Author: Cynthia Ewer

Moving into the heart of the household, it’s Week Ten at the Holiday Grand Plan: Family Room Week! The family room is the heart of the home, and never more so than during the holiday season. We’ll clean and organize … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 10: Family Room

Week Eleven, Garage/Storage Week, at the Holiday Grand Plan gets us into garage and storage areas. The waning days of Autumn are a good time to rout out household storage areas, so we’re ready to access extra tables, chairs and … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 11: Garage / Storage

Cooler weather makes it easy to check and organize the attic and storage areas during Week Twelve, Attic Week. No attic? Use this week to work on undone tasks, or to tackle a bonus area in the home. We continue … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 12: Attic / Storage

Deadline week! Week Thirteen, Dining Room Week, sees us move into the holiday season, and it’s time for a reality check. Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday for our American friends and ushers in the holiday season, so this week’s cleaning … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 13: Dining Room

Decor is central to Week Fourteen at the Holiday Grand Plan: it’s Decorations Week! The holiday season is here, so we’ll bring it home this week, organizing holiday decorations and decor storage. In holiday prep, the Christmas tree makes an … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 14: Holiday Decor Week

We’re finished … maybe. That’s why Week Fifteen, Finish-Up Week, is devoted to finish-up tasks. It’s now or never, and the season is here. In the house, we’ll tend to any un-done chores, bonus areas, or final preparations. In holiday … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 15: Finish-Up

Christmas is on the horizon and the season has begun with a bang: it’s Maintenance Week! Week Sixteen of the Holiday Grand Plan should see holiday preparations coming to an end–and a clean and organized home, ready for the celebration. … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 16: Maintenance

Welcome to Week Seventeen, Celebrate Week in the Holiday Grand Plan. Nearly there! This week, finish up any last-minute chores as we enter the height of the holiday season and prepare to celebrate. Only minimum maintenance needed in this last … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 17: Celebrate

It’s New Year’s week at the Holiday Grand Plan. We’ll record Christmas memories, prepare for New Year’s celebrations, and begin to look ahead to a new start in the new year. After the holiday, the Holiday Grand Plan sees us … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 18: New Year’s