Marching into Spring, ready to clean? Slatterns and listmakers, all are welcome!

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Apologies for title.

Write lists, chat about stuff, motivate, celebrate and commiserate.

Any list format is acceptable.

Including 'coffee and MN' on to do list is encouraged.

Ooh! I want one!

I've no idea how old ours is, but you can guarantee it was the 2nd cheapest Argos had.
When I start to iron it spills hot water all over the clothes item til there's none in. Not much use, but as I hadn't ironed in about three years before last week, I can't quite justify a new one this month.

• Me up, showered and dressed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• DS up, nappy changed and dressed, then downstairs for boob done
• spatone + OJ + vitamins done
• breakfast done
• condensation patrol done
• laundry - fold dry washing done, put load in done
• coffee + check email and online banking done
• town - market, Poundnshop, Next, Boots
• lunch
• fill in Childrens centre registration form done
• walk up to Childrens centre
• feed the birds
• take rubbish and recycling out
• tea
• put breadmaker on?
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom and OCM
• is the kitchen cleared?
• ready for the morning? bag packed?
• write list for tomorrow
• cross-stitch

Waste Reduction Plan - Stage 1

• make compost bin - drill holes in old bin
• Back to cloth! - handwash wool covers , buy larger trousers (for DS) researching

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside
• buy a small mirror for above the bathroom sink
• big mirror up in bedroom
• other mirror up - quite heavy, will picture hook do? No, need to drill and screw
• get new curtains for front room
• shelves in cupboard + clean and anti-mildew paint (project for next Dad visit)
• put up house number

To Do -

• 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, back room wall
• stitch card for Mother?s Day started
• buy swimming costume
• sort digital photos and order any I want prints of, upload to facebook
• find/write CV
• buy epo
• plan theatre trip started got times, need to find out who can babysit

TAF - enjoy! I only have a normal iron, have never had one of those steam ones, are they good?

Ali - 100mg? think i'm on 5.

Alice - stitch still there? hope it eases soon.

Wasting - i am a fellow addict at ticking off stuff, but yes i prob ignore don't see lots that should be on my list!

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 0 Potette 3
Leftover:

• Sat DONE & Sun crosswords Started

Tues:

• me up first DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• general tidy up DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• me & ds2 to s&s DONE (he's tired so home early, early lunch then bed for him)
• lunch & tidy up DS2Eating
• ds2 nap
• ds2 appt with physio & pead
• pasta x 3
• boys to bed
• orchestra

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• 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)
• Freecycle ancient TV MayRelistOtherwiseHaveToThrowOut
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• arrange to go to friends to pick up highchair she's giving me (think of a small present to take round?)
• clean & give back borrowed highchair

JKS - they are so worth every penny. (well I think they are lol). Mind having just done a few bits with my expensive new one I'd say that you definitely get what ou pay for with the steam power of it.

Please go to sleep DD I want my lunch!

DS's castle has arrived so will spend afternoon putting it together probably.

Gorgeous weather here which is showing up all the filth.

So Slatterns are we having a weekly spring clean job? Individual or group? e.g. clean all mirrors and pictures?

Mealplan
Tues - pasta and bolognase
Wed - shepherds pie
Thurs - fish (fingers) and chips (taking my lead from JKS)
Fri - pizza? / chinese?

Tomorrow
All up and dressed done
Clear away breakfast things done
DS to school on time done
Tidy cupboard under stairs doing
Pilates or walk or gardening
Vitamins
Rubbish out done
Recycling out/plastic to school
Put shopping away done
Lunch trying to do
Bring logs in
Light woodburner
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen
empty dishy
dishy filled and on again
admin/filing/post
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
Arrange DD's christening!
Pay cheque for accountant - need to post
Buy lightbulbs
Ring cath kidstone again - they have lost my returns parcel grr. Email copy of PO receipt
Wash tablecloth
Make castle
Fill in school form for DS
Wipe up yogurt from chair/floor etc.

Next week
DH's doc appointment
Buy grass seed

I have just done a MASSIVE basket full (and overflowing) of ironing in around 1hr

I am in love with my new iron

DONE

Coffee
Empty dishwasher
Get new iron out and use it
DDS 1 and 2 up and out to school
Visit FV Neighbours
Pay bills (and cleared one of them only a small one but still it's cleared)
DS3 dressed

DS is asleep, so I'm eating my lunch in peace (left over risotto), MNing, watching Frasier and having a Peroni! That is really bad isn't it?

I had lovely new baby cuddles, god I am sooo broody.
This thread is definitely rubbing off on me, I tidied her kitchen and folded her washing! Going to make extra dinner this week and take it over for them. [organised emoticon]

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
Pack changing bag - done
Remember card and chocs for friend - done
Out to Music with Mummy - done
Back to friend's for coffee and new baby cuddles! - done
DS nap - doing
Home for lunch and tidy kitchen - eating
Unload dishwasher - done
Afternoon
-cleaning and laundry, oh joy
Dinner x 3
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Take ADs

Jobs before holiday

• Clean living room carpet
• Check toilet bags and suncream situation and list anything I need to buy - started
• Measure height of the car with roofbox on to make sure we will fit through the Tunnel!
• Ring grandma about visiting her before we go on holiday
• Order blanket for friend
• Send new baby parcel to other friend
• Post Congratulations card
• Post Mother's Day card to MIL (we will be with my Mum)
• Order DH's birthday present - he will be 40!

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing
1 load + nappies
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard
Put sofa covers back on

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Hoover downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Stairs and bannisters
Insides of kitchen windows
Cobweb check downstairs

I have now completed the frikkin playmobil castle . It hasn't got enough connectors (ebay) and it has fallen to bits once already. Have hidden it in wardrobe for DS to have tomorrow. He is going to the park after school then to a friends so will be too late to give it to him tonight. He will LOVE it though.

Ali if you are feeling broody and unslatternlike. Please send your vibes this way especially to DD as she hasn't gone to sleep yet and the house is a tip. Ta.

to HMHB's DD.

Have you got a sling you can put her in while you get things done? She might drop off?

Given up on sleep. Fed her. Changed her. She is now having a flap on the floor and I might be able to get a few things done before setting off for DS.
My back is killing me today though. It hurts when I am up and about. Think I need to get me to an osteopath. Might have some pain killers in the meantime.

Osteopath appointment not til week after next - arrgh

HMHB - we only started on Playmobil at Christmas when DS1 was given some and they are soooo fiddly. but cool too.
Hope the painkillers kick in.

Ali - you are doing well!!! and at someone else's house too, lol!

Am feeling very virtuous as I bought some extra stuff at the shops for the homeless centre (tins, tea & biscuits, etc.) as i have a boot full of old blankets & duvets to take round there. May try and go round tomorrow.

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 0 Potette 4
Leftover:

• Sun crosswords Started

Tues:

• me up first DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• general tidy up DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• me & ds2 to s&s DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• ds2 nap Doing
• collect card-making order DONE
• supermarket for a few bits DONE

• ds2 appt with physio & pead
• pasta x 3
• boys to bed
• orchestra

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• 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)
• Freecycle ancient TV MayRelistOtherwiseHaveToThrowOut
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• arrange to go to friends to pick up highchair she's giving me (think of a small present to take round?)
• clean & give back borrowed highchair
• homeless centre trip

Afternoon.

TAF, how does the nice ironing make the ironing quicker?

Ali, please send Peroni vibes this way.
of new baby cuddles.

HMHB, that's a bit rubbish about the appointment. Hope the painkillers work.

Playmobil looks fun.

• Me up, showered and dressed done
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• DS up, nappy changed and dressed, then downstairs for boob done
• spatone + OJ + vitamins done
• breakfast done
• condensation patrol done
• laundry - fold dry washing done, put load in done
• coffee + check email and online banking done
• town - market, Poundshop, Next, Boots done
• lunch done
• fill in Childrens centre registration form done
• walk up to Childrens centre
• feed the birds
• take rubbish and recycling out
• tea
• put breadmaker on?
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom and OCM
• is the kitchen cleared?
• ready for the morning? bag packed?
• write list for tomorrow
• cross-stitch

Waste Reduction Plan - Stage 1

• make compost bin - drill holes in old bin
• Back to cloth! - handwash wool covers , buy larger trousers (for DS) done

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside
• buy a small mirror for above the bathroom sink
• big mirror up in bedroom
• other mirror up - quite heavy, will picture hook do? No, need to drill and screw
• get new curtains for front room
• shelves in cupboard + clean and anti-mildew paint (project for next Dad visit)
• put up house number done

To Do -

• 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, back room wall
• stitch card for Mother?s Day started
• buy swimming costume
• sort digital photos and order any I want prints of, upload to facebook
• find/write CV
• buy epo done
• plan theatre trip started got times, need to find out who can babysit

how does it make it quicker? The pressure of the steam that this thing generates means you literally go over the thing once, and you don't even have to do both sides (if you're anal like XH is). Seriously with the "normal" iron of XH's that lot would easily have taken me getting close to 2hr.

Hi all, not done much today, did the basics this morning then friend and her dc came for coffee and stayed for lunch-only left a short time ago

Freezer surprise again for dinner Am hoping it's stew to have with jacket potatoes. It looks stew-esque anyway.

Put the easel and paintpots out in garden when friends left to stop my dc having a "my friends have gone" tantrum, god I hate doing stuff like that-end up with paint everywhere.

TAF link for iron please-I'm not sure I know what you mean

Oh TAF I have one of those definitely quicker although I let mine pile up it still takes a day
Agre you only need to do one side of the clothes

I have rang about fireplace
he's coming this week sometime
have looked for ds's Judo license can't find it, he has an exam tomorrow not sure what that means

Have been trawling internet for holidays, have seen 1 or 2 now its just deciding do I want to book on line or go into travel agents I'm so wary of these things now

Oh God I'm really today

lol Plum - I hadn't done any ironing for about 2 weeks (although had taken stuff out of the pile to wear - so there was quite a lot of it).

Best £90 bit of money I've spent in recent years (oh along side my Brabantia bin which was a similar price 2yrs ago )

Ah ok I've googled, my gran has one.

PBM it only takes all day because you iron sheets and towels n stuff

oh fark - that was supposed to be crossed out LOL

TAF, twice today I passed a shop with a steam iron in it, considered putting a deposit on it, if the urge is still there on thurs I will! What make is yours? This one was a tefal and was close to ?100?

Got loads done this morning as was up since 6.30 with DD3, but still was late dropping her school

Now I need to wash dishes
Clear over Kitchen
Sweep Floor
Tidy sitting room
Put clean sheets on our bed

mine is a Philips - tbh I wasn't really too fussy about the brand, so long as it had a nice big water tank and a ceramic soleplate (not sure why I wanted a ceramic soleplate but I did LOL).

Ahem ladies - all this talk of irons and ironing is not very Slatternly!

I on the other hand have been asleep, courtesy of the Peroni

TAF I remember your bin thread and in fact I remembered it when I was moving out and bought myself a new bin I got the argos own one though not the brabantia

I was quite of the Peroni too!!

Dithering about whether to go to my AN/PN meetup in London tomorrow, lots of effort required and i'm not sure i have the energy...

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 0 Potette 6!
Leftover:

• Sun crosswords Started

Tues:

• me up first DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• general tidy up DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE
• me & ds2 to s&s DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• collect card-making order DONE
• supermarket for a few bits DONE
• ds2 appt with physio & pead DONE
• pasta x 3 DONE

• boys to bed
• orchestra

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• 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)
• Freecycle ancient TV MayRelistOtherwiseHaveToThrowOut
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• arrange to go to friends to pick up highchair she's giving me (think of a small present to take round?)
• clean & give back borrowed highchair
• homeless centre trip

ahem
MIL bought me mine but I really don't think she paid that much for it
hope not
I told her to look out in Sainsbos for an iron in their half price sale(tbh anything was better than mine which tripped the electricty everytime it got to certain temperature and full of water)