Eek I'm a bit late posting this one out! I love Christmas and I'm feeling really excited for it - although to be fair that excited Christmas feeling pretty much happens to me every year. I have been watching a few Christmas Movies on Netflix and I'm in the mood for all things magical. So to create the magic, without feeling stressed, here's what we've been up to... Recap last week's tasks, Christmas Prep Week 2 Visit to Ideal Home Christmas Show Dates in the diary for school

Its that most wonderful time of year and being organised helps to take away stress and allows you to enjoy the season. From my Instagram feed, we are over half way through our month of thankfulness, so in the midst of busyness we are preparing our hearts and minds to be content and thankful to God. Recap from Christmas Prep Week 1 Decide what to buy for our children. My children's presents are purchased, apart from a couple where I am waiting on promotions to get at a better

As I had written in my previous blog post, November is our month of thanks giving and our month for Christmas preparation. As you know from previous post, my children have already written their gift wish list. (For a free Gift Wish List printable please click here). So the first week after half term I am busy researching the gift list items to find the best prices. This is what I do; The Budget This is really important, going into debt for Christmas is not what it is about

I remember hearing testimonies of how God has blessed people with great material gifts including money and I really felt that was great for them but not something that would happen to me. I suppose you could put it down to unbelief but I think I really felt that God would not do that for me as I was just not that special - that gift was for 'special' or 'worthy' christians. That belief was unfortunely, an insecurity in my own heart, a lie I had believed that became part of