Christmas Card Progress

2012 Stamps available soon!

We are down to 59 days!

Today's Task:  Purchase Your Christmas Stamps.
Save yourself a trip and purchase them on-line.
I just ordered 100 stamps
 ($44.00 with free shipping)

 Click HERE for the USPS site for their holiday stamps.   

Simplified Planner



giverslog.com

 75 more days...if you already feel behind don't stress.

Giver's Log has done it again with an amazing and simplfied planner.

Click HERE to get your own copy....I'm printing mine now.

Thanks giverslog

Get Your Menus Planned Before the Crazies Begin!

With Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas sneaking up on us, the holiday crazies HAVE begun!

In order to stay sane, we must keep up on our EVERYDAY responsibilities!
The only way to do both is simplify and plan ahead.  This week we'll be checking our systems and routines around the house, revamping and simplifying so that we can NOT ONLY handle the next few months, but enjoy the fun!  

Today's Task:  Menu PLAN!

Here's what I do to keep it simple:

Sunday:  Crock Pot

Monday: Leftovers

Tuesday: Taco Tuesday (or any Mexican dish)

Wednesday:  Pasta Night

Thursday:  Hubby BBQ's

Friday: Pizza

Saturday:  Leftovers

Now each Monday I just fill in the blanks, make a quick grocery list...and wha la -simplified meal planning.

Here's some menu boards, just to make it fun:

Click HERE for a Darling Printable Weekly Planner!
Mndy-made suggets you frame it and use dry erase markers on the glass to plan each week.








Here is another take on the Weekly Menu Planner
Chalkboard Paint on the inside of the kitchen cupboard.

and HERE's mine on Etsy.
I like to use magnets and put the recipe right on the board.


How do you simplify your menu plan?

Homemade Gifts: It's time to start!

http://www.lilluna.com

Home-made gifts are so much fun to give! 
There's not many things that top giving a friend something you've created!
However, handmade gifts take time, effort and a lot of creative energy.
If you want to have energy in December to enjoy the things that matter most,
finish up those homemade gifts early!


Click HERE for a printable list for your planner "Gifts to Make"

Here's some DIY ideas:

Click HERE for Christmas Block, HERE for photo necklace, HERE for Sugar Scrub

Click HERE for wooden Nativity, HERE for picture frame,  HERE for ornament

What are you crafting this Christmas?  

Halloween Printables

Are Halloween preparations driving you BATTY?

Keep the trick out of the treat by using free “printables” on the web.
Click on the BLUE links below to find a few that will delight your little ghosts & ghouls:



Halloween Banner

Halloween Banner by …Moselle

Halloween Game by… theidearoom

Halloween Cupcake Toppers by eighteen25

Masks by familyfun.

Gift Tags & Stickers by The Twinery

Bookmarks by leehanson

Lunch Box Jokes by Allisonwaken



bookmark





cupcake toppers







printable masks



halloween game



whole party



and a whole printable Halloween party by “clickableparty”

and my all time fav...printable 'stashes" by fabulous savings

 Happy Haunting!