Holiday Plans

[Mrs.Claus]

Okay it's that time of year again - all the Christmas Plans are starting up again.

Fly Lady (she has a Holiday Control Journal)

Christmas Notebook (Yahoo Group)

Holiday Grand Plan (Yahoo Group)

Christmas Organizing (website and Yahoo Group)

Organized Christmas(this site has four different plans)


Christmas Countdown (a six-week Christmas organizing workshop written by Cynthia Ewer)

Holiday Grand Plan (a little bit different from the Yahoo Group listed above but still based on the system created by Katie Leckey)

Houseworks Holiday Plan (the plan assigns a cleaning-and-organizing focus based on the book Houseworks, along with a short list of holiday planning chores)

Rudolph Club (on the 25th of each month, a different aspect of holiday organizing is highlighted

Are you following one this year?

[Noel+]

Thanks Mrs. C. We can always count on you to post these for us every year.

My work schedule is so tight, even working the day before/after Thanksgiving and Christmas, that I may not have time to complete any plan.

[Mrs.Claus]

Holiday Grand Plan started Sunday. I'm using a combination of plans and notebooks this year. Instead of freaking my hubby and kids out by bringing my big binder out and start talking about cleaning, etc right away, I just started talking about a few things I would like to do around the house. Then the family started sharing some of their ideas, the next thing I know is that hubby suggests we write it all down, room by room, and keep track of it. Which is what the Christmas Notebook calls Room Pages. Now I have my binder out, just waiting for the chance to record their ideas. Baby steps. They'll come around soon.

[Mrs.Claus]

I worked on my Christmas Notebook yesterday, just doing up the Room Pages (see previous post) and then figuring out a cleaning plan that works for me and the climate up here. I told hubby I wanted to show him what I had been working on and he's pleasantly surprised that I'm this organized (at least on paper - lol). He's really liking the idea of the house being totally cleaned. I've been doing this for several years and now he's finally taking notice. More of those baby steps.

[Noel+]

I worked on my Christmas Notebook yesterday, just doing up the Room Pages (see previous post) and then figuring out a cleaning plan that works for me and the climate up here. I told hubby I wanted to show him what I had been working on and he's pleasantly surprised that I'm this organized (at least on paper - lol). He's really liking the idea of the house being totally cleaned. I've been doing this for several years and now he's finally taking notice. More of those baby steps.

Congrats! on your Christmas organizational project Mrs. C! And baby steps are a good place to begin!