Christmas Flylady Thread 24th December 2012

short_bird

@ Honeybear: No probs!

Here's a couple more:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHIx6ViBplo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysIzPF3BfpQ

juliejim

Morning All

Shopping all done now - Mr As at 6.45 then into town a bit later on a slipper hunt for my dad!

Going to do some wrapping now and then I need to carry on sorting downstairs and prepare the food before everyone arrives between 5 and 5.30.

Merry Christmas everyone

Jue

kazmeister

ok waiting for bathroom so list found on PC

:xmastree:Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRENZY:xmastree:

• [STRIKE]Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next [/STRIKE]

• [STRIKE]
  weekmilk and bread especially! It is Bank Holiday on
  Wednesday so some shops are not open.. the big
  supermarkets are.
  [/STRIKE]
  
  
  
• [STRIKE]Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]into the early hours on Christmas morning wrapping![/STRIKE]
  
  
  
  
• [STRIKE]Have we located stockings?[/STRIKE] Sacks - Yes!
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
• Make sure your timetable for christmas day is sorted and everyone knows their tasks.. who is spud peeling? Who is stuffing the bird etc..?
• Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them... - could call Steve n Nic who were going to get back to use with when we could meet up before xmas!
• [STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.[/STRIKE] Done that BBT x 2
• Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts!
  
• Dust round the whole downstairs
• Have a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs
• Children... quick.. tidy your rooms you don't want Santa thinking you don't look after your stuff.. he might not leave any presents! DD did hers last night! DS home later and will be instructed but he is 20
• Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
• Mop the kitchen floor!
• Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
• [STRIKE]Get out any special christmas crockery and make sure it is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too![/STRIKE] Gave it to charity shop as it only ever came out at Christmas
• [STRIKE]Declutter your desk.. or anywhere else that has all your paperwork on[/STRIKE]. Never in a month of Sundays as its in room of doom
• [STRIKE]Hopefully you have had a skim through the TV guide and decided what you want to watch.. it saves missing bits of stuff if you know what is on and when!! If not then make 5 minutes to do it today. Don't forget to make time for Queenie![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Toy boxes can be banished upstairs![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]WRAP WRAP WRAP! [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!! [/STRIKE]- Thursday
• [STRIKE]Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and [/STRIKE][STRIKE]relax with a drink and a treat! [/STRIKE]
  
  
  
• [STRIKE]Have we located sacks for presents? [/STRIKE]
  
• Bake some mince pies and tarts etc.. yummies!!! I know it's a bit late but if I can do it then you can too
• [STRIKE]Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, present drop offs etc[/STRIKE] - stay at home
• Prepare veg for christmas dinner .. store covered in cold water overnight, it will be fine!
• [STRIKE]Mix yorky pud batter for tomorrow and pop in the fridge overnight .. it is so much better if you leave it to stew.. quick whisk as use as normal[/STRIKE] Aunt Bessies
• Prepare any other bits.. stuffing, salad etc. Make starters before bed.. sneaky but a great idea! will make Lemon/Dill mayo for the salmon
• Wash pots before bed!
• Bath time to wear everyone out..
• Final clean out of pets/litter trays etc
• [STRIKE]S&S the kitchen[/STRIKE] on list twice
• [STRIKE]S&S the bathroom[/STRIKE] on list twice
• Straighten the tree
• [STRIKE]Prepare eggnog, mulled wine or other festive beverage[/STRIKE] declined but will put wine in fridge
• [STRIKE]Get the roll of binbags at the ready[/STRIKE] in the kitchen drawer
• Set up the video & camera!!! Fully charged and ready to roll!! will double check it later but only recently charged
• [STRIKE]Quick whizz over the clutter and carpets.. [/STRIKE]kinda included in the other stuff
• 
  
• 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!

toochoosey

List update......

Things are working differently this week.. because Christmas Day is very nearly upon us

:xmastree:Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRENZY:xmastree:

• Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! It is Bank Holiday on Wednesday so some shops are not open.. the big supermarkets are.
• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up into the early hours on Christmas morning wrapping!

[/B]

• Dust round the whole downstairs
• Have a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs
• Children... quick.. tidy your rooms you don't want Santa thinking you don't look after your stuff.. he might not leave any presents!
• Declutter your desk.. or anywhere else that has all your paperwork on.
• Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
• WRAP WRAP WRAP!
• Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!
  [/B]
• 
  
• Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, present drop offs etc
• Wash pots before bed!
• Bath time to wear everyone out..
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom
• Straighten the tree
• 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!

going to get washed and dressed now, meet Mum at the shops and get the last bits(((????)))

Will finish the lists off when we get back, hopefully it won't be too late...........xx

The_Dragon

:xmastree:Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRENZY:xmastree:

• [STRIKE]S&S the kitchen[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]S&S the bathroom/s and loo's[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. googling... remember you are important too.[/STRIKE]

• [STRIKE]Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good[/STRIKE]!
• Get out any special christmas crockery and make sure it is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
• [STRIKE]Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike[/STRIKE]
• 
  [STRIKE]Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat![/STRIKE]

[*]Bake some mince pies and tarts etc.. yummies!!! I know it's a bit late but if I can do it then you can too
[*]S&S the bathroom
[*]Relax, enjoy yourselves and have a lovely time with your family!!

skint_breeder_5

Natty68 wrote: »

:xmastree:Christmas week starts here:xmastree:

Thank you for the list last week Dusty


Things are working differently this week.. because Christmas Day is very nearly upon us

:xmastree:Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRENZY:xmastree:

• Make sure you have all the shopping you need to take you through to next week.. milk and bread especially! It is Bank Holiday on Wednesday so some shops are not open.. the big supermarkets are. - Just found the sugar caddy is empty....sweetners are fine for me, but if someone drops by for a cuppa unexpectedly I can't be stirring icing sugar in their tea instead :rotfl:
  [STRIKE]
• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up into the early hours on Christmas morning wrapping![/STRIKE] all done
  [STRIKE]
• Have we located stockings?[/STRIKE]
  [STRIKE]
• S&S the kitchen[/STRIKE] DD1, DD2 and DD3 were read the riot act last night, so this has been done
• S&S the bathroom/s and loo's
• Make sure your timetable for christmas day is sorted and everyone knows their tasks.. who is spud peeling? Who is stuffing the bird etc..? Might have to revise this in light of shortage of spoons today
• [STRIKE]Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them...
  [/STRIKE] - sent an email off to new found family in NZ as they are running ahead of us
• Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.

[STRIKE]
• Change pet bedding and wash blankies etc.. we don't want them putting you off your christmas sprouts![/STRIKE] no pets here at the Skint Ritz

• Dust round the whole downstairs
  [STRIKE]
• Have a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs[/STRIKE] done last night except the room of doom which is shut off from the world
  [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] DD3 was warned that after 3 days of not putting her washing and gumf away I would perform a 27 fling boogie on ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that I found - funnily enough its now tidy :D:D
• [STRIKE]Vacuum through downstairs[/STRIKE] I did this last night.. and the stairs! I might need to find a spoon for this or delegate, but the stairs do need attention
• Mop the kitchen floor!
  [*[STRIKE]]Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good![/STRIKE] part of the riot act
• Get out any special christmas crockery and make sure it is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too! - need to delegate DD1 and DD2 bringing plastic garden table in to be washed and sterilised.
• [STRIKE]Declutter your desk.. or anywhere else that has all your paperwork on.[/STRIKE] its hidden away ready for ringing and filing between Xmas and New Years when everywhere starts to open again
• Hopefully you have had a skim through the TV guide and decided what you want to watch.. it saves missing bits of stuff if you know what is on and when!! If not then make 5 minutes to do it today. Don't forget to make time for Queenie!
  [STRIKE]
• Toy boxes can be banished upstairs![/STRIKE] toy boxes neatened up and tucked under coffee table last night :j
  [STRIKE]
• Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike[/STRIKE] all school bags and school gibble banished to girls wardrobes last night- pegged all DS shoes back into pairs, everyone elses shoes matched up, spare hangers put under stairs for visitors to avoid bannister clutter
  [STRIKE]
• WRAP WRAP WRAP![/STRIKE] if I ain't bought it now, they ain't getting it :j
  [STRIKE]
• Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!![/STRIKE] I have one hour to get to the dump with the recycling I have sorted to make space for wrapping gibble, plastic bottles etc....as I don't want it all blown round the garden to pick up by me after the event
  
• Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!
  
• [STRIKE]Have we located sacks for presents?[/STRIKE]nope, stockings filled with fillers and presents under tree for ages (one present has suffered a partial de-wrap by DS, which he keeps looking at trying to guess what's inside)
  [STRIKE]
• Bake some mince pies and tarts etc.. yummies!!! I know it's a bit late but if I can do it then you can too [/STRIKE] DS and I baked cherry pies and animal biscuits on Saturday - so no more pies for us
• Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, [STRIKE]present drop offs[/STRIKE] etc - work in progress
• Prepare veg for christmas dinner .. store covered in cold water overnight, it will be fine! remember to put a saucer ontop of veggies - esp potatoes and parsnips to keep them submerged, nothing looks worse than grey potatoes
• Mix yorky pud batter for tomorrow and pop in the fridge overnight .. 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!
• Wash pots before bed!
• Bath time to wear everyone out..
• Final clean out of pets/litter trays etc
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom
  [STRIKE]
• Straighten the tree
  [/STRIKE] stray baubles retrieved and stuck back on tree last night -GGRRRR can't wait to get the wretched thing down completely
  [STRIKE]
• Prepare eggnog, mulled wine or other festive beverage[/STRIKE] agreed with DD1 and DD2 it is a booze free Xmas - I am not at home to Miss Hangover or Miss I -Am- Never- Going- to- Drink- Again - and I am not driving either of the Misses mentioned to casualty for alcohol related incidents either :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  [STRIKE]
• Get the roll of binbags at the ready[/STRIKE]
• Set up the video & camera!!! Fully charged and ready to roll!! - Good idea Natty always forget and end up with 30 seconds phone footage instead
• 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!

Oh, and between DD1, DD2, DD3 and I we need to get the WM constantly fed ....I have 4 baskets all colour sorted in utility ready to go in - this always happens when decorating....Mount Washmore takes over the house, but at least it is sorted into Reds, Whites, Blues and Blacks.....

Ok time to get to the dump and queue, and get the sugar while I am out and about - DD2 will be on DS duty


list not as horrific as I feared- like eating an elephant, do it one chunk at a time :rotfl: right, I must get going NOW!!!!!

Jazee

Hello again. I have had a very busy morning. Everything is now prepped for tomorrow, and everything except cheese dishes now ready for buffet tonight.

Have decided to text people rather than phone as they may be a bit busy but not feel they can say so.

So thats next with my cuppa, will then have a last minute clean.

LameWolf

Hi all

Just on "damage limitation" as opposed to Flying this week, I think.....:cool:

Helen many thanks for the offer of a fan heater and clothes horse, but honestly, we're fine. It's a really tiny bungalow, and as the weather's not desperately cold, the gas fire in the lounge and the portable fan heater we have are coping; also I have three clothes horses, just a chronic shortage of space to put them!:D

I'm pretty much up to scratch with the washing now, did a WM load of Mr LW's stuff overnight (as Dave sleeps on the bed, I could get away with it) and currently have one A-frame over the bath and the smaller one standing in the lounge, to the side of the gas fire.

Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, the immersion heater has packed up also. So have to boil the kettle to get any hot water now.

Anyways, Mr LW's boss has said he can wfh on Thursday;:T:T:T I was absolutely bricking it at the thought of coping alone with workmen in the house.:eek::eek::eek:

Dave has gone home, and Daisy has arrived. She's in her bed at the moment; I shall have to see if she fancies a walk shortly.:o

nicki_2

Quick list update before I start cleaning jobs. I've cleared the ironing pile, now I'm going to go and throw the vacuum around upstairs so DD can go and clean the bathroom floor and deal with in there while I get on with other jobs downstairs. She's currently watching Scooby-Doo which I can't stand but is clearing much needed space on the box

:xmastree:Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRENZY:xmastree:

• Make sure the last of the presents are wrapped I will not have people sitting up into the early hours on Christmas morning wrapping!
• S&S the kitchen - make that "clean kitchen"
• S&S the bathroom/s and loo's - make that "clean bathroom"

• Have a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs
• 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!
• Get out any special christmas crockery and make sure it is all clean and nice to use.. placemats etc too!
• Declutter your desk.. or anywhere else that has all your paperwork on.
• WRAP WRAP WRAP!
• Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat!
  

• Bake some mince pies
  
• Wash pots before bed!
• Bath time to wear everyone out..
• 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!

Also I need to:

• Clean kitchen ceiling off (horrible black marks)
• Finish icing cake (after DD has gone to bed)
• Remake beds
• Wash bedding/clothing (first load is already in!) after baths so there is minimal washing from tomorrow!
• Make room on the fr33vi3w box for all the things we want to record over the next few days, only about 12+ hours worth of TV to watch plus todays recordings :eek:

Off to do upstairs :wave:

toochoosey

Friend popped in with cards and gifts an a cheeky Christmas drink.............my GUAG seems to have gone with her now!!! I popped to the co-op for bits so not going to the shops with Mum..............Must finish the lists though.............5 mins first...............or a swift kick?!?!?!?!?