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.

Right I really must do a list, we have got tons to do today! So glad DH is off work this week, we cannot stop grinning

Woo!

Right, I'm grumpy, and at risk of falling into a Slump. Short lists it is for me today.

• up done make beds done
• breakfast done
• put clean tea towels away done
• try and get water out of macbook done
• drink coffee and MN doing

Next -

• take up clean washing
• dust upstairs
• put washing in
• tidy the few bits in backroom

This is all I can think of for now

THURSDAY
2 loads of washing
Pick up parcel from sorting office
Sainsbury's for birthday card for DS and a digital pg test
Take back incorrect plumbing fitting
Finalise Ocado order for tomorrow
Wrap DS' presents
Clean living room carpet
Get spare room a bit more sorted

Grabs Ali jumps up & down excitedly, YEY YEY YEY

Is it sad that you are the first person I thought of when I woke up, Yey Yey yey!

And another one I am so pleased for you!! YEY

Thanks everyone

Plum, no it is not sad, it makes me feel all warm and nice actually

Todaysofar

Me and DD1 up & dressed
Breakfast sorted & dishes done/put away
Washing in machine
Washing out machine & now over airer (still raining)
Beds made/rooms tidied up

TO DO LATER

Go and buy school trousers/tracksuit bottoms for DD1
Iron yesterdays washing & put away
Make up meal plans & budgets (for when I am only bringing in maternity pay)

Morning All

Well I got all the outgoing invoices logged and totted up, so just need to gather up incoming statements, for some reason I haven't totaled those up for this period, they way I normally do[grrr]

TO DO
get dcs washed & dressed
finish VAT rtn
sort out desk (MAJOR AREA OF DOOM)
(Ignores floor beside desk & map of the world that has fallen down)
Put a wash on
unload dishy
reload dishy

Hoping to get much more done today but we shall see.

Yey for Ali

Oh Ali, I am so excited for you!

Was just coming on to apologise for not being around more often and seen all the congrats so had to go back a few pages.

house is reasonably clean because we have been out and about a good bit. Cant believe that they are nearly a month on hols already

lovely news Ali

Thanks CC and HMHB

I have still done nothing, I think I'm a little bit in shock.

I'm all inspired Ali, DH won't know what's going on this weekend...(due to OV).

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• me & DS2 to speech therapy (10am) DONE
• sort ebay stuff DONE

• PO to post 2 ebay things & 1 foreign bday card
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap (remember to wake him up promptly, yesterday i didn't and he was lively until 9pm!)
• afternoon; friend with 2 DDs coming
• boys & girls tea (pasta & sauce)
• garden time
• boys bath & bed
• 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 (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: 1 Selling; 5 Sold
• package up sold & paid for item x2
• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, DH trousers)
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star arts & crafts area Started Living room: 5star chest of drawers contents & top (loads of photos, need culling I think) Landing: 3star top of dresser

HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
DD to preschool ? DONE
-Take brownies ? DONE

• Take £5 for other mum

Washing up - DONE Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE Strip my bed ? DONE Make dc beds ? DONE Empty water out of recycling bin - DONE Load of washing in ? DONE Washing out on line ? DONE 2nd load in ? DONE 2nd load on line - DONE Hoover downstairs ? DONE Empty bins - DONE Hoover upstairs ? Mop downstairs - Clean loo ? DONE Clean bathroom- DONE Take out of date paperwork etc off fridge -DONE Pick up dd - Lunch ? DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ? Clean handprints off patio door and mirror ? DONE Whinge about Ask mn for advice re dc behaviour - Locate wc bday card and write it ? Check train times for Mon and text friend - Dust sitting room ? Dust bedrooms ? Remake dc beds ? Washing in off line Washing put away ? Finish ironing - Cook dinner ? Wash up - Bath and bed dc?s- Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

(JKS have some for me too ) Or is that too weird?? I don't want to think of me while you're at it or anything...

Wasting how is ds' head?

Ali eek at unlocked door, glad all was well

Plum apparently it is 'better' to have valuables easy to find as it stops them tearing the house apart so much...

• up done make beds done
• breakfast done
• put clean tea towels away done
• try and get water out of macbook done
• drink coffee and MN doing
• take up clean washing done
• dust upstairs done
• put washing in done
• tidy the few bits in backroom

+ clean sink done + feed DS huge amounts of food done + change nappy done

Next -

• tidy backroom
• hang up washing
• lunch

JKS -

Freak - thank you

We aren't making much progress here. Ho hum.

DONE
Pick up parcel from sorting office
Unload dishwasher
Clear up from breakfast
Have a shower and get dressed
Clean bath and shower screen
DS nap - stilldoing

TO DO
2 loads of washing
Sainsbury's for birthday card for DS and a digital pg test
Take back incorrect plumbing fitting
Finalise Ocado order for tomorrow
Wrap DS' presents
Clean living room carpet
Get spare room a bit more sorted

Freak - will try not to think of you now!!!

Hospital records just phoned, they are ready for collection - apparently the nhs can't quite manage the logistics or cost of posting them

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• me & DS2 to speech therapy (10am) DONE
• sort ebay stuff DONE
• PO to post 2 ebay things & 1 foreign bday card DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap (remember to wake him up promptly, yesterday i didn't and he was lively until 9pm!) Doing

• afternoon; friend with 2 DDs coming
• boys & girls tea (pasta & sauce)
• garden time
• boys bath & bed
• 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 (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: 1 Selling; 5 Sold
• package up sold & paid for item x2
• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, DH trousers)
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• collect hospital records (tomorrow probably) (and it'll prob just be one page of nothing very interesting!!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star arts & crafts area Started Living room: 5star chest of drawers contents & top (loads of photos, need culling I think) Landing: 3star top of dresser

JKS

Freak, it's not too bad thanks. He's managed to bash his chin at least twice so far today though.

I dropped Ds bowl of soup and bread pobs while putting it in the freezer to cool for a couple minutes. Mess and a shock of hot soup on legs, but not a disaster and DS didn't get splatted.
It's a bit much today though.

I'm reinstating no eating in front room anymore though, there's always mess so it's not really saving effort to just make him eat at the table, even snacks.
Arse.

• up done make beds done
• breakfast done
• put clean tea towels away done
• try and get water out of macbook done
• drink coffee and MN doing
• take up clean washing done
• dust upstairs done
• put washing in done
• tidy the few bits in backroom

+ clean sink done + feed DS huge amounts of food done + change nappy done

• tidy backroom done
• hang up washing done
• lunch done

Next -

• wash pots
• clean any soup residue
• shower and dressed
• go out

JKS what hosp records? What are you doing?
for the weekend

Haven't got much done today as dh has been in & out of the house chatting, then he wonders what I've been doing all day

But I found missing cheque book, and realised why my month ends weren't up to date, some customers weren't billed until way later and dh has the invoices in wrong months and a couple of bad debts that dh was witing to see would be paid, so need to sit with him later and finish off

off now to google times for cinema and see if seats still available, afraid to book incase dh gets called out then we won't be going,

dh off to Leeds tomorrow a company he does work for booked his flights, at 7.10am at the airport that isn't 5 miles away from us [grr] do they not realise I have 3 children!!!!!so will be up early tomorrow to drop him to airport
flight back is at a really busy time for that end of town and a part of town I hate driving in which is the reason I was putting off my IKEA trip!

sorry rant over

Plum - annoying about the flights & the paperwork sounds painfully messy.

I am getting my hosp records to see what happened during my emc-s with DS2, hopefully nothing of interest really but just wanted to make sure before getting pg if there was anything i needed to know.

Had a mammoth sort out of my desk & chest of drawers, worn out now!

This has to be the slowest spring clean on record

Thurs:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• me & DS2 to speech therapy (10am) DONE
• sort ebay stuff DONE
• PO to post 2 ebay things & 1 foreign bday card DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap (remember to wake him up promptly, yesterday i didn't and he was lively until 9pm!) Doing
• doom clearing DONE

• afternoon; friend with 2 DDs coming
• boys & girls tea (pasta & sauce)
• garden time
• boys bath & bed
• 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 (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: 1 Selling; 5 Sold
• package up sold & paid for item x2
• sewing repairs (trousers, cardigan, DH trousers)
• research backing up hardware for computers Started
• collect hospital records (tomorrow probably) (and it'll prob just be one page of nothing very interesting!!)
• tackle Areas of Doom (out of 5 stars);

Kitchen: 2star arts & crafts area Started Living room: 5star chest of drawers contents & top DONE 5+star my desk DONE Landing: 3star top of dresser

Right you lot come and help me be a better parent here

Sorry jks, hope I don't pop into your head at an inopportune moment and kill the mood!

All up, dressed, breakfasted - DONE
DD to preschool ? DONE
-Take brownies ? DONE

• Take £5 for other mum

Washing up - DONE Wipe kitchen sides and dining table ? DONE Strip my bed ? DONE Make dc beds ? DONE Empty water out of recycling bin - DONE Load of washing in ? DONE Washing out on line ? DONE 2nd load in ? DONE 2nd load on line - DONE Hoover downstairs ? DONE Empty bins - DONE Hoover upstairs ? Mop downstairs - Clean loo ? DONE Clean bathroom- DONE Take out of date paperwork etc off fridge -DONE Pick up dd - DONE Lunch ? DONE Buy milk - DONE DRINK MORE (not alcohol!) ? Clean handprints off patio door and mirror ? DONE Whinge about Ask mn for advice re dc behaviour - DONE Locate wc bday card and write it ? Check train times for Mon and text friend - Dust sitting room ? Dust bedrooms ? Remake my bed ? Washing in off line Washing put away ? Finish ironing - Cook dinner ? Wash up - Bath and bed dc?s- Tidy kitchen and sitting room ?

Ali Congratulations

We had a great time at the cinema last night, we went to see Twilight, I've read the books, The films are not as good as the books but still it was nice to be out as a couple, rather than mum and dad.

Today is the last day of term, so I have had a good tidy and clean, to start as I mean to go on I am actually glad the holidays are here now, no more mad morning rushes for a while!!

CBA to list what I've already done!!

Next;
Wait for my mum and nan to arrive with cream cakes
Dinner
Baths and bedtime routine

Wow you lot are busy. Ali congratulatons, have had some YEY then oh no experiences lately with people close, so felt a little sad, but very pleased for you and hope all proceeds well.
PLUM commiserating sigh at VAT work.
Am off in to garden now.