My Holiday Schedule

 

I want to have  as stress free holiday season this year so I have made myself  list to try and follow every week, so I am not rushing around the last minute like a crazy person ha ha . 
So here is the weekly schedule I came up with. Counting this week their are 9 weeks until Christmas (can you believe it?)  


Oct ( starting the last week in October)

Week 1

Get the rest of my fall decorations put up in the house. I

 have the outside done.

 Start my Christmas card list. This will take a little longer since

 most of my addresses were my computer that died.

 Gift list made

 

Nov.

Week 1

Gift list finished,

Buy supplies for homemade gifts,

Start on making homemade gifts.

 

Week 2

 

Work on Homemade gifts

Start wrapping what I have.

Start buying the gifts we are buying.

 

Week 3

 

Plan Thanksgiving meal.

Clean house for holidays

Christmas letter written and start on Christmas cards.

Keep working on Homemade gifts.

Wrap what gifts I have.

Make cookie dough and freeze.

 

Week 4

 

Cook for Thanksgiving.

Cards ready to mail.

Work on Homemade gifts if time allows.

Wrap what gifts I have.

 

Dec.

Week 1

 

Fall put away.

Christmas decorations out.

Mail Christmas cards.

Wrap what gifts I have.

Finish buying store bought gifts. 

 

Week 2

 

Finish putting up decorations.

Finish up Homemade gifts.

Buy stocking stuffers.

Bake cookies and breads

 

Week 3 

Clean house

Finish wrapping

Enjoy the Season.

 

Week4

Just hang out and enjoy.

 

Week 5

Take down Christmas decorations.

Clean house and get ready for a new year.

 

 

I am hoping I haven't forgotten anything.

I will also be doing holiday stuff with the day care kids,

Crafts, stories  and I will be doing the Elf on a shelf with them for

the first time have to admit I am a little excited about this.

 

So what are your plans for a stress free holiday season?