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

[ToccataAndFudge]

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

kids eaten done
me eaten done pain au chocolat-yum, thanks butterfly
rubbish from breakfast in bed put in a carrier bag to take downstairs done

get out of bed
take kids to park
get out of bed again
take mate to canine rescue centre (why do I always say yes to people wanting me to do stuff
get out of bed again

Morning everyone.

Please can you shout at me about British Gas? It's getting a bit urgent.

Remember medicine!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed
• beds made, windows and curtains open
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ + vitamins done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - fold dry washing, sort and put away clean washing, sort loads, put load in
• hoover downstairs
• clear kitchen! - dry pots, wash pots, dry pots, clean sides, clean floor
• sort and shred paper recycling
• meal planning
• lunch
• library
• supermarket
• feed the birds
• bring wheelie and box back round
• take rubbish and recycling out
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• OCM
• 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 ? Not sure it can be done
• mirror up in bathroom - going to get a different mirror
• big mirror up in bedroom
• fix wardrobe door need correct screw ikea can provide spares (I think) need to find instructions to get part number
• get new curtains for front room
• shelves in cupboard + clean and anti-mildew paint

To Do -

• make compost bin - empty old dustbin, find online instructions again done,
• get a 2nd green box rangcouncil
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.? progressing
• need new bedding/ duvet?
• Birthday - card, wrap presents
• plan Christmas 2010 started! haha! next - put sheets in ?household manual?, fill some in
• mould mission - bedroom window, hallway, front room window, back room wall
• sort out random ornament box in bedroom that?s been there since we moved!
• British Gas
• Barclaycard
• Gas safety man - find letter with phone number on

Morning ladies

I hope everyone had a good weekend, we went to the zoo yesterday with friends, and to be perfectly honest, it was horrendous. My friend's kids are so well behaved, and my DD screamed and ran feral, meaning much bribery with jelly tots, capri suns and hoola hoops. Thank god DH was there as he took her off to wherever she was happiest and let her play. He is much more patient with her atm, as i have had her screaming tantrums every time we have gone out this week. I love her so much, but sometimes i almost hate her at the same time. That makes me sound like such a horrid mother

Get up done
DD up done
Breakfast doing
Clear up breakfast
Strip beds
Get dressed
Get DD dressed
Do horses
Quick clean/tidy round
Lunch
Friend over to babysit
Hospital appointment 2.40pm (i have got to go and have an echo done of my heart because of abnormal ECG)
Waitrose? (should do really)
Dinner
DD bed
Us bed

DD is getting so tired in the evenings that she is not eating her dinner, so going to try to get her to eat a proper meal at lunchtime, so that if she just has toast at night it doesn't matter.

WASTINGAWAY BRITISH GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRITISH GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRITISH GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kids eaten done
me eaten done pain au chocolat-yum, thanks butterfly
rubbish from breakfast in bed put in a carrier bag to take downstairs done
take bag downstairs to bin done
get out of bed
take kids to park
get out of bed again
take mate to canine rescue centre no longer need to she rang and said she didn't want to do it today anymore

Morning All

late start this morn
Butterfly did you get up to Trinity's then?

Trinity wish I lived near you, I would go and help out, I would even fold your towel Anthea stylee
And put on your list don't get back into bed until tonight!

I have loads to do and think I have abit of wine fog, I am determined to sort out the laundry today

do paperwork
deliver invoices
might go to homebase & buy curtain poles seen on sale in paper
measure bedroom windows if going to do above
get dressed!!!!
dcs washed & dressed
put all ironing away
sort all smalls & put away
clear up kitchen
put a wash on
Iron dry washing & put away
decide what I'm doing for Lent & stick to it!!

Thank you Trinity! I've done it!
I have such a block with bill paying.

Alice, you are so not horrid. Sometimes toddlers are very hard work.
Good idea about the main meal at lunch.
I find I do better the rest of the day if I've had my big meal at lunch time too and keep meaning to forgo the sandwiches. DS doesn't eat them properly anyway, and that's where a lot of our food waste comes from.

Remember medicine!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed
• beds made, windows and curtains open
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ + vitamins done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - fold dry washing done, sort and put away clean washing, sort loads, put load in
• hoover downstairs done
• clear kitchen! - dry pots done wash pots, dry pots, clean sides, clean floor
• sort and shred paper recycling sorted
• meal planning
• lunch
• library
• supermarket
• feed the birds
• bring wheelie and box back round
• take rubbish and recycling out
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• OCM
• 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 ? Not sure it can be done
• mirror up in bathroom - going to get a different mirror
• big mirror up in bedroom
• fix wardrobe door need correct screw ikea can provide spares (I think) need to find instructions to get part number
• get new curtains for front room
• shelves in cupboard + clean and anti-mildew paint

To Do -

• make compost bin - empty old dustbin, find online instructions again done,
• get a 2nd green box rangcouncil
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.? progressing
• need new bedding/ duvet?
• Birthday - card, wrap presents
• plan Christmas 2010 started! haha! next - put sheets in ?household manual?, fill some in
• mould mission - bedroom window, hallway, front room window, back room wall
• sort out random ornament box in bedroom that?s been there since we moved!
• British Gas DONE!
• Barclaycard
• Gas safety man - find letter with phone number on found phone engaged

Tidy Computer Desk DONE
Move clothes upstairs
Pull out TV stand DONE
Clean behind it DONE
Clean extractor Fan Cover DONE
Clean Highchair in case it is needed Sunday DONE
Tidy Shelves at side of Fridge DONE
Clean patio doors
Washing
Clean Counters
Sort out Dining Table
Collect DD3
Make Lunch

Thanks Alibaba! She is 7 months and a little treasure, but a dreadful sleeper at the moment. Still, I am now on page 117 of the No Cry Sleep Solution. I also feel a fair bit better this morning, as DH took DD for almost an hour when he got up this morning, which gave me an uninterrupted 45 minutes of sleep. It was wonderful.

She is now napping and I am slowly and quietly cleaning the kitchen, using my new mantra of "a half-arsed clean is better than NO clean".

Congrats on getting DS down at 8pm! Have fun at your lunch today too!

Good on you wasting away for your British Gas achievement. It's such a nice feeling when you get to accomplish things that you have been meaning to do but haven't been able to get to.

Butterfly i think that would work. I would be so ashamed i would scrub my house from top to bottom before anyone came and hide everything in the loft

Wasting DD is having leftover shepherds pie for lunch today. I would rather we all have a nice meal together in the evenings, but it is just not working at the moment. DD gets tired and won't eat dinner, goes to bed, probably doesn't sleep so well because she is not full up, has breakfast in the morning (all ok) spends the day asking for stuff, eats toast/sandwiches/baked beans for lunch, spends afternoon wanting snacks (a biscuit/chocolate/cake) doesn't nap (over tired, too much sugar) then is grumpy and too tired for dinner and so it goes on. Probably one of the reasons her behaviour has suddenly changed, all of this has happened at the same time.

Get up done
DD up done
Breakfast done
Clear up breakfast done
Strip beds
Get dressed done
Get DD dressed done
Do horses done
Quick clean/tidy round started (cleaned loo)
Lunch oven on
Friend over to babysit
Hospital appointment 2.40pm (i have got to go and have an echo done of my heart because of abnormal ECG)
Bring horses in and put to bed
Waitrose? (should do really)
Dinner
DD bed
Us bed

Thanks everyone.

Alice, has she dropped ger nap recently?

Sounds like Butterfly and Trinity had a productive weekend.

Oh, list!

Meal Plan -
Monday - scrambled eggs, pasta and sauce
Tuesday - soup, fish, potatoes and veg
Wednesday - out for lunch, ?

Remember medicine!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol half
• spatone + OJ + vitamins done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - fold dry washing done, sort and put away clean washing most, sort loads done, put load in
• hoover downstairs done
• clear kitchen! - dry pots done wash pots, dry pots, clean sides, clean floor
• sort and shred paper recycling sorted
• meal planning started
• lunch cooling
• library
• supermarket
• feed the birds
• bring wheelie and box back round
• take rubbish and recycling out
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• OCM
• 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 ? Not sure it can be done
• mirror up in bathroom - going to get a different mirror
• big mirror up in bedroom
• fix wardrobe door need correct screw ikea can provide spares (I think) need to find instructions to get part number
• get new curtains for front room
• shelves in cupboard + clean and anti-mildew paint

To Do -

• make compost bin - empty old dustbin, find online instructions again done,
• get a 2nd green box rangcouncil
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.? progressing
• need new bedding/ duvet?
• Birthday - card, wrap presents
• plan Christmas 2010 started! haha! next - put sheets in ?household manual?, fill some in
• mould mission - bedroom window, hallway, front room window, back room wall
• sort out random ornament box in bedroom that?s been there since we moved!
• British Gas DONE!
• Barclaycard
• Gas safety man - find letter with phone number on found phone engaged

Butterfly that was really good of you, and definitely agree you always clean better & quicker in someone elses house

do paperworkdone
deliver invoicesgettingreadytogo
might go to homebase & buy curtain poles seen on sale in paper
measure bedroom windows if going to do above
get dressed!!!!done
dcs washed & dresseddone
put all ironing away
sort all smalls & put away
lunchdone
clear up kitchen
put a wash on
Iron dry washing & put away
decide what I'm doing for Lent & stick to it!!

Ok New week, new start.
Half term so didnt have to drag ourselves out to the nursery! Yay!
You'll be glad to hear that my grandma is much improved, She is back to being rather cantankerous (sp?) and she even told me I should of lost my baby weight by now so she is very much on the mend!! thank you all for your kind words.
Make coffee and feed DD done
Remop the floor that DH mopped in the night after the dog had peed on the floor again done
Get DS up and dressed done
Pack his lunch for the childminder done
Pack some breakfast in his bag for CC because I forgot to feed him done
Get DH to take him to CM done
Feed DD done
Change nappy done
Have breakfast done
Get dressed
Get DD dressed.
Put load of washing in done
Fold towels
Quick flit tidy of bedroom
Sit on MN and listen to DD sing doing
Sort out Child benefit forms. not done because DH has started filling them out in his name the plonker
Tidy DS room.
Curse the amount of tiny little dinosaurs my DS owns that inevitably end up stuck painfully to the bottom of my bare feet.
Buy some new slippers.
Clean bathroom
DD lunch feed just finished
Me lunch.
coffee and mumsnet.
get cobwebs down from the light fittings in living room.
Sort out the art cupboard.
purge of DS books and clothes for charity shop.
Pick DS up from CM
DD dinner feed.
DD nappy change.
Look up cheapo holidays in Devon.
Think about dinner.
Mumsnet and cup of tea
realise too late that I havent done dinner because ive been sat on mumsnet for too long so decide to do pasta.
Realise my life has gotten far too predictable and mundane.

Afternoon! Gosh you can tell its half term- I spent a fortune at Sainsburys this morning!

Anyway my list looks like this:

Get up washed and dressed done
Make Master Grocery list done (took an hour but now its done forever!).
Food shop done
Menu plandone
Laundry done
Hoover done

Clean kitchen
Clean bathrooms.
Put laundry away
Ironing
Scoop poop.

That will do for now!

Hope everyone is surviving the 1st day of half term!!

Lisi my get up and go deserted me in the latter half of the week too busy dreaming of fit windowcleaner
have tried to get back on track today though.

Parents have just brought dd back and hopefully dad is going to fix ds' curtain pole

Ali I'm an idiot, went to PO but forgot to take the babygro for you, sorry!

Plum two damaged people probably not a good combo, we'd probably read too much into everything the other did/said (says me talking about it as if it was areal possibility )
All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Empty bins -
Load of washing in ? DONE
Load of washing hung up ? DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Go to opticians ?DONE
Clean loo ? DONE
Clean sink-
Try to de-limescale taps-
Go to PO -DONE
Go to sainsburys ? DONE
Drop card order at friend?s - DONE
Lunch ? DONE
Fill charity bag -
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ?
Tidy everywhere -
Hoover upstairs ?
Ironing -
Clean clothes away -
Cook dinner ?
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?
Bins out-
Charity bag out -

And good news about your grandma ferret

Yay fir Grandma Ferret!

Kansasmum, Master GRocery list sounds interesting. Is it literally a list of everything that you ever buy grocery-wise?

DS has not gone to sleep in his pushchair.
That'll be two days in a row with no nap. Nooo!

Remember medicine!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol half
• spatone + OJ + vitamins done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - fold dry washing done, sort and put away clean washing most, sort loads done, put load in done
• hoover downstairs done
• clear kitchen! - dry pots done wash pots, dry pots, clean sides, clean floor
• sort and shred paper recycling sorted
• meal planning started
• lunch done
• library done
• supermarket done
• feed the birds
• bring wheelie and box back round
• take rubbish and recycling out
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• OCM
• 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 ? Not sure it can be done
• mirror up in bathroom - going to get a different mirror
• big mirror up in bedroom
• fix wardrobe door need correct screw ikea can provide spares (I think) need to find instructions to get part number
• get new curtains for front room
• shelves in cupboard + clean and anti-mildew paint

To Do -

• make compost bin - empty old dustbin, find online instructions again done,
• get a 2nd green box rangcouncil
• filing - new folder/dividers etc.? progressing
• need new bedding/ duvet?
• Birthday - card, wrap presents
• plan Christmas 2010 started! haha! next - put sheets in ?household manual?, fill some in
• mould mission - bedroom window, hallway, front room window, back room wall
• sort out random ornament box in bedroom that?s been there since we moved!
• British Gas DONE!
• Barclaycard
• Gas safety man - find letter with phone number on found phone engaged

I posted a list earlier but it must have got lost
Tidy Computer Desk DONE
Move clothes upstairs
Pull out TV stand DONE
Clean behind it DONE
Clean extractor Fan Cover DONE
Clean Highchair in case it is needed Sunday DONE
Tidy Shelves at side of Fridge DONE
Clean patio doors
Washing 2nd LOAD ON
Clean Counters DONE
Sort out Dining Table DONE
Collect DD3 DONE
Make Lunch DONE
Wash up DONE
Brush Floors

Oh I am sooooo tired and unmotivated

do paperwork done
deliver invoices done
might go to homebase & buy curtain poles seen on sale in paper donethey are too big
measure bedroom windows done still managed to get it wrong, was blinded by the fact they were £10 and the smallers ones I need were £20
get dressed!!!!done
dcs washed & dresseddone
put all ironing away
sort all smalls & put away
lunchdone
clear up kitchen
put a wash on
Iron dry washing & put away
decide what I'm doing for Lent & stick to it!!

Hello everyone, had a lovely time away but too many late nights (& early mornings) mean i'm knackered now!
And although i did some laundry while away i still seems to have a mountain now

DH out for work later so i'll have an early & quiet night, hopefully.

To Do:

• get off MN!
• tackle laundry mountain
• unpack everything
• rehome everything
• boys tea (fish fingers i think!)
• boys to bed
• DH out
• quiet night (check Sky+ for recordings, think i should have lots of dancing stuff to watch)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed stuff (2 x DVDs & bib)
• upload & order online prints
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• thank you cards for DS2's birthday
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• put pile of cds onto dh's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 (Have tip about nearby place with spaces)
• Vitamin E capsules ChemistStillRunOut
• make 1 birthday card
• fix airer if possible TriedNeedPliersFromShed
• take odd bits of old bed to tip/freecycle
• sort out spare room properly as too much junk in there
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)

Hi all.

Plum I am feeling worn out too.

I could have a little whinge but I won't unless anyone else is fancying a moan too. We could have a one of moan and sympathy thread?

At PIL at the mo so only jobs are feed DD and help with meals etc. which means things are a bit easier than normal.

Hope everyone is surviving the holidays.

Hello everyone

Butterfly - you are wonderful for going and helping Trinity

Trinity - how're you getting on this afternoon?

Ferret - that is lovely news about your Grandma

JKS - glad you had fun, blimmin' laundry!

Lisi - I'd be interested to know what you think of NCSS, we are considering CC but have some reservations!

Have had a lovely day with my little bro (not the one who I have fallen out with). I was expecting them at 12 though, and he rang at 9.45 to say they'd be here in an hour, and then they got here at 10.30!! I was hardly out of the shower but never mind . Haven't got many jobs done today, need to have a bit of a clear up before I get DS' tea ready.
DH is away tonight - I have never stayed here overnight with DS on my own! I am a wimp I know

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Ocado 10am - done
Brother and his GF arriving - they came at 10.30!
Put away shopping - mostlydone
Hoover downstairs - done
Run dishwasher - done
Sweep kitchen and hall
Quick dust round downstairs
DH leaving for job interview - done
Lunch x 4 - done
Out for a walk to the swings - done
DS nap - done
Unload dishwasher
Clear up kitchen
Text friend about tomorrow
Dinner x 2
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Try not to be a wimp because DH is away
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Handwashing!!!!!
Dry last night's washing - done
Fold clean stuff - done

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Utility surfaces and sink
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors
Clean lamp in dining room
Inside of DS windows

Make coffee and feed DD done
Remop the floor that DH mopped in the night after the dog had peed on the floor again done
Get DS up and dressed done
Pack his lunch for the childminder done
Pack some breakfast in his bag for CC because I forgot to feed him done
Get DH to take him to CM done
Feed DD done
Change nappy done
Have breakfast done
Get dressed
Get DD dressed. done
Put load of washing in done
Fold towels done
Quick flit tidy of bedroom done
Sit on MN and listen to DD sing done
Sort out Child benefit forms. not done because DH has started filling them out in his name the plonker
Tidy DS room.
Curse the amount of tiny little dinosaurs my DS owns that inevitably end up stuck painfully to the bottom of my bare feet.
Buy some new slippers.
Clean bathroom
DD lunch feed just finished
Me lunch. whoops
coffee and mumsnet. done
get cobwebs down from the light fittings in living room.
Sort out the art cupboard.
purge of DS books and clothes for charity shop.
Pick DS up from CM DH is going to do
DD dinner feed.
DD nappy change.
Look up cheapo holidays in Devon.
Think about dinner. done
Mumsnet and cup of tea
realise too late that I havent done dinner because ive been sat on mumsnet for too long so decide to do pasta. will do
Realise my life has gotten far too predictable and mundane. done

On a side note I have cleaned all the kitchen and mopped the floors and emptied the dishwasher and started reloading it!! I just forgot to put them on the original list. Its going to take me a while to refine my list on here.