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.

Come back CC I thought it was hilarious
I am quite hard to offend, promise

freak

Meant to add thats the thing, I think she might be like me and just know (I don't know how but I always just knew, lucky because my mum didn't broach the subject until I was already sleepy with dh)

She watches Home & away sometimes Friends but never asks any questions

Actually heres a question for you all, would you let your 12 year old watch Desp housewives?
dds penpal listed this first in her favourite TV programmes, must say I was and I am also pretty hard to shock

Plum, I always think then remember that I was watching Twin Peaks at that age.

Hello everyone - not very organised today! Freak - I got the babygro, and the chocolate! Yum Thank you so much, you really didn't have to. DS thought it was a book and grabbed it off me, then he sniffed it and started trying to lick the packet. So I gave him a square

Oh, and I can confirm that Freak is not Slatternly at all. Her washing smells v.nice and I believe there may have been some ironing going on

Must get off MN, we are always late for this bloody class because I can't get myself organised in time!

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
Wipe over bathroom - done
Make vat of bolognese sauce - done
Make Alice's apricot flapjacks for this afternoon
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Quick sweep and hoover downstairs
Monkey Music
Friend and DDs here for afternoon
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!
• Get DH to sort some flowers for MIL

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard
Wash patchwork quilt

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Insides of kitchen windows
Cobweb check downstairs

ali, that would be my very classy asda fabric softener. Other people's washing always smells nice I find.

What a lovely parcel.

DS has been grumpy since we got back in from our walk to the park.
I'm hoping he'll nod off in the buggy now.

• 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 done, downstairs
• walk done
• phone aunty
• lunch done
• walk to shop - DS hopefully sleep?
• 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, write times in notebook
• ask uncle to collect big pushchair to store (clean it up a bit first)

PBM, I dont think you will be looking to me for parental advice as both DDs go to bed to watch it, most of it goes over their heads (or so I like to believe)

CC thinks to herself she must go to some parenting classes

Afternoon ladies

I always think other peoples washing smells really nice (sound like a nutter, but you know what i mean ) but someone said to me that i always smell of clean washing and i was quite sadly very pleased

I have done bugger all this morning, so got to get cracking.

DONE
Get up
Put washload on
Put dishy on
Do breakfast
Clear up breakfast
Lunch
Nap for me

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
DD nap
Phone new yard owner and feed company
Bath DD
Make DD's dinner (that she won't eat)
Do horses
Put DD to bed
Have dinner
Go to bed

Right he's asleep!

I'm going to -

• take clean washing up
• sort washing loads
• bring washing down and put load on
• dining table
• windowsill
• de-mould back wall
• clean lino under table

...

Alice I love the smell of clean washing as well

Wasting I used to watch Twin peaks loved it actually and V so I can'be so judgey as I turned out perfect

CC the only reason my dd probably hadn't seen anyof the programmes on the list is because I rush put them to bed early so I can watch TV in piece they are well rested

anyway I haven't done much today except mn so off to do something

Lol at all the sex talk - my mum bought a book about periods and left it out obviously....have tried to be more open with ds1.

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 3 Potette
Leftover:

• Sun crossword Started

Thurs:
DONE
breakfast & tidy kitchen
all dressed
DH to work
DS1 to pre-sch
Portage worker (play therapist) 9.00
Heuristic playgroup (10.30)
lunch & tidy up
out to buy latest star prize (builders jacket!)
homeless centre to drop off stuff
cafe trip with ds1
clear out of dh's wardrobe

To Do

• panic about what next for star prizes for toilet training...Need2More
• tea x 3
• boys to bed
• dh home late/quiet night for me

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 DONE
• get carpets cleaned
• get oven cleaned?
• 2 x ties to dry cleaners

Bit concerned about the banana bread i am baking atm, i am using my new silicon loaf tin and it smells a bit plasticy

DONE
Get up
Put washload on
Put dishy on
Do breakfast
Clear up breakfast
Lunch
Nap for me
Tidy kitchen
Wipe over kitchen
Make some cakes
Phone new yard owner and feed company
Clean hob (was vile)

TO DO
Get properly dressed (at some point)
Do more washing
Make beds
Put some washing away
DD nap (looks unlikely)
Bath DD
Make DD's dinner (that she won't eat)
Do horses
Put DD to bed
Have dinner
Go to bed

yay - had some good news today - had "the big meeting" with everyone in regards to XH/children/last September thing.

The child safety agreement that was still in place has been ended, and SS's are closing their file

TAF that's great news.

• take clean washing up done
• sort washing loads done
• bring washing down and put load on done
• dining table done
• windowsill done
• de-mould back wall done
• clean lino under table

Not bad for an hour's work!

One more of these, then I'll revert to la grande list.

When ds finishes boobing -

• get him a drink and snack
• put pizza dough on in breadmaker
• clean lino under dining table
• hang up washing
• put next load in
• nappy
• linen cupboard?

Right, I have had a busy morning and early afternoon but the house is upside down.

Going to start in the hall, and work my way from there

PLUM, Mine were always in bed early until DS hit 12, and then bedtimes seem to have extended. I try sending them at 9 but normally is later before they make a move to the stairs, 9/10 I find them in my bed after falling asleep watching my TV

• get him a drink and snack done
• put pizza dough on in breadmaker done
• clean lino under dining table done
• hang up washing done
• put next load in done
• nappy done
• linen cupboard? later maybe

Right, back to the big list.

• 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 3rd load in done
• coffee + check email and online banking doing
• hoovering - upstairs done, stairs done, downstairs
• walk done
• phone aunty
• lunch done
• walk to shop - DS hopefully sleep? done
• Doom etc. done
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish and recycling out done
• tea started
• put breadmaker on? no
• 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 done!
• 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 done!
• 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, write times in notebook
• ask uncle to collect big pushchair to store (clean it up a bit first)

Thats the hall and downstairs loo done.

Went to put in swimming gear that DD1 and DD2 used today to discover that DD2 had forgotten to bring hers home, I paid ?25 last friday for it

Think I will start on the kitchen next as I think if I do the sitting room I will only want to sit down

DONE
Hall
Tidied
Swept

Downstairs Loo
Sink Cleaned
Loo Cleaned
Took out newspapers and empty loo rools
Swept

I have come to the conclusion I must do dad dancing, tried some more hiphop dance, some pop and salsa and I am rubbish at all of it! I seem to be able to only move legs or upper body and can only cope with one move-as soon as I try to do a sequence I get confused

Still the random bopping must be doing me some good mustn't it?

Just caught up with the thread. You lot are ace. Loving the 'talk' info and Freakoid, I'm sure your dancing is fine. Keep going, you'll get better.

Good news TAF.

Had a good day with my Dad who has helped out loads with DS, washing his hair at bathtime etc. Am really worn out and looking forward to a long bath.

All up and dressed - done
Clear away breakfast things
DS to school on time - done
Pilates or walk or gardening - done
Vitamins - done
Rubbish out - done
Recycling out/plastic to school - done
DD nap -done
Lunch - done
Bring logs in - done
Light woodburner - done
put washing on - done
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away - done
tidy kitchen - done
empty dishy - done
dishy filled and on again
admin/filing/post
dinner - done
bath DD/DS - done
DD/DS to bed
tidy bedroom - done
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
Wash tablecloth - done
Take school form to school - done

Next week
DH's doc appointment
DD's jab appointment
Buy grass seed and pansies

TAF thats brilliant news heres a celebratory glass of vino

HMHB sounds like you had a lovely day

CC[grrr] for missing swimming gear can you ring the pool?

Freakoid I thought I was a good dancer but between just dance and Hannah Waterman DVD my co-ordination is not up to scratch,
maybe I need to do it drunk then I will think I'm fab

Drunk dancing is the best

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 3 Potette 0
Leftover:

• Sun crossword Started

Thurs:
DONE
breakfast & tidy kitchen
all dressed
DH to work
DS1 to pre-sch
Portage worker (play therapist) 9.00
Heuristic playgroup (10.30)
lunch & tidy up
out to buy latest star prize (builders jacket!)
homeless centre to drop off stuff
cafe trip with ds1
clear out of dh's wardrobe
tea x 3
boys to bed

To Do

• panic about what next for star prizes for toilet training...Need2More
• dh home late/quiet night for me Doing

Fri:

• all up, breakfasted & dressed
• tidy kitchen
• dh take ds1 to pre-sch then to work
• me & ds2 to playgroup if he's lively
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy up
• ds2 nap
• laundry
• maybe some garden time with ds1 if weather holds
• try and do baking with ds1 as put it off loads of times
• dh home for tea
• boys tea/our tea?
• boys bath & bed

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
• get carpets cleaned
• get oven cleaned?
• 2 x ties to dry cleaners DH SaysHe'llDoABigSortOut

Evening!

The main thing that matters when dancing is to give it your all.
Absolute belief in the dancing itself - not the moves, but the movement. iyswim.

• 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 3rd load in done
• coffee + check email and online banking doing
• hoovering - upstairs done, stairs done, downstairs
• walk done
• phone aunty
• lunch done
• walk to shop - DS hopefully sleep? done
• Doom etc. done
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish and recycling out done
• tea started
• put breadmaker on? no
• 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 done!
• 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 done!
• 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, write times in notebook
• ask uncle to collect big pushchair to store (clean it up a bit first)

yep is great news. We were both a bit concerned about it still being in place what with us splitting up and me moving out imminently and obviously the arrangement was going to stop him having them overnight/for a whole day

His CPN has suggested that he doesn't start off with full weekends, but that we build up gradually, but basically it's up to us to decide how quickly/slowly we progress to full weekends

TAF - that is good news.
BTW nosy i know but didn't you jsut move to where you are? shouldn't he be moving out?
sorry, tell me to butt out.

Plum,I did ring but they have just rung me back to say that they couldnt find it . I also text her friends mum that was sharing the cubicle with her and had no joy there

Have parent teacher meeting in the morning for DS Dreading it!