Friday, Christmas Trees & Making My Mailbox Happy 🎄💌
Hello everybody, and happy Friday!
I am so grateful it is Friday! There is just something about knowing that two whole days of weekend are sitting right in front of me. I am definitely looking forward to it.
When I get home from work tonight, I am going to pick up dinner for us. I haven’t decided where yet, but I will figure that out before I leave work. That way, Mr. C doesn’t have to worry about cooking anything tonight. Sometimes dinner tastes even better when nobody had to cook it! 😂
We also need to bite the bullet and make our grocery list. We have been putting that off for several days now, and it is definitely time. I am planning to do my grocery shopping on Sunday, and while I am out, I want to stop at TJ Maxx and Burlington to look for a few Christmas gifts. So Sunday may turn into a little grocery-shopping-and-Christmas-shopping adventure.
🎄 It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Saturday is going to be a fairly busy day around here because we are putting up the Christmas tree!
Mr. C actually pulled the tree out yesterday while I was at work and got it standing up. We have a pre-lit tree, but unfortunately, the lights decided they had retired from Christmas duty. 😂 So he cut the old lights off, and now we need to find our Christmas lights.
The trick is that I want the ones with green cords so they blend into the tree. I am pretty sure I bought a couple of strands from Hobby Lobby last year, so now we just need to find them!
Once we locate the lights, we will pull out all of our Christmas decorations and get to decorating. I really want to get the tree finished tomorrow. It shouldn’t take too long, but I am ready to see that Christmas tree all lit up in the living room. 🎄✨
And because apparently one project at a time isn’t enough for us, we are also going to work on the sunroom.
I really want to get that room completely back in order. That probably means I will have another load of donations to take to Goodwill, which is actually a good thing. It means we are continuing that decluttering journey we started earlier this year.
We may not be moving at lightning speed, but we are still moving forward. And honestly, I will take progress over perfection any day!
📞 Friday’s Work Goal
As far as work goes today, my goal is to save at least 12 members.
I saved 10 yesterday, which was my daily goal, but I really need to do more today. I know I am behind quite a bit, so every save over that 10 gets me just a little bit closer to my monthly goal.
So…12 is the number I am going to keep in my head today. One call at a time. One save at a time. Let’s see what Friday brings!
📸 Getting My Blog Groove Back
I have to admit that somewhere along the way, I feel like I lost a little bit of my blogging momentum.
One of the things that has made it harder is that I used to be able to write my blog posts on my tablet and then immediately add my pictures. Somehow, my tablet isn’t letting me do that anymore.
I don’t know if it was me, an update, or some setting that changed, but now I have to put the blog post up first and then go back later using my newer, much bigger laptop to add the pictures.
So basically, I have turned one step into two. 😂
And sometimes I just don’t have the time or, let’s be honest, the energy to go back and do that second step.
But I really do want to get back to adding pictures because my blog has become more than just a blog to me. It is becoming an online journal.
I want to be able to look back years from now and remember what I was doing, where we went, what we were working on, what the grandchildren were up to, what I was reading, what we were celebrating, and all those ordinary little moments that are so easy to forget.
The pictures are a huge part of that.
So I am going to keep working on getting back into my blogging rhythm. Maybe it won’t be perfect, and maybe I won’t post every single day, but I want to keep documenting our little corner of the world.
💌 Bringing Back the Happy Mail
I brought five Christmas cards with me to work today, along with my labels and my Please Deliver To labels.
My goal is to get all five cards filled out and sent off over the weekend.
I am still thinking that I would like to send around 30 Christmas cards this year. I have already sent a couple in the mail this morning, along with a few others over the past week, but I have decided I am going to start keeping track of the cards I send.
And then I had a thought…
What if I tried to send a Christmas card to all 50 states? 🇺🇸🎄
And maybe even receive one from all 50 states?
Now, I don’t know if I am ready to commit to that this year. December can get busy, and between work, family, grandchildren, Christmas, and everyday life, I don’t want to turn something fun into something stressful.
But I have to admit…
It would be pretty cool.
Maybe that can be a goal for next year.
I know several of my pen pals actually have pen pals in all 50 states, and I have to say, I don’t know how they do it! There is absolutely no way I could keep up with 50 pen pals. 😂 That is WAY too many letters for me.
But I am really happy that I am getting back into sending and receiving happy mail.
It just makes the mailbox a little more exciting.
Because really…who wants to open the mailbox every day and find nothing but bills?
Why not make a trip to the mailbox something fun? 💌
A handwritten card, a little note, a postcard, a sticker, or a letter from a friend can turn an ordinary day into something special.
And I think we could all use a little more of that.
❤️ Here’s to a Good Weekend
So that is what is going on around here as we head into this Friday.
Work today.
Dinner tonight.
Grocery list somewhere in there.
Christmas decorating tomorrow.
Sunroom decluttering.
Goodwill donations.
Christmas shopping on Sunday.
And hopefully a few Christmas cards making their way to new mailboxes.
It sounds like a busy weekend, but it also sounds like a good one.
And sometimes those are the best kind.
I hope you have a wonderful Friday and an even better weekend. I would love to hear what you have planned! Are you decorating for Christmas yet? Are you doing any Christmas shopping? Maybe you have a quiet weekend planned, which honestly sounds pretty wonderful too.
Whatever you are doing, I hope you find a little time to enjoy it.
Have a blessed day, friends!
Cheers,
Karen ❤️
