Weekly Flylady Thread 20th December 2010

saver-j

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Sadly, no After looking around at lots of places, she's finally decided to apply for costume design (she fancies period dramas ). Loughborough was a Textiles Design course. Costume is difficault to get into, but the job prospects for graduates are excellent, and she has a great eye for design and colour, and loves watching things such as Downton Abbey

Fingers crossed she gets in, but we can now relax, at least until interview time

Good luck to your DD, one of my best friends did costume design as her degree at Central St Martins which I understand was excellent.

Popping in to update my list while I have a cuppa...anything gone is done or not needed...


Monday Mayhem..

• S&S the kitchen
• Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
• 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..?

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!
• Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
• Mop the kitchen floor!
• 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!
• WRAP WRAP WRAP!

Wednesday Mayhem..

• Make sure the remaining presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
• mop the kitchen
• mop the bathroom/s and loo's
• 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
• Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them...
• Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!
• wash windows through the whole downstairs if needed
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

Thursday ~ Almost done?

• Spend at least half an hour doing nothing at all!
• HHI
• Is your cake iced?
• 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!
• Wrap, wrap, wrap

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• Prepare veg for christmas dinner .. store covered in cold water overnight, it will be fine!
• Mix yorky pud batter for tomorrow.. it is so much better if you leave it to stew.. quick whisk as use as normal
• Prepare any other bits.. stuffing, salad etc Make starters before bed.. sneaky but a great idea!
• 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
• Prepare eggnog, mulled wine or other festive beverage
• 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
• Start thinking of those resolutions you will be breaking by the middle of January! lol
• 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

Dustykitten

toochoosey wrote: »

Gingerbread house done and floors mopped

Won't that make them soggy

Doing really well with the flying. Bathroom floor to wash next and then a cuppa

juliejim

All beds stripped and bedding now in WM or TD. Going to pick up prescription now and then have a bath.

LameWolf

froddington wrote: »

LW - glad you had a good day yesterday and that Mr LW is remembering the good times. Also, I'm sure it's probably obvious but how do you do Marmite gravy?

Thanks, Froddy.:o

Marmite gravy..... really, just however you usually do gravy, with a good dollop of Marmite added.;) The way I do it (look away PenPen) is to use vegetarian gravy granules as normal - 3 spoonfuls for the 2 of us, to 1/2 a pint of boiling water, and I put a spoonful of Marmite in the jug before I add the water, so that the Marmite dissolves in. The spoon I use is an odd size, btw, sort of halfway between a teaspoon and a dessert spoon. I have no idea where I got it, it's not part of a set or anything, but it's extremely useful for cooking.:D

Today's tasks all done now - HHYoga has been done, plus 15 mins of balancing exercises, as my knees have been more than a little wobbly of late, the legs have been defuzzed, and the photos have been put on the photo album flash drive.:T

sexymouse

Ooh - another way of making marmite gravy, is the way my MIL does it. A couple of teaspoons of cornflour, a teaspoon of marmite, a teaspoon of tomato sauce, and a tiny bit of mustard. Mix together with boiling water in a cup.

Another load of washing put away, one in the TD and one in the WM.

nicki_2

I'm in for the night now, its slippy as anything underfoot, I'm shattered and X has just sent me a picture of DD asleep on the bus :rotfl: I get the feeling not much will get done tonight except the end of the shopping being put away, and a surprise I have for DD being sorted

Asda was MENTAL :eek: I've never seen it so busy, then they reduced some of their fairy lights to 50p (40 normal fairy lights) and it was like someone was handing out £20 notes one staff member said :rotfl: I admit, I couldn't resist the bargain and bought 8 boxes but I have a cunning plan which I wasn't going to do because of how much it would cost me, but I've afford it now with such a great bargain :money:

I've also finished my Xmas shopping...I think. I'll triple check later :rotfl:AND I remembered some PJs for DD so she should be happy

Monday Mayhem..

• 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.
  
• Dust round the whole downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

• Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
• Mop the kitchen floor!
• Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good! DD has made a huge dent in it. Just tea dishes & some bits she's not allowed to do :j
  
• WRAP WRAP WRAP! Waiting on the last couple of bits
  

Wednesday Mayhem..

• mop the kitchen
• mop the bathroom/s and loo's
• Bake some mince pies and tarts etc.. yummies!!!
• Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc Friday job, first thing
• Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs Will consist of putting all the empty Christmas boxes away upstairs

Just waiting for DD to get in now and we'll get on with the jobs...I think we should put our tree up since we're having my niece tomorrow for a couple of hours and I promised her my decorations would be done

Maxonian

I'm ready for our visitors. Everywhere spick and span except our bedroom. If I can just keep it like this I will be happy. I'll give our bedroom the works tomorrow.
Was feeling rather smug about not needing much shopping, but have run out of kitchen roll, and will run out of cat litter. Will have to brave Mr T tomorrow.

greenbee

hex2 wrote: »

I have got some silicon moulds to have a play with too. I made some salted caramel truffles earlier, the bowl scrapings are lovely.

Let me know how you get on. I have dark chocolate with coffee ganache in the fridge but am tied to the phone for an hour so can't go and look to see whether they've worked!

ajmoney

Was meant to have a nice sleep without alarms but I woke up to OHs snoring just after 12 and couldn't get back to sleep. Gave up after an hour and slept on the sofa. He hadn't realised I wasn't in bed, snuck down at 7.30 and wondered why I was up. I have been told to nudge him until he wakes next time!

We have just come in from the cinema. Went for a meal after and it was disgusting, luckily we only paid for the drinks and starters, we hardly touched the main so I would have been disappointed if they hadn't done so well on the customer services.

Monday Mayhem..

• Clean the oven ready for your feast! I have convinced OH to help me with this. I really can't bake my fairy cakes in it until it is clean. Will put the racks in to soak in a sec.

Wednesday Mayhem..

• [STRIKE]Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially![/STRIKE] OH is doing this on his way back from his piano lesson
• Bake some fairy cakes!!! Christmas eve job
• [STRIKE]Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, present drop offs etc[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.[/STRIKE] Cinema
• [STRIKE]do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs[/STRIKE] Doesn't need doing

Thursday ~ Almost done?

• Spend at least half an hour doing nothing at all!
• HHI
• dust and deweb everywhere
• 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

boddy

Wednesday Mayhem..

• Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! doing this tomorrow
  
• [STRIKE]Make sure the remaining presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Have we located sacks for presents?[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]mop the kitchen[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]mop the bathroom/s and loo's[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Clean the bath and shower and loo![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, present drop offs etc[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Catch up on the laundry again.. ironing is tomorrows job![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them... [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.[/STRIKE]
• Vacuum the whole of the upstairs! Tomorrow
  
• [STRIKE]wash windows through the whole downstairs if needed[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs[/STRIKE]

Woke up this morning with a cold., sore throat and a sore eye. Decluttered some echinacea and got pharmicist to check out eye. Meds bought for over the xmas. DD and I are going to Mr As tomorrow.:eek:

Its snowing heavy again here not that we need any more. I called my cousin to cancel going over as road and walking conditions are very bad.

Got my xmas cards today. Thank you for the lovely messages. Thank you natty68.

Mudbath Hope DH is feeling better.

Hugs and spoons for those that need them. Specially Toots. Lady L Diva and LW.