what's on your to-do list today?

[joyful mama]

housekeeping, meal plan, phone calls... w hat do you have to do? what are your goals?

my list for today only:
tidy living room, dining room and kitchen
declutter kitchen for 15 minutes
put children's laundry away
45 minutes (maybe an hour :shifty) at the gym once kids are asleep tonight (it got too late, so I did Jillian Michaels' cardiokickboxing and some crunches)

homemade veggie burgers for lunch, leftover turkey and veggies for dinner, fruit and veggies and nuts for snacks :tu

place a vitacost order
go to bed bath and beyond for a dining room chair cover (they didn't have it :()
call insurance company
get stuff ready for playgroup tomorrow
help kids w/homework and speech stuff
doctor's visit
firm up mealplan for week, and make sure I have all groceries I need

:phew I think that's it. I'll cross off as I go and check in later :tu

[Johns_Gal]

I am paying bills as we speak and later am going to try to find DH's drill so I can hang the curtains I bought. Probably need to clean out a cabinet or two in the kitchen, and the junk drawer in the bedroom is on the list too.

Think we'll go to the library too, supposed to snow again tonight which means we stay in until it's melted.

[KnittingHappy]

Clean out the bathroom cabinets. Almost done, two and a half done, one half to go.

Meal plan for the week, make grocery list, grocery shop.

Laundry. (Working on it.)

Start piling stuff for the thrift store pick-up in the middle of my garage so that I can call and schedule the pick-up. I think they'll want to know how much stuff. I organized my entire garage when we thought we were moving to Singapore. I meant to have a garage sale but keep putting it off. I really hate having garage sales, so I'll just donate everything. But I have other bags of donation stuff in other rooms, so I must put it all in one place.

I really just want to sit and knit today, but I'll only let myself pick it up once I'm done.

Must get going.

[prov31craftymom]

Take little one to the doctor
Go to the bank
buy cat food
order ribbon and head bands

Things I would like to do, but we'll see how dd is feeling:
dishes
laundry
clean bathroom
clean kitchen
pick up living room
clear off desk
sweep floors

[mrsd]

I've already:
Cleaned the kitchen
Changed the beds
Cleaned the bathrooms
Two Loads of Laundry
Took DS to school
To Do:
Go to library, bank and Wal-mart
Vacuum
Have lunch
Make Iced tea
Make dinner ( broiled chicken, pasta, carrots, rolls)
etc

[JenLovie]

Find DS a pediatrician
Check the mail
Laundry
Change our address
Exercise
Do dishes

[Raspberries]

Make a chiro appointment for myself
Figure out this cinch belly binder because its rocket science apparently and I forgot to look at it thoroughly before I took it apart. :doh
Rest

[Lady Grey]

mine is laughable.....

- keep kids fed and alive
- keep food down
- find a way to get rid of yesterday's cooking smells

[KnittingHappy]

The one thing I won't do today no matter how very much I want to is drive to Augusta and smack DH upside his head. I will not do it. I won't.

Someone else tell me I won't do this.

No matter how much he deserves it.

No matter how much I want to.

:hissyfit

I was trying to tell him how horribly his son was behaving yesterday and right in the middle of me talking, he interrupts and says "Oh, ok. I gotta go now." Seriously? He didn't hear a word I said. I think a strongly worded email is in order here.

[tofufoofoo]

- call kmart customer service (I bought a pair of moccasins there and after less than an hour of wearing them they got a hole in the toe area where they were sewn together :doh:()
- diaper laundry
- pay bills
- make a loaf of bread
- unpack from the weekend (we went snow tubing with my dad and his family)
- make dinner

because we went away this weekend I really have to do laundry and clean the house in general but I don't think I am getting much of that done today. I am also three weeks behind in my coursework :nails (I am taking 15 credits online)... is anyone else as desperate as me?????? :blush

what a bummer... mondays are a drag!!

I never made bread but I did make homemade tortillas. I really need to get my butt in gear :blush Tomorrow will be a better day...

[thomer]

Volunteer at church
Clean the kitchen
Try to sneak away to the used bookstore
Try to get DH to list a piece of furniture on Craigslist
Help DS make cookies
Cook dinner
Relax?

[RosalieMarie]

mine is laughable.....

- keep kids fed and alive
- keep food down
- find a way to get rid of yesterday's cooking smells

that. :sick

[inesperada]

It's too long and overwhelming to type out and look at. :bag

[Johns_Gal]

It's too long and overwhelming to type out and look at. :bag

I was very selective, lol. And now that DS is up, we're fed, dog has been taken out six times.... time to get moving.

Eww. And it's supposed to snow tonight. Does that mean I can put off housework so I'll have something to do? :lol

[Peridot]

I was very selective, lol. And now that DS is up, we're fed, dog has been taken out six times.... time to get moving.

Eww. And it's supposed to snow tonight. Does that mean I can put off housework so I'll have something to do? :lol


absolutely! :rockon :lol

Here's mine...

vacuum downstairs carpets (2)
Mop kitchen floor
unload/reload the dishwasher
wash odds and ends dishes
file my fingernails :O

call oils companies...
send diapers through final rinse
do some craft/art with kids.
something homeschooly with Maximus.

I'm going to try to tidy, empty trash, put away some clean clothes, etc.
make lunch..figure out a side/veggie to go with dinner.


I have already-
dressed the kids
fed them breakfast and a snack. Maximus wanted bacon. :no
picked up toys in playroom, b/c that's one of the carpets that need vacuumed, and picked up the bigger peices of trash in there too.
put ointment on all ten of Maximus' chewed fingertips. he promptly removed them.


I think that's it.

[Firebird Rising]

Call Early Intervention for Elijah
Call a psychologist hopefully to get some doc recommendations
Make a grocery list (should be doing that right now)
Call chiropractor to get appointment ASAP
Pack diaper bag for day out, if we ever get out
Trader Joes for a few things
Natural foods co-op
Kinkos/Fedex to laminate something
Park to wear out kids?

It's not yet 9am, I need to get going but all the phone calls, I can't do b/c nothing's open... :-/

[keepinghome]

DD and I are both sick. soo...

feel better
rest
eat an orange
take vit d
maybe vacuum... dd keeps finding old food on the kitchen floor to put in her mouth :doh
watch some netflix instants

man... I'm going to be busy!:shifty

[HomeWithMyBabies]

I got all my laundry done yesterday, cleaned the kitchen and did some of my sweeping and dusting. :rockon

Take Peanut to doctor
Call cable company and renegotiate price increase, find new company if they won't budge
Compile and send Peanut's information to a genetics researcher in the Netherlands
Clean bathroom
Call OT to schedule eval for my oldest
-Call doctor for prescription for eval
Sweep and dust in living room and bedrooms
Prepare and serve dinner to my parents in law

Oh, and play hide and seek with my oldest :giggle

[Lady TS]

MOPS
Feed/Water Chickens and Gather Eggs
Check outdoor wood furnace a couple time/day and add wood when needed

Lunch

Re-wash one load of laundry---I tried the Free & Clear Downy and couldn't sleep the other night, so need to rewash the sheets

Balance checkbook with the bank statement
Write the budgety stuff in my notebook

Round up Tax stuff for appt on Sat.

Walk 30 mins on treadmill or go outside and walk to get the mail at the end of the lane

Make cookies? Or maybe popcorn would be better for us...:shifty

Figure out what's for supper and make it :)
Figure out dinner menu for the rest of the week and take stuff out of the freezer

[joyful mama]

:tu

[KnittingHappy]

Now that I did the grocery shopping, add:

Butcher pineapple. (But that is yummy!)

[tofufoofoo]

Now that I did the grocery shopping, add:

Butcher pineapple. (But that is yummy!)

:haha this made me LOL because I always wait to "butcher" my pineapples till the last minute, it takes me so long and makes such a mess! but yummy indeed :yes:lol

[Allison]

Already done--dealt with broken van window, planned course of action for schoolwork that is due within the next couple of weeks, made menu plans for the week (usually done on Sunday and I grocery shop on Mondays but today was a different kind of Monday with having to deal with the van.), fed children breastfast, snack, lunch

Need to do:

Type and print grocery list
figure out Target's coupon policy
print more coupons
plan for gardening so I can buy some things tomorrow
put away laundry. Tons of it.
Snack for children
homeschool
make dinner
dishes
my own school work if there is time

[ronioli]

Pick up dd from school
Eat lunch
Go to park playdate
Go to Costco
Return library books and DVDs
Do one load of laundry
Finish homework for my class tomorrow
Work with dd with her homework
Read with dd--finish Horse and His Boy
Prepare dinner
Tidy up dining area
Unload/load dishwasher
Call a friend

[NewLeaf]

Clean off dining table.
Organize items on hutch.
Clean out kitchen cart.
Pick up dd's room.
Clean up my room.
Dust.
Dishes, dishes, dishes.
Keep ds from killing himself.
Finish painting the canvas I'm working on.
Hang curtains?

Make dinner, of course. My least favorite chore of all. :yuck

[Aisling]

I've already been grocery shopping, to music class, to the bank to deposit some stuff, and to goodwill with the girls to find materials for a "build your own instrument" project. I'm ready to call it a day. :P~

I still need to: put away the dry groceries, clean the kitchen, sweep the floors, keep laundry cycling through, fold and put away several loads, plant some seeds, read with dd5yo, scrub down my entire bathroom from top to bottom (thanks kids, dog and dh :rolleyes), and unpack the girls' suitcase from last week :bag. I need coffee and a nap already, though. :giggle :cup

[NewLeaf]

I need coffee and a nap already, though. :giggle :cup
I recommend nap then coffee. :P~

[StrangeTraveller]

I was just making this out! My day got pushed waaay back, so I'm just now starting the formalities :blush
-Hang picutes
-Fill sensory table
-Start dinner
-Declutter
-Clean bathroom
-Clean kitchen
-Clean window sills
-Empty/reload dishwasher

[KnittingHappy]

Ok, I have all of you beat!!!

I have to pack my house.

:haha

So not going to happen today, but I have to start working on it. At least I got a head start with cleaning out the bathroom cabinets. I'm currently working on the shoe closet. Then, off to my bedroom closet.

Must. Get. Boxes!!!!

[Peridot]

I still need to-

mop kitchen floor
unload/reload dishwasher
wash dishes
file nails
send diapers through rinse :dohKeep forgetting that.

In addition to what I wanted to do, I took the boys outside for about 45 minutes, cleaned the toilet, changed the handtowels..... :scratch folded kids laundry, and took it upstairs- where it sits. :shifty

For arty activity, we are coloring. :shrug3 Actually I think Maximus is doing prewriting stuff, and Minimus is mostly breaking crayons. :giggle

sigh....

For Maximus's homeschooly stuff, we did a few paper mazes together. He's just at the very beginning of working mazes.

I feel like I got lots done.

[NewLeaf]

I got everything done except dusting, cleaning my room and dinner.

Doing dishes takes FOREVER. Getting anything done takes forever. The kids are actually 'locked' in their bedroom right now. They were really unhappy at first but now they're playing. It's the ONLY way I get anything done without raising my voice, hurting my back or flat out quitting.

I'm glad I got done what I did and I think making the list, telling you all and then doing it makes a huge difference in my productivity. :tu

[Peridot]

I got everything done except dusting, cleaning my room and dinner.

I'm glad I got done what I did and I think making the list, telling you all and then doing it makes a huge difference in my productivity. :tu


accountablility rocks! :rockon

I'm sorry you don't like making dinner...it's one of my favorite things to do. :cool

[NewLeaf]

accountablility rocks! :rockon

I'm sorry you don't like making dinner...it's one of my favorite things to do. :cool

Weirdo. :sh4


Under different circumstances/conditions I think I could like it too.

[tofufoofoo]

I need accountability big time when it comes to housework and etc. I got only three things on my list done. :blush

[ronioli]

Pick up dd from school
Eat lunch
Go to park playdate
Go to Costco
Return library books and DVDs
Do one load of laundry
Finish homework for my class tomorrow
Work with dd with her homework
Read with dd--finish Horse and His Boy
Prepare dinner
Tidy up dining area
Unload/load dishwasher
Call a friend



I almost got through the whole list! It's 9:30 pm now though and I want to hang out with dh and watch 24, so that laundry, dining room cleaning, and calling a friend will have to wait until tomorrow. :)

[StrangeTraveller]

I was just making this out! My day got pushed waaay back, so I'm just now starting the formalities :blush
-Hang pictures
-Fill sensory table
-Start dinner
-Declutter
-Clean bathroom
-Clean kitchen
-Clean window sills
-Empty/reload dishwasher


A relatively productive day, considering we went on a spontaneous shopping trip for DH...should be able to do the following tomorrow:

Hang pictures
Fill table
Declutter
Clean floors
Do breakfast/lunch/dinner
Finish DH's hat

[KnittingHappy]

Got everything on yesterday's list done except my last load of laundry folded. Must go hit the "wrinkle release" button so I can get it out in 20 minutes.

Today:
Fold and put away last load of laundry
Clean out my closet, get rid of stuff I don't wear anymore
Drive around town looking for boxes.

[trustingGod2]

Everything :heart

[Aisling]

I just remembered that I'm hosting book club this Thurs.

So it looks like I'm doing everything today and tomorrow. :shifty

[thomer]

Today :think

School
Lasagna for dinner
Soak black beans for tomorrow
Check all the smoke alarms
Tidy the house
Go to the library?
Maybe go to the art museum tonight...

[trustingGod2]

Well full bath is clean and lunch is done naps are coming and homeschool time. I guess I won't be getting as much done as I would like I just have no ambition :no

[WanderingJuniper]

Make some business calls - done
Work on marketing projects - done
Go to Chic-Fil-A for afterschool snack fun time with kids - didn't happen :(
Go to Target - didn't happen :(
Go to HFS - didn't happen :(
Go to library and pick up New Moon. Got the book. :thumbsup Not a fun trip :(
Decide what is for dinner and cook it. - decided and thawing.
Help Bear with two book reports - procrastinating.
Make sure Bird get's a bath and has her nails cut.
Dry, fold and put away Pirate's clothes and family towels.
Work more on marketing project.
make tea
curl up with New Moon
Read 'till Bart gets home.

[heartofjoy]

Play computer games.

Drink coffee.

Keep floor dry. (It's snowing in Texas and kids are in and out.)

Talk for hours with iveyrock.

Direct the kids to food when hungry.

Watch a movie or read a book this evening.



I am thinking I don't really need a list to accomplish all this. I am highly motivated. :giggle

[joyful mama]

today looks like this:

7:30: drop off S at school
8: speech therapy for T
8-9: prep stuff for playgroup, keep grumpy baby entertained
10: leave for playgroup
12: drs apt.
1: lunch
2:30 pick up S from school
4: dentist apts.
rescheduled chiro apts that were at 5:45. too much to do!
6: dinner, homework
7:15 bedtime

no time for much of anything else!

I want to : vaccuum living room
mop living room
do the dishes
run 1 load of laundry

so, we'll see ;)

[Allison]

Today:

Call dog trainer
Put away laundry
Dishes
Snack
Dinner
Home school
Grocery Shop
Garden Shop
Preschool
Make muffins for dessert tonight

---------- Post added at 01:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 PM ----------

today looks like this:

7:30: drop off S at school
8: speech therapy for T
8-9: prep stuff for playgroup, keep grumpy baby entertained
10: leave for playgroup
12: drs apt.
1: lunch
2:30 pick up S from school
4: dentist apts.
rescheduled chiro apts that were at 5:45. too much to do!
6: dinner, homework
7:15 bedtime

no time for much of anything else!

I want to : vaccuum living room
mop living room
do the dishes
run 1 load of laundry

so, we'll see ;)

I adore seeing other mamas schedules. Thanks for sharing that.

[StrangeTraveller]

Hang pictures
Fill table
Declutter
Clean floors
Do breakfast/lunch/dinner
Finish DH's hat

:shifty Yeah, that means all I've doneis knit today. :sigh

[rosesnsnails]

Watch the surprise Texas snowfall out the window. Check
Have a cup of hot chocolate with the family. Check
Make a snowman. Check
Get rid of the hideous boxes in my dining room.
Clean the awful kitchen mess.
Make GF chocolate chip cookies. :yum

[Allison]

I'm writing out my Wednesday . . .

Listen to at least one lecture
Home school
Clean boys' bathroom
Finally tackle that laundry
Order new clutch for vacuum
Balance check book
Track the last of Feb's grocery spending
Get started on annotated bibliography
Catch up TiVo by tomorrow night
Breakfast
Snack 1
Lunch
Snack 2
Dinner
Dessert
Dishes 1
Dishes 2
Go through seed packets, decide which will be container gardened and which will be planted in the ground garden
Toss out spring bulbs that clearly aren't going to sprout
Figure out number of new containers needed
Make list of soils/fertilizers, edging needed
Fill bird feeders
Clean out fridge

[MudPies]

to go into labor :shifty:shifty

can't wait until I can scratch that off.

[KnittingHappy]

to go into labor :shifty:shifty

can't wait until I can scratch that off.

:giggle

I sure hope it is soon for you to meet your new little guy!!!! Can't wait to hear the announcement and to see pics!!!!

[joyful mama]

:shifty Yeah, that means all I've doneis knit today. :sigh
:hug

---------- Post added at 01:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:25 PM ----------

today, after I finish my coffee:

wash laundry (:sigh which is why I'm not at t he gym. no clean sweats :blush)
trader joes
amazing savings
vacuum living room
mop dining room and kitchen
tidy girls room
playdate w/sandy's friend
girlscouts
order present :heart

[tofufoofoo]

I don't think I ever finished my original list. Oh well here is today's:

- LAUNDRY (still piling up) :sick
- Change bed linens
- Make us a green smoothie
- Put the groceries that are still on the counters away and generally tidy up the kicthen
- Make dinner for church and get DD and I there by four

FTR I am still three weeks behind on my coursework and considering a leave of absence or something... :doh

[KnittingHappy]

My to do list for each day until March 6th:

Pack

My to do list for ever day after March 7th:

Unpack


There, I've simplified!!!!

[StrangeTraveller]

Hang pictures
Fill table
Declutter
Clean floors
Do breakfast/lunch/dinner
Finish DH's hat

I actually made dinner last night! :rockon

I'm not sure when I can cross declutter off....I feel like we only have what we need, but there is still a mess, EVERYwhere! I cannot STAND little junk...chaos...but I'm kindof at a loss with it :sigh

Today:

HANG THOSE STUPID PICTURES
WOrk more on the clutter
get the office room in order
make something for the potluck tonight
make birthing brownies for a friend

[ronioli]

My day is half over already. I took dd to school and picked her up. While she was at school, I went to the faith-based non-profit I volunteer with.

1. Empty dishwasher
2. Do Bible study
3. Do homework with dd
4. Go to Target
5. Make list of things to take on our trip to the snow (near Yosemite) this weekend
6. Do laundry
7. Do writing assignment for my class next week
8. Call a friend
9. Go to counseling from 5-6:00 pm
10. Clean kitchen (dh is cooking tonight)
11. Read to dd
12. Go to bed early!

Oh, dd just said she'd like to make pancakes for a snack, so I'll be doing that as well. :)

[StrangeTraveller]

I actually made dinner last night! :rockon

I'm not sure when I can cross declutter off....I feel like we only have what we need, but there is still a mess, EVERYwhere! I cannot STAND little junk...chaos...but I'm kindof at a loss with it :sigh

Today:

HANG THOSE STUPID PICTURES
WOrk more on the clutter
get the office room in order
make something for the potluck tonight
make birthing brownies for a friend

hmmm, I keep picking the fun things to do..

[KnittingHappy]

Got most of my china cabinet packed today!!! So that takes care of most of my towels and sheets too.

Bought another tote for my yarn stash and filled it up. Went through my knitting basket and got that stuff packed. I'll use the basket to put loose odds and ends in as we load the truck.

I'm exhausted!!!!

[Allison]

Thursday:
Breakfast
Finish the laundry
preschool
art class
home school
shop for gardening containers
Target to check if sale item is in stock
Dishes
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Dessert
Clear TiVo list!

And tomorrow I'll pick back up with the things I didn't get done yesterday.

[KnittingHappy]

I'll give you all one guess!!!! :haha I really crack myself up.

Plus, I have to drive to a friend's house and show her how to block a project she just knitted and get the needles she borrowed from me back.

Oh, have to hit the liquor store again today. 17 more boxes yesterday. I'm really starting to think there is a serious drinking problem in this town. ;)

[Peridot]

OK, here's mine... a few are holdovers from Monday yet. :snooty

Mop Kitchen.
Clean Fridge shelves.
Mop bathroom
Do massive amounts of laundry
clean out the car (why is it always ME that gets stuck doing this?)
try not to kill anyone (it's pms week)
go to the tiny grocery store to spend our food bank voucher (simultaneously yay and boo)


Here's what I really WANT to do...

Buy some really good chocolate.
order pizza
drink a pot of coffee
paint my toes
Knit
read

If I ever figure out how to knit and read at the same time, I'll be a very happy woman. :cool

[joyful mama]

SNOW DAY! actually, it looks like snow days today AND tomorrow. I'm making the best of it. Its pretty. I want to do something fun in it later... snow family? lol

so... tidy living room
15 min. declutter in kitchen
put laundry away on couch
tidy dining room
fun crafts w/the kids. probably st. patrick's day stuff
:think I'm not sure if I should start the cookies I need to make for T's school. They won't eat them until Monday now, b/c of the snow :think. Will dough keep in the fridge?
cook dinner- I think I'm going to do scrambled eggs, fruit, ww waffles :tu
exercise video later (dh is home, and mama needs some alone time lol).

yeah. that didn't happen, and I'm kind of annoyed by it. I need to pretend when he is working from home that he's not even here. no alone time until he gave the kids a bath :sigh

[KnittingHappy]

OK, here's mine... a few are holdovers from Monday yet. :snooty

Mop Kitchen.
Clean Fridge shelves.
Mop bathroom
Do massive amounts of laundry
clean out the car (why is it always ME that gets stuck doing this?)
try not to kill anyone (it's pms week)
go to the tiny grocery store to spend our food bank voucher (simultaneously yay and boo)


Here's what I really WANT to do...

Buy some really good chocolate.
order pizza
drink a pot of coffee
paint my toes
Knit
read

If I ever figure out how to knit and read at the same time, I'll be a very happy woman. :cool

Me too!!!!!! I just can't figure out how to do it. I can knit and watch t.v., so I content myself with that!

[Peridot]

Joyfulmamma- Dough will totally keep in the fridge, as long as it's sealed. :yes

knittinghappy- I love to knit while watching movies with DH. :)

DH is going to clean out the car! :rockon

[Iveyrock]

Play computer games.

Drink coffee.

Keep floor dry. (It's snowing in Texas and kids are in and out.)

Talk for hours with iveyrock.

Direct the kids to food when hungry.

Watch a movie or read a book this evening.



I am thinking I don't really need a list to accomplish all this. I am highly motivated. :giggle

:rockon:giggle

[Peridot]

Mop Kitchen.
Clean Fridge shelves.
Mop bathroom
Do massive amounts of laundry
clean out the car (why is it always ME that gets stuck doing this?)
try not to kill anyone (it's pms week)
go to the tiny grocery store to spend our food bank voucher



hmmmm...... not as much as I wanted. I did get two loads of laundry done. And I CAN say that I was a mostly gentle, but slightly sarcastic Mama today. :shifty

[Allison]

My weekend start on Friday so here's my weekend to-do:

Listen to two lectures
Work on annotated bibliography
Take last midterm
Take quiz
Start on Special Research Topic 1

Home school--Friday

More laundry, of course
Wash sheets
Put away laundry

Plant seeds
transplant plants
Make list of what will be planted in the ground and in containers
Make list of soils/fertilizers and edging needed
Throw out spring bulbs that will not be blooming

Ds8's basketball game--Saturday

Ds8's award ceremony-Sunday

Make next week's menu
Grocery list
couponing

Revamp lesson plans if time allows


Clean the hamster cage and the mice tanks

And of course, meals, dishes, and general straightening up and spot cleaning where needed.

[Allison]

Uh, am I the only one still doing this? :shifty Cause it's kinda weird if I am.

[joyful mama]

:giggle

i'll join in... weekends are slower lol

we went to a play

left to do:
baths for kids
dinner
workout
find clean my room