Comments on: Hassle-Free Holidays http://karenehman.com/home/2009/10/27/hassle-free-holidays/ Mon, 21 May 2012 23:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lara http://karenehman.com/home/2009/10/27/hassle-free-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-14852 Lara Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:33:57 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1309#comment-14852 I've already joined the weight loss band wagon and now I'm on board for a "Hassle Free" Christmas as well. These are some great tips, that I'll be taking to heart right away! I’ve already joined the weight loss band wagon and now I’m on board for a “Hassle Free” Christmas as well. These are some great tips, that I’ll be taking to heart right away!

]]> By: Kimberly http://karenehman.com/home/2009/10/27/hassle-free-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-14742 Kimberly Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:03:22 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1309#comment-14742 Karen, Thank you for encouraging us to think ahead. I plan to bake some goodies for friends and your 8-week strategy for bake-ahead cookies was just what I needed! Since most of my Christmas shopping is completed (lacking two small gifts), I'm looking forward to the next get-ahead project of mixing up those cookies! A less stressful season will mean more time to focus on its true meaning: the birth of Christ that leads us to his life, death, burial, and resurrection! By the way, I never thought of the homemade slice-and-bake strategy for cookies which you put forth in "A Life that Says Welcome." That idea has already come in handy in our house! Thank you for all of those helpful hints that make hospitality more natural and less stressful. ~Kimberly Karen,

Thank you for encouraging us to think ahead. I plan to bake some goodies for friends and your 8-week strategy for bake-ahead cookies was just what I needed! Since most of my Christmas shopping is completed (lacking two small gifts), I’m looking forward to the next get-ahead project of mixing up those cookies! A less stressful season will mean more time to focus on its true meaning: the birth of Christ that leads us to his life, death, burial, and resurrection!

By the way, I never thought of the homemade slice-and-bake strategy for cookies which you put forth in “A Life that Says Welcome.” That idea has already come in handy in our house! Thank you for all of those helpful hints that make hospitality more natural and less stressful.

~Kimberly

]]> By: Kelly Lake http://karenehman.com/home/2009/10/27/hassle-free-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-14741 Kelly Lake Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:33:09 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1309#comment-14741 Great ideas, Karen...I think I will definitely start with the cookie-making idea and try to do one kind a week.....I have started to purchase a few small gifts with Bath & Body Works coupons I got (where you buy something for $10 then get a free full-size lotion or shower gel or the like) so I have been stock-piling those and some jar candles too from there with coupons. I wanted to also thank you for sending me your "A Life that Says Welcome" book (for having won it on Wendy's blog)..I just got it in the mail yesterday and was starting to read it last night, thank you, I know there will be some good advice & resources in there! Blessings, Kelly Lake Great ideas, Karen…I think I will definitely start with the cookie-making idea and try to do one kind a week…..I have started to purchase a few small gifts with Bath & Body Works coupons I got (where you buy something for $10 then get a free full-size lotion or shower gel or the like) so I have been stock-piling those and some jar candles too from there with coupons.
I wanted to also thank you for sending me your “A Life that Says Welcome” book (for having won it on Wendy’s blog)..I just got it in the mail yesterday and was starting to read it last night, thank you, I know there will be some good advice & resources in there!
Blessings,
Kelly Lake

]]> By: Connie http://karenehman.com/home/2009/10/27/hassle-free-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-14740 Connie Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:11:24 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1309#comment-14740 Karen...I love that you are doing this!!! I am a plan ahead person, too, but I have not planned for Christmas this far in advance before...you have given me some great ideas! I can also see that starting to bake and buy now will help with our budget...spreading out the spending over time helps avoid our account being hit all at once. Thanks! Connie Hughey Karen…I love that you are doing this!!!

I am a plan ahead person, too, but I have not planned for Christmas this far in advance before…you have given me some great ideas!

I can also see that starting to bake and buy now will help with our budget…spreading out the spending over time helps avoid our account being hit all at once.

Thanks!
Connie Hughey

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