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

[wastingaway]

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.

Oh my god, you lot are becoming less like slatterns by the day! I might have to go off and start my own thread, when I cant keep up with the slatterns
TO DO
DC to school DONE
Give DM her tablets DONE
Tidy over Kitchen DONE
Tidy over sitting room DONE
Put Bins out DONE
Ring Bin Man DONE
Computer Class DONE
Collect DD1
Collect DD2 from gaelic @4pm
Bring DDs to get hair cut

NEXT HALF HOUR
Tidy over dining area
Clean Table
sweep Floor
Wash Dishes

Plum I know my cousins were like wow you're hardcore not having drugs but actually I was more scared of the drugs than the pain! Next time (!) I think I'll have a g&t or something to make me woozy

CC don't worry I am so bad I haven't even bothered with a list today

CC I might have done all the hoovering but the washing hasn't been hung up etc and I need to go do school run now [arrgghhh]

TO DO
DC to school DONE
Give DM her tablets DONE
Tidy over Kitchen DONE
Tidy over sitting room DONE
Put Bins out DONE
Ring Bin Man DONE
Computer Class DONE
Collect DD1 ABOUT TO GO
Collect DD2 from gaelic @4pm
Bring DDs to get hair cut

NEXT HALF HOUR
Tidy over dining area DONE
Clean Table DONE
sweep Floor DONE
Wash Dishes NOT A CHANCE STAYED TOO LONG ON MN

Have discovered that there are LOADS of exercise vids on bt vision-lots of different ones like dance, aerobic, ball, pilates, yoga, tai chi etc. Am intending to do at least some of one every day Just did 2 x 10 min segments of hip hop cardio which was pretty hilarious seeing as I couldn't do any of the moves DD was like "why aren't you doing the same as her?"

Freak - lol thanks DD!!

Once DS is totally sorted with the toilet i must get the carpets professionally cleaned, they are a state

Had a good meetup

What's this about hoovering walls??????

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 2 Potette 4

Leftover:

• Sun crosswords Started

Wed:

• up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• leave DS1 to Nanny for the day, yey! DONE
• pack everything possibly needed for a day out with DS2....DONE
• go to London for meetup with DS2 DONE
• come home DONE
• tidy top of desk DONE
• email MNer about stamps for her DS DONE

• boys tea (fish finger night)
• boys bath & bed
• DH poss home earlyish
• collapse in a heap!

Thurs:

• Portage worker (play therapist) 9.30
• Heuristic playgroup (10.30)
• panic about what next for star prizes for toilet training...

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 (Fri morning?)

Hello all!

Got some chutney from the WI ladies on the farmers market and 4 kids books for £1 on the flea market.
Then lunch out with SIL, and hung out with them all afternoon.

The masterplan is like flylady's 'zone' cleaning.
I think we can do that as long as we're barefoot and/or have tomato sauce all round our mouths. Agreed?

• 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 - flea and farmers done
• lunch done
• Morrisons and SILs done
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish and recycling out done
• 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

Sounds like a good day Wasting
& lol at tomato sauce!!

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 3 Potette 4

Leftover:

• Sun crosswords Started

Wed:

• up, dressed & breakfasted DONE
• leave DS1 to Nanny for the day, yey! DONE
• pack everything needed for a day out with DS2....DONE
• go to London for meetup with DS2 DONE
• come home DONE
• tidy top of desk DONE
• email MNer about stamps for her DS DONE
• boys tea (fish finger night) DONE
• boys bath & bed DONE
• DH poss home early DONE
• takeaway DONE (yum!)
• load of washing on DONE
• collapse in a heap! Doing

Thurs:

• Portage worker (play therapist) 9.30
• Heuristic playgroup (10.30)
• panic about what next for star prizes for toilet training...

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 (Fri morning?)

JKS - we really need new carpets upstairs but I think I will wait until DD is toilet trained .

The playmobil castle is a major success. DS says he doesn't want to go to school tomorrow or the next day because he will be playing on his castle .

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 -done
Lunch - done
Bring logs in - done
Light woodburner - done
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away half done
tidy kitchen done
empty dishy
dishy filled and on again done
admin/filing/post done
dinner done
bath DD/DS done
DD/DS to bed done Hurrah
tidy bedroom done
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 - sounds like a real success then!!

I must add

• get carpets professionally cleaned as soon as we are confident we are out of the accident zone

See what happens JKS you go away for the day and we start hoovering walls

Must adnit looking round my house it is starting to fall into some order but then I relax and it starts all over

although I am not going to this time

I need to go tomorrow/Friday get stuff for dd1s cake
my baby is 9 on Monday, lol I have already started this time 9 years ago haha, dh had a job far away so he took me with him,
and it was only when we were leaving we thought oops we were right in the middle of nowhere what would we have done if I went into labour

Anyway can't believe it is 9 years will have ta start considering THE talk soon as I think she might be an earlish bloomer

CC what age are your dds?
My mum was crap at all that stuff and well MIL didn't have girls so any advice welcome

DDs are 11,10 and 3. To be quite honest a lot of DD2s discovery of things like condoms and vd came from Friends, one day she was watching it she asked what a condom was, and I just told her that it was something a man wore on his privates to stop his girlfriend/wife getting pregnant. The following week she asked what a VD was while watching it and I just told her that if a man didnt wear a condom and had lots of girlfriends that they both could get it . I actually did the TALK with the DS and DD1 and 2 at the same time. DS had sex ed in school so wasnt new to him. DD2 is adament she doesnt want periods.

Evening!

Aw, HMHB, sounds like he really thought about the time off he'd need! Bless.

• 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 - flea and farmers done
• lunch done
• Morrisons and SILs done
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish and recycling out done
• tea done
• put breadmaker on? no (I don?t really need to do this every day, but if it?s there it?ll remind me to consider it!)
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom and OCM done
• is the kitchen cleared? yes
• ready for the morning? bag packed? no
• write list for tomorrow started
• cross-stitch

Thurs-

• toddler group?
• hoovering!

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 started
• plan theatre trip started got times, need to find out who can babysit

PBM - some friends of ours are expecting their 3rd DC and they have recently explained how it came about to their DD who is only 3.5 .

We had a book at the school library that everyone took it in turns to take out called 'Our new baby'. I think it's a good way of introducing it.

HMHB - that is so cute, bless him Have you broken the bad news that he will have to go?

Haven't got much done today it feels like, really need to get stuck into my pre-holiday list tomorrow!!

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 - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Out for a walk with DS - no
Dinner - done
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Run dishwasher - done
Me lovely bath and hairwash - done
Take mince out of the freezer - done
Kitchen clear before bed - almost
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 - 1loaddone
Nappies - drying
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard - done

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

Morning,

Not been on here for a while. Was DS birthday last week and we have been taken over by toys so it's time to get back on track. On a positive we have been keeping up to date with washing/ironing by doing a load most mornings & it's great now I can get some things dried outside...

get us ready and take DS to nursery
come home, don't waste the 3 hrs wandering round shops spending money
take birthday presents up to his room
put his cards in keepsake box
declutter and empty bins
clean sofa (leather wipes)
dust sitting room then hoover
put a load of washing on
tea break
steam clean bathroom tiles
tidy DS room
hang washing on line
consider new toy storage/giveaway stuff for charity
cook lunch
collect DS from nursery...

hope to post back later

Morning everyone

Busy morning & DS2 is already showing signs of being tired

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 1 Potette
Leftover:

• Sun crossword Started

Thurs:
DONE
breakfast & tidy kitchen
all dressed
DH to work
DS1 to pre-sch

TO DO

• Portage worker (play therapist) 9.00
• Heuristic playgroup (10.30)
• panic about what next for star prizes for toilet training...

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 (Fri morning?)
• get carpets cleaned
• get oven cleaned?

Morning

DD still poorly. Sure it is teeth, but has a little cough too. So not doing much, just watching endless PeppaPig and reading books with her. Need to get a bit done today though, as i will be home all day, and my Dad is coming over when he finishes work to look after DD for a couple of hours while DH and i go and pack the horses stuff for their move.

DONE
Get up
Put washload on
Put dishy on
Do breakfast

TO DO
Get properly dressed (at some point)
Do more washing
Make beds
Put some washing away
Tidy kitchen
Wipe over kitchen
Make some cakes
Lunch
DD nap
Me nap!
Bath DD
Make DD's dinner (that she won't eat)
Do horses
Put DD to bed
Have dinner
Go to bed

WWOOOOOWWW there girlies, incase you didn't realise I'm abit PFB so THE talk will be about her body changing, no sex in this house just lovely twinkles in daddys eye which he gives to mummy

I'm sure they both go hand in hand,
I'm just hoping I know the right moment or that she ask some question, as dh says shes as deep as the ocean so that dosen't help

Welcome back fairybubbles

Okay

DONE
wash on
bleached toilets

TO DO
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
empty dishwasher
Iron
wait for fireplace man to ring
list ingredients dd1s cake

BEFORE MONDAY
dd1s present & cards
make cake
decide on colour for bedroom
decide on curtains

Plum

Morning everybody.

It's gorgeous outside!

Hope the move goes smoothly Alice.

Hope your morning's going well JKS.

Hello Fairy!

• 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 doing
• hoovering - upstairs done, stairs, downstairs
• walk
• phone aunty
• 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
• manicure/pedicure
• cross-stitch

Doom -

• dining table corner and windowsill
• top of fridge and microwave
• Poang corner
• dh corner of bedroom
• linen cupboard

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
• mirrors - 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, have a session looking through craft books and mags, and websites for inspiration
• mould mission - hallway done!, back room wall
• stitch card for Mother?s Day donemore
• buy swimming costume
• sort digital photos and order any I want prints of
• find/write CV started
• plan theatre trip started got times, need to find out who can babysit

JKS your ds1 has done SO well on the toilet training

DD has gone to preschool dressed as snow white (book day) and when ds saw her he said "But where's mine? It's not fair! I want princess dress" so he is also dressed as a princess (in dd's bridesmaids dress). Lots of people said he looked cute but some of the mums were when they saw him . I thought he might change when we got home but he wants to stay as a princess
so looks like he'll be going to toddlers like that too.

erm list

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
DD to preschool ? DONE
Remember book -DONE
Load of washing in ? DONE
Sort plastic drawer ? DONE
Dry clothes off radiators - DONE
Load of washing hung up ?
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Clean loo ? DONE
Clean sink-
Try to de-limescale taps-
Pick up dd -
Lunch ?
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ?
Toddlers ?
Ironing ?
Put clean clothes away -
Cook dinner ?
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

Sorry Plum, didnt mean to offend, will back out quickly

cc knew it was too much info when she posted

Plum dd was asking how come she was half me and half daddy I said mummies have eggs in them and daddies have things called sperm and when they mix together they make babies. Ok she said and went off THEN came back

-but how do the daddies put the sterms in your tummy?

• oh shit erm...um....

-I know! That big man that makes us and all the world mixes them up with a spoon and waves his magic wand and they turn into babies and then they are in your tummy

-yes dd that's right