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 )

Yey Alice

Thurs:

• BOOK RESTAURANT FOR SAT!!!
• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE

• 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 early
• 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

Alice a new top really brightens the day

Flamingo thats a good idea, much respect to HE, I can just make it through Homework my dd is nearly 9(as she keeps reminding me) and won't be told anything, drives me mad

HMHB thats alot of work to go to a wedding

CC Congrats, and where are you going? DO NOT SAY CASTLE ESKE!!!

I haven't boked anywhere for our anniversary yet as forgot dh will have to book his tickets to Rome this month,
and its other BIL 2nd anniversary that weekend and they want us to mind baby overnight,
which is a very privlidged position as she hates to leave her with anyone and have never left her overnight

Anyway my new matress is coming today YEY!!!

So need to
srip bed
put bed clothes in wash
Iron clean bed clothes
tidy pile of clothes in bedroom
clean windows
clean sliderrobes
damp dust
declutter bedsides tables esp mine
mop bedroom floor
dispose of old matress
check e-mails
get order nos for some invoices
phonecalls
price cake

thats enough to be getting on with

I'm knackered!

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)
Clean coffee table because it is truly minging

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

AND SOME UNPLANNED EXTRAS (I know this so won't last )

Tidy bookcase (a hotspot of mine!)
Tidy tea-making space in kitchen
Look at some numbers with DD3 (she recognises '1' and '3'!)

Morning everyone

I had a lie in this morning, DS only woke once in the night at about 5 and I just hauled him in with me and he went back to sleep until we both woke up at 8.30! I feel almost awake!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Empty bathroom bin - done
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 - 1loaddone
1 load
Handwashing

No plum we are not going to donegal, heading to Ashbourne Marriot, its about 40 mins up the road! So its not too far,Its my birthday the wed after it so its a mixture of birthday and valentines day, plus just a chance to catch up with each other!

Have to find my list, so be back in a minute. Love the list Flamingo

TO DO
Wash Breakfast Dishes
Clear Counters
Clean one press door
Clear out one press
Washing
Brush Kitchen Floor
Tidy Dining Table
Brush Floor
Tidy around Computer Table
Tidy one shelf at side of fridge
Tidy sitting room
Sweep Floor
Make Beds
Clean Bathroom
Collect DD3
Make Lunch
Down to give Mam her tablets
Collect DDs
Make DCs dinner
Clear over after it
Make Tea for DH
Leave him to tidy up

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Empty bathroom bin - done
Quick dust round - done
Downstairs loo - done
Hoover downstairs - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Write and post birthday card for SIL
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 - done
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
Fold clean stuff - 1loaddone
1 load
Handwashing

Wow Flamingo, I would be shit at HE, I don't know how to teach things iyswim. DD has been asking for months can I teach her to tell the time but whenever I try she loses interest and gets cross with me How old are the dd's?

I'm loving the smiley lists

CC enjoy the weekend away!

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up -
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ?
Load of washing in ? DONE
DD to preschool - DONE
Load of washing hung up ? DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Clean loo ?
Wipe bathroom sink ?
Try to de-limescale taps-
Pick up dd -
Lunch ?
Toddlers -
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ?
Recycling pile into box- DONE
Smelly bin out ? DONE
Wash out bin - DONE
Cook dinner ? Am doing that yummy root veg and lentil thing
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

Freakoid - I don't do teaching. There are loads of games on the internet for learning the time - we do things like that. And get her a watch - she'll have lots of spurts of interest where she says 'what's the time?' and you tell her, and she looks at her watch. Then you can start asking her the time when it's on the hour so it's easy for her, then teach her the half hour.

The woman isn't coming over now, so I have a sparkly clean house, and a friend has invited us over for lunch and the afternoon, so I'm going to get back to a lovely tidy house

Oh CC know the Ashbourne , my friends and my db would have went there for a night out, I never did because I had to be home for 11.30 every night (right up until I moved out)

My matress is HERE

srip bed done
put bed clothes in washdone
Iron clean bed clothes
tidy pile of clothes in bedroomdone
clean windowsdone
clean sliderrobesdone
damp dustdone
declutter bedsides tables esp minedone
mop bedroom floor hoovered
dispose of old matress in hall
check e-mails done
get order nos for some invoices notready phonecallsdone
price cake
washed & dryed valance, back on basedone
wash & dry matress protector, back on bed
get out new pillows
make bed
lunch omlette
school runs
go to friends between school runs and fix her club penguin

PBM you have done loads! I've been playing duplo! We have 2 duplo bob the buider men and ds made them face off saying "hello, I'm Bob the builder" " No I'M bob the builder" " NO I AM BTB" and then they had a fight was quite funny!

Flamingo thanks I will have a look online.

Freaky, that's ace! Bless him.

Have a nice afternoon Flamingo.

Playgroup was mostly ok. DS didn't have his snack and wouldn't drink his water and kept chuntering. Before that he was doing well though and didn't bash til he got hot and bothered. I'll make a gentleman of him yet!

• 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 done

+ Morrisons done + feed the birds done

• 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

Thank you Freaky its my new matress, wanted to go to bed early tonight in a clutter free clean room

But now I want to decorate,
Our room is still the previous owners strange blue paint effect, and still has a pair curtains that I stuck up as a temporary measure on their dodgy curtain pole when we moved in
So must add decide on paint to my list!

Oh and you must join the Lost thread ready for tomorrow night, I will bump it for you

Busy morning here but hardly anything done

Thurs:

• BOOK RESTAURANT FOR SAT!!!

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• SN Educational/Portage worker here 9.30am DONE
• HV here to check up on DS2 10.30 DONE
• pop to docs for more syringes DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing

• friend with 2 DDs coming round
• tea x ? (are they staying?) (what to cook - leftover pasta for DS2, fried egg & toast for DS1 I think)
• tidy chaos
• DH maybe home early
• 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

Wasting - DS is starting to get quite boisterous! At monkey music today he was being very polite and saying hello to everyone, but he then runs about and flails his arms into other children - I am exhausted from trying to keep up with him!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Empty bathroom bin - done
Quick dust round - done
Downstairs loo - done
Hoover downstairs - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Write and post birthday card for SIL - DH doing
Friend and her DD here for lunch - done
Monkey Music (walk if it's not raining?) - done
Playtime for toddlers, cup of tea time for mummies - done
DS nap - doing
Collapse in exhausted heap - doing
Dinner x 3 - what??? argh, need to decide now!
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

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

Well DS1 is in a horrid bolshy stage atm, grr. been on the naughty step twice this afternoon, fave cuddly toys locked away for a bit etc. me worn out & frazzled.
Daddy home so he can do tea & sort everything else out!

Thurs:

• BOOK RESTAURANT FOR SAT!!!

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• SN Educational/Portage worker here 9.30am DONE
• HV here to check up on DS2 10.30 DONE
• pop to docs for more syringes DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• friend with 2 DDs coming round DONE
• tidy chaos DONE
• DH maybe home early Here
• tea x 2 (leftover pasta for DS2, fried egg & toast for DS1) DH Doing

• 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
• haircut BookedForNextWeek

You have all done loads!

Flamingo How old is DD3? We got DD one of those giant foam number puzzles (was about £7) and she likes to jump on the numbers as she says them.

Make DD and i breakfast done
Get DD dressed done
Brush teeth done
Make beds oops not done
Wipe down DD's table (its minging) sort of
Reserve some library books online done
Go to waitrose for some cake done
Take cake to friends for lunch done
Do horses done
Home - play with DD (have been slacking a bit recently doing

PBM isn't it only on sky atm? I wont be able to watch until it comes on plebs tv or vision Unless it's free online anywhere???

Fed up, dc fighting non stop, ds throwing stuff constantly and dd wet herself 3 times today. Must be a really shit mum.

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Load of washing in ? DONE
DD to preschool - DONE
Load of washing hung up ? DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Clean loo ? DONE
Wipe bathroom sink ? DONE
Try to de-limescale taps-
Pick up dd - DONE
Lunch ? DONE
Toddlers - DONE
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ? DONE
Recycling pile into box- DONE
Smelly bin out ? DONE
Wash out bin - DONE
Cook dinner ? Am doing that yummy root veg and lentil thingDONE
Wash up - DONE
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

Plum, is lost starting on RTE tonight?

Freak - i was feeling a bit like that earlier, now DS2 is in bed and DH is doing DS1 i feel better already. Nearly bedtime!!!

Thurs:

• BOOK RESTAURANT FOR SAT!!!

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• SN Educational/Portage worker here 9.30am DONE
• HV here to check up on DS2 10.30 DONE
• pop to docs for more syringes DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• friend with 2 DDs coming round DONE
• tidy chaos DONE
• DH maybe home early HERE
• tea x 2 DH DONE
• boys bath DH DONE & bed DS2Done

• pop out to collect ebay purchase (replacement fire station for DS1, with doors!)
• dinner, SIlent Witness & 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
• haircut; Next Monday

freaky you must be able to download it somewhere as someone on the lost thread has watched it already

It might start tonight CC but I was going to watch it tonigh on sky 1 although Thursday night suits better must check

Waiting on dh ringing he rang to say there was an accident,
he went to check a lorry and the driver left the handbrake off and it rolled over his foot, down the road and into a fence,
he's in such shock he says his foot feels ok, I'm hoping we are that lucky, but just feel sick to the pit of my stomach!

Hate sitting waiting on the phone to ring

& Plum, hope he's ok!!

Thurs:

• BOOK RESTAURANT FOR SAT!!! DONE
• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• SN Educational/Portage worker here 9.30am DONE
• HV here to check up on DS2 10.30 DONE
• pop to docs for more syringes DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• friend with 2 DDs coming round DONE
• tidy chaos DONE
• DH maybe home early HERE
• tea x 2 DH DONE
• boys bath DH DONE & bed DS2Done

• pop out to collect ebay purchase (replacement fire station for DS1, with doors!)
• dinner, SIlent Witness & 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
• haircut; Next Monday

Plum hope your DH is ok

I am really excited and need to let it out somewhere!!!!! I think i have found a new yard for my horses only 5mins from our house rather than 25mins where they are now. fingers crossed, we are looking at it tomorrow

Alice - that would make such a difference to you, hope it comes off!

Thurs:

• BOOK RESTAURANT FOR SAT!!! DONE
• DH up first DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• SN Educational/Portage worker here 9.30am DONE
• HV here to check up on DS2 10.30 DONE
• pop to docs for more syringes DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• friend with 2 DDs coming round DONE
• tidy chaos DONE
• DH maybe home early HERE
• tea x 2 DH DONE
• boys bath DH DONE & bed DONE
• pop out to collect ebay purchase DONE
• dinner DONE
• SIlent Witness & 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
• haircut; Next Monday

dh rang again, and said his foot seems okay although he hasn't took his boot off but hes been walking about on it still working

he was really shook up though as he had just go out from under the lorry, and then he thought it had hit his van, It just missed another lorry, then hit a trailer and if it hadn't hit it would have went right through fence down a bank

He could have been killed or a car could have came round the corner anything, thankfully one of the bosses from the company was there and dh showed him the lorry was locked and handbrake off before they even opened it, stupid driver, who on earth parks a car on a slight hill and just leaves it on gear never mind a lorry

But anyway Alice that is really good news fingers crossed for you, I always think, I know you love your horses but that is a big chunk out of your day running back and forth

going to go tidy kitchen then run dh a hot bath for when he comes home
I have missed the linguistic phonics evening at the school so will have to find out about that tomorrow