Once you’ve gotten your house ready and your gifts planned, the next hurdle on the holiday prep list is food. The strategy is pretty simple, really:
Decide what food you want to cook
make a list of ingredients required
purchase them in advance.
Bonus points awarded to individuals who start purchasing shelf-stable ingredients over time, thus […]
Tags: Finance · Food · Holidays
Oooookay. Last week we talked about getting the house ready for the holidays. Hopefully you’ve gotten a start on that. I started thinking about it. That counts.
This week, let’s think about gifts. Yup, I just mentioned Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa gifts in early October. Hey, I saw a mummy […]
So. You all ready for the winter holidays? Hanukkah? Christmas? Kwanzaa?
If yes, then feel free to smile happily to your very organized self. If not, then read on.
There are several facets of holiday preparation, including (but not limited to)
Housecleaning/decoration
Gifts
Food
Traditions
If you’re hosting family and friends, having a clean and decorated place […]
Tags: Holidays · Organization
One more triathlon to go and then the season is over for me. It definitely has been fun, and I look forward to doing them next year. I’m not quite as excited to start the training all over again this fall, but then again I don’t get cool prizes or free cowbells to give to […]
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I like to think of parenting as a multi-disciplinary job. Some things I do involve direct interaction with the boys, while other things are more indirect. How I manage the house, for example. That is an important facet of my parenting, yet it’s something that goes on behind the scenes, as it were. Well. It’s […]
There’s talk across the internet about the big yellow bus, school shopping, lunch preparations, and morning routines. ‘Tis the season, folks.
The start of the school year brings with it the usual sadness that summer’s screeching to a halt, and a heart stopping anxiety about sending my 8 year-old into a school crawling with […]
