2015 HPP - Week 15 Final Clean

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happy2bme

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My tasks for this week:

Household Checklist:
- follow regular house cleaning schedule

Holiday Prep Checklist:
- buy stocking stuffers DONE
- finish wrapping gifts
- continue baking
- plan Christmas Eve menu DONE
- plan Christmas dinner menu DONE

My shopping is done!! I bought the stocking stuffers this evening. I am so happy!!



 
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Holiday_Mom

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Great job, Mel! I still have more shopping to do. This weekend we had some concerts and I *think* the last concert related activity is this Thursday. After that my time will free up to really tackle what's left.

Goals for this week:

Household
  • Do a final pre-holiday whole-house clean.

Holiday

  • Update address book
  • Continue holiday decorating.
  • Wrap gifts as online orders arrive
  • Make cookies
  • Check out grocery store sales for ingredients for Christmas Eve Menu. Done

Still to do
  • Work on Christmas cards
  • Wrap teachers' gifts
 

Holiday_Mom

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I'm slowly getting there this week.

Household
  • Do a final pre-holiday whole-house clean.

Holiday
  • Update address book Address book is updated as of today. I will keep up with any new addresses as cards arrive.
  • Continue holiday decorating.
  • Wrap gifts as online orders arrive Still waiting on one online gift to arrive. All the other online gifts are wrapped.
  • Make cookies One batch of gingerbread cookies are baked.
  • Check out grocery store sales for ingredients for Christmas Eve Menu. Done

Still to do

  • Work on Christmas cards
  • Wrap teachers' gifts Done
  • Service gifts to wrap
 

Cindylouwho

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Mel - High Five on getting the shopping done! Good job!

Late getting on this week. Thank goodness for Monday and Tuesday, I got some shopping done. House was totally clean and Christmas ready. Declutter piles set to go out the door... on track...relatives in and out the door,.... And then it all turned high drama.

Stormy weather kept the kids home from school, thus undoing the clean house ;-), then lots going on with my elderly father and caregivers that are taking financial advantage of him. Had to drop everything and am still dealing with it. Awesome DH got on a plane last night to go assess the situation. So hard to manage elderly parents from afar -- and he does NOT want to move. Sigh.

Okay, so where am I:

House final clean -- DONE. (But now needs to be re-done. Maybe 30-40 min.)
GF Baking -- STARTED
Stuffers -- 3/4 DONE.

THIS WEEKEND:
Finish shopping online.
Christmas cards and letter this weekend.
Kids' school buddy gifts put together
Find Silver ribbon for wrapping paper -- it is hiding from me!

(Next week is all wrapping!)
 

happy2bme

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I am glad I finished the shopping this week because that is all I have gotten done.

Not sure what is going on, but I can't seem to get my butt in gear.
 

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Christmas Eve and Christmas Dinner menus have been decided and I have a master grocery list to keep me on track.

I am not pleased with myself for not getting more done this week. Oh well, there is always next week.
 

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I see that I am in good company. I thought I was going to have more time available but I forgot that I had to pick up my dd after school four different days and add in an orthodontist appointment and those little pockets of time to do Christmas prep. are gone.

I never got to the whole house cleaning or to the cards.