Debrief: Weeks #3 & #4
Are you starting to figure out why I’ve never finished the entire HHP? Back-to-school activity ramp-up is no joke! I’m going to keep to my commitment though, and hopefully I’ll get some prep done in the master bedroom and the kids’ rooms soon.
- Week 3: I did buy a new return address stamp for Christmas cards. The old one was running out of ink.
- Week 3: I perused Christmas card designs and I’m pretty sure I know what I want to go with. Just need to order.
- I’ve continued to work on the Husband Christmas Socks.
Week #5: Guest Room or Extra Room
It’s time to prepare for holiday house guests!
This Week’s Household Checklist:
- Declutter, clean and organize guest areas.
- No guest room or guest space? Take a bonus week, tackling another area of the household or catching up on earlier assignments. (I’ll be trying to get caught up on Weeks #3, 4 and 5…)
This Week’s Holiday Prep Checklist:
- Status Check! Review the progress of the House & Holidays Plan on the first day of the month. If you’re falling behind, adjust goals to a more realistic level.
- Begin planning holiday decorating.
- Inventory holiday decorations.
- Declutter before you decorate for autumn.
- Decorate for autumn. Choose “generic” decor items. Nearer to Halloween, add a few Halloween items which can be removed easily after the holiday. Come November 1, swap them out for Thanksgiving decorations.
- Schedule house guest stays.
- Make a guest room “pamper basket”.
- Set up the hot drinks station, if you do one. October is peak pumpkin spice season, so create a cozy little nook for cocoa and warm beverages, complete with flavored syrups.
- Continue working on Christmas cards. Divide the Christmas card list into five sections. Complete one section this week. Goal: to be finished writing, signing and addressing cards by November 15.
