Christmas Flylady Thread 24th December 2012

trulymadlydeeply_indebt!

Evening ladies - hope you are all well?

Been pottering around the house all day and it is now looking lovely.

Wm x 2, TD x 2, emptied glass cabinet and washed shelves, Dishes x 5!!!!!, dog bed in washing machine, Kitchen, Lounge and Utility floors swept, hoovered and mopped. Recycling done, recycling buckets bleached out and dried, finished wrapping presents, cooker and hob cleaned. Just sat chilling now and going for a pamper in the bath soon.

Thanks for the lists again - you have made such a difference to my home ladies.

Enjoy your Christmas everyone

TMD xx

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...
Dust round the whole downstairs
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.
Toy boxes can be banished upstairs!
Prepare veg for christmas dinner .. store covered in cold water overnight, it will be fine!
S&S the bathroom
Set up the video & camera!!! Fully charged and ready to roll!!

The_Dragon

Last few bits finished - now to sit down with some red grape juice (*hic*) and enjoy the evening!

MrsChaos

I ended up having a nap after lunch (sure sign that I'm not 100% yet), but the LR is looking as good as it will be (just need to finish hoovering one bit) and we have somewhere to eat tomorrow, even if the cat has walked over the white tablecloth. :cool:

Beds are stripped and DS2's is ready with clean bedding, he has had a bath and is in his new pyjamas. We've just had our traditional warm ham sarnies and I'm chilling with a cuppa (while keeping an eye on Santa's progess ).

So the plan for the rest of the evening:
Wrap a few presents and write cards so I can deliver them before collecting DS1 from work at 9pm.
Wrap rest of presents (the majority ), have a nice glass of something and get to bed.
Leave out treats for Santa and Rudolph.
I may or may not get in the bath/watch a film with DS2 - depends on time/how tired he is. We'll see.

Have a lovely evening, everyone.

Dustykitten

48 pigs snugglyin their blankets. Now for a new cake recipe.

Natty68

I did it - I managed to finish the list, and by 3pm too...:j:j:j

:xmastree:Christmas Eve - FRANTIC FRENZY:xmastree:

• [STRIKE]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!
• Have we located stockings?
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom/s and loo's[/STRIKE]
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• Phone someone you 'forgot' to post a card/present to in time.. just so they know you've not forgotten them...
• Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself.. reading.. relaxing.. goggling... remember you are important too.

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• [STRIKE]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[/STRIKE]
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• Vacuum through downstairs.. and the stairs!
• Mop the kitchen floor!
• Get rid of the washing up.. delegation is good!
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• Declutter your desk.. or anywhere else that has all your paperwork on.
• 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!
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• Tidy up coats and shoes and suchlike
• WRAP WRAP WRAP!
• Make a note of when the binmen are coming!!!
• Spend half an hour doing NOTHING!!.. absolutely nothing!!!! Just sit.. and relax with a drink and a treat![/STRIKE]
  
• [STRIKE]Have we located sacks for presents?
  
• 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
• Sort out the plan for christmas eve.. shop runs, present drop offs etc[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
• Final clean out of pets/litter trays etc
• S&S the kitchen
• S&S the bathroom
• Straighten the tree
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• Quick whizz over the clutter and carpets..
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• 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!

skint_breeder_5

Oh well, DS went down for his nap and slept me under the table I hate feeling ill

absolutely no further forward than I was earlier

brb - ok now the ensuite is cleaned :rotfl: and fresh sheets on my bed

I must, must, must get the turkey stuffed with fruit and the oven programmed as I doubt that I will be functioning at 5am

And.....now its time for dinner....*singing* it's beginning to look a lot like "Sandwiches!" :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Well, I may or may not be back on here later....happy holidays one and all :D:D

Rowan_tree_2

Hi there and many good wishes to all the lovely fly-ladies.

I got back on Sunday afternoon from a weekend in Gloucestershire, just in time to get some nice fresh food from my local M and S, now are all sorted on the food front!

All presents are wrapped and mostly given out, except for OH's, I will do his tomorrow afternoon over a cuppa (Christmas Day) as we don't open ours until Boxing Night. Been mad busy as doing last bits of cleaning etc (thank you Natty for the invaluable list), walked next door's dogs and been to work! Also had friend round for coffee for two hours, so not had a minute to spare.

Tonight I've finished wrapping a few things for work, and finished off a few things the residents have made for their families/loved ones, as I'm in tomorrow and my job is to help the residents open their gifts, play and sing carols to them and generally act as hostess dishing out sherry and chocolates to the residents and their visitors, so I can't really complain about working, can I! It should be a nice day and I should be able to come after lunch.

So, Merry Christmas one and all and I hope everybody's Christmas wishes come true! Love, R x

Mumto5

Pavlova in oven. DH gone mad as he wants to cook pigs in blankets. I am supposed to cook at a time convenient with him that's why I did the first cake at 6.30am so as not to be using the oven for cooked breakfast. He was pushing zzzz's. fed up!

DS1 has eaten the top crust off the loaf cake I left cooking on the wire rack. I'm so exasperated with him.

I'm nearly on top of preparations. Small disaster is we only have 4 tea bags left!

If I don't come up for air in the next 48 hours I hope everyone has a fabulous festive Christmas.

Lots of Flylady love to all my dear friends in this inspiring thread xxx

Dustykitten

Cake in the AGA smelling scrummy, hope it turns out ok. Next to wrap the last bits by 9.35 so I can watch outnumbered.

Have a wonderful day tomorrow, you deserve peace and happiness, everyone of you x

Rowan_tree_2

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

Oh well, DS went down for his nap and slept me under the table I hate feeling ill

absolutely no further forward than I was earlier

brb - ok now the ensuite is cleaned :rotfl: and fresh sheets on my bed

I must, must, must get the turkey stuffed with fruit and the oven programmed as I doubt that I will be functioning at 5am

And.....now its time for dinner....*singing* it's beginning to look a lot like "Sandwiches!" :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Well, I may or may not be back on here later....happy holidays one and all :D:D

Hi Skintbreeder

You take it as steady as you can and I hope you get as restful (and enjoyable) Christmas as you can. R x