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 am getting there - yay!

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Orange juice and Spatone - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Load and run dishwasher - done
Clean hob - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
2 loads of washing - 1st in
DS nap - doing
Make casserole for dinner - done and some for the freezer
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy round before bed
Take ADs

Essential jobs
Take bag to charity bin
Make meal plan for the weekend - done
Make a shopping list - done
Go to Sainsbury's
Tidy spare room - DH
Hoover spare room
Dust spare room
Iron bedding - NEXT
Make up spare bed
Clean bathroom - done
Empty living room bin - done
Empty upstairs bins - done
Finish bannisters
Dust blinds with new gadget - done
Empty kitchen bin - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Mop kitchen floor - done
Mirrors and glass - done
Hoover living room - done
Shake out cushions and throws - done Non-essential
Pick up parcel before 1pm - done DH
Baking - clementine cake
Tidy living room bookshelves
Polish silver
Handwashing inc. nappy wraps

Stay calm TTSP, you can do it.

Welcome wonderif, make a list of jobs and tick them off as you complete. We can offer gin support whenever you need.

I am going to try to get this place looking a little less like a bomb site before DH/DS get home although DD is due a feed imminently..

Sorry, had to get my last post deleted.

I don't think I can HMHB. I need to collect DD in a mo and there are still mountains to move. I'll be able to get cracking again at 8ish...

Friday
Take DD to nursery DONE
DS nursery 'practice' 9:30 - 11:30 DONE
Find/buy tiny nails (for bunting shock) FOUND
Measure length of living room and divide by 5... INTERVALS OF 144cm
Bang said nails in CAN'T REACH FOR TWO< REST DONE
Decorations up in living room. STARTED Hall?
*Make birthday cake
Make apple tart ?POTENTIALLY ABANDONED?
Toys? TOYS MOST LIKELY TO INDUCE FIGHTING = REMOVED
*Mend chairs
*Write shopping lists STARTED
*Press DD's dress
*Find and apply shoe polish - DD boots + DP shoes x 2
*Buy flowers & string
WD 40 front door DONE
Quick shop DONE

Cook dinner WHAT? PIZZA FOR US + SCRAMBLED EGG FOR DD

Big clean downstairs-
*Hoover and wash all floors HOOVERED
Kitchen tiles & cupboard fronts DONE
Top of fridge DONE
*Reorganize fridge
*Clean oven front/top/extractor (never buy a stainless steel cooker) DONE
General dust and tidy of shelves DONE
Wash long unused glasses IN DISHWASHER
Wash cat-cushion cover WASHED DRIED AND REPLACED
Clean downstairs loo inc. tiles DONE
Clean play-pen DONE

Clean/tidy DD's room
Hoover stairs and landing
DRYER ON - fold washing

Saturday
Food shopping
Collect tart - 10am ish
MOVE CAT DISHES OUTSIDE
Arrivals from 2:30pm? FIL, SIL, DN ETC. COMING AT 1pm

Good work Ali

Plum - your cakes are so good! Enjoy the fire. Our house is v toasty since we got the new woodburner.

I am chuffed as just been to the post office and 'actually spoke to some people!'. I was getting a bit of cabin fever as have been in all week with only DD/DS to speak to during the day so it was nice to have a chat with some local mums before i lose the ability/confidence to have a conversation with adults.

Must sort house quickly...

Today's List
Up showered and dressed done
Vitamins done
Breakfast done
DS dressed and breakfasted and to nursery done
Feed DD done x2
DD nap doing
Tidy up lounge done
Tidy bedroom
Dishy on
Tidy kitchen
Dishy emptied
Washing on done
Washing out / dryer on done
Put washing away
Dinner - Pizza!
DD/DS bath
DD/DS to bed

Empty bins
Take rubbish out
Recycling

Important
Send info to accountants done - need to post
Certificates for Bilton Cottage
Post more thank you cards done

Hope you're ok TTSP.

Welcome wonderif.

I daren't light our fire.
The landlord assured it was safety-checked.
Need a fireguard (and a carbon monoxide detector) first.

• All up, dressed and teeth-brushed etc. done
• Make bed done, tidy upstairs done, wipe round bathroom
• Breakfast, clear up done
• laundry - final rinse nappies done wash sofa covers washing
• check emails, internet banking etc. done
• hoover downstairs done

+ dry pots done

• sort cleaning cupboard
• lunch done plus some for freezer
• Morrisons done

+ rebag spilt binbag outside done + put garden waste in green bin done

• dinner
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• is kitchen cleared?
• everything ready for the morning - bags packed, clothes laid out, packed lunch made etc. check weather
• cut out nappy liners!

Welcome Wonderif

TTSP I think you'll just have to stay with us and have cake and gin

Ali he said if we light it too soon something about drying out too soon, cast iron cracking and smoke coming out the sides, he said 3/4 days, but that was enough to put me off so will wait until next Friday

Hi Wonderif

Plum - eek that doesn't sound good!

TTSP - everything ok?

I have broken the back of my list now, definitely. Need to pop some potatoes in the oven and sort out my hair and then a quick trip to Sainsbury's before we have tea.

TODAY
All up and dressed - done
Orange juice and Spatone - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Load and run dishwasher - done
Clean hob - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
2 loads of washing - 1st in
DS nap - doing still!
Make casserole for dinner - done and some for the freezer
DH finish work - - done Now he can help!!
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy round before bed
Take ADs

Essential jobs
Take bag to charity bin
Make meal plan for the weekend - done
Make a shopping list - done
Go to Sainsbury's
Tidy spare room - DH
Hoover spare room
Dust spare room
Iron bedding - done
Make up spare bed
Clean bathroom - done
Empty living room bin - done
Empty upstairs bins - done
Finish bannisters
Dust blinds with new gadget - done
Empty kitchen bin - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Mop kitchen floor - done
Mirrors and glass - done
Hoover living room - done
Shake out cushions and throws - done Non-essential
Pick up parcel before 1pm - done DH
Baking - clementine cake
Tidy living room bookshelves - done
Polish silver
Handwashing inc. nappy wraps

Evening all, TTSP hope you get enough done, you've got all morning tomorrow too don't forget - and could always rope In-laws into jobs?

DONE:

• Load 2 on airer
• Load 3 in Tumble Dryer
• soft play with ds1 + tea
• ds2 tea

TO DO:

• Load 4 in
• boys to bed
• MIL, DH & me out to quiz night + fish&chips
• make sure FIL has food & tv remote
• try not to drink too much as i did at last quiz

Sat:

• finish laundry
• Dad's group
• try and finish photos
• out for friend's hen do at the pub
• other stuff i think of tomorrow

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• organise MoreDone, upload DS1Done & order photos of boys
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• get some silly socks for Nanny for Christmas (she always wears fun ones)

Ladies. I'm going to have to cut aand run ( I may be back ). Still loads to do and no time to post. I've found it really helpful to post here. Thank you all!

Tomorrow morning is choc full Am shitting myself TBH. Will be fine though.

Friday
Take DD to nursery DONE
DS nursery 'practice' 9:30 - 11:30 DONE
Find/buy tiny nails (for bunting shock) FOUND
Measure length of living room and divide by 5... INTERVALS OF 144cm
Bang said nails in DONE
Decorations up in living room. STARTED Hall?
*Make birthday cake
Make apple tart ?POTENTIALLY ABANDONED?
Toys? TOYS MOST LIKELY TO INDUCE FIGHTING = REMOVED
*Mend chairs
*Write shopping lists STARTED
*Press DD's dress
*Find and apply shoe polish - DD boots + DP shoes x 2
*Buy flowers & string
WD 40 front door DONE
Quick shop DONE

Cook dinner WHAT? PIZZA FOR US + SCRAMBLED EGG FOR DD

Big clean downstairs-
*Hoover and wash all floors HOOVERED
Kitchen tiles & cupboard fronts DONE
Top of fridge DONE
*Reorganize fridge
*Clean oven front/top/extractor (never buy a stainless steel cooker) DONE
General dust and tidy of shelves DONE
Wash long unused glasses IN DISHWASHER
Wash cat-cushion cover WASHED DRIED AND REPLACED
Clean downstairs loo inc. tiles DONE
Clean play-pen DONE

DRYER ON - fold washing

Saturday
Clean/tidy DD's room
Hoover stairs and landing
Food shopping
Collect tart - 10am ish
MOVE CAT DISHES OUTSIDE
Arrivals from 2:30pm? FIL, SIL, DN ETC. COMING AT 1pm

JKS wasn't at you BTW!

Today's List
Up showered and dressed done
Vitamins done
Breakfast done
DS dressed and breakfasted and to nursery done
Feed DD done x2
DD nap doing
Tidy up lounge done
Tidy bedroom
Dishy on
Tidy kitchen
Dishy emptied done
Washing on done
Washing out / dryer on done
Put washing away
Dinner - Pizza! done
DD/DS bath done
DD/DS to bed done - DD not settling

Empty bins
Take rubbish out
Recycling

Important
Send info to accountants done - need to post
Certificates for Bilton Cottage
Post more thank you cards done

TTSP - you will be fine, what doesn't get done doesn't get done and no-one but you will notice . Have a good day.

I have re-arranged my list so that I can see better what is left. Quite a lot!! Argh. MIL and S-PIL are coming at 12:30 so we do have the morning!

DONE
All up and dressed
Orange juice and Spatone
Breakfast and tidy kitchen
Load and run dishwasher
Clean hob
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Unload dishwasher
1 load of washing
DS nap
Make casserole for dinner and some for the freezer
DH finish work Now he can help!!
Make bag to charity bin
Make meal plan for the weekend
Make a shopping list
Go to Sainsbury's
Tidy spare room - DH
Iron bedding
Clean bathroom
Empty living room bin
Empty upstairs bins
Dust blinds with new gadget
Empty kitchen bin
Sweep kitchen floor
Mop kitchen floor
Mirrors and glass
Hoover living room
Shake out cushions and throws
Pick up parcel before 1pm - DH
Tidy living room bookshelves

TO DO
Baking - clementine cake
Polish silver
Handwashing inc. nappy wraps
Finish bannisters
Hoover spare room
Dust spare room
Make up spare bed
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Tidy round before bed
Take ADs

of all nights I would love a drink I can't incase dd1 wants to come home from sleepover!

God I cannot believe I am still going . Discovered that to make this cake the clementines need cooking for an hour before you can even start, so they are on now and I'll make the cake in the morning.

Plum that is annoying! Where is DH, could he go and get her?

DONE
All up and dressed
Orange juice and Spatone
Breakfast and tidy kitchen
Load and run dishwasher
Clean hob
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Unload dishwasher
1 load of washing
DS nap
Make casserole for dinner and some for the freezer
DH finish work Now he can help!!
Make bag to charity bin
Make meal plan for the weekend
Make a shopping list
Go to Sainsbury's
Tidy spare room - DH
Iron bedding
Clean bathroom
Empty living room bin
Empty upstairs bins
Dust blinds with new gadget
Empty kitchen bin
Sweep kitchen floor
Mop kitchen floor
Mirrors and glass
Hoover living room
Shake out cushions and throws
Pick up parcel before 1pm - DH
Tidy living room bookshelves
Hoover spare room
DS bath and bed
Cook clementines for cake
Clear up
Tidy round before bed
Put another load of washing on
Fold clean laundry - 3 loads done

TO DO
Polish silver
Make up spare bed
Take ADs

TOMORROW
Bake clementine cake
Handwashing inc. nappy wraps
Finish bannisters
Dust spare room

Off to bed now! Tis 1am in Belgium I've got a lot to do in the morning but I think I"ll make it

Have moved to paper lists now...

Thanks for letting me crash the tread!

Morning

hope everyone gets all stuff done this morning that's needed...

Yest:

• Load 4 in DONE
• MIL, DH & me out to quiz night + fish&chips DONE
• make sure FIL has food & tv remote DONE
• try not to drink too much as i did at last quiz erm...

Sat:

• me up first +MIL DONE
• breakfast
• finish laundry
• Dad's group
• try and finish photos
• out for friend's hen do at the pub
• other stuff i think of...

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• organise MoreDone, upload DS1Done & order photos of boys
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• get some silly socks for Nanny for Christmas (she always wears fun ones)

Sat:

• me up first + MIL DONE
• breakfast DONE
• finish laundry NextLoadOn
• DH & DS1 & FIL to Dad's group & out for lunch gone
• DS2 nap Doing
• lunch x 3 & tidy kitchen
• try and finish photos
• Dh & DS1 garden time?
• tea x 5 (DH eating out)
• out for friend's hen do at the pub
• PIL babysitting

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• organise MoreDone, upload DS1Done & order photos of boys
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• get some silly socks for Nanny for Christmas (she always wears fun ones)

JKS - hope your head is ok? Have a lovely relaxing day today

Doing ok here this morning, I think we are going to be done. I am feeling quite proud of myself, my house is very shiney

TODAY
All up and dressed - DS done
Orange juice and Spatone - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - doing
Unload dishwasher
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Bake clementine cake
Finish bannisters
Dust spare room - done
Make up spare bed - done
DH to Sainsbury's to get the things we forgot last night
Do veg for lamb and get it all in the oven before 11:30am
Put a load of washing on
Bleach loos - done
Polish silver - done
Dust living room

Morning all
JKS 2nd wash on already, enjoy the hen do tonight, I love hen parties

Ali dh could have went but he needed to be up early, turns out she stayed anyway, was very proud of her as only 2 stayed and the rest went home and she didn't want her friend to be sad and she enjoyed herself!
Thats one more on her life experiences shes not a baby anymore

Any loads to do as usual

DONE
everyone up washed & dressed
take last nights wash out
collect dd1 from sleepover

TO DO
Take washing off airer
hang wash up
put wash on
tidy kitchen
declutter & clean surfaces
load dishwasher
brush kit floor
Mop Kit must do
brush & hoover lounge
mop lounge
paint over new plastered bits around fireplace
admire new fireplace
hoover hall
hoover living room
tidy bookshelves
clean ensuite
wipe round bathroom
clean shower
IRON
sort washing
put away washing
hang up any clothes heaped in my room
ring nannie say Happy birthday
ring friend about cakes

ONGOING
Pick colour for our bedroom
bleach damp in corner of wardrobe(need ladders)
clean shoes at bottom of wardrobe
sort clothes(afraid to as I will find I don't have very much to wear)

Head is ok thanks!

Plum - aww, she's growing up! well done her!

Sat:

• me up first + MIL DONE
• breakfast DONE
• finish laundry NextLoadOn
• DH & DS1 & FIL to Dad's group & out for lunch gone
• DS2 nap Doing
• put away dry non-ironing DONE!!
• some online Christmas shopping DONE
• lunch x 3 & tidy kitchen
• try and finish photos
• Dh & DS1 garden time?
• tea x 5 (DH eating out)
• out for friend's hen do at the pub
• PIL babysitting

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• organise MoreDone, upload DS1Done & order photos of boys
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• get some silly socks for Nanny for Christmas (she always wears fun ones)

Morning

DS a bit off colour and its raining again . Looks like we are going to hunker down with the fire on and DVD's

Today's List
Up showered and dressed done
Vitamins
Breakfast done
Feed DD doing
DD nap
Tidy up lounge
Tidy bedroom
Dishy on
Tidy kitchen
Dishy emptied
Washing on
Washing out / dryer on
Put washing away
Brunch doing
Dinner
DD/DS bath
DD/DS to bed

Empty bins
Take rubbish out
Recycling

Important
Send info to accountants done - need to post
Certificates for Bilton Cottage
Post more thank you cards done

God where has the day gone not getting anywhere

DONE
everyone up washed & dressed
take last nights wash out
collect dd1 from sleepover
brush & hoover lounge
mop lounge
ring nannie say Happy birthday
ring friend about cakes oh crap 3 cakes for 1 day!!!!
paint over new plastered bits around fireplace

TO DO
lunch
Take washing off airer
hang wash up
put wash on
tidy kitchen
declutter & clean surfaces
load dishwasher
brush kit floor
Mop Kit must do
admire new fireplace
hoover hall
hoover living room
tidy bookshelves
clean ensuite
wipe round bathroom
clean shower
IRON
sort washing
put away washing
hang up any clothes heaped in my room

ONGOING
Pick colour for our bedroom
bleach damp in corner of wardrobe(need ladders)
clean shoes at bottom of wardrobe
sort clothes(afraid to as I will find I don't have very much to wear)

HMHB - hope DS is ok. DS2 has caught a cold (me & Ds1 too) and it's making him wheeze a bit so got out the Ventalin from when he had his chest infection and ended up in hosp. Hoping it doesn't go the same way this time....making me think we should go for the SF jab.

CWWM - you said you had SF didn't you? how were/are you all???

Anyone had the jab yet?

Sat:

• me up first + MIL DONE
• breakfast DONE
• finish laundry LastLoadOn TDOn
• DH & DS1 & FIL to Dad's group & out for lunch DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• put away dry non-ironing DONE!!
• some online Christmas shopping DONE
• lunch x 3 & tidy kitchen DONE
• more dry & non-ironing upstairs DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• try and finish photos
• sort out more bedding to give away DONE
• tidy toys DONE
• find missing bit of DS1's hoover LookedEverywhere!
• find missing DS1 glove DONE
• MIL & DS1 making Christmas cards Doing
• DH & DS1 garden time?
• tea x 6 (DH cancelled his night out, too tired)
• me out for friend's hen do at the pub
• PIL babysitting

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software
• then go through 1911 census
• organise MoreDone, upload DS1Done & order photos of boys
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• get some silly socks for Nanny for Christmas (she always wears fun ones)

Something off Ongoing list done, yey!

Sat:

• me up first + MIL DONE
• breakfast DONE
• finish laundry LastLoadInTD
• DH & DS1 & FIL to Dad's group & out for lunch DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• put away dry non-ironing DONE!!
• some online Christmas shopping DONE
• lunch x 3 & tidy kitchen DONE
• more dry & non-ironing upstairs DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• try and finish photos DONE
• sort out more bedding to give away DONE
• tidy toys DONE
• find missing bit of DS1's hoover LookedEverywhere!
• find missing DS1 glove DONE
• MIL & DS1 making Christmas cards DONE
• DH & DS1 garden time DONE
• tea x 6
• me out for friend's hen do at the pub

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software (proving tricky as I have them saved on a Windows memory stick, argh)
• then go through 1911 census
• organise, upload & order photos of boys DONE!
• fix my bike (flat tyre)
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• get some silly socks for Nanny for Christmas (she always wears fun ones)