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.

HMHB - choc cake sounds yum!! Our baking made 'butterfly choc chip buns' the other day and they were yum too, sadly the boys loved them too

Think a lemon cut open and left in the fridge would help too.

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 3

Sun:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• all dressed DONE
• text friend if we are going to woods DONE
• pack stuff DONE
• go to woods for walk/adventure DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• ds2 nap DONE
• DH light fire DONE
• activities with ds1; reading & colouring DONE
• Sunday papers DONE & crosswords NearlyDone
• ironing & put away DONE
• sewing repairs x 3 DONE
• roast; Cooking

• boys bath & bed
• tidy kitchen, dw on
• load of washing on
• early night

Mon:

• change speech appt for DS2
• library
• food shopping

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 - waiting til confident about toilet training - must try to ring soon)
• 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 - wine?)
• clean & give back borrowed highchair
• get carpets cleaned
• get oven cleaned; started looking online for companies
• get sunflower seeds (& others?) + compost & plant some pots with DS1

HMHB I know that feeling, I put some more pics on fbook yesterday and am at how messy the house looks in the background. Looks like I never do any housework even though I spend all bloody day doing it.

Want cake now

HMHB Kim and Aggie say you can cut a lemon in half (like JKS suggested) and fill the half with bicarb, but it seems like a bit of a faff I have got 2 new recipes to try on our meal plan this week: sausage casserole and chicken and smoked bacon pie (is leftover roast chicken, smoked bacon, celery, onion etc, in creamy tomato sauce (like pasta bake sauce) topped with mash - looking forward to it)

Freak i loved your pics! Your children are stunning. I have not taken photos before because of what the background would look like how sad is that?

DH is cooking garlic roast chicken - yum

here is the sausage casserole

Hate to say it but HONESTLY cetraban is CRAP,
get your hands (excuse the pun) on AVEENO its on prescription or Tesco have it on offer,

My ds & dd2 have had dry skin at different times doctor prescribes cetraban and it only works while you are putting it on, with dd2 it didn't work at all,

she got steriod cream and her excema came back once I stopped using it, so I got Aveeno (I use it on my hands) and used it on dd2 I actually haven't put it on her in a couple of weeks and her skin is still fine

I will refund you myself if it dosen't work for you, I think it is that good!!

Anyway (btw I don't own shares in Aveeno)
I have finished dd1s (marble effect, butterfly & flowers) cake at last, have spent all bloomin day on it,
so have loads to do

bicarb and lemon now in fridge - go smell just go.

kitchen nearly untrashed.

All up and dressed done
Locate smell in fridge and clean done - thanks Alice and JKS
Clear away breakfast things done
Pilates or walk or gardening donefewmins
Vitamins - Done
Rubbish out done
Recycling out/plastic to school - done
Lunch - done
Bring logs in - Done
Light woodburner -
put washing on done
put washing to dry doing
Make soup done
Washing folded and put away -
tidy kitchen again- doing
empty dishy - done
dishy filled and on again
admin/filing/post
dinner - done
bath DD/DS - doing
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! - send off form
Pay cheque for accountant - need to post
Buy lightbulbs and replace done
reply to wedding invite
Buy socks/pants and new trousers for DS

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

Plum - love the cake

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 3

Sun:

• Sunday crosswords NearlyDone
• roast; DONE
• boys bath & bed DONE
• tidy kitchen, dw on DONE
• load of washing on DONE
• early night

Mon:

• change speech appt for DS2
• library
• food shopping

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 - waiting til confident about toilet training - must try to ring soon)
• 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 - wine?)
• clean & give back borrowed highchair
• get carpets cleaned
• get oven cleaned; started looking online for companies
• get sunflower seeds (& others?) + compost & plant some pots with DS1

Evening all!

Ah Plum! I've been using Aveeno, and it's running low, so have been a little tight with it. I shall buy more and slather it on!
Is it the handcream or the skin relief moisturising lotion I should be getting?

HMHB, my Dad's place is a first floor flat, in a large Victorian house and he's got a wooden gate built across the top of the stairs. Much safer.

Well, I've had a lovely day, apart from DS is still unwell. Really sleepy, a little hot and very subdued. Napped on and off all afternoon and barely touched his food. He doesn't seem sick though, so I'm wondering if it's teeth. Would he be teething at 22 months?

I shan't update my list. But will be here in full force in the morning.
Night night.

Plum Aveeno is good too - we do find Cetraben good though. I think probably we aren't as dry as you

Wasting - it could def be teething, has he got all his molars through yet?

Freak your pictures are fab

Have got quite a lot done today. I think we have everything we need for holidays now, just a question of getting it all into the car

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Run dishwasher - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
15 min crisis tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Quick hoover and dust upstairs - done
Quick hoover and dust downstairs - done
DS lunch - done
Into town - done
Pack ski stuff - started
Unload and re-load dishwasher - done
Run dishwasher - done
Roast dinner - done
Clear up - done
Unload and re-load dishwasher again! - done
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Pack for DS and me to go to Grandma's - done just need to pack DS' bedding in the morning
Pack for DH to go away with work
Take out bins and recycling and put them out for binmen- done
De-bobble one jumper and two cardigans
Take ADs

Jobs before 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!
• Upgrade RAC cover to European - need to ring because have realised they still have my parents address for me!
• Post birthday cards for while we are away
• Get a birthday card for DH!
• Get DH to sort some flowers for MIL
• Print travel insurance docs off HSBC website
• Ring surgery and move docs apointment that is currently on Monday

LAUNDRY
Nappies - done
Bedding - drying
Jumpers - need to handwash, boo
1 more load - washing
Fold dry washing - 3loadsdone

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Insides of kitchen windows
Cobweb check downstairs - done

Plum - that cake looks lovely. I would post the chocolate cake but its mainly been eaten . I made butter icing (with lurpak) that ended up really hard. May have to use marg or something next time.

Wasting - hope DS feels better tomorrow. Sometimes when they have a virus they don't have any symptoms except are very sleepy/grumpy. DS seems to do this alot when there is something going round school. Dunno about the teeth? See you tomorrow.

Try to do tomorrow
All up and dressed
Clear away breakfast things
Pilates or walk or gardening
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling out/plastic to school
Lunch
Bring logs in
Light woodburner
put washing on
put washing to dry
Make soup
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen again
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! - send off form
Pay cheque for accountant - need to post
reply to wedding invite
Buy socks/pants and new trousers for DS
DH's doc appointment (wed)
DD's jab appointment (mon)
Buy pansies

No marg for buttercream I use tesco value range and everyone loves my buttercream

Wasting I was using the handcream, then discovered the body cream was cheaper, then discovered you could get it on prescription

Doctor prescribed massive botle of body lotion for dd2 which we have been using and it works just as well, ask for it on script for your ds

HMHB - I use lurpak for my buttercream, sometimes loosen it with a little milk so it spreads better and that seems to keep it softer.

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Run dishwasher - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
15 min crisis tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Quick hoover and dust upstairs - done
Quick hoover and dust downstairs - done
DS lunch - done
Into town - done
Pack ski stuff - started
Unload and re-load dishwasher - done
Run dishwasher - done
Roast dinner - done
Clear up - done
Unload and re-load dishwasher again! - done
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Pack for DS and me to go to Grandma's - done just need to pack DS' bedding in the morning
Pack for DH to go away with work - done
Take out bins and recycling and put them out for binmen- done
De-bobble one jumper and two cardigans - done took aages but they look almost new, yay.
Take ADs - done

Jobs before 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!
• Upgrade RAC cover to European - need to ring because have realised they still have my parents address for me!
• Post birthday cards for while we are away
• Get a birthday card for DH!
• Get DH to sort some flowers for MIL
• Print travel insurance docs off HSBC website
• Ring surgery and move docs apointment that is currently on Monday

LAUNDRY
Nappies - done
Bedding - done
Jumpers - need to handwash, boo
1 more load - done
Fold dry washing - 3loadsdone

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Insides of kitchen windows
Cobweb check downstairs - done

Only a mini-list for tomorrow, I will be away with no internet until Tuesday night! [must get an iPhone emoticon]

TOMORROW
Me and DH up
Shower and dressed
Get DS up
Take DH to station for 7.15 train to catch his flight
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen
Ring surgery and move Drs appointment
Get DS dressed
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Get dressed properly, hair, makeup etc
Finish packing for tonight
Put Tomtom in car
Order presents
Do RAC
Ocado 10-11am
Put away shopping
Leave for Grandma's hopefully asap after 11

Jobs before 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!
• Upgrade RAC cover to European - need to ring because have realised they still have my parents address for me!
• Post birthday cards for while we are away
• Get a birthday card for DH!
• Get DH to sort some flowers for MIL
• Print travel insurance docs off HSBC website
• Ring surgery and move docs apointment that is currently on Monday

Morning, I have a restful weekend and now am ready to start again. I intend to have nothing to do on Sunday, but I also want a tidy house

Everyone up
Breakfast
Lunches
Work/school
Mammys tablets
Tidy Dining Area
Sweep Floor
Wash Floor
Wash Dishes
Clean Counters
Sweep Kitchen Floor
Wash Floor
Tidy sitting room
Make Dinner for DH
Washing
Sort one basket of clothes in our room

Morning I am off to a productive start, must not stay on MN too long!!

CC - glad you are rested Completely understand the Sunday dilemma, I try to have nothing much to do on a Sunday but I find it rarely works that way. Place is like a bombsite by evening unless I keep on top of it!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up -done
Take DH to station for 7.15 train to catch his flight - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Ring surgery and move Drs appointment - done moved to 3.20pm Wednesday
Get DS dressed - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Unload dishwasher
Fold clean washing and find space for it all to air
Get dressed properly, hair, makeup etc
Finish packing for tonight
Put Tomtom in car - done
Order presents
Do RAC
Ocado 10-11am
Put away shopping
Leave for Grandma's hopefully asap after 11

Jobs before 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!
• Upgrade RAC cover to European - need to ring because have realised they still have my parents address for me!
• Post birthday cards for while we are away
• Get a birthday card for DH!
• Get DH to sort some flowers for MIL
• Print travel insurance docs off HSBC website
• Ring surgery and move docs apointment that is currently on Monday

Morning!

Today - laundry, laundry, laundry!!!!!

DONE
Up and dressed
Breakfast
Strip our bed
Put yesterdays washing into tumble
Put sheets into wash

TO DO
Get DD dressed
Go to horses
Unload dishy
Reload dishy
Clean kitchen
Hang sheets out
Put more washing on
Dry more washing
Lunch
Make dinner already for tonight (maybe)
Take pressure washer up to old yard to clean stables out (should be fun but yukky job)
Do horses
Tidy DD's toys away
See if friend still wants to come round tomorrow - eek!

Morning, full of cold here, yuk.

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 1

Leftover from Sun:

• Sunday crosswords DONE (better than last week when i was still going on Fri!)

Mon:
DONE
all up & breakfasted
3 dressed
ds1 to pre-sch
dh to work
kitchen tidy

TO DO

• DS2 dressed
• change speech appt for DS2
• library
• food shopping
• glue DS1's toy
• extra bracket on shelf unit

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
• relist ancient TV on Freecycle
• 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 - wine?)
• clean & give back borrowed highchair
• get carpets cleaned
• get oven cleaned; started looking online for companies
• get sunflower seeds (& others?) + compost & plant some pots with DS1

DONE
Up and dressed
Breakfast
Strip our bed
Put yesterdays washing into tumble
Put sheets into wash
Get DD dressed
Go to horses
Hang sheets out
Put more washing on
Dry more washing

TO DO
Unload dishy
Reload dishy
Clean kitchen
Lunch
Make dinner already for tonight (maybe)
Take pressure washer up to old yard to clean stables out (should be fun but yukky job)
Do horses
Tidy DD's toys away
See if friend still wants to come round tomorrow - eek!

Morning everyone, this time 9 years ago I was in hospital waiting on a bed in induction ward

CC I like the sound of that but always find I get more done on a Sunday

Right have a few visitors today so need to get cracking

DONE
wash on
dishwasher on

TO DO
Hoover hall
hoover living room
hang up wet washing 1st load
unload dishwasher
load dishy again
tidy kitchen
brush kitchen floor
mop kitchen floor
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
mop bathroom
mop ensuite
collect ds early for hearing test
eat pizza & cake (not good for diet)
humour dd1 with 9 years ago today(she loves it)
dampdust living room

Everyone up DONE
Breakfast DONE
Lunches DONE
Work/school DONE
Mammys tablets
Tidy Dining Area
Sweep Floor
Wash Floor
Wash Dishes
Clean Counters
Sweep Kitchen Floor
Wash Floor
Tidy sitting room DONE
Swept Floor DONE
Collect DD3
Make Dinner for DH
Washing DONE
Sort one basket of clothes in our room

Morning!

Glorious weather here! Got to get the washing hung outside asap.

Hope you have a nice trip Ali.

Alice, how's the new routine going?

JKS, sorry to hear you're full of cold. Remember to be kind to yourself when you're illing.

I know what you mean CC. I did very little yesterday, but it is taking some effort to get the washing up finished from the weekend. Not worth the relaxing Sunday evening really.

• 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 2nd load in done
• coffee + check email and online banking doing
• water plants done
• kitchen! - dry pots, wash pots, dry pots, clean sides, clean floor 15mins X 2

+ 15 mins living room tidy + dust done

• start Tesco order started
• meal plan started
• book theatre ticket done
• lunch
• walk
• DS cup of cow milk to try
• 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
• ironing + Glee

Doom -

• Poang corner
• dh corner of bedroom ?
• toy storage

Waste Reduction Plan - Stage 1

• make compost bin - drill holes in old bin

DIY jobs -

• paint front door - 1 coat inside, 1 coat outside (?) Don?t think outside needs doing atm
• 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
• Let?s go swimming! - buy swimming costume, pack swimming bag, print off times
• sort digital photos and order any I want prints of
• Write CV started
• Theatre trip - got babysitter - book ticket! done
• clean big pushchair and fold up ready for uncle to collect in the next week or so

And where are you all looking at freaks photos I can't see anything

I mean that I want to have very little to do on Mothers Day! (next Sunday), but I do see what you mean about Sundays!

I've been invited to pop over here after I had a thread about my total dread of housework over the weekend!!! (thanks Alicetheinvisible!)

I'm a total slattern wrt housework and to make things worse I'm a sahm (also student and pt volunteer literacy tutor) so have loads of time to do it!!

I suffer very bad depression and am dealing with that but am often exceptionally tired. I had a cleaner until mid-Jan but she got a full time job so now it's just me and the mess.

I have a UTI so am lowering my standards today (is that even possible???)

I need to

Have a shower and get dressed
Shop for the week (try to always do this on Monday)
Make a shopping list for the week before I go
Meal plan before I make the list!!!

Clear dining room table and mess on floor, hoover
Tidy round lounge, hoover
Wash dishes, sweep kitchen floor

Be organised and cheerful when kids get in at 3.30
Be nice to Spanish tutor (4.30) - easy - he is lovely!

Sew 2 badges on to ds's new cub jumper (he "swims up" tonight!)
Buy ds's new cub jumper if I feel well enough to traipse to the Scout shop!

Hang out washing
Put away dry washing

Have a nap in the afternoon.

Never going to do it all.

Can I just add - already done:

Kids up at 7, breakfast, teeth, faces, dressed, lunch for 2, money for other, at bus stop for 8, hung up one washing, dh lunch, coffee for commute, cleaned dd1, ds rugby boots from yesterday, opened all curtains and blinds and some windows, made beds (except mine), had breakfast!

Not bad!