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 )

My Threads I'm Watching are still missing

SCORE: Pants Toilet
Leftover:

• finish Sunday crosswords

Tues:

• continue toilet training... Doing
• wake up at 5.55 DONE (thanks ds1)
• 'fight' with ds1 all morning DONE
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 2done
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• change over bathmats & towels DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE

• charity shop with 2 bags (keep eye out for duplo/sticklebricks)
• to Sing & Sign with DS2
• pop into bf group for a cuppa if time
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• afternoon? maybe text friend to come over?
• tea x 3
• boys bath & bed
• me to orchestra (check cash & remember bag for friend)
• DH home late

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVDs x 2
• upload & order online prints
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• 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)
• sort out spare room properly as too much junk in there Started
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• put shelf bits in loft + some other bits (need a hand i think, esp with sore arm)

waaaaaaaaaah - just gone to empty the dishwasher to find it full of water at the bottom.

I'm currently taking the "blocked toilet" approach of "try flushing again first" (or in the dishwasher case running a short cycle)

eeek

I was praying it was the weekend when I woke this morning.I am wrecked

Clean sitting room
Mop Floor
Sweep Hall
Mop Floor
Wash Dishes
Clean counters
Washing
Tidy Dining Area
Brush Floors
Collect DD3
Make Lunch
start on DS room
Make Beds

Good morning! Hope everyone can find the energy they need today.

• 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 - load in
• continue shredding
• town - Clarks and lunch + Wilko?s
• decluttering and tidying in front room
• feed the birds
• take rubbish and recycling out
• tea
• put breadmaker on?
• 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
• put up Simonon print
• get frame for fireplace print - what size?
• open painted-shut window in bedroom ? Not sure it can be done - more research
• mirror up in bathroom - going to get a different mirror
• big mirror up in bedroom
• get new curtains for front room
• shelves in cupboard + clean and anti-mildew paint (project for next Dad visit)

To Do -

• make compost bin - empty old dustbin, find online instructions again done,
• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on one or two gifts I?d like to make, find patterns, instructions etc. and buy materials
• mould mission - hallway, front room window, back room wall
• sort out random ornament box in bedroom that?s been there since we moved!
• Barclaycard
• Return Jamie Oliver cookbook to SIL
• stitch card for Mother?s Day started
• buy swimming costume

I have just spoke to my mum and we didn't touch on the 'subject' just lighthearted neutral topics as usual and feeling a little less stressed about it all.

For new thread titles, how about something to do with spring? It is the first of March next monday, so spring/spring cleaning? (unfortunately i am severely lacking in the creative department )

DONE
Everyone up
Everyone breakfast
Get dressed
Have cup of tea
Dress DD
Put washload on
Sort washing

TO DO
Empty dishy
Tidy sitting room
Go to town
Make lunch (cauli cheese)
Do some cutting and sticking with DD
Do horses
Pop to Waitrose
Put washing away

LIVING ROOM (it needs its own list!)
Pick up any washing
Take any washing up to the kitchen
Pick up any rubbish
Put all pen lids back on! and put them in the basket
Tidy up farm
Tidy up all puzzles
Tidy up train track
Put away all other toys (take some upstairs)
Hoover sofas/floor (will do once DH gets home as hoover still in bits)
Clear side table
Clean side table (its filthy)

Right, time to get off my backside, first step, pick up any washing, washing up, rubbish.

My friend had her baby last night! Text me at 5pm saying 'ooh think there are some mild contractions' - her DD born at 8.30pm!
So her DH is bringing their DD1 here for a couple of hours this morning while he gets mum and baby from hospital - so I will maybe get to have a newborn cuddle later!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen
Unload dishwasher
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Friend's DD here
Lunch x 4? and tidy kitchen
Dinner x 3 - lamb tagine
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
1 load + nappies
Finish drying yesterday's washing
Fold dry washing
Put away clean things from airing cupboard

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Hoover upstairs
Shower screen
Dust upstairs lightshades
Descale shower head (forgot to do it on Friday)

Ongoing/Areas of Doom/Extras
Organise paperwork/filing
Organise books
Hang photo frames in DS' room
Find a painter to do the kitchen
Put up extra hooks in utility
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 - done
Call furniture donation scheme about stuff in garage

Ali does it also mean you have to do a quick tidy round?

I have started tidying the sitting/dining rooms. I have done half an hour so far, and it looks much better. Probably got another half an hour's worth DD was helping by picking up bits of loose change and putting them in her piggy bank Just stopping for a 15min break and a drink. DD is now doing glueing and sticking, but mostly gluing I drew a butterfly for her to stick stuff to, but tbh, she is just enjoying wiping glitter glue and pritt stick around.

have just flooded my kitchen while trying to find the blockage that's stopping the dishwasher draining

Hands TAF a mop and a cup of tea

ALICE here

off to make lunch will catch up later

Oh TAF, are you ok?

Clean sitting room DONE
Mop Floor DONE
Sweep Hall DONE
Mop Floor DONE
Wash Dishes DONE
Clean counters
Washing
Tidy Dining Area
Brush Floors
Collect DD3
Make Lunch
start on DS room
Make Beds

I'm fine - XH thankfully came home just as it was getting to realy crisis point (ie heading towards the living room) and between us we managed to turn the tap to stop the water. And he mopped it up for me.

Eek TAF, hope it gets fixed soon (or are you leaving h the dishwasher when you move anyway? )

Am shattered today, couldn't stop eating last night so had indigestion then ds woke up and came in with me, then I'd got him settled and dd came in, sent her back to bed, put ds back in his bed, 30 min later he reappeared, plus af is due so was having hot and cold flushes [yawn]

JKS the first few days ds was naked at home he stored his poo up too, very frustrating.

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Bins out ? DONE
New bags in bins - DONE
Load of washing in ? DONE
Load of washing hung up ?
Hoover downstairs ?
Make biscuits with dc ?DONE
Clean loo ?
Clean sink-
Try to de-limescale taps-
Lunch ? DONE
Wash up biscuit/lunch stuff -
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ?
Hoover upstairs ?
Ironing -
Clean clothes away -
Cook dinner ?
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

hell no way am I leaving him the dishwasher.

It's MY dishwasher that I bought with MY money just after we split up initially 2yrs ago.

Over my dead body is he getting my dishwasher.

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Now we've given the inside of it a good clean we're just running a quick was to see if that helps.

If not H is going to disconnect the waste pipe to see if there's a blockage in there. If not then I'll have to get someone out to fix it.

Good luck TAF - i go into panic-mode whenever i have probs with the dishwasher, hate washing up!!

Well DS1 managed to not go at all all morning at pre-sch then wet him self about 2 secs away from the front door. hey ho. At least i know he can hold it i suppose

SCORE: Pants Toilet
Leftover:

• finish Sunday crosswords

Tues:

• continue toilet training... Doing
• wake up at 5.55 DONE (thanks ds1)
• 'fight' with ds1 all morning DONE
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• change over bathmats & towels DONE
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• charity shop with 2 bags (keep eye out for duplo/sticklebricks) DONE
• to Sing & Sign with DS2 DONE
• pop into bf group for a cuppa DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• afternoon; text friend to come over DONE

• friend + 2 DDs over to play
• tea x 6 (pasta + sauce)
• boys bath & bed
• me to orchestra (check cash & remember bag for friend)
• DH home late

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVDs x 2
• upload & order online prints
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• 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)
• sort out spare room properly as too much junk in there Started
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• put shelf bits in loft + some other bits (need a hand i think, esp with sore arm)
• major sort out of boys clothes to fit in all 'new' bits
• arrange DS1's pre-sch booster

fingers x'd it's sorted H took the waste pipe off and we discovered that the connecting bit was totally blocked. It's been cleaned out, and put back on - going to run a quick wash on it in a minute and hopefully it will drain.

I also go into panic mode at the thought of having to wash up by hand. I'll probabl have to do it for a week or so (hopefully less) when I moved as although there's space for a dishwasher it needs the connecting bits putting in to allow a dishwasher to be plumbed in. Landlord is fine with me doing that - but obviously will need to get it sorted.

I do NOT want to have to wash up by hand here

• I have an (almost) dry kitchen and a working dishwasher - it's just finished the empty quick cycle we put it on and it's all drained away

Now I need to redo my lists

Done

DS1 and 2 out to school
DS3 dressed
Lunch for DS3

To Do

Run last nights dishes through the quick wash
Load of washing (mostly the towels I used to stem the flood)
Get myself dressed
Lunch for myself
Continue drying washing

Well done TAF.

Breakfast done
All up and dressed done
Clear away breakfast things done
Pilates or walk or gardening
Vitamins done
Rubbish out
Recycling
Lunch done
Bring logs in
Light woodburner
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen done
empty dishy done
dishy filled and on again on
admin/filing/post
put away food delivery
dinner
bath DD/DS
DD/DS to bed
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge
feed cat

also
Write meithrin nursery donation letters
Buy new address book and fill in
Pay cheque in
Arrange DD's christening!
Pay cheque for boiler done /accountant - need to post
Buy lightbulbs
Send back stuff to origins
Send back stuff to Oasis

oh no! it's all gone horrible wrong again.

I'm dressed, I have lunch, put the dishwasher on, and the washing machine.

Just been back through and both dishwasher and washing machine were off - and the kettle (uses the same socket) wasn't working either.

Thought perhaps it had tripped the fuse on the main fuse board......nope all still fine.

Think I have f*cked socket now

TAF what a rubbish day for you.

Need to get off my fat lazy arse and go up to the horses now. Just had a coffee, that is starting to kick in now, could do with another though...

Oh oh oh oh! My parents asked if I was busy for a week 10th June cos they were going on holiday, assumed they wanted me to keep an eye on things for them but my dad rang and they have booked for all of us to go to portugal for a week!!!!! They are paying for dc and appartment, I just have to pay my flight (easyjet)and spending money

JKS I feel your pain regarding Toilet Training, took DD3 out of nappies yesterdays, had a couple of accidents yesterday, today she wet herself when she came home from toddler group, but she is just after having a poo explosion twice . The second one got everywhere! Just threw both pairs of knickers in the bin. She looked for her pull up to be put back on but I refused

Wow Freak that is brilliant you deserve it

TAF no suggestions here just a mug of coffee

Right I am also feeling more positive joined the lose a stone by Easter thread as I weighed myself last night and I was not impressed although I knew myself it was going to be bad

just want it to be abit warmer, its putting me off going out for walks, don't think dd2 would make it

right have dinner on
so need to
bring dd1 to dancing
have dinner
dcs in jammies
sort underwear (will keep me from snacking)
turn up dd1s jazz pants for her exams
hang up washing
load dinner dishes & on
wash any pots

Afternoon!

Been and got DS some new shoes. He's now a 6 and 1/2, and has been in 5 and 1/2 Lots more walking now!

Freaky, that's great.

Ali, please sniff baby's head for me.

TAF, sounds like you need a man in.
Take this as a reminder of why it'll be so good to rent soon.

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ + vitamins done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - load in done
• continue shredding donesome
• town - Clarks and lunch + Wilko?s Boots done
• decluttering and tidying in front room
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish and recycling out done
• tea
• put breadmaker on?
• 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
• put up Simonon print
• get frame for fireplace print - what size?
• open painted-shut window in bedroom ? Not sure it can be done - more research
• mirror up in bathroom - going to get a different mirror
• big mirror up in bedroom
• get new curtains for front room
• shelves in cupboard + clean and anti-mildew paint (project for next Dad visit)

To Do -

• make compost bin - empty old dustbin, find online instructions again done,
• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on one or two gifts I?d like to make, find patterns, instructions etc. and buy materials
• mould mission - hallway, front room window, back room wall
• sort out random ornament box in bedroom that?s been there since we moved!
• Barclaycard
• Return Jamie Oliver cookbook to SIL
• stitch card for Mother?s Day started
• buy swimming costume