Jean in Newcastle Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 ds - work an 8 hour shift for the first time. dh - work as usual finish wrapping presents laundry print out newsletters. stuff envelopes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 tidied house drove 90 km to nearest Cinema to take ds12 &dd15 to see star wars. I haven't been to a cinema for about 10 years cooked tea haven't done much else at all 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) Done: Helped my daughter finish the Christmas cards she insisted on making for our neighbors (which meant her first ever copywork: "Merry Christmas! From Alexa") Put together the gift bags we're giving the neighbors today and the coworkers when they come over for Christmas dinner tomorrow (just cookies, an inexpensive good luck charm that's traditional here, and my daughter's cards) Made the macaroni and cheese so that it just has to go in the oven tomorrow Checked the frozen ham to see that it seems to be thawing nicely ... hopefully we won't have a repeat of previous years when the still-half-frozen ham took twice as long to heat as expected Finished our stealth Christmas homeschool unit (Christmas stories, a Christmas around the world study, and a St. Nicholas biography disguised as Advent activities, lol) Still to do: Finish the laundry (another 2-3 loads) Find the tablecloths to be used tomorrow and make sure everything fits where I think I want it to go Bake the apple pie for tomorrow Take the frozen pecan pie down to thaw for tomorrow Cook tonight's dinner Deliver the gifts to the neighbors (and have an extra gift exchange with a neighbor to whom we're close) Hide as much as possible of the ... stuff ... that's cluttering up the main living area so that I can pretend to my husband's coworkers tomorrow that we don't live in an episode of Hoarders Decide whether to bring out the Christmas presents after my daughter goes to bed (and risk waking to a mess of paper and half-wrapped gifts under the tree--we have 2 cats who seem to know intuitively how to get in the most trouble) or to get up early tomorrow morning and set up the gifts under the tree. Take a bottle of melatonin to a friend whose mom flew in yesterday as a surprise--Christmas Eve is not the night to be struggling with jet lag, and Christmas Day is not the day to be struggling with the effects of lying awake all night What's that meme I've been seeing on Facebook lately? "Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for the Mother who was hard at work making sure it was perfect for everyone else." Edited December 24, 2015 by Aiden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Work Kids to horse riding Work Stress out Christmas cards Probably wrap all night, like every 12/24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) Good morning - tidy house- round 1 done - dishes- in dishwasher - laundry- in dryer - let dd1 obsess over the location of Santa- and she's started - drink lots of coffee- 1 cup down - work on behind notes- hahaha or I should say hohoho - let girls open Christmas Eve gifts (pjs and a book)- done - baths- done - bedtime routine- done - after girls are asleep put gifts under tree and put stuff in stockings- done - anything else I get done- took cookies to neighbors with dd1 Edited December 25, 2015 by MomtoCandJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Good Morning before Christmas, y'all! Make food for tonight Make food for tomorrow Wrap gifts 4:30 worship service to my SIL's to celebrate with DH's family after that stay up late with Dh to put out gifts and fill stockings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Dh doesn't have to work today! Last minute shopping (done!) Get everyone up and moving Put up tree and decorate (we got it yesterday because it is so rainy here. We put it in the garage to dry out a bit over night.) Wrap presents and put under tree Watch Christmas Eve Mass on EWTN (my oldest dd and her dh are in Rome and are hoping to attend.) Make potato cheese soup for dinner Take 17 yo to work P/u 17 from work and drive directly to Mass at parish. Come home and stuff stockings Fall into bed exhausted . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Condessa Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Get fresh sheets on beds and do a last tidy and sweep before inlaws come in the afternoon. Help dd2 and ds1 wrap gifts for siblings. Help dd1 sew gift for ds1. Put elastic casings in to complete two shirts for the girls. Make stew & bread for dinner. Wrap a bunch of gifts after bedtime. Considering adding in trying to whip together 3 pj tops, but that has to be done before the kids go to bed. I did have an idea for a super simple kimono-type top. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Bake, bake, bake! That's what I'm doing today. Wrap a few presents! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 a few additions: go to the Y new batteries for the car remote new batteries for the carbon monoxide detector put up the regular smoke detector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 So far stressing out has been the list item I'm really on top of today. :P I wish I could just curl up and hide! Don't worry, it will pass, but man. The kids are off with with the work partners wishing people Merry Christmas. But they are having a rough day because of something that happened at horse camp. I hope they can snap out of it vs. getting caught up with all the grown-up stress that surrounds them today. Needless to say, it stresses me out to know they are feeling crummy and crabby on Christmas Eve. The stress has me half paralyzed and wondering what I'm forgetting on my list of things that need done before I go out of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Food prep done - mushroom casserole goes in at 2:30. Gifts done. Somehow Dd always ends up with more packages to open than Ds. Going to get me ready now. Looking forward to church. Not so much to evening with the in-laws. The dinner will be really good, though! ;) They say they aren't doing gift exchange anymore, but many still do for us and we cannot reciprocate. They know that, but it is still stressful, esp for Dh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Good afternoon! I hope everyone has a great Christmas! Done: breakfast and lunch played some games wrapped the gifts for tomorrow's family gathering decided to do laundry so I'll have less to do when I get home, so one load is in washing now To Do: finish laundry (2 medium loads) make cornflake candy to give as part of gifts tomorrow play more games might drive over to a Christmas display if it's open tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Here I am again - in the kitchen. Last minute bacon rolls to take to relatives' house tomorrow. Everything is wrapped and what isn't goes into stocking unwrapped Getting ready to set everything up for our Christmas table tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 So far stressing out has been the list item I'm really on top of today. :p I wish I could just curl up and hide! Don't worry, it will pass, but man. The kids are off with with the work partners wishing people Merry Christmas. But they are having a rough day because of something that happened at horse camp. I hope they can snap out of it vs. getting caught up with all the grown-up stress that surrounds them today. Needless to say, it stresses me out to know they are feeling crummy and crabby on Christmas Eve. The stress has me half paralyzed and wondering what I'm forgetting on my list of things that need done before I go out of the country. It would stress me out if I had to plan an international trip right now... :grouphug: I hope it all comes together (it always does) and you and your kiddos enjoy it immensely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 The Y was an absolute zoo this morning but I worked out. I have wrapped one present. We've firmed up plans for the extended family get together finally (to be held on Saturday). I'm cleaning the kitchen. The dishwasher is going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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