"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.

Go mini, go mini, go mini

Well done on speaking to preschool JKS. DD has a bit of a "don't like boys" mentality since starting preschool but still plays with them and preschool seem quite good about encouraging equality.

Not got a lot done today, been at toddlers and in garden

Stands arma akimbo.
RIGHT
books, cds and videos all over the floor.
have heaved the book cases away from walls.
It slike a scene from alien behind there. little pods all over the place.
Starts to channel Rippley. And OMG the carpet has completely disintegrated in huge patches on hoovering.
Am off to get Mega death powder. and large sub machine gun....Hasta la vista slatterns....

When should we send in a search party?

Not done a lot today, think my iron is low again so feel a bit rubbish.

Had got DD to bed with some milk (needs a bit of bribery to get her to have one ) Left her gate open as she created if i shut it, but as stayed in bed i thought it was fine.

Came down, put another washload on, emptied and reloaded the dishy, sat down and little footseps ccan be heard coming down the stairs. "Not having a nap mummy"

I was going to update my list then put some toys away, then try out my new handheld hoover, but seems a bit pointless now.....

DONE
Get dressed
Make our bed
Put washload on
Have breakfast
Rinsed bath out from last night
Hang yesterdays 3rd lot of washing out
Clear up breakfast stuff
Lunch
Make some pink milk ice lollies
Empty dishy
Reload dishy
Hang second load of washing out
Put third load of washing on

TO DO
Get DD dressed (not yet, but she has had a clean nappy - it is a start!)
Empty dishy
Reload dishy
Wipe down kitchen
Clean hob
Chuck DD out into the garden - turn cbeebies off!

BIG JOBS THIS WEEK
Continuing emptying freezer
Go through all clothes and get rid of lots (got lots of new stuff at the weekend)DONE
Clear dining room, as my dad is coming to paint it for us
Car to go back into garage - phone garage
Get to bottom of washing basket - a girl can dream

Alice - can you have some red meat for dinner? spag bol or steak? Annoying when they don't nap.

Mini - nice knowing you

DS2 just built a tower of 2 bricks!!! and he did it twice just to make sure
Another box ticked off on his To Do list, lol!

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap bathroom mats & towels DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• food shopping with DS2 DONE
• put away shopping DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• another pile of ironing AllDONE
• put away DONE
• set up old tv in kitchen so i can watch, well listen as picture is crap, to Wimbledon while DS1 watches CBeebies DONE
• update wall charts DONE

• me + boys to Pead appt for DS2
• stop off at KFC for family bucket on way home for tea, lol
• drop off some blow-up mattresses at friends
• boys to bed
• orchestra (check cash for sitter)

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
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)- call Opodo re seats
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up Vouchers&ChocsWrapped - Need card now
• repot sunflowers HaveStakedThem
• review other birthdays coming up Started
• create some tactile panels for DS2; Done 8 - Waiting on astroturf samples
• figure out to attach panels to wall using velcro - Waiting on Velcro Strips - Velcro Arrived
• find good acrylic/vinyl mirror for DS2's corner CollectingThursday
• pre-sch TQ card & presents ChocsWrapped

JKS are these 'goals' that his SN worker has given you? How fab to be able to tick some off!

Alice - boo at lack of nap.

DS is slumbering peacefully upstairs, need to do a quick tidy up down here and then exercise so I can watch the tennis.

TUESDAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Hang nappies on the line - done
Towels on to wash - done
Wipe over bathroom + clean towel warmer - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed
Empty all bins - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Watch budget - done
DS nap - doing
Exercise
DS sandpit and garden time once the sun has moved round - donesome
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants - done
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Dust downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs - started
Mirrors and glass doors - upstairsdone
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen
Insides of downstairs windows
Wash bathroom floor
Upstairs skirtings - done
Downstairs paintwork
Living room blinds
Insides of upstairs windows - done

OTHER JOBS
Birthday present for DB - no idea what to buy him, he has everything
Book car in for service
Pay window cleaner
Buy more wrapping paper, cards etc
Have big toy clearout
Car tax
Tidy and make up spare room ready for friends coming this weekend
Move button on trousers because they are too big

Yay DS2!!!

Have got leftover pasta for dinner, but will probably have a bowl of cereal while DD has her dinner (she will have hers early today) and cereal is fortified with iron so quite good. Also had some houmous and carrots for a snack today and my spatone. Just a rubbish weekend foodwise, and a bump growth spurt!

Am out!! mega death applied, hoovered and reapplied. Carpet quite bald, will never be able to have bookshelves anywhere else. i hope what I have done stops them, I suspect that alot of the activity is under the carpet. Am now knackered and in need of gin chocolate.
Will have a wander round the garden and go talk to the frogs. then back to tackle piles of books, cds. Am going to put all videos in the bin and wait to see if DH notices
ALICE can I have a pink lolly?
ALI you have done masses.
Running out of steam, must stop and get on.

Woo! Well done Mini! What a horror for you!

Alice, bless her, she knows her own mind.

JKS, woohoo for DS2! The little star!

Ali, what exercise you doing? How's the diet?

DS fell asleep almost halfway to town, and promptly woke up as soon as we got back so I didn't get a sit down, and it'll be a leter bedtime.

• up done, dressed done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• laundry - put load in done, sort and put away clean washing, fold dry washing done
• kitchen - dry pots done, wipes sides done, clean floor
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• Shred DVD done
• town - market, bank, lush, craft shop done
• lunch done
• garden - check for cat poo, plant seeds, thin radishes, apply cat repellent, weeding
• feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• tea
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed (DH)
• wipe round bathroom, teeth and face

Grot -

• oven
• kill the ants - spray outside again, traps inside no they appear to have gone I obviously leave more food out for them than DH
• hand washing done!
• pedicure
• carpet
• defrost freezer
• sofa cover
• clean bird table
• empty and clean hoover

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., somewhere to store Christmas presents
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• find a dentist
• put photos in Christmas album
• pay coins in at bank some they only take 5 bags at a time
• empty pots to lush for free face mask done
• tax credits

Alice your lists are looking very organised lately, is that 'about to have a baby syndrome'?

Glad you survived Mini

yay for ds2 JKS

About to go to supermarket, has been too hot to walk down there so far (I have period and a cold so am feeling heat more than usual-it's not actually tropical weather!). DS hasn't napped though so is bound to sleep on way there and not go to bed tonight...bugger. hmm maybe feed him, bath him and put him in pjs first? Although then it might be getting a bit late to expect DD to walk there and back

DONE
All up etc
washing up
sides& table
load of washing on
load of washing out
hoover downstairs
clean loo
toddler group
shop for milk
wc here to clean windows (made him a cuppa and a bacon sarnie, aren't I nice? )
er....lie in garden...

Still to do
supermarket
dinner
washing up
tidy
bath and bed dc
ironing

Phew it is too hot to be jumping round my living room. My face looks like this but with hotness rather than blushing.

Wasting - I have got EA Active Sports for my Wii and I'm doing the 30-day challenge. On day 10 and workout 6 so far. It is knackering but it's working, the scales aren't moving much (still 11 pounds down) but it's been AF this week, but I've lost 5.5 inches from round my middle in 4 weeks now which I'm v.v.happy with.

Mini well done, sounds a hideous task and the kind of thing I would have left up to DH

I have no idea what we are having for tea, need to go and make a plan.

Well done Mini!!

Ali - not so much goals but things he needs to get back on track as he's behind in most things.
Though his Gross Motor skills are back on track as of a couple of weeks ago
Now he seems to be working on his Fine Motor ones.
Personal/Social next then Speech/Communication

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap bathroom mats & towels DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• food shopping with DS2 DONE
• put away shopping DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• another pile of ironing AllDONE
• put away DONE
• set up old tv in kitchen so i can watch, well listen as picture is crap, to Wimbledon while DS1 watches CBeebies DONE
• update wall charts DONE
• me + boys to Pead appt for DS2 DONE
• stop off at KFC for family bucket on way home for tea, lol DONE (went surprisingly well!)
• drop off some blow-up mattresses at friends DONE

• boys to bed
• orchestra (check cash for sitter, not got any oops, may have to raid DH's secret stock!)

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
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)- call Opodo re seats
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up Vouchers&ChocsWrapped - Need card now
• repot sunflowers HaveStakedThem
• review other birthdays coming up Started
• create some tactile panels for DS2; Done 8 - Waiting on astroturf samples
• figure out to attach panels to wall using velcro - Waiting on Velcro Strips - Velcro Arrived
• find good acrylic/vinyl mirror for DS2's corner CollectingThursday
• pre-sch TQ card & presents ChocsWrapped

JKS, I'm so pleased for you all.

Ali, well done! 11 pounds is fantastic!
A few ladies from the Shiney thread have been doing 30 day Shred and it's only 20 mins so I thought I'd give it a go, and I'm enjoying it.
Well, enjoying might be stretching it a little.

• up done, dressed done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• laundry - put load in done, sort and put away clean washing done (apart from DSs), fold dry washing done
• kitchen - dry pots done, wipes sides done, clean floor
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• Shred DVD done
• town - market, bank, lush, craft shop done
• lunch done
• garden - check for cat poo done, plant seeds done, thin radishes done, apply cat repellent done weeding no
• feed the birds done
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out done
• tea done
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed (DH) done
• craft
• wipe round bathroom, teeth and face

Grot -

• oven
• kill the ants - spray outside again, traps inside no they appear to have gone I obviously leave more food out for them than DH
• hand washing done!
• pedicure
• carpet
• defrost freezer
• sofa cover
• clean bird table
• empty done and clean hoover, find instructions for Dyson

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., somewhere to store Christmas presents
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• find a dentist
• put photos in Christmas album
• pay coins in at bank some they only take 5 bags at a time
• empty pots to lush for free face mask done
• tax credits
• find out - how to handwash properly

JKS - that is really fab news, very chuffed for you

TUESDAY
Me and DH up - done
Shower and dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Hang nappies on the line - done
Towels on to wash - done
Wipe over bathroom + clean towel warmer - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed
Empty all bins - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Watch budget - done
DS nap - done
Exercise - done
DS sandpit and garden time once the sun has moved round - done
Put rice in steamer - done
Quick shower - done
Strip our bed and put sheets on to wash - done
Towels onto the line - done
Find clean towels/bathmats etc - done
Dinner - chilli from the freezer, yum - done
Sit and watch Wimbledon while DS watches Peppa on YouTube on DH's laptop - doing
Clear up
Water plants - done
DS bath and bed
Run dishwasher
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed
Update Wimbledon chart

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Dust downstairs
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs - started
Mirrors and glass doors - upstairsdone
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen - done
Insides of downstairs windows
Wash bathroom floor
Upstairs skirtings - done
Downstairs paintwork - done
Living room blinds
Insides of upstairs windows - done

OTHER JOBS
Birthday present for DB - no idea what to buy him, he has everything
Book car in for service
Pay window cleaner
Buy more wrapping paper, cards etc
Have big toy clearout
Car tax
Tidy and make up spare room ready for friends coming this weekend
Move button on trousers because they are too big

Wasting x-posts. I am actually enjoying the exercise now, it's really bizarre. I think it takes a few goes before the endorphins start to do anything but I am definitely getting that 'buzz' now.

ok what is going on mother!?

It so makes me laugh at the thought of my mother on a slatterns thread. She is more of a Kim and Aggie candidate. Although you know my sister is on here sometimes. She is quite normal

I don't look at the thread for a few days and it's moth madness!

Been fairly mad here while DH was away last week so we're just catching up. Also we extracted honey on Sunday which stirred up the bees again so they are feisty!

JKS - yay for DS

Tomorrow
Up and breakfasted
DS to school DD napping
Clear away breakfast things
Consultants appointment
Walk or gardening
Vitamins
Rubbish out
Recycling out /plastic
Lunch
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

Extra stuff
Accounts done
Post off accounts info
Fix phone done
Ring estate agent done
Send bill numbers to BC
Pay for school photo DONE
Pay for Meitherin nursery DONE
Buy hat for me!
Buy sunshade for DD DONE
CTC return (although according to website will get £12.00 so not really worth the effort )
Send meter readings/direct debit form to BC
Buy school jumpers

Ongoing
Arrange summer holiday
Write 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 coming tomorrow

Alice - if we had a kim and aggie type it might help us improve our slatternly ways?? .

I meant a K&A candidate!

I have just finished putting all the books back and hoovered up again. I think I am getting paranoid about the little buggers, head on a swivel, looking for any signs.
Am pleased with my work though, shelves now all clean and tidy, I even found a box for all the various leads, headphones, chargers etc.
have a big pile of books for the charity shop, and have warned DH that old videos are not allowed on shelves.

i am just not sure what we can do to prevent them coming back, (if I have managed to banish them) perhaps K&A might know.
Having a bit of a fret.Feel as if the damn things are in my hair. Bloody countryside.
I don't mean that really.
Glad for your DS JKS.
good you got the honey in HMHB save me a jar.

I love K&A

Tues:

• boys to bed DONE
• orchestra DONE

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DS1 to pre-sch
• morning jobs??
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• DS2 nap
• FOOTBALL!! (sure DS1 will be thrilled, not!)
• boys tea (fish finger night!)
• boys bath & bed
• watch last episode of V
• DH home late + 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
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)- call Opodo re seats
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up Vouchers&ChocsWrapped - Need card now
• repot sunflowers HaveStakedThem
• review other birthdays coming up Started
• create some tactile panels for DS2; Done 8 - Waiting on astroturf samples
• figure out to attach panels to wall using velcro - Waiting on Velcro Strips - Velcro Arrived
• find good acrylic/vinyl mirror for DS2's corner CollectingThursday
• pre-sch TQ card & presents ChocsWrapped

Hi Girls,

Today I went to cut the grass.....

and the sodding mower dies.

No mower, no strimmer - no gardening.

Did 2 loads of washing today
Cleaned living room
cleaned sofas
cleaned THE BOY'S room
Cleaned my room
did dinner
hoovered hallway
swept outside

tomorrow, i need to sort out the cellar, get all garden stuff to one side and toys on the other. Sweep it out as best I can as there is a lot of stones and broken glass in there.

Thursday, shopping for food, start cleanout of shed.

Friday, finish shed and clean out cupboard under stairs. Put tools in clean shed and put cleaning stuff in cupboard.

Really missing The Sparks today, but he did call but because where he is working they have no reception so have to go to the nearest village to call anyone. Next call will be on Friday. He's really pissed off as no-one said the job was on shifts and because of that 6 people have walked off, leaving the rest of them with more work. There has never been a day when we havent spoken to each other in 11 years so this is hard. He is trying to make the best of it, but hates working away. Still, only 8 more days.

Morning

Ipom The Sparks? Is that DH? I kind of imagine him as The Stig now

Lots to do

Friend coming over after playgroup, house is (as usual) a mess.

Before 9.30 i need to;

Finish breakfast
Make beds
Take clean washing upstairs (and deposit on beds)
Hang washing out
Put more washing on
Tidy kitchen
Wipe sides down
Clean hob
Sweep hall
Sweep kitchen
Tidy sitting room (most toys put away last night so not too bad)
Put clean throws on sofas
Get dressed
Get DD dressed
Pick up all accumulated crap from around the house

Alice - that is lots, good luck!

Ipom - my DH is away lots and inevitably we go days when we haven't talked but i don't like it, so it must be v hard for you.

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 1Done
• dw on DONE

• DS1 to pre-sch

Morning jobs:

• kitchen areas of doom cleared 1Done
• return top to George (bought a 16 instead of a 10, duh)
• birthdays?
• what else?...
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy kitchen
• DS2 nap
• FOOTBALL!! (sure DS1 will be thrilled, not!)
• boys tea (fish finger night!)
• boys bath & bed
• watch last episode of V
• DH home late + 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
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)- call Opodo re seats
• put hippo in upstairs toilet cistern
• Nanny's 20th birthday coming up Vouchers&ChocsWrapped - Need card now
• repot sunflowers HaveStakedThem
• review other birthdays coming up Started
• create some tactile panels for DS2; Done 8 - Waiting on astroturf samples
• figure out to attach panels to wall using velcro - Waiting on Velcro Strips - Velcro Arrived
• find good acrylic/vinyl mirror for DS2's corner CollectingThursday
• pre-sch TQ card & presents ChocsWrapped

Before 9.30 i need to;

DONE
Finish breakfast
Take clean washing upstairs (and deposit on beds)
Hang washing out
Put more washing on (in, just waiting on DD's vest)
Tidy kitchen
Wipe sides down
Clean hob
Hoover and febreeze sofas
Put clean throws on sofas

TO DO
Sweep hall
Sweep kitchen
Tidy sitting room (most toys put away last night so not too bad)
Get dressed
Get DD dressed
Pick up all accumulated crap from around the house
Switch on washing machine and dishy