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.

I really want to get a handheld hoover, but atm, i can't spend any money whatsoever. The horse move is costing us a lot bit, will be better in a month or 3

Have stalled a bit now

Everyone up done
Everyone breakfast done
Get dressed done
Get DD dressed
Empty dishy done
Reload dishy done
Put washload on done
Make beds done
Put some washing away (going to try to put 5 things away everytime i go upstairs) done one basket
Lunch
Go to horses
Sort out tack room (horses moving on Friday!)
Phone feed/bedding company
Dinner (macaroni cheese)
DD bed

BATHROOM
Put dirty towels in the wash done
Empty unit done
Clean unit done
Put stuff back on unit/in the right place done
Clean sink done
Clean loo done
Clean bath done
Clean mirror done
Clean window done
Hoover
Flash mop floor
Put clean towels in

I am finding that although i have more energy, if i am standing too long i get bad cramps/stitch like pain, so a bit limited really.

HMHB sausages, couscous, stirfry, soup, homemade burgers(or shop bought) bolognese, lasagne, pizza, roast, toad in the hole, ham egg and chips?

Good site here for recipes

Oh yes, Happy St. David's day! I baked daffodil cupcakes this weekend.

I'm having an awesome morning.
DH isn't feeling well, back at work.

Fingers crossed for the job Ali!

• 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 + transfer money done
• amazon order done
• water plants done

+ shoe walk to Range for baking trays and choc done + garden! done

• tidy and sort food cupboard and shelves
• meal plan
• fill in Childrens centre registration form
• lunch
• Reading Club at library
• Morrisons
• bring bin and green boxes back round 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
• ironing
• cross-stitch

Waste Reduction Plan - Stage 1

• make compost bin - empty old bin done, drill holes in old bin
• Back to cloth! - handwash wool covers , get changebag ready for cloth started, buy larger trousers (for DS)

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

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, front room window done, 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
• plan theatre trip started got times, need to find out who can babysit

Good luck to your DH Ali

TO DO
Tidy Bedrooms DONE
Clean Main Bathroom DONE
Wash Breakfast Dishes DONE
Clean Counters
Clean Dining Area
Brush Floor
Tidy sitting room DONE
Brush Floor DONE
Tidy downstairs loo
Washing 2 loads
Collect DD3 DONE
Make lunch for DH
Bring DM to collect pension
Collect DDs and DNs
Make Dinner for DCs

Doom List

DS' nappy- DONE (seriously it does belong on this list!)
My handbag - DONE
Plastics drawer (is there any point ds messes it daily...?)
Kitchen windowsill- DONE
Mantlepiece and top of shelves in sitting room- DONE
Under sofa and armchair- DONE
DC's small toy shelves - DONE
Clean washing - DONE
Top of chest of drawers in dc room

plus DONE
all up etc
dd to preschool
washing on
charity bag filled (mostly toys- evil mother)
recycling into box
washng up
washing out on line
sides wiped
microwave wiped
loo cleaned
bag of stuff collected from downstairs to go up
Bag taken up
bag emtied and put away
lunch
travel ins policy no etc found for dad

Well DH is home, he only had one interview because the other person he was meant to see had to go and pick up her sick son. So he will have to go back again, not sure when yet!

You are all getting loads done and I have inspired me. We are off out for a walk now and will get various errands done at the same 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
Unload dishwasher - done
Rubbish out for the binmen - done
DH leaving for interview - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom
Ocado 10-11am - here
Put away shopping - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DH home at 3ish? - here
Dinner - risotto
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!
• Ring grandma about visiting her before we go on holiday
• New baby card and present
• Send new baby parcel to other friend
• Congratulations card to friend who has passed her PhD!

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing - 1loaddone
2 loads - 1washing
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard
Put sofa covers back on

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Sweep kitchen and hall - done
Empty bins - upstairsdone
Hoover downstairs
Dust downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - done
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen
Insides of downstairs windows - done except kitchen
Cobweb check
Bath taps

THanks for the meal plan help Alice.

Went to town. Mooched about really but got out of the house. DD didn't have a sleep in town so she is having a kip now instead but that's ok.

Mealplan
Mon - Sausages for DS, soup for me
Tues - pasta and bolognase
Wed - shepherds pie
Thurs -
Fri -

All up and dressed done
Clear away breakfast things done
DS to school on time done
Go to town done
Pilates or walk or gardening done
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling
Lunch
Bring logs in
Light woodburner
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen
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!
Pay cheque for accountant - need to post
Buy lightbulbs
Ring cath kidstone done - they have lost my returns parcel grr. Email copy of PO receipt
buy coathangers done
ring sky AGAIN! done
ring parcel delivery people done - arriving tomorrow probably done
Online food shop done
mop floor in lounge due to orange juice done done

Later
DH's doc appointment
Buy grass seed

DD has got a temp (was 39.1, but 38 now)so has buggered up the afternoon. Just waiting for it to go down a bit more before going off to the horses. I'm sure it is just from teething, but want to make sure she is almost normal before going away from town (and Dr's) She is now talking into the thermometer like a phone "Hello, Daisy speaking, yes ok, bye" been listening to daddy on the phone for work.

She has had 2 caprisun's, an ice lolly and some calprofen so should be picking up soon.

Hi all I have been hoovering
and OMG The stuff that has just come out of my new vacumm cleaner

so pleased got this in Makro for £70.00 YEY

Anyway will catchup later off to make beef parsnip carrot shallot caserole and supervise homeworks

Alice hope dd picks up soon

Yay for new vacuum plum

Dinner sounds nice, we are having freezer surprise-I think it is veggie lasagne but not sure, really should label things.

Hope dd is ok alice.

Seem to have ground to a halt

Doom List

DS' nappy- DONE (seriously it does belong on this list!)
My handbag - DONE
Plastics drawer (is there any point ds messes it daily...?)
Kitchen windowsill- DONE
Mantlepiece and top of shelves in sitting room- DONE
Under sofa and armchair- DONE
DC's small toy shelves - DONE
Clean washing - DONE
Top of chest of drawers in dc room - DONE

plus DONE
all up etc
dd to preschool
washing on
charity bag filled (mostly toys- evil mother)
recycling into box
washng up
washing out on line
sides wiped
microwave wiped
loo cleaned
bag of stuff collected from downstairs to go up
Bag taken up
bag emptied and put away
lunch
travel ins policy no etc found for dad
bit of exercise
dd picked up

Still to do
Dinner
washing up
Washing in & away/on rads
bath & bed dc
clean bathroom?
bins emptied and put out
more exercise

Lol Freak at your surprise dinner

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 2
Leftover:

• Sat & Sun crosswords Started

Mon:

• all usual Doing
• collect DS1 then go to friends for lunch & play

(take DS1's new 'toilet prize' to play with!) DONE

• home when they go to school run DONE
• create new toilet training chart DONE
• next box of clothes down for DS2 DONE
• decide on new prizes for TT MostlyDone
• check out eBay/ELC/elsewhere for TT prizes Doing
• boys tea Cooking
• boys bath & bed
• my dinner
• tv & early night

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

Dinners:
Mon - chicken from freezer & leftover potatoes
Tues - pasta & sauce
Wed - fish fingers & waffles
Thurs - ?
Fri-Sun - DH to sort!

Ooh Plum, so satisfying when you see all the muck coming up with a new cleaner!

Alice - hope DD is better soon

DH has had good feedback from today, apparently they may scrap the extra interview and just make a decision tomorrow. Gulp!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Rubbish out for the binmen - done
DH leaving for interview - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Ocado 10-11am - here
Put away shopping - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DH home at 3ish? - done
Out for a walk via swings - done
Make Drs app to discuss coming off ADs for before holiday - done
Enormous tidy up because house had become a bombsite since this morning - done
DS tea - done
Dinner - risotto - cooking
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!
• Ring grandma about visiting her before we go on holiday
• New baby card and present - bought
• Send new baby parcel to other friend
• Congratulations card to friend who has passed her PhD! - bought

+ Mother's Day cards - bought + Buy Easter Eggs - done + Order DH's birthday present - he will be 40!

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing - 2loadsdone
2 loads - 1washing/1drying
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard
Put sofa covers back on

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Sweep kitchen and hall - done
Empty bins - done
Hoover downstairs
Dust downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - done
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen
Insides of downstairs windows - done except kitchen
Cobweb check
Bath taps

Ali, woo!

I'm knackered. DS has been proper grumpy today. I'm going to iron etc. shortly, but I need a sit down.

• 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 + transfer money done
• amazon order done
• water plants done

+ shoe walk to Range for baking trays and choc done + garden! done

• tidy and sort food cupboard and shelves done
• meal plan
• fill in Childrens centre registration form
• lunch done
• Reading Club at library no too grumpy
• Morrisons done
• bring bin and green boxes back round done
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish and recycling out done

+ DS nap done + bake biscuits done

• tea done
• put breadmaker on? no
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed + wipe round bathroom and OCM done
• is the kitchen cleared? nearly
• ready for the morning? bag packed? mostly
• write list for tomorrow
• ironing
• cross-stitch

Waste Reduction Plan - Stage 1

• make compost bin - empty old bin done, drill holes in old bin
• Back to cloth! - handwash wool covers , get changebag ready for cloth done, buy larger trousers (for DS) researching

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

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, front room window done, 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
• plan theatre trip started got times, need to find out who can babysit

Alice - hope your DD is ok
Ali - Risotto, now that's proper cooking

Mealplan
Mon - Sausages for DS, soup for me
Tues - pasta and bolognase
Wed - shepherds pie
Thurs - fish (fingers) and chips (taking my lead from JKS)
Fri - pizza? / chinese?

All up and dressed done
Clear away breakfast things done
DS to school on time done
Go to town done
Pilates or walk or gardening done
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling
Lunch done
Bring logs in done
Light woodburner done
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen done
empty dishy done
dishy filled and on again done
admin/filing/post done
dinner done
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 done - they have lost my returns parcel grr. Email copy of PO receipt

Later
DH's doc appointment
Buy grass seed

HMHB - I can claim no credit, DH is the risotto maker in this house. Today's was left over roast chicken and porcini mushrooms - yum!

Wasting - please can I have some of whatever you are on atm? You are approaching goddess levels of domesticity! Hope your DH gets better soon

I am in bed! Going to go and have a nice shower, hair wash and then do my nails in a minute, but even with all that I should be asleep by 11. That is v.v.early for me.

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Rubbish out for the binmen - done
DH leaving for interview - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Ocado 10-11am - here
Put away shopping - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DH home at 3ish? - done
Out for a walk via swings - done
Make Drs app to discuss coming off ADs for before holiday - done
Enormous tidy up because house had become a bombsite since this morning - done
DS tea - done
Dinner - risotto - done
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Shower and hairwash etc
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!
• Ring grandma about visiting her before we go on holiday
• New baby card and present - bought
• Send new baby parcel to other friend
• Congratulations card to friend who has passed her PhD! - bought

+ Mother's Day cards - bought + Buy Easter Eggs - done + Order DH's birthday present - he will be 40!

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing - 2loadsdone
2 loads - 1done/1inTDsetformorning
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard - done
Put sofa covers back on

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Sweep kitchen and hall - done
Empty bins - done
Hoover downstairs
Dust downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - done
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen
Insides of downstairs windows - done except kitchen
Cobweb check - upstairsdone
Bath taps

Worn out here too.

Just completed an area of doom.
Cleaned behind toilet upstairs done eewwww, DS has been missing his target

Right off to bed. Night all.

Mealplan
Mon - Sausages for DS, soup for me
Tues - pasta and bolognase
Wed - shepherds pie
Thurs - fish (fingers) and chips (taking my lead from JKS)
Fri - pizza? / chinese?

Tomorrow
All up and dressed
Clear away breakfast things
DS to school on time
Go to town
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
Washing folded and put away
tidy kitchen
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!
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

Next week
DH's doc appointment
Buy grass seed

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Rubbish out for the binmen - done
DH leaving for interview - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Ocado 10-11am - here
Put away shopping - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DH home at 3ish? - done
Out for a walk via swings - done
Make Drs app to discuss coming off ADs for before holiday - done
Enormous tidy up because house had become a bombsite since this morning - done
DS tea - done
Dinner - risotto - done
Clear up - done
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
Shower and hairwash etc - done
Take ADs - done

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!
• Ring grandma about visiting her before we go on holiday
• New baby card and present - bought
• Send new baby parcel to other friend
• Congratulations card to friend who has passed her PhD! - bought

+ Mother's Day cards - bought + Buy Easter Eggs - done + Order DH's birthday present - he will be 40!

LAUNDRY
Fold dry washing - 2loadsdone
2 loads - 1done/1inTDsetformorning
Put away clean stuff from airing cupboard - done
Put sofa covers back on

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Sweep kitchen and hall - done
Empty bins - done
Hoover downstairs
Dust downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - done
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen - done
Insides of downstairs windows - done except kitchen
Cobweb check - upstairsdone
Bath taps - done

Morning all

Ali - when are you hoping to come off the ads? i'm hoping to start stopping (if that makes sense) in April.

SCORE: Pants 0 Toilet 0 Potette 1
Leftover:

• Sat & Sun crosswords Started

Tues:

• me up first DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding BoysDone
• general tidy up
• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• ds1 to pre-sch
• me & ds2 to s&s, then pop into bf group for a cuppa
• lunch & tidy up
• ds2 nap
• ds2 appt with physio & pead
• pasta x 3
• boys to bed
• orchestra

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

Morning all

Bit of a rubbish night's sleep, DS ended up in with us from about 4am onwards and kept trying to burrow underneath me to lie on my pillow

Must make a list today.

Don't get 100% confirmation of my weekend move until after they (Housing Options) have inspected the house tomorrow - but personally I can't think of anything that they would say "oh no that needs sorting first" (although can't remember if there were any smoke alarms so they may ask for those to be put in - but of course that's a quick job to do so not going to cause delays)

Will do it in small chunks as per usual so I don't become overwhelmed (haha)

TO DO

DS 1 and 2 up and out to school
Visit FV Neighbours
Pay bills

TO DO

Coffee
Empty dishwasher
Get new iron out and use it

DONE

DS 1 and 2 up and out to school
Visit FV Neighbours
Pay bills (and cleared one of them only a small one but still it's cleared)
DS3 dressed

Morning

Got lots to do, DD still got a temp and sore teeth (molars coming through) and i have horrible stitch that woke me up this morning and won't go away. Obstetrician appointment this afternoon though.

Morning!

Ali, I'm finding getting things ticked off the lists addictive atm.
Though if my things to do lists were truly comprehensive you'd see that I am the uber-=slattern.

Hope DD feels better soon, poor thing.

TAF, reminded me I think I need a new iron. Hope the inspection goes smoothly.

• 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
• coffee + check email and online banking
• town - market, Poundnshop, Next, Boots
• lunch
• fill in Childrens centre registration form
• walk up to Childrens centre
• 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 , buy larger trousers (for DS) researching

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

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

my steam generator one (only a cheap one) that I bought 2yrs ago gave up the ghost about 2/3 weeks ago, been using XH's piddly little "normal" iron............and have actually only done one (small) lot of ironing since then.

I spent a lot of money yesterday buying myself a very flashy steam generator........although as yet it hasn't been used - only taken out of the box lol