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Home Week in Review: December 24 – 30

Merry Christmas! Here are these week’s selections at a glance:

One Day ’til Christmas

Do you open a gift, or all your gifts on Christmas Eve or do you save them for Christmas Day? We will each open one small gift later and then we’ll put out cookies and milk for Santa and hang up the stockings.

Did you write down all the gifts that need batteries and get batteries for them? There may still be time to get some if you forgot.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Joy to all

May you all be happy and blessed at Christmastime and throughout the year.

Post Christmas Quiet

Mary Ann said: ‘Twas the morning after Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (we have traps set in the garage). Sigh. This is the morning after Christmas, and I am enjoying some great quiet time with just me, the tree and all of you……

Post Holiday Crime Prevention Tips

The winter holidays and shortly afterward are prime times for crime. Communities often see a spike in crime around this time.

Here are some post holiday crime prevention tips that you can use to keep everything safe…..

Did you have a White Christmas?

We didn’t have a white Christmas but it was a merry one. Quiet, but nice. I hope yours was wonderful.

Did you have snow?

We got ours the next day…

Post Holiday “To Do” Tips

From hitting post holiday sales to making returns and getting ready for post holiday projects, it’s not difficult to find that your post holiday to do list is nearly as long as your pre-holiday list was…..

New Year’s Resolution: A Clean and Clutter-Free Home

The end of the year is a perfect time to redo all of those problem areas of your home to transform it to a clean and clutter-free environment that you can enjoy for the upcoming year. If you start now and do a little bit at a time, you’ll soon be on your way to having a home you love to spend time in. It is all a matter of trashing and stashing; that is, getting rid of the thing you don’t need or want and finding places for all of the things that you do. We’ll take it one area at a time and do it together. Let’s share our progress!

Celebrating New Year’s Eve

How have your New Year’s Eve celebrations changed over the years? When we marry or have children or other major events occur in our lives, we tend to change the way we do things.

Have a safe and happy New Year!