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Stay at home mums getting organised in 2010
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hi all you mums.can i please join?i only have a 3 year old but find it quite hard to be organised.
i am a reader more than a poster but would love to join you all0 -
hi princess85 and welcome to the thread. :j
managed to clean my windows yesterday so that saves me a job to do today!! :T
todays list
sweep downstairs
[STRIKE]put washing on quick wash[/STRIKE]
dry washing and put away
post letter
post ebay parcel
buy booster seat
[STRIKE]wipe over dining room table[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]wash up[/STRIKE]
dry up and put away
sort out shoe rack
xxxI love to give homemade gifts. Which one ofmy kids do you want?0 -
morning everyone
thanks silly billy me.
so my list for today:
*foldclothes and put away
*tidy bedroom
*clean bathroom
*tidy din room
*tidy utilitie room
*wash bedding
*wash sons mattress
can anyone tell me where i can find all the abbreviations i think thats what their called lol
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mad rush this morning, DS12 once again left his organiser at home so I had to come back to take it to him, this takes an hour and I dont want to think of the waste of diesel.
Then off to shops before mum arrives for lunch and to sit with kids while I do parents eve as OH at work.
Todays list
Washing x 1
DRyer x1
Hang out wet washing x3
Tidy liv rm din rm and kitchen
Empty DW
Refill DW
Shopping
Remember antibiotics to DD4
Walk dog
Cook dinner for kids
Cook dinner for adults0 -
Doing nothing today as I have a tummy bug. DH took day off work and is being pretty helpful, he's taken the boys with him to Lidl - God knows what he's going to bring back, there's a reason I never take him with me!June Grocery Challenge £493.33/£500 July £/£500
2 adults, 3 teensProgress is easier to acheive than perfection.0 -
Your tummy bug must be caching ragz cos DS5 woke in the night and has stopped vomitting since! So I havent actually been to bed yet, and as its his birthday tomorrow I do not see me getting there any time soon. OH has gone to work so I am on my own to clean up and deal with the mess and make his cake etc and prep for his birthday meal tomorrow night. And I stll need to buy wrapping paper and get his presents wrapped!
Todays list
Clean DS5 bed and bedding
Washing x 1
Hang out washing (got 3 loads dry outside yesterday:j:j)
Blitz din rm (tutor coming tonight)
Defrost lamb for tomorrow meal
Cook dinner
Wrap presents
Banners and balloons all up (if DS ever goes to bed tonight)
Hoover hall and stairs
Clean downstairs toilet
Tidy utility room0 -
[STRIKE][/STRIKE]This is the plan for today:
[STRIKE][STRIKE]Clean dining room table
Sweep dining room floor
Put away all toys in living room[/STRIKE]
Dust and hoover living room and hall
Polish hall mirror and doors
Clean kitchen worksurfaces
Clean kitchen floor[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Tidy stuff out of bathroom (as new bathroom arriving on Monday - yipee!!)[/STRIKE]
Put away work files etc as going on Mat Leave in 3 weeks (even bigger yipee!!!)
[STRIKE]Hoover bedrooms
Dust bedrooms[/STRIKE]
I've got approx 4 hours ... how much can I do???0 -
hope everyone with tummy bugs recover soon xx
me and my ds1 had it last week but ds2 seemed to escape it!!
Todays list
[STRIKE]wash up and put away[/STRIKE]
hoover upstairs
sweep downstairs
sort ds1 swimming things out for lessons tonight
[STRIKE]put washing on[/STRIKE]
dry washing
xxxI love to give homemade gifts. Which one ofmy kids do you want?0 -
I've been shockingly unproductive this week - no list, you see.
Weekend list:
[STRIKE]-put away new baby clothes
-put away 3 loads of clean laundry
-dishes
-grocery shopping
-holiday[/STRIKE]
-laptop
[STRIKE]-check mailbox
-call mother[/STRIKE]
-finish reading RP book
[STRIKE]-clear off desk[/STRIKE]Organised Birthdays and Christmas: Spend So Far: £193.75; Saved from RRP £963.76
Three gifts left to buy0 -
My list today is gonna be huge, having been up for four nights with DS6, I am lacking in energy but got to get sorted today, DD4 woke in night vomitting too so even more bedding to wash.
Wash x5
Hang wet wash on line
Empty DW and refill
Wash living rm crtains
Wash dishes in sink
Clean kitchen floor
Tidy kitchen
Hoover hall
Clean out bunny
Change cat litter
Pay depost for party (had to cancel first one as both DSand DD been so ill)
Bake cakes
Walk dog
Clean mess in garden
Shopping when OH gets in
Ironing
Change DS6 and DD4 bedding
Clean DD4 carpet
Blitz utility room (man coming to fix dryer tomorrow)
Collect parcel
Organise meals0
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