We’re all excited for Christmas over here; but honestly, I think I sometime like Christmas Eve even better than Christmas Day. It’s quieter, more low-key, less hoopla, less busyness, and just simpler.
Due to the holidays, having family in town, and a fun little pre-baby holiday getaway Dave and I are taking later this week, I’ll be taking the rest of the week off from blogging. But I’ll see you back here on New Year’s Day!
As I was packing up our Christmas decorations I thought, “I bet people would like to see some pictures of our basement and how I store our extra stuff.”
So, for those of you who’d like to see what the basement of a 120 year old farmhouse (with a cray organizer living upstairs) looks like… here you go!
I don’t know about you, but I like to give myself a Christmas and birthday gift 🙂 This year, the gift I gave myself was a super comfy and soft Michigan Home t-shirt from the Home. T Company.
They have many other states available, and a portion of each sale helps support research for Multiple Sclerosis. Wouldn’t these also make a fun graduation gift?
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m taking a two-week blogging break to spend time with family — and to enjoy Dave’s extra-long two FULL weeks of Christmas break!
However, I couldn’t just leave for two weeks without wishing you all a VERY Merry Christmas, or without sharing our 2012 Christmas card — and a few cute family pictures!
Today, I’m sharing a very simple (but effective) “Clear the Clutter Before Christmas” challenge that will hopefully encourage and motivate you to clear a little bit of clutter from your home and life before Christmas day.
No matter how busy you are these next 10 days, YOU CAN DO THIS… and you’ll be so glad you did!
Now that it’s October, I feel like I can {and should} start thinking and planning for Christmas — specifically Christmas gifts.
This past weekend, I spent about 10 minutes making a Gift List and a Wish List — I do this every year and I’m always amazed by how these lists help me to simplify the holiday season.
As much as I LOVE putting up our Christmas decorations… I also love taking them down again.
Yes, it takes the better part of an afternoon to gather them all into my storage bins and bring them downstairs, but after I’m done, the house feels so open, light, and un-cluttered.
I packed up our decorations this past weekend… and have a few tips to simplify and organizing the process.
Yes, I know — you’re not supposed to be “working” on Christmas Break. However, if you are anything like me, you LOVE to take advantage of any spare time you have and fit in a project or two!
So while I completely intend on relaxing and enjoying my Christmas Break, I’m also planning to tackle a few simple projects as well — especially since Dave has almost two weeks off from school and can help with Nora.
Here are some of the projects I’m doing over break:
Christmas is just over 5 weeks away and I’m assuming most of you have already been asked “what do you want for Christmas?”
Even as adults, we occasionally get a few gifts each year, and I don’t know about you, but I always have a difficult time coming up with things to put on my OWN Christmas wish list. But now I have a really simple method of keeping track of the things I want for Christmas…
Every year, as I’m making my Christmas list and searching for great bargins on creative Christmas gifts, I always start thinking about all the DIFFERENT ways people handle the issue of “gift giving”.
I know every family and group has different gift-giving traditions, so I thought I would first share a few of the different ways my family and extended family handles Christmas gifts… but then I’d love to know how you do it too!
Yes, I know it’s still the middle of September — but believe it or not, Christmas is only 100 days away!
Since our baby is due right in the middle of this very busy time of year, I’ve already started planning ahead… and have a bunch of helpful tips and resources that will help you to get a jump-start this year too!
I LOVE this time of year!
. Today is the day… …the day when I pack up my Christmas decorations. I still leave some greenery and snowmen up for the rest of the winter, but the Christmas trees and any other “Christmasy” decorations must come down! Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE decorating my home for Christmas {even though I didn’t do much …
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Find out how to make these simple holiday cards over at MixedMediaArt.net Wow…Christmas is only 3 days away! I guess with all the commotion surrounding our big move, the last few days have flown by…and now Christmas is literally right around the corner! I never imaged moving would be this time-consuming, stressful, crazy, hectic, and DIS-organized…but that’s exactly how …
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I can’t believe it’s August. Did I miss something — like half the summer? By now, you are probably stocking up on school supplies and gearing up for the start of a new school year! However, you know that once the kids go back to school, the holidays {and holiday shopping} are right around the corner. I’ll …
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