Festive Fledglings Flap Frantically Towards A Calm, Clutter-free Christmas!

[SingToTheSky]

OK so clutter-free is a bit ambitious. But anyway, all welcome to join us for a jolly holiday thread, in which we very loosely follow (or at least half-heartedly mention now and then) the FlyLady system of housekeeping.

I’ll be posting links and reminding us all of various tasks up until Christmas Eve, for those who want to follow the system - and if it’s like previous years there will also be some specific extra missions to help us prepare our homes for Christmas. However, we really are just a bunch of frazzled Mumsnetters who will be very happy to welcome you along for chat whether you follow the system or not! We discuss housework, sure, but a whole lot of other stuff too.

We will also continue with the Keep Calm Corner, in which you’ll find various diverting questions, memes etc.

And finally a huge thank you to Foxes who did a fab job of running the thread for the first time in November! 💐

ta da
🟢started reading my Christmas book club book
🟢washing up
🟢booked and paid for DD’s dancing this week
🟢paid for next week’s therapy
🟢amended tesco order
🟢moved laundry on

Think that’s it 😳

Ooh foxes I don’t think I have ever had a genius idea collects medal from sing bows and has big smile😁

Snuggled up in bed.
Have had Christmas candle on as we closed the curtains about 4:30 as almost pitch black. We had the lights turned off so lovely fire on and candle light with those Christmas smells and watching Poirot I thought I am really enjoying this winter time.
We had another mug of tea and piece of banana cake before bed.

ed hope nets fixed quickly
Foxes I'm not a tea person,but soup is very much like a comforting hug!
Sherin what a neat bump❤️D's and I are weirdos who find idea ice cream when it's cold unthinkable,and it doesn't help us when it's hot either
Tinselette I can't cope with things really out of place when painting,it's never spotless here but you can mostly see the floor!
Bower is this your go to banana bread recipe?what's in it?(nosey) we have been trying lots combos as its ds fave and to be frank the girls are no longer excited by it..with vanilla and dark choc chips,swirled with cinnamon sugar,and mix spice and vanilla(no dry fruit) are current favourites

Sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

Well dd2 has an online friend with Disney+ and they made her a little account on theirs so she can watch it❤️
Tonight we watched the rescuers- a much loved favourite of yester year!I went sleep around 1130.woke 2 thinking must be morning.im not happy brains buzzing away...I know full well return to sleep ain't going to happen.i might get up in a hour or so and take a run at my HUGE to do.uf I get a chance might see can add cheeky 20 min nap to that list!

God that sounds idyllic Bower - good move! Zoo not much floor room here as files everywhere but progress is being made...

Sing Happiest of birthdays to you today 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😁😁😁

Morning Zoo, hope you managed to go back to sleep.

Happy birthday Sing

Early start here this morning as there is much to do before bloods/school and work. Just sent ds back to bed for another 30 mins cos he looks like death

ta da
2 lots of prepped from scratch stuffing into freezer
1 lot of bread into freezer,
1 load washing into dryer
1 load washing into machine
DW running (loaded last night so just need to push a few buttons
Soaking grill pans in sinks
Checked ds' uniform is dry.
Put shopping bags back into car
brought in milk and eggs etc
Up and dressed to shoes for the day
clean laundry on my bed for putting away later.
sorted a tray of odds and sods - tray for washing up and returning to use.
gathered all post - remembered to grab address for friends i have stuff to send to.

To do
find stuff for sending
Find relevant envelopes
declutter another tray of doom
deal with a tone of wtf that is on the lounge floor (formally a brc)
blood test for ds
pick up lunch and head to work for that shit storm - i have been warned we have a tech issue (server is down) so that is going to be fun

Hope you all have good days.

Sing 🥳 Happy Birthday 🥳

Zoo I just make Victoria Sponge.
I used 8 ounces of Vitalite
8 oz sugar( 4oz soft brown and 4oz caster.)
3 eggs
2 black bananas
8oz SR flour.

Happy birthday sing

We have an isolating child again since mid last week so there goes my hope of entering a non essential card shop this week 🙄

Happy Birthday Sing 🎉 🎈 🥳. Enjoy your day!

That is an impressive list for this time in the morning Hills! Hope tech issues are resolved. I hate getting to work and finding the systems are down.

Zoo I recommend Coco on Disney+ if you haven’t seen it yet, although I’m sure I saw it’s on BBC on Christmas Day. Glad the decorating is done. I hate the mess afterwards too though. By ‘hope it was enjoyable’ I meant Christmas decorating though as I thought I’d read you were hoping to do that. Grrr to ‘d’p and his lack of help.

Bower Hexham are definitely still tier 3. Hoping the Northumberland area is lowered to 2 next week 🤞. The bauble is thankfully one of a pair so I still have one. It’s a deep peacock blue with gold. Can’t remember where I got them from but they were one of the first really nice ones I bought when I moved into my own place. I got another co-ordinating pair at the same time so I’m not too heartbroken.

Sherin love the bump pic. Hope you enjoyed the ice cream.

I got the rest of my to do list done yesterday, so enjoyed a cozy night in a tidy living room with our decorations and Christmas Chronicles 2.

Today I need to tackle upstairs, make some soup and sort our clothes etc for the week. The elf has brought DD some Christmas craft bits so it’s card making today, and a morning walk. Ive taken mince out of the freezer for tea, and need to wash the breakfast bits up. 4 work days after today, the off for a week 🙌🏻. Happy flying everyone.

🎁🎁🎂🎂Happy Birthday Sing 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎁🎁🎁

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Tada
Empty out drawers understairs
Wipe
Inventory what we have
Put away
Tidy treat box
Sort out art stuff
Run dust thingy over shelves of games
Sweep floor
Wipe floor

Kitchen
Surface one emptied completely
Scrubbed
Disinfected
Cupboard fronts all cleaned and disinfected
Surface 2 scrubbed and disinfected
Wake zoolets
Feed D's
Nag dd2 get up
Bag dd2 take meds
Remind lil zoo brush hair/mop
School run- freezing fog,so slippy and bloody cold but the spiderwebs were a thing of wonder!
Pop co op as near school
Walk home thru nature reserve freeze near to death as dd2 wanted take photos as made her get up!
Wipe shop and put away

Now for my brekkie,then crack on deep cleaning kitchen...

Hi That hope you got some rest/sleep.

Hi Roy, i was upset by the jack frost film too.

ED lovely sunset picture.

Hills thanks for sharing your journal

Sorry cant remember much as just keep thinking...why was i late taking the kids to school again (my phone died so no alarm went off.) Spent weekend washed dried all clothes onto hangers as sets.

Tadas since fri
-Ill child
-2 days decluttering sitting room still more to do.
-6 lol
-Lunches/dinners
-I give up...so upset...i dont even want to drink my cup of tea.

Any tips to make it on time please?

Does everyone make thier kids lunch boxes the night before?

Forgot to add
Empty n clean fridge
Restock

And of course cats fed,harpic lav,three loads wash,two dry fold and away,one in dryer
More going in once eaten...

Morning all! Thanks for the birthday wishes 🥰 I didn’t get the hoped for lie in as I’d booked the tesco shop for 8-9 🤦🏻‍♀️ and Cagletini had a massive tantrum before they left for nursery too! But it’ll be a lazy day anyway.

Although if I’m honest most of my days are lazy days lately 😬😳😂

Helloooooo 😷👋 to all fledglings!

[SC here. It was a choice between Spiitingchestnuts and Stripey

Ah sorry, dog jumped on me and I pressed post by mistake!

( No need to respond to this!)

Starting again, hello, its SC here. ( Had a choice between Spittingchestnuts and Stripeycandycanes and went for former which is more appropriate for current mood! )

Anyway, just swung by to wish Sing a very happy birthday! Hope you have a good 'un, despite limited opps to celebrate!
🎂🎁🎈🎉🕯🍰

Apologies if I have missed anyone else's - or other important news - not caught up with thread at all! (Times a bit challenging here as with most others, but plodding on! )

Hope everyone as ok as poss in current circs. Take care everyone and good luck with all the Christmas prep!
XXXX

PS I love Hexham!

Pps have managed to lock myself out of Facebook somehow so sorry to have been absent from.there too! Will try and sort it this wk.

🎄❄️🎁 Sunday 7th December 🎁❄️🎄

Zone - 2 - kitchen

Daily Focus - home bleugh!

Today’s Mission - spruce up your kitchen cabinets!

Today’s Holiday Mission - not updated yet so look back on the list if you want to here

✈️ FLIGHT PLAN ✈️

🎄❄️🎁 The Keep Calm Corner Advent Calendar 🎁❄️🎄

Silly memes about December birthdays 😂 (tongue in cheek, I would never actually object to a joint present 😂)

A question: What’s your favourite birthday present and/or memory?

My favourite present is probably this print that DH found for me a few years ago, it resides above my piano! And my favourite memory is probably from my 30th when I decided to have a meet up at the ice cream parlour. I’d not arranged anything for my birthday in ten years and had spent a good few years without really having many friends since moving here. But that day I realised that I did have lots of friends - we’d been home edding for about 18 months then and I’d found my people 🥰

🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻

Hey SC! Lovely to see you, and thank you 🥰

Morning 🍒👋 SC definitely the right choice of name for the season. You can’t catch up there is waaaaayyy too much chatter. Most important news is we have a new baby and another one on the way. We have missed you and you have been mentioned several times but we understand you are so busy. Other important news- we have Hills back!

Right I need to get cracking. If DH isn’t going walking I might get him to get the tree. I have asked him to get the wreaths out but no luck. I need to do some of dining room this week too.

Oooh thanks Bower (hope things going ok with yourself X) I am so sorry to have missed birth of thread baby! Mc3209 I assume that is you!!? Whoo hoo! Huge congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby boy!

👶🍼🐣

And many congratulations to all pregnant Fledglings too!

Mahoosive waves to all and over and out again for now x

PS If memory serves me correctly think I did post to welcome back Hills .

And hope Mc you are managing to catch a bit of sleep here and there!

Nice to see you again SC. Hope all is going well. All well here...