Don’t you just love the smell of holiday goodies fresh from the oven? The homey smell of gingerbread and the sweet scent of sugar cookies! I know I do more baking this time of year than any other time. There are so many treats and goodies that my family love and many of our traditions are centered around baking or…
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Near the beginning of this series I posed a question over in our Facebook group. I asked everyone to share what holiday tasks they like the least. For me it’s gift wrapping, but shopping, especially shopping for gifts, was the most popular answer. Shopping for gifts doesn’t have to be stressful. With a little careful planning and a place to…
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Whenever I think about the holiday season I think of family and friends. Joyful celebrations sprinkled with solitary moments of reflection and remembrance. The sparkle of lights blinking in the snow and the squeals of happiness from the kiddos on Christmas morning. Whenever I think about the holiday season planning is not even remotely anywhere near the forefront of my…
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We’re half way through the series! (give or take a couple bonus posts) For the first half we focused on what we wanted from the holidays and also on getting all the tasks and to-do list items out of our heads and down on paper. We took it a step further by organizing our to-do lists in a way that…
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The holiday season always seems to come with a mile long list of all the things we need to do. Not just the things we want to do, but all the other tasks and activities that make everything else possible. Whenever I’m overwhelmed or approaching a time that I know has the potential to be stressful, one of the first…
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I often find that holiday planning can quickly become overwhelming. One of my favourite ways to beat the planning overwhelm is sprinkle in something fun. We just finished writing up a massive to do list full of all the things we need to do this holiday season. Now it’s time to loosen up a little bit and make a just…
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I don’t know about you, but during the holiday season the number of to-do lists I have running quadruples – at least! There are so many activities and events and other things that we all want or need to do during the holidays. And they all require some preparation and planning. Starting your holiday to-do list early is a great…
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I believe that holiday traditions are a big part of what make this season so magical. Winter is just beginning and we’re winding down the year with a whirlwind of festivities sprinkled with these quiet, magical moments. Holiday traditions are my favourite part of the season. I love sitting around the tree on Christmas Eve reading Twas a Night Before…
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It is no secret that the holidays can be one of the busiest times of the year. There can be alot of hustling and bustling between shopping, outings, parties, and normal life routines. There is also something really special about the busyness during this season. But, busyness doesn’t have to equal stressful. You can embrace and enjoy the chaos of…
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We declutter our homes, our cars, our purses, our planners, but often we forget that our brains need to be decluttered too. We carry so many things around with us in our heads and the more cluttered our mind is, the harder it can be to focus. Thankfully, there are a few things we can do to help clear the…
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How we end the day is just as important, if not more so, than how we start the day. Often in our quest to reclaim our time we overlook the importance of the those last quiet moments of the day. The time where we start to wind down our brains (hopefully) and get ready to snuggle under the covers for…
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The final round of dated calendars is finally ready! These year on a page calendars put up quite the resistance to being shared. It felt like if it could go wrong it did! I saved over the original files a few times, and had to redo them. Then the printable graphics had the wrong printable image on them, and I…
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Who doesn’t love dated academic calendars with plenty of room for planning and notes? Speaking only for myself, I can’t wait to get mine printed so I can get our home school planner set up and ready for September. This year I tried just using one planner for all school and home stuff and while it worked all right, I’m…
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Working on the new academic calendars while we were in the middle of finishing up our home school year was a little bizarre. Part of me did not want to work on these at all. I’ve been counting the days until summer vacation for months now, and thinking about the new school year just wasn’t topping my list of fun…
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Have you ever worked on a project that seemed to never end? You know those ones where just when you think you’re finished there is another detail that needs to be finished? Or another part that needs to be done? I typically find that when I finish a project like that I’m left feeling kind of blah. I’m so thankful…
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