October Slatterns/Listmakers - clearing cobwebs and scary spiders, join us!

[HalfMumHalfBiscuit]

My first thread .

Morning Feel more human today, slept from 12.30 am until 6am when DS woke for a feed. Decided to take DH to the station rather than him drive in himself seeing as we were awake. DS feel asleep again in the car, and I managed to get him back into bed without a wake up and he slept until 10 so I've had a lovely lie in
Sympathies to those who had bad nights

CC - you've made shepherd's pie already this morning? That is impressive

Clairey I always feel worse when the weather is like this. DH tells me off because I insist on having lamps on everywhere to keep the gloom at bay. Not good for the electricity bill!!

TODAY
Take DH to station for 7am - done
Back to bed until 10am - done
Up and dressed - done
DS boobed, changed and dressed - done
Breakfast x 2 - done
Unload dishwasher
Clear up kitchen
Sort airing cupboard and clean washing
Wash and lanolise wool wraps
Bannisters
Dust upstairs
Lunch x 2
Out for a walk
Pop into Mothercare
Buy birthday card
Dinner x 3 - Chilli?
Clear up
DS bath and bed

Ongoing/Areas of Doom
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
Junk drawers in living room
Sort out photos for DS' room and put them up
Mend my duvet covers
Sort out kitchen pinboard - started
DH to change all the internal door handles
Find a painter to do the kitchen
Wardrobes - started
Sort out recipes
Kitchen cupboard of doom

Ali, I am at computer class so needed to be organised!

coffee with a spoonful of motivation all round me thinks

Weather is lovely here so have washing out on line and another load on

decided not to go walk with dh, as I'm feeling motivated today to get something done,
so dh decided to go out and tidy the kerbing round the garden so I packed dd2 off outside with him

DONE
Schoolruns
hang washing out
load washing machine again

TO DO
lunch
finish loading dishwasher
tidy kitchen
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
hoover
put away all ironed clothes away
sort the rest of the dry clean clothes

oh dd2 back in as I type

And Feel really bad, but will blame it on my true slatternly behaviour lately but RAINBOW DROPS where are you? Are you OK?

todo
make beds
tidy toysdoing
washing upstarted
washing
clothes away
lunch
hover
fluff sofa
polish
clean floors
clean bathroom
change bins
dd1 from school
make dinner
massage dp (sore back from racing)
dds to bed
catch up tv

i cant get a move on this morning

DONE
Schoolruns
hang washing out
load washing machine again
made some imp calls
decluttered cleaned and tidied my desk
finish loading dishwasher
washed pots

TO DO
lunch
clean work surfaces
tidy kitchen
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
hoover
put away all ironed clothes away
sort the rest of the dry clean clothes

todo
make beds done
tidy toys doing
washing up done
washing 1load
clothes away
lunch doing
hover done
fluff sofa done
polish
clean floors
clean bathroom
change bins done
dd1 from school
make dinner
massage dp (sore back from racing)
dds to bed
catch up tv grin

Plum - wish we had nice weather! I always feel better when the sun is shining and get more done.

Wed:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• ds2 doc appt 9.40 DONE
• Move DS2's cot into baby room DONE
• Nanny & DS2 out for walk DONE
• collect ds1 NDONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• ds1 hosp appt (undescended testicle) 3.50 (DH doing)
• ds2 nap Doing
• me free to do ...?! NeedToMakeCallsReAppts
• boys tea & tidy kitchen
• boys bath (must do!) & bed
• our dinner & early night

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• 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
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside grr
• sort out new scanner
• clean & return one borrowed highchair Cleaned
• fix loo roll holder GotTools
• info stuff for nanny
• see if cat should go to vet SeemsOkToday
• sort out spare room now cot is out of it (full of junk mostly!)

Blimey, you lot are getting loads done today!

Coffee was a good idea. It's stopped raining too, which is nice

All up and dressed DONE
Find more hand cream DONE
Breakfast (inc. me) DONE
clear & tidy up breakfast things DONE
Hoover upstairs + stairs
Mop bedroom floors x3
nappy wash ON AGAIN
fold and put away wash DONE
tidy garden and a bit more weeding A BIT MORE DONE
Sort bottom self of dining room cupboard
Lunch + clear and tidy
1 job from 'other things' list
more washing
Take DC to feed ducks/goats raining
library raining
Photocopy ID at library raining
Cook dinner
clean cooker top
Clear table after dinner
load dishwasher
clean/tidy kitchen
sweep through sitting room/dining room/kitchen
tidy away toys
EMPTY THE DISHWASHER BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, FOR ONCE, SLATTERN!

Ongoing:
Hand cream is by the sink for a reason...
Weigh self once a week until baby weight is off(ish)
Drink more water
Don't be so damn grumpy with DP in the mornings FAILED DISMALLY, I COULD CHEERFULLY THROTTLE HIM

Other stuff:
Sew various buttons back on
Start getting filing back in order
Work on Master Plan
Work on finance/budget sheet
Trim DD's hair DONE - CHECK AFTER NEXT WASH DONE
sort DS's wardrobe & drawers
Get next size baby clothes from attic
Damn ironing
organise & tidy attic/office/spare room
clean attic bathroom
clean laundry area
de-fluff tumble dryer crevices
Toys - organise/cull/swap in sitting room/DD's room/attic
my drawers of doom
our wardrobe of doom
landing cupboard of doom
last bit of DD's wardrobe + draws + built-in cupboard

Afternoon all

Feeling rather bleugh myself today. Combination of busy day yesterday, couple of bad nights sleep listening to DD cough and forgetting to take my spatone = wanting curl up with cake and do nothing

Come on slattern babies!!!! (being rather slatternly )

Fil coming for breakfast tomorrow and friend coming over for tea tomorrow afternoon/eve so really need to get lots done.

To Do;
Stew some rhubarb done
Make a load of cakes for DH work (not that they need them the ungrateful pigs)doing
Clear landing of accumulated junk
Find laundry basket
Empty bathroom and bedroom bins
Clean bath and surrounding tiles
Clean loo
Clean sink and tiles (bathroom is a big job that deserves more than one done)
Hoover upstairs
Quick sweep round whole house picking up random objects that need putting away
Tidy sitting room
Hoover sitting room
Run a duster round all dusty surfaces
Sweep and mop kitchen floor
Tidy hall
Roast a chicken and do jacket potatoes for dinner, (DH not in til 9pm)
DD bed

Plum - v. of your weather.

I have done nothing except have lunch and build some towers with DS. Feel really bleh, AF is here and all I want to do is curl up on the sofa and eat. DS will hopefully have a nap soon and then I can get myself organised.

Top news on the Master Plan front here

I used to work as a home help while I was still learning dutch and we had a Master Plan for all the periodic tasks in each room/area (of each house) with their frequency given (we had to mark off what we'd done). That's a big part of the Master Plan I wanted to make for myself.

Well, I phoned the home help organization and I've only managed to talk them into sending me a copy! Yay! I really didn't think they'd do it! That's going to save me soooo much work! I only need to work out a weekly schedule

She's sending me a hard copy so I'll need to transfer the info to a spreadsheet. So, if anyone wants a copy I'll translate it as I go...

Nice weather here too. Lots of washing out.
Having cuppa and sit down before picking DS up.

Having odd low down pains when walk - probably babies head clonking against my pelvis (apologies for unpleasant image). Not labour though. Baby moving about too much surely.

Today
Gestate 38+6 doing
Breakfast done
Tidy away breakfast things done
Get dressed done
Dishy on done
Lunch done
Washing put away Done
Washing on done
Washing out done
Filing / admin *doing
Pick up DS from school
DS friend round after school
Dinner for kiddywinks - pasta
DS bed
Dinner

Ongoing
Get new bathroom rug
Buy more school trousers for DS
Think of baby names!
Get some early nights
Ring about parking ticket done
Write and send begging letters for local kids charity
Put clean baby stuff in drawers in DS's room
Put toys in DS's room
Move potties to woodshed done

Before Baby Arrives
Wash some more baby clothes
Buy baby sponge thing for bath
Clean baby toys that have been in woodshed done
Move furniture about upstairs
Moses Basket - cleaned and outside drying done
Get some DVD's to watch whilst breastfeeding
Get some more books - any suggestions?
Sort kitchen food cupboards
Sort bottom of wardrobe
Put baby car seat in car.
Move pram out of bedroom.

Sounds promising HMHB. I had sharp little pains right up in my fanjo both times in the few hours before I went into labour...

Norks - sounds v interesting, let us know when you start on it

HMHB - DS1 was still wriggling and kicking me during labour

Wed:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• ds2 doc appt 9.40 DONE
• Move DS2's cot into baby room DONE
• Nanny & DS2 out for walk DONE
• collect ds1 NDONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• ds1 hosp appt 3.50 DH doing
• Dh also getting new boots hopefully for ds1
• ds2 nap Doing
• N doing kitchen & laundry
• me free to do ...?! NeedToMakeCallsReAppts MadeCalls (1 left)
• faff on FB DONE!
• boys tea & tidy kitchen
• boys bath (must do!) & bed
• our dinner & early night

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• 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 DONE
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside grr
• sort out new scanner
• clean & return one borrowed highchair Cleaned
• fix loo roll holder GotTools
• info stuff for nanny
• see if cat should go to vet SeemsOkToday
• sort out spare room now cot is out of it (full of junk mostly!)

Well I would say i was flying but really the jobs i'm doing are so small !

Wed:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• ds2 doc appt 9.40 DONE
• Move DS2's cot into baby room DONE
• Nanny & DS2 out for walk DONE
• collect ds1 NDONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• ds1 hosp appt 3.50 DH doing
• Dh also getting new boots hopefully for ds1
• ds2 nap Doing
• N doing kitchen & laundry & ironing
• me free to do ...?! DoneAllCalls
• make 2 birthday cards Done
• faff on FB DONE!
• boys tea & tidy kitchen
• boys bath (must do!) & bed
• our dinner & early night

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• 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
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside grr
• sort out new scanner
• clean & return one borrowed highchair Cleaned
• fix loo roll holder DONE (for now)
• info stuff for nanny
• see if cat should go to vet SeemsOkToday
• sort out spare room now cot is out of it (full of junk mostly!)

Norks I like the sounds of it,
I really need to get myself organised at home, way back when, when I worked (not for dh) I was very OCD and everything had a place and was very organised, I loved it

I'm thinking of sitting down and really organising a meal planner and sticking to it,
really want to budget and stick to it,
sick of spending loads on a big shop and throwing some of it out!

Spoke too soon has got very overcast here and it was raining over at the school but thankfully held off enough for me to get home and get washing in YEY

DONE
Schoolruns
hang washing out
load washing machine again
made some imp calls
decluttered cleaned and tidied my desk
finish loading dishwasher
washed pots
lunch
go get money out for Judo fees
get milk&bread
Pay Judo
schoolruns

TO DO
clean work surfaces
tidy kitchen
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
hoover
put away all ironed clothes away
sort the rest of the dry clean clothes
supervise homeworks

Right, need to get my a*se in gear, have a meeting in an hour and a half

Get DC to do their homework, have tried on their halloween costumes and are now dancing round me in them.

Wash Dinner Dishes
Wash Counters
Clean dining area
Clean sitting room (Again)

Evening ladies

Nork that sounds very good in theory
I actually used to have a housework/things to do schedule stuck to my cupboard door, but it is a bit irrelevant(is that even a word?) now because we go to different groups on different days and have to do the horses a lot more in the winter.

HMHB fingers crossed!!

Stew some rhubarb done
Make a load of cakes for DH work (not that they need them the ungrateful pigs)done
Clear landing of accumulated junk
Find laundry basket
Clear kitchen sides (two are just usaed for junk) done one
Empty bathroom and bedroom bins
Clean bath and surrounding tiles
Clean loo done
Clean sink and tiles (bathroom is a big job that deserves more than one done)
Hoover upstairs
Quick sweep round whole house picking up random objects that need putting away started
Tidy sitting room
Hoover sitting room
Run a duster round all dusty surfaces
Sweep and mop kitchen floor
Muck out and put horses to bed done
Tidy hall
Roast a chicken and do jacket potatoes for dinner, (DH not in til 9pm) doing
DD bed
Do my college homework

Will do a lot of it once DD is in bed as it is totally pointless when she follows me around making more mess

Just counted the money in our change jar £71, I 've always wondered what dh does with the change from the £5 here and there for the paper & milk etc, now I know!!!
Not as skint as I thought!!

Lol Plum - DH does the same, if i ever leave any change out he'll 'feed the pig' with it

Wed:

• ds1 hosp appt 3.50 DH DONE
• Dh also getting new boots hopefully for ds1 NoneInTheShopsHeTried
• ds2 nap DONE
• N doing kitchen & laundry & ironing &PutAway!
• boys tea & tidy kitchen DONE (with N)
• boys bath (must do!) & bed DS2Done DS1Soon
• our dinner & early night

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• 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
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside grr
• sort out new scanner
• clean & return one borrowed highchair Cleaned
• info stuff for nanny
• see if cat should go to vet SeemsOkToday
• sort out spare room now cot is out of it (full of junk mostly!)
• update DS2's medical file, put new letters in, etc.

Get DC to do their homework, have tried on their halloween costumes and are now dancing round me in them. DONE

Wash Dinner Dishes DONE
Wash Counters DONE
Clean dining area
Clean sitting room (Again) DONE

I have stomach ache. Very much doubt it is anything though. DH asked me if I thought it was contractiony pains... pointed out that with the amount of maybes I have had the last fortnight, until I need gas and air or my waters go, I doubt I'll be sure!!

JKS - I want someone to come and do my laundry!!!

DH is only just on his way home, it will be another hour at least before his train gets in, so need to get DS into his pjs and all ready for bed before we go and get him. Haven't made any dinner yet, thinking chip shop on the way home!

TODAY
Take DH to station for 7am - done
Back to bed until 10am - done
Up and dressed - done
DS boobed, changed and dressed - done
Breakfast x 2 - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Clear up kitchen - done
Sort airing cupboard and clean washing - washing folded
Wash and lanolise wool wraps
Bannisters
Dust upstairs
Lunch x 2 - done
Out for a walk - no, pouring with rain all day!
Pop into Mothercare - see above
Buy birthday card - also see above
Tidy living room and dining room - done
DS tea - done
DS into pjs and boobed
Pick DH up from station
Eat chips
Have a bath

Ali - chip shop, yum!
I know the Nanny is fab!

But i think the more time i have on my hands, the more down i'm getting, does that make sense? starting to seriously wonder how I am right now....

Wed:

• boys bath (must do!) & bed DONE
• our dinner & early night

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• 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
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside grr
• sort out new scanner
• return borrowed highchair
• info stuff for nanny
• see if cat should go to vet SeemsOkToday
• sort out spare room
• update DS2's medical file, put new letters in, etc. DONE
• new boots for DS1
• shoes for DS2 at some point

JKS - my friend had a nanny... eventually she decided she was actually happier without as it gave her more to do!