'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!!!

Plum!

Cikecaka - hi there!

I'm ok, just wish lots of things....

Left to do today:

• boys to bed DONE
• orchestra committee meeting DONE
• check on Farmville when i get in (planted stuff before i remembered about the meeting) AboutToDo

Tues:

• DH up first
• breakfast
• general tidy pre-cleaners
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• DH to work
• DS1 to pre-sch (yey!)
• peace & quiet/jobs/ds2 nap
• collect ds1
• lunch
• afternoon plan? ds2 nap?
• tea x 3
• boys bath & bed
• dh to work dinner
• me to orchestra (sitter booked)

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
• sort kitchen Areas of Doom DoneDrawer
• clearout bathroom cabinet, clean it, then refill in a tidy way! TryToDoTues

CC! Glad you are ok, hope the computer gets mended soon

Plum - I dread once DS is at school and there are all these costs. Once we've finished having babies and they are all at school, then I will go back to work but the interim years will be hard at times I think unless DH gets a huge payrise or we win the lottery or something!!

Well done everyone on the general clearing out of cupboards etc - all very un-slatternly and virtuous

DONE
Up and dressed
DS boobed, changed and dressed
Nappies into dryer
Take out bins and recycling
Breakfast x 3
Fold clean laundry and put it into airing cupboard
Run dishwasher
Clean kitchen
Put on a load of washing
Hoover kitchen and hallway
Tidy round upstairs
Give highchair a proper clean
Drink cup of coffee and MN
Exercise and shower
Lunch x 3
Put on another load
Hang washing on airer
Make banana cake
Make mash for dinner
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Fold clean washing
Get to kill the enormous spider that just ran across the living room
Relax

TO DO - tomorrow now
Dust downstairs
Wipe over bathroom - started
Wool wraps!!!!!!!!!
Get card and present for friend's DD
Dust upstairs

Oh Alice I thought I had wrote Happy Birthday,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

Although being in my 30's I'm very of you!!!!!

Morning all

Ali - did you get the spider???

Tues:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• DH to work
• DS1 to pre-sch (yey!)
• peace & quiet/jobs/ds2 nap DS2Napping
• collect ds1
• lunch
• afternoon plan? ds2 nap?
• tea x 3
• boys bath & bed
• dh to work dinner
• me to orchestra (sitter booked)

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
• sort kitchen Areas of Doom DoneDrawer
• clearout bathroom cabinet, clean it, then refill in a tidy way! TryToDoTues

Morning

CC lovely to hear from you, hope you get the PC fixed soon!!

plum I know what you mean about other things cropping up. We have got to pay for DS1 school trip to Germany, when he brought the letter home DH had plenty of work to keep us going and pay for the trip but now things are quiet on the work front and we still have to pay for the passport and spending money.

I have recieved the exercise DVDs in the post today, they are diveded into 10 minute sections, so I should have time to fit them in . My mission before next summer is to tone my mummy tummy, my 14 year old sister has pointed out that I am getting a muffin top , she'll learn one day when she has DC

Wipe round bathroom
Homework time
Fold clean clothes and put away
Text friend
Friend possibly coming round
Decide what to feed the family
Catch up on some sky+ed TV
Exercise
Hang out washing
Put eye cream on
Moisturise feet
Breakfast done
Lunch
Dinner
Everyone up and dressed
Keep kitchen tidy after every meal
Run DW d
Sterilise bottles
Bath/wash DC and to bed
Make beds
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

To Do This Week;
Hang photos in living room
Book eye test
Organise DS1 school bus ticket
Sort through the ton of Playmobil

Morning
Back at work again. Keep having Braxton Hicks which is interesting. Woke up a lot in the night. Am 35 weeks now. Getting a bit fed up with the being pg thing.

Hope everyone ok and getting loads done and feeling good.

Jobs
Go to work - try to stay awake
Ring MW tomorrow
Write birthday list done
Filing!
Don't forget DS dinner money for Wed
MW appointment on Friday
Filing
Tidy lounge
Make dinner
Finally make banana cake (bananas now well past their best)
Buy more trousers for DS

Buy expensive wedding present for friend who's wedding I am going to miss.
Send card for friends birthday
Email other friends to say I am not going to make it.
Post wedding card
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

Morning All

JKS - yes, DH hit it with a book. It was moving so quickly!!! God knows what I would have done if I was here on my own

HMHB - urgh BH aren't fun, especially if you are trying to do things. Take it easy won't you?

DS and I are off to Jolly Babies which is a lovely singing and play class. Thank god things are starting up again after the summer.

DONE
DS boobed, changed and dressed
Breakfast x 3
Unload dishwasher
Tidy kitchen
Sort out airing cupboard

TO DO
Me showered and dressed
Jolly Babies
Lunch x 3
Put on a load of washing
Strip our bed
Dusting
Get card and pressie for friend's DD
Finish bathroom
Dinner - takeaway? - not for DS obv.
DS bath and bed
Relax

Good morning all

HMHB sounds like you need to get a hurry on with ongoing list Have you thought of any names at all yet?

I had a crap nights sleep, went to bed cross with DH who said about 5 words to me yesterday evening and actually ignored me when i spoke to him (he was on his game on the laptop) then when he came to bed he was trying to be all friendly (not gonna happen) then i had very busy mad dreams and woke up still cross this morning! Feeling bleugh now, will have a coffee shortly.

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Put washload on done
Turn horses out done
Empty dishy done
Dry washing doing
Clean kitchen
Tidy hall
Sweep hall and kitchen
Mop
Lunch
Take dry washing upstairs
Sort dry washing
Put away dry washing
Muck out and exercise horses
Cook dinner
DD bath and bed
Mend DH's trousers (he has got about 4 pairs with holes next to the back pocket)
Ironing

I think that will do for today, can't do another load of washing as have run out of powder and can't be arsed to go into town. Have a good day all

HMHB 35 weeks the time has flown by!! BH can be a pain especially when you are nearing the end and everytime you have a practice contraction it makes you wonder whether something could be happening. I used to find my BH would be worse if I was rushing around so rememebr to take it easy

alice MY DH has done this to me before!! Men eh!! The thing with my DH is he usually doesn' have a clue what he has done and if I then tell him he blames my hormones what were the dreams about, or can you not remember them??

I have found that if I do things in the morning I get more done, otherwise I just keep putting it off

Wipe round bathroom done
Homework time
Fold clean clothes and put away done
Text friend done
Friend possibly coming round
Decide what to feed the family
Catch up on some sky+ed TV
Exercise
Hang out washing done
Put eye cream on
Moisturise feet
Breakfast done
Lunch
Dinner
Everyone up and dressed done
Keep kitchen tidy after every meal
Run DW
Sterilise bottles
Bath/wash DC and to bed
Make beds done
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

To Do This Week;
Hang photos in living room
Book eye test
Organise DS1 school bus ticket
Sort through the ton of Playmobil

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!!

Ali have a great time at Jolly Babies!! I'm glad that things are starting up again, we're be off to Little Lambs tomorow (baby/toddler group)

It is good when all the groups/clubs restart!

Well ds2 woke earlier than expected (could be positive...) so i abandoned the bathroom cabinet and went off to my old bf group (i'm not feeding anymore but they don't mind!) to have a chat & cuppa

Tues:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch (yey!) DONE
• peace & quiet/jobs/ds2 nap DONE
• collect ds1 DONE
• lunch DONE
• afternoon plan? ds2 nap?
• tea x 3
• boys bath & bed
• dh to work dinner
• me to orchestra (sitter booked)

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
• sort kitchen Areas of Doom DoneDrawer
• clearout bathroom cabinetDONE, clean itDONE, then refill in a tidy way!RefillingStarted

Rainbow First i dreamt i was in a Harry Potter film fighting zombies, then i dreamt i was visiting my ex's parents, and then i woke up because i thought there was a spider on me, there wasn't, it was just my hair I'm sure there was more, but those are the ones i remember. Care to analyze?

JKS - fingers crossed that it is positive

Alice - gah how annoying, is it an online thing that he plays?

Had a lovely time at Jolly Babies, but now DS has gone to sleep so who knows what time he will wake up for lunch . He is really switching his naps and sleeping around at the moment, quite awkward for planning mealtimes etc.
I have sat down now which is fatal, should go and do some jobs as this is likely to be his only nap of the day. Feel all lethargic though.

DONE
DS boobed, changed and dressed
Breakfast x 3
Unload dishwasher
Tidy kitchen
Sort out airing cupboard
Me showered and dressed
Jolly Babies
DS nap in progress

TO DO
Lunch x 3
Put on a load of washing
Strip our bed
Dusting
Get card and pressie for friend's DD
Finish bathroom
Dinner - takeaway? - not for DS obv.
DS bath and bed
Relax

This month
Sort out DS' shelves etc
Organise paperwork/filing
Buy some new bedding for spare room
Clear out old bedding and clothes for charity
Lose 7lbs (2 down)
Organise books
DH to sort out garage
Buy another set of bedding for DS
Buy finials (sp?) for DS' curtain pole
Think about more toy storage - what/where?
Junk drawers in living room
Sort out photos for DS' room and put them up
Mend my duvet covers

NA - sounds like a fun dream! i have very vivid ones lots and they can stay with me all day.

Well DS2 was up for 3 hours before crashing again, used to be 2 on the dot, so again, maybe positive signs....

DH home early so taken ds1 out for a haircut - i've put in an order for ice-creams to be brought home

Tues:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch (yey!) DONE
• peace & quiet/jobs/ds2 nap DONE
• collect ds1 DONE
• lunch DONE
• afternoon plan? DH HomeEarlyYey!
• sort through bank statements & receipts DONE
• print out more pages for seizure diary DONE
• ds2 nap Doing
• make more birthday cards
• tea x 3
• boys bath & bed
• dh to work dinner
• me to orchestra (sitter booked)

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
• sort kitchen Areas of Doom DoneDrawer
• refill bathroom cabinet

Oh, and:

• laundry:
• Load1 In
• other loads sorted & ready....

alice Not sure that I can analyze, maybe you've been watching too much Harry Potter, I was just being nosey

JKS that does sound positive. at you ordering ice cream, I am trying to cut down on things like that, so I can improve my mummy tummy!!

My friend has just left, she has being having a rough time recently, nut she seemed more cheerful when she left.

Got to encourage DC to do their homework now, I hope they don't create a fuss, you would think after god knows how many years of doing homework they would be used to it by now

Wipe round bathroom done
Homework time
Fold clean clothes and put away done
Text friend done
Friend possibly coming round done
Decide what to feed the family
Catch up on some sky+ed TV
Exercise
Hang out washing done
Put eye cream on
Moisturise feet
Breakfast done
Lunch done
Dinner
Everyone up and dressed done
Keep kitchen tidy after every meal
Run DW done
Sterilise bottles
Bath/wash DC and to bed
Make beds done
Read more book
Anything else that comes my way!!

To Do This Week;
Hang photos in living room
Book eye test
Organise DS1 school bus ticket
Sort through the ton of Playmobil

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!!

Ali - Jolly babies sounds great. Know what you mean about things starting up again after summer. All the antenatal classes are back this week.

Thanks for all the messages about BH everyone. They seem to happen when I move about so staying still / sat down is the priority. I don't remember them from last pg .

Naughty - We need a welsh sort of name that is easily pronouncable by english relatives.
DS is called Jac. I like George but DH doesn't. Also like Edward but since he was the king who was particularly evil and vicious to the welsh might not go down well at the local school.

My Dad's middle name is Hugh so could go with Huw.

For girls I like Elisabeth Rose but that is not v welsh either. I think DH seems to like the longer welsh girls names which I cannot spell.

But agreed. Do need to sort the before baby comes list ASAP! Aaargh. Back to work...

HMHB - Huw would be a good choice. I like George for our next boy And lol at the reason for not choosing Edward!
I didn't have any BH's with ds1, not loads with ds2 but definitely more.

( has anyone warned you about afterpains???)

Rainbow - i need to get rid of my mummy tummy too but am at target weight so allow myself treats now will have to do some exercise one of these days....

Tues:

• laundry:
• Load1 HungOut
• Load2 In
• other loads waiting...
• ds2 nap DONE
• make more birthday cards MadeOne
• tea x 3 DONE
• boys bath & bed
• dh to work dinner
• me to orchestra (sitter booked)

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
• sort kitchen Areas of Doom DONE!
• refill bathroom cabinet

Hmm, well the housework has all gone rather to pot, totally lost my motivation for it. Been out for a nice walk though with DS and DH.
I feel exhausted for some reason, hoping it is just the tablets and that once I'm used to the higher dose I'll feel better.

Alic - where do you get that Spatone stuff from? Looked in the chemist earlier and couldn't see it...

DONE
DS boobed, changed and dressed
Breakfast x 3
Unload dishwasher
Tidy kitchen
Sort out airing cupboard
Me showered and dressed
Jolly Babies
DS nap
Lunch x 3
Get card and pressie for friend's DD
Go for a walk

TO DO
Put on a load of washing
Strip our bed
Dusting
Finish bathroom
Dinner - steak
DS bath and bed
Relax

This month
Sort out DS' shelves etc
Organise paperwork/filing
Buy some new bedding for spare room
Clear out old bedding and clothes for charity
Lose 7lbs (2 down)
Organise books
DH to sort out garage
Buy another set of bedding for DS
Buy finials (sp?) for DS' curtain pole
Think about more toy storage - what/where?
Junk drawers in living room
Sort out photos for DS' room and put them up
Mend my duvet covers

Right, back at home and internet working so will try to get some jobs done.

JKS - after pains ! Don't remember them from last time although had ECS so might not have felt them.

Jobs
Go to work - try to stay awake done
Ring MW tomorrow
Write birthday list done
Filing!
Don't forget DS dinner money for Wed
MW appointment on Friday
Filing
Tidy lounge
Make dinner
Finally make banana cake (bananas now well past their best)
Buy more trousers for DS

Buy expensive wedding present for friend who's wedding I am going to miss. doing
Send card for friends birthday
Email other friends to say I am not going to make it. done
Post wedding card
Pack hospital bag!
Think of baby names! - currently going through name book.
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

HMHB - i didn't have any afterpains with number 1 (and most people i ask didn't). but number 2 (and subsequent ones apparently) they can be quite bad....
esp if you bf, every feed you have more contractions
it helps the womb return to the right size but blimey they can take your breath away!
No-one ever seems to tell anyone else about them - some kind of sisterhood secret

paracetomol (sp?) helps
and they don't last very long.

OOHH I could name change to plumbummumtum, I definitely have a muffin top now I look back at photos of me after ds and think I look skinny, and I know for a fact I wanted to lose wieght then

HMHB love Elizabeth Rose

Rainbowdrops dd2 is in P5 now and she is getting loads of homework, shes loving it but abit much tonight as we are just back from dancing, better go back and eat my dinner!

I love Elizabeth Rose to

Plum - i am the right weight finally now but the tummy just won't disappear!!

We have Mary as a name if we have a DD but cannot decide on a middle name, feel we ought to give her one as the boys have them, all hypothetical of course but still i worry about it

DH sorting ds1 atm, i should move laundry on a step or something..

Tues:

• laundry:
• Load1 HungOut
• Load2 In
• other loads waiting...
• make more birthday cards MadeOne
• boys bath & bed DS2Done DS1Doing
• dh to work dinner
• me to orchestra (sitter booked)

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
• refill bathroom cabinet
• clean blinds in study (seems to have dropped off list even though i haven't done them!)

Ali - you can get spa tone from Holland and Baratt (sp)

Don't seem to have achieved any jobs yet - oops.

Jobs
Go to work - try to stay awake done
Ring MW tomorrow
Write birthday list done
Filing!
Don't forget DS dinner money for Wed
MW appointment on Friday
Filing
Tidy lounge
Make dinner
Finally make banana cake (bananas now well past their best)
Buy more trousers for DS

Buy expensive wedding present for friend who's wedding I am going to miss. done
Send card for friends birthday
Email other friends to say I am not going to make it. done
Post wedding card
Pack hospital bag!
Think of baby names!
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

Ali boots do it and it is included in their 3 for 2 deals so i tend to stock up then.

HMHB I love welsh names. I really liked Bronwen when i was pg. How about Hugo for a boy? Similar to Hugh. Feel free to tell me my taste in names is shocking, i really don't mind

Big news of the day.......We are getting a kitten!!!!!!! I need names for a boy cat

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds done
Put washload on done
Turn horses out done
Empty dishy done
Dry washing doing
Clean kitchen
Tidy hall
Sweep hall and kitchen
Mop
Lunch done
Take dry washing upstairs started
Sort dry washing
Put away dry washing
Muck out and exercise horses done
Cook dinner done
DD bath and bed next
Mend DH's trousers (he has got about 4 pairs with holes next to the back pocket)
Ironing