Chrimbo Flylady Challenge

shell2001

Following a couple of days absence due to DD's ear infection (coughing all night!!!) I am back into it today. As Mum comes tommorrow and i am out all morning at the toddler group xmas party i need to finish of the deep clean today so:-

General Cleaning:-

Hoover stairs
[STRIKE]Clean laminate floor in hall[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Hoover all bedrooms [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]General daily dust and hoover downstairs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Shine sink etc[/STRIKE]

Conservatory (target area for today):eek: :eek:
[STRIKE]Move everything and hoover[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean windows inside and out[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Find new home for shoe cupboard that was dumped in here from hall![/STRIKE]!
Sort out timer for electric heater panel - the time has come
[STRIKE]Sort through kids storage shelves (shouldnt be too bad did this in half-term):D [/STRIKE]

Downstairs loo

[STRIKE]Swish and wipe
Hoover
Clean window[/STRIKE]

X-mas party tasks

[STRIKE]Finish off snowman for pin the nose on the snowman[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wrap present for above
Wrap pass the parcel[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Get party hat making equipment together
Get together inflatable ball and pom-poms[/STRIKE]
Get register and photo permission form printed
Make flapjacks - in oven smelly yum:drool:

Other tasks

Make pie ready for tea tomorrow
[STRIKE]Put up tree and lights in Kids room[/STRIKE]
Make curry from yesterdays chicken and freeze for weekend.
sure there are lots more will update as I come across them

did upstairs deep clean yesterday despite only having about 3 hours sleep so was pleased to get that done.

Well done everyone - lets get cracking:T

moggins

Brilliant going everyone.

Deccies went up on time last night. I am really pleased with that. Todays task is to clear away all the stuff left over and clean the bathroom and kitchen.

snoozer

Aaaagh,

Keep having to tell myself I am not behind, like Flylady does!

Didn't finish the card labels, must do so tonight!!!

But did clear the hall and landing of assorted bags of presents and decs.

Also managed a load of washing, although ds' best shirt still has brown (beer?) stains on it, faded though so I'm hopeful I'll manage to get it out completely.

Also swished the bathroom.

Went home at lunchtime and cut greenery from the garden to deck the mantels and staircase so will put them up when I get home.

pavlovs_dog

just come in to boast about the amazing day i have had. i was nosing around on flylady, and took to heart her sentiment that you cannot organise clutter. ive thrown out stuff ive hung onto for years. i even ventured into the loft :eek:

perhaps my biggest achievement is being brave enough to admit that i will probably never get around to ebaying the growing pile of stuff set aside for such a purpose...so have bagged it all up for the chairty shop. it feels like such a release :beer:

have some more tidying to do, and then i am going to settle down to read some of the selling books on amazon threads :j

catznine

I still haven't done a list! :eek: but I am reading all the posts on here and taking ideas from everyone elses lists, hope you don't mind?

Today I defrosted and cleaned the upright freezer and sorted out the chest freezer.

I also managed to pot up 5 jars of mincemeat so just have the mincemeat pies to do.

I have only written about a dozen cards so far so that's on the list.

Oh heck so much to do and so little time!

tru

I've made a start. And I've decided to stop. I defrosted and cleaned out the freezer, Mr tru didn't close it properly last night so it's all full of ice again :mad: I've been getting madder and madder since lunchtime (when I noticed it was slightly open), if he doesn't come home from work soon I'll have exploded before he gets here and he won't see the full effect of my [strike]madness[/strike] anger.

DeniseNZ

Well done, pavlovsdog!! That is a great achievement!

I'm off to buy pressies this morning. Was meant to get office stuff sorted, but am in the mood for shopping so off I go . . .

Catch ya later.

pavlovs_dog

one thing ive found when decluttering is that carrier bags are better than black bags

a carrier is your friend. he is small, and easy to fill... much smaller and easier to fill than a binbag. if you set yourself the challenge of getting rid of a bag of rubbish/clutter (be it to the bin/charity/to be recycled ) it is much easier to fill a small bag. the task feels less daunting, and emotionally you dont feel like you are parting with so much stuff.

usually, by the time you have filled your carrier, you are in the swing of things, and before you know it, you have a binbag equivilent's worth of stuff to chuck/re-home/ recycle

:T

lil_me

Argh been so busy that haven't had chance to post on here, but anyway DS2s room now complete and have sorted several bags of clothes for the charity shop aswell. 2 car fulls (blooming big Jeep aswell) have gone to the tip, I've filled 2 wheelie bins every week for 3 weeks now. 2 bags ready for school fayre. Sure my house will be breathing a sigh of relief. DS1s to work on tomorrow.

Just realised how close Christmas is, I got so organised buying the boys presents in October, then I have left everything else and now I have loads to buy and not much time. Going to make a few calls tomorrow to try and sort some out!

DeniseNZ

Update:

Pre Christmas List

Check on Christmas booty I already have bought
Find tree and decorations - DONE
Decide where tree and decorations will go - DONE
Clean above-mentioned area - DONE
Put up tree - DONE
Sort and put up decorations DONE
Buy pressies that are required Nearly finished.
Wrap pressies
Decide whether I'll send Christmas cards this year.

Also added to list:

Clean oven
Check prices on some gift ideas - DONE

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Pavlovsdog you are right about using a smaller bag. It helps with the 'baby steps', doesn't stress you out as much either if you're new to decluttering and are a bit reluctant to let some stuff go. Hugs to you, you are doing so well.