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Welcome to the slatterns thread, where everyone is welcome to share their lists, get motivated and share tips.

Morning folks.
Alice you have my stamp of approval for todays list, perhaps you could also add put feet up,perhaps whilst with friend.
Sorry not meeing to be preachy.

I had crap time at meeting yesterday so brace yourselves for a moan/rant.
most of it went well, I then did a presentation on some WIP something that has been v.time consuming for lots of people. and a newcomer just did a complete mugging, everyone else went into stun mode and I was left reeling with no support, then had to leave meeting to catch train, tube line down, managed to get train by skin of teeth, had to eat crappy rail sandwich, cos starving, had meeting going around my head so much that I missed my stop (worryingly have a big gap in memory of huge sections of journey)and had to get another train back, got home at 9.30pm.

Why do I bother- this is voluntary work - bangs head against wall. AArghh

OK as you were, rant over, you can come out now.

meeing whats meeing fgs

Oh great! cat has vommed on carpet and kitchen floor. just as trying to breakfast.
don't tell me its going to be one of those days. Am supposed to be going to glam black tie do this evo. not in the mood AT ALL.

poor HMHB has paralising migraine yeterday and today.
What's going on, rants and shakes fist heavenwards

Just did a really long post and lost it .

Happy anniversary JKS .

Alice hope you're ok ..sorry you feel so down.

Hope everyone else is ok.

Busy day today it is L's birthday tomorrow.

Cancel Dr's appt dpdoing
DC dressed/washed for school done
DS dinner money done
Make beds
Me and L breakfast done
Me and L washed and dressed
Wipe round bathroom and loo
Asda 10-12
Amazon order here
Hang washing out
Load of washing in *3
Pay bills
L birthday present
Clean living room
DP tidy up garden
Wipe round kitchen
L play
Me and L dinner
Sweep kitchen floor
Clean out fridge before shopping arrives
Contact FIl to pick up party food
Wii fit?
Schoolrun
Order card for dsis and bil
Tea
Watching a film with dc
Sort clothes for tomorrow
Bedtimes
Quick tidy and hoover
Set up birthday stuff
Put batteries in camera
Wash and dry hair
Bed

Soory slatterns, realise that many of you are dealing with far worse puke-type situations, respect.

Mini, I would rather clean up kid puke than cat puke .

Sorry you had a rubbish day yesterday it seems like it has been a bit of a rubbish week for a few slatterns .

It may have been a rubbish week, BUT it is now Friday (isn't it? )

JKS oops, sorry, missed it is your anniversary. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Mini sorry to hear about your rubbish trip yesterday and your cat puke. I hope HMHB is ok.

I am not really too down, mornings are ok, it is just by the evening and i have spent all day doing nothing, eating rubbish and DD has been sat on the sofa watching telly all day that i feel miserable. To be fair to her she feels a bit hot and is complaining of her teeth hurting so probably needs a quiet few days.

DONE
Get up and dressed
Make our bed
Put a basket of clean washing on our bed to sort later x2 well, at least it is clean
Put washload on
Have breakfast
DD breakfast
Clear up breakfast stuff
DD clean nappy
Hang washing out
Watered plants (think they are dead anyway, a few days of lots of sun and no water)

TO DO
Get DD dressed
Chuck DD out into the garden
Pick up toys from sitting room
Shake out throws
Empty dishy
Wipe down kitchen sides
Have a rummage in freezer for tonights dinner
Put some veg plants into a bigger pot?
Get DH to hoover when he gets back for lunch (take DD into garden/upstairs while it is being done)
Friend over this afternoon?

ITS FRIDAY, and my dcs are off YEY

minim agree with others cat puke worse than kids that was a crappy day, enjoy tonight

Alice do not beat yourself up about dd watching too much TV, when I had ds I don't know what I would have done with out it, especially when breast feeding and it has had no long term damage

JKS HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

CWWM hope everyone is feeling better and you enjoy L's birthday, can't believe shes 1, Its is my little nieces 1st birthday in 2 weeks, time flies!

Waves to everyone else

Right on with List

TO DO
me showered & dressed
clean shower while in there
do hair at some stage
dcs washed & dressed
dd1s hair up in bun for show photos
cut dd1s fringe[eek]
brush kitchen
mop kit etc floors
empty dishwasher
hoover
hang out washing
lunch
bring dd1 for photos

that will do for the minute

Thanks Plum I am glad the dc are off school after today too.

Why oh why am I sat on my bum eating winegums when I have loads to do?

DP will be back with L's gifts soon and the house is a tip.

CWWM - i am sat with shortbread fingers & a cup of tea
Hope L's birthday is fun.

Well we have decided not to go out tonight as DH hasn't booked anywhere & i haven't booked a sitter - who says romance is dead?!?!?!
oh well he says he'll cook something.

AF here, explains my ratty mood the last few days and today.

Fri:

• Dh up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• tea in bed with laptop DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• DH to work/working from home today Doing
• HV coming to do a development check on DS2 (10am) DONE

• jobs/tidying/etc
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• afternoon; friends going to farm, may join them with DS1
• boys tea & bed
• our dinner

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Started-Done More
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors Done3More
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• make my playlist
• clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• 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)
• my underwear - massive sort out & throw away old bits Started - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday Deliver Last 2
• sort out summer clothes for boys DS1DONE GetNextBoxFromLoft
• Loft trip with 3 full boxes (anything else?)
• sort out toys 'too old for DS1',

'too young for DS1 but too old for DS2' & 'too young for DS2' and put away neatly somewhere

L's party is cancelled .
We were having it at the in -laws and Mil and Sil have come down with the flipping sick bug.
What can I do tomorrow now?

Hi JKS .

Damn that sick bug! Can you have it next saturday instead? L won't know will she. Just have a little party tea at home tomorrow, then party next week. That is what i would do. Understand it may not be possible for you though.

CWWM - bugger

Am seriously ratty and fed up today, not sure what really, af + tiredness from not sleeping well but i am too grumpy to be seen in public!

Fri:

• Dh up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• tea in bed with laptop DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• DH to work/working from home today Doing
• HV coming to do a development check on DS2 (10am) DONE
• jobs/tidying/etc SomeStarted
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• afternoon; friends going to farm, may join them with DS1 - stay at home instead
• boys tea & bed
• our dinner

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Started-Done More
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors Done3More
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• make my playlist
• clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• 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)
• my underwear - massive sort out & throw away old bits Started - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday Deliver Last 2
• sort out summer clothes for boys DS1DONE GetNextBoxFromLoft
• Loft trip with 3 full boxes (anything else?)
• sort out toys 'too old for DS1',

'too young for DS1 but too old for DS2' & 'too young for DS2' and put away neatly somewhere

Afternoon!

Sorry about everyone's bad luck.

I need to get DS nappy changed and get back out before I get stuck to this chair for the afternoon again.

• 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 mail and online banking doing
• Playgroup at Children?s centre done
• lunch done
• Morrisons
• sort and put away clean washing
• garden - tomato seeds
• feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• 5 o?clock - tea
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed, wipe round bathroom, teeth and face
• craft time

Grot -

• oven
• tv screen
• macbook screen
• kill the ants
• hand washing
• pedicure
• bathroom cabinet

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
• work out what?s wrong with breadmaker still flat, try some new yeast? new yeast bought flat
• buy external hard-drive
• prepare for holiday! 2 weeks away!
• research nursery application

Just had a nap on the sofa while DH was on his lunchbreak. Woke up drooling onto the sofa - how attractive!

JKS give yourself a break. You are allowed to feel grumpy/tired/hormonal.

Wasting DD was doing my head in earlier whinging and wanting everything/nothing that i was hoping DH could take her for a little walk while i had a nap, but in the end i just put a washing up bowl full of water outside with various farm animals and tupperware and that seemed to break the whinging i want cycle. Now in bed having a bottle of milk. (have gone backwards with the bottle really, but if it gets her to nap in the afternoons i have decided that is more important atm )

Just having a glass of milk and then i want to get the sitting room straight.

OOooo wine gums. Have been trying to avoid anything that bloats as have got to get into tight dress this evening. but am now fantising about wine gums.
went to art class this morning, everyone feeling grumpy we decided it must be full moon. Yeh.nod hmm. 'course.

so afternoon list:
tidy ktichen
have bath
de hair legs and arms
nails
hair
find scaffolding for under dress
find trowell for face
up load different personality for this evening

bye for now

Afternoon.

Alice I think we are going to do what you suggested. I just have a lot of party food in the house now.
I shave spent the money we were about spend on sweet stuff for the party on loads of lovely books from Amazon for her we have also got her this.

Hope you cheer up soon JKS.

Waves to Wasting.

Cancel Dr's appt done
DC dressed/washed for school done
DS dinner money done
Make beds done
Me and L breakfast done
Me and L washed and dressed done
Wipe round bathroom and loo
Asda 10-12 here
Amazon order here
Hang washing out
Load of washing in *3
Pay bills done
L birthday present done
Clean living room
DP tidy up garden
Wipe round kitchen
L play done
Me and L dinner done
Sweep kitchen floor
Clean out fridge before shopping done
Wii fit?
Schoolrun dpdoing
Order card for dsis and bil
Tea
Watching a film with dc
Bedtimes
Quick tidy and hoover
Set up birthday stuff
Put batteries in camera
Wash and dry hair
Bed

CWWM That is crap, sorry no words of wisdom

off now to bring dd1 to get her photos taken in her show costumes, arrggghhh, might pop in and see a friend on the way home

me showered & dressed
clean shower while in there
do hair at some stage
dcs washed & dressed
dd1s hair up in bun for show photos
cut dd1s fringe[eek]
lunch
cottage pie half on (even though dh says you can't have cottage pie on a FRIDAY!!!!!!! )

TO DO
brush kitchen
mop kit etc floors
empty dishwasher
hoover
hang out washing

bring dd1 for photos

that will do for the minute

Right, this is getting silly, will everyone and their DC's/pets stop being sick/ill.

My poor friend came and cleared up my sick yesterday bless her. Am a lot better now.

JKS - wore 2nd dress at wedding mainly for fun.

Emergency Cleaning
Washing
Put washing Away
General Tidy up.

All up, dressed and breakfasted done
DS to school done
Clear away breakfast things
Walk or gardening done
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling out done/plastic to school
Tidy DS's room and wash bedding
Lunch done
Open windows done
put washing on done/ hand washing
put washing to dry
Washing in, folded and put away
tidy kitchen
empty dishy
dishy filled and on
admin/filing/post
dinner - going to friends
bath DD/DS
DD/DS to bed
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge
feed cat
Water plants

Extra stuff
get DD to eat some solids
start doing accounts
Make cakes for duck race on Fri - need to ice

Ongoing
Arrange summer holiday
Write meithrin nursery donation letters
Buy new address book and fill in
new curtains/black out blinds for DS's room / our room
Paint summer house/greenhouse
Fix patio - Dad to help

Alice, I think sleep and routine are more important than getting them off the bottle/whatever. You've got to take things steadily with little ones I think. I tried that washing up bowl thing the other week. Ds poured an enormous jugful over his feet then got arse on.

HMHB, poor you!

Plum, why can't he have cottage pie on a Friday?!

CWWM, those trikes are lovely. But what if you have a boy next time?

Minima, what sort of thing do you do in art class?

Right, been to Morrisons, DS is snoozing outside in buggy, time to -

• drink coffee and MN for a bit (v. important)
• fold dry washing
• sort and put away clean washing

I gave up and went to bed as DH was at home, much happier now
Maybe it is the moon!
(maybe not so annoying having dh at home, lol!)

Now i really must try and do something....!

Fri:

• Dh up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• tea in bed with laptop DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• DH to work/working from home today Doing
• HV coming to do a development check on DS2 (10am) DONE
• jobs/tidying/etc SomeStarted
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• afternoon; friends going to farm, may join them with DS1 - stay at home instead StayedAtHome
• my nap DONE Lovely
• bbq tea altogether
• boys to bed
• quiet night in

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Started-Done More
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors Done3More
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• make my playlist
• clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• 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)
• my underwear - massive sort out & throw away old bits Started - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday Deliver Last 2
• sort out summer clothes for boys DS1DONE GetNextBoxFromLoft
• Loft trip with 3 full boxes (anything else?)
• sort out toys 'too old for DS1',

'too young for DS1 but too old for DS2' & 'too young for DS2' and put away neatly somewhere

Afternoon Ladies, I am just back from the doctors, He has put me on a mild antidepressant! . Havent been feeling great for the last while PMS has been lasting up to 3 weeks, Only went to see him about the migraines and ended up on these now

If it helps Cikecaka, then it is worth it. You have a lot on your plate and it is obviously stressing you out (understandably)

Thanks Alice!

CC - sure you know i was on them too, they really helped and i'm off them now, so don't think that it's some sort of life sentence thing. I felt a bit 'odd' for the first few days - may have been in my head though! - then felt fine.
And i was fine on wine too

Have had a mad half hour!

Fri:

• Dh up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• tea in bed with laptop DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• DH to work/working from home today Doing
• HV coming to do a development check on DS2 (10am) DONE
• jobs/tidying/etc SomeStarted
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• afternoon; friends going to farm, may join them with DS1 - stay at home instead StayedAtHome
• my nap DONE Lovely
• stuff requested off freecycle to garden gate ready to go DONE
• email freecycler from 2 years ago about the fridge shelves i've just found!! DONE
• 2 spare single duvets into vacuum bags DONE
• find extension cable i was looking for a few weeks ago DONE! (hidden upstairs in a shopping bag)
• books upstairs from DH's study DONE
• table upstairs from DH's study Started

• bbq tea altogether
• boys to bed
• quiet night in

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Started-Done More
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors Done3More
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others
• make my playlist
• clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• 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)
• my underwear - massive sort out & throw away old bits Started - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday Deliver Last 2
• sort out summer clothes for boys DS1DONE GetNextBoxFromLoft
• Loft trip with 3 full boxes (anything else?)
• sort out toys 'too old for DS1',

'too young for DS1 but too old for DS2' & 'too young for DS2' and put away neatly somewhere