Christmas Flylady Thread 21st December 2009

soappie

greenbee wrote: »

Tonight's entertainment

That guy needs to go on an anger management course!

Hugs on your fall Piggers - hope you stop aching soon and hugs on the tragic loss
V. cold again this morning. Am slowly getting dressed as I type. I need to go outside shortly and clear out the junk from the boiler room so the engineer has room to work!

Let's see'f there's anything I can cross off the list:

Monday Mayhem..

1. Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! Shopping will be finalised tomorrow
2. Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping! Half way there
   
3. S&S the kitchen can't do properly until I have hot water
   
4. S&S the bathroom/s and loo's can't do properly until I have hot water
5. Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast! can't do properly until I have hot water though it's in pretty good shape and it's only the hob needs a good scrub
   
6. Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc
7. Catch up on the laundry .. ironing is tomorrows job!.
8. Dust round the whole downstairs
9. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

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!
2. Iron yesterdays wash mountain
3. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
4. Mop the kitchen floor!
5. Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good! can't do properly until I have hot water
6. get out any special christmas crockery and make sur eit is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
7. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
8. WRAP WRAP WRAP!
9. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

embb

Morning lovelies! :wave:

Belated birthday wishes 3 tabbycats
soappie hope the gas man is there super soon. loved the beanie
LL my cards arrived yesterday safe and sound, Thank You to everyone, kaz yours made me chuckle, OH, DD1,teenie & littley was lovely, Greenbee thanks for the message :kisses3: they all have pride of place in my LR.
pigpen how very sad, puts things in to perspective doesn't it

((((((((hugsallround))))))) cause if you're all anything like me I had a good cry last night with the overwhelmness of it all (is that a word ) exhaustion, stress, too much to handle, a minor blip alls well now, tho I still feel a bit funny, OH is being an !!!!! at the mo which only a good slap might bring him out of and I was tempted last night lol. It'll be fine.

Loving these lists :T will see what I can cross out, wont be anything cleaning related tho not had time nor energy. Work today 6 hrs = 3 houses back to back, gotta take littley to nanas at 8.30, get some Diesel, go to work, pick her back up, go to Iceland for the chrissy dinner and stuff, come home and do stuff here.



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. 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

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!
2. Iron yesterdays wash mountain
3. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
4. Mop the kitchen floor!
5. Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
6. get out any special christmas crockery and make sur eit is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
7. Prepare a list for that last second shopping
8. Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
9. 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!
10. Toy boxes can be banished upstairs!
    
11. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
12. Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
13. WRAP WRAP WRAP!
14. Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!
15. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

Gonna have another brew then get organised. Need to make a sarnie for work, and defrost the car too.

soappie

embb wrote: »

soappie hope the gas man is there super soon. loved the beanie

Thank you! I feel like Steptoe this morning - fingerless gloves had, scarf, all I need is a hand knitted vest/tank top thing and the ensemble will be complete!

Listening to the radio - you've had one heck of a lot of snow in your area Greenbee - hope you don't have to travel out too far today

embb

Congrats to Jassa :j:T:j:T Well done you! :cool::T:T

need a lil listy-poos so I can get my head around what I need to do before 8.30, heads all over the place at the mo lol in this order.......

make brew
open curtains
make sarnie
sort workbag
quick tidy of LR (all it needs)
leave note for teenie to do S&Sing and hoovering
get littley up
make beds and open blinds
put socks and shoes on
defrost car
get gas/elec card
finish cuppa
put coat on
find shopping list (should be in coat pocket)
go out for the day.

MrsChaos

Monday Mayhem..

1. Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially!
2. Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped
3. S&S the kitchen
4. S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
5. Clean the oven and hob
6. Clean the fridge
7. Change any bedding
8. Make sure your timetable for christmas day is sorted
9. Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time
10. Dust round the whole downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

1. Children... quick.. tidy your rooms
2. Iron yesterdays wash mountain – DH will do this tonight
3. Vacuum through downstairs
4. Mop the kitchen floor!
5. Get rid of the washing up
6. get out any special christmas crockery and make sur eit is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
7. Prepare a list for that last second shopping
8. Declutter dresser in dining room
9. Have a skim through the TV guide
10. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
11. Tidy up coats
12. WRAP WRAP WRAP!
13. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

Today's extras:
Try to get to the body repair shop in our little town to get a quote for the car. It's at the bottom of a steep hill and it snowed yesterday...
See if it's too late to order food locally for Thursday morning. (butcher x2, baker)
buy eggs from farm and take plastic rubbish for recycling
take out of date meds to chemist's
collect DH's prescription
take bag of stuff to charity shop
finish cleaning living room - almost
collect DS1’s present from Mr T (and do – hopefully - last supermarket shop while I’m there)
collect stuff from Argos
text friend from work
start baking
plan meals until Monday
declutter stuff from sky+ while wrapping and ask DH/DS1 to do same

TAG

Morning

So, so tired this morning! And I have a million and one things to do :eek:. Still serves me right for not being a good flylady. Dunno why, but I just don't seem to be able to get my act together at the moment:o:confused:

So far this morning I have skated, very elegantly I might add, down the drive with the wheelie bin. Had a coffee which is just about to become two. Written out my rent cheque which I MUST pay today. Paid for a book I'd forgotten I'd bid, on let alone won, on ebay:o And, ordered Miss Tag a second set of Hello kitty bedding and the matching fleecy blanket that goes with it all. Last year was Bratz now it's Hello Kitty:rolleyes:

Speaking of kitty's - They're becoming much more tolerant of Sweepy dog. She's trying to mother them, so it appears. Anything to do with her being in season do you think? Anyway, the poor little mites are being licked to death whenever she gets the chance. :rotfl:Though she can be a little rough. They're still hissing and spitting at her a bit, but we're getting there I think.

Tis very dark here this morning. But on the plus side isn't today the shortest day of the year? Which means that summer is on the way again and the days are getting longer!! How can you tell I hate winter!!:rotfl:

Ok off to find a list. I really must get my butt into gear today....

kazmeister

Morning ladies

The snow last night hasnt amounted to anything much and DH who went off to work at 6 says the roads are fine and he'd already been out to one of the villages on the Norfolk/Lincs border which are quite remote. This means I really should venture out to see my friend especially as her and her family are due to go away xmas eve on Eurostar to Disney :eek:, obviously if this is cancelled the little ones will need their pressies.

Just munching porridge at the moment then need to get DD up so we can be away as todays a busy day.

Need to make some amendments to my personal list as now 2 separate trips instead of one.

embb wrote: »

kaz yours made me chuckle, OH, DD1,teenie & littley was lovely,

((((((((hugsallround))))))) cause if you're all anything like me I had a good cry last night with the overwhelmness of it all (is that a word ) exhaustion, stress, too much to handle, a minor blip alls well now, tho I still feel a bit funny, OH is being an !!!!! at the mo which only a good slap might bring him out of and I was tempted last night lol. It'll be fine.

Youre welcome, just hope i remembered everyone! I had a tearful afternoon yesterday too and said to Dh that sometimes it gets a it too much!

Anyway we're all soldiers battling on and with that my list :-
Monday Mayhem..

1. Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping! nearly done
2. S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
3. Make sure your timetable for christmas day is sorted and everyone knows their tasks.. who is spud peeling? Who is stuffing the bird etc..? That'll be me, me and er me
4. Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them... I have a couple of flylady ecards to do so will do this as an alternative as I have not forgotten anyone

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! AND EVEN IF MUM IS SANTA DO IT ANYWAY LITTLEMEISTER
2. [STRIKE]Iron yesterdays wash mountain[/STRIKE] - Dont iron
3. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
4. Mop the kitchen floor!
5. Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
6. [STRIKE]get out any special christmas crockery and make sure it is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too[/STRIKE]! - Got rid of it all last year after not using it for 12 years use everyday stuff now
7. Prepare a list for that last second shopping - maybe just a few bits for DH
8. Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices! No chance
9. 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!
10. [STRIKE]Toy boxes can be banished upstairs![/STRIKE] None downstairs
11. [STRIKE]Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up[/STRIKE] - done last week although need to wash a rug from the spare room where doogie has weed again :mad:
12. [STRIKE]Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike[/STRIKE] - all tidy
13. WRAP WRAP WRAP!
14. Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!! - Good question
15. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat! - will do that twice today with friends

Monday - DH days

Tuesday - DH days
meet friend
Take friends renewal letter
Take friends kiddies presents
Take wedding album as friend not seen pics yet
1230 meet other friend at local hotel
Take wedding pics and DC's card
GO AND BUY ANOTHER TREE - I HATE THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE ROOM
evening - Little bro possibly coming over
Have bro's cards and presents ready

Wednesday - DH nights
DD and DH to go xmas shopping
Go over to work for 1200
Take work Christmas cards
Take Secret Santa pressie
Take £12 for Emma for birthday club

Thursday - DH nights
Little bro coming if didnt come Tues
Go and visit Luscious with DD when DH goes to work




Also need to fit in

• hand deliver cards
• finish wrapping (only a couple of bits to do)
• Get coal
• Put other trees up - nearly done
• Pay credit cards bills - may need to go and pay cash in for one of them as need to set up as new payee and they have to phone you which didnt work last time I tried done online for minimum - will work out the extras when finances updated
• Update finances :rolleyes: pay extra on cards once sorted.
• Pay cash into bank

ok that will probably do for now so need to have a [STRIKE]shower[/STRIKE] WARM BATH and get DD up so we can crack on.

Catch ya'll later x

PS Forgot to say well done Jassa - its a hard journey worth celebrating, Congratulations

chickywiggle

AWWW you were nice to me - lets see what I can tick off before work:

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! DS is only 1 so his room is pretty tidy already.
   
2. Iron yesterdays wash mountain Done yesterday
   
3. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs! DH will do this tonight - vacuuming is HIS job.
   
4. Mop the kitchen floor! Did this last night.
   
5. Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good! All up to date as of 8pm last night. Is DH turn on a Tuesday and Wednesday.
6. Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices! Will do this tonight - tho my desk is more a set of trays.
   
7. 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! Did this as soon as the Xmas radio times arrived - AND set my sky plus box for anything I wanted to see this week!
8. Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike Done yesterday
   
9. WRAP WRAP WRAP! Gonna do last 4 bits tonight.
   
10. Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!! This is always on the fridge.
    
11. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat! Ohhh should be able to manage this.

:jThat looks better already. Have a busy day everyone, I'm off to work.

serena

Hugs to all of you in need of one!

Thank goodness, it didn't snow here overnight although forecast. I'm off into town for a contact lens check up at 9, but I've been a very good flylady and have already wrapped two presents!

Jassa - huge congratulations! That must feel absolutely wonderful.

Lots of shopping on the list for today - all small bits which take time. DD and I will be off to nearby designer outlet later - I may just have to buy the boots I coveted on my last two visits if they're still there...;)

TAG

If it's not there it's been done!!
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. S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
4. Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc
5. Catch up on the laundry .. ironing is tomorrows job!
6. Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts!
7. Dust round the whole downstairs
8. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

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!
2. Iron yesterdays wash mountain
3. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
4. Mop the kitchen floor!
5. Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
6. get out any special christmas crockery and make sur eit is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
7. Prepare a list for that last second shopping
8. Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
9. Toy boxes can be banished upstairs!
10. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
11. Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
12. WRAP WRAP WRAP!
13. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!