OK, let’s have a show of hands… Who loves Christmas planning? Me, me! [bustling to front of queue] 🙂
I normally start at the end of October, when the Flylady http://flylady.net/ starts sending out daily missions. Nothing major – just a bit of planning and doing a little every day. So that when 1 December comes around, you’ve done the groundwork and actually have time to enjoy going to Christmas parties, end of season Scout group get-togethers, tree decorating parties and breakfast-make-decoration-mornings at school. And something I didn’t do pre-Flylady, just soaking up the atmosphere, lights and decorations in town. I now also enjoy watching everyone else running around like headless chickens, but that’s not exactly very charitable or in keeping with the Christmas spirit, right? 😉
This year I’m going to start a bit earlier. Mainly because the kitchen remodel starts on Monday and I’m not expecting to be back up to speed with the brand new kitchen till mid-November. But also because I can’t wait to get started 🙂
My good friend Krista from http://typical-ramblings.blogspot.com/ is going to be posting every Sunday on her blog, and I’ll be doing the same.
She’s using the Holiday Grand Plan from http://organizedchristmas.com/
I’m using the Holiday Control Journal from http://flylady.net/ I started using it 3 years ago and it has made Christmas so easy. Have been so organised about the whole thing, that I can actually do the whole traditional bit, and actually enjoy it! 🙂
You can find the Flylady Holiday Control Journal – and lots of other Christmas planning stuff – at http://flylady.net/pages/holidaycruising1.asp
My first job is to get out my Control Journal and look it over. I use the same one every year, and just tweak it. Though I will need to print out a few fresh pages (the list of gifts, menuplans etc).
Please feel free to join in! In Sunday’s blogpost, I’ll let you know where we’re at 🙂
This sounds great, I'll be reading but at the mo I'm starting to plan my move – wooooooooooooooot! 😀
By the end of oct I should be moved over and settling in, so I'll start my prep then.
*skips happily away to sort out laundry*
Gosh, won't it be exciting to decorate the tree in your new place! [sighs, imagining Marilyn's house in Crieff…Marilyn's boys clutching mugs of hot chocolate topped with marshmallows and whipped cream…snow falling gently outside the window] 🙂
I'm so glad you're going to be joining me on this! 🙂 Much more fun when you have someone to chat about all the preparations with. So far this week I'm doing well at getting things checked off my list. The weekend is going to be busy with finishing up the outdoor list.
See you Sunday!