Slattern, list makers and procrastinators, fudging our way into Feb - ..........

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everyone welcome (and yes I'm taking a flipping liberty starting the new thread )

He's been alright all day, and fell asleep in pram, but when he woke up he was angry and sobbing for about 1/2 hour. Stopped shouting for some Calpol though. He's calmed down for some boob now though.
I'm on edge though, waiting for the next poop!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done + impromptu bath for DS done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol done
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - 2nd load hungup dry washing folded
• phone OOH Doctor done
• kitchen - wash pots some, dry pots, clean surfaces some, clean floor
• take rubbish and recycling out done
• lunch done
• walk if rain stopped/colouring and playdough walktoshopdone
• tea pizzadoughinbreadmaker
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• is the kitchen cleared?
• ready for the morning? bag packed?
• watch Dead Poet?s Society when DH gets in

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside
• pictures and clocks up DSroomdone
• open painted-shut window in bedroom
• mirror up in bathroom - going to get a different mirror
• big mirror up in bedroom
• fix wardrobe door need correct screw
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• make compost bin
• get a 2nd green box rangcouncil
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.? progressing
• can I buy another shelf for oven? err not sure, found a number to ring, rang will ring back ring them again
• need new bedding
• take DH ring to get mended
• locate or replace cable for camera
• stick DS books back together
• plan Christmas 2010

To Do ASAP!

• clean oven
• clean kitchen bin
• mould mission
• sort out random ornament box in bedroom that?s been there since we moved!

Evening

Wasting - poor fella

Get dressed done
Get DD dressed done
Clear up breakfast stuff done
Make beds/strip DD's bed done ours (will do DD's bed while she is in the bath)
Tidy DD's toys away in the living room doing
Write shopping list done
Go shopping done
Lunch done
Do horses done

AM

Get up DONE
Shower DONE
Breakfast DONE
Get girls dressed and breakfasted DONE
Put on dark wash DONE
Hang up dark wash
Put on light wash
Put away clean clothes DONE
Hang up nappies DONE
15 minutes in girls rooms DONE
Go out and buy a present for the birthday girl DONE
Sew another square of alphabet wall hanging DONE
File phone expenses claim can't flipping do this because the online claim thing isn't working
File claim for Jan work can't flipping do this because the online claim thing isn't working

ONGOING

Freecycle stuff DONE
Ebay stuff DONE
Plan friend's birthday present DONE
Choose fabric for friend's present
Cut fabric for friend's present
Sew friend's present
Post off letter to council asking for a bigger wheely bin

DIY (over the next two weeks)

Take down pegs from our bedroom
Choose curtains, curtain pole, lampshade and bedding, and bedside lamps for our bedroom
Paint ceiling - coat one
Paint ceiling - coat two
Paint white splodge on wall for tester pots
Do tester pots
Buy paint when we've chosen it
Take down blind
Paint walls
Plan bookshelves
Buy wood and paint for bookshelves
Build bookshelves
Build bedside shelves
Paint bookshelves, bedside shelves and woodwork
Budget for carpet
Get new carpet laid

Freak I'll look on Lost thread now because someone has posted where they watched it

EZTV online have you tried it?

Flamingo - serious amount of DIY there, why over the next 2 weeks?

DH & I got a funeral tomorrow, lady in her 60's had a brain hemorrhage, lives round the corner from us. Bound to be a sad one (IYKWIM).

Sun:

• tidy bathroom/sort multi bottle of shampoo etc Started
• papers DONE & crosswords Started
• wash swimming stuff DONE
• dinner x 4 DONE
• tidy kitchen DONE
• wash highchair cover InWM
• hang up swimming stuff to dry & put away

• boys to bed
• quiet & early night

Mon:

• write note for pre-sch saying DS1 will miss Thurs & Fri
• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DS1 to pre-sch
• haircut (10am)
• early lunch for us
• me & DH to funeral
• Nanny collect DS1 (taking DS2) & do boys lunch
• DS2 nap
• DH to work after funeral
• (go to drinks thing after funeral?)
• tea x 3 (pizza/leftover roast)
• boys bath & bed
• quiet night on my own

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed stuff (2 x DVDs)
• photos off camera (upload & order online prints)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• thank you cards for DS2's birthday
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• sort kitchen shelves & clean (Started)
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 (Have tip about nearby place with spaces)
• Vitamin E capsules
• haircut; Tomorrow
• make 2 birthday cards
• fix airer if possible TriedNeedPliers

JKS - how awful. Hope it goes ok (IYKWIM)

Wasting - hope DS is getting better!

I've been really lazy today in comparison to DH who has done loads! Our garage is unrecognisable, there is so much space in there now and everything is organised!
Will post tomorrow's list in a bit, it's cleaning day tomorrow

TODAY
All up - done
All breakfasted - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Clear up kitchen - done
General tidy - done
Ongoing jobs - done see below
DH doing garage and tip runs - done
DS nap - done
Watch rugby - done
Cook roast dinner - DHdone
Eat roast dinner - done
Clear up - DHdone
DS to bed - done
Watch Larkrise to Candleford - done
Early night - hmm, not really happening!!
Empty compost crock - DHdone
Bins out - DHdone
Recycling out - DHdone
Bottles to bottle bank - DHdone
Run dishwasher - done

LAUNDRY
Fold all clean laundry - done
Wash nappies - done
One other load? - not enough in the basket
Handwashing!!!!!
Put away all the clean stuff from the airing cupboard - done

Ongoing/Areas of Doom/Extras
Organise paperwork/filing
Organise books
DH to sort out garage - done
Junk drawers in living room - done
Hang photo frames in DS' room
Find a painter to do the kitchen
Organise a new window cleaner
Put up extra hooks in utility
Ring someone to come and clean the oven - have got a number now
Send new baby parcel to friend
Find out how to get my passport changed to married name (only 2.4 years since the wedding!!)
Find the next size up dungarees that I bought for DS a few months ago...
Sideboard (this is a mega task)
Sort through glass cupboard in the kitchen
Sort through cupboard under utility sink
Clean carpets

Apologies for posting and running again yesterday morning, but shortly after I posted I got a phone call to say that my uncle had died, so I went down to be with my mother for a while, we left her with my other uncle for a while when we went to Barney/Gaelic Match. They are feeling a bit useless asthey are here in Ireland and until the funeral arrangements are in place, they are in limbo. If he had died here in Ireland, he would have probably been buried tomorrow .

Anyway DD3 thought more of the donut and orange she got while waiting for Barney to come on, than Barney himself.

TO DO
Everyone up
BReakfast
Dressed
Make Lunches
Everyone to work/school/toddler group
Make appointment for Mammy to see if she can fly
Down to Mammy (tablets etc)
Collect DD3
Make Lunch

JKS - over the next two weeks because if I don't set myself a deadline, it'll never get done!

AM

Get up DONE
Shower DONE
Crunches DONE
Breakfast
Get girls dressed and breakfasted
Put on light wash
Hang up dark wash
Put away clean clothes
15 minutes in girls rooms
Run cloth round loos and basins
Sew another square of alphabet wall hanging
Bake bread
Research WWII day to organise for HEors
Find WWII websites for DD1 to look at as requested last night
Text friend to ask if we can go for coffee while DD1 and DD2 are at art club in their town

ONGOING

File phone expenses claim (can't flipping do this because the online claim thing isn't working)
File claim for Jan work (as above)
Ebay stuff
Plan friend's birthday present DONE...I think
Choose fabric for friend's present
Cut fabric for friend's present
Sew friend's present
Post off letter to council asking for a bigger wheely bin

DIY (over the next two weeks)

Take down pegs from our bedroom
Choose curtains, curtain pole, lampshade and bedding, and bedside lamps for our bedroom
Paint ceiling - coat one
Paint ceiling - coat two
Paint white splodge on wall for tester pots
Do tester pots
Buy paint when we've chosen it
Take down blind
Paint walls
Plan bookshelves
Buy wood and paint for bookshelves
Build bookshelves
Build bedside shelves
Paint bookshelves, bedside shelves and woodwork
Budget for carpet
Get new carpet laid

Morning- I am new to this thread so hope its ok if I jump aboard?!

My house was full of grumpy people this morning but luckily they have all left now- dh to London for 2 days and dd's to school! Now its just me and DS who is NOT grumpy!

OK To Do List

Get up and showered and dressed.
Tidy bedroom done
Laundry on done
T/dryer on done
Put laundry away
Housegroup just been cancelled
Food shopping
Hoover downstairs
Dust dining room (ha ha-very unlikely to happen but...)
Make more bread
Tidy and sort DS's toys
Mop kitchen floor
Tidy garage.

Good Morning

Sorry to hear of sad weekends

FB how are you getting on? I hope this is helping you

My house smells of poo! Combination of DH having just cleaned the cat's litter tray out and DD filling her nappy quite spectacularly (obviously has been drinking enough) feeling a little on the queasy side

Get up done
Get DD up done (DH did nappy - thank god!)
Breakfast doing
Get dressed
Get DD dressed
Clear up breakfast stuff
Make beds
Clean loo
Tidy DD's toys away in the living room
Make lots of phone calls started
Pop into town to finish getting some birthday presents
Lunch
Empty dishwasher
Do horses

AM

Get up DONE
Shower DONE
Crunches DONE
Breakfast DONE
Get girls dressed and breakfasted
Put on light wash
Hang up dark wash
Put away clean clothes
15 minutes in girls rooms
Put brown bin out DONE
DD1 recorder DONE
DD1 handwriting
Run cloth round loos and basins
Sew another square of alphabet wall hanging
Bake bread
Research WWII day to organise for HEors
Find WWII websites for DD1 to look at as requested last night
Text friend to ask if we can go for coffee while DD1 and DD2 are at art club in their town DONE

Welcome Kansasmum

CC - sorry to hear of sad news

Flamingo - i thought it might be, you may have noticed my ongoing jobs can take a loooong time!

Left from Sun:

• tidy bathroom/sort multi bottle of shampoo etc Started
• crosswords Started
• wash highchair cover BackOnChair DONE
• hang up swimming stuff to dry DONE & put away

Mon:

• write note for pre-sch saying DS1 will miss Thurs & Fri DONE
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 2done
• DS1 to pre-sch NDoing
• haircut (10am)
• early lunch for us
• me & DH to funeral
• Nanny collect DS1 (taking DS2) & do boys lunch
• DS2 nap
• DH to work after funeral
• (go to drinks thing after funeral?)
• tea x 3 (pizza/leftover roast)
• boys bath & bed
• quiet night on my own

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed stuff (2 x DVDs)
• photos off camera (upload & order online prints)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• thank you cards for DS2's birthday
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• sort kitchen shelves & clean (Started)
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 (Have tip about nearby place with spaces)
• Vitamin E capsules
• haircut; Tomorrow
• make 2 birthday cards
• fix airer if possible TriedNeedPliers
• take odd bits of old bed to tip

Morning!

Sorry about your Uncle CC.

Welcome Kansasmum!

Flamingo, most of my ongoing and diy lists were written in November some time ago. I'm getting there though, and the reminder spurs me on.

Ali, nice to have the garage done.

DS hasn't done a poop since he woke up in it yesterday. I am on tenterhooks.
As he didn't have his Grobag on, when he woke up at 5.30, he didn't go back to sleep, due to the novelty of having a blanket, so I had to bring him in with us, where we snoozed a bit longer. Haven't done that in ages.

I got the kitchen totally cleared last night. Apart from the bin and oven of course. But it was all sparkling on the surface!

• woken up too early done
• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done (except DH)
• beds made, windows and curtains open half
• condensation patrol some
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - fold dry washing, put load in
• decluttering, sorting and tidying
• lunch
• walk if rain stopped/colouring and playdough
• 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
• open painted-shut window in bedroom
• mirror up in bathroom - going to get a different mirror
• big mirror up in bedroom
• fix wardrobe door need correct screw
• get new curtains for front room

To Do -

• make compost bin
• get a 2nd green box rangcouncil
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.? progressing
• can I buy another shelf for oven? err not sure, found a number to ring, rang will ring back ring them again
• need new bedding
• take DH ring to get mended
• locate or replace cable for camera
• stick DS books back together
• plan Christmas 2010

To Do ASAP!

• clean oven
• clean kitchen bin
• mould mission
• sort out random ornament box in bedroom that?s been there since we moved!

Hi everyone, quite a bit to do today but not really in the mood! Think will have to break it down into 15 mins again.

CC sorry to hear your news

Welcome Kansasmum

Plum I looked at eztv but you have to pay to join and I'm always wary of things like that where you don't know if it will work or what the quality of it is. Have downloaded sky player and am going to pay per episode, is £1.50 to rent or £2 to buy so will buy them I think then I can watch again and again! It works out about the same price as the dvd and means I can watch them as they come on sky instead of having to wait til sept. Watched the first one yesterday on it and it was perfect quality-just lke on tv so much better than the free one I watched before

DONE
All up, dressed, breakfasted
DD to preschool
Load of washing in
Washing up
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table

Next
Dry washing off radiators and airer
Sort into ironing/non ironing
Washing onto airer

Then
Hoover downstairs
Mop downstairs

Then
Clean loo
Wipe bathroom sink
Tidy dc room
Hoover upstairs

Then
Decide how much (if any) of the rest of it I am going to do.

Left from Sun:

• tidy bathroom/sort multi bottle of shampoo etc Started
• crosswords Started
• put away swimming stuff

Mon:

• write note for pre-sch saying DS1 will miss Thurs & Fri DONE
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch NDONE
• haircut (10am) DONE
• early lunch for us
• me & DH to funeral
• Nanny collect DS1 (taking DS2) & do boys lunch
• DS2 nap
• DH to work after funeral
• (go to drinks thing after funeral?)
• tea x 3 (pizza/leftover roast)
• boys bath & bed
• quiet night on my own

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed stuff (2 x DVDs)
• photos off camera (upload & order online prints)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• thank you cards for DS2's birthday
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• sort kitchen shelves & clean (Started)
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 (Have tip about nearby place with spaces)
• Vitamin E capsules ChemistStillRunOut
• haircut; DONE
• make 2 birthday cards
• fix airer if possible TriedNeedPliers
• take odd bits of old bed to tip/freecycle

Morning everyone

CC - sorry to hear about your uncle, hope your Mum is ok.

Freak - I am also not in the mood and have loads to do!

Welcome Kansasmum

Alice - urgh at poo, hope the smell dispurses!

Very slow start here, DH left for work really early so I didn't get my usual cup of tea in bed to wake me up [spoilt emoticon]. DS got 45 mins of Cbeebies in my bed before I could haul myself out
I am bored of winter now, I need sunshine!

TODAY
DH to work early - done
Me up - done
Shower and dressed - dressed shower later
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen
Ocado 10-11am - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Put away shopping
Lunch and tidy kitchen
DH home 4ish?
Dinner x 3 risotto
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Handwashing!!!!!
Put away all the clean stuff from the airing cupboard

CLEANING
Empty all bins
Sweep kitchen and hall - done
Mop kitchen and hall
Hoover downstairs
Dust downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Stairs and bannisters
Some de-cobwebbing upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors

Just been into town, it is sleeting but the bits of snow are big - horrid

Have got myself a little bag of mixed fudge from the old fashioned sweet shop though

What is everyone doing for their DH for valentines?

Get up done
Get DD up done (DH did nappy - thank god!)
Breakfast done
Get dressed done
Get DD dressed done
Clear up breakfast stuff done (half arsed job)
Make beds done
Clean loo
Tidy DD's toys away in the living room
Make lots of phone calls started
Pop into town to finish getting some birthday presents done
Lunch
Empty dishwasher
Do horses

DONE
All up, dressed, breakfasted
DD to preschool
Load of washing in
Washing up
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table
Dry washing off radiators and airer
Sort into ironing/non ironing
Washing onto airer
Hoover downstairs
Mop downstairs
Clean loo
Wipe bathroom sink
Tidy dc room
Hoover upstairs

Next
Contact ali on fb
email friends
email sister
check council website to see when they take the green waste

Then
Lunch

Then
Empty bin
Recycling into box
New bag in bins
Wipe bin top

Then
Iron
Put clean clothes away

Then
Go to shop
Pick up dd

Then
Cook Dinner
Wash Up
Tidy kitchen/sitting room
Bath and bed dc
Put bins out

TO DO
Everyone up DONE
BReakfast DONE
Dressed DONE
Make Lunches DONE
Everyone to work/school/toddler group DONE
Make appointment for Mammy to see if she can fly DONE
Down to Mammy (tablets etc) DONE
Collect DD3
Make Lunch

Oh Alice sun is out here at the minute

CC hope you are all ok

JKS good luck today

Wasting the poor little mite has nothing left in him to poo

Welcome Kansasmum

Well I am sitting at a completely clutter free desk, and if you had seen my desk you would know that is quite an achievement this morning

Also I was googling holidays last night, feel we deserve one dh definitely needs a break,
anyway searched and it came up £1300 for week all inclusive in Lanzarote
Then I realised I had put in June instead of July,
it was £2000 dearer in July, now I'm really tempted to go away in June,
Next year dd1 is in P6 and really wouldn't take her out of school then as its an important year, but at prices like that we will never afford to go away,
especially with BILS wedding coming up and associated hen/Stags

So while I did the school runs dd2 stayed at home with dh, so shes still not dressed yet

so need to
get dd2 washed & dressed
load dishwasher
mop kitchen floor
make lunch
put dd1's gp folder in car
collect ds
collect dd1 early
get her magic cream on
gp appt
homeworks
dinner on
get nore Ironing done
Put away some more ironing
sort & put away smalls

ONGOING
Keep bedroom lovely & tidy
pick colours for bedroom
paint bedroom before end of FEB(?)
start planning dd1s birthday

After totally mad week last week am trying to have a calmer, less busy one this week. DD has a bit of a cold so it will do us both good to stay in a bit.

Lots has been going off since I last was on. Hope everyone is ok and that wasting doesn't have any more poo to clean up .

Today
Breakfast done
Clear away breakfast things
Pilates/walk
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling done
Make beds
Food shop
Put shopping away
Lunch
Bring logs in done
Light woodburner done
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
Pay plumber
Write meithrin nursery donation letters
admin/post
pay money into DD's account
Speak to builders re ridiculous quote for wall
thank you cards!!! donex2
Pick up stuff from laundry done and put away
Get photos printed
Buy new address book and fill in

AM

Get up DONE
Shower DONE
Crunches DONE
Breakfast DONE
Get girls dressed and breakfasted DONE except DD3 won't get dressed
Put on light wash DONE
Hang up dark wash DONE
Put away clean clothes DONE
15 minutes in girls rooms DONE
Put brown bin out DONE
DD1 recorder DONE
DD1 handwriting
Run cloth round loos and basins (and bath!) DONE
Sew another square of alphabet wall hanging
Bake bread DOING
Research WWII day to organise for HEors
Find WWII websites for DD1 to look at as requested last night
Text friend to ask if we can go for coffee while DD1 and DD2 are at art club in their town DONE
Contact library services for education for books on WWII DONE

We've had a very smelly, but very normal looking poo. Hurrah!

DH is only just surfacing though.

I haven't done anything since I posted though, I don't think.

Wasting - yay for normal poo! Isn't it unbelievable how obsessed you can get with the contents of a nappy!

HMHB - hope you have a nice relaxing week!

Plum - do it, missing a week of school won't hurt - my parents used to take us out for 2 weeks every June until I was 13.

Alice - it's snowing here too, really horrid!

Freak - not if I contact you first, have been meaning to!!!

DS is tired too this morning, and clingy, but won't go to sleep - gah.

TODAY
DH to work early - done
Me up - done
Shower and dressed - dressed shower later
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Ocado 10-11am - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Put away shopping - started
Lunch and tidy kitchen
DH home 4ish?
Dinner x 3 risotto
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Handwashing!!!!!
Put away all the clean stuff from the airing cupboard

CLEANING
Empty all bins
Sweep kitchen and hall - done
Mop kitchen and hall
Hoover downstairs
Dust downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Stairs and bannisters
Some de-cobwebbing upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors