Christmas Flylady Thread 21st December 2009

rach

Friends have been and gone. We had fun, played mousetrap, went up the road for lunch and for my godson to spend his pocket money and I got some nice christmas card holders. Little boy is not 100% well and was getting tired so they headed off about half an hour ago. it actually suited me ok as I'm pretty tired and was ready to
put my feet up.

My friend was made up with the box of rocky road and fudge, and the chilli jam (which is more like chilli sauce :rotfl:). Also got the present i needed which friend will wrap up for her other son for me.

Plan now is to send some Christmas emails, I've given up on the idea of cards now! Wonder how my list looks *wanders off*

I really need to nip back out to Sainsbury's but I think it will have to wait until tomorrow, don't think i can face another icy trip! We need a couple of bits to go with dinner tonight but hopefully dh can pick them up on the way home.

lil_me wrote: »

Thanks greenbee you just reminded me I need a new bleeder thingamy, my bedroom pipes are clanging through the night.

Mine are clanging too...and not for the right reasons does that mean they need bleeding? I've got a key thing somewhere, come to think of it i've not bled them since we moved here almost 2 years ago.

pigpen - don't worry about the card, I am sure she didn't mean to hurt you, and even if she did she'll have to get used to the idea. I'm sure as toots said you're feeling vulnerable at the moment.

froddington

Horribly dark and rainy here today so I decided not to go into town. Hope it clears up later though.

Monday Mayhem..
Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week..
Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped
S&S the kitchen
S&S the bathroom
Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives..
Dust round the whole downstairs
Do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs


My one-a-day (or 7-a-weekend!!) list
- car checks
- post x 2
- bills x 2
- make cake
- cards x 3 (2 done)
- [STRIKE]update diary[/STRIKE]
- money to bank

nikki2804

Okay after being AWOL im back in this week

Monday Mayhem..

1. Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! It is Bank Holiday on Monday so some shops are not open.. the big supermarkets are.
2. Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping! done this weeks ago - sad much? *yes*
   
3. Have we located stockings? already done!!!
   
4. S&S the kitchen
5. S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
6. Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
7. Clean the fridge to accommodate you bounty of food
8. Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc
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..?
10. Catch up on the laundry .. ironing is tomorrows job!
11. Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them...
12. Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
13. Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts!
14. Dust round the whole downstairs
15. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

If the snow stops today then I might just drop of the presents early ...

rach

Monday Mayhem..

1. Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! It is Bank Holiday on Monday so some shops are not open.. the big supermarkets are.
2. Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
   
3. Have we located stockings?
4. S&S the kitchen
5. S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
6. Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
7. Clean the fridge to accommodate you bounty of food
8. Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc
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..?
10. Catch up on the laundry .. ironing is tomorrows job!
11. Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them...
12. Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
13. Dust round the whole downstairs
14. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

So now onto some Christmas emails (I'm thinking some cutting and pasting will be in order!) and and then to wrap DH's prezzies. He wrapped 90% of the rest of the prezzies yesterday.

The other job I need to do is what I've been putting off for months: re-waxing the coffee table. I may just do it now!

Pollybear

I posted this morning but forgot to put what I've actually done!

I cleaned the kitchen properly (like on the usual lists) then damp wiped the living room and computer desk and vacuumed right through downstairs, and did the stairs.

I've given in and put the heating on for half an hour, I'll put it back on timer in a minute but I needed to take the chill off.

macpep1

hollyh wrote: »

Make snowman soup

Hi Holly

I saw the link on the old thread for the above, thanks for the great am going to try and make a few as stocking fillers but at this late stage, what could I use as the cones, I have cellophane ribbon etc, what do you use for yours?

froddington

3tabbycats - Happy Birthday

soappie - glad DD made it home and hope she is ok today

It's so dark I've had to put the lights on to see the keyboard!

Washing is now drying ........

greenbee

Lunch eaten

marinated feta made & washed pots/bottles for other stuff are on the radiator making sure they're bone dry. Tonight I need to:

make mince pies
make truffles
make fudge
make spice vodka
sort last few presents and stockings

Tomorrow night I've got a friend coming over, then I need to get myself packed!

And it's snowing... big fat white flakes...

poohbear59

[B]soappie I hope you an get your heating sorted out soon.

rose I am pleased you have managed to get some financial help. You have reminded me to phone the job centre to see if we can get anything for DH. I get IB and DLA but he hasn't claimed anything whilst ill.

pigpenPlease don't be upset by OH's card. I think card writing can be quite complicated sometimes. Maybe OH's mum just didn't think and wrote the card she would have written before. I have made two mistakes which have upset people.
I wrote a card to by BIL and his GF and her children last year and he was upset because she wasn't there for C'mas. He hasn't been in contact since. I can't undo what I did.

And I wrote a card to my best friend from uni to her and her DH who passed away years ago. I don't know how or why I did it.

toochoosey

Mum and Stepdads pressies all done, DSD 's pressies all done and 1 or 2 of OH's done........tidied away all the paper/ribbon/sellotape/scissors etc........going to do some ironing while watching Only Fools the Hyacinth LOL xx