'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!!!

CC - i have it on record, had to stop before the dance off to change to recorded XFactor as dh can just about bear this instead of Strictly!!

Today:

• early night for me (after x-factorDoing & Strictly Paused obv!)

Sunday:

• DH up first
• breakfast
• poss swimming trip (depends on DS2)
• DS2 nap
• birthday party with DS1
• lunch
• tidy kitchen
• DS2 nap
• roast?
• boys bath & bed

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
• organise (Started), upload & order photos of boys
• listen to more orch music on youtube
• buy next year's filofax calendar
• tidy up birthday pages DONE
• write in DS2's diary for 20month entry
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• get new 10ml syringe for ds2's drugs

I seem to have gone a teeny bit mental.

Bashed myself on the head in a bizarre sofa / laptop / toddler / Applemac incident and have not been right since. Head ok now and Applemac thankfully - but I am acting a bit odd, v. low concentration span apart from on changing bags . I can only apologise for the obsessing. Hope I'm not boring you all too much.

If you are able to humor me a little longer, this is the changing bag I am considering here. It is a bit pricey but last time I had the free huggies one and it just fell to bits so I wanted something decent. This one I could use as an overnight bag afterwards [kidding oneself emoticon???].

Plumbum - cake sounding gorgeous!

CC - I will try not to disappear. Can't have baby yet. Not ready!!!!!

Flame - I tried to find PJ's for my hospital bag. I got some from M&S (grey spotty pj bottoms) but god knows if they will fit after birth. I also ended up getting some hideous practical night shirts from Mothercare which poor DH has already had to see me wearing.

Today
Gestate 37 weeks doing
Obsess over different changing bags online done
Lunch out with Grandad done
Put feet up done
Had bath done
Put dishy on
Make tea done
General tidy up

Ongoing
Get bathroom rug
Fix internet onging
Usual masses of filing
Book facial for birthday etc.
Start using new diary

Buy more trousers for DS
Pack bigger hospital bag!
Buy few things for hospital e.g. extra pants
Think of baby names! - eek
Get some early nights
Buy new lovely nappy changing bag that doesn't fall to bits - any ideas anyone? This is a particular obsession of mine and feel the urge to get a really nice one
Pack new changing bag with lots of obsessional/unnecessary new lovely baby stuff.

Before October

Clear out and defrost freezer 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 done
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

Morning Slatterns it has been hectic hope everyone is having a good weekend.

HMHB I think we all go a tiny bit mental at
37 weeks pg don't worry it will pass .

TODAY

Blitz entire house with dp
Washing drying
Print out dd's song lyrics and download song for homework
Help dd2 with her homework
Check ds's
Bath girls (hair)
Finish Xmas planner
Prep roast dinner
Eat roast dinner
look for xmas cake recipes
Bath /early night

Morning CWWM, How are things?? Dont think I will have a list today apart from get everyone showered and dressed for the christening.

Hi CC things are ok here thanks. Have a good day today x

Morning all. DS and DH having a lie in. DS awake but just told me to 'go away' (attitude at age 3!!!).

Not feeling quite as mental today. Will try to do some jobs!

CC - hope the christening goes well.

Today
Gestate 37 weeks doing
Buy changing bag
Breakfast
Get dressed
Hope DH takes DS swimming
Move some stuff around upstairs
Washing
Lunch - eat more stuff out of the freezer
Repack hospital bag
Buy changing bag
Fill in new diary

Ongoing
Get bathroom rug
Fix internet onging
Usual masses of filing
Book facial for birthday etc.
Get new book to read
Buy more trousers for DS
Buy few things for hospital e.g. extra pants
Think of baby names! - eek
Get some early nights
Pack new changing bag with lots of obsessional/unnecessary new lovely baby stuff.

Before October

Clear out and defrost freezer and fill with delicious ready meals
Buy lots of 'healthy' snack type stuff to eat on the run
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

Morning CWWM & CC

HMHB - I have never invested in a nappy bag but that one looks nice
(Used bag I already owned, then cut down to a big handbag type thing from Primark, then used a freebie Boots one, now back to handbag)

Having a lazy morning, reading the papers

Sunday:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• poss swimming trip NotToday
• all dressed
• DS2 nap
• birthday party with DS1
• lunch
• tidy kitchen
• DS2 nap
• roast?
• boys bath & bed

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
• organise (Started), upload & order photos of boys
• listen to more orch music on youtube
• buy next year's filofax calendar
• write in DS2's diary for 20month entry
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• get new 10ml syringe for ds2's drugs

Hmm might just nip back to bed and read for a bit. Good plan JKS.

I want to love the bag for you.... but I don't. I'm just being tight when it comes to the whole PJ issue. I wanted something for under £10 max

Morning all

Flame try primark they do nice jammies for under a fiver, have to look past all the crazy patterns first

HMHB I'm with Flame not too keen, but don't know wiether its the price putting me off, I got a nice graco one free with my pram

CC enjoy your christening

Hi CWWM whats the Xmas planner?

Morning JKS

SIL said she came on to mumsnet yesterday and was really scared, thought it was like a lynch mob, I said a nest of vipers, she said yes

Anyway going to get stuck in!!
going to do kitchen and then washing because if I leave washing until last it nevers gets done, as we all know by my list

TO DO
me jump in shower & dressed
dry & straighten hair
wash & dress dcs
unload dishy
load dishy
clean all surfaces
tidy all surfaces
Sort all clean washing
Iron washing esp uniforms
hoover
make pack lunches for school
lunch
dinner

It was Primark I was in

JKS /HMHB have a lovely lazy morning Lola wont stop feeding so I am been forced to lay on the sofa and be fed bacon sandwiches .

Morning Flame all my pj?s are from Primark .

PBM I usually have a little tatty note book at Xmas full of everything I need to do/buy this year I have done one on the laptop it has pages for the dc gifts and family gifts also Christmas card list, budget and food planner/shopping list. I even have a battery list .

Blitz entire house with dp started
Washing drying started
Print out dd's song lyrics and download song for homework
Help dd2 with her homework
Check ds's
Bath girls (hair)
Finish Xmas planner
Prep roast dinner not doing today
Eat roast dinner ditto
look for xmas cake recipes
Bath /early night

just out of shower,

CWWM your very organised, I have one of those tatty little notebooks, I'm afraid too organise as then I will see how much money I need to magically appear

oops do you have dunnes over there? Or try peacocks do they do jammies? Or as you say have a couple of clean old pairs set aside

I wanted dark strappy tops for the pjs, which is where it all went wrong.

I seem to be noticing today that whilst I spent Thursday afternoon working for the entire time putting clothes away, DH seems to have spent his time bringing the clothes upstairs and dumping paperwork on the table. It isn't even straight enough in there to hoover properly.

Tired, pissed off and tearful. not helped by my mum telling me and everyone else that they have been on edge with my emotions all week - I haven't been tearful for most of the f*cking week and her making me out to be worse than I am makes me feel even more shit when I actually do get like this

Flame/PBM - Thanks for your honest opinions. I think that the bag is a bit 'cutesy'. Have also seen a brown one (same make) on ebay with more simple pattern (i.e. no cupcakes, hearts etc.) so might go with that - there are other similar cheaper ones. here. I might get the free one from boots anyway but like I said, last time it fell apart.

Have a good day all.

Today
Gestate 37 weeks doing
Buy changing bag
Breakfast done
Get dressed done
Hope DH takes DS swimming doing!
Move some stuff around upstairs
Washing
Lunch - eat more stuff out of the freezer
Repack hospital bag
Fill in new diary
Write letter for nursery

Ongoing
Get bathroom rug
Fix internet onging
Usual masses of filing
Book facial for birthday etc.
Get new book to read
Buy more trousers for DS
Buy few things for hospital e.g. extra pants
Think of baby names! - eek
Get some early nights
Pack new changing bag with lots of obsessional/unnecessary new lovely baby stuff.

Before October

Clear out and defrost freezer and fill with delicious ready meals
Buy lots of 'healthy' snack type stuff to eat on the run
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

HMHB - I don't really like those Pink Lining ones. They are too flowery and cup-cakey for me, not my style. If they are your style though then go for it, I have heard good reports in terms of them lasting well, wipe clean etc.
I chose mine on the basis that it was chocolate brown like my Bugaboo and had a make-up bag inside it

Debenhams do nice PJs Flame, not too pricey and I think they have a sale on atm.

CWWM - that is so organised!

Only doing a DONE list today, still being very lazy!

DONE
Up and dressed
DS boobed changed and dressed
Breakfast x 3
Dishwasher on
Hoover downstairs
Tidy our bedroom

Flame - just had a quick look on the Debenhams website,

here

they've got back cami and trousers?

HMHB Yeap much prefer that 2nd one, oh and mean't to say glad your dad came down for a visit last week, how was he since his gf wasn't there?

waves to Ali

DONE
me jump in shower & dressed
wash & dress dcs

TO DO
dry & straighten hair
unload dishy
load dishy
clean all surfaces
tidy all surfaces
Sort all clean washing
Iron washing esp uniforms
hoover
make pack lunches for school
lunch
dinner

Flame - sorry to hear about crap mum comment. Just what you need. Try to ignore her. Sounds like you have enough to do without worrying that you are upsetting everyone. Can you go have a coffee and a sit down - and sod them all?

Ali - Yes they are a bit flowery, that was my worry. The brown one is a bit safer - no flowers etc. But who knows what my taste will do after I have given birth .

CWWM - impressed at xmas planning. I was thinking of just buying everyone the same thing e.g. nice slippers or something as probably won't have the brain power to do anything else.

DH is back from shops (he took DC to corner shop with him) and made me tea and fed me croissants and waffles. I think I may just be a teeny bit unbalanced today.

Morning all!

HMHB, might be an idea to get the Boots freebie for now, and you can always get something different later, without having wasted any money.

• DS boobed, changed and dressed done
• me showered and dressed done
• breakfast done
• random decluttering done
• tidy living room done
• sweep done
• out for lunch
• tea
• DS bath and bed
• feet

Am I allowed to call L a monster today she just wont stop feeding.

(HUGS) Flame.

Waves to Ali and all other slatterns.

I am not organised about xmas I just hate the thought of panicking and with all the dc to buy for it is a nightmare.
I do buy relatives more or less the same thing for example I got all the teeny bopper cousins some urban decay powder stuff for 49p each from ebay yesterday .

DP has blitzed the house I have fed L and helped with homework (just found out some very interesting stuff about France ).

Blitz entire house with dpdone
Washing drying started
Print out dd's song lyrics and download song for homework done
Help dd2 with her homework done
Check ds's
Bath girls (hair)
Finish Xmas planner
Prep roast dinner not doing today
Eat roast dinner ditto
look for xmas cake recipes
Bath /early night

How old is L now CWWM?
Good going with the shopping.
We've got DS main pressies, but I was planning on knitting for DS and DN, but I'm running out of time to get started.

I am getting nowhere fast,
Flame God knows what my mum says about me, my brother has just left and I think I said about 3 words to him, but he landed in at 1.00,
when normally we would be sitting eating lunch, and my house is a tip, dh is out working,
so I really couldn't be bothered
so once brother heard me say right time to make lunch he decided to leave, I didn't even offer to make them any,
I honestly don't mind people dropping in anytime, but my family always do it at mealtimes or bedtimes,
or send me texts saying we're at your house your not in because theyve called at schoolrun time

DONE
me jump in shower & dressed
wash & dress dcs
unload dishy
load dishy
make pack lunches for school
lunch
tidy all surfaces

TO DO
dry & straighten hair
clean all surfaces
Sort all clean washing
Iron washing esp uniforms
hoover
dinner
load washing machine

Plum - grr for you!

And Flame too! I have some cheapie ones from George that are ok?

Knackered here, may even end up having a lie down soon.

Sunday:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• poss swimming trip NotToday
• all dressed DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• birthday party with DS1 DONE
• lunch DONE
• tidy kitchen
• DS2 nap Doing
• papers DONE
• crosswords Doing
• roast?/dinner?
• boys bath & bed

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
• organise (Started), upload & order photos of boys
• listen to more orch music on youtube
• buy next year's filofax calendar
• write in DS2's diary for 20month entry
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• get new 10ml syringe for ds2's drugs