Super good Get-Ready-For Christmas idea: my pal is dropping off her machine today so that we can hole up and sew a handful of nights together before Christmas hits. Why sew alone when you can sew together? Exactly.
This was one of our good ideas when WE were talking me down after the tiny little panic attack I gave myself after my last post about getting all I HAVE TO BE READY FOR CHRISTMAS. I practically had to use my son's inhaler from the pre-Christmas stress of it all.
So my genius pal suggested I make a list of FUN and NOT FUN holiday things I do. It has since calmed me considerably, and also given me great ideas for what to SKIP and what to ADD to the holiday line up of cooking, making, hosting, sending and eating.
Here's my list of NOT FUN: making too many gifts for too many people; cooking food that I don't like to cook that is all supposed to be hot at once when it hits the table and I only have one oven and I don't like hot ham; complex, expensive stocking stuffers.
Just the thought of removing those three things has lightened my holiday perspective considerably. I have cut my Make List, planned for a picnic-style ham dinner and am currently thinking about stuffing my boys' stockings with a CRAPLOAD of just one thing (all gum, all pennies, all . . . I don't know. I'm still working on this idea.)
And so those are my good ideas, friends: sew together; make a SKIP IT list; don't serve hot ham if you don't want to.
And sorry for maybe making you use your son's inhaler too. Guy.
P.S. I'll share my FUN list soon. I'm hitting the first thing on the list: make MYSELF some great new christmas decorations. So I'm tackling the fabric garlands head-on with a bunch of nifty old christmas fabric I just scored at a garage sale last weekend. 4 BUCKS FOR THE WHOLE BAG. I'll let you know when it's all ready to hang.
