I’m already feeling the stress these days with a lot on my plate but start talking Holiday Season and the days get really full. I love Christmas so much (and yes I am talking about this in October but stay with me on this one, there’s a reason) and look forward to the sights, smells, sounds, shopping and traditions. (I tried to think of an S word to keep the theme there but couldn’t come up with anything.)

But I will admit that I do get pretty stressed trying to balance all that I love and not take on too much of a good thing. So I got pretty excited when my exploring on Twitter (which is currently my stress reliever and connection to all things I’d rather spend my time on) and led me to simplemom who has a site called, well, Simple Mom. (‘Life hacks for home managers’, love it.)

On 12 Weeks to a Peaceful Christmas she starts the first week of October with a post-per-week on what you should do that week to be totally prepared before Christmas. The idea is, do a chunk of things a week for 12 weeks and you’ll be able to enjoy some peace during the holidays.

I’ve already missed 3 posts so I am going to have to do some catch-up but since we don’t have kids and we’re spending Christmas away from home there should be some things I can cut out.

First up: Week 12 (Oct 2) Prepare Your Holiday Budget

I’ll read up and let you know in the next post how I do completing this step. Maybe you want to join me and see if we can stay sane together?