Author: Cynthia Ewer

Week Four of the Holiday Grand Plan sees us move into the master bedroom to deep-clean and cut clutter, creating a serene and peaceful refuge for the busy days ahead. As the season changes, we rout out the closet and … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 4: Master Bedroom

Welcome to Week Three of the Holiday Grand Plan: Entry/Foyer Week! This week, we tackle deep-cleaning and decluttering our entryway or foyer, to create a welcoming entrance to the home for holiday guests. Holiday prep chores focus on baking and … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 3: Entryway / Foyer

Week Two? It’s all about questions during Question Week in the Holiday Grand Plan! During this week, we’ll continue making lists and planning our holiday. We’ll get in touch with our values through important questions. In the cleaning component, we tackle … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 2: Living Room

Week One is List Week at the Holiday Grand Plan! During this week, we kick off holiday prep with lists, lists and more lists. We’ll print helpful calendars and forms for Christmas organizing and begin to create a Christmas planner.  This week’s … Continue readingHoliday Grand Plan Week 1: Front Porch / List 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

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

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

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