Christmas Flylady Thread 21st December 2009

Choccybix

Monday Mayhem..

1. [STRIKE]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[/STRIKE].
2. Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
3. [STRIKE] Have we located stockings?
   
4. S&S the kitchen[/STRIKE]
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. [STRIKE]Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc[/STRIKE]
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. [STRIKE] 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[/STRIKE]!
14. Dust round the whole downstairs
15. [STRIKE]do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs[/STRIKE]

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

1. [STRIKE]Children... quick.. tidy your rooms you don't want Santa thinking you don't look after your stuff.. he might not leave any presents![/STRIKE]
2. Iron yesterdays wash mountain
3. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
4. Mop the kitchen floor!
5. [STRIKE] 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[/STRIKE]
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. [STRIKE]Toy boxes can be banished upstairs![/STRIKE]
11. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
12. Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
13. WRAP WRAP WRAP!
14. [STRIKE]Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!![/STRIKE]
15. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

Doesnt look like I've done much, but I have concentrated on upstairs today. All bedrooms and landing tidied, hoovered, polished. Doing downstairs tomorrow....

Does anyone have a recipe/link for some christmassy-type sweets or cakes the kids can make to give to the family as presents? Just something simple we can wrap in sellophane with ribbon. I meant to order some ingredients for White Christmas Candy but forgot to order the coconut and cherries needed when I did my Mr T order last night :rolleyes:

TIA x

Mudbath

Choccybix - we've just made chocolate chip cookies and then written the name of who we're giving them to with white writing icing and drawn on a few simple snowflakes. They look quite nice if a little homemade:rotfl:.

We have a blizzard here. It's really bad! Just had a note through the door to say a neighbour has taken in a parcel for us. Not sure why I didn't hear the door but such is life. I think it's my main present (window boxes for below the kitchen windows where I can grow herbs - obviously I'll be waiting a few months :rotfl:).

I've gone round the skirting with masking tape (good idea - thank you). It's mostly on the wall with just a small overlap on the laminate flooring so if it does mark the floor it will be (eventually) covered by the skirting board. It looks awful so hopefully DH will do something about it! I've found draft excluder for the door (the receipt in the bag says we bought it December 3rd 2007!!!!) so I've fitted that. I've text DH to say the joiner is coming on December 29th. He's livid! The plan is he'll now do the job so that I have to phone and cancel which will be embarrassing (well it would be if I'd booked a joiner in the first place :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:).

S/s where it's needed now xx

toochoosey

Things are working differently this week.. 'cos I said so!


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! Nearly done...just DD's and OH's to do......
3. Clean the fridge to accommodate you bounty of food
4. Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc
5. Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts!....FISH, FISH, FISH....

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. get out any special christmas crockery and make sur eit is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
4. Prepare a list for that last second shopping
5. Toy boxes can be banished upstairs!
6. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
7. Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
8. WRAP WRAP WRAP!
9. Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!.....hopefully today....though no sign yet.....
10. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

My Extras(Thanks to Hollyh xx

1. Elf mischief & letter
2. Buy last presents just vochers to do now.........
3. post 3 to America ( i know it won't get there in time but I want to send it anyway )....can't see it happening now!!!
4. Wrap presents
5. Make snowman soup 3 done 1 to go.....

Having MY HH now......although DD and her friend are playing upstairs....we'll see how long I actually get.............

Penelope_Penguin

greenbee wrote: »

So I'm giving up and I'm going to hibernate until after christmas!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

You asked about the roads - DH says that the roundabouts in Newbury are a bit slushy, but once he was onto the A34 and M40 it was fine :j

:xmastree: is up so we're just waiting for DS to return so that we can decorate it :j

Penny. x

Craftyscholar

Mudbath wrote: »

I've text DH to say the joiner is coming on December 29th. He's livid! The plan is he'll now do the job so that I have to phone and cancel which will be embarrassing (well it would be if I'd booked a joiner in the first place :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:).

:T:T:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T:T

hollyh

Hi all,

Since my last post i have

Put painting stuff away & washed brushes
Cleaned up mess from making playdough
Scrubbed living room table
Let rabbits out & put away an hr later
Mopped bathroom
Tidied & hoovered living room

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. I need bread & milk
2. Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping! I need to buy the last bits 1st
   
3. Have we located stockings? Yes, one is hanging on the back of Ds2's door, the other one i will need to fish out from the makeshift cupboard ( don't ask :mad:) in Ds2's room
4. Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc

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! Ds1 is doing his now, Ds2's is done
   
2. Iron yesterdays wash mountain
3. [STRIKE]Vacuum the stairs![/STRIKE]
4. [STRIKE]Mop the kitchen floor![/STRIKE]
5. [STRIKE]Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices![/STRIKE]
6. [STRIKE]Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up[/STRIKE]
7. [STRIKE]Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike[/STRIKE]
8. 
   

My Extras

1. Fill in K form
2. Print off pictures for scrapbook & update done a bit more
3. Get ink for printer
4. Elf mischief & letter
5. Buy last presents nearly there
6. post 1 to France ( i know it won't get there in time but OH wants me to send it anyway )
7. ice cake
8. Wrap presents
9. [STRIKE]Deal with post[/STRIKE]
10. Clean out car
11. Email school re job
12. Make sweet bags
13. Make snowman soup
14. Take wellies back
15. [STRIKE]Pay CC[/STRIKE]
16. Activate CC
17. Sort Xmas eve hamper
    

toochoosey

Mudbath, thats Brilliant!!!!!

Poohbear, sorry forgot to say thanks for the ecard xx

I am enjoying the peace and quiet but know I should be getting on with something....can'r wrap as DD is here and VERY nosey....going to the shops for last bits tomorrow......no excuses for not doing the other things!!!!!!!!

toochoosey

Holly, is your extras list getting longer??????????

helen_jelly

Mudbath - well done your my kinda woman - hope DH isn't too stroppy when he gets in and does the job without too many swear words lol


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. Went to MrS this evening - blerdy disasterous - need to go again when I am able to concentrate and not wander round the aisles getting carp!! Going to try again tomorrow providing it stops snowing here.
3. Clean the oven ready for your feast!
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

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

1. Iron yesterdays wash mountain
2. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
3. Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
4. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
5. Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike

Helen

hollyh

toochoosey wrote: »

Holly, is your extras list getting longer??????????

Yes, :eek: it's a never ending list:rolleyes:.