Weekly Flylady Thread 22th December 2008

pretz_2

hiya
thanks everyone for the warm welcome, i did used to do this before i fell off the wagon and forgot how mad some of you are lol, anyways i have been busy today and got stuck right in.

so far i have managed to

Monday Mayhem..

1. Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! - done
   
2. Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping! - going to finish tonight
   
3. Have we located stockings? - i wish
   
4. S&S the kitchen - had a mad 1 hour and cleaned it completely
   
5. S&S the bathroom/s and loo's - doing before i go to bed
   
6. Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast! - not done as i done it on saturday
   
7. Clean the fridge to accommodate you bounty of food - to be done
   
8. Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc - to be done
   
9. Make sure your timetable for christmas day is sorted and everyone knows their tasks.. who is spud peeling? Who is stuffing the bird etc..? - no need we're away for xmas day
   
10. Catch up on the laundry .. ironing is tomorrows job! - i wish
    
11. Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too. - i wish
    
12. Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts! - fish get done 2mora
    
13. Dust round the whole downstairs - maybe later
    
14. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs - done
    

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

1. Children... quick.. tidy your rooms you don't want Santa thinking you don't look after your stuff.. he might not leave any presents! - done
   
2. Iron yesterdays wash mountain
   
3. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs! - done
   
4. Mop the kitchen floor! - done but will do again 2mora
   
5. Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
6. Prepare a list for that last second shopping
7. Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
8. Have a skim through the TV guide and decide what you want to watch.. it saves missing bits of stuff if you know what is on and when!! Don't forget to make time for Queenie!
9. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
10. Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
11. WRAP WRAP WRAP! - hopefully ill finish tonight
    
12. Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!
13. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

so now whats not done WILL get done tomorrow, im know wondering why i ever left a life of cleaning i forgot how rewarding it can be and i think my mum will have a fit when she sees it all shiny again on boxing day lol

vivw_2

Glad you are feeling better, Valli

juliejim

Valli wrote: »

Evening lovelies...

I am feeling MUCH better - probably because I have 'chucked' again and (look away now) more copiously so clearly what was in my system no longer is. I am being sensible and drinking boiled water. I have told the kids I CANNOT go in the kitchen to see to their suppers and moreover they need to wash the toothmug. Dettol disinfectant spray applied generously to bathroom - fortunately DS had a similarly short lived bug a fortnight ago so I restocked:D
I was kind of worried it might be appendicitis but I could palpate (my mum was a nurse - I think that's the word she used when she meant press down on) the site so I thought probably not - also normal temperature...

Now off to catch up with thr thread and see what I have missed...

Pleased you're ok valli - I was just in the process of texting anw's mum to ask her to phone you to make sure you were ok as you posted (I haven't got your no.)

juliejim

My TD is doing my head in - it keeps turning itself off - I think the catch must have gone on the door and it's opening slightly which turns it off!

toottifrootti

well done soappie!
thank good ness you are ok valli - we were having palpitations here!!!!
take it easy and let your system restore itself slowly!
toots xx

toottifrootti

well done on your productive day pretz - another blooming newbie/returner trying to show me up ...humph!!!!! LOL!!!
back to my wrapping................
toots xx

Valli

Aww thanks for all your love'n'hugs and worrying about me. I didn't want to phone my mum because I don't want to ruin her xmas by giving it her, though I would have if it had carried on - it was really painful. Actually started feeling ill in town and kept having to stop and rest. I thought it was indigestion at first and had munched some remegel but it just did not go.
Anyway I am feeling much better now.
Saw some gold and silver pegs for card hanging in BHS but did not buy them as they weren't reduced unlike lots of other stuff. Woolies was sad...empty shelves and cordoned off sections.
DD was taken to Jui Jitsu and brought back - normally I would have done the return journey myself and DS brought back by GFs parents - who incidentally, have given me and DD a christmas pressie - I was half expecting this and had bought them one but DS had 'bought' it off me to give them...ho hum.
He has gifts from her, her brother, her parents and grandparents!
I have texted Greenbee - she has enough to worry about without worrying about me right now so I have put her mind at rest.

Justamum

Blimey, I can't keep up with this thread - so I won't try and catch up. Hugs to all who need them.

Just been trying to watch the Brothers Grimm film - what a load of tosh!

Not done much today, but I did vac everywhere, and I've sorted out all the recipes I had lying around on bits of paper. Now they are all filed away neatly (I have a lever arch file full :eek::eek: - not to mention all my cookery books :eek:). I'm NOT going to buy any more cooking books, or print off any more recipes. I'm going to try and make everthing in my file (not all at once of course) and get rid of the recipes I don't like/want/need - how many chocolate cake recipes does anybody need .

Tomorrow DD1 has a sports day so we are all going into town. I need to pick up anothe rpressie for DS.

I think I'll away to my pit now. Sorry if I've made any errors in this - I haven't got my specs on and I can't actally see anything on the screen except a big blur :rotfl:

cha97michelle

I feel xmas-y, DH finished work today. That's brill as he had told me it might be tomorrow, and means we can go do the food shop together tomorrow while DS1 is at nursery. :jHe was in at 8 this evening, but since then i have made Jamaican Jerk Chicken with coconut rice and pineapple salsa which was so yummy, and DH washed up, and we had a joint effort at cleaning the fridge and getting a few bits put away.

I need to go and do some clothes sorting in a moment as DH got DS2 the 9-12 month clothes out of the loft, and i started to sort it all, but it all went a bit wrong and i left it all on our bed, so i need to sort before bedtime. I'm just having some chocolate and a bottle of beer to psych myself up.

I haven't read any of the thread today, so sorry if i am not commenting on anyone who needs a hug or anything like that. I hope you all have it coming together.



Things i need to remember to do this week:

• buy DS2 a stocking
• do Mr M food shop
• take sausage meat out of freezer and make sausagemeat/stuffing balls
• take turkey out of freezer to defrost
• arrange meeting up with A to swap presents
• crack on with washing/ironing
• pack for visiting ILs
• [STRIKE]write a cheque for DS1 for half day nursery on Tue[/STRIKE], take him and pick up
• buy a TV guide, set up digi box to record things when we are away
• make up the stockings
• pay cash in the house into the bank
• sort out cash transfers so nothing boings when DDs go out when we are away
• [STRIKE]sort out extra days at cattery as DH has longer off work than i thought.[/STRIKE]
• change both kids beds

soappie

juliejim wrote: »

My TD is doing my head in - it keeps turning itself off - I think the catch must have gone on the door and it's opening slightly which turns it off!

Could you use some sellotape or bluetak to hold it shut?