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 have peroni in the fridge

Am attempting to make rice pudding, it's not going too well so far First the milk boiled over, then I put too much nutmeg in and now it's not thickening.

Freak - I bought pudding rice about a month ago but haven't attempted it as yet, so you are doing better than me

This bloomin' list of stuff I need to sort out before we go away is just getting longer and longer.

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 - done
Home for lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Afternoon
-cleaning and laundry, oh joy - done
+Clear dining table - done
+General tidy downstairs - done
+Take out recycling - done
Dinner x 3 - iminent we are late tonight!
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! - done and booking ammended because we are too tall!
• 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!
• Find car insurance docs
• Find EU Health cover cards
• Upgrade RAC cover to European
• Buy First Aid kit for the car

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing - 3loadsdone
1 load - washed + nappies

• 1 more load - waiting Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard - nonetoday Put sofa covers back on

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

PLum - that's one of the ones I considered from the Argos website (it's currently £99 on there), but decided it had a few things "against" it (smaller water tank - so would need to refill more often, stainless steeel soleplate - wanted a ceramic as was advised that was best, slightly higher wattage than my one. etc etc

TAF Must admit it would not have been my choice tbh but beggars can't be choosers as they say

Right I need to hang up washing
and then I'm going to google holidays again

Evening.

I made rice pudding from Delia's Complete Cookery course last year and it was vile, but not sure if I cooked it long enough. I will try again, but I think I'll find another recipe.

• 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 done
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish and recycling out done
• tea done

+ make sandwiches for DH done

• put breadmaker on? no
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom and OCM done
• is the kitchen cleared? mostly
• ready for the morning? bag packed? yes
• 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

My MIL makes a mean rice puddin. She bakes it in the oven til the rice is cooked.

Ah - peace at last. DS and DD asleep and I have had 2 glasses of white. the Osteopath rang and I can get in next week hurrah!

Mealplan
Wed - bolognese
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 done
Bring logs in done
Light woodburner done
put washing on
put washing to dry done
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen done
empty dishy done
dishy filled and on again done
admin/filing/post
dinner done - went to friends
bath DD/DS done
DD/DS to bed done
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge
feed cat done

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 done
Fill in school form for DS
Wipe up yogurt from chair/floor etc.
Osteopath done

Next week
DH's doc appointment
Buy grass seed

Sounds good HMHB

Right have decided to go to meetup in London tomorrow, so need to be organised in the morning!

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 DONE
• orchestra DONE
• check train times for tomorrow DONE

Wed:

• up, dressed & breakfasted
• leave DS1 to Nanny for the day, yey!
• pack everything possibly needed for a day out with DS2....
• go to London for meetup with DS2
• come home
• boys tea (fish finger night)
• boys bath & bed
• DH poss home earlyish
• collapse in a heap!

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 (Thurs morning?)

JKS have fun tomorrow

HMHB - yay for wine and the osteopath!

I have just been watching that One Born Every Minute, lovely babies Never give birth at Southampton though, they seem to keep everyone on their backs in labour!

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 - done
Home for lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Afternoon
-cleaning and laundry, oh joy - done
+Clear dining table - done
+General tidy downstairs - done
+Take out recycling - done
Dinner x 3 - done
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Clean kitchen - done
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! - done and booking ammended because we are too tall!
• 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!
• Find car insurance docs
• Find EU Health cover cards
• Upgrade RAC cover to European
• Buy First Aid kit for the car

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing - 3loadsdone
1 load - onairer + nappies

• 1 more load - washed Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard - nonetoday Put sofa covers back on - done

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

Thanks Ali

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 1 Potette 0

Leftover:

• Sun crosswords Started

Wed:

• up DONE, dressed & breakfasted
• leave DS1 to Nanny for the day, yey!
• pack everything possibly needed for a day out with DS2....
• go to London for meetup with DS2
• come home
• boys tea (fish finger night)
• boys bath & bed
• DH poss home earlyish
• collapse in a heap!

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 (Thurs morning?)

Yeah for DS going to toilet on his own JKS, enjoy your day away today

I havent had rice pudding since I was pregnant on DS,

HMHB, glad you got an earlier appointment, though it probably still feels that it a while away.

ALI, I had a meeting last night and when I came in, DD1 was hiding behind a cushion, I thought she was watching a horror movie but she was watching One born every minute

Right small list this morning as I have my computer class. These bright morning are really lifting my mood!

TO DO
DC to school
Give DM her tablets
Tidy over Kitchen
Tidy over sitting room
Put Bins out
Ring Bin Man
Computer Class

Morning!

JKS, he's doing so well.

• 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
• laundry - fold dry washing done, put load in done
• coffee + check email and online banking done
• town - market - flea and farmers
• lunch
• ?
• 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

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)

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 done
• find/write CV
• plan theatre trip started got times, need to find out who can babysit

Morning all

JKS enjoy your day and YEY for ds

I am loving One born every minute Kelly reminded me of me, especially with dd2 I just zone out and don't want anyone to talk to me and don't talk to anyone

Right
need to load dishwasher
tidy kitchen
hangup damp washing
put a wash on
clean out fire
wait for fireplaceman to ring
clean out hoover
hoover

going to do this first and then another list

Morning everyone

Rubbish night last night, DS is teething again - final molars coming.
I am so tired, DH has made me a double espresso mocha to try and perk me up!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Out for a walk with DS
Dinner
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
• 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!
• Find car insurance docs
• Find EU Health cover cards
• Upgrade RAC cover to European
• Buy First Aid kit for the car
• Post birthday cards for while we are away
• Get a birthday card for DH!

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing
Nappies
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard

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

Morning ladies. Another day.

Hopefully today is going to go better. My Dad is turning up later (solo) so that will be nice.

Ali - once those teeth are through thats the lot! Hope you are feeling a bit more awake. DD up at 5.30am if thats any consolation.

JKS - enjoy the meet up

Spring Cleaning Job of the day - clean mirrors and dust pictures

All up and dressed done
Clear away breakfast things
DS to school on time done
Pilates or walk or gardening - can't be faffed
Vitamins done
Rubbish out
Recycling out/plastic to school
Lunch
Bring logs in
Light woodburner done
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen done
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 done

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
Wash tablecloth
Make castle done
Fill in school form for DS

Next week
DH's doc appointment
Buy grass seed

HMHB hope your ok, but if not this will make you laugh, I just....................hoovered my walls and its ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!

I knew someone said about dusting pictures etc so that drew my attention to the dust on my walls
so I attached the small dust brush to the hose and dusted above all doorways(Ithink) and above radiators (most dust there)

Now I have realised that my entire life I didn't know that was the purpose of that little attachment, I always used it on curtains

DONE
clean out fire
clean out hoover
hoover

Right
clean out hoover again
need to load dishwasher
tidy kitchen
hangup damp washing
put a wash on
wait for fireplace man to ring

And also I must add that there is no way my bagged hoover was picking up all that crap as I should have been changing bags everytime I hoovered, love seeing it all collected
My carpet looks like new And that is saying alot for the hall carpet which was here before us, but can't afford to replace just yet!

PBM - am laughing. I always wondered what those attachments were for too.

Glad I went round dusting mirrors. Went in the spare room and discovered some mould/mildew on the wall behind a chest of drawers (the newly painted wall I might add ). This is why in the olden days housekeepers would do certain jobs every month e.g. airing rooms and the like. By doing this sort of stuff you notice when things are getting really dirty before it gets embarrassing. Keeping this house is like a full time job without the DC's! Don't know what to do about the mildew though. Will probably have to paint it again .

You will be pleased to hear that DD is taking her lunchtime nap today .

Spring Cleaning Job of the day - clean mirrors and dust pictures done

Tidy up spare room for Dad done
Set up Castle present for DS with message from Postman pat doing

All up and dressed - done
Clear away breakfast things
DS to school on time - done
Pilates or walk or gardening - can't be faffed
Vitamins - done
Rubbish out
Recycling out/plastic to school
DD nap -doing
Lunch
Bring logs in
Light woodburner - done
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen done
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 done

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
Wash tablecloth
Take school form to school

Next week
DH's doc appointment
Buy grass seed

HMHB I think you can get a damp proof paint probably not the right term to paint on before painting again

We have black mildew in the corner of our bedroom which I washed with Jeyes(last years list) and it hasn't come back I haven't got round to painting yet, hopefully this week

pbm - I think I'll give it a wipe down when my dad gets here and we can move the drawers.

How bizarre - I have also been hoovering walls this morning! I find the bathroom walls get dust clinging to them, v.horrid.

HMHB - I know what you mean about the housekeeping. For example, I cleaned the insides of my living room windows about a month ago. They were disgusting and took me ages to clean. I did them again on Monday and it took less than 5 minutes.
I am working on putting 5 lists together, with the idea of doing them in rotation each week. Sort of like that Masterplan that Norks did, but far far simpler - so that basically once a month or thereabouts all the corners and extras get done.

I think you can get special mildew resistant paint? Need to look into it because our bathroom ceiling is getting really bad.

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Unload dishwasher
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Out for a walk with DS
Dinner
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
• 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!
• Find car insurance docs
• Find EU Health cover cards
• Upgrade RAC cover to European
• Buy First Aid kit for the car
• Post birthday cards for while we are away
• Get a birthday card for DH!

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing
Nappies - washing
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Hoover upstairs - done
Dust upstairs - done
Some walls and skirtings - done
Insides of kitchen windows
Cobweb check downstairs

Ali - I hope you are going to put your monthly cleaning jobs on the list so we can join in if we want (you aren't wearing lace up shoes are you?? - just checking for FLY lady potential ). And we can keep checking the corners damn them!

Right. Next. Cup of tea I think.

Plum be careful we might kick you off if you keep this up

Rice pudding was ok just a bit too nutmeggy.

I LOVE OBEM, joy and fabio hilarious, v jealous of kelly she barely seemed to push! OMG at epidural needle I was too scared to even use gas so just had tens with my 2 (and paracetamol!). I watch the labours thinking no bloody way and then as soon as the babies are born I want to do it all over again

Ali I finally remembered to post 'gro today! Sorry has taken so long

And you Ali

I don't have any shoes on, never mind lace up. Infact I don't own any lace up shoes apart from walking boots.

HMHB - I will be posting my lists here incase anyone is interested.

Freak - that needle freaked my out a bit too, I had a epidural with DS and told the anesthatist that I loved her. I was off my face on pethadine and 6 hours of G&A at that stage
Ooh thank you for posting that - will let you know when it arrives!

Afternoon- could post a list a mile long as I have tons of stuff to do but really cannot be bothered today so I know none of it will get done! Totally lacking in motivation due to entire house looking like pigsty AGAIN. Don't know where to start and feeling very 'woe is me' today!

Ok here goes:

Tidy Kitchen
Bring dry stuff out of t/drier in garage.
Hoover lounge (have done this once but the dog got back in and is shedding like mad).
Dust Tv screen and rest of living room (had to really as could have written my name in dust!) done

Do some laundry before everyone runs out of knickers!

Get off MN and actually do some of this!

Ali I keep meaning to do up my own Masterplan too

I had seen an epidural needle before on tv, before dd1 and MIL says plumbum shes mother earth pops her babies out,
NONSENSE its because I'm shit scared of needles and there is no way I would let one of those near me

Kansamum I need to get off mn too!!