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!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAGLIOSTRO

The daily summary for Wednesday (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day.

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Baby-step no 7 - pick out the clothes you are going to wear tomorrow the night before (the absolute top tip IMO)

We are in Zone 2 this week: the kitchen

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 2.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 2 is here

Mission for Wednesday clean out the fridge

The daily focus for Wednesday is: anti-procrastination

The monthly habit for December is pampering!

Super Cruise Christmas mission

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to say "happy birthday" to Cag! Hope you have a good 'un!

And top marks re: all the scrubbing!

Can't believe it but we are all ill with very odd flu/stomach bug type virus. Even dh took a day off work yesterday which is unheard of; can't sleep for sneezing/ coughing. Only just recovered from cold + gastro bug so a bit bemused to have yet more illness!

Hope everyone else is ok though and ta for links Cotswold.

Cotswold at mention of Radio Times! We were only allowed to buy it at Christmas when I was young, as it was deemed too extravagant the rest of the year!

Well, as it turns out, being too bunged up to sleep has paid dividends this morning as I didn't go back to sleep and instead have done the following... [drum roll]

Ta da:
animals
emptied dw
filled dw with breakfast things
prepped dd's white school shirts for wash
wash on x 2
td dh's shirts from last night
prepped washed laundry/ironing board etc for fortnightly ironing lady
emptied recycling boxes, dettoxed and wiped them clean, carried bags down stairs
tidied up sitting room
[averted eyes from play room/tv room which is in a horrible state]
bleached sink
found sugar bowl and put sugar in it (thanks dh who leaves manky spoon in bag of sugar )
carried clothes rack through to sitting room
hung up dh shirts for ironing lady to iron
carried a load of things that were downstairs, upstairs and vice versa
glass recycling
dining room table hot spot
chiselled melted wax candle off table cloth
sorted and tidied dog box

To do:
e-mail to teacher x 2
order Christmas tree!
last present orders
clean and tidy bathroom
sort and clean spice and condiment tray x 2 in kitchen
put recycling boxes back together once dried
empty and clean kitchen bin
wrap and parcel up birthday present and send
put potential Christmas photos on memory stick and deliver to photographer
deliver tiny St Nicolas presents through neighbour's letter box (late!)
deliver tiny St Nicolas presents to office (late!)
clean stove top
supermarket shop
make veg soup
sort Christmas lists and ingreds lists
put away toiletries in bathroom cupboard (from on-line delivery a week ago )
clear bed in boudoir which has become hideous dumping ground

Loads more but that will do for now!

Have a good day everyone!

And have a fun one Cag!

Ooh I love the radio times I always buy it!

I'm just having a nice lie in with ds as dh has the day off and is taking dd out this morning. Unfortunately part of their trip out is for her to have an injection which he hasn't told her yet. I'm going to spend the next hour or two worrying about her rather than relaxing! Anyway once I've finished my tea and ds has woken up I'll get up and try and get on with stuff to take my mind off it. I know I'm being silly but I usually take her to stuff like this and it's her first injection where she will actually know what's going on iyswim. I feel like I should be going with her but as I'm breastfeeding it seemed easier for dh to go with her while I stay at home. I'm being pathetic I know!

Sorry cag happy birthday to you!!!

Thank you lovely Fledglings :o

Happy birthday from me too.

happy birthday cag
foxes proffers hand holding - dd2 is having her HPV jab today (cervical cancer prevention).I know she's 12 but its first solo jab and ti say she was bricking it was understatement,bless herages a terrible worry wart and I know I shall be fretting like crazy lady til she gets home!!heyho

So depressions got a grip.house can only be described as shithole(pardon language)I have do SOMETHING today or cats may get lost in the mess

In other news git drag town by dp yest and did some Xmas shopping!

Oh zoo sorry to hear things aren't any better for you . Hope your dd is okay, it is for a good cause which is what I'm telling myself as well!
Dh is on his way home with dd now , apparently she was absolutely fine , didn't really cry and they went straight to the shop afterwards for a new Thomas train and some chocolate! So I'm relieved but still worrying a bit about the after effects.

Ta das
Dishwasher on
Rubbish out to bins
Washing folded
Washing half hung up but then had to stop to feed ds who is still unsettled for some reason. Maybe a growth spurt or something.

Just had a text."I survived!!!(she's s drama llama)had 30mins ago. Feel hit now.couple mates feeling dizzy."
Fingers x she be OK.I have some watermelon fingers waiting fir when she gets in as a treat
Glad your little ones went OK.
I too be stressing fir day or two til sure she's OK.think that's just a mum thing not like i neurotic. Hahahaha

Hope you are having a lovely day so far Cag I am at SC's accomplishments with less than half a day gone!

Injections - I found it was actually easier as they got older foxes. When they are babies they don't really know pain so being jabbed does make them scream. As a toddler, DD certainly didn't like it and cried but was easily bribed with a sticker and didn't cry for long. You just have to grit your teeth and think long term gain for short term pain. I have a female relative who hates needles and dad always got the job of taking their children for jabs because she was worried that her fear would rub off on them or make them worry!

Having said all that, I cried this morning because DD insisted she was fine to go to school and I thought she was too ill so it doesn't always get easier! I would say I am a strict parent about most things and have no trouble saying 'no', but there is something about staying off school sick - making the decision - that I find hard. DD hardly ever wants to be off which doesn't help!

Cotswold my dd2 has had total 8daya off this school tear so far, a combo swollen ear canals(bane our existence but just triggered by colds and gp can do nothing so it's ride out pain/lack sleep/deafness,which I tend let her have odd day off), a throat bug left her barely able swallow/eat(this is the girl that explains a trip starting with the food she had!) And go apps bout ears.school breathing fire over attendance and I stuck in middle

Flying front-went corner shop fir polish.had none and I CBA walk any further to get some so I came home n watch daytime drivel tv as didn't feel point decent deep clean front room without any polish.I am getting very unmotivated and lazy
Shall attempt kick self up butt and produce some firm if tadah before days out!!

Trying to follow this as much as I can as I need to start sorting myself out before I start a uni course in February. Unfortunately today has not been very productive with a three year old who hasn't stopped all day. Here's hoping she has an early night (or at least goes to bed when she should) and I can then improve on the single load of washing dried and put away that I have managed.

DD managed in school, looks better than when I picked her up yesterday at least! She has something on tonight that she wants to go to, but I'll cancel tomorrow night and hopefully another good night's sleep and another shedload of calpol will see her through tomorrow as well.

Glad your dd is feeling better Cotswold and glad your dds jabs were ok zoo. Kids are just a non stop worry aren't they?!

I have hardly done a thing house wise today, just a few basics . We went out for the day as dh had the day off and I've had a few glasses of wine this evening so that's me done

Cotswold dds jabs went much better than I anticipated according to dh so maybe you're right about babies / toddlers. Ds has his second lot of jabs next week though , he was so upset with the first lot so I've still got more to worry about!

Not so much housework today but I have achieved a fair bit...
Stuck to the meal plan (third day in a row!) and made a really nice Spanish chicken stew. Unfortunately I forgot it served four and we were supposed to be eating it tomorrow as well. Never mind.
Painted the new plaster with the first coat of really runny paint. Ended up wearing most of it.
Removed the old mouldy sealant from four windows and reseated them.
Filled more holes and fixed some plaster cracks.
Ran the dishwasher.

I am currently lying on the sofa. Two more coats of paint for the ceiling tomorrow...tired already.

Happy Birthday Cag !

Hi everyone and hi to hrgmoo.

Ta da:-
5 mins decluttering
Studying
Preschool admin
Job hunting email sent
Before bed routine - need to get something out in the morning but otherwise done
In the process of making Amazon wishlist that my parents can look at for DDs

To do:-
Finish wishlist
Sleep!

Thank you all 😍❤️

I have had a really lovely day. Not least because for my present DH and Caglets adopted me a sloth at London Zoo :o YAY!!!

Now at mum's, lazy day tomorrow until we go to Southwark for the theatre in the evening.

Trying not to stress too much about looming inspection - not much more we can do really. But we did make a huge difference in the last couple of weeks. I think the biggest impact was from scrubbing the walls - funny how a few grubby marks can make such an impact!

Cag, what a cool present! Glad to hear you had a good day. Also good to hear the jabs went well Foxes.

Welcome hrgmoo - put the washing away, you say? That's a novel idea I must try it some time That is one of the worst bits of laundry for me!

Tomorrow's task is a challenging shopping one - find a plain black t-shirt with sleeves for a child. Earlier this year I had to find a black shirt or dress (which I did, but it doesn't have sleeves ) and found that not many places do plain black stuff for girls. It always has a logo or glitter on. My other option is to buy a cheap white t-shirt and dye it. The kitchen may catch some collateral damage with this option, so I'm hoping not to invoke it.

Links next ...

The daily summary for Thursday (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day.

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Baby-step no 8 - start your control journal by writing down your morning and evening routines

We are in Zone 2 this week: the kitchen

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 2.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 2 is here

Mission for Thursday shine that sink!

The daily focus for Thursday is: errand day

The monthly habit for December is pampering!

Super Cruise Christmas mission

I went AWOL again

Terrible for that ATM!

Was it the three year booster your dd had foxes? Mine had it about two weeks ago, she was abut mardy the following day but OK otherwise. TBH she's abut mardy sometimes anyway so it might not have even been the booster! I sold it to her by talking about how her baby brother will be having one soon too and she can help me take him and show him how to be brave.

Happy belated birthday cag

In my AWOL absence I did finally oven pride the oven. Yesterday I gave the bath a good scrub and got off all the shampoo gunk that lives where the bottles go. So I have been doing stuff just not on here and probably not enough as its still messy and things still need cleaning!

So far today I have

Put washer on
Put dryer on
Put bottles to sterilise
Fed four DC and made sure they were all dressed
Packed two DC off to school

Hi all. Cotswold, my friend had to get the same for her DD this week. She looked everywhere and finally found something in Asda. Another friend got one in Lidl but that was earlier in the year. I also find Facebook quite good for stuff like that if you are on the selling pages or can put an SOS on there!

I think whatever age jabs are a bit stressful. I took DD2 for her nasal flu vaccine a couple of weeks ago and she hated it! I thought she'd be fine. Admittedly as a HCP I am pretty blase about stuff like this but she wasn't!

Ta da:-
Dishwasher and laundry on
List made for this morning

To do:-
Am on bus into town as have morning off work so must finish bulk of Xmas shopping. Was v tempted to do the last of it online as feels more productive as can get bits done at home at same time. But then there is the parcel delivery issues and after carrying a massive parcel with DD2 in tow (got weird sympathising looks from strangers!) I decided to come in.
DD2 nativity play
School run
Xmas cards
5 mins decluttering

If time:-
Change sheets
Exercise