November Slatterns/Listmakers - one year on and still taking baby steps.........

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Yes - Slatterns (now Slatterns and Listmakers) is now a year old.

Come and join us if you're a slattern, or simply like making lists for jobs you want to get done each day/week/month.

Never thought 12 months ago that a thread I started to help me get the bare minimum done at home when I was feeling shite would still be going strong 12 months later - even with me frequently AWOL in recent months.

Everyone is welcome, we're a friendly bunch.

I would sell it then Always,
I have a great cook book called how to cool, it does everything, how to make sauces (and save them if they go wrong), soups etc there is a section for everything
I'm sure it would probably cost at the most a tenner, so you could get a good shop for £50

HMHB Hope you have a better night

I have a retrieved a list from earlier in the thread as I really do need to whip this house into shape
so tomorrow will be busy!!!

TO DO
everyone washed & dressed
unload dishwasher
do invoices
load dishwasher
put a wash on
hang up washing from last night
make lunch
get dinner on
hoover all carpet
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
tidy kitchen
mop bathrrom
mop ensuite
brush kitchen
mop kitchen
change beds
make sure uniforms are ready
make pack lunches
sort my clothes
tidy wardrobe
IRONING
Sort clean washing
put away clean washing
make sure dcs rooms tidy
tidy my bedroom
declutter utility room

ONGOING
Adapt norks masterplan to my house
repaint chimney breast for fireplace
look for christmas bargins

how to cook a little more than 10

Good morning lovely slatterns

Whoever was looking for cookbooks, try the library. I borrow loads of different cookbooks from there and ours always has older books for sale and there are loads of cook books in there.

Feeling a bit rubbish atm, and think i have a UTI, so have been feeling a bit sorry for myself However, today i am determined to get back on top of some housework, and stop being so mopey.

Jobs to do:
Get DD dressed
Go to the horses, turn out, start mucking out
Drink water
Strip beds
Wash sheets
Dry sheets
Put some stuff back in the bathroom
Put some washing away
Go to waitrose
Lunch
Ride horses
Cook dinner
Clean kitchen
Tidy up living room
Make beds
DD bath and bed

We got our polish neighbour (who is a painter/decorator) to paint our bathroom ceiling as we had it re-plastered a few months back, but i don't think he understood as he filled all the rough walls in and painted entire bathroom white, and resealed the edge of the bath/tiles for us, all for £80 it looks amazing, but now i don't want to put all our junk back in there

Morning all!

Had a productive day yesterday, but always still lots to do!

• DS boobed, changed and dressed done
• breakfast
• rinse washing
• dry pots
• clean sink
• wash pots
• clean kitchen floor
• hang washing
• wash nappies
• Me showered and dressed
• put some pictures up
• lunch
• play
• PUT BIN OUT
• tea
• DS bath and bed
• relax

That was a good deal Alice, anyother ceilings need done

Right I'm going to start by getting dcs showered, had a look at the crisi clean might try that!

Morning all

Alice - hope you feel better soon, cranberry juice?

Didn't really get anything productive done yesterday and not looking like i will today, too tired & lazy!

Left to do today:

• finish laundry
• newspapers NearlyDone
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• DH & DS1 afternoon activity? (gardening if dry)
• roast dinner
• boys bath & bed
• PIL going home
• ironing
• XFactor & 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 trying
• filing
• tidy mine (Started) & DH's wardrobe
• check birthdays coming up & make cards

Morning everyone

Alice - can you send him down here please, my bathroom ceiling could do with a repaint!!

JKS - enjoy your lazy weekend, don't spoil it feeling guilty

Will post a list in a second, having a really lazy morning. DS went back to sleep when he woke up for his morning feed at 7am - until gone 10am! So I've had a nice lie in.

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Strip our bed, again! DS wee'd on it - done
DH to go and get cartridge to sort out printer
Print off confirmation so we can go and get pillows
Go to JL to get pillows
Lunch?? Out maybe?
3 loads of washing
Usual folding and putting away of clothes
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy round before bed
TAKE ADs, I keep forgetting

Ongoing/Areas of Doom
Organise paperwork/filing
Organise books
DH to sort out garage
Junk drawers in living room
Sort out photos for DS' room and put them up - gah printer is broken!
Mend my duvet covers - buyingnew!
DH to change all the internal door handles
Find a painter to do the kitchen
Sort out recipes
Make Christmas list for DS - started
Make list of present ideas for friends and family - started
Organise kitchen shelves now I have new baskets from Ikea
DH to build DS' little chair
Go through toys and back away baby ones that DS doesn't play with anymore
Adapt Norks' masterplan to my house
Organise a new window cleaner

oh I@m not looking for cookbooks - I'm trying to decide whether to sell my Escoffier

Hello slatterns hope everyone has had a good weekend.

Sorry you are feeling rubbish Alice UTI's are awful (drink some cranberry juice).

Waves to everyone else.

It has been rubbish here DP decided not to come home from work on Friday night until midnight I don't mind him going out but I would like to be told so I am not thinking something awful has happened he also had the bank card so I had no money and hardly any food in the house (the online shop was coming Sat).
It should have been Hannah's birthday yesterday (my dd who passed away) so I just feel miserable and sorry for myself this weekend.

Need to do a short list will probably be back in a while with some more jobs.

Make beds
Bath girls
Uniforms
Feed everyone

Happy Birthday to your little angel CWWM

I'm trying to be good today, but getting nowhere fast, have been reading Fly lady

does motivate abit

DONE
everyone washed & dressed
unload dishwasher
load dishwasher & on
put a wash on dd1 & 2 beds
make lunch
brush kitchen
cleaned sink & any pots

TO DO
do invoices
hang up washing from last night
get dinner on
hoover all carpet
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
tidy kitchen
mop bathrrom
mop ensuite
mop kitchen
change beds
make sure uniforms are ready
make pack lunches
sort my clothes
tidy wardrobe
IRONING
Sort clean washing
put away clean washing
make sure dcs rooms tidy
tidy my bedroom
declutter utility room

ONGOING
Adapt norks masterplan to my house
repaint chimney breast for fireplace
look for christmas bargins

DONE
everyone washed & dressed
unload dishwasher
load dishwasher & on
put a wash on dd1 & 2 beds
make lunch
brush kitchen
cleaned sink & any pots
dcs beds made
stuff down shower to unblock

TO DO
do invoices
hang up washing from last night
get dinner on
hoover all carpet
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
tidy kitchen
mop bathrrom
mop ensuite
mop kitchen
change beds
make sure uniforms are ready
make pack lunches
sort my clothes
tidy wardrobe
IRONING
Sort clean washing
put away clean washing
make sure dcs rooms tidy
tidy my bedroom
declutter utility room

ONGOING
Adapt norks masterplan to my house
repaint chimney breast for fireplace
look for christmas bargins

CWWM - sorry about Hannah do you want to tell us about her?

Plum - you're not thinking of abandoning us for them are you?!

Left to do today:

• finish laundry Doing
• newspapers DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• DH & DS1 afternoon activity - gardening Doing
• roast dinner PIL Sorting
• bank statements/receipts DONE
• boys bath & bed
• PIL going home
• ironing
• XFactor & 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 trying
• filing
• tidy mine (Started) & DH's wardrobe
• check birthdays coming up & make cards

Thanks PBM & JKS .

JKS she was 5 weeks old she died after complications from bronchoilitis all her organs shut down and there was nothing anyone could do.

I feel ok just a bit sad that I should have an 11 year old dd with me today.

PBM I read flylady a few weeks ago when I was struggling with L I had two days of shining my sink then I got fed up .

Make beds
Bath girls done
Uniforms
Feed everyone done

good afternoon ladies
happy birthday hannah (really soory cwwm)

we all went to a christening this morning and came straight home after as dp has to take medi to get his body ready for his op on weds im not looking forward to it as he will be on the toilet for 3 days and wont be able to eat till thurs so he going to be preety and as we can all eat what we want
its going to be hard to do my housework while hes home as i cant get anything done for some reason does anyone else have the same problem or is it just me.
i hope them twins go tonight in x factor iv had enough of them now
im going to do my list now as i dont think i will have time in the morning
hope all of you enjoyed fireworks this weekend

todo
everyone up
everyone
feed
everyone washed and dressed
dd1 to school (talk to school about moving my dd1 down a yr without consent)
make beds
wash up
washing
clean clothes away
clean bathroom (when dp is not in there)
clean kitchen
tidy dds room
tidy our room
tidy living room
clean floors
hover
polish
fluff sofa
lunch
school run
dinner
dds bath
dds bed
tv
me bed

i think i might have to do that crisis cleaning

Evening ladies

CWWM big hugs for you

MumRugrat WTF? What is happening about DD's school??? That is terrible!

I have given up for the evening, DH is cooking a roast dinner and i am drinking a cup of tea. Lots to do tomorrow though, so here is tomorrow's list:

Get everyone up
Get DD dressed
Breakfast
Sort cat
Empty dishwasher
Make beds
Put washload on
Sweep stairs
Tidy and sweep hall
Sweep kitchen
Flash mop all hard floors
Put some stuff back in the bathroom
Put some washing away
Lunch
Do horses
Cook dinner
Clean kitchen
Tidy up living room
DD bath and bed

That will do for now

alice they got a new head as the the other one was suspened and the new one is trying to make the school better by putting the bottom 8 kids in dds class with half the yr 1 to make smaller classes but dd is naughty not slow and it has peeed me off they sent a letter home on fri telling us and it starts on monday the other 7 kids are the sort of kids you dont really want your kids to play with

Evening slatterns

CWWM - Happy Birthday to Hannah for yesterday ((((hugs)))). That was crap of DP, hope he's made it up to you over the weekend.

Mumof2 - that is awful, surely they have to discuss it with you first??

Alice - hurrah for DH's who can cook, mine is in the kitchen now and I'm drinking tea! [not a stalker emoticon]

We have had a mainly good day. DH and I are niggling at each other a bit atm. He so wants this job and is getting really nervous about the 2nd interview on Wednesday. I've forgotten to take my ADs for two days now and I've got raging PMT, it's not a good combination. Ended up faffing around shops again today but got several things sorted and the bits to finish rooms/storage and finally do annoying little jobs etc so productive in the end.

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Strip our bed, again! DS wee'd on it - done
DH to go and get cartridge to sort out printer - done
Print off confirmation so we can go and get pillows - done
Go to JL to get pillows - done
Lunch?? Out maybe? - done
3 loads of washing - 2 done
Learn how to fold a fitted sheet - done!
Usual folding and putting away of clothes - done two baskets
Dinner x 3 - DH doing
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy round before bed
TAKE ADs, I keep forgetting

Ongoing/Areas of Doom/Extras
Organise paperwork/filing
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 - buyingnew!
DH to change all the internal door handles
Find a painter to do the kitchen
Sort out recipes
Make Christmas list for DS - started
Make list of present ideas for friends and family - started
Organise kitchen shelves now I have new baskets from Ikea
DH to build DS' little chair
Go through toys and pack away baby ones that DS doesn't play with anymore
Adapt Norks' masterplan to my house
Organise a new window cleaner
Buy bag and contents to have emergency DS kit in the car at all times - done
Put up extra hooks in my wardrobe
Wash new bedding for spare room ready to use

Definitely not abandoning you lot, just had a wee read, its Always fault for posting the crisis clean not too regimented for me, and I hate shoes on in the house

Well apparently my cake was a roaring success so I am happy
still have loads to do, but made a quick dinner tonight using chicken stock I had frozen from a previous Sunday roast, added noodles, had chicken noodle soup and cooked some criss cross potatoes,
soup left over for dh & I lunch tomorrow so 3 meals from 1 chicken can't be bead

Mumof2 that sounds crazy! Good luck for your dp

Ali fingers crossed for your dh, I think its ok for things to niggle when you know the reason, but normally dh and I make a joke out of it to diffuse any tension

Waves to JKS,Alice & CWWM, and offers around some cake

DONE
everyone washed & dressed
unload dishwasher
load dishwasher & on
put a wash on dd1 & 2 beds
make lunch
brush kitchen
cleaned sink & any pots
dcs beds made
stuff down shower to unblock
hang up washing from last night
dry girls bed clothes
get dinner on
make sure uniforms are ready
change beds

TO DO
do invoices
hoover all carpet
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
tidy kitchen
mop bathrrom
mop ensuite
mop kitchen
make pack lunches
sort my clothes
tidy wardrobe
IRONING
Sort clean washing
put away clean washing
make sure dcs rooms tidy
tidy my bedroom
declutter utility room

ONGOING
Adapt norks masterplan to my house
repaint chimney breast for fireplace
look for christmas bargins

Hi all. Hope you had good weekends all round.

CWWM - I hope you are feeling ok, or as ok as you can. I can't imagine how you must feel. You are a v. brave lady.

As usual the day has flown by. Had a bit better night last night thankfully. DD fed every 2 hours but v quickly so I could go back to sleep . DS not up til 8.30 which was good.

Just about got through the weekend with DD and DS. DS can be quite willful and drove me mad yesterday (such that I had a small row with DH - just annoyed at his lack of consistency with rules ). Things have been a bit better today.

ToDo
Order thank you cards for DD - done
Washing out done

Tomorrow
Breakfast and dressed
Dishy on
Washing on
Tidy lounge
Tidy bedroom
Put clothes away
Ring re bilton cottage
Pay cheque in
?Baby yoga
Lunch with friend

Important
Buy cards for
Register DD's birth
Register DD at doctors
Send info to accountants
Write thank you cards
Probably lots of other stuff

Takes cake from PBM thankyou everyone for been so kind you are all lovely.

Ali Dp has done almost everything today so sucking up big time .

Sounds like a tough week ahead Mumof2rugrats hope it isn't too stressful.

Waves to HMHB and Alice.

Make beds Done
Bath girls done
Uniforms
Feed everyone done

Rugrats - nightmare re school, sounds outrageous tbh!

CWWM - Poor you & Hannah So 5 weeks time is another sad anniversary for you too? ((hugs)) in advance.

Ali - i haven't forgotten to take mine yet, am a bit paranoid now! Have taken 4, dh says he thinks they're already helping but i'm not sure. Will they make me 'happy' or just stop me being sad? Would say i've not been so sad but then i find these things come in waves anyway.

Um, oh yes, cake please Plum, esp yours! Hello everyone else

Going to force myself to take clothes upstairs in ad break!!

Left to do today:

• finish laundry DONE
• newspapers DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• DH & DS1 afternoon activity - gardening DONE
• roast dinner PIL DONE
• bank statements/receipts DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• PIL going home DONE
• ironing DONE!
• XFactor Doing & early night
• take clean clothes upstairs

Mon:

• DH up first
• breakfast
• all dressed
• DH to work
• DS1 to pre-sch (Nanny)
• DS2 nap
• put away clean clothes
• stuff off ongoing list
• tidy DS2's medical file
• email friend re his DS's birthday (forgot card)
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• afternoon?
• boys tea, bath & bed
• quiet night on my own

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
• tidy mine (Started) & DH's wardrobe
• check birthdays coming up & make cards DONE

Well that worked, maybe shouldn't watch stuff on Sky+ all the time

Left to do today:

• XFactor Doing & early night
• take clean clothes upstairs DONE

Mon:

• DH up first
• breakfast
• all dressed
• DH to work
• DS1 to pre-sch (Nanny)
• DS2 nap
• put away clean clothes
• stuff off ongoing list
• tidy DS2's medical file
• email friend re his DS's birthday (forgot card)
• dress to dry cleaners from Fri
• oil DS1's bedroom door hinges
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• afternoon?
• boys tea, bath & bed
• quiet night on my own

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
• tidy mine (Started) & DH's wardrobe

who else hate x factor now

DH watching Ray Mears and we are now watching House. I will watch X factor tomorrow. I do think that the Jedward twins look like they are being electrocuted when they dance. v. jerky. ...back to House. Have a good evening.