Weekly Flylady Thread 20th December 2010

ajmoney

Monday Mayhem..

• [STRIKE]Clean the oven ready for your feast![/STRIKE] It is cleaner than it was and will do. Going to get a professional to get it perfect in the new year and theen I can keep on top of it.

Wednesday Mayhem..

• Bake some fairy cakes!!! Christmas eve job

Thursday ~ Almost done?

• [STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing nothing at all![/STRIKE] We are off to the Christmas markets today
• HHI
• [STRIKE]dust and deweb everywhere[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Play laundry catch up.. see if you can get it all done![/STRIKE]

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

juliejim

Let's have a look at the lists.

Monday Mayhem..

• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
• Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
• Make sure your timetable for christmas day is sorted and everyone knows their tasks.. who is spud peeling? Who is stuffing the bird etc..?
• Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts!

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!
• 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!
• 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!
• Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
• Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!

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!
• Catch up on the laundry again.. ironing is tomorrows job!
• Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!
• 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 and dining area
• Play laundry catch up.. see if you can get it all done!
• Wrap, wrap, wrap

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

• 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
• 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!!
• 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
• 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

Still quite a lot on my list but it's not looking too bad.

hex2

Monday Mayhem..

• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
• S&S the kitchen
• Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
• Dust round the whole 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!
• Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
• Wash any soft furnishings in need of freshening up

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
• Bake some mince pies and tarts etc.. yummies!!!
• Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!

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 and dining area
• Wrap, wrap, wrap

Getting better. Just going to have a coffee and then a HHC 12-12.30

PP - thanks for the florentine suggestion, going to go with that version with whatever stuff I have in the baking box.

ETA - Has anyone got/read the Flavour Thesaurus? see here - quite tempted but I buy cookbooks and don't use them.

helen_jelly

Triker wrote: »

I feel like just buying everything prepacked and premade for ease, which is terribly non moneysaving but I need to save my sanity.

My suggestion would be to .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . get prepacked and premade - enjoy Xmas - its not worth getting in a fuss about - enjoy Xmas - spend time with the family and not the oven!!

Helen x

juliejim

I'll join you hex

saver-j

Count me in for the HHC too. I need to get the bathroom blitzed.

lil_me

Just got off the phone to Thorntons which hindered my HHC, refund on it's way via paypal as I have given up on them, so off to catch up with the next one weeeeeee

Mumof2_2

Just done some cooking with the kids - I let them 'help' me do a beef casserole in the slow cooker and then we did some chocolate bugs from DD's sweets book she borrowed from the school library. Now everything is covered in flour and sticky golden syrup but we had fun (apart from the constant arguing about who was going to lick which spoon )!!

Way behind on my lists but do you know what, I'm not phased by it at all. I'll keep plodding on and what's done is done. Really feeling I want to spend nice time with the kids instead of go around in a whirlwind with my duster lol!

We've had some interesting birds on the tree today - I think it's a Redwing, never seen them before but looks like it according to my book. Think I could be turning into a bit of a twitcher on the side and said to DH I'd like one of those posh bird feeding stations for my birthday.

DH in bed asleep as feels rough so very glad we didn't go away. He's grumpy but I'm smiling sweetly and telling the kids not to worry cos Daddy's not well and, bless them, they're fine.

Triker, take a deep breath and do what you have to. Big hugs.

Mudbath, bet you look impressive with your black eyes! Where do you get those overshoes from? I'm like Bambi on ice when I go out!

Toots, hope you're OK my love.

Lil_me, oh no, not more snow. We've still got the stuff from the other day but nothing fresh.

Greenbee, I'll come to yours too if that's OK - I'm happy to help out as long as you feed me nice food !

Maxonian, glad to hear the bird is OK. Wrens are so sweet but surprisingly robust aren't they. I used to have 2 Manx and we had a steady stream of birds coming in in various states of health . Norty cat.

Samiell, how are you today?


Best tidy up the kitchen and get some lunch done now.

Penelope_Penguin

hex2 wrote: »

ETA - Has anyone got/read the Flavour Thesaurus? see here - quite tempted but I buy cookbooks and don't use them.

I've looked at it and it's a lovely book One for reference and inspiration rather than actual recipes, for me at least.

Mince pies done, kitchen tidied, but more to do

Dusty - the children really appreciated the apple pancakes - for brunch

I'll join the HHC :j

LameWolf

Hi everyone.

I hope all those with bumps and bruises are feeling better - reading about Mudbath's poor nose brought tears to my eyes, literally! Only time I've had a really nasty bash to the nose was when the KH hit me one time, but that was yonks ago. I've made a mental note to get some arnica cream for our first aid cupboard, as it sounds like it's very useful.

I'm very tired today - Mr LW wanted to sit up talking til about 02:00 last night; normally, I'd tell him to belt up and get some kip, but under the circumstances, I figured it'd be cathartic, so I let him continue as long as he wanted.

BM is on at the moment; I'll give everything in the kitchen a wipe over once that's finished, and I suppose I'd better do another eviction job on the resident spiders. *rolleyes*

Going to have a Quorn and onion sandwich and a cup of coffee now (I need the caffeine!) then I'd better plod on.:o

See you later.....