Bumblebriar

While I love the anticipation of Christmas, there is a certain relief that I feel when it’s all over.  I notice I go through a phase of reconciling all of the things I didn’t get done, wish I could do next time, then quickly move to getting cleaned up to start all over again.  This reflection time takes about 2 minutes.  Here’s what I’m committing to do next time:

1. Next year, I will plan out what I want to get accomplished well in advance.
2. I will get christmas shopping done by September
3. I will have addresses collected throughout the year and address my christmas cards and have them mailed just after Thanksgiving.
4. I will hire someone to put up the outdoor lights just like I want them done (by a professional)
5. I will hire someone to clean the house
6. I will take 2 days off to cook candies and cookies
7. and then I will just relax throughout the holiday season (yea right!)

I hope to revisit this list through out the year.  Maybe my list will grow.

We are buried in snow and ice.  The day after Christmas we all have a bit of cabin fever, at least it’s raining and snowing off and on, hard to dig out.