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.

Definately not HMHB, no more babies for me
I think it is always different when you are minding someone elses baby Plum.

I couldnt get on yesterday at all because I had a busy day.
DD2 had trumpet lessons,Got my hair blow-dryed, Went to baby music with DD3, Made Lunch, Went to a 1st Birthday party, came home from that and went to a mass for my uncle that died, went to my cousin house for some tea, came home and fell into bed about 10.30.

Just going to have washing on my list today

CC I have the same list as you too today
I said that to dh that our babies were never as bad as that, and he did agree but it was nice going to bed last night that there was only a slim possibility of being woke up,
adn I can wipe dd2s tiny bum in my sleep now!!

JKS Keep missing my friend but she texted me to say her ds had picked up,
blood tests came back fine but he had a few funny turns yesterday, so don't know exactly what the term funny turns covers
she has split up with her husband so she is there 99% of the time so just trying to ring her when I think her phone will be on

TO DO
LAUNDRY
oh and straighten hair (I look like someone plugped me in curls in short bits and waves in the longer bitsbut not toussled like in th movies just sticking out everywhere)

Plum - hope you get to speak to her soon, it was bloody awful those first few trips to hosp tbh, and any messages from friends were appreciated.
How old is her DS?

The thing with newborn-sleep-deprivation is you know (hope) it's going to improve as they get older, but did you say the baby was 9months? and still sleeping so badly? not great at all. ( time for CC i would think....)

Sun:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE (massive tidy & clean up so took me ages)
• tea upstairs for DH DONE
• put everything back where it should be
• garden?
• papers & crosswords Started
• all dressed DS2Done
• lunch x 4 & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• DH football match on tv (may leave him & DS1 to it and go out!)
• get on with photos
• laundry; Loads1&2 Folded&Sorted Load3 Drying
• ironing & put away
• tea x 4 (roast?)
• boys to bed
• another quiet night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• upload & order online prints Started (lots left to do)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• get oven cleaned - Booked for 8th April
• sort out date for next pizza night
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• plant some bulbs CheckedDates (all say 'spring' so anytime soon will do)
• runner bean in a glass jar
• ring GOSH re DS2's remaining drug & poss coming off it - Left Message
• make & send new home card to friends
• thank other friends for sending forgotten bib from theirs!

Oh and remember: TO CHANGE CLOCKS!

• change clocks DONE (leaving DH to do his own watch as i can't find it)

Morning! Wish I hadn't stayed up so late, but DS obliged and slept in for an hour longer than usual (yes, including the clock change ).

I listed all the decluttered craft stuff on freecycle and the emails are flooding in. It's so hard, I don't know how I'll decide who to give it to!

• Me up, showered and dressed up
• beds made, windows and curtains open done
• DS up, nappy changed and dressed, then downstairs for boob done
• breakfast done
• condensation patrol, curtains and window open done
• coffee + check email and online banking doing
• out for lunch
• put things back in cupboard
• 15 minutes gardening
• feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out - BINS 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
• knitting and pampering

DS daily -

• messy activity
• shoe walk
• garden

Pamper time! -

• hair - cut, dye, one more shampoo then Curly Girl
• pedicure 2 - paint nails done 2nd coat
• make up every day

Doom -

• books! - get them organised
• cupboard - empty, done declutter and sort started, then clean done, anti-mildew paint done and (don?t forget the moisture traps after done) find alternative storage for craft stuff and put other items in cupboard (suitcase etc.)

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make, use what I?ve got for now
• sort digital photos and order any I want prints of - find other photos on DH laptop
• Write CV started research CV writing online
• mirrors - buy small mirror for above bathroom sink bought, big mirror up in bedroom, other mirror up above dressing table
• get new curtains for front room, measure up again
• get garden chairs from MILs garage, think there?s only fold-up ones there, go check checked
• Birthdays - SIL, MIL, GM, step-MIL, DS!
• sock audit

I COMPLETELY forgot about the clocks [aarrggghhh]

Yeap the baby is 9 months and I do think there is something different about a tiny new born keeping you awake than a big baby who does need anything in the middle of the night

Her ds is 3/4, he is only in nursery school, and he really took it bad when his mum & dad split up my heart goes out to him

Right have showered all dcs
going to have a cuppa with dh
make the lemon cake
then start on laundry!!!! (& clocks)

Well managed to do absolutely nothing of note since last post, cuddled ds2 & watched silly tv with ds1

Sun:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE (massive tidy & clean up so took me ages)
• tea upstairs for DH DONE
• put everything back where it should be
• garden?
• papers & crosswords Started
• all dressed DS2Done&DH
• DH out to work gone
• lunch x 4 & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• DH football match on tv (may leave him & DS1 to it and go out!)
• get on with photos
• laundry; Loads1&2 Folded&Sorted Load3 Drying
• ironing & put away
• tea x 4 (roast?)
• boys to bed
• another quiet night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• upload & order online prints Started (lots left to do)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• get oven cleaned - Booked for 8th April
• sort out date for next pizza night
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• plant some bulbs CheckedDates (all say 'spring' so anytime soon will do)
• runner bean in a glass jar
• ring GOSH re DS2's remaining drug & poss coming off it - Left Message
• make & send new home card to friends
• thank other friends for sending forgotten bib from theirs! DONE

Right a bit more with it now, finally!

Sun:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE (massive tidy & clean up so took me ages)
• tea upstairs for DH DONE
• put everything back where it should be
• garden?
• papers & crosswords NearlyDone
• all dressed DONE
• DH out to work gone
• lunch x 4 & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing

• DH football match on tv (may leave him & DS1 to it and go out!)
• get on with photos
• laundry; Loads1&2 Folded&Sorted Load3 Folded&Sorted Load4 InWM Load5 Waiting
• ironing & put away
• tea x 4 (roast?)
• boys to bed
• another quiet night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• upload & order online prints Started (lots left to do)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• get oven cleaned Booked for 8th April
• sort out date for next pizza night
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• plant some bulbs CheckedDates (all say 'spring' so anytime soon will do)
• runner bean in a glass jar
• repot seedlings that have grown (phew, at least some of them have!)
• ring GOSH re DS2's remaining drug & poss coming off it - Left Message
• make & send new home card to friends

Lol plum that would have been a good night for ds!

Think migraine thing is actually bug, still have it and ds is pukey poor boy passed out on floor earlier and now on sofa.

How do I get the smell of sick out of the carpet? Have scrubbed and scrubbed but it still smells.

Freak, have you bread soda or bicarb of soda? Sprinkle it on the carpet and hoover it up

Finished bicarb in the week but do have soda crystals...would they work??

Not sure about the soda crystals sorry.

Sun:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• tea upstairs for DH DONE
• garden; DONE (for ages)
• papers & crosswords DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH out to work DONE
• lunch x 4 & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• DH football match on tv DONE
• tea x 2 DONE

• boys to bed
• get on with photos
• laundry; Loads1&2 Folded&Sorted Load3 Folded&Sorted Load4 InWM Load5 Waiting
• ironing & put away
• put everything back where it should be
• our dinner
• another quiet night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• upload & order online prints Started (lots left to do)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• get oven cleaned Booked for 8th April
• sort out date for next pizza night
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• plant some bulbs DONE
• runner bean in a glass jar
• repot seedlings that have grown DONE
• ring GOSH re DS2's remaining drug & poss coming off it - Left Message
• make & send new home card to friends

Sun:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• tea upstairs for DH DONE
• garden; DONE (for ages)
• papers & crosswords DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH out to work DONE
• lunch x 4 & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• DH football match on tv DONE
• tea x 2 DONE

• boys to bed
• get on with photos
• laundry; Loads1&2 Folded&Sorted Load3 Folded&Sorted Load4 OnAirer Load5 InWM
• ironing & put away
• put everything back where it should be
• our dinner
• another quiet night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• upload & order online prints Started (lots left to do)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• get oven cleaned Booked for 8th April
• sort out date for next pizza night
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• runner bean in a glass jar
• ring GOSH re DS2's remaining drug & poss coming off it - Left Message
• make & send new home card to friends

Giving them a try, got to be better than the smell of sick (although not if they do what napisan did on another bit and bleach it)

Evening - had a lazy day today

Am making some resolutions. Must look after myself a bit better. Take vitamins, eat more healthily etc. .

Also need to focus on sorting DD. Need to wean her and get nursery/child-minder sorted

She had one spoon of baby rice today. She didn't like it. I don't think she is quite ready. She seems to only like breast milk. No to bottles, formula and sippy cup . I don't mind so much but feel so tied to her as if its never going to end.

Freakoid - hope you and DS are feeling better.

Today
All up and dressed done
Clear away breakfast things done
Pilates or walk or gardening done
Vitamins done
Rubbish out done
Recycling out/plastic to school
Lunch done
Light woodburner done
Open windows done
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing in, folded and put away done
tidy kitchen
empty dishy
dishy filled and on
admin/filing/post
dinner done
bath DD/DS done
DD/DS to bed done
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge
feed cat

Tomorrow
Car to garage

also
Plant some more seeds done
Arrange holiday at Easter and Summer
Write meithrin nursery donation letters
Buy new address book and fill in
Arrange DD's christening! - send off form
Pay meithrin nursery
Test more paint for decorating hall and bathroom.
Ring estate agent again done and write letter.
Transfer money from acc

Evening

Hope everyone has had a good weekend. Our house looks like it does nearly every sunday evening, but it is the start of a new week tomorrow.....

Tomorrow's list

Get up
Get dressed
Get DD cream on
Get DD dressed
Breakfast
Clear up breakfast stuff
Strip beds
Empty dishy
Turn horses out
Go to HV toddler review
Lunch
Nap for me
Horses
Tidy sitting room
Cook dinner
DD bed

This week, my mission is to completely clear the backlog of washing. Washed, dried, folded and put away. IT WILL BE DONE!

HMHB - out of interest, what are you mixing the rice with? either way it's pretty urgh food, have you tried anything else? Baby rice doesn't have to be the first food they have

Sun:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy kitchen DONE
• tea upstairs for DH DONE
• garden; DONE (for ages)
• papers & crosswords DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH out to work DONE
• lunch x 4 & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• DH football match on tv DONE
• tea x 2 DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• ironing DONE & put away
• our dinner DONE

• put everything back where it should be
• another quiet night
• get on with photos
• laundry; Loads1&2 Folded&Sorted Load3 Folded&Sorted Load4 OnAirer Load5 InWM

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DH to work
• take ds1 to pre-sch (and try and find out about the parents meetings that they held last week, grr)
• left over jobs/other jobs
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• afternoon activity? more garden?
• tea x 3
• boys bath & bed
• quiet night with my choice of tv

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• upload & order online prints Started (lots left to do)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• get oven cleaned Booked for 8th April
• sort out date for next pizza night
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• runner bean in a glass jar
• ring GOSH re DS2's remaining drug & poss coming off it - Left Message
• make & send new home card to friends

Evening!

Hope you're all feeling better soon Freaky.
SIL reckons fabric conditioner is good for other child fluids on carpet.

HMHB, looking after yourself sounds like a good idea.
Agree with not needing to eat baby rice too. Fruit or veg might go down better.

DH starts working away tomorrow, he'll be back again Thursday for a bit then off again. Basically not going to see him much til May. Not as much tidying up/cooking to do though, just mad washing spurts when he pops back.

I'm going to make my Freecycle decision in the morning.

Wasting - that sounds crappy re your dh being away so much, mine goes through stages like that every now and then too.

Sun:

• ironing DONE & put away DONE

• put everything back where it should be
• another quiet night
• get on with photos
• laundry; Load4 OnAirer Load5 OnAirer

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DH to work
• take ds1 to pre-sch (and try and find out about the parents meetings that they held last week, grr)
• left over jobs/other jobs
• collect ds1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• afternoon activity? more garden?
• tea x 3
• boys bath & bed
• quiet night with my choice of tv

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• return borrowed DVD
• upload & order online prints Started (lots left to do)
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• clean kitchen cupboard doors (Started)
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas! (maybe)
• get oven cleaned Booked for 8th April
• sort out date for next pizza night
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• runner bean in a glass jar
• ring GOSH re DS2's remaining drug & poss coming off it - Left Message
• make & send new home card to friends

JKS - hmm was pondering on that. Mixed it with the formula she doesn't like. Also DS chose this moment to shout 'URGH YUKKY' right in her face so not surprised she didn't like it too much.

Will try fruit or something and maybe buy diff formula. So annoying as got lots left, and baby rice too. .

You can always use the rice to bulk out fruit/veg dishes and even the formula to bulk out things too, later on when she's used to different tastes.
Lol at DS though!

Morning

HMHB Could you mix it with breastmilk? Apparently bm is very sweet, so perhaps some apple puree mixed in? I am sure you know all of this anyway, but i know what sleep deprivation can do i only ask you do the same for me in a year

Wasting that is rubbish

Bad nights sleep last night. DH was on call so a couple of phone calls through the night and alarms set for 3am. Also the baby was kicking really violently, especially my bladder so up and down all bloody night! DD slept fine though.

Get up done
Get dressed done still need to find socks
Get DD cream on
Get DD dressed
Breakfast doing
Clear up breakfast stuff
Strip beds
Empty dishy
Turn horses out
Go to HV toddler review
Lunch
Nap for me
Horses
Tidy sitting room
Cook dinner
DD bed

hi did all cleaning on saturday had day off on sunday
but was up at 6 this morning ready to go.
had shower put on make up even had time to dry hair before my boys woke up.
got my grandson for a couple of nights while parents go away. hes only one been a star slept while 8 am normally up at 6 must be wearing him out lol.
this morning i have
1] tidied up downstairs
2]swept and mopped all downstairs floors
3]wiped all tops
4]washed breakfast pots even dried and put away
5] put one load of washing on the line took it back of and transfared to tumble drier when it started raining lol
6] put another two loads in since then
TO DO LIST
polish sitting room
clean kitchen paintwork
clean one cupboard in kitchen
ironing
ring up about new floor in kitchen
ring about new washing machine [mine sounds like its going to take off]
put money in the bank
cancel bead class

please can anyone tell me how u write done on each one do u copy and paste or is there an easier way

please can anyone tell me how u write done on each one do u copy and paste or is there an easier way