Preparing for Winter and Christmas

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Preparing for Winter and Christmas

Posted by Holly Nelson on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Under: Tip of the Week

The chill is in the air. I love this time of year. Time for sweaters and fires in fireplaces. So, it got me to thinking...and preparing. There are less than 12 weeks until Christmas! Yes, that's right! Have you prepared? I cannot afford to be the "fly by the seat of your pants gal". If anyone wants a decent Christmas or Christmas at all I have to plan. I will soon post on my website pages you can print out to put in your holiday organizers. They will include: name/gift idea checklist, baking checklist, dates to remember during the holidays sheet, catalog orders checklist, online orders checklist, decorating checklist, family traditions, holiday menu plan, recipe sheet, grocery checklist, Christmas card checklist. There is a lot to remember during the holidays!! As soon as I am finish I will publish on my site and post a link on my blog page.

Now, preparing for the winter...with FOOD!! My hubby told me the other day the weather men predicted a bad winter here. I have started thinking about stocking my freezer to be prepared for anything. And also, preparing for our new arrival. I am making a list of breakfasts, breads, dinners, casseroles, cookies, pies, desserts,etc...Over the next few weeks I will start to slowly stock up on the essentials for my Big Baking Day. In a few weeks I will post my baking plan, baking list, and grocery list. So, if you would like to start preparing for a Big Baking Day with me, send me a link to your site or just send me your list and I will post it with mine!
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About Me

Holly Nelson

Arlington

"Let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a quiet and gentle sprirt, which is precious in the sight of God." 1 Peter 3:4 - "An excellent wife,who can find? Her worth is far above jewels." Proverbs 31:10 ~~ I am a stay-at-home-mom(SAHM) married to the love of my life, Jeff Nelson. We have six wonderful boys. Ryan(13), Seth(11), Ian(8), Noah(5), Luke(4), and Jack (born April 2010). We live in Tennessee on 4 acres. I grew up the first few years of my life on a dairy farm in Missouri and loved country living. I was saved at a young age by the grace of God and shed blood of Jesus during that time of simple country living. That part of my life is very dear to me. God taught me many things as a baby Christian that I can still think about today. Then we moved to Memphis when I was in the 5th grade. I learned to love the city life, too. It was a completely different way of life. My whole family still lives in Missouri, still does a little farming and simple country living. When Jeff, the kids, and I moved from the city to the country, I incorporated my city life with my country background. My mom laughs at me when I cut my grass on my John Deere tractor while drinking my Starbucks Mocha and wearing my fancy sunglasses. And when I am shampooing my carpet in my high-heeled black boots. I just love those boots! But I would love to share about how I got to be the way I am today, The Victoriously Organized Woman! I used to work as a supervisor at bank for years. I had to dress up everyday. After the birth of our second child we decide I should be a SAHM. One of the best decision I've ever made. But I made a bad decision, too. I hardly ever dressed up anymore. I hardly ever wore make-up. After about a year I looked in the mirror and said, "OH MY! Jeff has to come home to this!?!" He is so wonderful he said he liked me that way, "natural". Well , I realized that I didn't. It made me feel bad about myself. I felt disorganized, tired and stressed and a little "rough" looking. I felt I just couldn't get it all done. At this time I was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. I wasn't able to do certains things. Like mop the floor of my completely hardwood floor home that I was obsessed about keeping clean. The doctor told me I couldn't have salt, caffeine, or stress! "What?! Are you kidding!?" So , then I decided to change my routine,thought pattern, and cooking. I began to get up early, shower and dress, put on make up. Always being ready to leave whenever I needed to. I established routines that helped me eliminate extra cleaning and stresses. I was able to make more time for myself and make more time for my family. And the family had more time for each other. I made more time for God and others. This made me feel better about myself. I am so happy about how this changed my life I want to share it with everyone.