Organised Christmas 2008.. The countdown has begun!

scattymam1

wow pinkladymel- I love the photo - very professionally taken - the stairs makes it look rustique and styled, looks like it's been done by a pro. He is very cute too - hey my little girl's 3 too, she would love him I bet.

mum2one

Apologies for being a day early but heres next week list

1. Wrap and deliever part 2 xmas presents
2. get toffee fudge liquer and strawberry + cream liquer from shop in Looe
3. Get the dogs christmas prezzie
4, Sort out dd - next size undies, vests socks etc (got 25% off voucher from Prima for Store 21 - (they do for school)

Think thats it for next week

Treat - devon cream tea
x

irchy_mum

The story so far....

[strike]1)Clean the windows[/strike]
[strike]2)Wrap already bought Christmas presents[/strike]
3)Write Christmas cards
[strike]4)Put wrapped bits up in loft (so kids don't find anything)[/strike]
5)Get/buy stamps for Christmas cards
[strike]6)Start making Snowman Soup [/strike]
7)Find foolproof mince pie recipe
8)Do some batch cooking for the freezer (easy meals to heat up in microwave)
[strike]9)De clutter understairs toy cupboard[/strike]
[strike]10)Menu plan for the next 2 weeks [/strike]

Ok, so may not have completed all of my list BUT I have been doing other stuff such as:

1. When putting bits up in loft, brought down DS's old cot bed and gave to a pregnant friend (she gave me £10 so can go towards goodies for Xmas;) )
2. Me & DD have sorted the pumpkin
3. All washing & ironing is up to date
4. Sorted DD bedroom-it is half term after all
5. Did Asda online shop to arrive tomorrow
6. Made Kids Journals -so easy
7. Me & kids made lemon bath salts-very easy also
8. Been making HM bread from BM every other day

Feeling extremely virtuous & organised-think I'll have a glass of wine later;)
Keep up the good work everyone

jasmine_from_the_north

Hooray - got my 2 halloween sort of "thank you" hampers ready for tomorrow. (parkin, sweets, toffee apple candle, apples, thornton's toffee, pumpkin cake - fingers crossed the cakes will go down a treat).
:j:j:j
xxx

pinkladymel

Thanks for all the lovely comments everyone you hade made my day. He doesn't have a yummy mummy but his dad would like to think he gets his looks from him

Scattymam we can arrange a little mini date.. he loves the girls at school.. haha!! "How did you meet..?" oh our moms are addicted to christmas and are a pair of weirdos.

You guys are so organised and I love hearing about all your little things coming together it is making me want to put my tree up right now. Just think this time last year I did!

Went to Tesco tonight and got some halloween bargains for the kids to mess about with tomorrow at nannys. 3p fangs to choke on and 25p fake blood for my other half to make a mess with... :rolleyes:

It is my anniversary tomorrow so I am going to sign off now till saturday (If i can keep away!!)

Have a nice holiday mum2one and enjoy the rest!

Tomorrow is list day so don't forget everyone and if anyone wants to do the usual GIANT post I do with bargains, tips and links feel free.. don't forget tons of waffle too

pinkladymel

jasmine_from_the_north wrote: »

Hooray - got my 2 halloween sort of "thank you" hampers ready for tomorrow. (parkin, sweets, toffee apple candle, apples, thornton's toffee, pumpkin cake - fingers crossed the cakes will go down a treat).
:j:j:j
xxx

Well done for finally getting your cakes right. Only a second attempt and theyre ready for a hamper:j I want some!!

RoxieW

1) [STRIKE]Clean indoor doors[/STRIKE]
2) [STRIKE]Buy albums[/STRIKE] and put photos in
3) Have canvases made and put up
4) [STRIKE]sort out todds room into a xmas/baby stuff storage room
5)Dust/clean coby's room[/STRIKE]
6) [STRIKE]Buy new accesories - basket, soap dish, pots for bathroom
7) Buy orange flowers for living room
8) general dust/clean living room[/STRIKE]
9) start snowman soups
10) sort coats

Gosh cant believe its friday already! I've managed 7 and a half and wont be doing any tomo as its ds1's birthday. He had his party tonight - a laser quest one - and had great fun. I think dad enjoyed joining in too!
Oh - and did half the ironing There's so much of it I have to do it in two goes! Gonna go wrap his presents, write his card and get it all ready for him for the morning. Am so excited. Could hardly sleep last night, never mind tonight. I dont know who's the bigger kid - me or my soon to be 6 year old!!

jamtart6

jamtart6 wrote: »

If no-one minds I'm just going tohave one long list that I need to do before December, rather than 10 things, basically because I keep doing things that I didn't write on the list, but I have done so feel like I'm actually getting nowhere even though I've done loads - all pyschological of course...


1.Buy memory card
2. Get another £10 voucher so do trusted place reviews!
2. ensure xmas cards are made
3. locate cheap metallic red curling ribbon/raffia
4. buy book (for xmas gift) using wh smith code
5. buy batteries
6. photograph eBay iems
7. Buy present #2 for Mum
8. Advertise a large item for sale in paper
9. Ring doctors
10. Pay for hotel room
11. Uploade snapfish items
12. Do eBay descriptions
13. List eBay goods
14. Finalise gift lists for mine and OH's family
15. Decide what I would like for xmas
16. Get DS games organised from friend
17. Get HMV discount card organised to purchase some gifts
18. Order prints from snapfish (free) for friend's calender
19. Sort out photos for friend #2's calender
20. Order friend no. 2's calender
21. Make 'time capsule' envelope for 2009 for gift
22. Complete organised xmas list for this week
23. Complain to snapfish and pigsback about 'free' code for prints!
24. Resize photos for eBay listings

Getting there slowly but surely guys! I have resized all my pics, written all my descriptions for eBay and listed 4 out of 32 items but now I have done all my resizing I can list them more quickly as pics upload more quickly. Also 5p listing at the moment so cheaper to list

By the end of the weekend I hope to have made my 2009 time capsule envelope. It is a gift I did for my mum last year. Basically it was a posh shoebox with an envelope in (decorated with pretty paper and 2008 in bold on it) - her task is to fill it with things like cinema tickets, interesting news articles etc etc so it is like a mini time capsule for years to come - My task is to make a new envelope as part of her present each year (kind of like scrapbooking for envelopes!:D) so I'll try and do that this week shes not normally into all that stuff but absolutely loved it, I accused her of "probably not putting anything in it" in a cynical voice, and then she produced all these fab news article cuttings and tickets to places she had been I was so impressed!! :T

http://libertycottage.blogspot.com
This is a link to my craft blog which I hope to update with some things I've made for gifts soon! (old pics!) Hope I am allowed to post it here (I dont sell anything!!)

Tigger888

Oh you are putting me to shame - so much work done this week ladies!! I have done two things from my list!! I still have this afternoon to redeem myself. Wll be back later to report.

pinkladymel - beautiful boy - he looks like a model!

ASC wrote: »

Yay, another F1 fan! DH is taking DS away this weekend, I'm devastated as I've never been apart from him for so long but I do at least have a thrilling grand prix to look forward to. If I can time DD sleep accordingly I shall be writing Christmas cards and working on DS tiger sweater on Sunday afternoon. What result are you hoping for?

Ooh I forgot it's on this weekend! I want Lewis to win - I think he has been unfairly treated this year.

Shevs

Ok so my list for this week is:

1. Clean the car
2. Clean inside of car
3. Clear boot of car
4. Give the kitchen a deep clean
5. Wash and iron clothes
6. Tidy bedroom - change bedding, clean curtains, sort out socks and undies draws.
7. Get christmas present for bunnys and bf's dog at his parents.

My treat for getting it all done will be mistletoe kisses yum x