How Many Sleeps until your first encounter of the season?

Mmmmmm I see a pattern here. My husband thinks holidays are stress free too as I have washed and packed the appropriate number of socks, underwear, etc., got the Euros, booked flights and accomodation, etc. and all he does is say on the morning of the holiday - have we got the tickets, passport and money - and that is his contribution! Think I like a bit of stress though as I do leave things until the last minute. Oh and 32 sleeps till Zell.

It's a bit too soon for packing, it's not even Christmas Eve yet ~ time to start looking for a pressy for the OH.
I will print off my packing list tomorrow, (I keep one for summer, one for winter) Then will just prepare my painting gear. All the rest can wait until Christmas Day.

Remember to the washing when you come home from holiday ...... poooooo :wink:

EmmaEvs wrote:Yeah Tony I bet you think that fairies pack your case and all you have to do is remember your boots and skis :lol:

MrEvs keeps giving me a row for trying to pack cos he's unsuccessfully hiding the fact that he's bought me a couple of things that will need to go in. I've given up now and left everything in a mess to see how long it takes to get on his nerves :twisted:

Not all men are male chauvinists :wink:

I do my packing in the last half hour before we go. It's easy enough because I keep all my ski stuff in the same drawer and it's simply a case of shovelling it out of there and into my suitcase, plus a few 'normal' clothes :D

And I keep all the ski paperwork in one big envelope in another special drawer so all I have to do is put it in my hand luggage and our passports in my jacket pocket.

I do all the washing when we get back so I know all my ski socks etc. have safely got back into my special drawer.

Oh, and I had my first encounter ages ago - October I believe :D

Ally

Ian Wickham wrote:

EmmaEvs wrote:Yeah Tony I bet you think that fairies pack your case and all you have to do is remember your boots and skis :lol:

MrEvs keeps giving me a row for trying to pack cos he's unsuccessfully hiding the fact that he's bought me a couple of things that will need to go in. I've given up now and left everything in a mess to see how long it takes to get on his nerves :twisted:

Not all men are male chauvinists :wink:

I absolutely agree Mr W. Under normal circumstances MrEvs probably does more laydee chores than I do. Unfortunately when it comes to packing bags he waits until 10 minutes before we leave, then goes around the whole house picking up every item in sight and dumping it in the immaculately packed bags which hold a fine balance of just enough, but not too much stuff. Said bags are then screaming at the seams, and on arrival I unpack and find 4 x deodorant, 3 x toothpaste, 25 x pants and socks, 4 x pairs shoes etc etc etc etc. And that's just for a long weekend. :roll:

He's now firmly banned from even looking at the cases, and only has access to a list :wink: I will be ramping up security the closer we get to departure, and am honing my rugby tackling skills ready :lol:

Ally, I'll be working on your system when we get back and merging it with DaveMac's standing lists. It's been difficult to do that until now because we've been learning about kit and so last year's stuff isn't necessarily what we'd have taken this year e.g. tube socks have now been relegated to cosy house socks :D

Emma,
I made a list last year, for the 'what's in your bag for a week's skiing' thread:

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/32/7105.page#57985

But it was only a list of what goes in the suitcase, not the paperwork etc. which goes in my hand luggage. And everyone seemed to think I'd rather gone over the top with my list - but it is what I actually put in my suitcase (except that the apartments we go to now have duvets instead of blankets so I don't have to bring one of those). I could have organised my list better as well. But I don't actually use a list, because I have it all in my head.

And my daughter uses the tube socks as well as the expensive fitted ones, and she reckons she can't tell the difference. If you can't find your missing ski socks you can always wash the ones you have got on holiday, only don't put them on the radiator to dry (like I did) because they shrink :cry:

Ally