Welcome to Week 13! It’s Dining room week and Thanksgiving for many of us. The bottom line: enjoy the holiday with family and friends! If you don’t have time to dismantle the dining room and put it back together, don’t worry about it.
For those who do have time: Wash windows and curtains. Empty china cabinets, wash and dust everything. Find the proper home for items that don’t belong or put in the discard pile. Polish furniture. Dust baseboards, any trim, wash floors. Dust frames of pictures clean glass. Add extra leaves to table and arrange seating for Thanksgiving.
Continue if time:
Holiday baking
Freezer meals
Food donations
Gift shopping
Gift wrapping and preparing to ship gifts
2022 Holiday Shipping Deadlines
If homemade gifts are not finished consider putting them aside and purchase a gift.
If homemade Christmas cards are not finished consider purchasing cards.
Order/ buy stamps
Other items this week:
Continue prep for thanksgiving.
Plan when to start defrost turkey
check linens and dishes
Plan seating arrangements for dinner
review menus
Review recipes and update grocery shopping list
order any extra chairs etc
check holiday clothing.
Label serving dishes and utensils
Prepare any dishes that can be made in advance (pie crusts, sides, etc) and freeze.
Plan to use a freezer meal on Wednesday.
Begin to set up crèche
Begin to check Christmas decor (lights etc if time)
Make Black Friday plans
For those who do have time: Wash windows and curtains. Empty china cabinets, wash and dust everything. Find the proper home for items that don’t belong or put in the discard pile. Polish furniture. Dust baseboards, any trim, wash floors. Dust frames of pictures clean glass. Add extra leaves to table and arrange seating for Thanksgiving.
Continue if time:
Holiday baking
Freezer meals
Food donations
Gift shopping
Gift wrapping and preparing to ship gifts
2022 Holiday Shipping Deadlines
If homemade gifts are not finished consider putting them aside and purchase a gift.
If homemade Christmas cards are not finished consider purchasing cards.
Order/ buy stamps
Other items this week:
Continue prep for thanksgiving.
Plan when to start defrost turkey
check linens and dishes
Plan seating arrangements for dinner
review menus
Review recipes and update grocery shopping list
order any extra chairs etc
check holiday clothing.
Label serving dishes and utensils
Prepare any dishes that can be made in advance (pie crusts, sides, etc) and freeze.
Plan to use a freezer meal on Wednesday.
Begin to set up crèche
Begin to check Christmas decor (lights etc if time)
Make Black Friday plans