Weekly Flylady Thread 20th December 2010

Mumof2_2

Monday Mayhem..

• Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
• 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
• Mop the kitchen floor!
• Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
• Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
• Toy boxes can be banished upstairs!
• Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
• WRAP WRAP WRAP!
• Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!

Wednesday Mayhem..

• Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially!
• Make sure the remaining presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
• Have we located sacks for presents?
• mop the kitchen
• Clean the bath and shower and loo!
• 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!
• 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 and dining area
• Play laundry catch up.. see if you can get it all done!
• Bring in the logs and coal you might be needing the next couple of days
• Wrap, wrap, wrap

:xmastree: Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRIDAY FRENZY:xmastree:

• Prepare veg for christmas dinner .. store covered in cold water overnight, it will be fine!
• PRESENTS .. nuff said! (stockings with a few bits of fruit and a cereal bar make for a healthy breakfast!)
• Wash pots before bed!
• Bathtime to wear everyone out!
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom
• Straighten the tree
• Get the roll of binbags at the ready
• set up the video & camera!!! Fully charged and ready to roll!!
• 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!
• Slice off the remaining meat and either freeze or refridgerate for tomorrow!
• Save remaining cooked veg for stew! It can be frozen if you don't want to eat it in the next few days.. or sling it in the crock pot with the carcass for stock!
• Before children go to bed they must stack their new things nicely!
• 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!!
• Prepare any run and grab style food for Boxing day.. I know a lot of families have get togethers on the 26th.
• Wipe the table/table cloth
• Put the best crockery/glasses away, or just out of the way so it doesn't get damaged.
• Go play with the children .. eat lots of junk food and delegate as much as possible!!
• Quick wipe over the hob should see it sparkling again
• Does the breadmaker need to be on for tomorrow?
• Start thinking of those resolutions you will be breaking by the middle of January! lol
• Don't forget to feed the pets!.. Mine had a bag of turkey giblets they helped themselves to!
• Enjoy your day with your loved ones, spare a fewv 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

Oh my word! I'm in but we're away Wednesday through to Friday weather permitting so I'll cherry pick from the list. Haven't read the thread as need to get on but big hugs as required!

Triker

Piggers, just a thought maybe Thursday needs a reminder for people like myself to TAKE TURKEY OUT OF FREEZER...thinking with the weather being so cold, our kitchen is seriously freezing it's going to take longer to defrost! :eek:

vanilla

What a long night, poor Rhys was up every hour on the hour. He'd wake up crying and shaking, he has a bit of a temp too. He's in great form this morning so not sure whats going on. Just hoping he's not coming down with something before christmas.:(

Soappie hope you have a lovely first day or better still a snow day.

Monday Mayhem..

• 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.
• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
• Have we located stockings?
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
• Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
• 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
• Catch up on the laundry .. ironing is tomorrows job!
• Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them...
• Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
• Dust round the whole downstairs
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

My Own List.
1) Build santa stuff.
2) Clean skirting in hall.
3) See what sanding is left to do and do it.
4) Take carpet holders out of hall.
5) Get fire lit, bring in coal and sticks.
6) Check white paint and see if we have white spirits.

Some stage clean the car out this week. :eek:

Triker

In my HHC which slightly overran, I took everything out of the freezer and its currently defrosting now. All food outside on the table.

I need to do an inventory of contents and then hopefully squeeze in the soup and mince dishes I made last night ala economy gastronomy.

Sorted chickens, gave them some warm water to drink (drinker is frozen) and some pea shoots for a treat.

TD on.

Decluttered 2 poached eggs and another coffee.

Wrote some cards out for neighbours as I bought a reduced pack last night at the local shop. DD2 has instructions to deliver them later.

Spoke to hubby who said driving was difficult to his destination today, he's there safely, that's what matters.

Must chase up appointment for DD2 today...important.

sockdrawer

Thank you for the HHC Ajmoney I managed to get the kitchen nearly sorted out.
and dumped some peas into the slow cooker for soup later.

pigpen

Dustykitten wrote: »

Piggers - thanks for the lists is Monday supposed to be almost the same as Wednesday?

no, but it woudn't let me change anything and was running so incredibly slow I would have been up ALL night.. if stuff doesn't need doing just strike it off both lists!

Triker wrote: »

Piggers, just a thought maybe Thursday needs a reminder for people like myself to TAKE TURKEY OUT OF FREEZER...thinking with the weather being so cold, our kitchen is seriously freezing it's going to take longer to defrost! :eek:

Will do.. I buy fresh ones so defrosting isn't needed..

franby64

Good morning

May I join in again please?

As you may suspect I've done precious little cleaning since I last signed up here so a big Christmas blitz is needed!

Thank you to Pigpen and Toots for the brilliant Christmas list - I feel calmer already - and today I will be concentrating on lounge, kitchen, bathroom and visible hoovering as we have visitors for a couple of days from tomorrow (snow permitting). After that I can do upstairs and beds etc before Christmas.

Have a good day!

toochoosey

Hello all, hope all are well. Huge hugs for Mr and Mrs LW xx

Haven't been keeping up with the thread or the flying so need to crack on this week, AF arrived last night to join in the fun!!!!

Did do an hours worth of ironing yesterday though.


Monday Mayhem..

• 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.
• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
• Have we located stockings?
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
• Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
• 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
• Make sure your timetable for christmas day is sorted and everyone knows their tasks.. who is spud peeling? Who is stuffing the bird etc..?
• Catch up on the laundry .. ironing is tomorrows job!
• Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them...
• Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
• Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts!
• Dust round the whole downstairs
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

Going to have a cuppa and then crack on.....xx

greenbee

On hold to dyno... want to change my plumbing and drains cover on renewal to cover the supply pipe and tell them I no longer qualify for an employee discount (assuming they know how to take it off the system... thought I'd tell them even if they don't do anything about it). I've been on hold for 40 minutes now ... got through at 45 minutes... only to find they have to transfer me to another number which would have been less busy if I could have located it correctly in the first place :rotfl:

OH finally sent a list through of all the stuff he's buying from my parents and how much he's paying for it, plus all the stuff I've lent him, and what he bought. And a message saying 'don't read too much into this... I promised to do it ages ago and have finally got round to it'. But I am reading too much into it... I'm beginning to look back and see signs of how reluctant he was to cut the ties before, and now he's doing the paperwork he should have done months ago. I put comments on it... including pointing out that the values he's put on stuff he bought are way out, but I don't think I have the receipts for them anymore! I can't remember whether he actually paid me back for some of it :cool:

I've also sent him a list of what he owes me for christmas presents for his dad, mother and ex (well, I assume she's still an ex...), as I think it would probably be in poor taste for him to give them as gifts when I've paid for them! I've also told him that I need to know whether he's going back to his flat, as he was having something delivered there for my dad which I still want to give him and will pay for, if he can get hold of it and get it to me/my brother.

juliejim

Well so far I've

Washed dishes
Put recycling out
Put old flowers out
Got dressed
Walked Jerry while kids were sledging

Anyone fancy a HHC at 9.45?