Is it me, or is this year flying by? I can’t believe that this time next week we will be in the middle of November. In an attempt to not get behind and turn into a crazy holiday person, I took a step. We did our family Christmas pictures the first week of November. And, since one of my goals is to simply this Christmas we had our pictures taken at home. From start to finish we were done in 40 minutes and it was wicked easy. In fact, I had the CD of the pics the next day (because my photographer rocks socks) and we have several great shots to choose from. I usually just put the kids on the card, but I may use a pic of the whole fam…the jury is still out.
I have taken some time to reflect on what I love about this season and figure out a way to eliminate the stress and create more time to just enjoy being with friends and family. The month is already filling up of activities and parties, so if I don’t start planning ahead I will be doomed. Here are the things I enjoy…
- Decorating my Christmas trees (maybe not as many this year though)
- Hosting a cookie swap party and inviting some people we don’t often have over throughout the year, along with the regular suspects
- Taking the kids to a holiday movie
- Sending cards
- Finding just the right gist for the people I love
Because I truly do love this time of year there is not a lot of things I don’t like. If I had to pick something that made me feel a bit Grinch like it would have to be cleaning up the Christmas decorations post celebration and rushing to find gifts just to check a box. So maybe I will brainstorm some ways to avoid those things this year.
Overall I’m excited for the season and am looking forward to the smell of my Yankee Candles Sugar Cookie scented candle filling my house with delicious smells.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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