The Listmakers World Cup: Slatterns 4 - Areas of Doom 1!

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Welcome to the new thread everyone

All newbies and lapsed members welcome!

Need a kick up the bum or a shoulder to cry on, this could be the thread for you.

Afternoon

Plum - no I've not read, let me know if they are any good!

HMHB - that sounds fab, I think we would get a playpen when number 2 comes along, for their protection as much as anything else!

Not really doing a list today but:

DONE
Shower and dressed
Eat sausage sandwich
Go to IKEA and buy Expedit plus a few other bits
Try not to faint at till
Lunch
Come home
Unload dishwasher
Re-load and run dishwasher
Tidy up a bit downstairs

TO DO
Have a nap while DS is still sleeping
Put some washing on
Have dinner, no idea what
Clear up
Run hoover round
Tidy upstairs
Early night

Phew, long walk to the beach and back and i'm knackered.

Sun:

• me up first with boys DONE
• breakfast DONE
• tidy kitchen DONE & cleaned all surfaces
• laundry; Loads1,2&3 Brought In, Load4 Brought In
• morning; read papers, etc. DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• beach + walk DONE

• bbq tea x 6 DH Doing
• bro & gf leaving
• boys to bed
• early night for me (stayed up too late + wine last night)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Waiting for DH to sort his PC, maybe getting a new one
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• 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
• go through diaries with DH
• watch eBay listings: 9 Selling; 1/9 bid on
• post paid for eBay item
• clear Inbox totally (2)

Have cleaned bathrooms
cooked roast chicken dinner
baked dh a cheesecake, he dosen't want a proper birthday cake
and hoovered.
oh and washed some windows apart from that have been distracted by watching Finding Nemo

Plum - is it still your dh's birthday? seems to have been going on for ages

Sun:

• me up first with boys DONE
• breakfast DONE
• tidy kitchen DONE & cleaned all surfaces
• laundry; Loads1,2, 3 & 4 Brought In, Load5 In WM
• morning; read papers, etc. DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• beach + walk DONE
• bbq tea x 6 DH DONE
• bro & gf leaving DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• quick tidy round DONE

• early night for me (stayed up too late + wine last night)

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted
• all dressed
• DH to work
• handyman coming to fix shed roof
• laundry
• ironing & putting away
• PO for ebay posting
• tidy toys
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• me & DS1 chill
• afternoon?
• boys tea & bed
• my dinner & early quiet night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Waiting for DH to sort his PC, maybe getting a new one
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• 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
• go through diaries with DH
• watch eBay listings: 9 Selling; 1/9 bid on
• post paid for eBay item
• clear Inbox totally (2)
• clear mantlepiece
• tackle Areas of Doom (kitchen x several, living room x several, upstairs landing)
• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, what else?)

Done so far
Me up and dressed
breakfast, 2 x spatone & OJ
Bed made
All yesterdays Ironing put away
Lunch sorted and dishes washed/put away
Washed all windows - not easy when bump is in the way.
Washing - one load done and over airers - bloody rain, I am sooooo fed up with it.
Bought so more stuff for my hospital bag - new poundworld opened and it is brill.
Went and collected DD1 from MILs - they are off on holiday for two weeks I will have to find something to do with DD1 next weekend.
Dinner sorted
Kitchen cleaned up/dishes done and put away.

I watched Finding Nemo as well - it's fab!

Hello ladies

Hope everyone has had a fab weekend, i haven't caught up i'm afraid, weekends tend to get away from me a bit, especially this week.

Yesterday afternoon i went for an amble round some shops and for cake with my friend, minus our dcs - bliss. Was nice to go into shops like Laura Ashley where there are breakable things and not stress! Then had dinner out with my Dad and his GF. Was so tired last night after only having about 2hrs sleep the night before, but luckily had a decent night last night.

Mad day here today. We have done loads of jobs around the house, so i just need to keep chipping away at little jobs each day to get things properly under control. Also made the Peppa Pig cupcakes from the latest magazine - quite a lot of work involved but really yummy!

Back on in the morning with a list to do before going to playgroup.

Glad everyone has had a good weekend

Is it pathetic that I am all excited about my Expedit? I am already getting a bit OCD about what things are allowed to be together in the boxes .

Alice you are doing so well, I remember that 'I must have everything tidy and organised' feeling

DONE
Shower and dressed
Eat sausage sandwich
Go to IKEA and buy Expedit plus a few other bits
Try not to faint at till
Lunch
Come home
Unload dishwasher
Re-load and run dishwasher
Tidy up a bit downstairs
Finish Ocado order for tomorrow morning
Have a nap while DS is still sleeping
Put some washing on
Unload dishwasher
Fold some washing
Start building expedit and boxes
Have dinner
Tidy upstairs
DS bath

TO DO
DS to bed
Clear up
Run dishwasher
Quick tiday of downstairs
Run hoover round
Agree on a list of jobs for the week with DH (he has got this week off)
Early night

JKS Tis his birthday tomorrow, went and got his watch on Friday and baked his cheesecake today,
Although birthdays do seem to get stretched out in this house (usually by me)

mumtoblaire they are probably squeezing the holiday in now so they can be nice and refreshed for dd when the baby comes.

Expedit

Alice, is that from the latest Peppa Pig magazine? Might get that.

DH is back, I've missed him this weekend.
He's off tomorrow. I shall get some jobs done.

• up, done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• shower and dress, wipe round bathroom done
• dry pots done
• laundry - load in, done sort and put away clean washing done fold dry washing done put nappies in
• finger cream! done
• out for lunch done
• Morrisons done
• garden - check for cat poo, water, feed the birds done
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out done
• tea done
• wash pots and tidy kitchen most - clean sides down
• tidy downstairs + hoover done
• DS bath and bed done
• craft etc.
• finger cream before bed!

Weekly cleaning -

• hoover upstairs
• clean oven
• clean kitchen floor
• manicure
• pedicure

Gardening -

• weed front yard + borders more
• mow lawn
• pot up the mint into permanent large-ish pot done

Grot -

• carpet - iron and kitchen roll the trodden in Babybel cases
• defrost freezer - learn how
• sofa cover
• tidy pantry
• tidy cupboard in bedroom

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make/buy, get cross-stitch framed - hand washing cross-stitch? how-to found Frame myself?, don?t think about food til Oct, plans for all presents in place by September
• put mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• ring Dentist on Monday with code
• pay coins in at bank, next 5 bags
• buy -rotary grater - Judge Multi-Purpose Grater - out of stock
• back room - choose and buy paint for window wall then paint, put up painting, get more posters/ postcards to put up above table

Morning

Wasting yes the latest one, just normal fairy cakes with fondant icing faces on. I didn't think it through really as i decided to do the whole batch of fairy cakes. 12 Peppa faces are quite hard work!

I really hate this stage of pregnancy. Every little niggle makes you think "Ooh, could this be it?"

37weeks today!!!!

DONE
Get up
Breakfast
Make our bed

TO DO (before playgroup)
Hang washing out
Put second washload on
Make DD's bed
Empty dishy
Get dressed
Get DD creamed and dressed (eczema bad again)

That will do for now.....

Morning all

have a case of insomnia have been awake from 4

Just browsing Ikea website,

TO DO
Everyone showered/bathed & dressed
birthday breakfast for dh
Invoices
drop CTC form to accountants(oops nearly forgot)
Drop off invoices
post invoices
library if still raining park if dry
buy nice stuff for dinner

Morning My list looks monstrous today but all DH's jobs are on there too so it's actually not that bad.

Plum - happy birthday to your DH! Hope you all have a lovely day

Alice - yay! Officially no longer prem if he decides to come today. Bet that is a relief after getting those contractions weeks ago!

MONDAY
Me and DH up - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Lazy-ish start to the day because of DH holiday - done
Spatone + vitamins
Run dishwasher - done
Empty all bins and put the bin out for the binmen - started
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - inprogress
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed
Take out recycling
3 loads of washing
Clean kitchen
Ocado coming 10-11am
Put away the shopping
Tidy garden
Cut grass
Sweep patio
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Build Expedit
Finish organising toys
Move toy chest to DS' bedroom
Put away all clean clothes from the airing cupboard
Deal with chair-robe in our bedroom
Order birthday present for DB
DS nap
Exercise
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

Morning slatterns.
Alice am getting ready with the vuvuzela to cheer you on. Am a very calm person really.
Sunny day here, DH has taken a lot off my list with his enormous effortthis weekend..no sniggering at the back there.

LIST
osteopaths
portfolio - finish -doom urgency
washing
beds
bathroom
kitchen floor
conservatory
office 4 star DOOM status
household filing
shopping
work filing
moth hunt and mega death

Looking forward to a) having a weekend off and b) seeing dd and dgc next week
MOTH status - found a couple of cocoon cases - empty, so maybe they were old ones. will have a more thorough search today. there will be zero tolerence of mothkind in this house.

Good Morning, have a few mins to post before DCs take over the computer and to think I still have another 7 weeks before they go back to school!

Glad you survived the wedding Ali

Happy Birthday to your DH Plum, hope no one noticed the heads on the wedding cake

Alice, getting excited for you now, only 3 weeks left , am actually quite jealous. Friends of ours had a baby girl on Fri and my DNiece arrived Fri to tell me she was pregnant and due in Oct.So I am going to be a Gran-aunt again!!!

TO DO
Think of something for lunch to avoid going out in the rain
Tidy \kitchen
Keep on top of the washing
Breakfast Dishes
DD2 to serve mass
DD1s room
Main Bathroom
Clear DD2s room of glasses/Bowls etc

Alice - yey for reaching 37 weeks

Ali - not all at weird, wait til you've got it up and can admire at leisure

Plum - lol and finally happy birthday to him!!

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• handyman coming to fix shed roof Gone to get bits
• laundry Another Load on line Another load in (i will empt the baskets today!)
• ironing & putting away
• PO for ebay posting
• tidy toys Done lots
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• me & DS1 chill
• afternoon?
• boys tea & bed
• my dinner & early quiet night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients

*- upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it

• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• 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
• go through diaries with DH
• watch eBay listings: 9 Selling; 2/9 bid on
• post paid for eBay item
• clear Inbox totally (2)
• clear mantlepiece
• tackle Areas of Doom (kitchen x several, living room x several, upstairs landing)
• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, what else?)

Hi CC Congratulations on imminent auntie-ness!

MONDAY
Me and DH up - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Lazy-ish start to the day because of DH holiday - done
Spatone + vitamins
Run dishwasher - done
Empty all bins and put the bin out for the binmen - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Tidy downstairs - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - done
Take out recycling
Get the washing from yesterday on the line
3 loads of washing
Clean kitchen - done
Ocado coming 10-11am
Put away the shopping
Tidy garden
Cut grass
Sweep patio
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Build Expedit
Finish organising toys
Move toy chest to DS' bedroom
Put away all clean clothes from the airing cupboard
Deal with chair-robe in our bedroom
Order birthday present for DB
DS nap
Exercise
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

morning. at work. just popping by to say hi and hope everyone is ok.
back later.

MONDAY
Me and DH up - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Lazy-ish start to the day because of DH holiday - done
Spatone + vitamins
Run dishwasher - done
Empty all bins and put the bin out for the binmen - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom
Tidy downstairs - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - done
Take out recycling
Get the washing from yesterday on the line - done
3 loads of washing - 1washing
Put out new towels/bathmats - done
Clean kitchen - done
Ocado coming 10-11am - done
Put away the shopping - done
Tidy garden - done
Cut grass - done
Sweep patio
Lunch and tidy kitchen
Build Expedit
Finish organising toys
Move toy chest to DS' bedroom
Put away all clean clothes from the airing cupboard
Deal with chair-robe in our bedroom - done
Order birthday present for DB
DS nap
Exercise
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

Ali well done on surviving the wedding!! I will have to google Expedit, not sure what that is

Alice & mumtoblaire all this baby talk talk is making me very broody!! Will have to get a puppy as 4 DC is enough!!

CC MY DS1 and DS2 tend to hog the computer in the holidays too, so frustrating!! But I get it all to myself when they are in school, HA HA HA....

to everyone else

Breakfast done
All washed and dressed done
Clean kitchen post breakfast done
Make beds done
School run done
Pay nursery fees done
Put guinea pigs in run done
Wipe round bathroom done
Hangout washing on done
Fold and put away clean clothes done
Hoover through
Pick up toys in living room when DS3 has his nap
Run DW
Run WM timer set
Pick up DD from nursery
Lunch
Clean kitchen post lunch
Homework time
Dinner
Clean kitchen post dinner
Feed pets
Bath/wash DD and DS3
Story and put to bed

To Do This Week
Panic about what to do with DC in the holidays doing
Find a pick your own fruit place
Wipe out fridge
Make hairdressers appointment for DS1 and DS2
Pull out tumble dryer and hoover behind
Wash DS3's blankie
Make low fat strawberry cheesecake
Mini Dyson the blinds
Add phone numbers to new phone book
Check cinema times
Clean under sofa
Clean leather sofa
Make a list of school uniform needed for new school year
Deadhead flowers in front garden

Ali I would be very exciting about the Expedit!!

Phew! It's hot today!

Happy Birthday Mr. Plum!

Alice, it's soooo exciting! I can imagine you're fed up too though. Are you looking forward to eating anything you shouldn't at the mo? I was going mad for some pate at that point.

• up, done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• shower and dress, wipe round bathroom
• dry pots done
• laundry - load in done
• finger cream!
• lunch cooking
• library + post letter
• bring bin back round bin
• garden - check for cat poo, water, feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• tea
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs
• DS bath and bed
• craft etc.
• finger cream before bed!

Weekly cleaning -

• clean bathroom floor
• clean bathroom mirror
• dust upstairs
• hoover upstairs done
• clean oven
• clean fridge out
• clean kitchen floor
• dust downstairs
• manicure
• pedicure

Gardening -

• weed front yard + borders more
• mow lawn

Grot -

• carpet - iron and kitchen roll the trodden in Babybel cases
• defrost freezer - learn how
• sofa cover
• tidy pantry
• tidy cupboard in bedroom done epic doom defeated!

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make/buy, get cross-stitch framed - hand washing cross-stitch? how-to found Frame myself?, don?t think about food til Oct, plans for all presents in place by September
• put mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• ring Dentist on Monday with code done choose best day to ?pop? in
• pay coins in at bank, next 5 bags
• buy -rotary grater - Judge Multi-Purpose Grater - out of stock
• back room - choose and buy paint for window wall then paint, put up painting, get more posters/ postcards to put up above table

DS1 fascinated by handyman + his friend doing the shed roof, they could hire themselves out as kids entertainers

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work DONE
• handyman coming to fix shed roof Doing
• laundry Another Load on line Another load On the line Another Load In
• ironing & putting away
• PO for ebay posting DONE
• tidy toys Done lots
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap Doing
• me & DS1 chill Doing
• afternoon?
• boys tea & bed
• my dinner & early quiet night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients

*- upload & order online prints (DH getting rid of that PC so i need to a) research 'time machines', b) get one, c) move all photos from his PC onto it, d) link up my laptop with it so all photos from here go on it

• upload chosen photos from his PC & my laptop to Snapfish & order
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• 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
• go through diaries with DH
• watch eBay listings: 9 Selling; 2/9 bid on
• post paid for eBay item DONE
• clear Inbox totally (2)
• clear mantlepiece
• tackle Areas of Doom;

Kitchen: corner by door DONE bookshelves DONE arts & crafts area corner by toaster DONE Living room: mantlepiece corner table Landing: top of dresser

• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, what else?)

HI! I am a newbie. I have just become a single mum to 2 cheeky toddlers and my house is a tip .

I have an hour or 2 without the kids now so hoping to get downstairs sorted today and then I will battle upstairs another day.

Todays jobs:
Empty dishwasher done
Fill dishwasher and put on done
Hang out washing done
Put second wash load on done
Clean kitchen table, sides and floor done
Rubbish out done
Take boxes upstairs - half done.
Tidy living room floor (currently can't even see one)
Clear sofas
Clear living room sides/window sill etc
Put clean upstairs
Clean loo/sink
Sort mail
Unload car from weekend away
Take photos of for sale stuff and load online.

Really can't be bothered now which is why I thought I would join in here to get some inspiration! lol. DH was the main cause of the battle with housework I think. He left last week and I am hoping to really try and get sorted now and keep on top of it all. Looking on the bright side - I now have double the wardrobe space and less washing etc!

Welcome Singemum. Maybe this will inspire youI have just tackled hideous discoloured limescale down toilet, have used Viakal and a knife, had to empty water out first. Still some remnants. any tips anyone, apart from a new toilet. Am quite impressed with Vailkal now have sparkly sink, bath and bit of toilet(sparkly that is).
LIST
osteopaths done
portfolio - finish -doom urgency
washing
beds
bathroomdone
kitchen floor
conservatory
office 4 star DOOM status
household filing
shopping
work filing
moth hunt and mega death

Welcome SingleMum And yay for double wardrobe space!

Wasting my craving was a rare steak and a big glass of Rioja, which DH cooked for me a couple of days after I came out of hospital. Food never tasted so good

MONDAY
Me and DH up - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Lazy-ish start to the day because of DH holiday - done
Spatone + vitamins
Run dishwasher - done
Empty all bins and put the bin out for the binmen - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom
Tidy downstairs - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - done
Take out recycling
Get the washing from yesterday on the line - done
3 loads of washing - 1washing
Put out new towels/bathmats - done
Clean kitchen - done
Ocado coming 10-11am - done
Put away the shopping - done
Tidy garden - done
Cut grass - done
Sweep patio
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
Build Expedit - done
Finish organising toys - done
Move toy chest to DS' bedroom - done
Put away all clean clothes from the airing cupboard
Deal with chair-robe in our bedroom - done
Order birthday present for DB
DH tip run
DS nap
Exercise
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed