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

[HalfMumHalfBiscuit]

My first thread .

Ali I feel your pain, ds had JUST drifted off and dd woke him up "because I wanted to talk to him"

That's it now, now he's had a sleep, even just 2 minutes, he won't have another today.

My day went terribly yesterday. I ended up spending the afternoon retrieving the lost kitten, wastinga trip to the petshop and then cleaning up dd1's vomit and comforting her.

She is currently sleeping after having me awake all night.So the list for today is still the same as yesterday, and everything I did do needs doing again

Tidy living room
Clean leather sofa dds are finishing now
Make lunch
Sweep and mop living room floor
Tidy hallway
Sweep and mop hallway
Hoover stairs
Do at least 3 loads of washing
Tidy dd1's bedroom
Put away washing from yesterday
Go to shop to buy lots of energy drinks
Buy pumpkins
Wash up
Clean kitchen
Clean bathroom
Wash and dry bedding
Sweep and mop dd1's room.
Try and remove smell of vomit from house

Morning all

I am not keen on this either, but have just changed it to MN New and it is much easier to read.

Wasting it is lovely to hear from you. That woman is a crazed nutter, best out of it

Lovely dinner last night, but very nearly wept when the waitress told me they had run out of creme brulee

House is a tip, kitten is still incredibly lame, DD is in yet another foul mood and i am tired, grumpy and hormonal AAAARRRGGGHHHH

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Everyone dressed done
Make beds
Load dishwasher
Put washload on
Wipe over kitchen
Go to TotRock done
Tidy round all house
Lunch
Get cat looked at
Do horses
Try not to obsess about being/not being pg

Morning all dcs off school today
It is blustery outside, and I have loads to do

Shiney you did have a horrible day, don't worry about repeating your list, I have't to do it all the time
And I keep adding to it so its never ending

Think friends dh has got lost, she said he would be here about 11, but my address and SATNAV never seem to work[oops]

DONE
me showered & dressed
cleaned shower while in there
dcs washed & dressed
wash on
load dishwasher
get buzz lightyear costume out for friends ds
2 areas of doom done in kitchen
hoovered hall

TO DO
change back to halloween name
unload dishwasher
hang up washing
try to stop worrying about dd1
tidy kitchen started
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
damp dust living room
clean TV screen
hoover all carpet
mop kitchen
mop bathrrom
mop ensuite
mop bedrooms
change beds
buy watermelon for melon brain decoration
IRONING
Sort clean washing
put away clean washing
make sure dcs rooms tidy
tidy my bedroom
maybe make us a halloween cake
carve pumpkins
declutter utility room

ONGOING
Adapt norks masterplan to my house
repaint chimney breast for fireplace
look for christmas bargins
decide what way to do christening cake
decorate house

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up -
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ?
Load of washing in ? DONE
Hang load of washing on line- DONE
Put away washing from radiators ?
Put away basket of clean washing ?
Waste an incredible amount of time on mn, ebay and kids clothing sites- DONE
Hoover downstairs -
Clean loo-
Lunch ?
Hoover upstairs ?
Mop floors ?
Go to friend?s for afternoon ?
Bring in washing, sort and put away -
Yoga -

Cook dinner ?

Left over
Wrap present and write card for friend's baby - done
Ironing - some done
Post parcel and cards - done
Phone my cousin

TOMORROW
Up showered and dressed - done
DS boobed, changed and dressed - done
Move sheets to dryer - done
Put on another load of washing - done
Breakfast x 3 - done
Sort out cards and parcels and go to Post Office - done
Dust downstairs - done
Put carpet power on living room carpet
Shake out throws and playmat
Bannisters - done
DH possibly heading into work at 12ish - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Friend and her DD coming at 12
Lunch x 4 (5?)
Me counsellor 3:15pm - friend DS sitting
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy round before bed

Just checking up on you all. Lots of lists nicely done...good work ladies.

Mumsnet is all wonky. I can't cope with it in my frazzled state.

The last few nights have been intense mainly due to DD falling asleep on the boob all the time.

Last night I was falling asleep all the time. Just couldn't stay awake so had to bfeed lying down which meant I have no idea how much she had or anything. Oh well.

On the plus side I have a really nice health visitor and not the nazi one which is great although I may have said that already - God I have gone a bit wierd, sorry.

List
Have nap
Do lots and lots of washing
Feed DD alot
etc.

What do you reckon to this. We have been invited to 2 weddings next year. They are my old Uni mates, one set without kids and one set with a 6 month old.

The set without kids say we can take DD who would be 6 months but not DS who would be 3.5yrs. The wedding is a 6 hr drive away. We might be able to leave DS with grandparents but its a big ask.

The set with 1 DD say we can't take either child and DD would only be 4 months and (hopefully) still breast feeding. It would be a massive ask to get grandparents to babysit both and not sure how that would work as would have to bfeed DD???

One of my RL nice friend says not to bother going to either as they are too mad.

I would wait until closer to the time and decide, but I agree with ur friend,
dhs brother is getting married in Rome next year, and having a reception the following week in a Castle which is 5 mins from our house, on dd2s birthday
the dcs are invited to ROME but not the Castle
And I couldn't be bothered at all as we went to Rome last year for other brother and it cost us a small fortune, and I would love just a proper family holiday, we haven't had one in 5 years, and as much as we liked Rome it was very expensive and not a child friendly holiday destination

My friends dh made it
and then another friend called for tea and is just away so have got zero done

I say sod all the weddings (& Plum, that really takes the biscuit!), if you like the people enough, arrange to meet up with them a separate time with kids and have a nice afternoon or something.
People get all weird about weddings.

Thurs:

• DH day off, yey!
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• us out with ds1 DONE
• try & sort P&T tyre NeedRepairKit*
• figure out rest of day as we go Doing
• PIL arriving later
• Dh out for work thing

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 trying
• filing
• change DH's car clock DONE
• sort out flat tyre on Phil & Teds, grr trying*
• complete draft of DLA form ready for when official form arrives Doing

I'd have loved more kids at our wedding, but there weren't that many littlies in the family at the time.

Oh congrats HMHB! I'd forgotten I'd missed the births!

What else I miss? Flame ok?

Today -

• DS boobed, changed and dressed done
• Me showered and dressed done
• make beds done
• breakfast done
• washing in done
• fold laundry done
• 15 mins sorting in back room done
• hang out washing done
• put washing in done
• walk to town done
• buy pumpkin and costume for DS done
• shopping done
• lunch done
• drink tea doing
• dry pots
• wash pots
• sorting in kitchen
• clean kitchen floor
• tea
• tidy up
• DS bath and bed
• remind DH to do passport application

Welcome back Vasting, Flame had a little girl, well not so little 9lb 9oz. She had a live birthing thread so all the slatterns were help her along

Back from the hospital

TO DO
Clean the kitchen (looks like a bombsite, babysitter minded DCs but that is the sum total of what she does, though admittedly she had to be up at 7.30 which is very early for a 17 year old,
Clean Dining area
Wash Dishes
Sweep Floor
Wash Floors

That is mad about the weddings!! We had a bouncy castle at ours especially for all the kids.

Ok, i am feeling a bit on edge. DD i think may have a bit of earache (keeps putting her fingers in them) My house is a complete pigsty, DD keeps attacking the cat (which we now think actually has a break, possibly from DD) i want to just hide from everyone and eat crisps and chocolate, oh, and all of a sudden my list of topics i'm on has disappeared [grumpy old bag emoticon]

HMHB I wouldn't go I don't think...is a big ask to expect yo to go without dc, esp with dd being so tiny still.

RE the falling asleep bf, I found bf was far more successful 2nd time round precisly because I let myself do that and didn't stress about how much he was having or how often. Whatever works for you all to get rest I say

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Load of washing in ? DONE
Hang load of washing on line- DONE
Put away washing from radiators ? DONE
Put away basket of clean washing ?
Waste an incredible amount of time on mn, ebay and kids clothing sites- DONE
Hoover downstairs - DONE
Clean loo- DONE
Lunch ? DONE
Hoover upstairs ?
Mop floors ?
Go to friend?s for afternoon ? DONE
Bring in washing, sort and put away - DONE
Yoga -
Cook dinner ? DONE

Alice - is she teething? lol at grumpy old bag

Thurs:

• DH day off, yey!
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• us out with ds1 DONE
• try & sort P&T tyre DH* DONE
• boys tea DONE
• PIL arriving later
• Dh out for work thing

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 trying
• filing
• sort out flat tyre on Phil & Teds DONE
• complete draft of DLA form ready for when official form arrives Doing

Alice -

HMHB - don't worry about how much she's having. If your boob is available and she's hungry then she'll latch

Left over
Wrap present and write card for friend's baby - done
Ironing - some done
Post parcel and cards - done
Phone my cousin

TOMORROW
Up showered and dressed - done
DS boobed, changed and dressed - done
Move sheets to dryer - done
Put on another load of washing - done
Breakfast x 3 - done
Sort out cards and parcels and go to Post Office - done
Dust downstairs - done
Put carpet power on living room carpet
Shake out throws and playmat
Bannisters - done
DH possibly heading into work at 12ish - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Friend and her DD coming at 12
Lunch x 4 (5?) - done
Me counsellor 3:15pm - friend DS sitting - done
DH home at some point
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy round before bed

Oh feel left out because I cant offer any advice on breastfeeding and you think with my chest I could have!!!!

Alice, it does sound like teething
Well done Ali on continuing with the counsellor
Hope you enjoyed DHs day off
Plum I wouldnt be going anywhere without my DCs especially if it is their birthday. Lady GAGA is coming to play on DD3s birthday in Dublin, DD1 and 2 looking to go but there is no chance (know its not the same as DBs wedding but it was the only example I could think of)

TO DO
Clean the kitchen (looks like a bombsite, babysitter minded DCs but that is the sum total of what she does, though admittedly she had to be up at 7.30 which is very early for a 17 year old,
Clean Dining area
Wash Dishes
Sweep Floor
Wash Floors

Forgot to post the dones after my list
TO DO
Clean the kitchen (looks like a bombsite, babysitter minded DCs but that is the sum total of what she does, though admittedly she had to be up at 7.30 which is very early for a 17 year old, DONE
Clean Dining area DONE
Wash Dishes DONE
Sweep Floor DONE
Wash Floors Cant be arsed!

I know CC, he was like well you can miss that once, and I was like

I have a PTA meeting next week on her birthday and dd1 said that will be a sad birthday and I said no you'll be in bed by the time I'm leaving to go, imagine what she would say next year

BUT
I officially have the BEST MIL EVER

She arrived to day with a big Kenwood mixer/foodprocessor,

can you tell I'm soooo excited,
I was using a wee hand mixer my granny gave me when we first bought a house, and it was my grannys not one she bought me God knows how old it is!!

I cannot tell how pleased I am

we carved our pumpkins they look brill
have to go now and hang up washing
so I can relax and read my instructions

btw mean't dd1 said that will be a sad birthday for dd2, can't believe she will be 3 next week,

also marks 3 years from I spoke to my dad

Thurs:

• DH day off, yey!
• PIL arriving later here
• Dh out for work thing Doing

Fri:

• DH up first
• breakfast
• all dressed
• dh to work
• ds2 nap
• jobs (call physio back, etc)
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• ds2 nap
• MIL & DS1 & me out for afternoon with friends
• poss FIl bring DS2 down to meet us for tea?
• tea
• boys bath & bed
• me & Dh out for evening, yey

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 trying
• filing
• complete draft of DLA form ready for when official form arrives Doing

Plum - yay for your MIL! I have a Kenwood, and I bloody love it. Mixes it all up in no time and then all the bits go in the dishwasher!
about your Dad though.

JKS - that looks like a lovely day tomorrow, your PILs seem fantastic!

I have no idea what is wrong with DS this evening. He has hardly napped all day and is knackered, but has a temp and is not eating, grumpy etc. I think he's teething, he's only got his very back ones left to come through and I've heard they are horrid. He has refused to be put down for almost 2 hours now and doesn't want boob, milk in a cup, water, toast, his elephant, Pooh Bear etc etc. So DH has taken him out in the car and is going to pick up McDonalds for us to have for tea.

Alibooba - I think laying down is safer than falling asleep on the baby. Will try not to worry about how much she is getting and hopefully get some sleep myself at the same time.

Ohhh I've got a little Kenwood (which I'll get round to using some time ). Have fun Plum!

DH and I have decided not to go to the first wedding and think about the 2nd one later.

Being hormonal I actually had a bit of a cry thinking about not being able to take DD to a wedding. DH thinks its really sad. We had our wedding in a village hall and church and invited all the kids of our friends. I think it is different if you have a hotel style wedding but feel sad that people expect you to split up your family. Its not like we have grandparents nearby to hand the kids over to. Will now stop thinking about it and go to bed early.

Tomorrow
Lots of washing
Dishy
Kitchen
Baby feeding etc. etc.

Good morning slatterns

I went to bed early last night because i was in such a foul mood (no reason, just grumpy)

Today i am going to spend the morning having a blitz. Would anyone care to join me? I am going to list all the jobs that need doing and just try to get as many done as possible.

Dress DD
Empty dishwasher
Make beds
Tackle laundry mountain 1st load on
Reload dishwasher
Wash up cat bowls and feed cat done
Wash up any extra bits
Clean hob
Wipe down kitchen
Sweep kitchen/conservatory floor
Mop
Clean loo
Clean bath
Hoover upstairs
Sweep stairs
Clean litter tray
Tidy living room
Tidy dining room
Hoover living room
Hoover dining room
Hoover and febreeze sofas
Febreeze manky carpet
Put all clean clothes away
Put books back in bookcase
Go into town to find some baskety type things for storage

Come on you slatterns!!!

Dress DD done
Empty dishwasher done
Make beds done
Tackle laundry mountain 1st load on
Reload dishwasher done
Wash up cat bowls and feed cat done
Wash up any extra bits
Clean hob
Wipe down kitchen
Sweep kitchen/conservatory floor
Mop
Clean loo
Clean bath
Hoover upstairs
Sweep stairs
Clean litter tray no need cat crapped behind sofa again
Tidy living room
Tidy dining room
Hoover living room
Hoover dining room
Hoover and febreeze sofas
Wash throws
Febreeze manky carpet
Put all clean clothes away
Put books back in bookcase done
Go into town to find some baskety type things for storage