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.

LEFT FROM YESTERDAY
Sort out big cupboard in DS' room

• label duvets and vacuum bag
• find our summer duvet
• find a lighter duvet for spare bed

Change our sheets - done

TUESDAY
Me and DH up - done
Dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Run dishwasher - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Last night's washing onto the line - inTD
Strip our bed and put sheets on to wash - done
Put DS in the shower to wash off the honey and toast crumbs - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Tidy downstairs - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - done
Drink coffee - done
Take things to dry cleaners
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DS nap - done
Exercise - done
Shower - done
Some jobs from other lists - doing
Fold washing - 1loaddone
Dinner - done
Clear up - done
Water plants
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Dust downstairs - done
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - upstairsdone
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen
De-cobweb downstairs - done
Upstairs paintwork - done
Insides of kitchen windows
Living room blinds - 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
Move button on trousers because they are too big
Confirm with friends for Sunday and book tickets for food festival
Purchase remaining birthday presents for DS
Buy brother and bridezilla a wedding present, boo hiss
Buy myself a birthday book

ITS *** 4.30. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD COME ON HERE AND MAKE LOTS OF NOISE. JUMP UP AND DOWN AND SING AT TOP OF VOICE. 'Want your bad romance' or some such shouty song. cos I'm abloodywake.
Moth count(small fanfare) NIL
anyway...ahem. straightens dressing gown.
Lsit or list
office
DH admin
post something important that I can't remember what it is
student protfolio or portfolio even
sort office-Area of DOOM
shopping, as haven't cooked all week so far
washing
moth hunt in spare room
Household filing
garden
clear out magazine rack (mini DOOM)
prep for next training days
sort out work or not for July/Aug
kitchen
bathroom
beds
empty jumper sanctuary (moth watch)
I think I may becoming moth obsessive, is new psychiatric condition.

See you in the morning

Ali. Now what kind of preset are you going to get Bro and bridezilla? And what will be the spirit in which you give this gift hm?
Come on now be imaginative.

Wasting...Bingo?[Hmm]

AHhahah laughs maniclally ( well what do you expect at this time in a morning)
3posts in a row!!!
capers up and down thread trying to wake people up.
S'pose i'd better go back to bed now

Morning Mini

DD woke me up at 5.10am (she normally doesn't wake before 7am)

I am sooooooo tired and we have a busy day today.

DONE
Get up
DD up

TO DO
Wake up (debatable)
Load dishy
Wipe kitchen down
Put washload on
Get dressed
Get DD dressed
Write friend's card and send
Go to playgroup
Hang washing out
Lunch
Have a short lie down
DD Ballet
Horses
Tidy sitting room
Make chocolate cake for bomb
DD bed
Get Dh to empty dining room
Shower and bed

Morning Mini! Morning Alice.

Mini, it is rather an unusual occurrence that I actually get all the pots washed and dried before bed, so ticking all the items deserved a celebratory shout.

• up, dressed for exercise done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• Shred
• shower and dress, wipe round bathroom
• MIL visiting
• gardening
• lunch
• ? walk/park etc
• 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 (DH)
• craft

Gardening -

• weed - patio area, flower patch by gate, front yard, borders
• pot up/ grow bags for peppers and tomatoes
• plant more seeds in vegpatch
• spider plant babies - 2 small pots of compost to grow baby plants

Grot -

• oven
• carpet
• defrost freezer
• sofa cover
• clean bird table
• 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 done
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• find a dentist
• pay coins in at bank, next 5 bags
• what?s up with the camera sd card memory?
• rsvp wedding invites
• do Ocado shop with £15 voucher
• set up pedometer (bought circa 2005)

Morning I'm still in bed with a cup of tea which DH delivered before he left for his interview. Really hope he gets this one, he's very keen. I am also fed up of him going to interviews. He's been offered 2 jobs over the last few months but neither were quite right.

Mini - hope you managed to get some more sleep!
I shall be buying them plates. The spirit of it is that they bought us a present so we need to buy them a present. All rather sad and not they way I thought things would be at all.

Alice - nightmare! DS is still fast asleep, he was down at 8.45 last night which is early for him at the moment where it's so hot and sunny still at 9pm!

LEFT FROM YESTERDAY
Sort out big cupboard in DS' room

• label duvets and vacuum bag
• find our summer duvet
• find a lighter duvet for spare bed

Take things to dry cleaners

WEDNESDAY
Me and DH up
DH to interview
Clear grass ready for Green Thumb man and unlock side gate
Shower and dressed
Get DS up and dressed
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen
Make beds and tidy upstairs
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed
DH home
Dry cleaners, Sainsbury's and park
Lunch and tidy kitchen
DS nap
Exercise
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - upstairsdone
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen
Insides of kitchen windows

OTHER JOBS
Birthday present for DB - have decided on driving gloves as a tongue-in-cheek present, he has recently bought himself a flash car
Book car in for service
Pay window cleaner
Buy more wrapping paper, cards etc
Have big toy clearout
Car tax
Move button on trousers because they are too big
Confirm with friends for Sunday and book tickets for food festival
Purchase remaining birthday presents for DS
Buy brother and bridezilla a wedding present, boo hiss
Buy myself a birthday book

Ali but plates are the first things people chuck at each other when having a row. Technically you could be responsible for either one of them getting injured, does that not make you feel better?

Morning everyone. Unfortunately did not get back to sleep but hey ho. You all know how it is.
Started thinking about areas of doom and whether they should be catagorised, as in the star (hotel) type system or graded like listed buildings. We could have criteria such as square footage covered, environmental impact, hazard possibilities, and duration of doom situation etc so a four star Doom would be pretty bad or a grade one doom.
I obviously have far too little to do. Sad isn't it
Have a good day

Mini - i like it

Tues:

• washing: AnotherLoadOn
• ironing & putting away DoneSome
• boys to bed DONE
• orchestra (check cash for sitter) DONE

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed 1Done
• DS1 to pre-sch NannyDoing
• washing hung out DONE

• cat boxes from shed
• get 2 cats into boxes
• cats to vets for jabs & worming
• home & jobs? (some orchestra stuff/practice for concert??)
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 short nap
• afternoon; friends round
• boys tea (fish fingers!)
• boys bath & bed
• me out to theatre (Woman In Black) with friends

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
• repot sunflowers
• go through diaries with DH
• sorting office for underpaid parcel (what is it?!)
• PO with sunglasses parcel friend forgot at weekend

Good morning Slatterns .

Morning Mini and Alice sorry you both had early starts.

Wasting -hope today is a good day for you.

Fingers crossed for DH Ali.

Waves to everyone .

Ok start to today we had the usual rows over shoes and socks buy hey-ho never mind.

I am very proud of DS he got a letter from school yesterday saying he is to be awarded a certificate of excellence for his work during the first year at secondary school.
He then showed me his online school profile and he has over 300 comments from staff about his work and attitude at school .

Today
Me and L dressed
Strip and remake beds
General tidy
Breakfast
L Nap
Make chilli
Dinner
Hang washing out
School run
Tea
baths
Evening tidy

I don't know about graded doomness, but i can safely say that my house should be cordoned off as a general house of DOOM.

Bit cross with DH (again, yes it is probably hormones)

So, anyway, I went out for drinks (sparkling water) last night with friends. DH put DD to bed (not difficult, she is very good about bedtime) He had to get up early because of some early calls (4am type thing) DD wakes up at 5.10am. I get up with her properly (after being jumped on) at 6.30 and let DH sleep in. i come downstairs to find DD's dinner leftovers are still on the table, plates all stacked up on the side in the kitchen (despite me making sure that the dishy was empty)The washing off the line squished down into the washing basket so everything is crumpled. I go upstairs to get dressed once he has gone and he hasn't made the bed after he got up either.

I know it is petty, but he always used to do these things, or does them if i am unable to, but if i am able he leaves them. Makes me a bit cross!

I have now cleaned the bathroom and done the floor. Not going to playgroup as i am too knackered and have too much to do. Can't stand my house of doom! (apart from the bathroom that is beautiful and sparkly - will get pics up once new cabinet is in)

DONE
Get up
DD up
Get dressed
Have breakfast (kind of)
Clean bathroom and floor

TO DO
Wake up (debatable)
Load dishy
Wipe kitchen down
Put washload on
Get DD dressed
Write friend's card and send
Hang washing out
Lunch
Have a short lie down
DD Ballet
Horses
Tidy sitting room
Make chocolate cake for bomb
DD bed
Get Dh to empty dining room
Shower and bed

Going to do stuff in 15min bursts i think, so;

NEXT
Make beds
Sort washing (will be a huge pile for ironing)
Put washload on

Going to drink my squash and start at 9.30

Well done your DS CWWM

DONE
Get up
DD up
Get dressed
Have breakfast (kind of)
Clean bathroom and floor
Make beds
Sort washing
Put washload on

TO DO
Wake up (debatable)
Load dishy
Wipe kitchen down
Get DD dressed
Write friend's card and send
Hang washing out
Lunch
Have a short lie down
DD Ballet
Horses
Tidy sitting room
Make chocolate cake for bomb
DD bed
Get Dh to empty dining room
Shower and bed

NEXT
Phone preschool (thanks Wasting!)
Load dishy
Wipe kitchen down
Clean hob

Feel so tired

Morning all

Mini

CWWM Well done to your DS.

Breakfast done
Clean kitchen post breakfast - will have to wait
All washed and dressed done
School run done
Wipe round bathroom done
Make beds
Strip DCs beds done
Remake DCs beds
Little Lambs with DS3
Shop for milk
Make hairdresser appointment
Plan meals and write shopping list
Phone my mum
Ask BT to stop sending paper bills
Exercise
Put guinea pigs out in run
Pick up DD from pre-school
Run DW
Run WM
Hangout washing
Lunch done
Clean kitchen after lunch done
Prep veggies for dinner
Homework time
Dinner
Clean kitchen after dinner
Feed pets
Bedtime story
Bath/wash and put DD1 and DS3 to bed

CWWM - well done to DS!!

Alice - sometimes these things build up, i recommend an air-clearing session to remind DH to help out more.

Done vets, exhausted already!!

Left from Tues:
-finish ironing & putting away

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• washing hung out DONE
• cat boxes from shed DONE
• get 2 cats into boxes DONE!
• cats to vets for jabs & worming DONE

• home & jobs? (some orchestra stuff/practice for concert??)
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 short nap
• afternoon; friends round
• boys tea (fish fingers!)
• boys bath & bed
• me out to theatre (Woman In Black) with friends

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
• repot sunflowers
• go through diaries with DH
• sorting office for underpaid parcel (what is it?!)
• PO with sunglasses parcel friend forgot at weekend

CWWM - that is brilliant, well done your DS

Alice - I get annoyed at stuff like that. DH goes through phases, sometimes he is better than others.

I am such a slow coach today, cannot get going.

LEFT FROM YESTERDAY
Sort out big cupboard in DS' room

• label duvets and vacuum bag
• find our summer duvet
• find a lighter duvet for spare bed

Take things to dry cleaners

WEDNESDAY
Me and DH up - done
DH to interview - done
Clear grass ready for Green Thumb man and unlock side gate - done
Shower and dressed - dressed
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
Wipe over bathroom
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed
Fold washing - done
DH home - onhisway he thinks it went well, should have a decision by tomorrow, gulp.
Dry cleaners, Sainsbury's and park
Lunch and tidy kitchen
DS nap
Exercise
Dinner
Clear up
Water plants
DS bath and bed
Post DS-to-bed tidy
Kitchen clear before bed

CLEANING THIS WEEK
Mop kitchen and hall
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
Mirrors and glass doors - upstairsdone
Stairs and bannisters
Shower screen
Insides of kitchen windows

OTHER JOBS
Birthday present for DB - have decided on driving gloves as a tongue-in-cheek present, he has recently bought himself a flash car
Book car in for service
Pay window cleaner
Buy more wrapping paper, cards etc
Have big toy clearout
Car tax
Move button on trousers because they are too big
Confirm with friends for Sunday and book tickets for food festival
Purchase remaining birthday presents for DS
Buy brother and bridezilla a wedding present, boo hiss
Buy myself a birthday book

JKS I think you should become JustKeepCelebrating - your ds2 is doing so well!

Mini I like the graded idea but we'd also need to somehow categorise by importance- eg a huge pile of newspapers may take up a lot of space but is actually less doomsworthy than a smaller pile of undealt with bills...could be a tricky system to administer!

Alice that would have really annoyed me and I'd probably have done a lot of huffing and slamming around whilst sorting it

Hooray for ds cwwm!

Ooh and can you all join me in celebrating that the c cup does not appear to be dodgy sizing, I am in fact bursting out of all bras apart from that one!

DD at taster session at school right now, have to collect her at 11.30 and take her to preschool for the rest of the day. Be back with a list once I decide what needs to go on it

DONE
Get up
DD up
Get dressed
Have breakfast (kind of)
Clean bathroom and floor
Make beds
Sort washing
Put washload on
Phone preschool (thanks Wasting!)
Load dishy
Wipe kitchen down
Clean hob
Phone garage

TO DO
Wake up - still struggling with that one!
Get DD dressed
Write friend's card and send
Hang washing out
Lunch
Have a short lie down
DD Ballet
Horses
Tidy sitting room
Make chocolate cake for bomb
DD bed
Get Dh to empty dining room
Shower and bed

NEXT
Hang washing out
Put next load on (towels)
Mop floor

Freak - i know he is doing fab at the moment

{envy] at C cup btw! I was an A before i started having kids, got up to a C with bf DS1, then down again, then up to a D!!! bf DS2, now back to B.
Also gone down from 34 to 32, weird.

Cross with eBay person for underpaying parcel that i had to collect, have sent stroppy message so hop to get a refund.

Left from Tues:
-finish ironing & putting away

Wed:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• washing hung out DONE
• cat boxes from shed DONE
• get 2 cats into boxes DONE!
• cats to vets for jabs & worming DONE
• home & jobs; Sorting Office DONE

• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 short nap
• afternoon; friends round
• boys tea (fish fingers!)
• boys bath & bed
• me out to theatre (Woman In Black) with friends

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
• repot sunflowers
• go through diaries with DH
• sorting office for underpaid parcel DONE
• PO with sunglasses parcel friend forgot at weekend

Seriously lacking motivation and ambition today. DD3 awake since 5 this morning. I just dont want to do anything [stamps foot]

Just got back from Little Lambs which DS3 loves, it really wears him out though, when I come in a sat him on the sofa and went into the kitchen to put the milk in the fridge and when I returned he was sound a sleep. I've tucked him in his cot now, he should stay there for a couple of hours.

I have also booked a hairdresser appointment to have a wash, cut and blowdry, I want to change the style a little, I usually only go for a trim. I asked how much it would be and I am at the price. How much would you pay for a wash, cut and blowdry?? It's not a super trendy salon, just the one local to me. I won't tell you what the price is yet, just in case it's me being tight

freaky Great news about the C cup, it's a great place to be, take it from someone who knows!! Although I do wish mine were less saggy

Breakfast done
Clean kitchen post breakfast - will have to wait
All washed and dressed done
School run done
Wipe round bathroom done
Make beds mine done
Strip DCs beds done
Remake DCs beds
Little Lambs with DS3 done
Shop for milk done
Make hairdresser appointment done
Plan meals and write shopping list
Phone my mum
Ask BT to stop sending paper bills
Exercise
Put guinea pigs out in run
Pick up DD from pre-school - friend doing as DS3 is sleeping
Run DW
Run WM
Hangout washing
Lunch done
Clean kitchen after lunch done
Prep veggies for dinner
Homework time
Dinner
Clean kitchen after dinner
Feed pets
Bedtime story
Bath/wash and put DD1 and DS3 to bed

I pay £25 for wash, cut and blowdry. My hair takes ages too because it is so thick and i always want them to straighten it too.

DONE
Get up
DD up
Get dressed
Have breakfast (kind of)
Clean bathroom and floor
Make beds
Sort washing
Put washload on
Phone preschool (thanks Wasting!)
Load dishy
Wipe kitchen down
Clean hob
Phone garage
Hang washing out
Put next load on (towels)

TO DO
Wake up - still struggling with that one!
Get DD dressed
Write friend's card and send
Have a short lie down
DD Ballet
Horses
Drop car at garage
Tidy sitting room
Make chocolate cake for bomb
DD bed
Get Dh to empty dining room
Shower and bed

office
DH admin
post something important that I can't remember what it is
student protfolio or portfolio even
sort office-Area of DOOM
shopping, done
washing
moth hunt in spare room
Household filing
garden
clear out magazine rack (mini DOOM)
prep for next training days
sort out work or not for July/Aug
kitchen
bathroom
beds
empty jumper sanctuary (moth watch)
I think I may becoming moth obsessive, is new psychiatric condition.
cover classdone bankingdone
number for Evidone
ring parkinsons doagain