Louise, It's funny that you have already begun to think of Christmas. I have begun thinking about it myself and my thoughts have been that it's going to be here before we know it and how I need to begin to prepare early so I am not hit all at once. So I am going to take your advice and begin now. Thanks for the reminder.
Sherry in FL On Tue, 7 May 2002 06:09:44 +0100 "Louise.king" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all > > Today the realization hit me ... its just over 6 months until > Christmas.... > > I have promised myself each year that I am going to begin my > Christmas > preparations early and therefore avoid the 'panic' and last minute > rush. > Each year I have made this promise and each year I have failed to > get it > down to a 'fine art' and actually avoid those last minute panics and > the > stresses that come with them. > > Christmas is a time of rejoicing, a time to relax and enjoy the > gifts that > have been given to us, family, friends, etc., It is not supposed to > be a > time of panic... > > 'will aunt aggie like the paper tea bags I bought her because the > shop was > about to shut and being Christmas eve it was my last chance to buy > her a > present.. it was that or nothing.... ' > > We have all done it, bought a gift out of sheer desperation at the > last > moment, knowing deep down that if we had planned better, prepared > better, > taken more time over the season that we could of done a lot better. > > How many of us have thought during the season that we wish we had > started > earlier, been more organised, thought more deeply about it? I for > one have. > > So this year I am determined to enjoy my Christmas without the last > minute > panics, to get the gifts that I know will be appreciated, to plan it > down to > the last detail or as near as I can get it. I know that unexpected > guests or > events will mean that Christmas cannot be 'timetabled' to the last > minute... > but at least I can avoid the expected panics and plan for the known > stuff. > > So if you find yourself with a few minutes to spare why not relax > with a > nice cup of tea (or what ever you drink) and start thinking about > your > Christmas preparations. > > I have put a notice on my blackboard in this room that says > 'Christmas > cannot be organised too early'. Hopefully it will help me to get a > move on > and start, baby step by baby step. > > This year I want to make all the Christmas cards I send and the gift > tags. I > want to buy a gift a week rather than all in one go. I want all > the > vegetables we have to have been grown in our garden and as we don't > like > figgy pudding, all the apples to come from our own tree (we love > apple > crumble and custard). > > Its never too early to start preparing for Christmas even if it is > only on > paper. A good schedule with reminders will aid us and help to > minimise the > last minute panics. > > I don't know about you but the only thing that spoils the Christmas > season > for me is the stress that it can bring ... this year I am going to > do my > utmost to minimise it. > > Louise > Off to do update her Christmas card list. > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
