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Wooooooo! Can you believe Thanksgiving is already over. And Christmas is LESS than a month away! One of my grandkids even talked me into bringing the tree in from the garage last week – BEFORE Thanksgiving! This week, his twin and I will set it up. Next week, big bro will probably help me bring in ornaments and we’ll do a bit of decorating each time one comes over. That way they each get to have fun helping me this year. Then again, between moving and working, this may be a year we take it a bit easier. I have a ton of wood ornaments for all my grandkids to have fun decorating. After we brought in the tree, grandtwin two colored a couple of ornaments for me and hung them on the tree. Perhaps if each grandkids does that, we may just have a simpler tree full of sweet 2014 memories. Hmmmm….that sounds GRAND to me. 🙂
In the meantime, I did manage to do a TINY bit of bloggy decorating. I apologize for being a tad early for the Christmas decor but if I didn’t do it then, it might not have gotten done. (As an example, I started this 5 days ago and got interrupted and am just NOW getting back to it 🙂 And I definitely wanted to be ready for Denise Brown’s annual Holiday Progressive Blog Party which begins Dec. 8. You can find her badge over on the right side of this page. Do be sure to pop in and visit her AND me AND many other fellow caregivers to receive AND give encouragement and sweet greetings. We’d love to see and hear from you. For that matter, be sure to check out all the very interesting articles from the 10 Tips for Caregivers series from the month of November, including 10 Grand Apps for Caregivers by moi! 🙂
And, speaking of my right columns, I’d also like to point out some other goodies for you. I’ve updated my Twitter boxes to make them even more useful for you. The top box of Tweets is primarily my tweets and resources at Twitter while underneath you’ll find items from some of my fave tweeters giving us a grand Sandwich Generation variety of tweets from eldercare tips to activity ideas for the grandkids to words of encouragement and more. Mine are updated daily (barring minor and major crises) and the general Sandwich Generation tweets are updated continually throughout the day – giving you a constant source of ideas, tips and encouragement whenever you have the time for a few precious minutes at the computer. 🙂
Twitter is one of my favorite tools, with tons of useful resources for the Sandwich Generation including the twice-a-month #ElderCareChat, cohosted by Denise and Michelle Seitzer of Seniors for Living. The last topic was especially grand for this time of year, Managing Holiday Stress. Click here to find a transcript of the chat, full of tips and ideas for helping caregivers and their carees during the fun, but sometimes stressful holiday season.
I don’t know about you, but I can always use extra resources and ideas for simplifying and destressing any caregiving day and especially lovely but busy holidays. Hopefully these tips and resources AND fun blog party will be a big help to all of us as we continue to enjoy the holiday season. Merry Christmas! 🙂
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To me. they rush all the holidays. We need to honor one day at a time.
Hello Kay, Thank you for your visit to my post. I always love to hear from you.
It is not too early for the tree. Hand painted ornaments for your tree sounds great to me. We will put our tree up when we get home tomorrow. We are leaving sunny Fl for the mountains and the cold.
We don’t mind though, we love our mountains.
It sounds like your elder care tips can be very helpful. Your dedication is so awesome.
Enjoy the holiday preparations. I love the holidays too.
xo, Jeanne
Well we had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Colorado and are now on our way home to Kansas. All we have left to do is put up the outside lights!! Some shopping done and lots of Christmas events to attend.
Have fun finishing up.
ann
Kaye, what a great post you have here. I will check out the Progressive blog party. Good seeing you on AR too.
Hi Robert, Thank you for popping in. Have a wonderful holiday! 🙂