YIKES!! Finish up week!!
OK, don't panic, we are in reasonable order after all.
I have the cards ready to go - and we are posting them this week, which is plenty of time. I have almost all of the presents for home bought, wrapped and left with the 2 families last weekend. Except that I forgot to bring the one for my folks (oops, but I can now add a couple of things I thought of), and I wasn't able to get the KK present for my sister. So the baby sister will collect those when she calls to us on Saturday (she's driving down for Christmas, we're not back down until Stephen's Day).
I have everything already bought wrapped, including a couple for local people here. But I still have 6 gifts to get for here, and the KK present. I know what 2 of those will be, and I suspect that I will be baking another 2.
I need to give the whole house a quick going over at the weekend. I hoovered when I was off sick last week, so I could avoid that if time is against me. I want to change sheets on all beds (including one guest bed) and towels, and give the bathrooms a proper clean. The kitchen floor needs a wipe (unless I manage a proper mop job some night this week) and I have a bundle of papers to move into my office from the dining room. And I want to dust the sitting room before we put the tree up.
The budget is looking OK, although I need to add in a few things bought at the weekend. But I DO need to finalise my grocery list. As we have to do a reasonably large shop this weekend (running out of cleaning products, meat, and lots of grocery items, as well as getting aheead on some of the seasonal items). DH bought a pudding at the farmer's market at the weekend, and I made my mincemeat last week, so they are under control. I also need, in terms of stores and purchasing, to get another bag of logs and some briquettes for the fire as we will be at home a good bit and it is a LOT colder than most years already.
We will decorate on Saturday as well - put up the tree and DD will make some paper chains for the playroom.
And I have to do some more baking. I need to make the spiced Christmas bsicuits with DD (probably not until the following weekend though) for creche and home. And I will start baking the cookie dough rolls I have frozen - half a hazelnuts, one orange and lemon, and one and a half choc choc chip (as I KNOW I'll have lots of takers for those). I should have enough in that much, but we'll see. At least the fairy cakes for DD's birthday party are made, rice krispie buns are easy, and I have a Sunday afternoon in 10 days to worry about the cake itself. I am considering making some truffles as a present for 2 families - if I have time. I have the chocolate and dusting things, but would get the cream fresh during Christmas week.
The only crafting thing I have left to finish that I HAVE to, is DH's scarf and hat set. The hat needs the side seam to sew it together. And the scarf needs the 6 lines each of light grey, medium grey and light grey again for the pattern, with another 15 or so lines in the dark grey main colour to the casting off. So a single night should see that done (which I was hoping for when he went on his office night out - but it looks like they're not even going for a few drinks this year, so the odd 5 minutes here and there will have to do). Or perhaps I will disappear "to do some shopping" and add an extra hour to a solo grocery run....hmm, that sounds most feasible.
Giminey - that wasn't meant to be as long, but it has cheered ME up at least, that it's not as bad as I feared when I realised what week we're on.
How is everyone else getting on? Ready to celebrate?
Wings
