I know lots of readers are out of town and out of their regular blog-reading routine, and I’ve got plenty to keep me busy in the next couple of days as well.
So, it might be a bit quiet around the blog for the rest of this week, depending on how my days go.
I thought that I might selfishly use today’s post to help me get my to-do list checked off, though. Somehow, telling you all what I need to get done makes me move faster!
Here’s what I’d like to accomplish today and tomorrow:
wrap presentsstuff stockingsput together a music notebook for the Christmas Eve service- make pfeffernusse (I made the dough, so, half credit on this one)
- bake some kind of goody for the neighbors
go grocery shopping (womp, womp)take Lisey and Sonia out to buy a present for two friendsmodify Lisey’s new dress(I need to make it narrower, which I’m pretty good at. I’ve had lots of practice skinny-fying things. ;))pick up crickets for Joshua’s gecko- make caramel monkey bread to put in the fridge for Christmas morning
And of course, I need to do the usual sort of stuff like laundry and feeding my family.
(Tonight: bacon quesadillas. Tomorrow night: clam chowder.)
I’ll update this post throughout the day as I cross things off.
Cheyanne
Monday 28th of December 2015
Well, I'm celebrating Christmas with my mom and my brother on New Year's Day this year. This is my current to-do list:
- Weave in ends on crocheted shawl - Weave in ends on crocheted hat and scarf set - Weave in ends on crocheted slippers - Weave in ends on crocheted fingerless gloves - Wash yard sale enamelware coffee pot - Wrap all gifts - Make buckeyes
Ooops! Haha. Luckily it really doesn't take THAT long to weave in all those ends! ;)
Kristen
Monday 28th of December 2015
Whoa, lots of weaving! Good luck with that.
Stephanie L
Thursday 24th of December 2015
I had yesterday (12/23) off of work and spontaneously met a good friend for a luxuriously long lunch. It was so very, very good to take some time for myself in the middle of the day - that never happens!
We've kind of opted out of a lot of Christmas this year; I didn't even get around to buying a wreath. I'll bake cookies this afternoon, we'll go to church with a bunch of friends this evening, and have a quiet day tomorrow. Oh, and we're expecting CRAZY storms here in the South! It's thundering and lightning as I type.
karen b
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015
Yay you got alot done today!!!! tomorrow clean the house & make a cheesecake & hashbrown potatoes, & maybe a couple other odds & ends. I do my baking as early in the month as possible & freeze(I do have another freezer besides just my fridge one:)) also need to drop off neighbor gifts. So excited my day is not jampacked. Wrapping, stockings, most of my food, my parents & my hubbys parents Christmas gatherings all done. (we each have brothers that live out of state & they already came in last weekend.) opps just remembered I need to finish up some cards. still not too bad......saving laundry till sat. Merry Christmas
Liz @ Economies of Kale
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015
It's Christmas Eve already here and I'm at work (although we get to finish at lunchtime yay!). We're flying to visit my family for ten days this afternoon, so things have been busy getting ready for that. Luckily my boyfriend finished up work yesterday, so I've left him a big to-do list for the day, including:
Buying crayfish for my turtle Setting up a timer for the turtle light and another one for the garden hose Setting up the tent in the yard to make sure all the bits are there (we're going camping for New Years) Eating up the leftover food in the fridge Dropping off some plants that need a bit of extra care to a friend Taking the decorations off the live tree and putting it back outside
We exchanged our gifts last night, and wrapped most of the presents for my family then. When I get home I plan to finish packing, unplug all the appliances and hand-pollinate the pumpkins in the garden. Then it's off to the airport :)
I hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas :)
Tina
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015
We usually drive an hour away to my parents house and spend a night or two to have time to hang out...Due to some last minute issues with our dog/lack of boarding, we decided we'd go to their house on Christmas Eve, we'd host Christmas Day (they're bringing half the food) and then we may go back up Boxing Day. Which means today has been a scurry of getting the house "entertaining" ready, not just "clean before we leave" ready. :) And frosting cookings. So my list for the last 3 days has been LONG, but happily its getting shorter. I'm down to wrapping gifts (not that many this year, we opted for one big family gift) and folding all the laundry I've been doing...and making an apple pie. Well, Clean out the Fridge was on my list but I think I've given up on that one.
Do you wrap your stocking gifts or just put items in there? I was surprised to see "Stockings Stuff" already off your list, ours are hanging and I stuff them Christmas Eve when kids are in bed.
Kristen
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015
I don't wrap anything in the stockings...it all just goes straight in there! Ours are attached to our railing with string and ribbon, so I usually take them down a bit early and stuff them. They wouldn't stay hanging up super well with all the stuff in them and I don't like leaving it to the last minute if I can help it.