Stay at home mums getting organised in 2010

Triggles

sillybillyme - oh, reading your list reminded me to get my birthdays/anniversaries list sorted. I'd like to have cards organised this year to send so I'm not running out to get cards at the last minute.

money_saving_diva

Hi all,

Atwitsend - good luck! Wow so many babies due! Mine feels like ages away!! Although the time is going fast now!

Right, dh is away with work and I have a mate coming round tomorrow. I have basically tided up I just need to clean main areas - so i better do myself a list to keep on track!

Tonight:

Unload washing machine/hang on rads
Clean bathroom
Put dishwasher on
Clean down kitchen surfaces/dining room table

Tomorrow am:

Hoover carpets
Sweep hard floors/mop floors as soon as ds has nap
wash up breakfast stuff
dust everywhere!

Then have a nice natter with mate while the boys play nice (I hope! )

Right now I need advice How to stop loosing socks :eek:

I can never find any pairs of anyones socks. I can understand dh's as he doesn't wear a matching pair so matching socks of his are never in the washing basket .... but ... me and ds wear matching socks and I can never match them up when I put clothes away. I have so many odd ones and I am forevering buying socks! It is such a waste of money!

My idea is to get a laundry net that you wash delicates in (do these exsist or am I imagining it??) and hang it on dirty washing basket for socks, then chuck it in wash and then get the net out and hang socks on one of those airers with loads of pegs and keep socks altogether?? Does this make sense? Would it work?? or do you all have better ideas that work?? Please help! I am drowning in odd socks :rotfl:

rainbow81

rainbow81 wrote: »

Ragz - fingers crossed that you are in recovery with a beautiful lovely baby.

Atwitsend - It'll be your time soon! Enjoy the clear out!

OK, Monday is big clean day! I'm already running behind as it's teacher training day so DS is at home talking numbers at me!

- [STRIKE]quick hoover[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]quick dust[/STRIKE]
- mop kitchen floor
- [STRIKE]polish mirrors[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]clean dining room table and polish[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]dust bottom of dining chairs[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]clean skirting boards round dining room[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]wash up[/STRIKE]
- 30 minutes exercise
- [STRIKE]study[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]wrap presents for friends' babies for posting tomorrow[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]receive and put away online shopping[/STRIKE]

Well, I did most of my list this morning. I think I did quite well considering I feel awful, I woke up with a horrible cold So now I'm on the sofa feeling sorry for myself but sort of proud too because before this thread I would have done the bare minimum today and be looking forward to playing catch up for the rest of the week.

mummy2mygirls

Hello all please can i join??? I did chat on the old sahms getting organised thread but not sure what happened there.....
I'm mummy to 3 lovely girls 6yrs, 3yrs and 9mths and im due no4 in april..... so could do with being more organised!!
good luck to all who are overdue and hope babies do not keep you waiting to long.
x

bonty44

Right' I'm working today so won't be able to achieve much but here goes;

[STRIKE]- have already got chili in slow cooker for tonight so that's a good start[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- dining table already set up for the breakfast rush![/STRIKE]
- have bath then clean bathroom
- hoover top half of stairs (did lazy bottom half yesterday)
[STRIKE]- find and iron son's PE kit or he's going cold on the field today!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- get to work early so i can catch up on photocopying, etc.[/STRIKE]
- get leek and bacon pie ready for dinner tomorrow
[STRIKE]- tidy and dust living room (plump up cushions on sofa)[/STRIKE]
- sort through all the stuff that came out of study at the w/end when we painted it for baby's arrival

Gordon Bennett, it's only 702, have been up since 530 - if anyone (not on this forum, but anyone ever in the world!!) ever again says that a teacher has an easy life, they can come and live with me to see for themselves!

ManOnTheMoon

Tough decision to make - The house is in pretty good nick. Do I do the small things that i've wanted to do for ages, or go shopping with OH?

Oh let's go shopping, it's more fun with her than a paint brush

Managed to do a fair bit of the paintwork that didn't really need doing, but it was done anyway and looks better.

Hello mummy2mygirls - welcome and welcome to all newbies :wave: and bonty can keep 5:30's - I want that extra hour til 6:30 before hecticity starts - is Hecticity a word?

Have a nice day all, don't work too hard.

kidcat

Hi Just found this thread and would like to join too, am SAHM to DD15, DS14, DS5 and DD3. Have recently moved house and will be moving again in a few months. Need to get house sorted and get rid of so much stuff. Am trying to read through the rest of thread but struggling. Maybe because I know I have other stuff I should be doing but cannot find the motivation.

My list for today :


[STRIKE]School run - drop 4 kids at 3 diff schools (all 8 miles away)
Shopping - buy urgent bits and cards for dads birthday
Collect DD3 from nursery[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Lunch
Unload DW Reload dishwasher
Unload TD Refill TD
Unload WM Refill WM
Tidy Din Room[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Strip DD3 bed [/STRIKE] & remake
[STRIKE]Tidy Liv Room
Feed all animals[/STRIKE]
Wrap Dad Bday Presents
[STRIKE]Pack change clothes x 3kids( got to visit dad after school)
Hide Parcels (ready DS5 DD3 bday next month)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Call friend who sick
Pack cake and candles[/STRIKE]
Prep dinner for OH
School run x 2 schools
Visit parents for tea
Attack kitchen
Brush kitchen floor
Tidy bathroom
Prep school clothes for tomorrow
Unload WM & Refill
Unload TD & Refill
Walk dog
Homework with DS11 & DS5
Kids to bed
Food from freezer for tomorrow meals



OMG when I write it down it looks so much, no wonder I am exhausted all the time, and thats a light day:eek::eek: But at least with a list I can see what I have achieved and it should motivate me to keep moving.

rainbow81

Hi everyone, old and new!

Good choice on the shopping MOTM, you only live once. I managed to get a brand new lego set for DS from a charity shop this morning for £5 so pretty chuffed. He has trouble with that sort of thing, bless him, but now he finally has some he can practice!

I am still feeling grotty with cold and didn't sleep well but still woke up a whole hour too early. Boo hiss. Here is today's list:

- [STRIKE]post baby things to friends x 2[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]batch cook to use up mince, mushrooms and celery and freeze[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]change DS's bed[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]put cardboard out for recycling[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]load of washing on[/STRIKE]
- put dry washing away and hang wet washing out to dry
- wash up

SugarSpun

Hello everyone - I'm suffering the cold/shivers/sicky too but my lovely monster seems to be past the worst of it so I hope it's only a two-day deal.

Anyway, today:
[STRIKE]
*Put away all the laundry and clothes that are hanging around
*Collect recycling from home office and put it with the recycling
*Dishes (again)
*Collect papers/passports for trip on Thursday
*Read over and print out plan for paper
*Download introductions to other papers
[/STRIKE]

I think that'll be enough

atwitsend_2

well today I had a lazy day, had midwifes this morning and havent felt like doing anything after that

but since kids have got home i have
-done one load of washing
-cleaned all the glasses by hand (they go through the dishwasher but unless they are cleaned by me and plunged in boiling hot water i fear i may catch something from a stray germ (oh dear i think my mums ocd may of passed off onto me!!!)
-cleaned down worktops
-2 loads of dishwasher unloading and loading
-1 load of tumble drying

i still need to do tomorrow:

put clean clothes away in appropriate places


and over the next few weeks at some point
-clear out DS's room of old toys etc
-buy new toy boxes for kids
-buy new box files and get solicitors paperwork sorted
-list some stuff on ebay :j

now all i need is some energy to do these things!!!

hope you feel better sugarspun and rainbow! any news from ragz?