"Slatterns fulfil a socially useful role: they allow others to feel superior, even other slatterns."

[wastingaway]

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

• drink coffee and MN for a bit (v. important) done quite a lot
• fold dry washing done
• sort and put away clean washing no DS woke up

+ snuggle with DS done + plant tomato seeds and water everything done + rubbish out done + feed birds done + tea cooking

That's not so bad.

JKS, you've done loads!

CC, hopefully they'll help. You do really have a lot on.

Happy Anniversary JKS. Actually feel a bit brighter this evening

Thanks Wasting & CC.

CC - i actually found i was worse in a way after starting ADs, it was as if i could admit to myself i was depressed so i felt sad more. But i knew i was doing something about it and realised it was a bit out of my control (not a fan of the 'you just need to shake yourself out of it' approach!) so that made me feel better. mixed up i know.

Fri:

• table upstairs from DH's study Started
• bbq tea altogether DONE
• garden play with new climbing frame DONE

• 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

Must be a slatterns bug, I've been poorly too.

DD and I both up at 4 feeling sick and aching all over, my temp was 39.9 but i didnt have any adult paracetamol in house so glugged some calpol and text h telling him he had to bring us paracetamol and bread asap because we were ill. By the time he arrived at 9.50 I couldn't even move and had to crawl dowstairs to unlock the door for him. He did feel guilty for not coming sooner when he saw how ill we were though. At one point dd was lying on the floor and said "I'm lying on the floor killing myself to sleep cos I'm too poorly"
My dad came up to look after dc for me though so I've spent a lot of the day dozing and am feeling much better now

Oh poor you freak,

JKS, just letting it all out to the Doc helped me I think, maybe thats why I feel better.

Need to sweep dining area

Evening .

Hi HMHB & Plum.

Wasting there will be NO more babies in this family .

Oh JKS I love an afternoon nap .

((Hugs)) for CC- I agree with the others they will help.

FO really hope you feel better tomorrow it has been a total nightmare here I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

My list has gone out of the window. We have had a lovely afternoon though we ate party food and watched Coralina.
Just bathed the girls and they are all listening to Matilda upstairs.
DS is on the xbox so all is peaceful.

Get L to sleep
DP set bike up
Put up banners and balloons
Bath
Bed

Probably wont be posting tomorrow so have a good weekend.

Wasting, Apparently cottage pie is just not a Friday night dinner, its a Weeknight dinner,
and he dosen't like getting like a mashed potato dinner 2 nights in a row,
so it will be a dinner dinner one night,
then pasta the next
then rice the next
even FIL came one Saturday night and went home shaking his head said to MIL those poor cildren are having stew for dinner on a Saturday night, I think its hilarious

So anyway because we were at the photo thing for so long and near the take away I brought that home with me, but I had a smaller protion as I have lost 2 lbs this week but will have to do lots of exercise tomorrow to make up for it

To do
boil & mash topping for pie and top pie and put in freezer for hmmmmmmmmm Wednesday

Plum - that is hysterical!!
I could never get why some people say you have to eat such and such on certain days either. Food is food, and yummy home cooked food would be welcome here any day!!

Fri:

• table upstairs from DH's study DONE
• bbq tea altogether DONE
• garden play with new climbing frame DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• quiet night in Doing

(2 freecyclers coming later)

Sat (vague)

• me up first
• breakfast & tidy up
• all dressed
• not really sure of plan for day...
• tip run with shed/study stuff not freecycled
• freecyclers coming at various times
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• tea x 4
• boys bath & bed

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

ooh can I come and join you?

lists are my thing though I'm not great at getting through them. I tried flylady for a while but it was just too slow moving for me, I end up with big long lists that I charge through a bit and make a difference and then repeat weekly!

I am always trying to get that bit closer to a house that runs well but every time I think I'm there a week later I'm back to square one. with 3 girls 5 and under though I think it is probably inevitable.

Hi Matumble and welcome Slatterns sounds like it could be the place for you FLY is scary .

@Plum I used to go out with a boy who knew what day of the week it was by what meal his Mum cooked .

Get L to sleep done
DP set bike up doing
Put up banners and balloons doing
Bath
Bed

Welcome Matumble!

Oh blimey Freak, sounds awful! Hope it clears up quick.

Plum, that's so funny! I'm actually thinking of doing a weekly meal plan based on pasta one day, stew the next etc. for my ease, but I can't imagine objecting to anything I'd been cooked!

CWWM, sounds like a lovely afternoon. We had quite a small do for DS birthday this year, and it was really nice.

Everythings done for the day. One day I'll actually have the pots washed and dried every evening (maybe a shiny sink? ) but it's not going to be any time soon. (There's only a few pans left)

Welcome Matumble

Freak & CWWM - hope all bugs have left the building.

DH got up first so i had a lovely lie-in, will have to make the effort to get up first tomorrow.

Sat (vague)

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed
• not really sure of plan for day...
• tip run with shed/study stuff not freecycled
• maybe garden centre visit for:

compost for seedlings fungus spray for willow tree (any gardeners look on my profile for problem tree pics) maybe some bedding plants cafe?

• freecyclers coming at various times
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• tea x 4
• boys bath & bed

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

Morning. DS got up at 6. I got really grumpy with him earlier, not eating cheerios and kicking me while doing his nappy. He's occupied with Cbeebies now.
Hopefully, I'll be alright after a few more coffees.

• make another coffee
• fold dry washing and take up
• sort washing
• put a load in
• dry pots

Morning everyone

Freak poor you!

CC - I was on AD's for almost a year, but I'm off them now and doing much better. It's not forever and it really will help, you have so much on your plate at the moment. (((hugs)))

CWWM - Happy Birthday to L for yesterday, have a great day today!

JKS - Happy Anniversary for yesterday

Wasting - DS gets grumpy like that, kicks and flails at us. I find it very hard to keep my temper!

to rest of Slatterns!

We had a lovely day yesterday, was our niece's sportsday at her boarding school so we went down there for the day and took a picnic. Was a lovely day with SIL and BIL, and DS was running around outside for hours and therefore slept like a log last night for almost 12 hours!
Also I did not cheat on my diet, despite the fact that there were cake and crisps everywhere

Got lots to do today, but DH and DS are playing with the trainset at the moment so we may be slow getting underway

SATURDAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed
Get DS up and dressed - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Reload and run - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher again!
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Change our bedding - done
Put bedding on to wash - done
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Bedding in to dry
Another load of washing on
B&Q for pots for the garden and sealant for the bathroom
Sort out utility
Dinner
Clear up
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Dust upstairs
Living room blinds
De-cobweb downstairs
Upstairs paintwork
Insides of downstairs windows (didn't get done last week)

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Alphabetise final bookcase
Pay window cleaner and Green Thumb - MUST do this

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
New sealant round bath

Morning Ali, sounds like a lovely day.

• make another coffee done
• fold dry washing done and take up
• sort washing 1load
• put a load in done
• dry pots done

+ change a nappy done + hang up washing done

Next -

• chill out! I'm getting so wound up today, not even PMS.
• clean sink, wash pots

Wasting - sounding like i felt yesterday, until my nap, any chance of one for you today?

Ali - well done on staying with diet at a picnic!!

DS2 mega-grumpy today, guessing my waking him early from his naps is kicking in, and it's not pretty!

Sat (vague)

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• tip run with shed/study stuff not freecycled DONE (except some paint pots we have to fill with soil and take back)
• garden centre visit for:

compost for seedlings DONE fungus spray for willow tree DONE maybe some bedding plants BoughtSeedsForSept

• freecyclers coming at various times 1been 2ToGo
• DH & DS1 round corner for bread Doing

• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• afternoon? cars need washing, maybe DH & ds1 out to carwash? loft? online shopping?
• tea x 4
• boys bath & bed

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

Morning all.
DH has gone to do shopping, so I am having a sneaky mumsnet. Thanks all for insisting that I wear 'long' for ball, you were right a few people were wearing short, some prom. but eyebrows were raised, everyone looked really elegant which was lovely. had a good time, band a bit dreary, didn't even get wobbly ( unlike last weekend on Pimms).

Wasting I do life drawing at art class, its the highlight of my week, I love it. Although we had a new model , tall skinny guy, very difficult to draw and very -well- -hung-, interesting features. One did not quite know where to position oneself in the room for -a- -good- -view- an interesting composition.
anyway.....
here's my today list
buy grobag
plant tomatoes
clean minging bathroom
change beds for HMHB et al
tidy up
garden
do invoices

waves to Matumble
Hope you get well soon Freaki
and CC i agree that support on anti d' is sometimes just the thing to get back into balance. Good luck.

Cant seem to get the hang of crossing out, but you get what I mean!!

Plum forgot to say I too am most amused by the certain food on particular days. I wonder what they would have been like in stone age times!

now lets see: Mammoth on full moon, roots and leaves days 3,4,5,6,7,8....
rat stew or is that ragout on dark moon. civiization eh?

Hi all, thanks for the welcome. im not off to a very good start I completely forgot that i had posted on here. today needs some focus though so glad i remembered

Sat
deliver avon
fold washing mountain
price up BBQ stuff for dd3 birthday
invites for DD3 birthday
cycle washing
load dishwasher
wipe round kitchen
hoover

LOL Matumble!

Mini- glad it was good, pmsl at your life drawing, i totally would not be able to concentrate at that!!

I'm so cold, thinking i might turn the heating on, brrr.

I should really be getting on with something, not just farming, lol!

Sat:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• tip run with shed/study stuff not freecycled DONE (except some paint pots we have to fill with soil and take back)
• garden centre visit for:

compost for seedlings DONE fungus spray for willow tree DONE maybe some bedding plants BoughtSeedsForSept

• freecyclers coming at various times 1been 2ToGo
• DH & DS1 round corner for bread DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• DH nap, lol Doing
• film for DS1 Doing

• afternoon? cars need washing, maybe DH & ds1 out to carwash? loft? online shopping?
• tea x 4
• boys bath & bed

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!

I got a bit of a zizz earlier when DS fell asleep on me. Can't class it a full snooze, as I didn't have a pillow and just kept nodding off, but I feel slightly better.

Mini, that sounds like great fun!

Matumble, you'll definitely fit in round here!

Right -

• quick clean bathroom
• shower and dressed
• put nappies in to wash
• dry pots

Let me in

Kitchen -

*wash pots
*put all Ds1 related paper work in one diary and all bill/financial paperwork in another diary

• clean sides *Sweep and mop floor. *put wash on

Living room -

*wash paintwork
*empty bags of stuff
*sweep and mop floor
*pick up rubbish
*put all clothes away in bedrooms

Stairs

*wash paintwork
*hoover stairs, remove toys/socks/paper/rubbish

bedroom (boys) -

*pick up all books/toys/clothes/paper/rubbish
*Make beds
*hoover

Bedroom (mine -

*Make bed
*Pick up books/clothes/toys/shoes/paper/rubbish/make up/ electrical grooming appliances
HooverTidy windowsill

Bathroom -

*Pick up toys/books/clothes/rubbish
*Wash sink, bath and toilet
*sweep and mop floor.

Oh God

Oh God oh god oh god there are not enough hours in the bloody day

Oh god

how much is reasonable to expect to do when you must be able to see your children at all times?

JKS - we have the heating on here. DH has managed to get my migrane (massive ) and has been in bed all day. It could be a virus I suppose? So I have been looking after the DC's and trying to sort house. DD is napping so having brief mnet. Am going to take DC's to friends grans 80th bday party in a mo so at least that will break up the day.

Alice - I think I read that you were trying to stop your dd having a bottle? DS had one for ages. Must have been until he was at least 3. Just at morning and bedtime. Then it was just at bedtime. Then one day he was sick and I told him that he needed to stop drinking milk otherwise he would be sick again and he did ! I do know kids who still have a bottle at 4 at bedtime but they down the milk in seconds.

All up, dressed and breakfasted done
Clear away breakfast things done
Walk or gardening
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling out /plastic to school
Lunch done
Open windows
put washing on/ hand washing
put washing to dry done
Washing in, folded done and put away
tidy kitchen Done
empty dishy Done
dishy filled Done and on
admin/filing/post Done
dinner
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
Present for 80th Birthday - honey!

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

HMHB - sounds more like a virus then if DH has caught it.
Hope you are feeling better?

Colditz - welcome and it is perfectly reasonable to achieve nothing here

Sat:

• DH up first DONE
• breakfast & tidy up DONE
• all dressed DONE
• tip run with shed/study stuff not freecycled DONE (except some paint pots we have to fill with soil and take back)
• garden centre visit for:

compost for seedlings DONE fungus spray for willow tree DONE maybe some bedding plants BoughtSeedsForSept

• freecyclers coming at various times 2Been 1ToGo
• DH & DS1 round corner for bread DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• DH nap, lol DONE
• film for DS1 DONE
• DH & DS1 out swimming Doing
• loft trip DONE
• online shop DONE (arriving tomorrow)

• tea x 4
• boys bath & bed

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 DONE
• Loft trip with 3 full boxes DONE
• 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