Holiday In Hand

A little while ago, I received an invitation from http://www.jessicasprague.com/ to take part in a free class-Holiday in Hand.  Jessica stated: "My goal in this class is to help you refocus on what matters most to you in your own holiday celebrations as you go through them this year, and also to help you create an album for recording your stories of holidays past."
Since I've heard such good things about her classes (and this one is free) I decided to give it a try.  As usual, I'm running behind, but here's to getting started!

Day 1: Refocus on Holiday Values

Assignment 1 is to "Write your Values & Goals" So here are mine!
a.  Get organized: Every year, I end up with too many presents for someone and not enough for others, I find Christmas items up until Easter, etc.
This year, I'd like to avoid that!
b.  Remember that it isn't going to be a storybook Christmas or one destined to grace the pages of a magazine.  But it will be ours and full of love and memories.
c.  Relax- I don't have to do it all.
d. Put things away in an organized fashion so that next year starts out calmer.
e. Document this holiday and some of the ones from the past- whether it be in scrapbook pages, photographs, stories or a combination of all three.

Assignment 2: Commit. Find a way to include at least 20 minutes of recording/writing/photographing/savoring/printing/gluing/scrapbooking/remembering/slowing down EVERY DAY in December.
Okay, I can do this!

Assignment 3: Organize. This assignment is a bonus and how fortuitous that it happens to be one of my goals!