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Preventing Holiday Stress: Holiday To-Do List
As I see it, there are two ways to reduce holiday stress:
- Lower our expectations–literally cross off the number of things on our to-do list.
- Get started earlier.
My personal preference is a combination of both these strategies. Here’s what I want to accomplish this year:Make holiday cards like last year.- I need to draft the text for our holiday cards.
- Ask Matt to select the photos for our holiday card.
- Get the card designed.
- Get the card printed.
- Pick up stamps.
- Get updated addresses from my friends and family.
- Stuff all the envelopes.
- And send!
Purchase all my gifts and get them wrapped before Thanksgiving.… Read More- Make a
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Halloweeeeeeeeen!
We are now entering into All-the-Holidays-Start-Coming-So-Fast territory. Halloween will be here next month. Then Thanksgiving. And then Christmas.I need to have a yearly list of everything that needs to get done around this time. I’ll save that for another post!As for Halloween, it’s one of my favorite holidays. I used to love it more before I had children. I know that sounds weird, but I loved spending a lot of time making an awesome costume for myself. Now that I’m responsible for 3-4 costumes, it’s a lot less fun. I now do a combination of handmade + buy some stuff so I’m not so stressed out.I thought… Read More -
Book Recommendations
I am in love with the OverDrive app. It connects me to my
city’s library and lets me download e-books into my Kindle app (on my phone) for free. It’s
amazing! It enables me to save money and read a lot more than I otherwise
would.Here are some of the books I’ve read recently, all of which
I recommend:Gone Girl: I seriously could not put this book down. I even
snuck downstairs during a party to read it in the bathroom (just a couple
minutes). It’s engrossing. Surprising. Intriguing. Yes, I am clearly an
introvert.Secrets of a Charmed Life: I love historical fiction. This… Read More
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