Stay at home mums getting organised in 2010

SugarSpun

Copying and pasting from yesterday:

Today I need to:

call the hotel and book our room
post envelope to my transcription person
bother OH/help him to make my new website
make a list for my work stuff for tomorrow
put the grown up clothes away
convince OH I need a Stokke pushchair

I have already done:

baby laundry
shopping
email catchup
email APPA
clear off my desk
do my hair
make surprise shortbread for my OH
put baby laundry away
make up nappies
grown up laundry

Glamazon

Productive day so far! Got up and sorted out the garage abit so loads of stuff going out in chairty bags and got some stuff to take to the tip this week.

Just waiting for the rugby to finish so I can start building this DVD stand!

Put up DVD Stand
[STRIKE]Make a shopping list [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
Meal Plan
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[STRIKE]Go to ASDA [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort out any old handbags or anything else for charity bag - check out the garage[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sterilise Jack's bottles[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Do OH's lunchbox for tomorrow [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Put Monday's Charity Bags out [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
Add to Monday's list - Ring HR about start date for new job (May/June 2010)
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Bigger jobs
Declutter dining room table (its a right tip!)
Declutter my bedroom
Buy a wardrobe for our room
Filing
Shredding
[STRIKE]Garage[/STRIKE]

ETA - Not going to get chance to do the DVD stand tonight so will be a job for tomorrow.

Glamazon

this is my list for tomorrow - I'm not going out much this week and the girls are coming here Wednesday for our weekly meet so I need the house tidy!
Need to focus on getting Jack back into a routine as well because he's been off his feeds the last week so we are all over the place!

Monday
[STRIKE]Build DVD Stand (if I can manage on my own!)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Ring HR about Induction dates for New Job [/STRIKE]
Ring Creche depending on outcome of start date
[STRIKE]Email new manager with start date [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort out items for posting [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Go to the Post Office [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Go & Buy OH & BIL beer [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Look at buying some new bedding [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Washing x 2 [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Put TD on [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty DW [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Put bin out in wheelie bin[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sort out the clean washing[/STRIKE] & put away
[STRIKE]Sterilise bottles[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Do OH’s lunchbox [/STRIKE]
Sort Tuesdays Charity Bags out & put them out before bed
[STRIKE]Ring Autoglass for OH [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Email ebay seller about faulty goods[/STRIKE]

The following can be done Monday or Tuesday depending on time!

[STRIKE]Clean bathroom & floor [/STRIKE]
Clean downstairs loo & floor
Clean kitchen
Polish everywhere
Hoover everywhere


Bigger jobs
Declutter dining room table
Declutter my bedroom
Buy a wardrobe for our room
Filing
Shredding

2boysmum

DS6 had a birthday party today in our local community centre, he is quite shy and didn't want me to leave, I've had 4 days off work and the house was tidy on thursday, now its a tip again and i'm back at work again tomorrow. The sooner I stop working the better!! We were discussing child care for the half term holiday at the party and was telling one of the mothers that I was really struggling for child care and was planning on becoming a SAHM, you should have seen her face, you would of thought I had just told her that I was a serial killer!!!

Glamazon

my house was tidy on Friday but with OH and BIL here all weekend it's now a tip again! I can keep up with it during the week but weekends is an endless battle of moving beer cans, crisp packets, cups, glasses, bowls & plates.

Can't see what the big issue with being a SAHM is! I would love to do it if I could afford to!

Triggles

Don't know what you mean by "can't see what the issue is" about being a SAHM. :think: If you're talking about keeping up with stuff, then when you're done cleaning at your house, you can pop on over to mine! :rotfl:

We did some big-time rearranging in the house yesterday, and in order to do it everything got moved around in the dining room, bedroom, and kitchen. But now the small stuff all needs to be put away again. Basically we had 2 huge bookcases full of stuff (books, pictures, extra food supplies, etc etc) in the dining room, but we wanted more room in the dining room. So we emptied the bookcases, gave one to our DD for her flat (she's now happily putting stuff on it in her place ) and moved the other one to our bedroom, where it was desperately needed. So now I need to put away all the "stuff" that was in those bookcases - which is currently stacked on the table and floor in the dining room.

That plus still washing all DS3's clothing as his eczema reacted to the other laundry soap - I've only partway gotten through his clothing and bedding, so still have the rest to complete. Plus regular laundry. And todya's bottles and washing up. Plus we need to run into town today and buy stamps, post some payments, possibly pick up a new rain cover for the pushchair, and pick up milk, bread, and tinned tuna at FarmFoods (as it's cheaper). Busy day here LOL.

Glamazon

Triggles wrote: »

Don't know what you mean by "can't see what the issue is" about being a SAHM. :think: If you're talking about keeping up with stuff, then when you're done cleaning at your house, you can pop on over to mine! :rotfl:

I was referring to the comments that 2boysmum has been getting because she is giving up work and going to be a SAHM.

Triggles

I was referring to the comments that 2boysmum has been getting because she is giving up work and going to be a SAHM.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I was a bit puzzled. That makes more sense. I have noticed people tend to look at me like I have 2 heads when the SAHM part comes up. Or the look like I'm somehow beneath them because I'm not working - or that I'm using the benefits system or something. Very annoying.

Glamazon

Triggles wrote: »

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I was a bit puzzled. That makes more sense. I have noticed people tend to look at me like I have 2 heads when the SAHM part comes up. Or the look like I'm somehow beneath them because I'm not working - or that I'm using the benefits system or something. Very annoying.

My house is a bloody tip because OH is a hoarder and we don't have much storage space. Yet OH thinks that because I'm sitting on my ariss doing nothing all day it should all be clean and sparkly and his tea should be on the table when he gets in from work. :rotfl:

Triggles

My house is a bloody tip because OH is a hoarder and we don't have much storage space. Yet OH thinks that because I'm sitting on my ariss doing nothing all day it should all be clean and sparkly and his tea should be on the table when he gets in from work. :rotfl:

You know, of course, what the best cure for that is, don't you?? Leave him alone for a few hours (or even better, at least half the day) with the baby (or in our case, the 3yo and the baby) and let him see what it's ACTUALLY like. And often DH makes the tea here, so there's no "tea on the table" ready for him!