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Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:04 am
by Indiana
Dining Room Week - 11/23/08The Grand Holiday Plan:
http://organizedchristmas.com/holiday-grand-planIt is Dining Room week.
http://organizedchristmas.com/dining-room-weekPlus holiday preparation:
- Deadline Week: If homemade gifts are not done, put them away. After Thanksgiving weekend go buy something.
- Get everything out for Thanksgiving Dinner and prepare everything that can be done ahead of time.
- Stock bathrooms and first aid kit.
- Wednesday: Use one of the Freezer Meals, buy a salad at the store...
- Friday or Saturday: Have children make/set up Advent Calendar.
- Set up the Creche area and add figures each day as we read from an Advent book. Continue until Jan. 6 when the wise men come.
- Read "Christmas Comes Once More" by Mildred Correll Luckhardt.
- Let kids get out and inspect Christmas decorations; test tree and other lights, replace bulbs.
You can find the printable forms and calendars here:
http://organizedchristmas.com/printable/holiday-grand-plan
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:06 am
by Indiana
blessed you are so right that slowly getting ready ahead of time and is effortless and feels effortless, and we can just enjoy our family and Christmas.
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:20 pm
by blessedw2
So true Indiana.
I finished my dmom and aunts/uncles project, I made a family tree for them for their grandchildren and great grandchildren my aunt that is 74 is the youngest person I know so it is hard to think she just became a great grandmother.
my dads gift I just started and hoping to get done.
We go downtown the day after Christmas so hoping to get name picks done.
I finished wrapping dkids presents.
dkids need to buy for each other but that can be relaxing
and same for dkids to get dh something.
I am suprising dkids with lights this coming week. I won't tell them I am doing them, just do it and turn it on as a suprise.
take care indiana and have a great thanksgiving!
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:54 pm
by Indiana
Decor Week - 11/30/08The Grand Holiday Plan:
http://organizedchristmas.com/holiday-grand-planIt is Dining Room week.
http://organizedchristmas.com/decor-weekPlus holiday preparation:
- Decorate house and yard for holidays.
- Have a craft day for children.
- Prepare all packages for mailing and mail this week and next. Mail all overseas cards.
- Plan a caroling evening or other social family evenings.
- Procure and water the Christmas tree!
- Order turkey.
- Are we having the company Christmas party? See checklist.
- Read "The Polar Express" aloud to kids.
You can find the printable forms and calendars here:
http://organizedchristmas.com/printable/holiday-grand-plan
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:40 pm
by Indiana
Finish-Up Week - 12/7/08The Grand Holiday Plan:
http://organizedchristmas.com/holiday-grand-planIt is Finish-Up week.
http://organizedchristmas.com/finish-weekPlus holiday preparation:
- Mail rest of packages and all cards
You can find the printable forms and calendars here:
http://organizedchristmas.com/printable/holiday-grand-plan
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:07 pm
by Indiana
Finish-Up Week - 12/14/08
The Grand Holiday Plan:
http://organizedchristmas.com/holiday-grand-plan
It is Finish-Up week.
http://organizedchristmas.com/maintenance-week
Minimum Maintenance
Holiday Prep:
Plan New Year's activities
Decorate tree - make it a PARTY.
Use some of the freezer meals.
You can find the printable forms and calendars here:
http://organizedchristmas.com/printable/holiday-grand-plan
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:56 pm
by Harriet
Tree lights are all on and everything to do with lights is put away (what a concept).
One section of lights, not at the beginning or end of a strand, was blinking and none of the other lights do. Unnerving. 
So I considered this problem myself (normally I would holler for a MAN for some reason). I figured out that the first bulb from the outlet-direction that was blinking was different looking - two-toned. I took it out and everything beyond it went dark. I replaced it, even though the ONLY bulb not two-toned that I had in my replacements baggie was blue (how did we get one blue bulb?). And voila! Tree's all lit up and all parts of it are staying STILL. 
Dd10 will have a wonderful time decorating with all the ornaments this evening. I have assured dd28 that no breakable ornament will be on the tree, so she can relax about her 2-year-old. Again, how I appreciate textile ornaments of all kinds, child-friendly. I don't even have ours down from the shelf yet, but can see so many in my mind's eye. Ds says he doesn't want me to give him any of his homemade ornaments this year. I guess it's just not time yet for him to "nest".
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:54 pm
by Indiana
Celebrate Week - 12/21/08
The Grand Holiday Plan:
http://organizedchristmas.com/holiday-grand-plan
It is Celebrate week.
http://organizedchristmas.com/celebrate-week
Minimum Maintenance
Holiday Prep:
Enjoy the season.
You can find the printable forms and calendars here:
http://organizedchristmas.com/printable/holiday-grand-plan
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:31 am
by blessedw2
bought some stocking stuffers
Re: Holiday Grand Plan
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:17 pm
by Nancy
Got cookies and bought cookie dough too,
Thanksgiving dinner stuff is purchased!