Thursday, December 27, 2007

'Tis the Season...

Now, what to do after the 'good' chaos of Christmas? A lot. Here's my list:

1. Return those gifts that are not working. I cant believe we would be joining the throng returning gifts. IC's pony just wont function as stated in the description. And before the end of Christmas day, it simply stopped working. And the microphone, it needs to repaired. Both gifts were returned and we were lucky that they have the same stocks of toys in the store. IC wasnt so disappointed anymore. Her pony came back healthy, after a short visit to the 'hospital.'

2. Do the laundry. Our laundry basket was overflowing. I had to start washing at 8 am and I finished at 8 pm, whew! Now, got to do the folding.

3. Clean the house. Oh yeah, we wanted to welcome the new year with a clean house, of course.

4. Check the medicine cabinet. We simply had to throw some old medicines. If you want to know how to properly dispose of them, read here.

5. Check the ref. Do you know what's inside your ref? Reach deep and you'll find old and expired sauce bottles, tubes, etc. Throw them out!

6. Do an inventory of your kitchen supply. Ask yourself what you usually need: tomato sauce, flour, sugar, salt, etc. List them down and fill them up.

7. Sorted out toys and clothes for charity. With the help of the kids, we filled up one big box with toys and clothes to be sent to one orphanage in the Philippines.

8. Start shopping for Easter Oh yeah, I need to do this as early as now. Aside from taking advantage of those discounts, I really need to have this taken cared of because we would be on a long vacation, for six weeks, and would be arriving home during Black Saturday. Thus, no more time to shop for Easter.

9. Have a workable New Year's resolution ready :D Need I say more?

What about you? What's keeping you busy now?

7 comments:

Liza on Maui said...

About the same as yours :)

Happy New year!

raqgold said...

hi liza, long list, huh! happy new year, too :D

Vk-mahalkaayo said...

hallo raqgold,
thanks for the visit....
ay pareho tayo, 2nd w-nachten, laba ang ginagawa ko, hanggang gabi...ang dami kong labahan, tapos sa trockner, tapos tupi, hay wlang katapusan ano=

i do this, kasi kung hindi,ay naku hindi na makita ang korb, puro na lang duming damit....

wohnung namin, ay saugen lang ako, yon tapos na....

ay oo nga, Sale na ano?, kahapon with kim napunta kami sa mannheim, ay naku ang mata namin sa prizes, lahat na REd...lol

kaya lang nakatamad, sa daming tao, tapos yon sukat, ausehen-ansehen, nakatamad ano?

Pero si kim, naku daming nabili, may tiyaga sa ausehen-ansehen, ako wla na....

Wow nice ang xmas gift nyo, Holiday on Ice....saan?...can i ask...lol

Nice, you have also a good xmas celebration there.

wla naman ang snow, kaunti lang, tapos yon melted na lahat.

But this weekend, nass n kalt daw....

Sigi, bye and regards to all....

sarap ng pagkain nyo sa w-nachten...

ay oo nga, ask ko lang ha?..how do you send your packet in phils?
yon balikbayan karton ba?

thanks

raqgold said...

hi vicki - i went with the kids to weinheim yesterday to shop a little. i dont want to go to mannheim, i would get lost there. takot pa ko magmaneho sa autobahn e :D pero malapit lang din kami sa MA, mga 25 kms. i also dont enjoy fitting rooms but the kids love it, nakikisuot din sila ng sapatos o kaya ng damit, hehehe. baka pwede tayo magkita minsan, malapit ka lang pala. i use balikbayan box to send things in manila.

lovelyn said...

I started cleaning the kitchen yesterday and the aquarium the other day. The more I think on what to do next, the more I can't finish any hehehe

Vk-mahalkaayo said...

hallo raqgold,

talaga, malapit lang tayo?...happy to know it,
akala ko ssa göppingen sa inyo?

malapit lang tayo pala....
saan ba ang sa inyo? HB?

magtrain na lang ako, alam mo, takot din ako magdrive basta hindi ko kabisado ang strasse or ort, takotin din ako at nervousa.

If we have time we will meet somewhere, in HB or in Mannheim or Weinheim...ok lang.

If i have time i can call you, if you won´t mind.

my tel. is here, 06231-60307....pero ako na ang tatawag sa iyo, ok?
just tell the right time nga frei ka, ok?....n your tel, number too,

thanks again......

raqgold said...

lovelyn - kaya i dont really make a schedule for cleaning. basta i have time, i clean and tidy up. or else i would only stay in front of the PC, hehe

vicki - malapit lang tayo talaga. kaya let's plan an EB soon.