WEEK 13 - My Holiday Plan

       

Happy Thanksgiving, it's here this week on Thursday the 28th! Monday is the best day to pick up anything you really need to be fresh for Thursday, Tuesday at the very latest! The closer you get to Thanksgiving day the crazier it gets in the stores & the less you have to pick from. Also get your turkey out & defrost it, it is never fun to do the turkey defrost in the sink, a tub, & don't use a hot tub, yes I've heard of people doing this! I brine my turkey for 24 hours so it has to be defrosted by Wednesday morning at the latest to work for my timeframe.

 NOVEMBER 24th - NOVEMBER 30th

WEEK 13 - Living Room, Family Room - Entry Space Week - CELEBRATE!

Straighten up Living Room

Straighten up Family Room

Clean the Entry

Zone 5  – Living Room & Family Room:

Remove ALL Clutter

Mon –

Tues –

Weds –

Thurs –

Fri –

Set up Party Invitations & Send

Begin Changing Decorations Over from Fall to Winter (Forms)

Arrange for Babysitters & Grandparent Time

Prepare Gifts that are to be mailed

Set up Supplies to make jar gifts & suckers

Status Check Holiday Prep & Re-evaluate as needed

Planning Ahead:

RETHINK IT: If homemade gifts are not done, put them away after Thanksgiving      weekend. Buy something instead.

Get everything out for Thanksgiving Dinner and prepare everything that can be       done ahead of time. Make sure enough dishes are available.


TUESDAY: Pop corn for popcorn strings. It strings more easily if it is stale.

WEDNESDAY: Take care of any last minute holiday dinner shopping.

THURSDAY EVENING: Start Turkey Soup

FRIDAY EVENING: Assemble Turkey Casserole

FRIDAY:Wash holiday linens

FRIDAY: Kids make the Christmas chain.

SATURDAY: Decorate the kitchen.

SATURDAY: Decorate the staircase and front hall.

Wrap Christmas story books



WEEK 12 - My Holiday Planning

Next week is Thanksgiving, do you have a menu planned for Thanksgiving, have you made all your travel arrangements, what do you need to pick up for guests? Get it all arranged this week so you aren't in the stores with all the last minute shoppers, so you can relax & enjoy your holiday next week. Plan your have to buy close to the holiday items for Monday before the stores get too crazy.

NOVEMBER 17th - NOVEMBER 23rd

WEEK 12 - All Bedrooms - Dining Space Week - Decorate:

Organize All Bedroom Closets

Organize All Bedroom Dressers

Clean Floors

ZONE 4 - Bedroom:

Make Beds (Change Sheets)

Dresser Tops Clean

Remove any remaining summer clothing

Kitchen Special Project for Thanksgiving:

Clean Countertops

Clean Appliances

Declutter Kids Toys

MONDAY -

TUESDAY -

WEDNESDAY -

THURSDAY -

FRIDAY -

PLANNING AHEAD:

Set up Party Invitations for White Elephant Christmas party

Arrange for Babysitters & Grandparent Time

Prepare Gifts that are to be mailed

Set up Supplies to make jar gifts & suckers

Status check Holiday Prep & Re-evaluate as needed

Mix 9 dozen Christmas Cookies. Freeze the dough in freezer ziplocs. Label with cookie name, cooking heat, & time. Mint Chocolate Chip, thank you Ashlyn!

Bake 2 loaves of Banana Bread. Wrap & Freeze

Double a meal for dinner & freeze each week

Clean fridge thourougly, make room for leftovers

Check menu & find any serving dishes needed.

Are linens clean & ready? Unfold & verify

Work on table centerpiece

Address Christmas Cards

Assemble Turkey Poop Gifts to give out

Buy at least 2 bags of chocolate per check & other candy ingredients

Prepare small gifts to go in stockings

Set up the kids tree (?)

Buy Advent candles &/or calendar

Week 11 - My Holiday Planning

 

Fall is HERE!!! Leaves have started changing & falling everywhere, the air is getting colder & crisp, Thanksgiving is getting closer, time to get ready for family holiday season!

 

NOVEMBER 10th to NOVEMBER 16th

WEEK 11 - Bathrooms/Laundry Room/Dining Space/Birthday Week - Get COOKING!!!

 

Organize Bathroom Supplies/Cabinets in Upstairs Hallway Bathroom

 

Organize Bathroom Supplies/Cabinets in Downstairs Bathroom

 

Organize Bathroom Supplies/Cabinets in Master Bathroom

 

Organize Laundry Area

 

ZONE 3 - Bathroom, Stairs, & Laundry Room

 

Clean Bathroom Countertops

 

Clean out Bathroom Drawers

 

Clean out Bathroom Cupboards

 

Clean Bathroom Appliances

 

Clean out Laundry Room Cupboards

 

Clean out Laundry Room Drawers

 

MONDAY -

 

TUESDAY -

 

WEDNESDAY -

 

THURSDAY -

 

FRIDAY -

Planning Ahead:

Plan for Thanksgiving Day (Use Form)

 

Order Honey Baked Ham

 

Plan shopping for Big Sales

 

Set Table items Up Ahead of Time

 

Plan Holiday Parties (Adult Christmas White Elephant Exchange) (Use Forms)

 

Buy Angel Food Cake Mixes for Ward Party Cake

 

 

Mix 9 dozen Christmas Cookies. Freese the dough in freezer in ziploc bags. label with cookie name, cooking heat level, & time.

 

Bake 2 loaves of bread, wrap & freeze.

 

Double one meal & freeze half for the holidays.

 

Purchase gifts. Save all receipts, note return policy before purchasing.

 

Wrap & label packages. Prepare boxes for mailing.

 

Review & revise menus & other plans for Thanksgiving based on who will be home.

 

Plan table setting for Thanksgiving  

Plan centerpiece, making as much as possible now.

 

Purchase, clean, press any holiday linens needed.

 

Find Christmas mugs. Clean & set out with Hot Chocolate Station

 

Address 25 Christmas Cards.

 

Plan menu to clean freezer & fridge out to make room for holiday menu ingredients.

 

Buy brown rubbermaid for fall deco's

 

Make a trip to Wal-mart (?)

 

 

 

 



 

Week 10 - My Holiday Plan

 

Time to use up the Halloween Candy & Start Planning for Thanksgiving, it's November Already!!!

 

NOVEMBER 3rd - NOVEMBER 9th

Week 10 - Kitchen (Thanksgiving Prep) - Cooking Space Week - Gifts & Giving

Undecorate & Take to Storage

 

Organize Kitchen

 

Organize Pantry

 

Organize Fridge

 

Organize Freezer

 

 

To get the Meal I want it is time to start planning now! What do you want for your Thanksgiving Feast?

 

Gather any stray Halloween Decorations, Costume Pieces, & Dishes. Take to Storage

 

Update Decorations to Just Fall Theme

 

Clean up Kitchen Countertops, Streamline to absolute needs only

 

Bleach Countertops

 

Set up Baking Station for Holiday Season

 

Assemble all Dishes & Appliances needed to prepare Thanksgiving Dinner, put in 1 place

 

Clean Out Fridge, remove all shelves/door pieces, & scrub

 

Clean Out Freezer, remove all shelves/door pieces, & scrub

 

MONDAY -

 

TUESDAY -

 

WEDNESDAY -

 

THURSDAY -

 

FRIDAY -

 

Better work on this list if I don't want the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Menu!

 

Sure it Looks fun, wouldn't impress my family though, I don't think, then again...

 

Planning Ahead:

 

I love my Christmas Cookie Magazines, some of my best recipes are from these magazines!

 

Organize Holiday Recipes (Use Form)

Get out Thanksgiving Planner & Use it!

 

Plan Thanksgiving Menu (Use Form)

 

 

Plan Holiday Baking (Use Form)

 

Do Freezer Inventory (Use Form)

 

Inventory Pantry (Use Form)

 

Inventory Holiday Clothing (Use Form)

 

Plan Potluck Meals (Use Form)

 

Plan Potluck meals (Use Form)

 

Consider Freezer Cooking, even if just meats to make quick meals

 

Stock up on Serasonal Staples

 

 

Change your Smoke Detector  Batteries & clean detectors

 

Update Family disaster Plan

 

Do Seasonal Safety Check

 

Buy containers for freezer meals, baked goods, & kitchen gifts

 

Plan on where to get Turkey for Thanksgiving (Check Ads)

 

Check Serving Plates, Glassware, & Silverware, do we need anything?

 

Mix 9 dozen Christmas Cookies, Freeze the dough in freezer in ziploc containers marked with cookie name, cooking heat, & time.) Pumpkin Cookies

 

 

Bake 2 loaves of orange bread, wrap & freeze

 

Double on meal & freeze half for the holidays. Golden Potato Bake

 

Put aside money for 1/3 of gifts to Buy, save receipts & get gift boxes.   

Wrap & label packages

 

Address 25 Christmas Cards

 

Shop for Christmas Clothes, do we need tights, socks, shoes, ties, hair barrettes, slips?

 

Purchase a frame for this year's Christmas picture. Put the picture on the mantle

 

Order reprints of christmas pictures

 

Make snowflakes for front window & door

 

Make Christmas Cakes

 

Make Holiday Gift Rubs?

 

Make Cocoa Mix for gifts & guests

 

Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa

 

25.6 oz box of nonfat dry milk

16oz package mini marshmallows

12oz package mini chocolate chips

3 cups powdered sugar

3 cups carnation coffee-mate nondairy creamer lite

1 1/2 cup cocoa

 

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.

 

Directions (on bottle): 3 Tablespoons per mug of hot water or milk.

 

 

 

 





Week 9 - My Holiday Plan

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Halloween is this Thursday, are you ready for trick-or-treating? Have enough candy at your house? Decorations up? Jack-o-Lanterns carved? Have all the costume pieces that you need for everyone including the accessories? Have treat bags? Glow sticks, flashlights, batteries, etc.? Make a plan for trick-or-treating! Then remember to shop the After Halloween sale on the 1st, great time to add decorations, basic costume pieces, costume makeup, etc. for half the cost.

OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 2

DEEP CLEAN:

Living Room

Family Room

Kitchen

Entry

Bathroom

Zones 5 & 1 - Living Room & Other Public Rooms Halloween Final Deco:

Clean up Living Room

Clean up Family Room

Clean up Kitchen

Clean up Bathroom

Clean up Entry

MONDAY - Remove Cabinet above Stove
 
TUESDAY - Install Cabinet over snack cabinet
 
WEDNESDAY - Install water house for fridge
 
THURSDAY - Clean up Kitchen

FRIDAY - Pack up Halloween Decorations & Party Supplies

 Planning Ahead:

Shop for Halloween Trick or Treat Candy

Mix 9 dozen Christmas Cookies. Freeze dough balls in freezer ziploc bags. Lable with cookie name, baking heat, & time.

Make Plans for Thanksgiving

Plan Thanksgiving Menu

Plan Christmas Photo, when, where, what to wear.

 

Make it a Great One!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 8 - Holiday Planning

 

 

 

Time to get ready for Halloween, are you having any parties? One for Adults, Teenagers, or Kids? I have a 1st grader that is planning on a party & Middle Schooler also, waiting to hear on the High Schoolers still. Thinking this weekend is good, Friday after school sometime for the youngest, Friday evening  so Saturday for the High Schoolers? Gotta make invitations, & plan a menu!

Holiday Planning- Week 8-Family Spaces- Week 1 Get Organized

OCTOBER 20-26

DEEP CLEAN:

Annelyse's Bedroom

Ashlyn's Bedroom

Aspen's Bedroom

Avery's Bedroom

Katelyn's Bedroom

ZONE 4- KID'S BEDROOMS:

Reorganize Closets

Clean Off Tops of Dressers

Reorganize Dresser Drawers

Clean Under Beds

Clean Carpets

MONDAY -

TUESDAY - Plan Halloween Party Foods

WEDNESDAY -

THURSDAY - Print Invitations

FRIDAY - Halloween Parties 2:30PM & 7PM

PLANNING AHEAD:

Decorate for Halloween & Bake up some fun!

Check Holiday Music Collection

Get Out Holiday Movies

Mix 9 Dozen Christmas Cookies. Freeze Dough in Freezer Bags Peppermint White Chocolate Chip 

Make 2 Loaves of Blueberry Bread. Wrap & Freeze.

Double one meal & freeze half for the holidays. Taco Meat

 

  





Print Halloween Party Invitations

 

Freeze Hand Ice Cubes

 

Purchase Halloween Party Food & Supplies

 

Bake Halloween Cupcakes for Party

 

Make Halloween Party Treats

 



 

 

Wrap & Label Packages. Get Shipping Boxes if Needed

Finish Christmas Letter

Make Copies of Christmas Letter

This is the labels for Pumpkin Poop from the www.OrganizedChristmas.com site

Check & List Candy for This Years Poop Gifts, Finish Purchasing 

Halloween          Pumpkin          Candy Corn or Mini-                                                      Pumpkins
Thanksgiving     Turkey             Raisinets, Reese's
                                                      Pieces, Malt Balls,
                                                      Milk Duds

Christmas            Reindeer        Junior Mints,
                                                     Malt Balls, Milk Duds,
                                                     Raisinets

                              Snowman       White Chocolate
                                                      Covered Candy,
                                                      Marshmallows

Valentine's          Cupid              Something Red,
                                                      Hershey Kisses

St. Patrick's       Leprechaun    Jr. Mints,
                                                     Gold Coins,
                                                     Something Green