Weekly Flylady Thread 19th December 2011

Natty68

Natty's update: 5.52pm

Christmas Eve
Prepare veg - store in cold water overnight - we are off to D's parents for the day so no spud peeling here
Mix yorkie batter for tomorrow - as above
Prepare any other bits - stuffing, etc - sausage rolls and mince pies all cooked and cooling on the kitchen worktop
Presents!! - I don't want anyone wrapping at midnight! - unfortunately I was wrapping up until 3am Friday/Saturday morning
Do washing up before bed
Charge camera
Put your feet up with a drink or two!

:xmastree:Christmas Challenges:xmassmile

• Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! It is Boxing Day on Monday and Bank Holiday Tuesday so some shops are not open.. the big supermarkets are.
• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped!
• Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them!
• Get out any special Christmas crockery and placemats - make sure it is all clean and ready for use. - all sorted for Boxing Day and onwards
  
• Have you posted everything - last day for First Class mail is Tuesday!
  

Natty's List:

• Shower/get dressed
  
• Meds
• Make bed
• Deliver presents to T
• 15 min in living room
  
• Find D's missing present
• Hang wet washing on airer
• Wash load
• Wrap D's missing present and T's present to D that she forgot to buy:D
  
• Make mince pies
• Make sausage rolls
• Fish and Chip shop for tea

Nearly there...

MrsChaos

6pm was my original deadline, Natty - I'm not going to make it, but I've done better so far than in previous years.

I'll update my list in a moment.

Plan for today (in no particular order):
[STRIKE]DH baking? (I've ordered brandy snaps, jam tarts, shortbread)[/STRIKE] He also made some coffee kisses. Yum.
write and take last cards (street/local)
2HC wrap - WIP
[STRIKE]1HC bathroom[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]change bedding (DS2, us)[/STRIKE]
2HC (min) DR
QHC DS2's room
[STRIKE]dry and put away towels[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]wash, dry and [/STRIKE]put away bedding
bake (choosing from twinks, florentines, mince pies with frangipane topping)
WM x? WIP
stash laundry away
[STRIKE]dry laundry in WM[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]and put away[/STRIKE]

S&S kitchen/do floor after tea

bonnie_bumpkins

natty I'll join your 6pm club... and I've done it with 3 mins to spare :j

Christmas Eve
[STRIKE]Prepare veg - store in cold water overnight[/STRIKE] ALL AT MUM'S
[STRIKE]Mix yorkie batter for tomorrow[/STRIKE] N/A
[STRIKE]Prepare any other bits - stuffing, etc[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Presents!! - I don't want anyone wrapping at midnight![/STRIKE] ALL DONE :T
[STRIKE]Fill those stockings[/STRIKE] N/A [STRIKE]I'M TOO MEAN[/STRIKE] KIDS TOO OLD
Do washing up before bed
[STRIKE]Charge camera
Get binbags ready![/STRIKE]
Put your feet up with a drink or two! MAY DO LATER WHEN ALL DRIVING DONE

I'm ready!! Off to have a bath then collect kids and go to my parents. Monday - Thursday we are in South Wales with my sis and her family, including a very excited 3 year old and nearly 2 year old - I can't wait!!

I hope everyone's day goes swimmingly well. Cheers :beer:

BBxx

Solwaykid

Merry Christmas Flyladies! Not visited here for a long time but was thinking of you all. Solway x

Mum_on_a_mission_2

Hi ladies,

Lovely day so far - chilling with family, pootling about with odd jobs indoors, Crib Service which was noisy and fun. Even a trip to Sainsbugs was good - parking spaces and not very busy.

DS somewhat badly over excited, dragged me back from church announcing loudly that we had to go if not we would not be back home before Santa comes. I tried to explain that we had over 7 hours before he came, and that it was only a 5 minute journey. So he is now watching Polar Express and hopefully calming enough to eat some tea.

I'm going to carry on pottering with some ironing in between the cooking of various bits. Need some Christmassy music to keep me going until the midnight service. I didn't meat the deadline but I'm not stressed or fussed. A first in this house!

Have a lovely evening everyone,

Moam

hex2

:wave: Solway, I liked your driving home for christmas thing!

Merry Christmas everyone. We finished at 2pm, DH worked stupidly hard to help (has never been here on c'mas eve before) and I have a makeshift kitchen :j:j

PP - we went with the brine bucket, embb yes it is the Nigella thing.

vanilla

Updated list

Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level one
Clear and sweep/mop/hoover the floors
Level Two
15 minutes wiping anything that is grubby
Level three
Clean cooker and/or hob

Tuesday - Living Room, hall, downstairs loo, any other downstairs rooms you've missed
Level One
Declutter floors even if it's just into a box or binbag to hide away.
Sweep/mop/hoover floors and stairs
Level Two
HH wrap

Wednesday - Upstairs or Downstairs if it's a bungalow or a topsy-turvy house!
Level Two
Strip, wash and remake all beds

Friday - Are we ready yet?
S & S kitchen
HHC decluttering downstairs
Hoover downstairs

Christmas Eve
Fill those stockings
Do washing up before bed
Charge camera
Get binbags ready!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Wandered out into the seething throngs today. Actually, it wasn't that bad. And all the stuff about most of the shoppers being men on the news was absolute nonsense - there were men around, obviously, but not to the exclusion of anyone else.


Treated myself/us to a furry throw and matching cushions (grey wolf type - sorry LW! - btw, where are you? Never got to wish you a happy yule.) and a nice bathmat. The cushions have cats snoring on them (including one very small snorer who has toppled off twice and been replaced, the throw has a cat snoring on it and so does the bathmat. They seem to think these are their Christmas presents. :cool:



My bedroom is relatively clean (just don't look under the bed :eek:)

Everything is wrapped (might do some ribbons later if I am bored).

There are battery candles/tealights placed around (I always swore I wouldn't have them - then I moved into a timber framed house. No way am I using real ones!)


I have already filled the bin and there are no collections before next Saturday.


The chicken is stuffed and sitting in its pot. The cats have fought to the death for a piece of the backbone - Dizziee the Ninja Kitten was winning until the old boy stomped straight up to him and removed it from his mouth. Did I mention that as I put the chicken in its packaging on the floor as I got things out the fridge, Dizziee climbed straight in the bag and started trying to dig his way into it? :cool:


Spuds are steamed and in their tray waiting to be roasted tomorrow. Carrots are steamed and in their bowl to be reheated. All other veg is prepared, profiteroles are in the fridge and there is copious quantities of alcohol taking up every available space in the refrigerator. I was forced to make room by having a readymixed snowball - interesting, rather like an alcoholic sherbet lemon - and the freezer is now bursting at the seams with food, icecubes and vodka.


Tomorrow, or later tonight if the pub is boring, I shall do the table and scoot around looking for something I haven't done yet.


But I am off for a shower and warpaint application so I can wander down the road, into the couples and groups hell that is the pub on Christmas Eve.




Happy Christmas, ladies!

MissShoes

Everything is done in the house except changing the bed- will do this as I go to bed tonight. Everything else is perfect. Haven't posted but always lurk on this thread, really helpful. Merry xmas all!

MrsChaos

Children are in the bath together (DS1's idea) - can't remember the last time they did this. DH getting ready to go out. Tea more or less finished and DH's baking going down well. Reindeer food sprinkled and Christmas Eve goodies unpacked (new pjs, lush bath bombs, cheap DVDs and some chocs).

I'm reducing my list to what's possible/essential, but for once I feel ok about it. Better than not aiming high enough, I think.

Must do's:
drop DH off at the club and take a few bits and pieces to people
finish wrapping
continue with laundry, folding and putting away as I go
have a bath
DR
S&S kitchen before bed

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone.

ETA Bottle of Courvoisier ready to pour Santa's tipple.