How's your TO DO before baby list coming along? - Page 3

[Love_My_Babies]

As of last night.... DONE DONE DONE!!!!!

Although, I do want to clean the fish tank today. And, I would like to can a few more quarts of pickles. But, those were not on my original to-do list!

[triana1326]

Originally Posted by triana1326

I've got about twenty - I'll pm you this evening with the recipes, since I have them all at home, not here at work...

Maybe I should have put this on my to-do list, since I still haven't PM'd you...I'll be home in an hour or two and I promise to PM the recipes...

[zoebird]

well, my "to do" list has now enlisted the help of a troop of people.

i rant first: my husband's collections and inability to purge effectively makes me crazy. i do not understand collecting; i do not have collections. i thought he had three collections--after this weekend i discover that he has probably about 10-15 collections total. he doesn't want to part with any part of any collection.

of course, we need the space, and i honestly do not want to pay for a storage room, but it looks like it may be the only option *if* he wants to keep ALL of the collections.

and then, just getting him to purge anything is a PITA. he's slow about it, he whines the whole time, then gets agitated and angry, and then pouts, and then when the time allotted is finally up, the house is in complete disarray.

he's then agitated because the house isn't organized and cleaned up, and of course leaves me to do that work during the week on my own.

which is why i now have a small army of people helping me out. one friend and her son are going to help me move furniture around and donate what we need to donate to the different thirft stores.

then, by friday, i need to have everything basically ready for my family to come over because they're going to clean the house thoroughly for me this weekend--except for the laundry room and two closets, because i have yet to organize those as much as i'd like.

my mom and sister will likely be working here, while my dad and i go out for the afternoon and watch movies, because they're going to be using some pretty heavy chemicals (with the house open, but still), and so i'll need to be out of the house.

DH's going to his parents this weekend to "clean out" some stuff, and also bring back the urn that his dad made for our rabbit's ashes. he may also bring back some things for the baby--but i have no clue. we have no space for baby stuff because of all of his freakin' garbage (excuse me, very important collections).

good thing i'm basically toy free.

i feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and unable to do what i need to do. i am embarassed to have to ask friends and family to help.

[zoebird]

oh, and my mom and sister will be staying in the house, while my dad and i stay in a hotel because they want the chemicals to completel vent-out overnight before i come back in. they're going to be cleaning the oven and stuff, so that's how/why i know the chemicals are going to be pretty harsh.

as it is, even using the eco-friendly stuff gets up my nose and causes coughing/sneezing fits. my sister and mom will share the bed in the guest room (or use the thai yoga mats as a secondary bed), and then hopefully early next week, our new mattress will come.

such a pain, though, such a pain!

[sapphire_chan]

I have everything we need, except I would still like the portable laundry thing, but there are enough diapers that we can survive washing less frequently for a bit.

Have an appointment in 2 hours to get my car seat checked out (it's in tight, but that's all I can say for my install attempt ).

Going to set up birthing area after people head home on Saturday. If Aka_chan decides to come before then, setting up for the birth'll be an early labor activity.

[Surfer Rosa]

ALL DONE!
Well, except one job: clean out the jacuzzi tub, reaalllllly well. Good times!

[treehugginhippie]

As of this weekend, I'm ALL DONE!!! I'm finishing up my DH's cheat sheet for labor but everything is cleaned, purged and organized

[psychocandy]

I still have two things on my list, but I don't really care if they get finished or not - sort the pantry and clean the windows. Everything else on my list is done.

On my husband's list, however...he still has to put together the co-cleeper, fix our two doors that don't close, and install the carseat. Hmm...

[Mamatolea]

I am done with everything I needed to do for the baby's arrival-phew! And I just did grocery shopping for new stuff in case he makes his appearance this week..lol. I really wanted to get all my homebirth stuff together, buy a hot tub for the birth, make at least 4 weeks of freezer meals, get the carseats cleaned and installed in the cars and get all his clothes cleaned and separated and I accomplished all of those. Yeah me!

The only thing I can think of that I would really like to get now is a diaper genie. The smell of pee diapers sitting in the can is grossing me out! YUCK!

Of course, I still have a ton of MAJOR things that need to be done in general, but they were never "before the baby comes" items. Like we need to put an addition on the house for 2 more bedrooms, finish the front porch into a sitting area and finish the basement into a family room so I can convert my current living room into my pantry...I also would "like" to trade my minivan in for one that is more fuel efficient and has the stow and go type seating, but that isn't a necessity!

But those are BIG ticket items that take big time, so I was never limiting myself to get them done very quickly!