Christmas is coming and the dust bunnies are getting fat.... slatterns and list-makers , all are welcome!

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Evening!

Happy Birthday Plum!
Hope you enjoyed 24. We've got PIL to record it on their V+ and we'll burn it off every few weeks to watch. I'd rather watch weekly, but I can't wait til it goes to DVD!

I am attempting a housework reboot this week and have bought disposable nappies and Flash wipes so I can catch up on the laundry.

Tomorrow -

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed
• beds made, windows and curtains open
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ
• breakfast
• laundry
• hoover downstairs
• dry pots
• take rubbish and recycling out
• kitchen floor
• water plants
• lunch
• post letter
• Library 1.30 Reading Club
• Sainsbury?s
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom
• is the kitchen cleared?
• ready for the morning? bag packed?

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside
• pictures and clocks up DSroomdone
• rehang bedroom curtains
• open painted-shut window in bedroom
• shelves and rails up in kitchen
• cabinet up in bathroom (tricky - partition wall)
• mirror up in bathroom
• polyfilla holes in landing window frame
• fix wardrobe door
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• mend my winter coat no getting rid
• make compost bin
• get a 2nd green box
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.?
• can I buy another shelf for oven? err not sure, found a number to ring
• need new bedding
• take DH ring to get mended
• locate or replace cable for camera
• plan Christmas 2010

Morning everyone

Wasting - we sometimes use disposables for 24/48 hours to give us a chance to catch up with the washing.

DH isn't very busy with work this week so we're going to try and get a few little jobs done around the house.

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Tidy kitchen - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Ocado 10-11am
Put away shopping
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
DH run and me pilates
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Sort photos and hang frames
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Fold clean laundry
3 loads of washing

CLEANING
Mop kitchen and hall
Hoover rest of downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Quick dust everywhere
Mirrors and glass doors

Morning!

DS had to go to school on his bike today . Made it though.

Plum - we have a macbook (DH's works). I miss a delete key otherwise v good. Enjoy.

Laundry mountain here too!

Today
Breakfast done
Clear away breakfast things done*
Pilates/walk done
Vitamins done
Rubbish out done
Recycling done
Make beds
Lunch
Bring logs in
Light woodburner
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen done
empty dishy done
reload dishy
filing!
dinner
bath DD/DS
DD/DS to bed
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge

also
check maternity pay
admin/post
pay money into DD's account
Speak to builders re wall
thank you cards!!!
Stuff to laundry done
Pay nursery
Get photos printed

Morning all

Just sitting down with tea & cake

Mon:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• fill up windscreen cleaner
• other jobs off list Done2
• online shopping delivery & put away DONE
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• DS2 nap
• out to soft play party with DS1
• tea x 3
• boys to bed
• quiet night on my own, lovely

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• contact handyman re new list of jobs for him
• go through last 3 kitchen cupboards
• return borrowed stuff (2 x DVDs, 1 book & 1 highchair)
• photos off camera (upload & order online prints)
• make GP appt to discuss coming off ADs
• fix porch door handle (again, it's broken so many times it's not funny)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• deliver baby card & present
• return forgotten gloves to friends DD
• return some library books DONE
• see if old bed can be got out of room without wrecking it to give away
• find home for spare double mattress (or give away?)
• go through all the bedding & sort out
• thank you cards for DS2's birthday
• take one present back to see if we can get a replacement DONE (& we did)
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• go through & clean all kitchen drawers

Morning!

I feel rubbish, up in the night a few times with bad tummy.

I will try to carry on though. [gr- all up, dressed, teethbrushed done

• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• laundry - 1st load washing
• hoover downstairs
• dry pots some
• take rubbish and recycling out
• kitchen floor
• water plants
• lunch
• post letter
• Library 1.30 Reading Club (?)
• Sainsbury?s
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom
• is the kitchen cleared?
• ready for the morning? bag packed?

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside
• pictures and clocks up DSroomdone
• rehang bedroom curtains
• open painted-shut window in bedroom
• shelves and rails up in kitchen
• cabinet up in bathroom (tricky - partition wall)
• mirror up in bathroom
• polyfilla holes in landing window frame
• fix wardrobe door
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• mend my winter coat no getting rid
• make compost bin
• get a 2nd green box
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.?
• can I buy another shelf for oven? err not sure, found a number to ring
• need new bedding
• take DH ring to get mended
• locate or replace cable for camera
• plan Christmas 2010in]

HMHB just notced that about the delete key last night still trying to get used to it, must get a mouse for it I knew there was areason I didn't like laptops too much

Well have loads to do so really shouldn't be on here
Have 2 cakes this week
so off to
unload dishy
load dishy and clean kitchen
have lunch and then if I have time start on first cake before school run

What do you mean no delete key? I've got a backspace key.

Bonjour!

Really fit man just came to replace my fence

Hope you enjoyed your birthday PBM.

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Load of washing in ? DONE
Load of washing on line ? DOnE
DD to preschool ? DONE
Put away clean washing ? DONE
Fence man to come ? DONE [DROOL]
Hoover downstairs ?
Fll in healthy start form ? DONE
Fill in dd?s school place acceptance form ? DONE
Fll in ds? 2 year check questionnaire - DONE
Clean loo ? DONE
Clean bathroom ? DONE
Book window cleaner -
Lunch ?
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ?
File the pile ? DONE
Recycling pile into box- DONE
Go to postbox ?
Pick up dd -
Washing in off line ?
Cook dinner ?
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room -

got a backspace key but actually just realised I do have a del key
(it was hiding in plain view)

Well kitchen reasonably clean
but no time to start cake before school runs

Freak and there was you wondering how you would meet a new man, get out there with a mug of tea

Wasting how is your tummy?

Not too bad now Plum, thanks.

Where's the delete key?

Plum - that is exactly what I was thinking re. the fence man [hussy emoticon]

Wasting - hope you feel lots better soon!

DS is being a NIGHTMARE today! He has turned into a stroppy toddler instead of my lovely baby boy. So far he has pulled out a chunk of my hair, given me a split lip and been put in 'time out' in his bedroom twice . Therefore not got much done!
Really hoping it's just because he's tired from the bad nights over the weekend

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Tidy kitchen - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Ocado 10-11am - done
Put away shopping - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
DH run and me pilates
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Sort photos and hang frames - started
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Fold clean laundry
3 loads of washing - 1washing

CLEANING
Mop kitchen and hall
Hoover rest of downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Quick dust everywhere
Mirrors and glass doors

Feeling a bit better. Think tummy upset may be partly hormonal. Damned AF!

It's hard work when they're being horrible toddlers isn't it Ali. DS favourite word at the minute is 'bash!'

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol done
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• laundry - 3rd load washing
• hoover downstairs
• dry pots done
• take rubbish and recycling out
• kitchen floor done
• water plants
• lunch done
• post letter no
• Library 1.30 Reading Club (?) no
• Sainsbury?s no
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom
• is the kitchen cleared?
• ready for the morning? bag packed?

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside
• pictures and clocks up DSroomdone
• rehang bedroom curtains
• open painted-shut window in bedroom
• shelves and rails up in kitchen
• cabinet up in bathroom (tricky - partition wall)
• mirror up in bathroom
• polyfilla holes in landing window frame
• fix wardrobe door
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• mend my winter coat no getting rid
• make compost bin
• get a 2nd green box
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.?
• can I buy another shelf for oven? err not sure, found a number to ring
• need new bedding
• take DH ring to get mended
• locate or replace cable for camera
• plan Christmas 2010

My friend said the same PBM except she specified I should make it in my top totty mug! They had to come through neighbours garden though as I have no access and neighbour beat me to it with offers of tea

wasting I always get upset tummy with af too.

I keep forgetting about doing the laundry, argh.

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Tidy kitchen - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Ocado 10-11am - done
Put away shopping - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
DH run and me pilates
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Sort photos and hang frames - done3frames
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Fold clean laundry
3 loads of washing - 1washing

CLEANING
Mop kitchen and hall - done
Hoover rest of downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs - done
Quick dust everywhere - done
Mirrors and glass doors - done

oh Ali would it feel better if I lie and say it gets better

Wasting mine is hiding at the very top right hand corner

well have done school runs
got 2 cakes in oven, making a fairy toadstool house cake
and I have a silver aniversary cake for Friday, rang aunty about it today

so now time to start on dinner
champ & sausages with red onion gravy

Plum - you are a domestic goddess

Wasting & Freak - so do i with AF, never asked anyone else before, glad it's not just me!

Mon:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• fill up windscreen cleaner
• other jobs off list Done4
• online shopping delivery & put away DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• out to soft play party with DS1 DONE
• tea x 3 DONE
• boys to bed Soon
• quiet night on my own, lovely

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• contact handyman re new list of jobs for him DONE (next weekend)
• go through last 4* kitchen cupboards
• return borrowed stuff (2 x DVDs, 1 book & 1 highchair)
• photos off camera (upload & order online prints)
• make GP appt to discuss coming off ADs DONE (Fri)
• fix porch door handle (again, it's broken so many times it's not funny)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• deliver baby card & present
• return forgotten gloves to friends DD
• see if old bed can be got out of room without wrecking it to give away
• find home for spare double mattress (or give away?)
• go through all the bedding & sort out
• thank you cards for DS2's birthday )
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• go through & clean all kitchen drawers

*thought it was 3, i miscounted!

Cakes sound fab Plum! I don't have a delete button, just a backspace button that deletes!

Still got dodgy tummy.

It's funny no one mentions it isn't it?

No nap for DS today so he's early to bed. Hopefully he won't be up too early!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol done
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• laundry - 4th load washing
• hoover downstairs
• dry pots done
• take rubbish and recycling out
• kitchen floor done
• water plants done
• lunch done
• post letter no
• Library 1.30 Reading Club (?) no
• Sainsbury?s no
• tea done
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed done + wipe round bathroom no

+ put clean washing away done

• is the kitchen cleared? nearly
• ready for the morning? bag packed?

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside
• pictures and clocks up DSroomdone
• rehang bedroom curtains
• open painted-shut window in bedroom
• shelves and rails up in kitchen
• cabinet up in bathroom (tricky - partition wall)
• mirror up in bathroom
• polyfilla holes in landing window frame
• fix wardrobe door
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• mend my winter coat no getting rid
• make compost bin
• get a 2nd green box
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.?
• can I buy another shelf for oven? err not sure, found a number to ring
• need new bedding
• take DH ring to get mended
• locate or replace cable for camera
• plan Christmas 2010

Evening all

Plum - glad your birthday was a success.

Very impressed by those using cloth nappies - our own efforts with cloth nappies are far more half hearted this time around. Ahem. .

Today, I am full of a cold so only managed to tick off a handful of things from my list but I am delighted I made sure that one of those was taking DS2 to rhyme time. He loved it!! He was wiggling round to the (very out of tune) singing and grinning at all the other babies. It was so cute. So, though only the bare minimum of clearing etc happened the rest of the morning, it was soooo worth it. .

Am wiped out. Dropping the dream feed has meant a tricky week. Definitely not been the resounding success it was with DS1. Why do they all have to be different?!

Wasting - it is! Hope DS doesn't wake you too early tomorrow.
DS1 has been going to bed later recently and sleeping later which is good, but not consistent. Was up at 5.50 today! But i just told him to go away until 7, and he did

Been good and done some stuff before collapsing on the sofa!

Mon:

• fill up windscreen cleaner
• other jobs off list Done4
• boys to bed DONE
• quiet night on my own, lovely Doing

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• change over bathmats & towels
• ds1 to pre-sch
• quick tidy round pre-cleaners
• sing & sign with ds2 (walk if not raining)
• home and do some jobs & pack bag/stuff for later
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• ds2 nap
• wake ds2 and go to London on the train
• go to GOSH follow-up appt
• tea for ds2 somehow
• maybe drive home with DH? or train home (Nanny staying with DS1 and putting him to bed)
• no orchestra (cancelled & sitter cancelled)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• go through last 4 kitchen cupboards Done2
• return borrowed stuff (2 x DVDs, 1 book & 1 highchair)
• photos off camera (upload & order online prints)
• fix porch door handle (again, it's broken so many times it's not funny)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• deliver baby card & present
• return forgotten gloves to friends DD
• see if old bed can be got out of room without wrecking it to give away
• find home for spare double mattress (or give away?)
• go through all the bedding & sort out
• thank you cards for DS2's birthday )
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• go through & clean all kitchen drawers
• get new lightbulb for under cupboard light

Plum - OMG thank you so much. Have been wondering where the ruddy delete key is for soooo long. You have changed my life for the better.

Wasting - my tums been dodge for a while but not bad enough to stop eating or anything. Hope you feel better soon.

Jolene - not bothered with cloth nappies with DD so far. Waiting for decent weather .

Today
Breakfast done
Clear away breakfast things done
Pilates/walk done
Vitamins done
Rubbish out done
Recycling done
Make beds done
Lunch done
Bring logs in done
Light woodburner done
put washing on done
put washing to dry done
Washing folded and put away done
tidy kitchen done
empty dishy done
reload dishy done
filing! done a bit
dinner done
bath DD/DS done
DD/DS to bed done
tidy bedroom done
put toys away in lounge done

also
check maternity pay
admin/post done
pay money into DD's account
Speak to builders re wall
thank you cards!!!
Stuff to laundry done
Pay nursery done - posted
Get photos printed

Wow nearly a full list done!

I think I'll factor in a day or two of disposables regularly for the next couple months, til we've got better drying weather.
This house is sooo wet.

I am in awe of those of you that use cloth with no tumble dryer! I put nappies (and other washing) on the line as much as possible in the spring/summer but our dryer is on most days during the winter

DH and I both seem to be coming down with a cold, boo.

JKS - yay for sending DS1 back to bed!

Plum - yes it would feel better if you lied please!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Tidy kitchen - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Ocado 10-11am - done
Put away shopping - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
DH run and me pilates
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Sort photos and hang frames - done3frames
Dinner x 3 - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - done asleep finally at 10.15pm
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Take ADs - done

LAUNDRY
Fold clean laundry - done
3 loads of washing - 1drying

CLEANING
Mop kitchen and hall - done
Hoover rest of downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs - done
Quick dust everywhere - done
Mirrors and glass doors - done
Empty upstairs bins - done

Ali - i'm the same re nappies, i love seeing the cloth ones on the line in the summer but cba in the winter (was much more dedicated with ds1 than have been ds2 too)

DS1 slept 7.30-7.30, yey. DS2 however was up chatting several times in the night, grr.

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 2done
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• change over bathmats & towels DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch Doing
• quick tidy round pre-cleaners DONE
• sing & sign with ds2 (walk if not raining)
• home and do some jobs & pack bag/stuff for later
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• ds2 nap
• wake ds2 and go to London on the train
• go to GOSH follow-up appt
• tea for ds2 somehow
• maybe drive home with DH? or train home (Nanny staying with DS1 and putting him to bed)
• no orchestra (cancelled & sitter cancelled)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• go through last 2 kitchen cupboards
• return borrowed stuff (2 x DVDs, 1 book & 1 highchair)
• photos off camera (upload & order online prints)
• fix porch door handle (again, it's broken so many times it's not funny)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• deliver baby card & present
• return forgotten gloves to friends DD
• see if old bed can be got out of room without wrecking it to give away
• find home for spare double mattress (or give away?)
• go through all the bedding & sort out
• thank you cards for DS2's birthday )
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• go through & clean all kitchen drawers
• get new lightbulb for under cupboard light
• windscreen cleaner

I'd have a drier now if I had room. My four airers just aren't coping!
TBH the nappies were ok til I had to start using boosters, but that's an extra 50% to each nappy and the bucket's nearly full after one day. Plus the boosters are bamboo, which is nice and absorbent, but takes much longer to dry.
He was in muslin squares when he was tiny and the first one was nearly dry by the time I'd pegged the last one on the line. Them were't days, eh?

So, we've had a lie-in and I haven't made a plan. Still feeling a little 'wan'.

Hope it goes well later at GOSH JKS.

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed
• beds made, windows and curtains open
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• laundry
• hoover downstairs
• dry pots
• take rubbish and recycling out
• lunch
• post letter
• walk into town
• Sainsbury?s
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom
• move old bed round to front of house
• is the kitchen cleared?
• ready for the morning? bag packed?

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside
• pictures and clocks up DSroomdone
• rehang bedroom curtains
• open painted-shut window in bedroom
• shelves and rails up in kitchen
• cabinet up in bathroom (tricky - partition wall)
• mirror up in bathroom
• polyfilla holes in landing window frame
• fix wardrobe door
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• mend my winter coat no getting rid
• make compost bin
• get a 2nd green box
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.?
• can I buy another shelf for oven? err not sure, found a number to ring
• need new bedding
• take DH ring to get mended
• locate or replace cable for camera
• plan Christmas 2010