Category Archives: Holidays

Menu Plan Monday ~ Oct 6th (Thanksgiving Edition!)

Hey everyone!  Technically it’s not Thanksgiving here in Canada until next Monday but we always celebrate on the Sunday night before so we can all sleep in the next day after all our hard work :)  Just wanted to explain why you are seeing my Thanksgiving menu this week instead of next.  I’m so excited [...]

Holiday Countdown

I’ve got another great (and free!) holiday countdown to tell you about.
Starting October 1st, Cara from The Household Helper is launching a free ecourse to help you prepare for ALL the upcoming holidays between now and January, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve.  This ecourse will provide you with weekly emails giving you action [...]

Christmas Organizing

Did you know there are only 100 days left until Christmas!
Each year we all have such great intentions don’t we that this will finally be the year we have an organized, stress-free and on budget Christmas.  It’s not always easy though and sometimes we need a little help.  So, like last year, I want to [...]

A recipe for JOY!

I’ve been a stalker of Marybeth Whalen’s blog Cheaper by the Half Dozen for awhile now and so when she emailed me to see if I’d be interested in reviewing her brand new ebook (which means you order it and it is emailed to you in pdf format lickety split) I jumped at the chance. [...]

I’m off to the loony bin….care to join me?

I’m up to my eyeballs in organizing euphoria. I’m working on trying to pick me some winners for the 30 Day Challenge. I’ve been through every participant at least once, only 1768 more times to go. The problem I seem to be having is that looking at all the before and afters makes me want [...]

Organizing table linens….

As you all know by now I don’t enjoy cooking dinner but I what I do enjoy is the organizing of dinner. From spending hours pouring over recipes books trying to select just the right menu to setting and decorating the table. I love a pretty table and I especially love the diversion [...]

How Regis & Kelly help me get my Christmas cards done each year……

I love love love getting Christmas cards. Each day in December I dash out to my mailbox to see if any newsy card awaits me. I hold my breath as I carefully open each card in anticipation of what is by far my favorite part of the Christmas card tradition. The picture.
The family pictures [...]

Organizing and planning for Christmas….

As crazy as it sounds I’ve noticed some of you are already starting to plan for Christmas. Very impressive! I have to admit that I don’t give Christmas much thought until at least November however I’ve even gotten a few emails from some of my readers about resources. I did a little snooping around and [...]

Christmas Tour of Homes!!!

Welcome to my home!

Come on in and make yourself comfortable. I’d love to show you my sparsely lovely decorated home. Walk with me….

The above picture is of my beautiful snowman that greets every visitor that comes through my front door. Isn’t he sweet! I purchased him at a crafts fair many years ago.

This here [...]

Holiday Traditions

Today Sandra is hosting a Holiday Traditions meme asking us to share our special family holiday traditions with each other. I absolutely love traditions especially at Christmas time. I grew up with many holiday traditions and I hope to pass many of these along to my own children. Two holiday traditions that stand out for [...]