Happy Monday! My son calls today the lamest day of the year. In his eyes, everything pales when compared to Christmas. I’m in another camp. I welcome today with open arms. While I love the holiday season, I’m always happy to get back to my regularly scheduled program. And today, is the start of all of that. Ahh…
I hope you had a wonderful holiday celebration, and that you got your holiday stuff done with plenty of time to relax and enjoy all your hard work and preparations. Here’s how it all went for us…
Play List:
- Both dinners, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were wonderful—very much a celebration of the holiday season. We loved spending the day at home yesterday…leisurely opening gifts, eating a nice big breakfast and a light lunch. It doesn’t seem like I spent as much time on the couch as I had pictured in my mind…but I wouldn’t change a thing about how the day played out.
- Boot camp. This didn’t happen. My cold made it hard to breath, which makes it really hard to exercise at that level of intensity. But…I’m happy to say that the cold was much better by Christmas Eve afternoon…and is now just about gone.
- Make snowflakes. Check! We all got in on the fun. It was a great before-Christmas project.
To Finish:
- Finish wrapping gifts. Check!
- Grocery shopping. Check! (Thank you Jay.)
- Baking. Check! Jay’s Baklava was delicious.
I hope you had a great weekend, too. Let me know all about it in the comments. 🙂 And I hope you enjoy today, whether you love today or you’re in my son’s camp when it comes to December 26th.
So glad you had a wonderful Christmas. I actually went to my nieces for dinner for about 2 hours yesterday. It was nice to get out of the house. I’m starting feel better even though it’s slow recovery. Glad you’re feeling better Aby. I’m hoping I will keep improving each day.
Fun:
Read and rest – Done
To Do:
Bake cookies – Done by DH
Make crab dip – Done by DH
Wash – Done by DH
Bonus:
Paid Bills – Done
I’m looking forward to the new year. I started organizing our file cabinet several weeks ago and I’m looking forward to getting 2011 filed and 2012 set up. I’m with you with getting back to the regular scheduled program. Looking forward to seeing what you have instore for 2012.
I do appreciate the day of rest after Christmas. Now if only I didn’t have to go back to work tomorrow. Glad you had a good
Christmas!
I didn’t hand in a to-do-list – but I can report that our christmas was nice. It was the second as a married couple and we found out we are getting better every year and this time my husband agreed that we WILL sit together and plan everything in September (so far, he always said “Naaay, there’s still sooo much time…” ;->). So I will enjoy today and put together a list of things we liked and things we didn’t enjoy that much. I am sure that will help a lot next year!
Oops sorry a little late here.. so glad to hear that everyone had a wonderful holiday.. ours was super busy but lots of fun..
Fun:
1. Christmas morning at my daughter’s CHECK
2. Christmas afternoon at my sister’s. CHECK
To Do:
1. Weekly housework (dust, vacumn, bathrooms, sheets, etc…) CHECK
2. Laundry CHECK
3. Food Shopping CHECK
4. Setup a new EHD for my daughter’s Christmas present to do automatic backup CHECK
5. Deliver cookies to neighbors CHECK
6. One more run to the mall early in the morning for a Gift card my husband forgot to pick up 🙁 CHECK
6. Wrapping, wrapping, wrapping CHECK
I’m off this week so I’m looking forward to having a very productive week.. I want to start the New Year with a clean, uncluttered house. Wish me luck 🙂
We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. I’m with Aby…I love Christmas, but when it’s over, I’m ready to clear out the clutter and ease back into a routine. My husband is on vacation this week, my son is visiting from North Carolina, my college-age daughter & high school-age son are on school break, and I’m looking forward to a week of resting, reading, watching movies, visiting Santa Land (a big drive-thru light display), doing some decluttering, and trying hard not to catch the cold my husband has been plagued with the last few days. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Finish:
Meal prep for dinners – Yum, everything was so tasty!
Bake cupcakes for Christmas Eve dessert – Skipped these and had cookies + peppermint ice cream instead
Vacuum – Done
Laundry – Finally caught up again
Fun:
90 minute spin class on Christmas Eve – Super fun and a great way to start the holiday weekend.
Bake Santa cookies – Fun and yummy!
Celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with family – So much fun was had by all 🙂
We celebrated Boxing Day with my husband’s extended family so today is my back to routine day. We had another great family day yesterday but I was glad to have a low-key one today.
Thanks for checking in everyone! Sounds like you all had a great Christmas – I’m so happy to hear it!
I hope you are feeling better now Dottie and staying well Lycia. 🙂
~ Aby