Christmas is coming! What I bought/planned/did this week (Flylady Missions 26-30 of 30)

[@katherinejohnson8705]

I consider myself a frugal person and I have never shopped Black Friday sales. So many better ways to spend my time preparing for Christmas. I usually spend the day after Thanksgiving listening to Christmas carols, decorating the house, and working on Christmas cards. Lovely day, no crowds, no money spent! 😊

[@kdhovis8665]

Most times, good deals can also be found online Without the crowds !

[@YasuTaniina]

We only shop online and we make a list beforehand of the items we want and price ranges we find acceptable.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Sounds like a wonderful way to spend the day, Katherine!

[@StitchingWithLove]

Watching your video from western Canada where it’s snowing softly, with a snoring kitty in his bed beside me. I’m thoroughly enjoying all your content and getting to know you. You’re a natural!

[@kdhovis8665]

My dear father worked for the state Forest Service. He grew Christmas Trees also. Every year. Many in our community would come to our home to buy their tree. And in my area (western North Carolina mountains) there are many Christmas Tree farms. 🎄

[@Paulalovespaper]

KD Hovis drove up to a foggy Christmas tree farm in cullowhee NC a few years ago on a cold October night in an open Jeep. The memory stays with me.

[@elizabethneas50]

I’ve got 10 kids, their spouses, 26 grand kids and a great grand....I’ve been wrapping presents for WEEKS! So I can cross off buying paper and ribbon from my list. We’ve recently moved so we decided to skip a big Thanksgiving dinner, and we plan to spend 3 days cleaning out the garage, and purging the last of our moving boxes that don’t fit in our MUCH SMALLER home. Another mission I can tick off.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Go you, Elizabeth! 🎉

[@mudkipjuice]

My mother and I go black friday shopping every year when the stores open and I love it! We're not big deal shoppers but we always take that time to get the gifts for the gift exchange we do with our extended family as well as gifts for my sister and brother-in-law who live across the country. I'm usually up and working in the evening and night and sleeping during the day so it's nice to be able to shop in the middle of the night and not drag myself out of bed before the shops close lol.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Sounds like a fun family day!

[@Patricia-lg8vg]

I have been black Friday shopping with my dear dear in-laws since 1980 - but we do not go with the crazy run people etc. We live in Chicago and we start out at 5 am - meet at 6:00 and all the girls go to Starbucks. Then we go through my dear sis in laws historical area as a group of cars and see and hear the stories of the area. Then we head downtown and park at Macy's (used to be Marshall fields) and have an early lunch by the tree and Frango mint pie. We then go back to my dear sis in laws neighbourhoods shopping area and of course another coffee/tea break. We end the day with margaritas and Mexican dinner. All the girls go too - so we are about 13 - depending on how many come. There really aren't any bargains. The only thing i have found cheaper is some bedding. Nothing else.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Gosh, that sounds like a fun - but exhausting - day! Enjoy, Patricia!

[@Patricia-lg8vg]

@@DianeinDenmark thank you - have a brilliant evening yourself!

[@biancab.3809]

Did my WHB including the 27 flingon Monday with some great Music and my Indoor Shoes of course. followed the cruising Missions the last Days , my DS4 created some Christmas Cards. Now I can sit in my clean and tidy livingroom and read a book. Really showed me how far the little babysteps and your help has taken me! Sending you a big happy Smile from Hamburg! Bye for now 😃

[@DianeinDenmark]

Aww, that's great, Bianca - enjoy that feeling!

[@ewilson9435]

I am glad you have some down to earth ideas as the removals person has still not let my furniture and belongings go. Having to think outside the box.

[@pattyomalley833]

Busy as a beaver today! I definitely crammed too much in my day today and started to get overwhelmed! My own fault for not following the missions. Live and learn! Tomorrow will be different as I plan on getting back to routine.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hope things are going well again for you, Patty! One foot in front of the other! 🖖😀

[@YasuTaniina]

For black Friday I like to make a list during late summer/early fall for any big ticket items were wanting. Crib, couch, carseat, etc. And then I look at the different styles, pros and cons of different brands, reviews, and prices. I keep an eye on them over the months to see if I'm getting a true deal or not. Last year I bought a double stroller and a carseat for less then what most people spend on the carseat alone.

[@jeannebowes2898]

Thursday- I enjoyed wrapping a consumable gift for a friend( My do something for Christmas every day) this morning . Weather permitting, we will visit a family tonight. Glad outside work done, since 10 degrees F. Making a big turkey pot pie for dinner from the yesterday’s leftovers.

[@caravb5906]

Love watching for ideas and the difference in culture and traditions. Not that different to England in certain families as we are all borrowing from many cultures. I am getting my tree from IKEA this weekend for the sitting room but we also have a tree in the entrance to the house. So lots of lovely bright lights from Sunday onwards. New curtains are going up and I have fabric to make covers for the couches and cushion covers so busy week and closing down the holiday home as well. Wearing my oldest clothes for the big clean though. XXX many blessings xxx

[@DianeinDenmark]

That will look so lovely and fresh when you are finished, Cara - enjoy!

[@leannebarber7082]

Wonderful video. I'm adopting Green Friday! Holiday love

[@DianeinDenmark]

Enjoy your Green Friday, LeAnne! 💚

[@strll3048]

Happy Thanksgiving! "What ho young shrimp?" I am thankful for you and your "good egg-ishness". Listening to PG Wodehouse's "Right Ho Jeeves" narrated by J Cecil has got me through a lot yesterday, with a smile.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yay, nothing better than Jeeves to put everything into order! 😍

[@strll3048]

@@DianeinDenmark I also bought (second hand ;-) ) the Christmas Crimes At Puzzel Manor.

[@LouiseReader]

Black Friday sales have hit Australia too in the last couple years. I find it highly offensive and very dispiriting. I realise it's corporations trying to sell us more stuff, but our world is burning here literally. We don't need all that stuff.

[@dawndawn6946]

Good morning! I love that little house candle holder. I have been looking around for one here, but I keep seeing big, black metal houses. 🙄 And I mean big! At first, I thought maybe I’d buy one and paint it white, but those things are huge. (Maybe 12” across and 14” high) And I guess they’re “farmhouse style”. I love real Christmas trees! My daughter and I are extremely allergic. We’ve had our artificial tree for almost 20 years now. I started Christmas decorating a few days ago and realized most of the “clutter” in my home is Christmas decoration related. 😳 This will be a hard declutter mission for me-I have been putting it off for years. Have a great day, Diane!

[@sue2272]

Thank you!😁🎄

[@marydrummond5451]

Love the candle jar and I did try to order it but unable to do so ... so I made one for myself . Love it . Thanks Diane for everything you share with us . Looking so very pretty . I am thinking about all you do . Love you so very much ... and Happy December ... Today is 30 th November 2019 . I am all by my self watching you ...

[@jeannebowes2898]

I put up fairy lights on my front door garland this morning. This weekend , we look to cut a small tree down since we purchased a permit from the forestry department. I am cooking our special dinner tomorrow, just us, , without any pressures! We will have fun finishing up our Christmas preps and mail out our cards.

[@elizabetherowley99]

We have Christmas tree farms also.. I’m 57 and have always got our tree that way... love all your candles! Can’t wait to see what craft you will be doing..

[@hazelmeldrum5860]

I spent a successful afternoon checking and cleaning my kitchen cupboards and spaces. All my 15 minutes together It feels good to know my kitchen is set up for christmas.

[@janetrugenius9345]

Black Friday has turned up in Canada too and we celebrate Thanksgiving in October. It really bugs me that it has infiltrated the world.

[@JC-ut4yn]

Starting my second round of zone cleaning and it’s clicked. I now realise I just need to keep chipping away at it. I’ve not done the Christmas missions as I’m only a flybaby but I’ve only got 1 more gift to buy, it’s never been known. Diane what have you done to me....... haven’t done any wrapping though.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yay, well done you, Jane! 🎉🎉🎉

[@alisongregson4740]

I visited IKEA finally and bought a selection of the LED candles and figured out how to use the timer on the coffee maker...my mornings especially are much more hyggely! Your suggestions have prompted me to get some tickets to a “Sounds of the Season” concert at the University nearby to enjoy a night out with my family. Thank you!

[@DianeinDenmark]

Aww, that's great, Alison!

[@Paulalovespaper]

Please show us the tables from this year

[@dirgniflesuoh7950]

This week is baking week, and the week when you get all your Advent Stars, and electric chandeliers, and the candle holder for four Advent candles out of wherever I hid them away in January ... Bake Saffron buns, and ginger bread, and preferrably a couple of other kinds to celebrate the first Advent Sunday. And glögg. Listen to choirs giving Advent concerts if possible.

[@DianeinDenmark]

That sounds lovely, Dirgni! Enjoy your events!

[@cathcodesigns]

Thank you thank you thank you for helping me stay focused. Your encouragement helps me get out of my own way and get things accomplished. Where can I find the 30 Missions you have been telling us about?????

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hi Cathy! You can find the mission videos on my Christmas playlist (they are clearly marked) kzbin.info/aero/PLxIYCyTLBED9iNyusR1K8xSfRBD7Slasb

[@owllover5462]

I agree with Black Friday and the so called deals. You can not pay me to shop on Black Friday 😂🤣 i’m in US and it’s ridiculous here. Love green Friday, wish that became popular here 💚

[@ForbiddenChocolate]

Agreed! I don't leave the house on black Friday, I start on the Christmas decorating by getting my leg lamp into the front window...my neighbors say it's not Christmas until they see the leg lamp lol. Then try to get the tree up Friday or Saturday. I know people who just love going shopping on black Friday but I'll never understand the appeal.

[@kdhovis8665]

Also in the U.S. it saddens me to see the videos of people fighting over a so called "deal". Not the Christmas spirit that I grew up holding. ❤

[@robinthomson4431]

@@ForbiddenChocolate Yay! Leg Lamp! Haha!! Just remember not to use up all the glue!!!

[@owllover5462]

Forbidden Chocolate A Christmas Story is my favorite Christmas Movie ❤️ enjoy the leg lamp

[@owllover5462]

KD Hovis Common sense is lost in some 🤪 fighting over material items is very sad.

[@vanessaholland4574]

Diane, I was wondering where did you get your cheerleading pom poms

[@DianeinDenmark]

From a toy store 😀🎉

[@Karenkmc1]

Happy Tuesday🎶Knitting is on my to do list up until Christmas Eve!!! Loving it but the house is not as tidy 🤷‍♀️

[@cherylthomae-barnes7852]

In the States Santa is a big part of the secular/commercial side of Christmas. I was wondering if Danish children also go see Santa, sit on his lap and tell him what they want for Christmas? Enjoy your reading time.🎄

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hi Cheryl! Going to see Santa isn't very popular here, though of course you can find it in some places.

[@Magicme79]

I don’t care how old I get, I’ll still always have a chocolate advent calendar :D About Christmas trees; our friends donate them to a local zoo. Apparently the animals like to play with them.

[@trishtraynor]

I paid my last visit to Princes Street. last Thursday. It's too much ,too Disneyland,and far too expensive. 😕🎅🎵

[@karenlowes7802]

I wish you would give the titles and authors of the books you show. I don't see them listed in your notes.

[@DianeinDenmark]

👋📚 I discuss the books in my "book time" videos. Here's the one in question (my Christmas reading) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYO7Z5dorKmnobc

[@taraschmidheini4674]

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[@katherinejohnson8705]

Diane, as I wrap up our Thanksgiving week, I want to let you know how thankful I am to you for your upbeat, encouraging, informative videos. I enjoy learning about Denmark and your traditions. I truly appreciate the encouragement you give us to keep up the routines and to work on the missions in doable increments. Rah, rah, rah! 🤸‍♂️😊💕

[@DianeinDenmark]

Thank you so much for the kind words, Katherine! 💖

[@jonathanpountney8071]

Totally agree about "Black Friday" - I heard a report saying the same thing regarding the "savings"! We went to get a new computer printer and saw a large stack of them near the door, with a very large poster standing by them saying "When it's gone it's gone" - INFERRING that these printers were a limited offer. When asking an assistant how much was off them we were informed that the notice referred to the general Black Friday offers throughout the shop NOT really to those printers as they weren't reduced.........talk about pushing the legal boundary to the limit!!! One of our treats this year was to go to the Royal Albert Hall to see the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play live with Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back been shown on a large screen. The orchestra also come regularly to our local Baths Hall and they have a Film Music Gala night - always finishing with Star Wars but have a variety of film scores, this year they performed Into Darkness from Star Trek, Schindler's List, The Great Escape, Pirates of the Caribbean etc, etc - this has been one of our clutter free Christmas presents! Lorna

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hi Lorna! Love the idea of the orchestra and Star Wars!!! We have a similar thing here in January with Bond music - hoping to go with a friend! 🖖😀

[@Paulalovespaper]

We hang a pickle and who finds it can open the first gift. It’s not a real pickle. It’s an ornamental pickle. There’s a story with it. You could google it and you might find it interesting ❤️

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hi Paula! Yes, someone else mentioned the pickle just the other day...fascinating!

[@Anneke_on_coffee_break]

But it’s a Dutch word! Ombudsman, I mean 🙃🤷‍♀️

[@dirgniflesuoh7950]

Actually it is Swedish ...

[@lenerothe6234]

Dirgni Flesuoh yes, and both the Danish and Swedish got it from the old norse language. :)

[@DianeinDenmark]

🎄👋😃 You can see all my Christmas/event planning videos here kzbin.info/aero/PLxIYCyTLBED9iNyusR1K8xSfRBD7Slasb