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 )

oh never seen yours JKS until I hit post

It's fun isn't it?!

that there are so many of us on MN that they think we need it, lol!

Wed:

• remember to book a restaurant for Sat
• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• some jobs done
• pop to friends for cuppa later on (11ish) DONE
• collect ds1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• see if any friends free/healthy/doing anything DONE
• ds2 nap Doing
• quick baking to take to friends DONE

• go to friends later & stay for boys tea (yey!) (remember Dime cake i bought for her at Ikea the other day)
• boys to bed
• my dinner & collapse
• DH home late

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
• 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 Started
• sort kitchen shelves & clean
• get new lightbulb for under-cupboard light in kitchen Tried
• top up windscreen cleaner in my car DONE & AdjustedSprayers
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 (Have tip about nearby place with spaces)
• plan London activities Doing (Booked London Eye tickets)
• Vitamin E capsules Tried
• wait for GOSH to ring back re weaning DS2 drugs

just made a really yum dinner with no effort
Leftover gammon chopped up and put in a dish with mushrooms, frozen peas, creme fraiche and black pepper. Puff pastry on top and shoved in oven or 30 mins or so. Thought it was going to be bland but was really yum.

Hello

I have been recommended this thread by some of my friends on the shiney thread. May I join you?

I can see you all write lists, but could someone explain in more detail what you do?

Do you post your lists several times a day, adding more 'dones' as you go?

Hi Flamingo & welcome
We don't have rules as such (well the only 'rule' is don't post too many completed lists in a row or we'll kick you over to Fly ) - just do whatever suits you.
Some days i post my list lots to make me feel i've done more
Others days i'm actually doing stuff so too busy to post, lol.

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• some jobs done 1Done
• pop to friends for cuppa later on (11ish) DONE
• collect ds1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• see if any friends free/healthy/doing anything DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• quick baking to take to friends DONE
• go to friends later & stay for boys tea (yey!) (remember Dime cake i bought for her at Ikea the other dayDONE) DONE

• remember to book a restaurant for Sat
• boys to bed
• my dinner & collapse
• DH home late

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
• 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 Started
• sort kitchen shelves & clean
• get new lightbulb for under-cupboard light in kitchen Tried
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 (Have tip about nearby place with spaces)
• plan London activities Doing (Booked London Eye tickets)
• Vitamin E capsules Tried
• wait for GOSH to ring back re weaning DS2 drugs

Hello

No real rules tbh, just post a list of everything you need to get done that day (make sure you include the real basics like getting up so that even if you do nothing it looks like you have ) and then mark done next to things once you've done them.

Most of us seem to update a couple of times a day, if I am having a real can't be arsed day and need to get lots done I tend to update after every one or two things just because ticking them off spurs me on iyswim.

I'm quite bad for just chatting rather than actually updating though...

yeap flamingo, because if your like me I forget to come back at the end and update

some of us put down things we have already done, or obvious stuff like washed dressed etc, so we can see some dones

Sometimes we post long term goals on big lists like DIY etc, just to keep it in our minds

welcome

can anyone help re sweaty dd?

Welcome Flamingo

HMHB - we can't even do that - no kids allowed anywhere at the wedding venue. The hotel where everyone is staying is about 10/15 mins down the road.
for you as well, people seem to think that the entire world should bend over backwards for their wedding.

Freak - I have not added you yet, I will do it as soon as I have posted this message!

Had a nice day with my Mum, we cut DS' hair! It was getting too long at the back but not growing so fast on top so he was in danger of developing a mullet!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Pack bag for day - done
Make sure I have cash or chequebook for hairdresser - done
Drop DH at station? - done
Drive to my parents - done
Haircut at 2.30 - done
Pop into Waitrose for a few bits - done
Cut DS' hair! - done
Come home - done
Dinner x 3 - done
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Fold clean laundry
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
1 load of washing

Thanks for the welcome!

Ali! Nice to see you here!

Ok, I am definitely going to try to get on here in the morning to write my list for tomorrow...or might do it tonight, in fact, to get my head straight. Been having a lot of black dog days and if I don't have a plan, I just get lost in them.

Flamingo - doing lists the night before is definitely a good plan, I find I sleep better and get going better in the mornings if I have a plan. As you know, I know exactly how you feel about the black days, and this thread has been huuugely helpful to me

Ok, my list is scarily long, but that's because I've put in lots of things I know I'll do to make me feel better when I get to put a 'done' by them!

I have someone coming over at 11am for lunch to talk about home ed (as in she wants to know more as she wants to do it when her 2yo is of compusory education age!), so not sure whether to do the things I normally do before a visitor comes, or let her see an HE house in all it's chaotic glory? Thoughts?

Anyway:

AM

Shower
Get dressed
Brush nice newly cut hair
Eat breakfast
Get chicken out of the freezer for supper
Get children dressed
Get children breakfasted
Get DD1 to practice recorder
Get DD1 to practice handwriting
Hang up nappies
Hang up washing
Put on dark wash
?tidy up
Put dishwasher on
Clear away breakfast things and wipe table
Bake bread with DD3
?make soup or walk all three to the shop to buy soup and/or ham if there's time

PM (after visitor has left)

Get DD1 on mathletics and/or education city
Get DD2 on education city
Play catch (I'm crap at playing with the children so I'm thinking if I list it, I'll do it!)
Empty and re-fill dishwasher
Clear away lunch things and wipe table
Mumsnet while DDs watch a film and DD4 sleeps
Do something active - wii, walk or dancing with DDs
Get supper started at 6.15pm

Phew! This'll kick black dog's arse!

Ali - i'd be so tempted to just not go at all, but i suppose he is your brother...guess you all stay in the hotel down the road, you pop to the ceremony, toasts, etc, then go back to the hotel for a nice night away with DH & DS?

Flamingo - i prefer to get tomorrow's list ready the night before, even if i change it the next day as plans change.

Freak - i have no idea about your DD, sounds odd. will look in again later to see if you've got any more useful advice.

Think DH & I do 'tired' in different ways, i'm in pjs on sofa with blanket, wine & pringles. He's on train, wants to get takeaway and sit in the kitchen to chat...
He always comes home so much more 'hyper' than me!

Wed:

• boys to bed DONE
• remember to book a restaurant for Sat NotDone!
• my dinner & collapse DoingCollapsingLol
• DH home OnTrainCollectingTakeaway

Thurs:

• BOOK RESTAURANT FOR SAT!!!
• DH up first
• breakfast
• all dressed
• DH to work
• DS1 to pre-sch
• SN Educational/Portage worker here 9.30am
• HV here to check up on DS2 10.30
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• friend with 2 DDs coming round
• tea x ? (are they staying?) (what to cook??)
• tidy chaos
• DH maybe home in time
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & bed

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
• 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 Started
• sort kitchen shelves & clean
• get new lightbulb for under-cupboard light in kitchen Tried
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 (Have tip about nearby place with spaces)
• plan London activities Doing (Booked London Eye tickets)
• Vitamin E capsules Tried
• wait for GOSH to ring back re weaning DS2 drugs

Well done Flamingo, good list!

So, tell us more about you, you HE? good on you, pretty sure i couldn't
and you have 4 DDs??? wow. Plans for more?

No, no more DCs for now, Swimming

HE is fun, but as we have no structure because I think what they call autonomous learning is best, on black dog days I kind of get lost in the swirling mass of unmotivation. So I need at least a routine for myself - a plan of things I can be doing that the DDs can dip in and out of. They're very young still though - DD1's practicing her recorder because she wants a clarinet for her 7th birthday in May, and she is doing a lot of writing now, and she and I thought some handwriting practice would help ensure she didn't consolidate any of her bad habits. She forgets to do it if I dont' remind her though!

I'm looking foward to getting to know you all and joining in more here. Now how am I going to keep up with two long-standing threads?

FB - Don't worry, we don't go at anything like the pace of you lot on Shiney - it's why I don't post there, I could never keep up!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Pack bag for day - done
Make sure I have cash or chequebook for hairdresser - done
Drop DH at station? - done
Drive to my parents - done
Haircut at 2.30 - done
Pop into Waitrose for a few bits - done
Cut DS' hair! - done
Come home - done
Dinner x 3 - done
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Put away shopping - done
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Fold clean laundry - 1loaddone
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
1 load of washing - washing

Heating back on - Hurrah!
Much better day today.

Ali/Plum - I can't believe 3 of us on this one thread are being messed about by other peoples weddings . My mum says they are all selfish .

Unfortunately we can't not go to the wedding in May as it is my best friend from school. They have no kids so no idea of the hassle it causes.
The annoying thing is we have to drop off DS at grandparents then drive for 4/5 hours with baby DD, go to the wedding, then drive back and get DS the next day! Exhausting or what. More problems in that DH is a teacher therefore we can't drive on the Friday as he can't get time off.

I'm going to worry about it nearer the time, can't be bothered with it at the minute.

Tomorrow
Breakfast
Clear away breakfast things
DS to school
Pilates/walk
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling
Make beds
Food shop
Put shopping away
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
Pay DS's dinner money done
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 and put away
Get photos printed
Buy new address book and fill in

Evening!

Hello Flamingo! That's a great list.

It has been known to put MNing on the list to ensure this essential task is completed.

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol done
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - folded done DS sheets done
• kitchen - Aaarrghhhh! - dry pots done wash pots done, clean surfaces done, take rubbish out done, clean floor done,

+ black bag done

• lunch done
• chilling done
• tea done
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed done
• is the kitchen cleared? Yes!
• DH tea done
• take meatballs out of freezer for tomorrow done
• ready for the morning? bag packed? Playgroup tomorrow!
• more paperwork MNing doing

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
• 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
• plan Christmas 2010

CC runs in to wave at everyone, We had an investure at scouts tonight, I got my leaders uniform this evening, so it feels more real (cant think of the proper word ) I am off to bed as I was up early

Oh and I booked a night away for DH and me next Sat!!

Wasting you've got yourself into a proper barney over on that swearing thread!

CC - congratulations! at night away, where are you going?

Here is my list for tomorrow

Me and DH up
Shower and dressed
Get DS up and dressed
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Quick dust round
Downstairs loo
Hoover downstairs
Sweep kitchen floor
Friend and her DD here for lunch
Monkey Music (walk if it's not raining?)
Playtime for toddlers, cup of tea time for mummies
Dinner x 3 - what???
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Dry last night's laundry
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
Fold clean stuff
1 load

Morning. I'm still feeling a bit low today, not helped by DD1 having a strop already. So I'm going to flout convention if people don't mind, and put a smiley face instead of a 'done' to brighten up my post!

AM

Shower
Get dressed
Brush nice newly cut hair
Eat breakfast
Get chicken out of the freezer for supper
Get children dressed
Get children breakfasted
Get DD1 to practice recorder
Get DD1 to practice handwriting
(well, DH did it!) Hang up nappies
Hang up washing
Put on dark wash
?tidy up
Put dishwasher on
Clear away breakfast things and wipe table
Bake bread with DD3
?make soup or walk all three to the shop to buy soup and/or ham if there's time
15 min in each of the girls' rooms (a la the FlyLadies)

PM (after visitor has left)

Get DD1 on mathletics and/or education city
Get DD2 on education city
Play catch (I'm crap at playing with the children so I'm thinking if I list it, I'll do it!)
Empty and re-fill dishwasher
Clear away lunch things and wipe table
Mumsnet while DDs watch a film and DD4 sleeps
Do something active - wii, walk or dancing with DDs
Get supper started at 6.15pm

ONGOING

File claim for January's work
Put stuff on freecycle
Sell stuff on ebay

Forgot to add to this morning:

Clean coffee table

DD1 no longer stroppy - phew!

Flamingo!

CC - well done & yey for night away!

Need to get moving here...

Thurs:

• BOOK RESTAURANT FOR SAT!!!
• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed 1Done
• DH to work DONE

• DS1 to pre-sch
• SN Educational/Portage worker here 9.30am
• HV here to check up on DS2 10.30
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• friend with 2 DDs coming round
• tea x ? (are they staying?) (what to cook??)
• tidy chaos
• DH maybe home in time
• boys bath & bed
• dinner & bed

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
• 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 Started
• sort kitchen shelves & clean
• get new lightbulb for under-cupboard light in kitchen Tried
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 (Have tip about nearby place with spaces)
• plan London activities Doing (Booked London Eye tickets)
• Vitamin E capsules Tried
• wait for GOSH to ring back re weaning DS2 drugs

Morning!

Flamingo, love it!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• playgroup
• lunch done
• phone council re: recycling not collected
• ?
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• is the kitchen cleared?
• DH tea
• 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
• 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
• plan Christmas 2010

Morning

I feel almost normal this morning I had a good nights sleep (only up once for a wee)

Also wearing a new top i bought last week and it is the first time i have tried it on (cost £5 in the sale) and i love it!

Make DD and i breakfast done
Get DD dressed
Brush teeth
Make beds
Wipe down DD's table (its minging)
Reserve some library books online
Go to waitrose for some cake
Take cake to friends for lunch
Do horses
Home - play with DD (have been slacking a bit recently)

Really want to get a completed list today