....and yet here I am 

oh... more jobs.. 

 

MrD wants me to clipper his hair

 

 

 

I might just use this thread as my own personal to do list 

...And d'you know what? You'll do it all -  well, the really important stuff anyway - because there is nothing as sure as the fact that Christmas comes and goes every year and somehow we get there, don't we? Enjoy cramming it all in and sitting back and enjoying the results of your frantic endeavours Ditty  

hahahah Ditty!  funnily enough, i go out for Christmas day, but apart from the shopping and the hair colouring being to hide grey instead of roots.. I have all that to do too!

 

and yet.... here we are... frittering away the minutes....

(i just read your second post dits)

 

Triggs!!!    Great to see you gir!     It's true what you say - i'm off to my sister's - and she's stressing all over because she has her sis in law coming from down south for the first time.   I said to her to calm down.. it won't be 'perfect' it never is, but it's always good fun and nobody needs 'perfect' anyway.    She's still stressing though

This is not frittering! This is a Christmas burnout prevention support group ! 

Thought I was ahead of the game yesterday , settled down to wrap stuff.. then had to spend three hours hunting for the wee yin's UDraw that I bought back in Aug and put somewhere safe. SAFE!! Hah!! Too bloody safe! Trashed the house in the process , but I found it! 

Ta Triggs...   

 

Just for once though I would really like to be able to sit back tomorrow night & chill out..   not still be wrapping pressies at 3am Christmas Day  

 

GUILTY PANIC!!!!!!

 

 

Ahhhh...    Guilt gone!

 

 

Just the PANIC!!!!

 

 

I have done something...   I have got MrD up & told him to go & do what he has to do NOOOWWW!   My car is off the road til 4th Jan..   I need to have his car available to meeeeeeeeee from about 11am.

 

In the meantime I could be houseworking...

 

*looks round*

 

I don't want to  

MrD's car is an automatic...  

 

this is gonna be fun..   bloody automatics...  they drive on their own.. 

 

it will be a miracle if I don't prang it at some point today 

MrD is nearly out of the door... 

 

Soooooooooooooooo....  I am gonna stick Prodigy "Fat of the Land" on FULL BLAST on the stereo.. 

 

that should get the children up...  

 

and in happy moods (not!) 

Hahhh! It worked for me.. I'm all Prodigyd up now and ready to do battle with Christmas  

Right...  I am gonna do it now.. 

 

Smack your b**** up..       here it comes...      

 

Word of warning.. don't play it in the car if it's an automatic ! 

That worked....   

 

I didn't think it had..   I had it blaring REALLY loud....  & no one emerged...    let the first track play they turned it off.. 

 

the boy has just come down saying "What the hell?   I felt that, rather than heard it?  Was that really necessary?"

 

The girl has yet to surface 

ooooooh!   it did work... 

 

& I have done some task allocation.. 

 

the girl has committed to blitzing her room, the kitchen & the dining THIS MORNING.

 

The boy...   well..    he just needs to keep out of the way really... 

 

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

 

Obviously last night whoever loaded the dishwasher discovered we've run out of dishwasher tablets... instead of telling me...  they have just left the dishwasher full of dirty plates & not put it on!

 

SLIPPAGE!!!       this is project SLIPPAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I might try the music tip too get daughter out of her pit  i want her too go too the butchers for me  ^then again the last time she went for a piece of topside beef, she came back with 5lb of mince, we don't even eat mince ^

 

*gets ready to go to the butchers* 

I wouldn't trust my daughter to go to the butchers 

 

we'd all be sitting down to carve a single chicken breast between us for xmas dinner if I sent her to the butchers for a turkey 

 

panic is what we do best as most of the christmas chores are left to us !!!

 

this is my biggest problem I dont trust anyone to get the shopping .... past events lead me to this declaration 

Hi darlin' Kaffy!  Fabulous to see you too! You're right, nobody needs perfect. Just doing what needs to be done is its own perfection...and the moment you exhale and say, 'I'm getting there, it's cool'.

 

 I hope you have a wonderful time Kaffy x

i've made huge strides.... I've got a colour on my hair baking as I type     It's all about priorities after all!

 

I'm off to drop flowers at the garden of remembrance for mum this afternoon.. i'll do the butcher (not that way, mucky lot) on the way ... will make stuffing tomorrow.     i'm wrapping a few parcels at a time...the deliveries first.

 

Triggs   have a fabby time!

Mrs H... i feel your pain - I went head over heels down some stone steps on monday on black ice.   My right knee keeps giving way and my left foot looks like it's been transplanted from a zombie.   Hope the chest infection gets better.     Why do things like this always happen at christmas - my niece starting throwing up last night ... one of the wards at her hozzie is closed with the norovirus- there may be some leftovers here

Going to family for dinner but! i still have loads to do, been wrapping as i go along so only got a couple of kids toys that are open fronted boxes (always end up rewrapping them on xmas eve cos theres a hole in the paper so why bother til then?)

 

Have whole house tidy/clean.

Delegated the shopping (including new washing machine) to MrJen

Going out for drink this afternoon with my mate (this is the hardest one of course) which means i gotta shower/do hair/makeup etc)

 

Actually i havent got that much to do... i may have to go get a coffee

Oh forgot the mountain of washing thats grown this week since the machine broke, and i have to glue some of the boarder (wallpaper) back on cos baby decided it would look better ripped!... it doesnt btw lol

well i've been and got the meat  got drenched  and daughter has gone out and left her room a tip and a half eaten sarnie in the kitchen 

 

and i've been given a gammon joint, i've never cooked one before, will it turn out like ham? 

I CAN'T FIND THE CELLOTAPE!!!!!!!!!   I've loads to wrap too

 

I need to get rid of the kids for a few hours so I can wrap all their stuff but I can't send them to grannys til tomorrow coz she's busy

 

Apart from that I've done all the food shopping although could be doing with a few more bits and pieces but will just send the OH to the EuroSpar later.  I haven't bought myself any new PJs which is a MUST for xmas eve so will also have to trust the OH to pick a pair for me when he goes out to get my pressies tomorrow.

 

I've the downstairs cleaned but there just seems to bags everywhere still  bags of things that need wrapped, xmas clothes that I should really put away and bags of things to return to shops after xmas 

 

Upstairs will wait til tomorrow so I can rope the OH into changing the kids rooms around while I do any last minute wrapping, cooking, cleaning, preparing etc......

 

ALL FOR ONE DAY!

lol i have ripped wall papaer..............iv stuck a bow on it

I've just read this thread as I've desperately tried to remain awake for the duration of my lunch break, you guys have made me chuckle several times thank you I hope throughout the panic that you all get done what's needed and enjoying the countdown to Christmas eve Mrs H, I hope you feel better soon Kaffy, I hope your sore bit soon are sore no more

yes but put it to soak in a saucepan of cold water for a few hours before you cook it to draw the salt out 

@ the bow!

 

I feel a little better for going out and getting some fresh air and just missed the rain 

 

wrapping is now underway and hopefully will be done before I have to cook dinner 

 

as someone said ^^^^^  ALL FOR ONE DAY   TBH it extends into a relaxed couple of weeks for me with the amount of baking and food I have put in the cupboards and freezer 

 

living rural I always fear the inevitable snow shower that stops me getting out for a few days - christmas is an excuse to squirrel it away 

LOL!    That made me chuckle Ditty. 

haha - that's the spirit Tina

cheers  would you roast or boil it?

 

Comes in for a sit down and a cuppa, just been too get a *few* last bits and got drenched AGAIN, the upboards, fridge and freezer are full, so i can't buy anymore food

 

Now the house needs cleaning 

 

 

It could be worse !

 am a wee glittery fairy:
On tap o’ the Christmas Tree
It’s no’ a job I fancy
... ... Well how would you like tae be me:
A’ tarted up wi’ tinsel
It’s enough to make ye boak
An a couple o’ jaggy branches
Rammed up the back o’ your frock
An’ these wee lights a’roon me
I canna get my sleep
An’ there’s the yearly visit
Fae Santa – big fat creep:
On Christmas Day I’m stuck up here
While you’re a’ wirin’ in
An’ naebody says ‘Hey you up there
Could you go a slug o’ gin?”
The Christmas tree’s a bonny sight
As the firelight softly flickers
But think o’ me – I’m stuck up here
Wi’ needles in my knickers.

Ditty is Monica organising Phoebe's wedding

Slinki

 laughed when I read this OP - I've only one thing to say 

 

 

DITTO DITTY!

 

I'm in exactly the same position and yet .............find myself on here