Weekly Flylady Thread 20th December 2010

tootifruities

Grateful and Dusty I have passed on your love, along with stripes licks and waggy tail!

sockdrawer

Those who remember will know I've gradually beeing decluttering MIL's, FIL's and BIL's stuff out of the flat so we can have more space. Well, I've just tackled part of the airing cupboard I hadn't reached before and found a huge blue bag fu' tae the gunnels with shoes. Really well worn, "vintage" sixties/seventies falling apart shoes. Very odd. My how this flat yields up it's treasures! There are a couple of good pairs in there, so must speak to MIL about them..... Hubby reckons he remembers one pair of his in the bag from when he was six or seven.... he's 42 now....... Hmmmm.

ajmoney

I am not looking forward to doing the oven so am going to put it off. Another HH of nothing and then we shall see!

Monday Mayhem..

• Clean the oven ready for your feast!

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

• [STRIKE]Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat![/STRIKE]

Wednesday Mayhem..

• Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially!
• Clean the bath and shower and loo!
• Bake some mince pies and tarts etc.. yummies!!!
• Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, present drop offs etc
• Catch up on the laundry again.. ironing is tomorrows job!
• Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

Thursday ~ Almost done?

• Spend at least half an hour doing nothing at all!
• HHI
• dust and deweb everywhere
• Binbag dance
• Wipe down all the worksurfaces in the kitchen
• Wipe all the units and appliances
• Sweep and mop the kitchen
• Play laundry catch up.. see if you can get it all done!

Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRIDAY FRENZY

• Wash pots before bed!
• Bathtime to wear everyone out!
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom
• Get the roll of binbags at the ready
• Quick whizz over the clutter and carpets..
• Relax, enjoy yourselves and have a lovely time with your family!!
• If it isn't done now you don't need it to be done it isn't important!

Saturday - CHRISTMAS DAY!

• Bag up all the wrapping paper and put it outside!
• Delegate pot washing/DW loading!
• A quick S&S over the kitchen should see it looking fabulous again If you leave it by New year it will be a tip!!
• Quick wipe over the hob should see it sparkling again
• Start thinking of those resolutions you will be breaking by the middle of January! lol
• Enjoy your day with your loved ones, spare a few minutes thought for those who cannot be with us this year and who have lost loved ones.. I wish you all a happy, joyous, trouble-free fabulous New Year!! Without you lot.. I wouldn't be here either xx

Mudbath

Thankyou substitoots! xx

Now to fill another bag with carp from my bedroom!

gratefulforhelp_2

tootifruities wrote: »

Grateful and Dusty I have passed on your love, along with stripes licks and waggy tail!

Thankyou.

I won't have to covet stripes for much longer, the litter that includes our puppy has been born:j:j:j:j

Mazzarati2000

Hi All,

Happy Winter solstice to the LW's.

Hugs to Greenbee, Mumto5, JJ's DS, Toots, LL & the LW's & all else who need them.

Up to date with Fred, but still lacking motivation. Need to get some serious flying done now......

pigpen

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juliejim wrote: »

Thanks Lil-me - he's always been really good - has to have bloods done every 3 months and has them without a fuss but this will be the third time he's had this injection and last time it really hurt as the cream hadn't been on long enough as it wasn't quite in the right place when I put it on so it had to be re-done at the hospital. Hopefully this time it'll be in the right place!

The cream doesn't actually work on a lot of people..

It should be put on 45 minutes before being needed to be working as well as it doesn't.

Better still say no I will not use it and ask for the spray which works instantly and without any adverse reactions and does actually work! They all have it but it is more expensive than the cream so they don't like using it. Mine are even cheaper they refuse it all and just have it done.. we have bloods every 3-6 months too.

FTR.. I don't drink sherry!

nicki_2

Morning all.

Sorry I've not caught up on the thread, if I get a chance later I'll sit and catch up when DD has gone to bed. So HUGS & SPOONS FOR ALL!!!!

I'm going to try and get my lists up-to-date and clear the ironing mountain which is just about all DD's stuff which she needs for going away Boxing day. :eek: DD has been given the task of clearing the washing up as much as she is able to over the day. She's tackling cutlery, plates and mugs ATM and I'm about to start the ironing while watching National Lampoon's Christmas I'm not putting any washing on until the first ad break so the ironing pile doesn't grow too fast

Monday Mayhem..

• Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! Shopping Wednesday on my own for basics.
• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping! Need to buy the last couple of bits for the gifts then I can start wrapping.
  
• [STRIKE]Have we located stockings?[/STRIKE]
• S&S the kitchen After DD has finished washing up
  
• [STRIKE]S&S the bathroom/s and loo's[/STRIKE]
  
• Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast! After DD has finished in the kitchen
  
• 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..? Will sort later when I can check cooking times on things.
  
• Catch up on the laundry Wash load 1 of 5 in. Just remembered I need to wash DDs coats...
  
• Dust round the whole downstairs
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

• Children... quick.. tidy your rooms you don't want Santa thinking you don't look after your stuff.. he might not leave any presents!
• Iron yesterdays wash mountain
• Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
• Mop the kitchen floor!
• 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!
• Prepare a list for that last second shopping
• Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
• Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
• Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
• WRAP WRAP WRAP! Waiting on the last couple of bits
  
• Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

Right, off to find the first wash load.

lil_me

Soappie if he had much else I would, really skint this year so they only have 2 large and 2 small thing each, they're DS1 2 large ones and little ones small ones. I think he'd be a bit disappointed getting 2x £10 gifts when his brother opens his large gifts and as they have them in stock in a local toy shop I can't face them having just those 2 small things to open .... Other years when there has been a dozen or so gifts wouldn't have been a problem. DS1s birthday gift was in there too, his birthday is the 4th and forecasts are pretty awful from 1st to 4th here so I'd rather have that ready too as everyone usually forgets his birthday.

Today - kids clothes to sort more of (2 sacks now in garage) and then downstairs I think incase of unexpected visitors as it's a tip! DP has a meeting from 3 so will need to make use of him before he goes. Then tonight once it's all tidy/clean ( yes I am being very optimistic) I'll go do the 'not farmshop' food shop and get DSs replacements and he can put the tree up with the kids.

Understairs - organise, get 'rock band' out to go in the playroom, wrapping paper out, boxes TBS underneath!
TV unit - take Wii games to playroom, wii fit?? put old OU stuff away, clean unit!
Coffee table - clear, clean, move into DR for tree to go on!
Wall unit/vivariums - sort food, clean all shelves and the glass doors!
Telephone cabinet - quick tidy, file paperwork, sort cables out that are next to it, put new OU stuff in and wipe over
Fridge/freezer- dig through, check dates, reorganise, see if there is any spare room in my very small freezer....
Kitchen - laundry upstairs to be sorted, clear benches, clean benches and door fronts, clean out filters, clean oven, sort food storage/shopping list

Actually thinking of those kitchen/fridge sorting thing I think a meal plan would be useful....

maybemischief

Morning! Just grabbing a list will catch up with the thread later.

Dailes
SS Kitchen & Table
SS Bathroom & Loo
Make beds
Kids stuff up & away.
Unload/load DW
laundry
Fed/clean animals
Vacuum downstairs
HHStudying I have assignment due today but it will just have to be late, Im far too busy!

Monday Mayhem..

• Clean the fridge to accommodate you bounty of food
• Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc
• Dust round the whole downstairs
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

• Children... quick.. tidy your rooms you don't want Santa thinking you don't look after your stuff.. he might not leave any presents!
• Iron yesterdays wash mountain
• Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
• Mop the kitchen floor!
• Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
• get out any special christmas crockery and make sure it is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
• Prepare a list for that last second shopping
• Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
• 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!
• Toy boxes can be banished upstairs!
• Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up
• Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
• WRAP WRAP WRAP!
• Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!
• Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!