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

[alwayslookingforanswers]

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.

plum you are a genius!! So clever

So, another friend coming over this morning, need to pop into town first though, so better get going...

Everyone up done
Everyone dressed done
Everyone breakfast done
Make beds airing
Empty dishwasher done
Put washload on (probably got 2 loads today)
Pop to town (mm, maybe....)
Clean kitchen (had curry last night and it seems to go everywhere)
Divide up sausages and freeze
Make some fairy cakes/biscuits
Lunch
Dry washing
Horses
Dinner
Put washing away
DD bed
Ironing
Do homework

Plum - love it! Can you say what all the things are around the edge, the photo is too small to see? And how did you make all the bubbles?

Thurs:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed AllButDS2
• DS2 meds DoneMorning
• ds2 nap Doing
• DS1 to pre-sch (N)
• take bike to bike shop
• check pound shop for cup spouts
• sort out photos for boys albums (arrived yesterday)
• keep working on phone!
• collect DS1 (N)
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• chill for a bit
• friend + 2 DDs coming round
• tidy chaos
• tea x 2
• torching walk?
• boys to bed
• my parents arriving late
• takeaway dinner
• DH home late

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)
• then go through 1911 census

*- fix my bike (flat tyre) InCar

• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• find missing bit of DS1's hoover
• look at meal planner

*- find spare spouts somewhere (Pound Shop?) *- sort out iPhone NeedDH! PuttingMoreContactsOn

Morning!

Plum, the cake looks fab!

Alice, I've thought of a business opportunity 'Popping by to visit', hire ourselves out to come round to visit people who need to get their house clean.

If Dad makes his connection he should be in town by about 12, so we'll meet him for lunch.

Oh I finally cut the nappy liners from the fleece last night. So we'll see how they work out today.

• all up, clean, dressed and teeth brushed done
• make beds and tidy upstairs done
• breakfast done
• laundry - rinse nappies done
• hoover downstairs
• wash and dry pots
• sweep and wash kitchen floor
• clean front door
• hoover upstairs?
• pack bags ready for town
• out
• DS tea
• DS bath and bed
• relax

Nigelslater shoe is made from sugarpaste

Thank you all I am pleased, made a few mistakes, thats why its not a close up
the blue
bottle is bubble bath
then a towel hanging
then a small makeupbag
hand mirror
lipstick
coldcream
perfume bottle
and you can just see the pink cord of a hairdryer

Sat and rolled all the bubbles that was the tedious bitbut I still enjoyed it

Thank you Alice was tempted to join that thread but I will just be tempted to do more craft stuff You should check out this website its brilliant and my dcs love it

So have to crack on with christening cake
need to print bankstatements
clean and tidy kitchen
bake 2 x12" sponge
make all icing decorations
put a wash on
hoover
lots but see how I get on

Wasting good idea in theory, but we all live so far apart! Perhaps Kim and Aggie could have a show where they randomly knock on peoples doors and ask to look around. That would put enough fear into people to keep basic cleanliness up to date

Everyone up done
Everyone dressed done
Everyone breakfast done
Make beds done
Empty dishwasher done
Put washload on 1st load *on (out of 3)
Pop to town (mm, maybe....)nope
Clean kitchen (had curry last night and it seems to go everywhere) done
Divide up sausages and freeze
Make some fairy cakes/biscuits
Lunch
Dry washing
Horses
Dinner
Put washing away
DD bed
Ironing
Do homework

Alice, that's a good idea. Anxiety levels would sky-rocket across Britain!

• all up, clean, dressed and teeth brushed done
• make beds and tidy upstairs done
• breakfast done
• laundry - rinse nappies done
• hoover downstairs done
• wash and dry pots washed
• sweep and wash kitchen floor
• clean front door
• hoover upstairs?
• pack bags ready for town
• out
• DS tea
• DS bath and bed
• relax

MOrning girls - DS has gone to school. Fingers crossed he stays there today as he was making diggers out of the furniture by the end of yesterday .

It has stopped raining !

Dying to go out today, getting a bit cabiny. Hoping to go to town shortly.

JKS - yes need to get gas / electricity certificate each year.

Off to look at plums cake...

Today
Vitamins
Breakfast done
Tidy up lounge
Tidy bedroom
Tidy dining room
Dishy emptied
Dishy on
Tidy kitchen
Washing on
Washing out / dryer on done
Put washing away
Lunch
Dinner
DD/DS bath
DD/DS to bed
Sort post and do filing

Eve meals
Pie mash and veg
Mexican wraps

Food shop
Empty bins
Take rubbish out
Recycling
Filing/sort drawer in bureau

Important
Certificates for Bilton Cottage

Plum - like it!

Convinced there's a conspiracy now, nowhere seems to stock the Avent sippy cups or the spouts anymore, will have to look more online.

Thurs:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed AllButDS2
• DS2 meds DoneMorning
• ds2 nap Doing
• DS1 to pre-sch (N) DONE
• take bike to bike shop DONE
• check pound shop for cup spouts DONE
• sort out photos for boys albums (arrived yesterday)
• keep working on phone!
• collect DS1 (N)
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• chill for a bit
• friend + 2 DDs coming round
• tidy chaos
• tea x 2
• torching walk?
• boys to bed
• my parents arriving late
• takeaway dinner
• DH home late

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)
• then go through 1911 census

- fix my bike BikeShopDoing*

• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• find missing bit of DS1's hoover
• look at meal planner

- find spare spouts LookOnline**- sort out iPhone NeedDH! PuttingMoreContactsOn

Found some on ebay, yey!

Thurs:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed AllButDS2
• DS2 meds DoneMorning
• ds2 nap Doing
• DS1 to pre-sch (N) DONE
• take bike to bike shop DONE
• buy some cup spouts DONE
• sort out photos for boys albums (arrived yesterday)
• keep working on phone!
• collect DS1 (N)
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• chill for a bit
• friend + 2 DDs coming round
• tidy chaos
• tea x 2
• torching walk?
• boys to bed
• my parents arriving late
• takeaway dinner
• DH home late

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)
• then go through 1911 census
• fix my bike BikeShopDoing
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp?
• find missing bit of DS1's hoover
• look at meal planner
• find spare spouts DONE
• sort out iPhone NeedDH! PuttingMoreContactsOn

Ebay rocks! Apart from the guy who hasn't paid yet.

But we got some bargains this week, so pleased with my two Grobags for £20.

• all up, clean, dressed and teeth brushed done
• make beds and tidy upstairs done
• breakfast done
• laundry - rinse nappies done
• hoover downstairs done
• wash and dry pots done
• sweep and wash kitchen floor done
• clean front door done
• hoover upstairs? done
• pack bags ready for town done
• hang washing out
• out
• DS tea
• DS bath and bed
• relax

I have just joined ebay, to bid for something for dh, which he won, so when I go to pay now what happens??

Hello all! How are you all doing.

Sorry to have disappeared, I've been ill (D&V) for a couple of days. It hit me like a bolt from the blue on Tuesday evening...

DP's been great but the house is an absolute tip. He decided to use disposable nappies while I was ill (which is fine, obviously) but didn't bother think to wash the half a bucket of dirty nappies that DC had produced since I did the last nappy wash (monday morning). I just found them

DP's gone back to work and I've done nothing much in the house yet today. So, I need to get sorted as much as I can but am still feeling pretty rough. I'm going to try and do some 15 minute blitzes.

15 mins in:
Kitchen
Lounge
Hall, stairs & downstairs loo
Bathroom
Our bedroom
DCs rooms (7 or 8 mins each)

Also:
Nappy wash ON
1 other wash?

MadameMoo - don't overdo it so soon after being ill

Plum - you should end up in Paypal and enter cc details to pay that way? May need to set up a Paypal account too?

Nearly all my Christmas shopping for the boys has been off ebay this year.

Thurs:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS2 meds DoneMorning&Lunch
• ds2 nap DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch (N) DONE
• take bike to bike shop DONE
• buy some cup spouts DONE
• sort out photos for boys albums
• keep working on phone!
• collect DS1 (N) DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• chill for a bit DoingWithIceAge
• friend + 2 DDs coming round
• tidy chaos
• tea x 2
• torching walk?
• boys to bed
• my parents arriving late
• takeaway dinner
• DH home late

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)
• then go through 1911 census
• fix my bike BikeShopDoing
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp
• find missing bit of DS1's hoover
• look at meal planner
• sort out iPhone NeedDH! PuttingMoreContactsOn

Lol, you're right JKS I will have to be careful, I'm on my own for bedtime duty tonight and that takes it outof me at the best of times. But, DD's at nursery all day tommorow and DS is going for a couple of hours too. I really really want and need a lazy day. My delusion idea is to keep the couple of hours that DS is away free for sleep.

That said, I've not got a thing done yet, DS decided to need lots and lots of attention as soon as I'd posted... I'm hoping he'll let me get on in a mo

I'm always amazed how much you can get done in 15 mins

Exhausted Flagging now so going to sit and have a cuppa...

15 mins in:
Kitchen DONE
Lounge (Later, when DC are in bed)
Hall, stairs & downstairs loo DONE
Bathroom - 2 MINS DONE IN CASE I"M NOT UP TO IT LATER
Our bedroom
DCs rooms (7 or 8 mins each) DONE (still need to change DD's bed)

Also:
Nappy wash ON
1 other wash?
Express feed for DS's nursery practice

[pale] [shaky] [had enough]

15 mins in:
Kitchen DONE
Lounge (Later, when DC are in bed)
Hall, stairs & downstairs loo DONE
Bathroom - 2 MINS DONE IN CASE I"M NOT UP TO IT LATER
Our bedroom 10 MINS DONE (still need to change bed)
DCs rooms (7 or 8 mins each) DONE (still need to change DD's bed)

Also:
Nappy wash ON
1 other wash?
Express feed for DS's nursery practice

FRIDAY
DD to nursery
DS nursery practice 2-4pm (check times)
Change our bed
Change DD bed
Cook stew
Washing...
Shopping list

PBM love the cake (again!)

Madamemoo sit down and take it easy woman! You are ill fgs

Alice I had a similar thought when I took the dc to Mcdonalds, what if Jamie went in to random fast food restaurants and berated people for feeding their dc junk! Then I got scared and made sure I kept my head down

Have been on a roll today! Think it has hit that I only have today, tomorrow, the weekend and monday before I move

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up -
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Load of washing in ? DONE
Take dd to preschool ?DONE
Hang load of washing on airer- DONE
Service wash machine ? DONE
Pick up bits from floor - DONE
Hoover downstairs - DONE
Take dry washing off radiators, sort and put away - DONE
Clean loo- DONE
Quick wipe round bathroom ? DONE
Put stack of paper on worktop into recycling ? DONE
Empty kitchen bin ? DONE
Put bag in bathroom bin-DONE
Pick up dd - DONE
Lunch ? DONE
Sort candles ready to take to toddlers - DONE
Put away tool box ?DONE
Order phone & bin for new house - DONE
Arrange phone and broadband connection for new house ? DONE
Go to toddlers ? DONE (made £25 on candles )
Arrange for friend to have dc on tues ? DONE
Text other mum re lift to dancing tomorrow- DONE
Email preschool to update them -
Yoga ?
Cook dinner ?
Go to Pampered Chef party ?

Clairy what a sweetie! I am indeed sitting down and taking it easy. Need to assemble enough energy to get the DC to bed without one of us having a melt down...

Did 15 minutes of folding and putting away clean washing, but that was mainly sitting anyway so it doesn't count.

Wow PBM those cakes are amazing! Have you done some sort of course?

MadameMoo 15mins of folding and putting away washing definitely counts, even if you are lying down!

clairy do any of us live near you? Have you got your list sorted? Have you got boxes/bags?

Do ornaments and airing cupboard, then bookcases, then wardrobes. Those are most of the big scary things that take time. We will help encourage on here, even if we are no actual help!

MadameMoo - good luck with bedtime

Clairey - so soon to move! Yes need to see a Moving List!!

Thurs:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS2 meds DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch (N) DONE
• take bike to bike shop DONE
• buy some cup spouts DONE
• sort out photos for boys albums
• keep working on phone!
• collect DS1 (N) DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• chill for a bit DoingWithIceAge
• friend + 2 DDs coming round DONE
• tidy chaos DONE
• tea x 2 DONE
• torching walk? NoAllTooTired
• boys to bed DS2Done
• my parents arriving late
• takeaway dinner
• DH home late

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software (tricky as I have them saved on a Windows memory stick)
• then go through 1911 census
• fix my bike BikeShopDoing
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp
• find missing bit of DS1's hoover
• look at meal planner
• sort out iPhone NeedDH! PuttingMoreContactsOn

We made it to town. Bit of a manic shop. Didn't manage to get DD's prescription but never mind.

plum - the cake is great as ever!

clairey - good luck with the high speed move. It will be good to get in your own place won't it.

Today
Vitamins
Breakfast done
Tidy up lounge
Tidy bedroom
Tidy dining room done
Dishy emptied done
Dishy on
Tidy kitchen done

Washing out / dryer on done
Put washing away
Lunch done
Dinner done
DD/DS bath done
DD/DS to bed
Sort post and do filing

Eve meals
Mexican wraps
Pizza

Food shop done
Empty bins
Take rubbish out
Recycling
Filing/sort drawer in bureau

Important
Certificates for Bilton Cottage

Tomorrow
Pack for trip to in-laws

Thurs:

• sort out photos for boys albums
• keep working on phone!
• feed cats DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• laundry Load1On
• my parents arriving late
• takeaway dinner
• DH home DONE

Fri:

• DH up first
• breakfast & tidy kitchen
• ds1 to pre-sch
• ds2 nap
• morning? (could pop into playgroup)
• laundry
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• afternoon plan? (some friends meeting at one house)
• collect bike, yey!
• boys tea
• boys bath & bed
• dinner

Ongoing:

• get photos of family & hang them up
• get on with friend's family tree
• transfer all family trees over to Mac software (tricky as I have them saved on a Windows memory stick)
• then go through 1911 census
• fix my bike BikeShopDoing!
• sort out security light outside
• clean carpets (living room & playroom)
• find new dentist
• maybe make mobile out of ITNG pics for DS2 in hosp
• find missing bit of DS1's hoover
• look at meal planner
• sort out iPhone NeedDH! PuttingMoreContactsOn

Clairy I see you're moving, good luck! When's the big day?

We all survived bedtime .

The house is back into the realms of normal and I'm quietly rather impressed with myself . Still feeling quite deathly but tomorrow should be quite chilled. Just realised I haven't taken the nappy wash out of the machine though [grr]

DONE
15 mins in:
Kitchen
Lounge (Later, when DC are in bed)
Hall, stairs & downstairs loo
Bathroom - 2 MIN bleach of loo, wipe round and tidy
Our bedroom 10 MINS DONE (still need to change bed)
DCs rooms (7 or 8 mins each) DONE (still need to change DD's bed)
Nappy wash ON

LEFT TO DO
1 other wash? NO CHANCE
Express feed for DS's nursery practice MADE A START
Empty dishwasher
Nappies in dryer

FRIDAY
DD to nursery
DS nursery practice 2-4pm (check times)
Express feed for DS's nursery practice
Hoover downstairs, stairs & upstairs
Change our bed
Change DD's bed
Cook stew
Washing...
Shopping list
Clean bathroom
Pay bills
Rest
Sleep

Good morning

You will all be pleased to know that i have truly lived up to my slatternly reputation. The washing i did yesterday (just the one load in the end) is still in the washing machine Although, i may (just maybe) hang it on the line rather than chucking it in the tumble [horror]

Got a fair bit of to-ing and fro-ing today, but all at a leisurely pace.

Finish washing (including piles that are in the kitchen)
Do horses (twice)
Go to Waitrose
Divide up sausages and freeze
Get some felt and stuff to make christmas gift bags (to fill with goodies)
Make cakes for cake stall
Start on gift bags?
Make sure house is tidy before going to bed
Dry all washing and put away