Organised Christmas 2008.. The countdown has begun!

sarahf191979

Morning All

Everyone is doing so well, love the idea Pinklady mel of listing the 10 jobs....

Also

Sugajen If you have a B&M's Stores near you I saw some in there on monday at £2,99.

RoxieW Snap on the Halloween Birthday DS2 will be 5 on Halloween

Kalojak You made me giggle too, over the Email boo boo (thanks) !!! and I hate cleaning my oven too :eek:

Shevs A Big Wave :j from up in Oldham, I can see the bright lights of manchester city centre this morning it's nice and clear!!

shelovestobutstuff I love all those musical teddies, they had some little singing dogs in B&Ms the other day and me DS2, and my mum were setting them all off as when they sang their ears flapped up and down........oh they were so cute... we had a little dance too!!!

Oh I love pressing buttons :rotfl: on toys!!!!

Pinkladymel I love mistletoe Kisses......Especially with a nice cup of COFFEE!!!:o


Anyway hope I've not forgot anyone I love reading everyones posts...
Will have a think of my list while I make another coffee then Post :eek:


Sarah

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sarahf191979

Well I'm going to have to have two lists as we go away a week on monday so I'm splitting them up into home and Holiday (if that makes sense???)

Home:

1. Clear the Kitchen & Put table back (move all stuff that got dumped from decorating the frontroom, Washing & Drying etc..)

2. Wrap DS2 Birthday Presents & Do Cards.

3. Sort out Computer (as it is dumped on the floor in the kids bedroom while we decorated....gonna leave it upstairs now)

4. take 4 bags and Chair to the Charity shop (Will do this on Monday)

5. Sort out Dad's, Little Sisters and Step mums Xmas Pressies Ready to post when we get back from holiday (They live in Gibraltar, and I like to post it off early)

6. Finish 2 Xmas Planners for Presents.

7. Put all the clean washing away that is becoming mount everest :eek:

8. Put stickers on new Wheelie bins (ARRRRRRRRRGH!! gone to Fortnightly collection on the main bin, but now have a big brown one for tins, bottles etc, bags for paper and card, and a small green one for food waste :eek: ) I got some lovely ducks dancing in the rain stickers from B&M's they were only 79p a sheet BARGIN!!

9. Cut the Kids Hair

10. put new unit up in frontroom.

11. Make Biscuits for DS2 to take into school for his birthday (will do this on Thursday so he can take them in friday the last day of term)



Holiday:

1. Sort out Halloween stuff for while we are away.

2. Print off some activites incase the weather is bad (were going to Ayr in a caravan so might be a bit cold at this time of year )

3. Sort out clothes and Pack

4. Sort out spare blankets and Pillows.

5. Clear the junk from the boot of mums car.

6. Go shopping for beer & Wine.

7. Sort out boxs of bits that I've been buying each week for the holiday.

8. book train tickets so me and OH and DS2 can get there.

9. Sort out kids Leapsters, Change Batteries and get all games together.

10. Sort out kids holiday craft box.

I think I will treat myself to a nice bottle of wine on friday and put my feet up, because no doubt I will be rushing around all weekend making sure we have everything ready for the monday and packing the car for my mum.

Sarah
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mandragora_2

I looked all through that site about organising Christmas, and nowhere can I find the prompt to 'Gut the kitchen completely after 20 years and spend far too much money on a new one, leaving yourself skint for Xmas 2008, 2009, 2010'

Surely it's there somewhere.

Dani85

Oooooo morning ladies.

Im so excited for my craft exhibition thing this morning! JUst about to go get dressed and Im off. Im so sad!

I just know its going to be full of glitter and christmas-ness!

Tigger888

Morning all!

DD1's birthday today - she has her nose stuck in her Nintendo - we are never going to see her again!

I am loving the ten things to do list and will be back later when I have thought of mine.

Have a good day .

Gill
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glitterycloud

my list for this week
1. Clean away all cobwebs
2. Put away all clean clothes
3. Look out for ribbon for hm wreaths
4. [strike]Put paperwork away[/strike]
5. Clean and tidy bedroom
6.[strike] book car in for MOT & clean inside of car (can't take it as it is!)[/strike]
7. Locate the missing £20.00 Boots voucher that is some where in the house
8. Look out for cheap gold spray paint for twigs to go on hm wreaths
9. Empty fully the partially empty suitcase from holiday 2 weeks ago:eek:
10. Wrap dh presents before he finds them!!!

I have been quite good in keeping house tidy recently and am on top of my christmas presents so its the smaller jobs that get looked over for me to tackle this week.

Edit: have not comleted my list yet - must get a riggle on, have been working but no excuse!!!

findingmyfeet

morning

my list for this week
1. put garden furniture and bbq away
2. write at least half xmas cards
3. find out when xmas markets are especially lincoln lovely evening one there.
4. write xmas food list then cross off stuff already in my'box'
5. wash bathroom curtains and measure up for a new blind
6. decide on kids main gift and try to buy
7. start sorting out my bedroom, wardrobes etc.
8. clean at least 2 large cupborads in kitchen
9. wrap basket hampers that are complete, ready for xmas gifts.
10. get paint for starting bedroom.

phew.....

findingmyfeet

Im here again wanted to post my list first before i lost it.

SARAH- you are going to be real busy wish i had half you energy.

PINKLADYMEL - thanks for getting everyone motivated, sort of makes it a challenge and not so much of a chore. We should have a list every week.

DANI85- hope you have a nice day at the fair, tell us all about it when you get back.

KALOJAC- oh boy did i laugh. I do that sort of stuff all the time. My lot are always laughing at me and DH will say 'mums having an whoops moment again'!!

Hope you are all well in to the lists , want to get mine started today and done as quick as possible because im always getting called in at funny times to work extra. The more i can get done the better then i wont have a panic at the end of the week.
Dont know what i will have as a treat....probabl;y a more relaxed xmas if i keep going

rufusdog52

Hello everyone. After reading your thread last week it inspired me to go up and sort out the spare "bed" room which currently has no bed as we are storing furniture for OH's family. Also all my craft bits are up there along with filled baskets and hampers ready for christmas.

I sorted out the whole room putting loads of stuff we didnt need for a while in boxes to be stored in the loft and the room was looking nice and tidy.

The boxes are now in my bedroom still waiting to go up in the loft (cant lift them up the ladder myself as disabled in one arm) and I have noticed other bits creeping back into the spare room again. OH has a habit of going to see his family and they give him something they dont want and he brings it home and wont throw it out as it was theirs so we are ending up with a houseful of things we dont need. Sometimes feels like I'm hitting a brick wall! Still he is off work tomorrow for 2 days so will make sure he gets the boxes up out of the way.

Might go up and sort out my wardrobe today as I am on my own for the day. I have a pile of clothes on the floor in there which dont fit anymore.

furrypig

Thanks everyone for getting me organised and well done again Mel for the motivational '10 things to do and then you can have a treat' idea!

Going to join you as then I'm committing publicly and will be embarrassed to say that I only sat on the computer watching all your ideas etc etc and didn't manage to actually do anything (like I usually do!) So here goes...

1. sort understairs cupboard
2. organise birthdays up to Christmas
3. start Christmas cards
4. plan food/meals/snacks for christmas
5. list food to buy for Christmas
6. Buy cake and pudding ingredients
7. plan Halloween party
8. Get halloween stuff out of loft
9. wrap Christmas presents for friends we are seeing next wend
10. Recheck/update Christmas present list

Let's hope I can do it!!

Good luck everyone xxx