Dusting off our lists, scrubbing up our slattern ways, you won't find any April Fools here!

[PlumBumMum]

Everyone is welcome,
we are a friendly bunch,
we post our lists big or small,
tick jobs off as we go along.

We give each other a kick up the bum when needed or shoulder to cry moan on,
and a pat on the back.

Cake & Coffee Alcohol always welcomed

Had a lovely afternoon with my friend, she has got a toddler and an 8 week old so the house is lovely and chaotic

DH hasn't got a route home booked When they tried to book there were no seats despite the websites showing that there were. Vague plans now to try and re-route into Ireland maybe...

DONE
Up
Breakfast
Tidy kitchen
Shower and get dressed
Get DS dressed - he came in the shower with me
Wipe over bathroom
Clean bathroom cabinet and wash walls
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Lunch
Phone Mum
Clear up kitchen
Put dishwasher on
Pack bag to go to friend's for a cuppa
Remember to take card to pick up parcel
Pick up parcel
Unload dishwasher
Take out recycling
Dinner

TO DO
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Wash kitchen floor
Finish clearing kitchen ready for painter
Relax
Early night

Evening.

Oh Ali. It really is chaos, isn't it.

DS doesn't mind having his feet measured, he always looks slightly bemused.

I'm working up to getting his fluffy hair cut. I faked attempting to cut it earlier and he was not impressed and tried to grab the scissors, so me doing it is out of the question.
I'm thinking I may get some clippers and whip it all off.

Anyway, we've had a grand day, DH had some good work news and I've done an exercise DVD.

See you in the morning.

Ali - does the new news mean he'll get home sooner?

Rainbow - hellooooo

Plum - def do it - you will be way cheaper than most places and iwll get a name for yourself, friend of mine does cakes and has a page on FB.

Tues:
DONE:
all up & dressed
breakfast
strip beds & find clean bedding
swap over bathroom mats and towels
ds1 to pre-sch
food shopping & put away (most done)
general tidy up
office for a bit
collect ds1
lunch & tidy up
DS2 nap
afternoon? garden
boys tea, bath & bed
DH away with work
PIL arriving

• quiet night with PIL Doing (abandoned orch this week)

Wed:

• into office early
• take DS2 to speech appt
• DS1 pre-sch
• DH home at some point late
• PO trip
• other stuff?

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register
• upload & order online prints Started-Done More
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door
• clean kitchen cupboard doors DoneAnotherOne (slow progress!!)
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name Of School; HavePhoneNumber
• copy Wasting and think about Christmas; PIL definitely away
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• change over to reusables nappies for DS2 in the day Started
• my underwear - massive sort out & throw away old bits Started
• DH's aunt bday card

Wasting - sounds good with DH and work, what does he do?

JKS - well I don't know really. They still have the flights to Madrid, but haven't been able to book anything in the way of trains to get home from there. He has been working in the Washington office today and someone there is trying to book some different flights - hopefully to the UK! - asap. I have resigned myself to not seeing him until next Monday, so anything else will be a bonus.

Now I must get off my arse and go and sort the kitchen out. It will only take me about 15 mins but I mustn't leave it until the morning because the painter is coming at 8am!

DONE
Up
Breakfast
Tidy kitchen
Shower and get dressed
Get DS dressed - he came in the shower with me
Wipe over bathroom
Clean bathroom cabinet and wash walls
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Lunch
Phone Mum
Clear up kitchen
Put dishwasher on
Pack bag to go to friend's for a cuppa
Remember to take card to pick up parcel
Pick up parcel
Unload dishwasher
Take out recycling
Dinner
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Relax

TO DO
Wash kitchen floor
Finish clearing kitchen ready for painter
Early night - hmm

Morning

Really need to get some jobs done today. DD has her first ballet class today (2.15pm) and we normally go to Stay and Play on wednesday mornings, but DD has had a busy few days and late nights so i think a quiet morning would be better. We will go to the horses then DD can have a bath (needed one last night, but was late) then hopefully she will chill on the sofa for a while

Have already made a huge lasagne (yesterday) for tonights dinner and it will do another night too, plus we still have some chicken curry leftover from last night, so just got to organise what to have on what night.

Please ignore my ramblings, not very awake and thinking out loud

DONE
Have breakfast

TO DO
Get DD creamed and dressed
Get dressed
Put washload on
Turn horses out
Empty dishy
Clear up breakfast
Make beds
Hang washing out
DD bath
Sew elastic into DD's shoes
Lunch
Clear up lunch
Go to ballet
Mop downstairs floors
Do horses
Dinner
Wipe down kitchen
DD bed
Tidy living room
Put washload on
Put dishy on

Must Do This Week
Sew elastic into DD's ballet shoes (by wed)
Find DD some white or pink socks (by wed)
Make a mock up roman blind
Give the horses a bit of exercise
Finish the sorting of baby clothes and put away

Morning all The painter is here and I'm off out in an hour to 'Sing and Smile' with DS - new class for us so hoping he will enjoy it.

DONE
Showered and dressed
Wipe over bathroom
Clear bathroom for painter
Sweep bathroom floor
Breakfast
Clear final bits from kitchen ready for painter
Wash kitchen floor
Take bins outs

TO DO
Get dressed again to go out - hair, makeup etc
Pack a picnic
Sing and Smile
Back to friends for lunch

Will add more later, depends what time I get back.

Dh has turned the horses out for me, which has given me a chance to get a lot done, including sorting out 3 baskets of clean washing! It is all on our bed, folded and in organised piles. Still got another basket of clean to sort, a couple of DH's shirts to iron, and loads more washing to wash, but getting there.

Just having my second breakfast

DONE
Have breakfast
Get dressed
Put washload on
Turn horses out (DH)
Empty dishy
Reload dishy (will need to go on after lunch)
Clear up breakfast
Make beds
Sort loads of clean washing
DD bath

TO DO
Get DD creamed and dressed
Hang washing out
Sew elastic into DD's shoes
Lunch
Clear up lunch
Go to ballet
Mop downstairs floors
Do horses
Dinner
Wipe down kitchen
DD bed
Tidy living room
Put washload on
Put dishy on

Must Do This Week
Sew elastic into DD's ballet shoes (by wed)
Find DD some white or pink socks (by wed)
Make a mock up roman blind
Give the horses a bit of exercise
Finish the sorting of baby clothes and put away
Get a diary!

Morning! Another sunny day here today.

We're having stew for lunch, so that's cooking away now.

Ali, he's in the entertainment industry. As you can imagine it's a little at the best of times!

• 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 and vitamins done
• breakfast done
• coffee + check email and online banking doing
• laundry - fold dry washing done, put load in done
• get lunch on - stew cooking
• sort household manual out (again)
• garden
• lunch
• walk
• hoover stairs
• try out the backpack carrier again?
• 15 minutes gardening
• feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• pack change bag
• tea
• put breadmaker on
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• wipe round bathroom and clean face and teeth
• Do NOT sit down until the kitchen is sparkling!
• write list for tomorrow
• soak feet
• craft time

DS daily -

• messy activity
• shoe walk
• garden doing

Doom -

• Back room - not much left to do now, 15 mins?
• kitchen - find alternative storage for mugs and glasses (windowsill not attractive), go through all other crockery/equipment and get rid if it hasn?t been used since we moved here.

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make, use what I?ve got for now- get cross-stitch framed
• sort digital photos and order any I want prints of
• finish writing cv
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• get garden chairs from MILs garage
• Birthday presents to buy/make - step-MIL - wrist-warmers, DS - DVDs
• dig blackout blind out and adjust to window
• work out what?s wrong with breadmaker

gawd its been ages since was last on here. things going a bit mad here but we are ok.

Will dust off list in a min. No time to read through hope everyone is ok.

It is DD's christening on Sunday and I have family descending, food to cook and a house to clean whilst looking after her highness.

now where is my old list....

WOOOOO Wasting is he famous?? One of the dads at our school is sort of famous, he was in an 80's pop band but I don't think too many people know or are bothered

Ali No sad faces beside Ireland

Its bloomin freezing here and it still smells of cow clap outside so washing up on clothes horse today again so much for all my catching up last week

DONE
load dishwasher
wipe over surfaces

TO DO
Wait for BT man waiting
Iron
hang up wet washing
hoover
clean ensuite

mini lists today

I am still constantly starving, what's going on?? The past two nights after eating all day and having a big dinner plus pudding (don't normally bother with pudding at home) I have had to have a sandwich and a bowl of cereal in the evening.

Ds carried the bucket full of mop water into the sitting room this morning and poured it all over the carpet Have soaked up as much as I can and am now hoping having the door/windows open will dry the rest out.

He also wants to wear big boy pants but has wet himself three times so far.

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
Washing up - DONE
Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE
DD to preschool ? DONE
Load of washing in ? DONE
Washing out on line - DONE
Hoover downstairs ? DONE
Hoover upstairs ?
Mop downstairs - DONE
Clean loo ? DONE
Clean sink-
Try to de-limescale taps-
Lunch ?
EXERCISE ?
DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ? DOING
Clean inside patio door ? DONE
Watch lost ? DONE
Dust upstairs ?
Go to argos/sainsburys -
Cook dinner ?
Wash up -
Bath and bed dc?s-
Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

plum - which pop star of the eighties? I might know [old].

can I have an update as to what is going on? purleease

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

Try to do
Clear paperwork off table
Start cooking food for christening doing
cherry cupcakes doing
coleslaw
buns

also
Plant some more seeds done
Arrange holiday
Write meithrin nursery donation letters
Buy new address book and fill in
Pay meithrin nursery
Test more paint for decorating hall and bathroom done
Ring estate agent again done and write letter. Also speak to builder again
Email estate agent
Write letter to work done
Buy dress to wear at wedding done/christening!
Buy mattress for dd's cot done
package to post office
wedding present
birthday presents x2

Christening on Sun
Change bed in spare room
Iron cushion covers
mop/hoover downstairs
clean bathroom
pick up food

Can't remember when you were last here hmhb?

Rainbowdrops came back to us
Ali's dh is stuck abroad and she is being very brave even though she has missed the chance to ttc this month
Plum's house smells of poo
Everyone told how they got together with their dh's
Nobody came to my party

erm...

Hello HMHB weekend sounds stressful!

DONE
Have breakfast
Get dressed
Put washload on
Turn horses out (DH)
Empty dishy
Reload dishy (will need to go on after lunch)
Clear up breakfast
Make beds
Sort loads of clean washing
DD bath
Put second washload on
Get DD creamed and dressed
Hang washing out
Sew elastic into DD's shoes
Lunch
Dry washing

TO DO
Clear up lunch
Go to ballet
Mop downstairs floors
Do horses
Dinner
Wipe down kitchen
DD bed
Tidy living room
Put dishy on

Must Do This Week
Make a mock up roman blind
Give the horses a bit of exercise
Finish the sorting of baby clothes and put away
Get a diary!

Freakoid thanks for the update. Sorry about your party. Did you get to eat all the yummy food yourself though??

I"ve been a bit sad too this week and missing my old friends. When you have kids you become a bit of a social outcast don't you.

Plum, not yet.

HMHB, nice to see you, hope we can smooth your way through the weekend.

I feel very isolated from my friends, but there's things to be done.
I seperated boob from sleep by putting him in his grobag after his feed, and am taking the revolutionary step of having stories after boob tonight. I'll keep tweaking it til I can go out at any time.

• 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 and vitamins done
• breakfast done
• coffee + check email and online banking doing
• laundry - fold dry washing done, put 2nd load in done
• get lunch on - stew yum
• sort household manual out (again) done
• garden done
• lunch yum
• walk
• hoover stairs
• try out the backpack carrier again?
• 15 minutes gardening done
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• pack change bag
• tea
• put breadmaker on
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• wipe round bathroom and clean face and teeth
• Do NOT sit down until the kitchen is sparkling!
• write list for tomorrow
• soak feet
• craft time

DS daily -

• messy activity
• shoe walk
• garden doing

Doom -

• Back room - not much left to do now, 15 mins?
• kitchen - find alternative storage for mugs and glasses (windowsill not attractive), go through all other crockery/equipment and get rid if it hasn?t been used since we moved here.

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make, use what I?ve got for now- get cross-stitch framed
• sort digital photos and order any I want prints of
• finish writing cv
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• get garden chairs from MILs garage
• Birthday presents to buy/make - step-MIL - wrist-warmers, DS - DVDs
• dig blackout blind out and adjust to window
• work out what?s wrong with breadmaker

HMHB Yes, we had indian snacks for dinner one night and chinese the next (with olives and caesar salad-good fusion ) and all the crisp/chocolate/cake stuff has now been eaten (maybe why I have a massive spot).

I feel like a massive outcast too, all I do is sit by myself night after night. Most people I know here are really busy and can never just get together, for eg today H said he would have the dc friday night so I have text a few people to see if any of them are free, either for me to go round there or to go out or something but they are all busy (or maybe I should just take the hint and realise that actually noone here like me )

HMHB I'm 33 and remember it,
they were on VH1 bands reunited, you will probably know the chorus of one of their songs
Too Shy shy, hush hush, eye to eye

do you know that??

at freak (watch out morningpaper) BUT Freak it sounded like we were invited and didn't come which of course we would

Ooh no, my internet friends love me

Ooh I recognise that!

We've just planted some sunflower seeds.
Was hoping to go round to SILs but they're out again.

Need to change DS nappy and freshen us up, then off out. Not sure where, but Ds needs a walk.

I just googled it and I do know the song!

Ds came for a cuddle and has fallen asleep.Am using it as an excuse for an extended sit down

PBM - I know who it is. Ace. Am humming the tune. Is it the lead singer, if so has he still got silly hair (as my Dad would say)?

Wasting - planted seeds with DS a week or so ago and I am far more excited about the seedlings than he is sadly .

Right - off to get DS...

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

Try to do
Clear paperwork off table
Start cooking food for christening doing
cherry cupcakes done
coleslaw
buns

also
Plant some more seeds done
Arrange holiday
Write meithrin nursery donation letters
Buy new address book and fill in
Pay meithrin nursery
Test more paint for decorating hall and bathroom done
Speak to builder again
Email estate agent
Buy mattress for dd's cot done
package to post office
wedding present
birthday presents x2
Ring childminder again

Christening on Sun
Change bed in spare room
Iron cushion covers
mop/hoover downstairs
clean bathroom
pick up food

No the keyboard player, I looked up their website they all have that 80's look

Do you remember my irish dancing pump cake? that was for his daughter

went to do my ironing and my ironing board cover stinks of cow poo from the wash I ironed the other night and thought would be alright NOT SO!!!!!!!

other news is we might be going to get a puppy tomorrow night, so dcs are bickering over possible names