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

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If you need to write down lists and have a friendly chat, please feel free to join us!

Afternoon.

Good to hear he's progressing so well JKS.

DS appears to have oral thrush again. Got an appointment for this afternoon though, so should get it clearing up quick again soon.

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol done
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• laundry - load in done fold dry washing done load in done
• check email and online banking done
• dry pots done
• walk to town? no

+ tidy back room a bit done

• garden time 10mins blooming rain!
• post letter
• lunch done
• visit MIL?
• walk up to country park?
• doctors at 4
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom
• is the kitchen cleared?
• ready for the morning? bag packed?
• get all DIY stuff out and organised for tomorrow!

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 need correct screw
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• 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

Ah that's ok then ali, as long as you have an excuse! I hate dusting so it's probably the thing I do least often!

Not doing too badly but still haven't decided what to have for dinner...

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 ?
DD to preschool ? DONE
Untangle spaghetti junction under side table ? DONE ish
Proper Hoover downstairs ? DONE (moved furniture and everything )
Hoover upstairs
Mop downstairs ? DONE
Dust sitting room - DONE
Dust my room ? DOnE
Dust dc room ? DONE
Clean window sill in sitting room ? DONE
Clean skirting at top of stairs - DONE (and all up the stairs)
Clean marks off carpet in sitting room- DONE ish
Clean cupboard door and wall in sitting room - DONE
Clean loo ? DONE
Clean bathroom sink ? DONE
Book window cleaner -
Lunch ? DONE
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ?
DD from preschool-
Recycling pile into box- DONE
Washing in off line ?
Cook dinner ? WHAT????????????????????????????
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room -

Afternoon ladies

How is it possible to be on the same cycle as people I've never met?? I am feeling really pathetic and have hormonal spots too. There's a particularly fine specimen on my chin. I've just had to eat lots of chocolate, it was the only way .

Plum - she sounds cheeky like my boy! He now sometimes puts himself on the naughty step so I am not convinced it has any power over him any more. What to do..... At least his brother can't answer me back. Yet. He just keeps me awake at night .

Wasting - DIY tends to mostly happen when my dad is around too. Dads, they're just so practical, aren't they?

TO DO:

• clean cooker top & kitchen surfaces done
• Meet friend for coffee done
• collect new glasses done - look v clever. Ha!
• Buy (yet more) gloves for DS2 from market done
• check bank account done
• Ring family information services re childminder vacancy list done
• Ask DH if builder been back in touch
• hoover kitchen, living room, hallway - done, hurray!
• washing (1 load on)
• clean kitchen shelves done
• empty bins done
• Email sister
• Ring mum
• visit after school club to see if it's too horrific for words....
• Attempt to get mysterious stain out of DS1's school jumper
• order labels for DS1's uniform
• Ring friend done after a fashion, left message
• Find out if DS1's friend coming for tea on Friday (currently still a mystery)
• Shaun the Sheep - another attempt on the ovine one's head.
• cook bolognese sauce

TO DO
Wash Breakfast Dishes DONE
Clear Counters DONE
Clean one press door DONE
Clear out one press DONE
Washing 3rd Wash on
Brush Kitchen Floor DONE
Tidy Dining Table DONE
Brush Floor DONE
Tidy around Computer Table DONE
Tidy one shelf at side of fridge
Tidy sitting room DONE
Sweep Floor DONE
Make Beds
Clean Bathroom DOWNSTAIRS ONE
Collect DD3 DONE
Make Lunch DONE
Down to give Mam her tablets DSIS DID IT
Collect DDs DONE
Make DCs dinner DONE
Clear over after it HAVE TO GET OFF COMPUTER FIRST
Make Tea for DH NOT COMING HOME
Leave him to tidy up Have to do it myself
SCOUTS

Ugh - cancel the feeling better, I am feeling rubbish again. I just want to curl up and go to sleep, but DH is poorly too and trying to work, and DS is also poorly and therefore wanting constant attention.

Wasting - poor DS . Will the GP give you something for you as well - I assume you're still feeding?

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Tidy living room and dining room - started
Hoover downstairs
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Run dishwasher - done
Sainsbury's for emergency supplies (drugs, tissues and chocolate cookies!) - done
Put away shopping - done
Dinner x 3 DH is making risotto, yay.
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Fold clean laundry - 2loadsdone
2 loads of washing - 1onairer/1washing
Wash nappies
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
Store our old bedding in a vacum bag

Evening all

JKS I bet she will see loads more improvement in 4 weeks

Well I have the cake all jammed and buttercreamed so just waiting for dcs to go to bed then I will ice and decorate,

so going to go now and
load dishwasher again
clean kitchen
clean table ready for icing
put a wash on
hopefully to bed early
and maybe finish my book (the scarpetta factor)

Plum - don't forget photos

Wasting - i was going to say that, if you are bf make sure you get meds too, otherwise you just pass it back and forth.

The naughty step wore off a bit with ds1 but i persisted and it works again. the main thing was me saying time away from mummy. made him sad (& me too ) but worked.

Wed:

• DH up first IGotUpByMistake
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• me & ds2 to 1st speech therapy appt DONE
• home in time to do some jobs? MN/FBInstead!
• collect ds1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• round to friends house (to have a nose at her Ikea storage, lol) DONE
• other friend coming here with her DD & staying for tea DONE
• tea x 3 DONE
• boys bath DONE & bed DS2Done

• DS1 to bed
• my dinner (pizza maybe)
• quiet night on my own
• watch Panorama on iplayer (about kids food apparently)

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• ds1 to pre-sch
• me to Ikea (leaving ds2 with Nanny); with definite list and not going off course, lol!
• straight home, NOT being distracted by the rest of Lakeside!!
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy up
• ds2 nap
• afternoon? painting for TQ cards?
• boys tea
• DH maybe home early
• boys to bed
• tv dinner with dh

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• go through last kitchen cupboard (5 shelves)
• 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
• return forgotten gloves to friends DD
• see if old bed can be got out of room without wrecking it to give away (find out when new bed coming)
• 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
• sort kitchen shelves & clean
• get new lightbulb for under cupboard light
• windscreen cleaner

As I've no symptoms he said I didn't need any and I was but DS mouth cleared up last time, which was October. If it lingers I'll be straight back up there.

Plum, that sounds fabulous already!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol done
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• laundry - load in done fold dry washing done
• check email and online banking done
• dry pots done
• walk to town? no

+ tidy back room a bit done

• garden time done
• post letter forgot again!
• lunch done
• visit MIL? not in
• walk up to country park? no
• doctors done
• tea done
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom done
• is the kitchen cleared? mostly
• ready for the morning? bag packed? done
• get all DIY stuff out and organised for tomorrow! shortly

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 need correct screw
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• 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

I feel really knackered and I just splilled DH dinner on the kitchen floor. Luckily there was some chicken fillet things left in the freezer.

Here's tomorrow's list:-

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed
• beds made, windows and curtains open
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ
• breakfast
• check email and online banking
• playgroup
• lunch
• mad crisis clean!
• Dad visit + DIY!
• walk
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• 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 need correct screw
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• 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 girls.

Absolutely shattered, been a long day involving pilates, trip to dentist with DD and DS and tantrums over tea so I'm going to bed shortly.

Thought I better warn you that we had better get a new thread as we are on 985 messages.

Ideas for titles....er brain stopped working...

Jan/Feb Slatterns - list-makers and clutterbusters join in here.

... or something

Night all.

List for tomorrow

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

also
admin/post
pay money into DD's account
Speak to builders re wall
thank you cards!!! donex2
Stuff back from laundry and put away
Get photos printed
Buy new address book and fill in

Wasting - at spilling the dinner. I often get clumsy when AF is here, v.annoying.
Weird that the Dr didn't want to prescribe you anything?

JKS - if you come home with only what you go to Ikea for you deserve a medal - I have never managed to do it!

DS is not settling, he is as bunged up as us poor little man. Could be a long night....

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Tidy living room and dining room - started
Hoover downstairs
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Run dishwasher - done
Sainsbury's for emergency supplies (drugs, tissues and chocolate cookies!) - done
Put away shopping - done
Put up new pocket organiser in my wardrobe - done
Dinner x 3 DH is making risotto, yay. - done
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - he has just woken again, bugger
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Fold clean laundry - 2loadsdone
2 loads of washing - 1onairer/1drying
Wash nappies - washing
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
Store our old bedding in a vacum bag

HMHB - x-posts, sleep well

I like clutterbusters, lovely word

Hello!

We need a new thread soon! How are you all today?

My list -

washed and dressed
washing on
dry washing away
strip bed
new bedding on
do dishes
clean kitchen
clean bathroom
clean front room
hide rabbit related stuff for plumber coming!
phone woman about job
phone JSA people
do NOT sleep

I'm going to join you again - no I REALLY REALLY Am this time - honest.

Before I write today's list I must just share last weeks "Procastinator Wisdom" (from my "Do it later" Diary for 2010 )

"Life is exciting and challenging when what's easy is put off until it becomes hard"

actually I have decided that I'm not a slattern - I' a creative procrastinator

I've taken the liberty and started a new thread right here

unfortunately due to not enough caffeine and nicotine having been partaken of this morning only one slattern is allowed on it - but as many list makers and procrastinators as you like (I missed the "S" off the end of slatterns)