Mums get organised in 2013

bella2121

Please can I join? I'm mum to 7 year old and 15 month old boys and work part time, since the start of the year have been much more organised than usual but with us all being ill things are starting to slip again plus there are jobs needing doing that I could do with some encouragement lol

I Have read part of the thread and subscribed ill read the rest tomorrow need to go to sleep so tired

Night all x

brunettegirl

So the last few days have been a bit of a disaster really on the organising and tidy stuff

So although I wrote the thank you letters they are awaiting postage as I lost my stamps!
The meal planner for this week is sorted but not the full month yet!
Still need to sort and organise the massive filing cabinet
update our folder of days out leaflets
Finish my list of free places locally to visit and places near close friends (12 on the list so far)
Sort out some toys to sell on ebay
add other stuff to sell on ebay
Sort out craft trolley
sort out boxes under the bed
Arrange special days for valentines, anniversary, mothers day, and birthday
Try to sort out family holiday - if i can make it work I intend to try and do this hoilday thing with the daily mail - henry is 2 and we have never had a holiday!
Find away to bring in some money
Finish sorting classes/groups to take henry too
Arrange meeting with nursery to book Henry in for september

MUST REMEMBER to arrange days appropriately to use least petrol (we live in the sticks and I have aloted 1 full tank a month, not done this yet so no idea how sensible this is, but need to amend my activites so I am not over spending on petrol or going to town every day, or twice a day from lack of planning)

I plan to do 1 trip a month to york for food/extra cheap shopping could incorporate it with free day out maybe but not sure how bored henry will get with the NRM and parking aint cheap!

Need to make sure I can do morrisons weekly shop on the same day as art classes (Tues)and nowhere else in the car that day

then structure other classes activities accordingly - should be easy really but I still seem to spend nearly every day driving 10 miles to town!

Sorry for the mamoth post I think I was just typing what i was thinking!

mysk_girl

Urgghh. Baby didn't sleep at all last night, so not sure how much I'm going to get done today.

Am selecting the following tasks that HAVE to be done

1/ Christmas tree down & decs away
2/ FIND UTR AND DO TAX RETURN!!!! I have all the figures for it, and I won't owe anything, but the £100 fine is looming at the end of Jan...
3/ one load laundry and hoovering
4/ clean bathroom
5/ menu planner
6/ birthday present for a 4yo party tomorrow. And wrap. I have cards. I want to make more presents, but draw the line at £5 gifts for school birthday parties unless very close friend.

I am beyond tired...

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mysk_girl

brunettegirl wrote: »

MUST REMEMBER to arrange days appropriately to use least petrol (we live in the sticks and I have aloted 1 full tank a month, not done this yet so no idea how sensible this is, but need to amend my activites so I am not over spending on petrol or going to town every day, or twice a day from lack of planning)

I plan to do 1 trip a month to york for food/extra cheap shopping could incorporate it with free day out maybe but not sure how bored henry will get with the NRM and parking aint cheap!

I have one tank a month as well, it sucks having to plan trips but on mat pay we can't afford for me to use it willy nilly. My ikea trip yesterday was 1/4 tank so we'll see how the rest of the month goes. Luckily school is walking distance and OH works next door to Sainsburys so I can get him to pick stuff up.

Lucky you getting to go to York, I grew up there and miss it a lot now we live in Oxfordshire... Still visit sometimes though!

Betsie2010

Morning. Awake early too, typical for Sat! Got parents and brother coming down today so tidy house will not be so by the end of today.....
Must walk dog 1st as my niece is scared of all furry animals and she'll have to stay in her crate.:( It's great when I have 5 cats and 1 dog and she whinges every time 1 moves. Is it too early for that gin and tonic?
Dump run, charity shop run to be done today too. I WILL stay organised....:rotfl:

chickywiggle

Chicky's to do list...........(this is for Friday-Monday).....saturday update

1) clear out the books (must do by 3pm Friday)
2) ISME delivery (Friday)
3) Tesco delivery - put away (friday)
4) meal plan next 2 weeks
5) go thro paperwork and write down when everything is due for renewal.
6) make a spag bol
7) take kids to childminders (friday)
8) remember to pick kids up from childminders
/s]9)shed loads of washing[/s]
10) put said washing away
11) tidy radiator shelf in Kitchen and put stuff away
12) flat pack the mountain of lego boxes and reclaim the storage cupboard
13) put stuff in said storage cupboard
14) get rid of the little black dresses that haven't fitted for the last 4yrs.
15) change bedding on DS1 and 2's beds
16) bring old mattress out of DS1's room down to landing
17) put away DS1 and 2's christmas toys
18) tolitries inventory
19) books to read inventory
20) sell old toys books - Friday 4pm - £25
21) reclaim the living room.
22) set up eye camera on PS3 so I can do my grease game dance game (workout lol)
23) plug in the printer so I can print off this list.
24) finances
25) buy a new net curtain as clearly the window is not a 36" drop as my husband told me it was (and I can clearly see that now I have tried to put the 36" net up!!!!!!!!)
26) clear out my 'surveys' inbox. post back food diaries.
27) Wait for the barrage of e-mails asking if I will deliver/ post the items listed as COLLECTION ONLY that finish tomorrow on ebay....total currently stands at 2.
28) upgrade mine and DH's phones
29) cook beef casserole
30)move DS1's clothes to his new room
31) curl up and watch lots of nostalgic programmes
32) start WW's properly.
33) wonder if the winning bidder will collect said carrycot mentioned earlier or message me after asking for it to be posted?
33) washing up
34) clean kitchen floor
35) post parcel to Mariaandtheimps
36) make banana bread and butter pudding

bold items added today.

was up till 2am with hubby putting a cabin bed together and re-arranging DS1's room............sooooooooooooooooooooo tired. roll on 80s TV and a duvet.....and the box of christmas choccies.

mysk_girl

Chicky, I read no 32 as "start WW3"! Was wondering how bad things had got!

And can I have the recipe for banana bread and butter pudding when you have 3 seconds to take a breath?!? Sounds yum :-)

Good luck with that list...

chickywiggle

mysk_girl wrote: »

Chicky, I read no 32 as "start WW3"! Was wondering how bad things had got!

And can I have the recipe for banana bread and butter pudding when you have 3 seconds to take a breath?!? Sounds yum :-)

Good luck with that list...

sounds like it from the banging and crashing going on in DS1's room.... new furniture + 2 hyperactive children + lego = mess

this is the one I'm using , never done it before so fingers crossed.

right time to get up and get the hoards dresses and venture to careph0n3 warehouse.

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I've just found 'evidence' that we have a mouse lurking behind the kitchen cupboards so all plans for today have been put on hold. DH has just pulled all the kickboards out whilst I pull everything out of the cupboard - only pots and pans as all others are sealed - and get it all washed. Our killer cats are patrolling the kitchen!

I don't think I'll be putting everything back into the cupboard other than humane traps. I'm trying to be reasonable about it. We do live in the middle of the countryside so its to be expected that we may have visitors but we've lived here for 14 years now and this is the first time it has happened.

lindsaygalaxy

Good morning and welcome to everyone that is new

Have now caught up on the posts since I was last on, had a busy few days with friends and family so today is jobs day! Want to have a peaceful family day tomorrow so need to get it all done today. OH has gone out to watch football so just me and the kids - hoping they will be helpful and not make mess as I tidy.

Todays list -

[STRIKE]Get DD new water bottle for school[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Get a few storage boxes for DDs bedroom[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Write and post birthday card[/STRIKE]
Sort out [STRIKE]purse[/STRIKE] and handbag
[STRIKE]Sort and tidy DDs room[/STRIKE]
Tidy DS room
Hoover house
[STRIKE]Washing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Iron school clothes[/STRIKE]
Iron nursery clothes
Iron work clothes for OH -some
Iron work clothes for me
Put cut up xmas tree in recycling bin
List items on ebay/ facebay
[STRIKE]Call and get MAC code from bb provider[/STRIKE]
Call new BB provider with MAC code
Sort through paperwork
Ovenpride oven/grill racks - in bag at the moment