Don’t underestimate item 3… it requires wholesale hillside re-engineering. Hence the exclamation mark!
It’s the only task that’s still on the list from day 1.
I don’t think chalk is permanent enough – in our house the jobs would all be changed to things like..
1. Watch rugby. 2. Watch football 3. Read the paper.
Even if my Mike had had no intention of doing those things before he saw the list.
Because we used cheap board, and there are brush strokes in the paint, it’s actually really hard work to get the chalk off! Which is just as well really because the Mikes think very much alike.
That looks a great idea especially with my husband retiring at the end of the week. When I just showed it to him he didn’t think Mike had many jobs to do! Sarah x
What is PTO>? Please turn over?
Good luck with the list. I had a paper one when my husband retired two years ago. No ticks on the list yet!
Men don’t read you know. I have large labels on my fathers refrigerator and his microwave and on his clock.
Check glucose, take insulin BEFORE you eat. Doesn’t work. I have to check twice a day.
Oh do mice eat hellebores?
Yes, exactly. I put in the arrow because I wasn’t sure if it would translate.
I think men read selectively.
I don’t know whether mice eat hellebores, it’s a case of not taking chances.
Hahahaha….now WHAT is on the back??? eh???
My hubs would blow a blood vessel if I left him a list, I take him to the pub and get him to make it for me….and he actually thinks he thought up the jobs!xxx
Hahaha!
I can laugh….I’m’ up to my armpits in snow again!
Geesh…..
Didn’t everyone get my petition?
Enjoy your snow free day…..*sulking*
Cheers!
Linda :o)
I’ve been out photographing flowers today, for the next post… sun shining, so warm, at least 16C..
We have to make the most of it while we can over here in Blighty. Only a couple of years ago the only summer we had was in March.
No, only the pressing ones. And only his.. mine are kept separately in a password protected file to avoid risk of tampering. The fireplace project will probably find its way round the back now that the sun in shining. It’s only on there because we spent a fortune on the poultice stripper.
I love your ‘jobs for husband’ list – we have a chalk board in the kitchen which gets full of things that need doing – the latest list says phone M on her birthday, post ‘thank you’ to E parcel, bake bread and lists tomato puree, milk and yoghurts to buy on the next venture out to the shops – it all sounds so mundane when compared with build ‘mouse cage for hellebore’ and ‘next raised bed’ 🙂
Did you prop it at the foot of the bed for first-thing-in-the-morning perusal? I hope you will tick off said jobs as they are completed and post an updated photograph of what remains outstanding? 🙂
I have threatened to tattoo ‘To Do’ on the back of Ted’s hand … that way he might remember to look at the list! The other hand will say ‘Communicate’ in the hope that when he decides to do things not on the To Do list, like take off to the council tip leaving the house locked when he knows I’ve just popped next door, he might actually think to tell me what he’s up to.
I wonder if this would work for kids – when I say kids, I mean big kids like my 24 year old son who often needs a swift reminder on jobs he promised faithfully to do! It would save my throat!
Did he? Turn over?
Bet he didn’t.
BTW, do you know how to sow those fluffly clouds of japanese anemone seeds? It looks like a clump you find under the bed and I have no idea what to do with it.
He doesn’t, but I can!
I’d be more inclined to wait for the plants to spread a bit and then divide them. Apparently they spread quite rapidly, but I’ve not yet had mine long enough to find out. Most of them are hybrids and don’t come true from seed.
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Hilarious … I can just hear my husband’s reaction if I did that! Top of my list would be ‘finish bathroom’ … he started it 13 years ago!!
These are the sort of jobs that get done just before you move house…
I take it the gin didn’t work last week then. Oh that is funny, good luck!
I have plenty more gin in reserve, thanks to it being on special offer last week..
Hehe that’s brilliant!
I just should have made the board bigger..
I dread to think what is on the other side – hope you have drawn a heart with a big kiss in the middle.
Good idea Rosemary… I’ve done it!
I was wondering what was on the other side too 🙂
Plenty more space!
Oh dear, poor Mike!
Don’t worry Jenny, he takes it in the spirit in which it was meant.
Great minds think alike, I’ve started writing lists on post it notes for Mick, it’s the only way to get him to do the jobs I want him to.
It does work doesn’t it? And this list gets seen every time he goes out of the back door.
Is ‘jobs for wife’ on the other side? Not that I am giving Mike any ideas!
‘Jobs for wife’ is on my laptop, password protected…
Nice one.
🙂
I think if I did that the blackboard would be handed back to me with rude words on it!!
I did think it might attract graffiti, but amazingly none so far..
I am definitely wondering what is on the other side.
More jobs, but I am planning on moving them to the front as and when a space is vacated. Wouldn’t want anything to be overlooked.
I’m imagining that on the other side it says ‘Jobs for wife’ ? X
There’s not enough room!
That’s a very restrained list! 🙂
Don’t underestimate item 3… it requires wholesale hillside re-engineering. Hence the exclamation mark!
It’s the only task that’s still on the list from day 1.
But does it work? It certainly wouldn’t work here. I would be invited to put my blackboard somewhere very uncomfortable; anatomically impossible too.
It does work. Although it has to be said the easiest/nicest to do tasks are the ones that get ticked off first.
My eyes are watering..
Do you have a whip? Could come in handy….. X
You have been reading too much Tom Stephenson Em x
I don’t think chalk is permanent enough – in our house the jobs would all be changed to things like..
1. Watch rugby. 2. Watch football 3. Read the paper.
Even if my Mike had had no intention of doing those things before he saw the list.
Because we used cheap board, and there are brush strokes in the paint, it’s actually really hard work to get the chalk off! Which is just as well really because the Mikes think very much alike.
That looks a great idea especially with my husband retiring at the end of the week. When I just showed it to him he didn’t think Mike had many jobs to do! Sarah x
P.T.O.!
What a great time of year for your husband to retire… Wishing you both the best of health and happiness x
What is PTO>? Please turn over?
Good luck with the list. I had a paper one when my husband retired two years ago. No ticks on the list yet!
Men don’t read you know. I have large labels on my fathers refrigerator and his microwave and on his clock.
Check glucose, take insulin BEFORE you eat. Doesn’t work. I have to check twice a day.
Oh do mice eat hellebores?
Yes, exactly. I put in the arrow because I wasn’t sure if it would translate.
I think men read selectively.
I don’t know whether mice eat hellebores, it’s a case of not taking chances.
I’m guessing that blackboard is a very prominent place – facing the entrance, perhaps?
Very prominent. And if I write big it doesn’t need reading glasses either..
Hahahaha….now WHAT is on the back??? eh???
My hubs would blow a blood vessel if I left him a list, I take him to the pub and get him to make it for me….and he actually thinks he thought up the jobs!xxx
You are a lot more subtle than me. I shall watch and learn.
Wonderful. I so need a husband and a blackboard. You are a lucky, lucky woman.
In some respects, yes. I’d also love a life where there weren’t quite so many battles to fight. Not wildlife battles. Bigger.
Oh yeah, I need me a blackboard!
Any old bit of board, blackboard paint… go for it!
Hahaha!
I can laugh….I’m’ up to my armpits in snow again!
Geesh…..
Didn’t everyone get my petition?
Enjoy your snow free day…..*sulking*
Cheers!
Linda :o)
I’ve been out photographing flowers today, for the next post… sun shining, so warm, at least 16C..
We have to make the most of it while we can over here in Blighty. Only a couple of years ago the only summer we had was in March.
I’m impressed; do you really mean us to believe that you can fit ALL the pending jobs onto two sides of a chalkboard?
No, only the pressing ones. And only his.. mine are kept separately in a password protected file to avoid risk of tampering. The fireplace project will probably find its way round the back now that the sun in shining. It’s only on there because we spent a fortune on the poultice stripper.
Good luck with that one – I tried a cork board in the kitchen with highlighted post-it notes – absolutely no effect whatsoever…
Because he made me the blackboard it’s only right that I should use it?
I love your ‘jobs for husband’ list – we have a chalk board in the kitchen which gets full of things that need doing – the latest list says phone M on her birthday, post ‘thank you’ to E parcel, bake bread and lists tomato puree, milk and yoghurts to buy on the next venture out to the shops – it all sounds so mundane when compared with build ‘mouse cage for hellebore’ and ‘next raised bed’ 🙂
‘Next raised bed’ is optimistic in the extreme. We have to cut away part of the hillside to achieve it. I think Mike would prefer your list!
If I made a list like that I wouldn’t be able to show it as there would be a very rude comment at the bottom from my other half! Jx
I am greatly surprised there isn’t such a comment on mine to be honest. Perhaps I should hide the chalk.
Excellent idea. Lester makes is very good at making lists of things he needs to do, but not so good about remembering where he puts the lists!
Ah yes, been there. Along with the shopping lists they are supposed to have taken out with them? Panic calls from the Tesco car park..
Aw, he gets all the best jobs!
Yep. No cooking, cleaning or ironing.
I wonder what is on the PTO!! xx
Chopping wood from fallen trees, and some paths for between the raised beds.. the latter being even more wildly optimistic!
Did you prop it at the foot of the bed for first-thing-in-the-morning perusal? I hope you will tick off said jobs as they are completed and post an updated photograph of what remains outstanding? 🙂
You see, you are far better at this than me.
Would you think me smug if I said the Golfer doesn’t need a blackboard…?! 🙂
I need to know your secret. Although after the pear tree and escapades on the roof, I guess some wives just get lucky.
If only life could be like that…..!
No law against dreamin’….
He might take your wording seriously and only make a single mouse cage. 🙂
Eeek!
i need this ! with a time limit added ” within six years would be appreciated “
And they wonder why we nag!
I have threatened to tattoo ‘To Do’ on the back of Ted’s hand … that way he might remember to look at the list! The other hand will say ‘Communicate’ in the hope that when he decides to do things not on the To Do list, like take off to the council tip leaving the house locked when he knows I’ve just popped next door, he might actually think to tell me what he’s up to.
Oh no! And why is it any such trip out always takes at least three times longer than you think it will?
I wonder if this would work for kids – when I say kids, I mean big kids like my 24 year old son who often needs a swift reminder on jobs he promised faithfully to do! It would save my throat!
It might. But I have to report that having a list doesn’t totally replace the throat..
LOL Love it 🙂
I’ll need a wall sized blackboard the way it’s going..
Hahah! I have a blackboard for my hubby, too. Sadly, it can’t be turned over (screwed to wall) AND he tends to ignore it!
Go for the most important three things and write bigger!
Did he? Turn over?
Bet he didn’t.
BTW, do you know how to sow those fluffly clouds of japanese anemone seeds? It looks like a clump you find under the bed and I have no idea what to do with it.
He doesn’t, but I can!
I’d be more inclined to wait for the plants to spread a bit and then divide them. Apparently they spread quite rapidly, but I’ve not yet had mine long enough to find out. Most of them are hybrids and don’t come true from seed.