tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203689317346533866.post259186367517934807..comments2023-10-10T03:03:48.110-06:00Comments on Hobbit-ish Thoughts and Ramblings: Hobbit-ish Holiday PreparationMrs. Gamgeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351339333625358960noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203689317346533866.post-84027681605527080562013-09-27T07:50:41.151-06:002013-09-27T07:50:41.151-06:00Wow I am so impressed by your organization! Oneste...Wow I am so impressed by your organization! Onestepatatime.co.zaHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00645501856133628248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203689317346533866.post-26601997334032674602013-09-26T09:15:22.473-06:002013-09-26T09:15:22.473-06:00just thinking about the holidays coming up is scar...just thinking about the holidays coming up is scaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203689317346533866.post-35539737048794427692013-09-25T23:55:46.858-06:002013-09-25T23:55:46.858-06:00I think you need to come
Organize all my Christmas...I think you need to come<br />Organize all my Christmas stuff for me?! You should see all the babies I have to buy for! Maybe you will motivate me lol!Good Timinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02057857436371668151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203689317346533866.post-46332629658470406232013-09-25T18:00:37.499-06:002013-09-25T18:00:37.499-06:00Good for you! I used to be MUCH better about havin...Good for you! I used to be MUCH better about having things bought and planned before September, but now I'm usually good by the end of November. I do most of my shopping with Amazon, so it's not too big a deal. No one lets me cook any of the big meals {my MIL and Mom claim them}. But I do love Christmas!<br /><br />Here via ICLWJessica Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06801308494220195403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203689317346533866.post-15314049572341691642013-09-25T12:11:55.778-06:002013-09-25T12:11:55.778-06:00I agree that you are very organized! I do a bit o...I agree that you are very organized! I do a bit of both. I wish I planned ahead more, but I often overdo it when I get started too early. I also don't always know who will be coming to various holidays until much closer. For example, my husband is Italian and therefore has never celebrated Thanksgiving except with me. A lot of his colleagues and our friends are also Italian, and don't usually celebrate Thanksgiving on their own. And although we usually invite most or all of them to our Thanksgiving dinner, they usually have other American friends and acquaintances who may also invite them in any given year. So I often have to wait to invite them (so I can give their other friends a chance as well), and then wait for them to decide where to go. And this year I'm looking at around 9 people who may or may not come - two families, and two individuals! That makes it hard to plan ahead!<br /><br />As far as gifts, my mom usually wants to get the kids a big exciting gift, so I therefore don't do that. But I usually do try to help her pick out the gift, so that she doesn't fill my house with ugly noisy junky toys and also so I know for sure it will be something the kids will like and play with. This year I want her to get them a wooden dollhouse, but I'm putting off having her buy it until I either find a great deal or it's much closer to Christmas (so I'm sure they'll still want it). If I told her to go ahead and buy it now, by the time Christmas comes around she will have bought furniture, people, and tons of other stuff to go with it - she's the type to put it all on the credit card, and the earlier she starts, the more she buys.<br /><br />As for myself, I just start making lists of gifts. I don't actually shop until at least November. I have also lost stuff! Or I forget about it, which I can't believe, but I do. Now that the kids are slightly older, I want to start planning activities throughout the Christmas season, like maybe caroling, games, movies, and other fun activities. It's hard because my husband is really not into Christmas, so I have to do it all myself, and I do get a bit run-down, especially when he's the complete opposite of supportive. I LOVE fall and Christmas, though, so I keep myself in high spirits throughout the season!sunflowerchildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209334933886664383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203689317346533866.post-90256960165996212682013-09-25T08:27:01.145-06:002013-09-25T08:27:01.145-06:00WOW you are very organized, I envy that! I try to...WOW you are very organized, I envy that! I try to get started thinking about things around this time of year, but the heavy list making and buying are usually put off until at least November!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11420005753297839567noreply@blogger.com