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August 2014 Moms
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Ready for Christmas?
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How are you feeling about being ready for Christmas??? I just had a moment of panic when I realized it's just over a week away! So....
What's Done?
What's Not Done?
What are you ok with skipping this year?
What's Done?
What's Not Done?
What are you ok with skipping this year?
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Re: Ready for Christmas?
What's Not Done? Addressing and sending cards, shopping for my parents, nephew, and nieces (family gathering Saturday), finish details of DHs gift (night away on the 26th), lots of deadlines for work this week before school let's out for break, figuring out gift for LO ...we were buying him a bouncer but our neighbors loaned us an awesome one. Still want to figure out something small, stocking stuffers
Skipping? Extra cooking and fancy Christmas dinner. I think we will grill steaks or order in. Christmas Eve, our church has a big service in the parking lot that we love, but we aren't sure yet if taking LO will be best. Trying to decide about visits to friends.
ok there is one thing we need to do...we need to put together the gingerbread train.
I'm not looking forward to christmas...every yr it seems to get more and more depressing for me.
Not done: small amount of baking for friends as a Thank You for checking on our cat while we're gone. Laundry and packing for trip home to my mom's house.
Skipping: Nothing! I love Christmas! We moved 12 hours away from friends and family this year and just found out last week we'll be able to drive back to MI for the whole week!! It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Not done: shopping for DH ( have no idea what to get him this year... What are you ladies buying for yours ?). Clean house, wrap a few more presents, grocery shop before mom gets here on Friday.
Skipping: the homemade gifts. Every year I make some edible goodies for neighbors, co workers, etc. I just don't have the time or patience this year, and I'm totally ok with that!
Skipping cards as I wanted snow in the picture (we live in Iowa, you'd think there would be snow) and it is too late now.
Shopping is complete as of last night and I have just 1 box left to wrap.
Done - Tree and outside decorations (Thank You DH!). I have shopped for everyone except my father, I was a HUGE on-line shopper this year. X-mas cards sent.
Not Done - Wrapping I don't even have the paper yet. Get enlargements printed of LO to go in the frames I bought for all the different branches of family. Clean my mess of a house - this is kind of pointless due to MIL so maybe I'll move it to the Skip list LOL!
Skipping - No fancy meal on x-mas day, I will have immediate family over but we will have steak sandwiches or something easy.
Not done- most of the shopping, all of the wrapping, all of the cleaning.
Skipping- usually go crazy with the baking. Since I'm off dairy and chocolate for LO, that's probably not happening!
I'm ready but I'm not excited about it...
First BFP: 12/16/13
EDD: 08/23/14
Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
What's Not Done? Cleaning the house (my inlaws are celebrating with us this weekend so this needs to get done asap) and I really want to get his picture taken with Santa but I do not want to wait in a long line so I am hoping to go in the morning next week since this week is shot with all the cleaning that has to be done.
What are you ok with skipping this year? Holiday dinner is not anything extravagant; we have gone all out in the past but this year we are keeping it simple and taking I you don't like it don't eat it approach. Both our families have some picky eaters who we have catered to in the past not doing it this year.
What's Not Done? Wrapping presents and assembling the big gifts. I also need to grocery shop for our dinner groceries.
What are you ok with skipping this year? We skimped on the stockings but oh well. I wanted to have better table decorations but that's not happening either.
Not done: I haven't planned the holiday menu or exactly what we are doing yet! Not one single present bought.
Skipping: Christmas cards, and whatever I can
BF birthday is two days later and he's turning 30 so more focused on planning a dirty thirty bash!
Done: Shopping, wrapping, decorating, and cards are sent out. Have also ordered the turkey, a deli platter, and all the bread we will need.
Not done: Baking and grocery shopping. Fortunately I have a plan for meals and I know what I need to bake and buy. I just have to find time to do it. Probably this weekend.
Skipping: Nothing that I can think of. I've been organizing for this since shortly after Halloween. Fortunately FI has been a big help with most things.
Not done: cleaning. Baking. Gifts for the family. Christmas cards. Pretty much everything else.
Skipping: maybe all of the above? I will at least make sure that the living room is clean enough for Christmas unwrapping pics. Beyond that... Not much.
What's left: wrapping, DH's stocking, and making the freezer meal packs for my aunts and uncles (it's their gift this year as none of them cook).