{"id":1803,"date":"2011-11-10T07:54:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2011-11-10T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T12:57:37","slug":"get-ahead-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/get-ahead-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ahead for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season is just around the corner!\u00a0That means there&#8217;s a lot to be done\u00a0in a short time.\u00a0 The holidays\u00a0are about giving and\u00a0sharing, as well as helping those in our community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan your holiday season with a big paper month at a glance calendar or the google calendar online.\u00a0 Knowing\u00a0your upcoming commitments and plans keeps you from double booking.\u00a0 Review it weekly to keep on track with purchasing gifts and making goodies. Set deadlines on your calendar to get it all complete.<\/li>\n<li>It all starts with lists. Go into your gift closet and make a list of what you have purchased all year. Make a list of who you are giving gifts to this year.\u00a0 Make a list for Thanksgiving dinner, what will you serve and who will be attending.\u00a0 Lists make our life run like clockwork.\u00a0 Use a cute holiday spiral notebook or your smart phone notes section.<\/li>\n<li>Get your holiday cards in the mail efficiently with\u00a0Send Out Cards.\u00a0\u00a0Gift cards are also available on this site too! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sendoutcards.com\/EllenDelap\">www.sendoutcards.com\/EllenDelap<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use the smart phone app Red Laser to comparison shop. <a href=\"http:\/\/redlaser.com\/\">http:\/\/redlaser.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shop online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\">www.amazon.com<\/a> to get discounted items and often free shipping.<\/li>\n<li>Gather your family together to decorate your home.\u00a0 Set a time, put on holiday music, and have a blast together.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Go online to stores where you shop and get additional coupons for your purchases. Join their Facebook Business Pages to learn about sales and discounts.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>For families, give the gift of time together with memberships to the YMCA, Houston Children&#8217;s Museum, Houston Zoo or Houston Museum of Natural Science. Family gifts of an ice cream maker\u00a0or a movie set are great way to connect. Think small this year!<\/li>\n<li>Make a holiday playlist to get you in the mood and keep your attitude jolly. Many of our favorite artists, from Sinatra to Michael Buble, have their own holiday albums to listen to.\u00a0 Or make your own with Pandora.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/\">www.usps.com<\/a> to mail your boxes. Create your shipping label at home and skip the lines at the post office.\u00a0 Set early deadlines for you to get items off.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Plan one family activity for your family to connect with our community.\u00a0 Talk to your family about what means the most to them and how they can\u00a0contribute.\u00a0 Bring\u00a0your items\u00a0to the philanthropy with your kids to share the real meaning of the season.\u00a0 There are lots of needs around us this year.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season is just around the corner!\u00a0That means there&#8217;s a lot to be done\u00a0in a short time.\u00a0 The holidays\u00a0are about giving and\u00a0sharing, as well as helping those in our community.\u00a0\u00a0 Plan your holiday season with a big paper month at a glance calendar or the google calendar online.\u00a0 Knowing\u00a0your upcoming commitments and plans keeps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[153,4,3,9,97],"tags":[425,416,694],"class_list":["post-1803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-add","category-family-organizing","category-green-organizing","category-organizing-skills","category-productivity","tag-easy-holiday-preparations","tag-get-ahead-for-the-holidays","tag-holiday-preparation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Get Ahead for the Holidays - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; 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