by guest Kendra write, author of The Things I Love
Random Christmas Ramblings by Kendra
Christmas can definitely make you feel a bit overwhelmed. Maybe it’s not the actual Christmas holiday, but the whole month of December. I personally have felt overwhelmed with a few things lately….
Finances – It’s not that money isn’t there, it’s just that I wish I could have prepared better. Dave Ramsey 
says we should start preparing for Christmas in January. This is so smart. He has a joke where he says “Oh dang I didn’t know Christmas was in December this year!” I always think of that when I feel rushed getting stuff done. I will for sure start in January putting money aside so that by December I am done shopping and Christmas cards are mailed, and I can relax.
Presents– I am the type of person that wants to get everyone the right gift, the perfect gift. I get this trait from my mother. I also want to make sure everything is fair. Like mentioned earlier I didn’t prepare very well for Chrismtas this year and have left all the shopping pretty last minute. This year we are doing three gifts per kid, and I am excited, but I did stress over it a bit to much making sure it was fair and even for each child. I stress out about what to get my husband because all he wants, we can’t afford. Like a house and motorcycle…ha! Shopping for parents is always hard, but we have a good system down with my family where we combine all our money and get them a big gift. I am in charge next year and am going to start in January getting ideas of what to get them.
What I have learned from this year is… PREPARE EARLY!! Just sayin’!
<p>Christmas can definitely make you feel a bit overwhelmed.  Maybe it’s not the actual Christmas holiday, but the whole month of December.  I personally have felt overwhelmed with a few things lately….</p>
<p><b>Finances</b> – It’s not that money isn’t there, it’s just that I wish I could have prepared better.  <a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Total-Money-Makeover-Financial-Fitness/dp/159555078X?ie=UTF8&tag=ththilo06-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969“>Dave Ramsey </a><a href=”$clip_image002[3].gif”><img style=”border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px” title=”clip_image002″ border=”0″ alt=”clip_image002″ src=”$clip_image002_thumb.gif” width=”1″ height=”1″ /></a>says we should start preparing for Christmas in January.  This is so smart.  He has a joke where he says "Oh dang I didn’t know Christmas was in December this year!"  I always think of that when I feel rushed getting stuff done. I will for sure start in January putting money aside so that by December I am done shopping and Christmas cards are mailed, and I can relax. </p>
<p><a href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vsVYHm0RxLM/TQmUh0oBouI/AAAAAAAAGv8/KeLOiQwOvMc/s1600/images-1.jpeg“><img style=”border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px” title=”clip_image003″ border=”0″ alt=”clip_image003″ src=”$clip_image003[3].jpg” width=”204″ height=”189″ /></a></p>
<p><b>Presents</b>- I am the type of person that wants to get everyone the right gift, the perfect gift.  I get this trait from my mother.  I also want to make sure everything is fair.  Like mentioned earlier I didn’t prepare very well for Chrismtas this year and have left all the shopping pretty last minute. This year we are doing three gifts per kid, and I am excited, but I did stress over it a bit to much making sure it was fair and even for each child. I stress out about what to get my husband because all he wants, we can’t afford.  Like a house and motorcycle…ha!  Shopping for parents is always hard, but we have a good system down with my family where we combine all our money and get them a big gift.  I am in charge next year and am going to start in January getting ideas of what to get them.</p>
<p>What I have learned from this year is… PREPARE EARLY!!  Just sayin’!</p>
