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

• bring in washing done

and

• sit down doing

ALice hope you are ok

CC dd was right in the front row, purple glasses, then ds was the little boy right in the middle trying not to look at camera, hillarious, so that was our little school and chapel the on with the funeral,see how small our school is that was all pupils!!
The dcs are waiting for it to come on the computer to watch themselves back (don't know where they get their modesty from)

Which reminds must complain to sky, see if I can't get a free Sky+ box, everyone else has one and I've been a bloomin sky customer for years!

Alice has posted, she's home and ok.

Alice - glad you're home

Sat:

• me up first DONE

• breakfast & tidy up
• finish TQs from DS1
• measure out on the grass various places for climbing frame
• DH taking boys out to Dad's group
• town for various (incl. party stuff)
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• maybe shed stuff/more gardening
• party from 3pm (hopefully incl. some food, lol)
• home and boys to bed
• DH out
• me collapse in front of tv!

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; need details of which dentist from DH
• 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
• 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 - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday MyBitDone NeedDS1ToSignThemNow HalfDone&Delivered
• pay pre-school some money (find out how much i owe them, totally forgot about this term's bill and it's nearly half-term already! Mind you they haven't asked for it yet either!) AskedThemForInvoice
• research best places to buy a climbing frame/swingset for garden DoneLots - measure place in garden for it to go Started (worried it's a bit big, oops!)

Hello, sorry to have you all worried

Update:

Baby hopefully staying put, but possibly still going to make an early appearance. Still have contractions but were happy for me to go home as long as i go in immediately anything picks up/any more signs. Have had course of steroid injections (ouch!) and baby is very healthy, and weighs aprrox 2lb3ozs atm, which is not bad for 28+4weeks pg.
Need to stay at home, drink some spatone (apparently my iron levels have dropped very low - wondered why i was shaky and breathless!) going to take it easy for a while and hope it all passes. Possibility of an 'irritable uterus' and if that is all it is, just a case of taking things easier.

Morning!

Glad to have you back Alice. Lots of relaxing now! (Maybe time to do crocheting etc from the sofa? )

I'm feeling really good today. Not well you understand but positive.

• 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
• breakfast done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• laundry - put load in done

Next -

• kitchen - 15 mins
• tidy backroom
• hoover downstairs

Welcome Home Alice, your list from now on will include

Encourage other slatterns from the couch.

I need motivation this morning. I cleaned DD1s room toroughly last night. I need to strip our bed and put sheets in the wash

Welcome home Alice - take it easy now! Every day counts.

Sat:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE & tidy up Started
• finish TQs from DS1 DONE

next:

• get DH up/get dressed/go to town
• measure out on the grass various places for climbing frame
• DH taking boys out to Dad's group
• town for various (incl. party stuff)
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• maybe shed stuff/more gardening
• party from 3pm (hopefully incl. some food, lol)
• home and boys to bed
• DH out
• me collapse in front of tv!

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; need details of which dentist from DH
• 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
• 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 - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday MyBitDone NeedDS1ToSignThemNow HalfDone&Delivered
• pay pre-school some money (find out how much i owe them, totally forgot about this term's bill and it's nearly half-term already! Mind you they haven't asked for it yet either!) AskedThemForInvoice
• research best places to buy a climbing frame/swingset for garden DoneLots - measure place in garden for it to go Started (worried it's a bit big, oops!)

Morning .

Alice hope you're ok and taking it easy.

Have a lovely day Slatterns.

Tidy up downstairs
Quick tidy upstairs
All Dressed
Quick tidy of garden
Strip my bed
Hang washing out
Paddling pool out for dc
asda shop
dd3 to party
sil visiting
have fun

CC I wonder if we should draw up a rota to keep Alice company on the couch

Glad everything is ok Alice, lovely day here maybe you should get dh to set you up a nice place in the sun outside

Waves to all Slatterns, beautiful day here
JKS enjoy your only fools party

Right
I have hung out a wash
cleaned puppy mess

TO DO
breakfast
everyone showered
unload dishy
load dishy
ds to gaelic
nip to shops
back home
mop floors
-kitchen/hall/utility
-dining room
-lounge
-bedrooms
-bathrooms
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
hoover
strip/make my bed
wash bed clothes
work on figure for cake
maybe start working on caravan

We are going to Homebase later to get a gazebo and a sun lounger!

Baby is kicking away this morning, obviously pleased to be home!

Oh yes a gazebo, very good idea.

I got really mad at DS, he was just whining and fussing, calmed down when I put the telly on.
We were doing well with tv weaning until I got this bug, must persevere!

• kitchen - 15 mins 30mins and it's done!
• tidy backroom done
• hoover downstairs done

+ put a load of washing in done + hang out the washing done

Next -

• get some suncream on DS + check if nappy needs changing
• walk to Range

Sun lounger envy here!

Sat:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE & tidy up DONE
• finish TQs from DS1 DONE
• get DH up/get dressed/go to town DONE
• DH taking boys out to Dad's group WrongWeek
• town for various (incl. party stuff) DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing

• measure out on the grass various places for climbing frame
• maybe shed stuff/more gardening
• party from 3pm (hopefully incl. some food, lol)
• home and boys to bed
• DH out
• me collapse in front of tv!

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; need details of which dentist from DH
• 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
• 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 - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday MyBitDone NeedDS1ToSignThemNow HalfDone&Delivered AllSigned
• pay pre-school some money (find out how much i owe them, totally forgot about this term's bill and it's nearly half-term already! Mind you they haven't asked for it yet either!) AskedThemForInvoice
• research best places to buy a climbing frame/swingset for garden DoneLots - measure place in garden for it to go Started (worried it's a bit big, oops!)

• get some suncream on DS + check if nappy needs changing *done8
• walk to Range done

+ hang out washing done + put a load in done + lunch done

Next -

• garden

Right I weighed myself this morning and it isn't good so went to Sainsburys and bought lots of fruit to snack, supossed to be going to MILs tonight for dinner, which means take away,
so I am going to make a pot of brocoli soup for my self then get dh to leave me off as soon as foot path starts and walk to MILs

DONE
I have hung out a wash
breakfast
everyone showered
unload dishy
cleaned puppy mess
ds to gaelic
nip to shops
back home
lunch (healthy)

TO DO
load dishy
mop floors
-kitchen/hall/utility
-dining room
-lounge
-bedrooms
-bathrooms
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
hoover
strip/make my bed
wash bed clothes
work on figure for cake
maybe start working on caravan
forgot IRON

Wasting - glad you are going back to Range

My financial adviser DH has approved the climbing frame, so have just ordered it, yey

Sat:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE & tidy up DONE
• finish TQs from DS1 DONE
• get DH up/get dressed/go to town DONE
• DH taking boys out to Dad's group WrongWeek
• town for various (incl. party stuff) DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• measure out on the grass various places for climbing frame DONE

• maybe shed stuff/more gardening
• party from 3pm (hopefully incl. some food, lol)
• home and boys to bed
• DH out
• me collapse in front of tv!

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; need details of which dentist from DH
• 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
• 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 - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday MyBitDone NeedDS1ToSignThemNow HalfDone&Delivered AllSigned
• pay pre-school some money (find out how much i owe them, totally forgot about this term's bill and it's nearly half-term already! Mind you they haven't asked for it yet either!) AskedThemForInvoice
• research best places to buy a climbing frame/swingset for garden DoneLots - measure place in garden for it to go DONE - buy online DONE

Ok dp has taken L with him to drop dd3 off at part and I am meant to be cleaning as it is a bombsite here .

I also have sun lounger envy the dc are turning the garden into a mudbath with the pool .

Hope ds has chilled out for you Wasting.

Enjoy MIl's Plum.

JKS Tesco has a lot of offers on garden toys right now.

Tidy up downstairs
Quick tidy upstairs
All Dressed done
Quick tidy of garden done
Strip my bed done
Hang washing out done
Paddling pool out for dc done
asda shop here
dd3 to party gone
sil visiting cancelled
have fun

CWWM At least you got your paddling pool out, I have thrown the dcs outside, they are lying about reading, and I have told him they can't come in as the floors are wet(20 mins ago)

DONE
I have hung out a wash
breakfast
everyone showered
unload dishy
cleaned puppy mess
ds to gaelic
nip to shops
back home
lunch (healthy)
load dishy
mop floors
-kitchen/hall/utility
-dining room
-bathrooms

TO DO
make brocoli & bacon soup
mop floors
-lounge
-bedrooms
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
hoover
strip/make my bed
wash bed clothes
work on figure for cake
maybe start working on caravan
forgot IRON

Have abit of Billy Joel on, and making my soup hope everyone is enjoying the sun

DONE
I have hung out a wash
breakfast
everyone showered
unload dishy
cleaned puppy mess
ds to gaelic
nip to shops
back home
lunch (healthy)
load dishy
mop floors
-kitchen/hall/utility
-dining room
-bathrooms
-lounge
clean bathroom
clean ensuite
hoover

TO DO
make brocoli & bacon soup Doing smells yummy
mop floors
-bedrooms
strip/make my bed
wash bed clothes
work on figure for cake
maybe start working on caravan
forgot IRON

Hello everyone

Alice - v.glad you are home, enjoy your sun lounger! Mine has seen a lot of use today - I got a whole hour of reading my book while DS played in his sandpit.

isn't this sunshine lovely? I have been v.lazy today and done almost nothing except mealplan for next week. DH and I have decided to low-carb because we are both feeling knackered and sluggish. We did it before we got married and lost weight v.easily, but it was the huge amount of energy we had that was amazing.
It is taking a bit of planning though because obviously DS needs potatoes, pasta, bread etc!

DONE
Mealplan for next week + Ocado order for Monday
Strip our bed
Wash mattress protector

TO DO
Wash sheets
Get in washing
Tidy downstairs once DS is in bed
Sleep

Hello Alice - I don't 'know' you but join the others in wishing you and the baby well.

I'm very fed up this evening. Probably PMT as I've 1) had a go at DH about not helping enough round the house 3)eaten a load of nutella from the jar 3)had a glass of wine I wasn't intending to 4)been feeling overwhelmed by the state of the house and hard done by that I live with four very messy people and any tidying I do lasts half a day at the most...

To do:

1. Read stories to DD - she wanted 8, I've beaten her down to 3
2. Tidy the living room - MAJOR JOB!

Plum - i long for the days when the DC are happy outside reading!!!!

Lovely afternoon at friends, with Pimms, wish we could've stayed longer but DS2 in particular needed to come home - though i can hear him laughing upstairs at his brother's shenanigans

We have loads of crap toys in the garden already, but i wanted to cut it down a bit and have just the trampoline + a climbing frame/swing set. THink it will look huge for a while but the boys will hopefully love it.

Sat:

• me up first DONE
• breakfast DONE & tidy up DONE
• finish TQs from DS1 DONE
• get DH up/get dressed/go to town DONE
• DH taking boys out to Dad's group WrongWeek
• town for various (incl. party stuff) DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• measure out on the grass various places for climbing frame DONE
• maybe shed stuff/more gardening NotDone
• party from 3pm (hopefully incl. some food, lol) DONE
• home and boys to bed DONE
• DH out DONE
• me collapse in front of tv! Doing

Next:

• food for me
• tv & bed

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; need details of which dentist from DH
• 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
• 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 - Bought Some New Bits
• Thank-yous for DS1's birthday AllSigned
• pay pre-school some money (find out how much i owe them, totally forgot about this term's bill and it's nearly half-term already! Mind you they haven't asked for it yet either!) AskedThemForInvoice

Plum they went in the pool for 10 mins before complaining they were cold .
I suggested DS went and read on the garden and he did his Kevin the teenager act and said he hated the sun.

Hi Ali .

((Hugs)) J13 the mess gets me down a lot too.

Sounds like a nice afternoon JKS .

DP and DS are outside cleaning the garden and L is watching bear in the blue house as she wont sleep.

Girls are upstairs reading and chatting.

It all feels calm for a change we have had a lovely family day together.

Tidy up downstairs done
Quick tidy upstairs ahem
All Dressed done
Quick tidy of garden done
Strip my bed done
Hang washing out done
Paddling pool out for dc done
asda shop here
dd3 to party done
sil visiting cancelled
have fun done

Have also

Fed Dc
Bathed girls
Washed dishes

Need to do

Something to eat for me and dp
Quick evening tidy
Make our bed
Get L to sleep

Plum they went in the pool for 10 mins before complaining they were cold .
I suggested DS went and read on the garden and he did his Kevin the teenager act and said he hated the sun.

Hi Ali .

((Hugs)) J13 the mess gets me down a lot too.

Sounds like a nice afternoon JKS .

DP and DS are outside cleaning the garden and L is watching bear in the blue house as she wont sleep.

Girls are upstairs reading and chatting.

It all feels calm for a change we have had a lovely family day together.

Tidy up downstairs done
Quick tidy upstairs ahem
All Dressed done
Quick tidy of garden done
Strip my bed done
Hang washing out done
Paddling pool out for dc done
asda shop here
dd3 to party done
sil visiting cancelled
have fun done

Have also

Fed Dc
Bathed girls
Washed dishes

Need to do

Something to eat for me and dp
Quick evening tidy
Make our bed
Get L to sleep

CWWM - glad you had a nice family day. I'm going to try for one of those tomorrow. Feel a bit better now. DH got DD to pick up her mess in the living room, which helped, and he's putting her to bed now. Am not doing any more chores this evening. Going to MN and read - boys watching footie, which I find boring.