Weekly Flylady Thread 20th December 2010

vanilla

Monday Mayhem..

• Have we located stockings?
• S&S the kitchen
• Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
• Clean the fridge to accommodate you bounty of food
• Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts!
• Dust round the whole downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

• Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
• Mop the kitchen floor!
• 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 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!
• 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!!!
• Change any bedding you need to get washed before the fat guy arrives.. and I do not mean the OH/parent/ etc
• Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, present drop offs etc
• Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!
• wash windows through the whole downstairs if needed

Thursday ~ Almost done?

• GOBBLY GOBBLY OUT OF THE FREEZER TO DEFROST!!!
• Change any bedding that needs doing
• Is your cake iced?
• dust and deweb everywhere
• Wipe down all the worksurfaces in the kitchen
• Wipe all the units and appliances
• Sweep and mop the kitchen and dining area
• 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:

• 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!
• 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
• 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

lil_me

Plane due time just change to 23.10 tonight so maybe not as late as we were first told, just seeing if there is any trains that late ...

Living room and dining room coming along nicely, 6 boxes of gibble sorted during my energetic bimble

Just about to get change as need to brave metro hell to complete the Christmas shopping

Penelope_Penguin

saver-j wrote: »

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.

That's one of her choices Noooooooooooooooo, it isn;t - she's got Central School of Speech and Drama in there Can I ask what your friend is doing now, please?

LameWolf wrote: »

Marmite gravy..... really, just however you usually do gravy, with a good dollop of Marmite added.;) The way I do it (look away PenPen)

*shudder smilie* you know what it will smell of, don;t you

AnW'sMum

We are off to friends this evening to drop parcels off but thinking I might call at Mr M's on way back (they are open until 11pm) I can claim my £30 voucher and spend £40 at the same time plus drop off plastic recycling and get diesel. Will all depend on how long we gas for!!!

Mumof2_2

We've had such a lovely afternoon. We went to a nearby common in all our snowy kit/waterproof trousers etc and took our plastic sledges and had a fantastic time whizzing down 2 big hills!!!! I went on my own (very fast!), with DD on my lap (fine til we spun around and I sort of somersaulted over the top of her!) and with DS on my lap (slower than just myself but managed not to squat him!!) It was such fun and I feel years younger for it. Pip our Jack Russell thought we'd gone bonkers I think and kept chasing us! Then we went to SIL and had a cup of tea and chat so all good.

Got wrapping to do tonight and then have done everything on the list [STRIKE]apart from ironing[/STRIKE] which I'll also try to do. Oven is on for fish and oven chips so easy peasy tea.

Who was it said Christmas dinner is really just a fancy roast with a few gifts - that is so true and thank you so much for that!!!

maybemischief

I've not read all of the thread, I've been so busy!!!
Spent the afternoon upsatirs in the childrens rooms gtting them ready for Father christmas. 3 binbags later, lots of vacuuming and wiping clean. Its sparkling!!!
My 6yo decided she didnt want alot of her toys any more and she would like to give them to someone else, bless her!
Ive done some ironingtoday and SS everywhere so a productive day all in all. Now about to pour myself a 2nd glass of well deserved wine!

maybemischief

maybemischief wrote: »

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Now about to pour myself a 2nd glass of well deserved wine!

Excuse the typos, that'll be the reason!

saver-j

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

That's one of her choices Noooooooooooooooo, it isn;t - she's got Central School of Speech and Drama in there Can I ask what your friend is doing now, please?

Hmm Central School of Speech and Drama is now ringing a bell for me, I may have been mistaken and it may have been that one not Central St Martins? (years down the line memory is not always the best! I just remember the Central bit for certain) I'm happy to report my friend is a freelance costume designer. If you'd like me to get any more info for your DD please feel free to PM me and I'll see what I can do.

greenbee

Hex - silicon moulds aren't bad... I lost three out of 12. And you can use glitters and dusts in them too (my coffee ones are gold ). It's just a pain washing and drying between batches. And I suspect I might have a rather large pile of broken chocolates to eat by the time I've finished!

Ishtar

Hi all
Hope everyone is OK - thanks for your good wishes yesterday. Migraine seems to have gone, but it looks like I've caught DSs tonsillitis...probably the reason for the migraine TBH. Still, I've got some migraleve now, so next time I'll be ready.

I've been working through the lists and have added in my today's list. Can't wait until 2.30 on Christmas Eve, that's my deadline. If it ain't done by then, then I ain't doing it. I've promised DD that I'll take her to the Christingle service at the church. She's decided that she wants to be Christian and wants to be Christened. OH and I are Pagan - we decided to let her choose her own path...

Anyway, enough of the rambling...here's the list so far (if it's gone, I've done it).

Monday Mayhem..

• S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
• Clean the fridge to accommodate you bounty of food
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

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

Wednesday Mayhem..

• 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!!!
• Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.
• 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!
• Binbag dance
• Wipe down all the worksurfaces in the kitchen
• Wipe all the units and appliances
• Sweep and mop the kitchen and dining area

: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!)
• Bathtime to wear everyone out!
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom
• 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!

I still have a few bits to do. OH needs to go up into the loft to get down the table (we got one from freecycle big enough to seat 6 people - it's going down the charity shop in the new year), he also needs to put old toys up - they'll also be going to the charity shop in the new year. Due to snow, it's been closed for the last 5 days.

Off on pressie runs tomorrow and Friday, but afternoons are free for hoovering/tidying/mopping.

I WILL be ready by 2.30 on Christmas Eve!!!

Take care all, and have a good evening.
D
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