Stay at home mums getting organised in 2010

kidcat

Hi everyone, its a beautiful day here very sunny and its definitely lifted my spirits. We are going out for a meal with my parents today so no cooking (and no dishes to sort afterwards either )

My list for today was fairly light

Shopping - while OH did school run
Tidy Liv Rm, Din Rm
Fill DW
Collect DD3 from nursery

View House - exciting one this and has definitely perked my mood up

Hoover Din Rm
Sort wiring DVD recorder thingy into Din RM
Sort wiring DVD/Video machine into DS5 room

Sort hair for tonight
Sort outfits for everyone tonight


And I am very pleased to say I have done them all. :j

House viewing went well and its a definite maybe got another couple to look at then its off to beg the bank to lend us a mortgage.


**** Forgot to say - to get the smell out of the carpet have you tried putting bicarbonate of soda down and then hoovering after an hour or so, its really good at getting rid of carpet smells.

Triggles

msd - hope your little one is feeling better soon. It's just horrible when the kids are sick, isn't it? You just feel so badly for them and want to make it better.

Oh goodness, hopefully we can start getting back on track now. Nits done. Colds going away finally. I finally managed to get to a coffee morning the other day and met some very nice women with kids roughly the same age. It was great! And they've let me know about a good playgroup locally as well, so I'm hopeful about that.

I've got a long list of stuff that needs to get done in the near future:
- payments sent out for 2 loans by Monday
- start organising meal plan and grocery list for next week
- pick up nappies and milk (and possibly a few other items, will have to check)
- vacuum living room and entryway
- clean kitchen floor (sooooooo overdue!!)
- clean upstairs and downstairs bathrooms
- declutter living room shelf
- change sheets and wash on all beds (thinking of doing these different days, as I hate sheets all over all weekend!)

DH & I have still been discussing (off and on) the heated clothing rack from Lakeland. It's pricey (£80?) but it would dry things like towels and sheets easier and quicker, which would be very helpful. Not to mention with DS2 potty training, we have a LOT of laundry and when he gets to the point where we have to try going dry at night, I'm expecting a lot of laundry from that as well.

Glamazon

Why have I only just seen this thread?!!!!!
SAHM until 1st June when I go back to work

Finally somewhere I can post a list of things I need to do and actually feel guilty when I've not done stuff!!

Today I have

Cleared the nursery of crap ready for the cot to go in there tomorrow
Cleared under my bed so the mattress from the nursery can go under there
Sorted clothes for recycling
Moved said mattress
3 loads of washing - I don't iron anything except OH's work shirts.
Cleaned the bathroom

I need to do a deep clean and declutter everywhere so that when I go back to work it's just a case of keeping on top of everything.

Jobs for tomorrow
Hoover & polish nursery
Dismantle, move and reassemble cot
While hoover's out - hoover our bedroom, landing & stairs.

Not too much cos I tend to do most Housework on a Monday.

sillybillyme

hi everyone

kids have gone out with my mum today so goona crack on with the housework i have been putting off!!!

put clean clothes away
hoover
polish
clean bathroom/toilet
put washing on
dry clean washing on washing line
clean kitchen
mop floors

have a good day everyone at least the sun is out today that always makes me feel better!!!!!

ragz_2

Glamazon - welcome to the thread! It definitely helps to have somewhere to write your lists, feels so good when you get to cross stuff off.

My to do list is looking better...
Baby Abigail is now registered, so I can send off birth certificate to HB and CB.
Made the fruit salad, I'm the only one that ate any but I'm not complaining!

Have meal planned for next week and off to the shops in a minute, also to Argos to get a radiator for the bedroom so I can keep baby warm at night without having to have the ancient boiler on all the time. Very pleased to find it's half price at the moment!

Am keeping on top of the housework pretty well, even got DH to vacuum this morning. Didn't let him go to wrk Friday so he's back Monday but baby's settling better now so I'm thinking I can hopefully cope ok (it'll be a long day).

Ds2 still got pox all over him but apart from waking a few times last night he's not been too bad.

kidcat

Hi ragz, bicarb in the bath water helps stops the itching for your DS with pox.

My list for today is really short

Shopping
Take DD15 to friend
Collect DD
Mop kitchen bathroom toilet
General tidy bathroom and kitchen
Meal plan
Washing x3
Dryer x3


Have really bad migraine today so struggling to move.

Glamazon

Cot moved

Going to a christening tomorrow so won't do much but I plan to write a list each week of things I need to do and will cross off as and when I do them. Some things will be normal weekly housework but others will be bigger one-off jobs I keep putting off

Week Beg 7th Feb
Clean bathroom & downstairs loo
Clean kitchen floor & wipe down cupboard doors
General tidy round
Hoover & polish everywhere
Put clothes out for recycling
Washing as & when it needs doing
Sort CTF account out
Ring Creche to arrange a visit
Order Jack's Prescription

Bigger jobs
Declutter dining room table (its a right tip!)
Declutter my bedroom
Buy a wardrobe for our room
Filing
Shredding
Garage - this will probably be a spring time job!

money_saving_diva

kidcat wrote: »

**** Forgot to say - to get the smell out of the carpet have you tried putting bicarbonate of soda down and then hoovering after an hour or so, its really good at getting rid of carpet smells.

Thanks - I will try that tomorrow

Quote [Hi ragz, bicarb in the bath water helps stops the itching for your DS with pox.]

How much Bicarb do you get thro kidcat :rotfl:

is it possible to quote from 2 messages??

I have done quite well today. I don't normally do that much housework at the weekend but I did a quick run round today and I feel better for it I feel it will be easier to keep on top of during the week.

money_saving_diva

Glamazon wrote: »

Going to a christening tomorrow QUOTE]

Can I ask what you have got as a pressie to take with you? I am going to one next week for a baby boy and I am stuck what to buy. I got a baby girl a necklace recently that she would be able to wear when she is older but stuck for a boy?? I am thinking a childrens bible?

kidcat

money_saving_diva wrote: »

Thanks - I will try that tomorrow

Quote [Hi ragz, bicarb in the bath water helps stops the itching for your DS with pox.]

How much Bicarb do you get thro kidcat :rotfl:

is it possible to quote from 2 messages??

I have done quite well today. I don't normally do that much housework at the weekend but I did a quick run round today and I feel better for it I feel it will be easier to keep on top of during the week.

Yes you can qoute from two messages click the multi quote buttons on the message you want to quote then click the reply button and they are all there. (Multi quote is the one with " marks,
As for bicarb, I go through loads, especially since my DS11 started watching How clean is your house, now every time I try to do anything he tells me I should use bicarb instead.

money_saving_diva wrote: »

Glamazon wrote: »

Going to a christening tomorrow QUOTE]

Can I ask what you have got as a pressie to take with you? I am going to one next week for a baby boy and I am stuck what to buy. I got a baby girl a necklace recently that she would be able to wear when she is older but stuck for a boy?? I am thinking a childrens bible?

How about a childs cutlery set, you can often get them engraved with the childs name. I have bought several from Studio catalogue and also HSamuel too.