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 )

I'm knackered!

AM

Shower DONE
Get dressed DONE
Brush nice newly cut hair DONE
Eat breakfast DONE
Get chicken out of the freezer for supper DONE
Get children dressed DONE
Get children breakfasted DONE
Get DD1 to practice recorder DONE
Get DD1 to practice handwriting DONE
Hang up nappies DONE
Hang up washing DONE
Put on dark wash DONE
?tidy up DONE
Put dishwasher on DONE
Clear away breakfast things and wipe table DONE
Bake bread with DD3 DONE
?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) DONE
Clean coffee table because it is truly minging DONE

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!) DONE
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!) DONE
Tidy tea-making space in kitchen DONE
Look at some numbers with DD3 (she recognises '1' and '3'!) DONE

We went to a firen'ds in the afternoon so I didn't get the pm stuff done, but that's fine. And we're out in the morning tomorrow and have an MNer coming over in the afternoon, so won't get much done tomorrow. I'mll write a list anyway, just as soon as I've caught up with the thread!

Alice - DD3 is 3 - we've got one of those foam alphabet/number things. It's good fun when I have the energy to get it all out!

Freak - I forgot to answer your question. DD1 is 6.5, DD2 is 5, DD3 is 3 and DD4 is 16m.

Hi. Another mega busy day. No time to post these days.

Plum - hope DH's foot is ok
Freak - you are a good mum, its them not you!
DS has gone from nightmare child on Tuesday to little Angel saying 'thank you granny for making my tea'

Today
Breakfast Done
Clear away breakfast things done
DS to school Done
Pilates/walk done
Baby massage done
DD jabs done
Vitamins done
Rubbish out Done
Recycling done
Lunch done
Bring logs in done
Light woodburner done
put washing on
put washing to dry done
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen
empty dishy Done
reload dishy
filing!
dinner Done
bath DD/DS done
DD/DS to bed done
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge

also
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
Pay in cheque

Wow Flamingo - i want to have 4 DC and love the idea of close gaps but DS2's probs have sort of interfered with that at the mo.

Today:

• SIlent Witness 24Instead

Fri:

• DH up first again (yey)
• breakfast & tidy kitchen
• all dressed
• DH taking DS1 to pre-sch
• laundry
• ring GOSH
• me & DS2 to playgroup
• home for half an hour
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• DS2 nap
• neighbour coming round for cuppa
• anything else for afternoon?
• DH home
• tea x 3
• boys to bed
• DH out
• early night

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 SoonAsBedComingNextWeek
• 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 MissedTheirCallRingBackTom
• haircut; Next Monday

Swimming - what problems has DS2 got?

FRIDAY AM

Get up
Shower
Brush hair (I actually do need to remind myself to do this, as I frequently can't find a hairbrush when I need one, so just wait until I find one, and then forget
Eat breakfast
Get all girls dressed
Get all girls breakfasted
Hang up dark wash
Put on light wash
Bake the bread we made the dough for on Thursday
Head out to friend's house taking bread with us!

PM

Quick tidy round before MNer friend arrives
Make lasagne and set oven to come on at 6.30pm
Take girls to badgers with money for uniforms

ONGOING

Pay milkman
Claim for Jan work
Ask mum for top-up money
Put stuff on freecycle
Put stuff on ebay

Don't re: hair brushing Flamingo, I kept forgetting to brush DS teeth in the morning, so it's on my list!

Lost starting too? We've got FIL recording 24 for us, but Lost as well might be taking the mickey.

Plum! Hope he's ok.

Alice, that would be awesome for you, fingers crossed.

• 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 oops
• go nuts re: postman putting parcels in the green bin done
• tea done
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed done
• is the kitchen cleared?
• DH tea cooking
• ready for the morning? bag packed?
• Silent Witnesswatching

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

Flamingo - lol re the hairbrush, i'm exactly the same! tend to leave one upstairs and one downstairs to help!

DS2 was fine until last April when he started having epileptic fits. Then he started Infantile Spasms (a form of epilepsy) which caused developmental regression, then he had brain surgery in Dec to take out his temporal lobe to stop the seizures. So far it seems to have worked, yey. But now he is way behind and has so much work to do to catch up - mostly working about a 6-9month old and he's just turned 2. But he's so happy now so we are happy - if greedy and wanting him to hurry up and catch up!

Wasting - i've missed the beginning of Lost somehow, oops. And we missed the first 2 episodes of 24 - though i read out the recaps form Wiki to Dh before we started - significantly quicker than watching it

Oh and I always forget the boys teeth!!

Oh gosh Plum how scary, glad he is ok.

Just watched the first 2 episodes online , really bad quality and v pixilated but I got the gist. The rest don't seem to be up yet but will keep searching.

Have friends coming tomorrow for weekend - 6 of them . 4 coming tomorrow the other 2 on sat am. Lucky no-one minds camping out on airbeds etc. Bed plan is
fri - friends dd in with dc on airbed, her mum in with me, 2x friends on airbed in lounge
sat - friends dd and her mum in airbed in dc room, dd in her ready bed, me in dd's bed, friend and husband in my bed (being an old married couple gives them bed privileges!),2 x friends on airbed in lounge.

Just like being students again Lucky neither of our dd's will be too affected by random bed arrangements and I have to cuddle ds to sleep anyway so as long as he can get to me when he wakes he'll be fine.

Tomorrows list

All up, dressed, breakfasted -
Washing up -
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ?
Wipe out fridge -
Strip my bed -
Load of washing in ?
DD to dance -
Load of washing hung up ?
Hoover downstairs ?
Wash sofa blankets ?
Hang up sofa blankets-
Clean loo ?
Clean bathroom-
Try to de-limescale taps-
Lunch ?
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ?
Go to supermarket -
Hoover upstairs -
Blow up airbed in dc room ?
Make up airbed -
Get bedding out of dc room for friends ?
Remake my bed-
Clean clothes away -
Cook dinner ?
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

DS has only been asleep for 20 mins, argh! We are seriously thinking about trying CC tomorrow

Plum - really hope DH is ok, pretty stupid of the lorry driver

Freak - that sounds like a fab weekend, have a lovely time!

I am awful with hairbrushing as well, my own and DS! Reminds me, I forgot his teeth tonight because he didn't have a bath.

Our new carpet cleaner came today, I've been desperate for one for aaages and we finally got round to ordering one. Got a reconditioned Bissell from their website - £90 delivered for the model which is currently £280 in Argos! It is like new, looks unused and comes with a warranty - I shall never buy any new appliances again I don't think.

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
Have a go with new carpet cleaner - done
Dinner x 3 - done pizza from the freezer!
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - done finally
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Take ADs - done

FRIDAY AM

Get up DONE
Shower DONE
Brush hair DONE
Eat breakfast
Get all girls dressed
Get all girls breakfasted
Hang up dark wash
Put on light wash
Bake the bread we made the dough for on Thursday
Head out to friend's house taking bread with us!
15 minutes tidying upstairs if there's time

PM

Quick tidy round before MNer friend arrives
Make lasagne and set oven to come on at 6.30pm
Take girls to badgers with money for uniforms

ONGOING

Pay milkman DONE
Claim for Jan work
Ask mum for top-up money
Put stuff on freecycle
Put stuff on ebay

Is it February? Only mmm last week it was I think January. Hang on where is my calandar. I did change it over and I haven't got used to the pictures yet on the new one. Perhaps I should find a biro and mark some birthdays on it. Maybe I will do my shopping list at the same time. Now I need some more paper. But I haven't got any. Maybe I should include it in my shopping- but then again do I need any Birthday cards. Aah, a biro.

Morning!

Ali, I've found having a bedtime routine has helped with DS sleep. Plus, he's always covered in food, so he has a bath every night.
I could do with cleaning the carpets already, only had them sincr October!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed
• beds made, windows and curtains open
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast doing
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - sort loads, put load in, take clean washing up, sort and put away
• kitchen - wash and dry pots, tidy up, clean surfaces
• tidy and declutter in living room
• phone council re: recycling not collected oops
• lunch
• walk if rain stopped/colouring and playdough
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• is the kitchen cleared?
• DH tea
• ready for the morning? bag packed?
• Silent Witness

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

Ali our carpet cleaner has seen its day

Morning all

dhis foot is bruised and sore amazing really, a testment to the boots he was wearing more than anything else

have put a wash on
made pack lunches

Need to go
do schoolruns
drop dd1s med into school
see if any info missed from last night
tidy kitchen
load dishwasher
clean ensuite
clean bathroom

FRIDAY AM

Get up DONE
Shower DONE
Brush hair DONE
Eat breakfast DONE
Get all girls dressed DONE-ish - DD2 still in her nightie. Still, 75% dressed!
Get all girls breakfasted DONE
Hang up dark wash DONE
Put on light wash DONE
Bake the bread we made the dough for on Thursday LOAF MADE, JUST WAITING TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE OVEN NOW
Head out to friend's house taking bread with us!
15 minutes tidying upstairs if there's time DONE
Hoover upstairs DONE

PM

Quick tidy round before MNer friend arrives
Make lasagne and set oven to come on at 6.30pm
Take girls to badgers with money for uniforms

ONGOING

Pay milkman DONE
Claim for Jan work
Ask mum for top-up money
Put stuff on freecycle
Put stuff on ebay

More ongoing:

File phone expenses claim

Plum, that's good news. Lucky!

• all up, dressed, teethbrushed
• beds made, windows and curtains open
• condensation patrol
• spatone + OJ done
• breakfast done
• check email and online banking doing
• laundry - sort loads done , put load in, done take clean washing up, sort and put away
• kitchen - wash and dry pots started, tidy up started, clean surfaces
• tidy and declutter in living room 15mins
• phone council re: recycling not collected oops
• lunch
• walk if rain stopped/colouring and playdough
• tea
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• is the kitchen cleared?
• DH tea
• ready for the morning? bag packed?
• Silent Witness

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 everyone

Plum that is good news - will he get a chance to rest it over the weekend?

Flamingo you have done loads! Do your older girls get themselves dressed in the mornings?

Wasting he does get a bath 99% of the time but it doesn't seem to make any difference! I've had a bed night with him again, in my bed from 4am and climbing on and off wanting milk

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - DH done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH into town to pay in cheques and buy wrapping paper - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Major tidy needed in our room!
Wipe over bathroom
Wrap SIL's birthday present ready for tomorrow
Order some more nappy liners
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Out for a walk with DS
Jobs from ongoing list?
Meal plan for next week
Finalise Ocado order for Monday
Change our bedding
Change cot bedding
Clean towels and bathmats
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Last night's delicates onto airer - done
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
Fold clean stuff
Handwashing
Wash nappies - washing
Wash towels
Wash sheets

bad night

Oh Ali, it's hard work. I was like death warmed up yesterday cos I had to get up in the night. It'll be easier when they can explain what's wrong I hope.

Oh, I haven't done anything since I last posted.

I've been cuddling DS though.

Cuddling definitely counts as an important job done!
I'm also hoping that once DS can communicate a bit better then things will improve. He's down for a nap upstairs now so that is nice and early and hopefully he'll be tired again come bedtime.

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - DH done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH into town to pay in cheques and buy wrapping paper - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Major tidy needed in our room! - done
Take beef out for tonight's dinner - done
Hoover upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Wrap SIL's birthday present ready for tomorrow
Order some more nappy liners
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Out for a walk with DS
Jobs from ongoing list?
Meal plan for next week
Finalise Ocado order for Monday
Change our bedding - stripped
Change cot bedding
Clean towels and bathmats
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Last night's delicates onto airer - done
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
Fold clean stuff - 1loaddone
Handwashing
Wash nappies - washing
Wash towels
Wash sheets

I really fancy a Bissell - £90 is very good!

Plum - can your DH check his boots very carefully to see if they are ok, are they like riding helmets that you shouldn't use after a fall? Glad they did the job this time!

Fri:

• DH up first again DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH taking DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• laundry Load1On
• me & DS2 to playgroup DONE
• home for half an hour DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• scrub tablecloth; even the sides that hang down! DONE
• DS2 nap Doing

• ring GOSH
• neighbour coming round for cuppa
• anything else for afternoon?
• DH home
• check list for handyman (coming tomorrow)
• tea x 3
• boys to bed
• DH out
• early night

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 SoonAsBedComingNextWeek
• 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 MissedTheirCallRingBackTom
• haircut; Next Monday

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - DH done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH into town to pay in cheques and buy wrapping paper - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Major tidy needed in our room! - done
Take beef out for tonight's dinner - done
Hoover upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Oil hinges on kitchen and living room doors - done
Wrap SIL's birthday present ready for tomorrow
Order some more nappy liners
Lunch and tidy kitchen - DH making now
Out for a walk with DS
Jobs from ongoing list?
Meal plan for next week
Finalise Ocado order for Monday
Change our bedding - stripped
Change cot bedding - stripped
Clean towels and bathmats
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

LAUNDRY
Last night's delicates onto airer - done
Put away clean things from airing cupboard
Fold clean stuff - 1loaddone
Handwashing
Wash nappies - washing
Wash towels
Wash sheets

Friends have had to change plan so they are all coming tomorrow morning now, good in a way as dd was a bit off colour this morning but I've lost momentum now!

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
Wipe out fridge -
Strip my bed - DONE
Load of washing in ? DONE
DD to dance - NO
Load of washing hung up ? DONE
Hoover downstairs ?
Wash sofa blankets ? DONE
Hang up sofa blankets- DONE
3rd load in -DONE
3rd load hung up -
Clean loo ? DONE
Clean bathroom-
Try to de-limescale taps-
Lunch ? DONE
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ?
Go to supermarket - DONE
Find home for all "stuff" littered around -
Hoover upstairs -
Blow up airbed in dc room ?
Make up airbed -
Get bedding out of dc room for friends ?
Remake my bed-
Clean clothes away -
Cook dinner ?
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

Hello

Ali - yes, the older two can do it all themselves, and DD3 can do bits but needs help - she chooses her stuff though and brings it to me. But they all need chivvying. I'd let them stay in the pyjamas as we're pretty relaxed in our house - consensual living etc. - but if people stay in their pyjamas in our house, something happens to the general atmosphere, it all kind of gets very sluggish, so getting dressed is one of the very, very few things I insist on.

FRIDAY AM

Get up DONE
Shower DONE
Brush hair DONE
Eat breakfast DONE
Get all girls dressed DONE-ish - DD2 still in her nightie. Still, 75% dressed! DONE
Get all girls breakfasted DONE
Hang up dark wash DONE
Put on light wash DONE
Bake the bread we made the dough for on Thursday DONE
Head out to friend's house taking bread with us! DONE (and walked, so feel triply virtuous )
15 minutes tidying upstairs if there's time DONE
Hoover upstairs DONE
DD1 recorder DONE
DD1 handwriting

PM

Quick tidy round before MNer friend arrives DONE
Make lasagne and set oven to come on at 6.30pm
Take girls to badgers with money for uniforms

ONGOING

Pay milkman DONE
Claim for Jan work
Ask mum for top-up money
Put stuff on freecycle
Put stuff on ebay
File phone expenses claim
Plan and start on friend's birthday present
Do some work on alphabet wall hanging