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

Alice, you always do loads!

Ali, don't fret! How you got on with your 3 things?

I've been to town and bought a bath bomb from Lush, a Yankee candle and spent a ton in Boots.
As that's the only thing I've done since my last post, I won't post a list again.

DS is napping in the buggy, so I'll do a short list -

• drink tea and MN (v. important)
• sort DH pants and socks to pack (away for 11 days tomorrow)
• put load of whites in to wash
• rubbish etc. out
• feed birds

I don't do loads, i just list every tiny single thing so it looks like loads

DONE
Get up
Get dressed
Have breakfast
Make our bed
Strip DD's bed
Clear up breakfast stuff
Get DD creamed and dressed
Put sheets in the wash
Hang out throw washed last night
Pick up blood form from Dr
Turn horses out
Get blood taken
Post form
Empty dishy
Hang out washing
Put more washing on
Bleach loo
Wipe down kitchen
Go around the house picking up rubbish and random bits of washing
Lunch
DD nap - YES!!!
Cook dinner (will make it this afternoon) - just waiting for potatoes to boil

TO DO
Get horse food
Do horses
DD bed
Cook cake (mixture already made up)
Do eyebrows
Remind DH about my car tax!

TO DO THIS WEEK
Look in curtain place
Empty skip car
Get horse stuff washed and sorted
Get car washed
Car tax!!

Wasting - Boots is the very devil for spending a bloody fortune on not a lot I find!

Alice - well done on getting DD to nap

I did my three things, and then a whole load of other things so actually upstairs is fairly sorted now. Downstairs is still a dusty tip but I need tea before I can do anymore.
Have moved cleaning and returning everything to the utility to tomorrow because I want to let the paint dry a bit more before I start flailing around in there.

AF is here and with a vengence. I am wiped and just want to lie down

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Go to JL for a blind and Ikea for wardrobe storage - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
POST-DECORATING

• Kitchen - clean sides,cooker hood,floor,sink,windowsill
• Bathroom - hoover,wash floor, basin, towel rail, windowsill, bath+shower - alldone!
• Put everything back where it belongs in kitchen
• Put everything back where it belongs in bathroom

Put all DS' cuddly toys in new storage net thing from Ikea - done DS called it the 'teddy bed' Sweep hall and kitchen - done Dinner Clear up DS bath and bed Post DS-to-bed tidy Finish putting everything back Kitchen clear before bed

LAUNDRY
1 normal load - washing
Towels
Nappies

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Hoover upstairs - done
Dust upstairs started just my room left
Mirrors and glass doors
Stairs and bannisters - done
Shower screen - done
Upstairs paintwork - done

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Hoover out wardrobes - started
Sand down wardrobe cedar blocks
Take discarded clothes to charity bin
Clean utility - floor, sink, windowsill
Put everything back into utility

HOUSE
Fix light in cooker hood (not just a duff bulb apparently)
Clean carpets - livingroomdone
Put up extra hooks in utility
Plant remaining summer bulbs
Put up new blind in the kitchen

Oh dear Ali - AF due here soon too, just to add to things.

GP said vertigo, am on some tablets, see here

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DoneExcDS2
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap bathmats/towels DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• into office for a bit DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE Dose1
• DS2 nap DONE
• other stuff; garden time DONE
• boys tea DONE

• boys to bed
• me to orchestra GoingToCancel
• dinner & early night +Dose 2

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
• Niece bday card & present PresentBought&Wrapped

Ali - re paying in cash. Your idea does sound sensible unless she has a good reason to particularly need cash.

DD took a bit of milk from a sippy cup today at last and tried to eat a bit of broccoli so fingers crossed that she will eat something at last.

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

Meet builder at Bilton, take list done
Buy paint done

also
Arrange holiday
Write meithrin nursery donation letters
Buy new address book and fill in
Email estate agent
More weeding at BC Done
Buy wedding present
Buy birthday presents and cards x2
Birthday present and card for DH
ring childminder again! left message
See HV Tues done
Hospital for MRI/DD to nursery Thurs

JKS - all sounds a bit weird. Can you not speak to another GP at your practice? Your GP should have written on your notes what your doseage was to be, so another Dr there would be able to log in and see.

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Go to JL for a blind and Ikea for wardrobe storage - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
POST-DECORATING

• Kitchen - clean sides,cooker hood,floor,sink,windowsill - alldone!
• Bathroom - hoover,wash floor, basin, towel rail, windowsill, bath+shower - alldone!
• Put everything back where it belongs in kitchen - started
• Put everything back where it belongs in bathroom

Put all DS' cuddly toys in new storage net thing from Ikea - done DS called it the 'teddy bed' Sweep hall and kitchen - done Dinner - done Clear up DS bath and bed Post DS-to-bed tidy Finish putting everything back Kitchen clear before bed

LAUNDRY
1 normal load - washing
Towels
Nappies

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Hoover upstairs - done
Dust upstairs started just my room left
Mirrors and glass doors
Stairs and bannisters - done
Shower screen - done
Upstairs paintwork - done

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Hoover out wardrobes - started
Sand down wardrobe cedar blocks - done DH has a sander he hadn't told me about
Take discarded clothes to charity bin
Clean utility - floor, sink, windowsill - done
Put everything back into utility

HOUSE
Fix light in cooker hood (not just a duff bulb apparently)
Clean carpets - livingroomdone
Put up extra hooks in utility
Plant remaining summer bulbs
Put up new blind in the kitchen

HMHB - x-posts. She rang me and we agreed on me transferring money. She has just put an invoice through door so that's fine. I didn't want to have no paper trail incase there is any comeback on anything.

Yay for DD eating something

Ali me too, came a couple of days ago but v light then yesterday kicked in really heavy and with bad cramps, have had a couple of gushes today as well which I hate because everything ends up flooded!

So today we went to toddlers, came back and had lunch, went for a walk, came back and saw wc so invited him for a cuppa, then i had promised dc we would go to the park and dd said "wc, mummy said you were going to come to the park with us" but anyway he said he would so the park was a lot more pleasant than usual We went on the see saw together and he left me dangling up high. It makes me a bit sad though to see how he plays with the dc because H doesn't at all

Anyhoo... for one night only there is a pic on my profile that you might be interested in (and then I will move on I promise)

Not that it's a great one...

JKS I had something similar to that, mine was a wierd dizzy feeling. GP finally said it was me not breathing properly (after having tried tabs for vertigo, tabs for something else and blood tests x 1000). Think it was stress related, have been fine for a while now.

Wasting your house may not be clean and tidy but you and it will smell nice after that shopping!

Ooh Freaky! He's real!
You have good taste and know that there are nice men out there. That's a good thing.

JKS, hope the meds kick in soon. Permission to sit down.

Ali, you have done loads!

Alice, listing everything is the only way to gp!

HMHB, yay! Bless her.

Ooh, thinking about little baby then made me all broody. NOOOO! Just resigned myself to waiting a couple years.

• Me up, showered and dressed up
• 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 - final rinse and hang out nappies done put load in done
• kitchen done
• pay British Gas done
• order nappy wraps done
• lunch done
• town done
• garden
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out done
• tea done
• wash opts and tidy kitchen done
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed done
• wipe round bathroom, teeth and face done
• write list for tomorrow done
• craft etc.
• sort out DH socks and pants to pack

DS daily -

• messy activity
• shoe walk
• garden done

Tomorrow -

• press on with DS medicine
• errrr...

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
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• Birthday presents to buy/make - step-MIL - wrist-warmers
• dig blackout blind out and adjust to window
• work out what?s wrong with breadmaker
• research carpet cleaning

Freak get you! Even if you don't get together, it is very good for your kids to have a positive male influence in their lives, kind of 'Not all men are the same' iyswim?

Lol wasting, yes he is real

It would have been quite a nice date had it been one

But anyway! I now need to add to my list of requirements

Plays like a kid in the park

Freak

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Go to JL for a blind and Ikea for wardrobe storage - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
POST-DECORATING

• Kitchen - clean sides,cooker hood,floor,sink,windowsill - alldone!
• Bathroom - hoover,wash floor, basin, towel rail, windowsill, bath+shower - alldone!
• Put everything back where it belongs in kitchen - done
• Put everything back where it belongs in bathroom - done

Put all DS' cuddly toys in new storage net thing from Ikea - done DS called it the 'teddy bed' Sweep hall and kitchen - done Dinner - done Clear up - done DS bath and bed - done Post DS-to-bed tidy - done Run dishwasher - done Finish putting everything back - kitchenandbathroomdone Do nails - done Kitchen clear before bed - done

LAUNDRY
1 normal load - onairer
Towels
Nappies - washing

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Hoover upstairs - done
Dust upstairs started just my room left
Mirrors and glass doors
Stairs and bannisters - done
Shower screen - done
Upstairs paintwork - done

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Hoover out wardrobes - started
Sand down wardrobe cedar blocks - done DH has a sander he hadn't told me about
Take discarded clothes to charity bin
Clean utility - floor, sink, windowsill - done
Put everything back into utility

HOUSE
Fix light in cooker hood (not just a duff bulb apparently)
Clean carpets - livingroomdone
Put up extra hooks in utility
Plant remaining summer bulbs
Put up new blind in the kitchen

Morning

Had some good news last night, we are finally getting some inheritance money (has been on the cards for a while) so will be able to finish doing the house. New bathroom - YAY!

But then had a crappy night, sex is no longer possible and then i was up for a wee 5 times in the night

Have been up since 7am but have managed to have a bath and do my eyebrows, so feeling slightly less rough looking!

Someone at our yard has offered to turn my horses out for me in the mornings. Going to help a fair bit.

DONE
Get up
Have bath
Do eyebrows
Get dressed
Have breakfast
Make our bed
Clean bathroom

TO DO
Clear up breakfast stuff
Get DD creamed and dressed
Hang out yesterdays washing
Empty dishy
Put more washing on (towels)
Go to playgroup and a couple of shops in town
Wipe down kitchen
Go around the house picking up rubbish and random bits of washing
Lunch
DD ballet
Do horses
Cook dinner
DD bed
Remind DH about my car tax!

TO DO THIS WEEK
Look in curtain place
Empty skip car
Get horse stuff washed and sorted
Get car washed
Car tax!!

Morning all

Alice - yay for money and someone else doing horses, boo re. peeing all night and lack of sex. I remember DH and I attempting it when I was about 38 weeks, it was a non-starter!

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed
Get DS up and dressed - done
Fill up car - DHdone
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
New towels etc in bathroom and kitchen - done
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs
Meet friend for coffee
Sing and Smile
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Dinner
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

LAUNDRY
Towels
One other load

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Dust our bedroom
Mirrors and glass doors

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Hoover out wardrobes - started
Take discarded clothes to charity bin
Put everything back into utility

HOUSE
Fix light in cooker hood (not just a duff bulb apparently)
Clean carpets - livingroomdone
Put up extra hooks in utility
Plant remaining summer bulbs
Put up new blind in the kitchen
New sealant round bath
Oil utility worktops

Everybody up DONE
Make Beds
Make Lunches DONE
Everyone to school/toddler group/work DONE
Mammys tablets DONE
Tidy Sitting Room DONE
Wash Floor
Tidy Hall
Downstairs Loo
Wash Breakfast Dishes
Clean counters
Tidy dining area
Sweep Floors
Washing LOAD ON
Hang Up washing 1 LOAD
Collect DD3 DH DOING IT
Make DHs Lunch
Tidy Up after it

AFTER LUNCH
Collect DDs
Make Dinner
Clean up after it
Evening activities
Make Tea
Clean up after it
Find Clothes for the next day

Weekly Jobs
MON
Our Room/Ensuite
Hoover Stairs
TUES
DS Room
WED
DD1s Room
Hoover Stairs
Computers
THURS
DD2s Room
FRI
Main Bathroom
Hoover Stairs

Morning all - not feeling good today so have made another GP appt - seeing my preferred doc so hopefully will get some more answers.

Still, life goes on, jobs need doing, lol!

Wed:
DONE:

• all up, dressed & breakfasted
• kitchen tidied
• DS1 to pre-sch
• DS2 speech appt
• dry cleaners for shirts & collect repaired shoes
• few bits of shopping

TO DO:

• collect DS1
• doc appt
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• afternoon? need to pop into office to finish off a spreadsheet & print it out at the very least
• boys tea (pasta & sauce?)
• boys to bed
• me off out to pizza night with other mums, yey

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/Us definitely staying at home!
• 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
• my jewellery - massive sort out & throw away broken/odd earrings, etc.
• Niece bday card & present PresentBought&Wrapped

Afternoon!

Alice, fab news on money and horses.

JKS, hope the Doc can help.

DH has gone for 11 days 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 and vitamins done
• breakfast done
• coffee + check email and online banking doing
• laundry - put load in done
• strip DS bed done
• dry pots done
• text SIL done
• wave DH off done
• don?t forget to post his postal vote!
• lunch cooling
• walk - don?t forget to go to postbox!
• garden
• feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• tea
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• wipe round bathroom, teeth and face
• write list for tomorrow
• craft etc.

DS daily -

• messy activity
• shoe walk
• garden done

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make, use what I?ve got for now- get cross-stitch framed, mark dates in Calendar for making Christmas cake etc.
• sort digital photos and order any I want prints of
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• Birthday presents to buy/make - step-MIL - wrist-warmers
• dig blackout blind out and adjust to window
• work out what?s wrong with breadmaker
• research carpet cleaning

JKS - Hope you get some answers. You aren't pg are you?

TODAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Fill up car - DHdone
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
New towels etc in bathroom and kitchen - done
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs
Meet friend for coffee - done
Sing and Smile - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen
More sorting in kitchen and utility - ongoing
Call window cleaner and find out when he is coming (was supposed to come 2 weeks ago)
Dinner
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

LAUNDRY
Towels - washing
One other load

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Dust our bedroom
Mirrors and glass doors

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Hoover out wardrobes - started
Take discarded clothes to charity bin
Put everything back into utility

HOUSE
Fix light in cooker hood (not just a duff bulb apparently)
Clean carpets - livingroomdone
Put up extra hooks in utility
Plant remaining summer bulbs
Put up new blind in the kitchen
New sealant round bath
Oil utility worktops - done

Wasting - at Dh being away for so long.

I was just catching up but have to post

Why no sex Alice? Is it sore? We didn't stop at all, although we are not as quick as some to get back on the saddle afterwards

Freak He can't stay away

JKS , hope you find out what it is and can get treated.

Alice shame about the bad night. Good news about the money though and v nice that someone has offered to help with horses.

Ali I see you are in need of a window cleaner, shame you don't live closer or you could check mine out in the flesh! (much much better irl than in the pic)

Wasting when's he due back?

Been out all morning again. STILL haven't done either the dusting or the ironing

Freak - I cant see the pic for some reason?
All I can see is your talk links

DD has just proved that she can MOVE about (she rolled her way to the fireplace and knocked over a large candle. Quick babyproof!!!!!

All up, dressed and breakfasted done
Clear away breakfast things
Pilates or walk or gardening done
Vitamins done
Rubbish out
Recycling out/plastic to school
Lunch Done
Open windows
put washing on
put washing to dry
Washing in, folded 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
Water plants

Put new plants in at Bilton
Ring estate agent again

also
Arrange holiday
Write meithrin nursery donation letters
Buy new address book and fill in
More weeding at BC
Buy wedding present
Buy birthday presents and cards x2
Birthday present and card for DH
ring childminder again! left message
Hospital for MRI/DD to nursery Thurs