Thanks so much to all of you who joined me in Finish It Friday this week. It was so motivating to me—and I needed all the extra motivation I could get because I got a cold on Friday. It came out of nowhere and knocked me off my feet Saturday and Sunday…and today I’m still moving quite a bit slower than usual. But, despite my cold, I still made good progress on my to-do list. Here’s the recap:
- Finish shopping. I did a bit of shopping Friday afternoon before the cold hit, and then Jay picked up two more gifts for me on Saturday. I still have one or two things to pick up, but I’m feeling confident I can do this tomorrow. (I will be better…I will be better…I will be better…)
- Finish wrapping. Check. Aside from the two little things left to be bought, the wrapping is done. Yay!
- Make grocery list. Done. We decided to go with pot stickers and buffalo wing dip, neither of which will be made on the grill. But, we’re going to grill steaks and asparagus on Christmas night. Thanks for all the recipe ideas! I will definitely try some of those another time…when there isn’t a cold zapping my motivation and desire to try new things.
- Clean house. Done on Saturday. Everyone pitched into help. (Thank goodness.)
- Laundry. Also done. Used lots of hand sanitizer so as to not spread my germs with my loved ones, but there are clean clothes for all.
And that’s pretty much it. Other than that, I sat on the couch with a box of tissues, a blanket and HGTV on the T.V.
How did you do with your list? Can’t wait to hear…I hope you had a great weekend!
Hi! I actually didn’t post a list on Friday – I only recently started following this blog, but I love all the posts in the archive and would love to be a part of this commuity. So here goes –
This weekend I set out to:
1. Do all my laundry: Check!
2. Clean my house before I leave on vacation: Double check!
3. Get all the cables around my TV in order (so it’s easier to plug in one of the christmas presents I bought for a certain someone 🙂 – Also check! Plus I wrote a blog post about my method http://www.theunchaotic.com/2009/12/21/uncrossing-wires/)
4. Write and send christmas cards: Also done!
Whew – hectic weekend. How was everyone else’s?
My goal was to get some baking done. We baked 3 loaves of cinnamon ribbon loaf for Christmas morning, a batch of marmalade rolls, a pan of cinnamon rolls, and some of the pinwheel cookies my dh mixed up. We still have more pinwheels to bake, plus the sugar cookie cut outs, but at least the dough is in the fridge and ready to roll out.
I think I got the same cold you have. Ugh!
Most of my list is going to be done today. I did get my Christmas shopping done though, which turned out to be a larger task than I originally anticipated.
Just reminding myself, this will all be over soon. I will be able to relax around 2010. Hopefully . . .
I got zero wrapping done. Hopefully today.
did sleep.
Some cleaning.
Okay, here’s my update:
1. Finish decorating (this year is the latest ever!) – ALMOST DONE – JUST A FEW MORE THINGS TO HANG UP AND PUT AWAY
2. Finish shopping (snowstorm on the way, don’t know if I’ll manage to finish this one!) – GOT CLOSER BUT NOT QUITE DONE
3. Finish wrapping – DONE! WELL, I FINISHED WRAPPING WHAT I HAD IN THE HOUSE.
4. Plan Xmas Eve AND Xmas Day – I think appetizers are a great idea for XEve, but I’m planning a ham dinner on XDay… – PLANNED, LISTED, AND WILL SHOP ON WEDNESDAY
5. Write out thank yous (today’s my b’day and I have already gotten some great presents!) – OOPS.
6. Stuff the stockings with care – STARTED STUFFING THEM BUT NEED SOME MORE “STUFF”
7. Finish Xmas cards – okay, THIS is the latest I’ve ever been!!! – DOUBLE OOPS.
Well, I did finish packing, finishing house cleaning and wrapping the last two gifts. Today I had posted that I would finish the baking, however I haven’t begun any yet! So most of my list was completed, but the task stretched till today (due to our weekend away from home) isn’t done… yet…
I’ve been plugging away one thing at a time and am almost done. Of course cleaning the house came last so I’m sure I will be up late tonight cleaning and preparing to host 20 for brunch tomorrow. But brunch IS happening clean house or not and that is what matters.
Happy Holidays everyone!
A bit late but I wanna report anyways. 😀
1. Plaster and sand kitchen wall and then paint it. Just sanding and painting left now. – This was all done that weekend. Gosh it was nice. :3
2. Wrap gifts. All are bought so just wrapping some left. – Got done too. ^^
3. Let Roomba vaccum flat after last sanding and wipe off kitchen floor.- Got done too ^^
4. Throw recycling at recycling station tomorrow or Monday. – Turned out recycling center is open Sundays so got that done too.
5. Buy fuse for car and change broken one. – Did is although I had to change the one I bought since I got the wrong one. o_0
6. Tidy up some too. – all cleaned
7. Work one hour – didn’t do this
8. And have a nice weekend 😀 – did most certainly have this
Hope you keep up with these this year Aby.