the beds
wash dcs bed clothes
lunch
sort & iron clean washing
put away clean washing
declutter utility room

invoicing
VAT return
get car tax stuff ready for tomorrow

Everybody must be out enjoying the sunshine, going to make a start on the ironing

DONE
Everyone up washed & dressed
strip my bedclothes
turn matress around
load wash(uniforms)
finish loading dishwasher
empty kitchen bins
defrost sausages
hang washing out
hoover hall
wash the tweenies
bleach sink
tidy/declutter kitchen
clean surfaces
wash my bedclothes
strip dd1 & ds beds
hang out 2nd wash & tweenies( dd2's face is a picture at the tweenies hanging on the line)
brush kitchen floor
mop kitchen/utility
lunch
make the beds

TO DO
tidy all shoes lying about
tidy and sort all shoe in cloakroom
tidy living room
hoover living room
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
wash dcs bed clothes
sort & iron clean washing
put away clean washing
declutter utility room

invoicing
VAT return
get car tax stuff ready for tomorrow

Yes can confirm we have been out enjoying the sun.
Took DS to beach and dropped of DH so he can cycle over the mountains back home [absolutely mental emoticon} .

He has decided that since DC2 is imminent he needs to get a bit of mountain biking out of his system as he won't be able to go on longer rides for a while - bless.

Wedding was lovely. We were in a registry office and DS shouted out 'I need a wee' in that special winey voice while they were doing the vows. DH and I mortified, rest of guests highly entertained.

Jobs
Have nice cup of tea
Gestate 36 weeks doing
Dishy emptied done
Dishy on
Clear up after lunch
Put recycling out done
Empty kitchen bin done
2 loads washing on line done
Washing on
Make dinner
Bring washing in and put away
Bath DS
Usual masses of filing - where does it come from!

Think of colour to paint spare room - a creamy sunny colour I was thinking.
Empty spare room ready for decorating

Buy more trousers for DS
Pack hospital bag!
Think of baby names! - eek
Get some early nights

Before October

Clear out freezer / defrost and fill with delicious ready meals
Buy lots of 'healthy' snack type stuff to eat on the run
Get out all baby clothes from under the bed and check
Make space in DS's bedroom for baby clothes and stuff
Put up crib.
Get some DVD's to watch whilst breastfeeding
Sort kitchen food cupboards

Hello all, back home

The hosp appt went well thanks.
His CT scan was clear
He can increase the new drugs
He is being discussed on Tues at the surgery meeting
We are back in 10 days to review how new drugs are working.

Mostly he is AWAKE!!! &
some days he sleeps as much as a 'normal' 19mo old......!
he has no routine at all and is all over the place with sleep so hope we can settle down a bit now we're home.

Oh and i've said bye to BIL, SIL + 2 + bump - they are off to Oz soon, dh & DS1 are popping down again next weekend - my 'break' time, lol

Previous Laundry:

• Loads 1-5 NeedsIroning
• Load6 InTumbleDryer
• Bibs PutAway

New Laundry:

• mountains by washing machine

Left To Do Today:

• boys to bed
• our dinner
• sort some new Sky+ recordings (Waking The Dead, missed it last week, grr)
• make TQ card for nursery
• early night

Monday:

• me up first
• breakfast
• tidy kitchen
• all of us to nursery (with presents & card) to say thanks as ds1's last day - he's changing to 5 sessions at pre-sch
• ds1 staying at nursery
• dh to work, ds2 & me home
• ds2 naps whenever....
• lunch
• jobs
• pop out somewhere with ds2 maybe?
• collect ds1
• ds2's tea
• boys bath & bed
• our dinner & early night!

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree GotFileOut
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• clean blinds in study
• upload, organise & order photos of boys since May

(sorry, mammoth post!)

JKS - good news about DS. Even without the routine he sounds good!. He should soon settle down once has been at home for a bit.

Our DS loves a routine, in fact we are a bit late for tea time today and he would rather have for milk and bed than eat late (bless). And I've just 'thrown' together a pasta sauce after discovering lack of jars in the pantry .

Jobs
Have nice cup of tea done
Gestate 36 weeks doing
Dishy emptied done
Dishy on
Clear up after lunch
Put recycling out done
Empty kitchen bin done
2 loads washing on line done
Washing on
Make dinner doing
Bring washing in and put away done some
Bath DS done
Usual masses of filing - where does it come from!

Think of colour to paint spare room - a creamy sunny colour I was thinking.
Empty spare room ready for decorating doing

Buy more trousers for DS
Pack hospital bag!
Think of baby names! - eek
Get some early nights

Before October

Clear out freezer / defrost and fill with delicious ready meals
Buy lots of 'healthy' snack type stuff to eat on the run
Get out all baby clothes from under the bed and check
Make space in DS's bedroom for baby clothes and stuff
Put up crib.
Get some DVD's to watch whilst breastfeeding
Sort kitchen food cupboards

Yay JKS!

HMHB - DD is the other way, you HAVE to have dinner before bed (at home too.... big issues when we eat out )

Look - my pre-baby list has boldness!!!

Pre Baby

House:

Sort dining room
Sort bedroom - DONE (enough anyway)
Clothes in loft - done
Clothes out of loft - done
Keep on top of general house-straightness - Urgh

Bumfluff:

Pay in money!

Children:

Don't kill them - Hmmm
Label uniforms

General:

Feed us daily - doing
Batch cook
Craft swap

We are normally a routine-family so i find it hard not knowing what and when he'll want something!

Flame - good going

Previous Laundry:

• Loads 1-5 NeedsIroning
• Load6 InTumbleDryer

New Laundry:

• Load1 on

Left To Do Today:

• boys to bed DONE
• our dinner TakeawayHere!
• sort some new Sky+ recordings DONE
• make TQ card for nursery
• sort papers & crosswords Started
• early night

Monday:

• me up first
• breakfast
• tidy kitchen
• all of us to nursery (with presents & card) to say thanks as ds1's last day - he's changing to 5 sessions at pre-sch
• ds1 staying at nursery
• dh to work, ds2 & me home
• ds2 naps whenever....
• lunch
• jobs
• pop out somewhere with ds2 maybe?
• collect ds1
• ds2's tea
• boys bath & bed
• our dinner & early night!

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree GotFileOut
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• clean blinds in study
• upload, organise & order photos of boys since May

Flame - Looks like you are doing really well. Are you having a home birth? I tried and failed last time and can't do it this time as had ECS.

I have done too much today. Am knackered and bump really aching. DS decided he did want pasta after all although not the pasta I had cooked. I lost it and am now sulking. DH made new pasta for DS (softie) which DS didn't eat as too tired. DH putting him to bed now.

What with working full time and looking after DS I have no idea when I am going to 1) Pack the ruddy hospital bag and 2) sort out the baby things in time.

By the time it comes to evening my back / bump are aching so much I can't get anything done....aarrrgh.

My maternity leave starts on 1st Oct. Baby due on 15th so might be able to get it sorted then. Sorry for rant. Hormones rampaging.

waves to all, was going to start sniffing my armpits soon if noone appeared

Well I am tackling the mountain of clean washing,

Flame sorting stuff from Loft deserves capitals and bold, (as someone who takes forever to do anything that requires the loft, I applaud you)

HMHB - i had a home birth with ds1, then an emcs with ds2 - and have plan with community MWs for HB again next time. will dig my heels in i think!
I can relate to that sulking btw

Laundry:

• mountain of ironing
• put away ironed clothes
• Load1 on

Left To Do Today:

• our dinner DONE (yum!)
• make TQ card for nursery
• sort papers & crosswords Started
• early night

Monday:

• me up first
• breakfast
• tidy kitchen
• all of us to nursery (with presents & card) to say thanks as ds1's last day - he's changing to 5 sessions at pre-sch
• ds1 staying at nursery
• dh to work, ds2 & me home
• ds2 naps whenever....
• lunch
• jobs
• pop out somewhere with ds2 maybe?
• collect ds1
• ds2's tea
• boys bath & bed
• our dinner & early night!

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree GotFileOut
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• clean blinds in study
• upload, organise & order photos of boys since May

Oh and JKS cross fingers for ds

Yup - planning homebirth - so NEED dining room sorted as it is where the pool is going.

Didn't realise that we are due within days of each other (thought you were 1st Oct) HMHB!

DH tried to be all calming and assure me that it isn't much longer. I looked at him. He gave up and went with silent hugs

Evening ladies

HMHB - take it easy!! Can you move your mat leave or go off sick for the next couple of weeks?

Flame - well done .

JKS - . That is excellent news!

Plum - you have done loads today!!

We have been down at my parents today, Mum cooked a lovely roast which DS ate with great enthusiasm, we also went out for a walk and picked blackberries - yum!
I've been really out of it for a few days with this cold, DH has been a star but I really need to get my act together tomorrow. Just going to put DS to bed and then I'll be back with tomorrow's list.

Ali - hope you are back on form today?

Flame - so when are you due? hope you get your home birth

Plum - thanks!

Laundry:

• mountain of ironing
• put away ironed clothes
• Load1 on

Left from yesterday!:

• make TQ card for nursery MustDoThisMorning!
• sort papers & crosswords Started

Monday:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast
• tidy kitchen
• all to nursery (+presents & card) as ds1's last day
• ds1 staying at nursery
• dh to work, ds2 & me home
• ds2 naps whenever....
• lunch
• jobs
• pop out somewhere with ds2 maybe?
• collect ds1
• ds2's tea
• boys bath & bed
• our dinner & early night!

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• buy new filofax pen
• get on with friend's family tree GotFileOut
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• clean blinds in study
• upload, organise & order photos of boys since May
• photocopy & post some epilepsy info for MIL

Morning all, hope everyone had a great weekend

JKS Yay!!! for new drugs working, hopefully things will start looking up for you all now, will keep everything crossed for you

HMHB how was the wedding?

Big waves to everyone

Loki is the cutest thing on earth! Hasn't got the hang of a litter tray yet, but has decided to go to the loo in the same place a couple of times so have put his litter tray there for the time being. Poor little mite must have nerves of steel, as DD has taken to running round after him screaming

I MUST get the ironing done today, so if you can hassle me til i do it please

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed
Make beds
Put washload on done (last night)
Turn horses out
Empty dishy
Dry washing done (hung out)
Give kitchen a quick wipe over
Sweep hall and kitchen
Mop (have to do every day as Loki is peeing on floor)
Clean bathroom
Lunch
Go to waitrose to get herbs and stuff for chutney
Take dry washing upstairs
Sort dry washing
Put away dry washing
Muck out and exercise horses
Cook dinner
DD bed
Ironing

My dates have shuffled back and forth, but they vary between 16th -20th Oct. I still maintain that each child so far has clashed with family/friend birthdays, so imo I am due either 9th (Dad) or 25th (Mum).

I haven't the energy to do a list right now. They have been awake since 6.50am and squabbling for every single minute teachers will be lucky if I bother to collect from school.

hi all today i got up at 6 to pack as still hadnt done it
things to do today

everyone up and dressed done
me up and dressed (well im up not dressed lol)
everything pack in car
drive to butlins
have a bloody good week with dp and dds

see u in a week
congrats naughty alice on lil kitty