Weekly Flylady Thread 20th December 2010

Penelope_Penguin

Maxonian wrote: »

Will someone please fling a fluffy mule? CBA!!!!!!!!!
I have used every delaying tactic in the book......

Here you are Join me and the children in a frantic rush to do lots of little jobs

toochoosey

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!
• do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

• Iron yesterdays wash mountain
• Declutter your desk.. if it is anything like mine it is full of receipts and invoices!
• Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
• 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 bathroom/s and loo's
• 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?

• 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

Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRIDAY FRENZY

• 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
• 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

Ok,HHI at 3 join me if you can....................xx

juliejim

Good Luck Mazz - you'll wow them!

Still wrapping - it's stocking fillers which take forever!

Maxonian

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Here you are Join me and the children in a frantic rush to do lots of little jobs

Thanks Penpen. First time I've laughed all day............ok I'm off........

gratefulforhelp_2

Two loads of washing done and DH doing the kitchen floor. Wrapping later, when smalls in bed.

pigpen

Monday Mayhem..

• Clean the oven and hob ready for your feast!
• Have we located stockings?

Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

• WRAP WRAP WRAP!
• Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!

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!!!
• Vacuum the whole of the upstairs!

Thursday ~ Almost done?

• deweb everywhere
• Wipe down all the worksurfaces in the kitchen

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

• Prepare veg for christmas dinner .. store covered in cold water overnight, it will be fine!
• PRESENTS ..
• Wash pots before bed!
• Bathtime to wear everyone out!
• Final clean out of pets/litter trays etc
• 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..

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!
• Before children go to KHs 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.
• 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

Penelope_Penguin

Most jobs for today are now done, so I'm going to do some sewing while I still have daylight, then HHI later




Tuesday - Time's nearly up!!!

• [STRIKE]Children... quick.. tidy your rooms you don't want Santa thinking you don't look after your stuff.. he might not leave any presents!
  
• [/STRIKE][STRIKE]Tidy up coats and suchlike
  
• [/STRIKE][STRIKE]clean[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1 kitchen windows[/STRIKE]

Wonderful Wednesday........

• make Florentines
• sweep porch
• Make sure the remaining presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up while 5am on Christmas morning wrapping!
• Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them...
• Dust and vacuum the whole of the upstairs!
• [STRIKE]do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs[/STRIKE]

Thursday ~ Almost done?

• Change any bedding that needs doing
• [STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing nothing at all!
• Check when payments need to be made, if possible set them up to go on the right date through the bank.
• [/STRIKE]HHI
• Get out and wash any special crockery you might need to use
• [STRIKE]dust and deweb everywhere
• Binbag dance
• [/STRIKE]Wipe down all the worksurfaces in the kitchen
• Wipe all the units and appliances
• Sweep and mop the kitchen and dining area
• [STRIKE]Play laundry catch up.. see if you can get it all done!
• [/STRIKE][STRIKE]Bring in the logs and coal you might be needing the next couple of days[/STRIKE]
• Wrap, wrap, wrap
• Clean the hob ready for your feast!

• stuff turkey - stuffing is made and awaiting DH to help me stuff
• locate pudding and steamer
• pick sprouts
• iron my duvet cover
• fill coal scuttle

Friday!!!

• clean out bunny we're sitting
• put bins out
• put box in the porch for glass and other recycling
• prepare party food
• ditch old oven gloves and get out new ones
• tea towels to the wash
• wash all bath towels
• clean bed linen - my Christmas Eve treat
• make granary bread
• defrost croissants, cranberries and pigs in blankets
• chill chanpagne; bring out red wine :beer:

toochoosey

Still ironing, starting to flag now though, I think the stupid cold is coming back.....will plod on while watching Narnia........xx

juliejim

Wrapping now finished thank goodness.

Now need to start on jobs downstairs.

HHC 4.15 - 4.45 anyone?

LameWolf

Thursday ~ Almost done?

• Spend at least half an hour doing nothing at all! I don't get on too well with doing nothing at all – BD tends to sneak in on me – so settled for HHYoga.;)
• dust and deweb everywhere Done
• Binbag dance Done
• Wipe down all the worksurfaces in the kitchen Done
• Wipe all the units and appliances Done
• Sweep and mop the kitchen and dining areaDone
• Play laundry catch up.. see if you can get it all done! Done

Remaining jobs done; Max the Greyhound has arrived for the week, and I have another doggy booking from 31st Dec to 3rd January!:j

I've also bottled up the blackberry vodka, which I almost forgot about.:eek: