I have high hopes for this Christmas. Since I've been in the house for several months now, I keep dreaming of how to decorate it. Should I have a theme for each room? Should I purchase 9 ft trees for the living room and family room? Or just for the living room? Should I string exterior lights in the front yard to be seen from the street and the back yard to be seen from the walking path behind our house? Where will I hang the stockings?
Now that we have grandkids each Christmas is more exciting than the previous one. This year we'll have four of them and I just can't wait!
I do need to make two stockings this year for Storm; one for my house and one for his house. I'm finishing up his baby sampler right now and hope to do one stocking in July/August and one in September/October. No matter what I am sticking to my commitment to stop all Christmas stitching on November 1st. I'm tired of having last minute projects that I'm rushing to finish. There is no joy in stitching with that kind of pressure.
I've been vacillating on whether to write Christmas in July posts on my Christmas blog. I did last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought I would skip this year, but as July approaches, I'm re-thinking that decision. I'm leaning toward writing them again this year. Guess I should get busy on that!
If you're into Christmas like I am, I hope you can take a few moments today to think about the upcoming holiday season and ways to make it as stress free as possible!
