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

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

Alice - a shiny new one could bake cakes too

Mon (quiet day):

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• DH to work DONE
• dw unloaded, reloaded & on DONE
• wet washing hung out DONE
• all dressed DONE
• more laundry on DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• jobs morning with DS2: library DONE

beauty salon for vouchers for a present Shut other clothes shop nea salon for a browse Shut garden shop for a spinning tree decoration thingie DONE (but think i have to take it back as it's not fully assembled in the box, grr)

• cup of tea & MN/FB DONE
• hang washing out DONE
• put another load on DONE
• phone calls & paperwork Done10mins

• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• DS2 nap
• quiet afternoon at home
• boys tea
• boys to bed
• my dinner & early night

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! Think I will just tell my family we are here, they are welcome and leave it at that until nearer the time
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• change 2(3) light bulbs in kitchen, need ladder DONE (another had gone by the time i got round to it!)
• finish looking online at sensory stuff for DS2
• finish 1 crossword from Sat
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up VouchersBought

Yes, but would have to wait for it you see?

Waves Hope oven has survived.

Hang washing out RAINING
Put a load in machine DONE
Dress and wash L DONE
Do dd4's hair
clean living room DONE
Kitchen surfaces
Clean and mop loo
Walk if not raining RAINING
Dinner

Have hysterical ds because I told him off for deliberately putting handprints on all the windows after I told him not to touch them because I'd cleaned them this morning. Am sure he is putting on his distress but he is quite convincing.

DONE
All up etc
dd's lunch made
Load of washing in
DD to preschool
Washing up
washing out on line
Sides and table wiped
Load of towels in
Inside windows and mirrors cleaned
Dinner out of freezer
Load of towels out on line
hoover downstairs
hoover upstairs
mop downstairs
clean loo
clean bathroom
Supermarket
washing in off line (rain)
Lunch

Now to get the handprints off the windows again (why am I even bothering??)

Blimey alice that sounds awkward-no oven, no car and no loo + pregnant lady who isn't supposed to do much

JKS I felt naked the first few times I wore leggings but am now used to them

Oven is fixed damn but at least i can bake some cakes (hmmm, or scones)

I want to get some leggings, but all the ones i have seen are either ridiculously expensive or very cheap feeling/see through, doesn't seem to be any inbetween

Lol Freak - it is a bit like that!

Alice - yey for oven, I've got jeggings from Next & black leggings from New Look, haven't worn & washed either yet though so can't fully recommend them yet.

Oh and whilst changing light bulbs i saw how bad the cobwebs were so did the kitchen, now need to do everywhere else!

Mon (quiet day):

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• DH to work DONE
• dw unloaded, reloaded & on DONE
• wet washing hung out DONE
• all dressed DONE
• more laundry on DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• jobs morning with DS2: library DONE

beauty salon for vouchers for a present Shut other clothes shop nea salon for a browse Shut garden shop for a spinning tree decoration thingie DONE (but think i have to take it back as it's not fully assembled in the box, grr)

• cup of tea & MN/FB DONE
• hang washing out DONE
• put another load on DONE
• phone calls & paperwork Done10mins
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• decobweb kitchen DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• quiet afternoon at home Doing
• investigate leaking water butts DONE (had to bail out a few buckets worth as they were both nearly overflowing)

• pop to friends to pay for our ball tickets at her school
• get friend to sign my request for my medical records (decided I wanted to read through them before having DC3)
• boys tea
• boys to bed
• my dinner & early night

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! Think I will just tell my family we are here, they are welcome and leave it at that until nearer the time
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• finish looking online at sensory stuff for DS2
• finish 1 crossword from Sat
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up VouchersBought

Keep me informed JKS

Oh, and i was wondering if there was a special prize for being the most slatternly as after i mopped my floor earlier i did think that actually it was the first time i had done it in a long time, possibly 2 months (it has been hoovered occasionally though)

Alice Does that mean you hadn't done it since we both had it on our lists for weeks? Impressive work!

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Oh and my leggings are supermarket ones tesco's are a little bit thin feeling, asda thicker but faded a bit in wash and sainsbury's are good quality but a little bit shorter in the leg. DD's birthday I was wearing the tesco ones, don't think they were see through...

Alice two months is quite impressive I pay the dc to go over mine with babywipes at least it looks shiny.

FO - I am sure he will be putting the hysterics on they have millions of ways to make you feel guilty .

I love my leggings. I think they are good for slatterns it is almost like walking round in PJ's all day.

I have some nice ones from F&F at Tesco very comfy.

Hang washing out RAINING
Put a load in machine done
Dress and wash L DONE
Do dd4's hair done
clean living room 8done*
Kitchen surfaces done
Clean and mop loo done
Walk if not raining RAINING
Dinner done
School run

Might pop into Sainsbury's if i go to see family this week (i am only short in the leg myself!)

In my defence, DD and the cat were just constantly traipsing mud in and out so each day i would think "Must do the floor today" then by the time i had got DD dressed, breakfast etc and she was either outside or it was peeing it down (i open the door to make it dry quicker) it is lovely and shiney now though, and it feels nice too

I mostly just mini-hoover around where the boys have dropped stuff and it gets mopped once a week apart from that. cba with much more

Right best get DS2 up to go out.

Mon (quiet day):

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• DH to work DONE
• dw unloaded, reloaded & on DONE
• wet washing hung out DONE
• all dressed DONE
• more laundry on DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• jobs morning with DS2: library DONE

beauty salon for vouchers for a present Shut other clothes shop nea salon for a browse Shut garden shop for a spinning tree decoration thingie DONE (but think i have to take it back as it's not fully assembled in the box, grr)

• cup of tea & MN/FB DONE
• hang washing out DONE
• put another load on DONE
• phone calls & paperwork DoneBanking&Receipts
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• decobweb kitchen DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• quiet afternoon at home Doing
• investigate leaking water butts DONE (had to bail out a few buckets worth as they were both nearly overflowing)
• order some speech help books from amazon DONE

• pop to friends to pay for our ball tickets at her school
• get friend to sign my request for my medical records (decided I wanted to read through them before having DC3)
• boys tea
• boys to bed
• my dinner & early night

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! Think I will just tell my family we are here, they are welcome and leave it at that until nearer the time
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• finish looking online at sensory stuff for DS2
• finish 1 crossword from Sat
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up VouchersBought

Kitchen floor mopping goes on my list every week, I think it probably gets done about once a fortnight! I do wipe up spills/blobs with a cleaning wipe inbetween, and it gets hoovered or swept most days.

Alice I'm glad you're oven is fixed, you may not be able to pee but at least you can make nice things to eat

MONDAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH working from home - doing
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done + windows and de-scale taps - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - done
Check if grandma is awake and make her some tea if she is - done
Ocado here 10-11am - done
Unpack shopping - done
Garden/sandpit etc with DS - done
Hoover up sand - done
Go to Argos to buy a new kettle because ours has suddenly died - done argh!
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DS nap - doing
Somehow waste afternoon nattering with grandma and drinking cups of tea - doing
Walk over to Sainsbury's once DS is awake to buy some more fruit
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

LAUNDRY
Fold nappies from dryer
Put towels on to wash

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Dust downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - started
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen
Wash bathroom floor - done
De-cobweb upstairs
Downstairs skirtings
Kitchen cupboard fronts - bottomonesdone
Clean fridge - done
Living room blinds
Insides of Kitchen windows

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Birthday card and present for DB
Birthday card for FIL and wrap his present
Pay DS' preschool deposit
Book car in for service
DH opticians

Ali - an afternoon spent chatting & drinking tea is not wasted

Mon (quiet day):

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• DH to work DONE
• dw unloaded, reloaded & on DONE
• wet washing hung out DONE
• all dressed DONE
• more laundry on DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• jobs morning with DS2:

library DONE beauty salon for vouchers for a present Shut other clothes shop near salon for a browse Shut garden shop for a spinning tree decoration thingie DONE (but think i have to take it back as it's not fully assembled in the box, grr)

• cup of tea & MN/FB DONE
• hang washing out DONE
• put another load on DONE
• phone calls & paperwork DoneBanking&Receipts
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy kitchen DONE
• decobweb kitchen DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• quiet afternoon at home Doing
• investigate leaking water butts DONE
• order some speech help books from amazon DONE
• pop to friends to pay for our ball tickets at her school DONE
• get friend to sign my request for my medical records (decided I wanted to read through them before having DC3) DONE

• envelope for records request form & post
• boys tea
• boys to bed
• my dinner & early night

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! Think I will just tell my family we are here, they are welcome and leave it at that until nearer the time
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• finish looking online at sensory stuff for DS2
• finish 1 crossword from Sat DONE
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up VouchersBought
• vouchers for beauty salon for present
• take back tree spinner & replace

JKS - true

Have done a bit more cleaning so that feels better.

MONDAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH working from home - doing
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done + windows and de-scale taps - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - done
Check if grandma is awake and make her some tea if she is - done
Ocado here 10-11am - done
Unpack shopping - done
Garden/sandpit etc with DS - done
Hoover up sand - done
Go to Argos to buy a new kettle because ours has suddenly died - done argh!
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DS nap - doing
Somehow waste afternoon nattering with grandma and drinking cups of tea - doing
Walk over to Sainsbury's once DS is awake to buy some more fruit
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

LAUNDRY
Fold nappies from dryer
Put towels on to wash

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Dust downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - started
Stairs and bannisters - done
Shower screen
Wash bathroom floor - done
De-cobweb upstairs - done
Downstairs skirtings - done
Kitchen cupboard fronts - bottomonesdone
Clean fridge - done
Living room blinds
Insides of Kitchen windows

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Birthday card and present for DB
Birthday card for FIL and wrap his present
Pay DS' preschool deposit
Book car in for service
DH opticians

MONDAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Unload dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
DH working from home - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done + windows and de-scale taps - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - done
Check if grandma is awake and make her some tea if she is - done
Ocado here 10-11am - done
Unpack shopping - done
Garden/sandpit etc with DS - done
Hoover up sand - done
Go to Argos to buy a new kettle because ours has suddenly died - done argh!
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DS nap - done
Somehow waste afternoon nattering with grandma and drinking cups of tea - doing
Walk over to Sainsbury's once DS is awake to buy some more fruit - think DH is going to go while I sort dinner
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

LAUNDRY
Fold nappies from dryer
Put towels on to wash

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Dust downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - done
Stairs and bannisters - done
Shower screen
Wash bathroom floor - done
De-cobweb upstairs - done
Downstairs skirtings - done
Kitchen cupboard fronts - bottomonesdone
Clean fridge - done
Living room blinds
Insides of Kitchen windows
Glass in front and back doors - done

OTHER JOBS THIS WEEK
Birthday card and present for DB
Birthday card for FIL and wrap his present
Pay DS' preschool deposit
Book car in for service
DH opticians

CWWM I agree leggings are very comfy, another mum said something about me making an effort with clothes even when just at home and I said well actually wearing leggings and a tunic is more comfy than jeans.

Not sure how often I mop my floor, probably a few days after it looks bad

wc managed to find time for both me and his nan today dc went mad when they saw him, proper hyper and ds insisted on giving him a kiss on the mouth (and then told me I had to). BUT it is official I no longer fancy him, I think he is lovely and objectively good looking but seeing him as anything more than a friend is just weird now.

Everyone seems to be doing well today, lots of dones on lists

well done freakoid. a nice healthy crush is good once in a while. Bless your DD though.

Yeah with the leggings JKS.
I've got some really good ones from River Island (charcoal grey) although I fear I may have got nail varnish on them when I was on my way to wedding and thought it was a good idea to paint nails whilst DH was driving .

Alice - You're a brave woman.

Freakoid - we had window cleaners here last week and they commented that the windows really do need cleaning inside!

Remember DS's lunch money/PE kit done
Up and breakfasted done
Clear away breakfast things done
Pop into work didn't bother / DD to nursery done
Walk or gardening
Vitamins
Rubbish out Done
Recycling out /plastic to school
Lunch done
Open windows
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 done
bath DD/DS done
DD /DS to bed
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge
feed cat done
Water plants done

Extra stuff
start doing accounts
ring BC
buy socks for DS done
pay painter done

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

Freak i was thinking your ds might be conspiring to get the window clean to come get hand prints off window

Hi Everyone

CWWM feel free to share if it will make you feel better, hope your ok?

I went over to cake shop today to get red & black icing for Mickey cake for Saturday

going to get dcs to bed and maybe mak a small dent in ironing pile

Evening

HMHB why am i brave? admitting i am such a slattern?

Tomorrow's list:

Get up by 7am
Get bathroom emptied and picture taken
Clean bathroom (quickly, just a wipe over)
Get Dressed
Get breakfast
Get DD dressed
Car pick up 8ish (i think)
Bathroom fitter here bout 9am
Friend passing by at 9.15 - must be ready to go with her to playgroup
Go to playgroup

Evening

THought i was doing really well with laundry until i'd put away the ironing board, then opened the tumble dryer...gah another load sitting there. Have left it for now, cba.

Also had to put a nappies load on even though only 2 nappies as DS2 had a poo explosion, yuck.

Today:

• envelope for records request form DONE & post
• boys tea DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• my dinner DONE & early night

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• swap bathmats & towels
• pack for London trip
• DS1 to pre-sch
• DS2 & me to London (for GOSH appt)
• meet AN MN friends for picnic lunch (forecast is rain though, argh)
• meet DH for appt
• train home/DS2's tea at some point
• boys bath & bed
• my dinner?
• orchestra if home in time

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! Think I will just tell my family we are here, they are welcome and leave it at that until nearer the time
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)
• finish looking online at sensory stuff for DS2
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up VouchersBought
• vouchers for beauty salon for present
• take back tree spinner & replace

no alice - braving lack of loo whist pg. Floor schmore .

Remember DS's lunch money/PE kit done
Up and breakfasted done
Clear away breakfast things done
Pop into work didn't bother / DD to nursery done
Walk or gardening
Vitamins
Rubbish out Done
Recycling out /plastic to school
Lunch done
Open windows done
put washing on done / hand washing
put washing to dry
Washing in, folded and put away
tidy kitchen done
empty dishy done
dishy filled and on done
admin/filing/post
dinner done
bath DD/DS done
DD /DS to bed done
tidy bedroom
put toys away in lounge done
feed cat done
Water plants done

Extra stuff
start doing accounts
ring BC

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