The life that we live

It is nearing the end of November and I have all of my Christmas shopping almost done. I have all of my cards filled out and ready to go. I have my holiday meals planned. So when do I start sending out Christmas cards? Is the end of November to soon? Should I wait until the beginning of December? I have cards going all across the country and want to make sure they get there at least a little bit of time before Christmas. I’ve decided on Thanksgiving day I am going to mail everything out. I hope it’s not to early for everyone. I figure with the holiday mail and things it should get there near the beginning of December. I know I like getting my cards early in December because I use them as part of my decorations. I hang them on my wall or around my door frame.

I am starting to wrap presents too. Is it to early? My kids are older so I don’t have to worry about Santa Claus and why his presents are here early. I like the look of a tree with presents under it. So I guess I’m going to do that too on Thanksgiving. See I wrap the presents almost as soon as I buy them so that I don’t have to worry about hiding them for a long period of time with the chance of my kids finding them.

Now for the meal. I started planning my Christmas Meal already. I will start buying the food the beginning of December and just store it somewhere until Christmas. The only thing I won’t buy until later is my Ham and that is only because I won’t have room in my freezer. I usually buy a decent sized one because we have anywhere from 6 to 8 adults or a few adults and my growing teen children who eat like several adults. I am one of those people who has to be prepared ahead of time or I get all anxious and nervous that I will forget something. I am also one of those people who are always early too but that’s a whole other story. So any way, when do you do these things? Are you an early bird or do you wait for the last minute?