Christmas Flylady Thread 21st December 2009

jinky67

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPPY

prettypennies

Morning all. Hope everyone is well
Natty68- Not just me that's daft as a brush then
Poppytime - Happy Birthday
Managed to get most of my ironing and wrapping done yesterday.

Thanks for watch measuring suggestions chaps. I wrapped a bit of ribbon round one of the twin's arms whilst he was watching spongebob. He didn't even notice!
I took the round to the watch repair guy and explained there was a piece of ribbon in the box to measure by. When I went back to collect the watches, he said he had only altered on as he could only find one piece of ribbon, so didn't know how small to make the other. I forgot to mention they were twins so both watches were to be the same size!!



Wednesday Mayhem..

1. Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! black tea this morning, shopping not due til 5.30 doh
2. [STRIKE]Make sure the remaining presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping! [/STRIKE]
3. Have we located sacks for presents?
4. mop the kitchen for some reason I read this as mop the kitten!!
5. mop the bathroom/s and loo's
6. [STRIKE]Clean the bath and shower and loo! [/STRIKE]
7. Bake some mince pies and tarts etc.. yummies!!!
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. Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, present drop offs etc
10. [STRIKE]Catch up on the laundry again.. ironing is tomorrows job! [/STRIKE]
11. Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card 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. Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!
14. wash windows through the whole downstairs if needed
15. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

rach

Morning all

haven't caught up with the thread yet though I will do shortly. Opera was good last night although I spent most of the time thinking I'd left the front door open (why do I always worry about that!). Brilliant night out when you think 3.5 hours entertainment and the tickets only cost us £12.50 each. We got home about 12.15 as it finished late. Had quite a nice walk home from the station - everywhere was frozen hard and it was rather magical!

DH is off work today, first plan when he gets up is to get the bed stripped. I have a couple of appointments and need to see if i can re reserve the thing I didn't pick up yesterday from argos, then will get to my friends after my hair appointment at 2pm.

Dustykitten

Bother got to the checkout and the sale stuff I wanted was no longer available - money saved I guess - off to the shower.

vivw_2

Morning everyone and Happy Birthday Poppy

I know I haven't been around for ages but work has taken over my life recently. Still today its time to get organised and sorted for the big day.

Monday Mayhem..
[STRIKE]Have we located stockings?
S&S the kitchen
[/STRIKE]

1. S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
2. Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!

[STRIKE]Clean the fridge to accommodate you bounty of food
Make sure your timetable for christmas day is sorted and everyone knows their tasks.. who is spud peeling? Who is stuffing the bird etc..?
Dust round the whole downstairs
do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs
[/STRIKE] Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

1. Iron yesterdays wash mountain

[STRIKE]Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
[/STRIKE]

1. Mop the kitchen floor!

[STRIKE]Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
get out any special christmas crockery and make sur eit is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Prepare a list for that last second shopping
Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
WRAP WRAP WRAP!
[/STRIKE] Wednesday Mayhem..

1. Make sure the remaining presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
2. mop the kitchen
3. mop the bathroom/s and loo's
4. Clean the bath and shower and loo!
5. Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc
6. Catch up on the laundry again.. ironing is tomorrows job!
7. Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!

Other bits:

[STRIKE]Marzipan[/STRIKE] and ice cake - I know it should already have been done!
[STRIKE]Make fabric box to hold step daughter's smellies[/STRIKE]

Sunnygirl_2

Hi everyone,

Happy Birthday Poppytime. :bdaycake:It's my DD2's 3rd birthday today too. We've got her a silver fold up scooter with 3 wheels so its a bit steadier and it lights up so she's really pleased with it. She's always trying to go on DD1's 2 wheeled scooter and falling off so hopefully she'll be a bit better on this one.

Will post my list although I'm not sure how much we'll get done today. I was planning on doing a bit tidy and clean downstairs last night but DD1 was sick and I felt really sick so went to bed at 7.30pm. I asked DH to tidy the lounge but he didn't even manage to move his plate or glass from having his tea!

Anyway, here's the list.

Monday Mayhem..

1. S&S the kitchen
2. Dust round the whole downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

1. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
2. Mop the kitchen floor!
3. Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

Wednesday Mayhem..

1. mop the kitchen
2. mop the bathroom/s and loo's
3. Clean the bath and shower and loo!
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 again.. ironing is tomorrows job!
6. Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
7. Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!
8. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

Supposed to be having nieces and nephews round for lunch but I still feel a bit off. Mainly tired and achy now rather than feeling sick. Perhaps we'll just have them round for lunch rather than going out with them this morning as well. Coffee needed now....anyone else want one? :coffee::coffee::coffee:

Will have a coffee and read back on the thread for half an hour.

Triker

Happy Birthday Poppytime, have a lovely day:bdaycake:

Rosepink, you ok? You seem a bit quiet hun.

Ashia, hope your leak gets sorted asap...arghh what awful timing.:eek:

Pen Pen, pilot light go on vibes for you.


Right hubby said he'd collect my prescription which is helpful as its in town whereas I'm off in the totally opposite direction.

Also going to get DD1 up as she needs to return some library books.

Turkey arrives today...at least thats one thing I don't have to worry about.:D

Right best get on, I need coffee.

sexymouse

Monday Mayhem..

1. [STRIKE]Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped[/STRIKE] Finished them all on Tuesday.
2. S&S the kitchen
3. Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
4. Dust round the whole downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

1. Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
2. Mop the kitchen floor!
3. Prepare a list for that last second shopping
4. Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
5. Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
6. Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
7. [STRIKE]Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat![/STRIKE] Took Mum to Starbucks and she loved the fruit toast - very upset that they had no eggnog lattes again though and probably won't be getting any more in either.

Wednesday Mayhem..

1. mop the kitchen
2. mop the bathroom/s and loo's
3. Bake some mince pies and tarts etc.. yummies!!!
4. Catch up on the laundry again
5. Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
6. Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!
7. wash windows through the whole downstairs if needed
8. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

greenbee

Dustykitten wrote: »

Do grit bins still exist - this has been a constant topic here for days. I'm thinking of another facebook campaign - bring back grit bins!

Yes... one round the corner from me which I need to investigate in a bit

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I know you all helped Soappie, so can you send "central heating repair vibes" this way please It won;t come on and I can't light the pilot light I'll set DH onto it once he's up

Glad the concert was a success. Hope you get the heating sorted soon.

Woke up at 6am... realised it was a bit quiet... no boiler noises :eek::eek:... went to switch on light... no light . Looked outside - there were some lights on.

Had to find my way downstairs to where I'd left the torch after checking the gas meter last night (good think I'd done that or I wouldn't have known where it was!). Checked the fuse box and two switches had gone - cooker circuit and RCB main switch (which isn't the one the cooker is on and anyway, it was off at the wall). They must have gone in the middle of the night... so I need to find out whether there was a power cut during the night, as I guess the surge might have tripped them.

Fog this morning, so I won't be leaving for a while, which is probably a good thing seeing how much I have to do! I went back to bed after sorting out the electricity and switching the heating on, as I'm shattered!

Mudbath

Happy birthday Poppy - have a fabulous day xx

:wave: Glad I make you laugh LL - well, I think I am!!!:rotfl:

My list:

Wednesday Mayhem
mop the bathroom
Change any bedding
Phone someone
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.
Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!


Tonight we also need to:
- download games onto DD's new phone
- sort out cards for DS
- download an itunes voucher
- wrap box for parent's hamper
- print out a photo for my mum and dad from my sister

I've wrapped the hamper and have sorted stocking for M&D.

I've got some really bad stomach pains:eek:. At least I know it's not AF. Mmmmm thinking about it I've not eaten since yesterday lunchtime as I wasn't hungry last night. Probably that. Before you shout at me - yes, I know it's stupid not eating for that long and it is rare for me!!

Right, going to declutter children that aren't mine and then work xx