Cruising towards Christmas and the New Year - it's the December Flylady thread.

[CotswoldStrife]

Ho, ho, ho - welcome to the December Flylady thread. We'll be following the Flylady method and enforcing order on our houses. Feel free to join in. The monthly focus for December is pampering

I'll be posting links to the daily missions, daily focus and the zone cleaning - don't worry about the detailed zone cleaning if you haven't already decluttered, Flylady recommends decluttering first.

You can probably already tell my personal level of dedication to the internet, not the house as I've looked up the Christmas smileys specially. No washing up was done in the making of this post.

I'll post the first December links tonight!

I really need do something,anything but get up n go got up and ran away!!
We've had lunch.dishes sat on table,.voice totally left,just whispery croak coming out,so case stamp feet want zoolets attention??

I'm just watching the episode on catch up! Guilty pleasure TV for me :o

Need to put another wash on and sitting here wondering how the fuck could I manage more than I already do with only 2 kids lol

I hate this lull between xmas and nye/when everyone goes back to work. You feel like you should be doing something nice but its too miserable/cold/wet outside and money all spent over xmas.

cag I must admit I felt bit like that after found out pref with no4.at this point dd1 just left be at dads most time. Dd2 was nearly 3,D's was 15mnths and had just been diagnose genetic prob that was causing developmental delay.he at that point could just about sit unsupported,wasn't gain weight properly and was under physio,speech,child dev clinic.I felt my life revolve round sodding apps and wondered what the dickens I'd done but you cope.you have to!!he took first steps with push along walker(as we call it baby zimmer)just after I had lil zoo and manage first steps couple day before 2nd bday.proud day that was?!!looking back o wonder how hell I managed as dp just changed jobs and wasn't entitle time off so I had c sect and came home 2days later n just got on with it!!

Celeste me too - have been faffing about all day and feel like I've got nothing done AND not relaxed properly - worst of both worlds :(

Hi all.

tadas
sorted books out,
delivered books
found out one of my customers passed away, lovely lady
went shopping,
put shopping away
cleared out fridge
cleaned kitchen
done 2 loads of washing
fed scuttlets
fed scuttpets

to do
relax
update bujo

Following on from you guys

Ta das
Made the bed
Emptied and reloaded dishwasher
Cooked breakfast and dinner
Put the bin out and back in

To dos
Put clothes away
Start my bujo for the new year

Ok what I HAVE done - focusing on that -

Washed up last night's cereal bowls etc so decks clear to start day
Shined kitchen sink
Swept kitchen floor
5 mins hot spots
15 mins decluttering in kitchen

newchick baby steps

Haughty?I'd never describe anyone on thus thread like that
You know I ment naughty!!

Well you have made me laugh Zoo so thank you :)

Zoo . Hi all! Celeste, I love this time of year! As a child I hated it as there was the crashing come down after Xmas. As as adult though I love it, although I see what you mean about the money . It's the fact that everything seems that bit more relaxed.

I am also planning to watch 19 kids at some point - I love those programmes! I have been a proper shouty mum with my two today and the thought of 19...?????!!!!! Hoping for better things tomorrow as today has been pretty miserable with both DDs on a proper post - Xmas comedown.

On the plus side I have downloaded the home routines app and am very excited . It gives you stars for doing things on your routines and works with Flylady. Must get up off the sofa now and will post lists in a bit.

Ta da:-
Studying - have done as much research and planning as I'll have time to now so need to get writing properly from tomorrow which will mean writing late at night .
Thank you cards - by narrowing it down to only one person really needing a thank you card and the others getting texts so have two texts to send tomorrow and the girls need to sign one card.
Organised some of the home routines app lists - hopefully this will be something else to get me on track and not another way to procrastinate .
Bit of decluttering
Took some rags to charity shop

To do:-
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Cleared out our bookcase as well today, 6 carrier bags later...
Decorations are coming down tomorrow as they are starting to annoy me and I'm hoping to sort out the airing cupboard as I can't open it without towels flying at me!
Really getting into this decluttering, although I have lapsed on the basic jobs today, dishwasher hasn't been loaded after dinner so that will roll over til tomorrow, kitchen isn't clean and the coffee table is covered in sweet wrappers, but I've come to bed to forget about it all and start again tomorrow!

toostressy I had that app ages ago and loved it, have re downloaded it, thanks for the reminder!

I'll do the new thread tomorrow , honest. Scoop up anyone who wants to join us in 2017.

Have been out this afternoon, bought a lovely sewing machine for me to use and some other shopping. We will be in for New Year (what is everyone else doing?) so will just do a buffet/snacks/treats thing for us to pick at.

Will post the links, see you tomorrow (trying to stay away from that app that has been mentioned ...)

The daily summary for Saturday, New Year’s Eve (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day.

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Baby-step no 31 - think about signing up for the individual emails (as there can be quite a lot of them, we would advise caution!)

No zone work or missions at the weekends – woo hoo, enjoy!

The daily focus for Saturday is: family fun day

The monthly habit for December is pampering!

The Christmas Clean-Up missions are here day 6 today.

Right - have set up the new thread. This thread will, of course, be running tomorrow and I'll see you here to bring in the New Year and all the mahoosive amounts of work we will be doing on NYE.

The first links of 2017 will be posted here

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/housekeeping/2815543-Neat-and-clean-in-2017-its-the-January-Flylady-thread

Thank you Cotswold! I am going to try and keep up with the thread better next month, I've really lapsed lately.

Tomorrow we're going to a friend's for food, board games etc. It's lovely as our kids all get on well and us grown ups all love games so should be a nice chilled evening. Although DH only finishes work at 10 so he's got to make a dash there. We're staying over which is a bit scary for me!

I need to get organised and decide what games to take!

I've written a huge list of all the stuff that needs doing in January. Ugh.

Thanks for the new thread.

Yesterday was a whole day of test driving things and I'm still not decided. The shortlist has been narrowed to two which is definitely progress. Going to try and get it sorted in the next few days or so.

I've almost caught up with Mount Washmore. There's a lot of random stuff around the house so the plan is to at least get everything into the right rooms today and then put it away next week. We're making the most of dh being off and putting shelves up today which will help with storage.

cagliostro I'm also doing board games and food with friends for NYE. Can't wait! Hope you have fun.

I have the same problems with lots of random stuff scattered about purple

We are looking at buying a house this year afters years of private renting and I am determined it will be lovely and uncluttered HONESTLY

Morning all.
We played board games yesterday afternoon
D's got dictionary which had us in fits!!

I got up early today and wade thru 2boxes from dads place.found a gazzilion and one clocks and Nestléd amongst them was mums silver rose bowl.I've not seen that inamy years and made me both very sad and happy
She grew roses and used pop some in the summer.its very tarnished,so have look up how bring it back its shiny best

Tadas
Fed cats
Wash on
Sort the 2box dads things
Hotspot front room
Fed zoolets
Wash in dryer

Dd2 had early night (8)and surfaced at (930)much better tempered.hurrahat least for now

Trying get semblance if sorted.id rather not start new year in total chaos and clutter!

afresh sounds exciting.bit clutters homely tho
too stressywell done on get research etc done.its not easy balancing so many things
dreamingcongrats on bookcase decluttering!!never go happen here with books
purple ah almost at summit of mt wash more(in zoo house it regenerates faster than I can get to top!!)
cag and sc sounds good new year Eve plan.I had dd2 desperate stay ip.last year(nod off 11).I most def not night owl and would rather be face fiwn in sofa cushions by 10 as lil zoo was up 445,but heyho!!

Grr.phones typo ing again
We are not weird enough get hysterical over a Dictionary. Pictionary.nor was mums bowl Nestlé

We are looking at buying a house this year afters years of private renting and I am determined it will be lovely and uncluttered HONESTLY

We moved in October and I was determined this new place would be uncluttered and lovely. We'll get there!

zoo you're absolutely right about regenerating washing. I reckon something's breeding in my laundry basket. Suddenly there are more sheets. Goodness knows where they come from (and where the odd socks go).