Journal Your Christmas Giveaway

I am actually trying to get all my shopping done before December plus I am going back home to Nebraska earlier this year thus having more of a break when having to transition between vacation and work.

Happy Birthday Miss!

Well I plan on making this a simple Christmas because we are not going to have much in the way of money to spend on our five children so I have to come up with some simple yet creative ideas for gifts! I know I will focus more on giving than receiving this year. I sure will want to document this journey because this is the first year I have ever had to be extremely careful of what I spend. THanks for the chance to win!

Not sure quite yet...plan on keeping up the traditions and hopefully recording them better this year.

shop online with a list and a budget.

It will be a different sort of a Christmas for me this year. My kids are in college, and one is half way across the country. They will be here, but just briefly. Hope I can figure out how to make everything as special for us as always - in this "condensed version"!

We're planning to spend the holidays with my family and it will be our first Christmas with our baby girl! I'm thinking it will be even more crazy with the holiday driving and opening presents with cousins! In this case though, crazy is good :)

I am going to take it really easy and do only what is neccessary. I won't have any college courses to worry about over my winter break, and I plan on using it to relax to the fullest.

I plan on making lots of list.. It's what works for me I love the feeling of crossing things off.

With a new baby this year (my third...she's 5 mos. old right now) I know I'll need to be flexible and fine with doing less this year - which is hard because I LOVE all the Christmas goodness. :) So, I'm planning to try the December daily (making it in Nov.) to capture and cherish the sweet little Christmas goodness - and I want to make my Christmas cards now so I'm not scrambling after Thanksgiving.

I'm hoping to simplify, get an early start on everything, and not put unrealistic expectations on myself! I'm so excited about starting my December Daily! Thanks so much for all that you share. You inspire me!!!

My plans for a more sane holiday are to focus on the things I really love to do - bake, make crafty gifts for my loved ones, and spend lots of time with my family and friends.

with our new baby this year we plan to scale down and focus on whats truly important even more than usual. and try baking some cookies, cuz that's important too :)

Oh how I would love that! Thanks for soooo many ideas and inspiration!

as it's baby Mason's first christmas, I hope that we can slow down and just enjoy it. I'm worrying already that I won't keep up with the December Daily, but trying to plan some things ahead :)

My plan is to have everything organised before December - only I havent started yet!!! So much for that plan.

The holidays always seem chaotic to me, and it's often a mixed bag of excitement, craziness, and then relief when they are over. This sounds like a wonderful way to stop, enjoy and appreciate the special moments!

I have enjoyed the holidays so much more since I have paced myself. I mix in all the things I love, the Christmas music, food, movies and stories with the chores of the season instead of waiting until I get it all done to enjoy myself like I used to do. Also I delegate and let my husband and 4 daughters help with the not so fun tasks. We write the newsletter together and we have an assembly line to address, stamp and seal the envelopes. I love the holidays.

I'm not going to get so caught up in getting everything "perfect". I want to take as much time as possible to watch my little guy & his big sister revel in the joys of Christmas. The magic of Santa & Christmas seem to pass by too quickly...I wish I could keep them little forever.

This year I'm totally zen, because I already have my xmascards ready. So I van focus on my other projects. I love the idea of these dailys/journals. Would love to be inspired for my own, wich I started a couple of days ago. Thanks for the oppurtunity to win. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! :)