{"id":8878,"date":"2009-10-13T15:12:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T19:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=8878"},"modified":"2009-10-13T15:12:47","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T19:12:47","slug":"tuesday-tip-time-to-start-your-holiday-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/10\/tuesday-tip-time-to-start-your-holiday-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Tip: Time to start your holiday planning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gmail<\/a>Hi gang!\u00a0 I apologize in advance for the picture on the left, I thought it would have turned out a lot better than it did!\u00a0 You can click on it though and see a larger image. :D<\/p>\n

I realize that you probably are going to think I’ve dipped into the eggnog a bit on the early side but I assure you that is not the case.\u00a0 Yes I am here to tell you that, like it or not, the holidays are upon us.\u00a0 Once we hit September the rest of the year just flies on by, because of that, it’s time to start holiday planning.<\/p>\n

No, I’m serious.\u00a0 Listen friends, I’m already in the middle of planning a holiday party for November.\u00a0 The reality is November isn’t that far away and to plan a holiday party means I need to be on it NOW.\u00a0\u00a0 Planning takes time and I am not a last-minute let’s-scramble-and-get-it-done kinda gal.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you were aware of this character trait already?<\/p>\n

Regardless, the holidays are a busy busy time.\u00a0 Parties, meetings, get-togethers, dinners, it all starts happening right about now.\u00a0 And if you’re traveling, even more planning needs to take place and start happening.<\/p>\n

If you need some assistance, I recommend Google Calendar and I even think I talked about it last year.\u00a0 Oh yes, here<\/a>! :D \u00a0 Google Calendar is amazing, especially since you can share calendars with other people.\u00a0 You can create many different calendars for different activities, which you can see an example of some of mine if you click the link.<\/p>\n

You can usually sync this with your phone as well if your phone has a calendar app.\u00a0 This is a great feature!\u00a0 With more and more people using Smartphones and iPhones, having your calendar within very easy access helps keep you on track and plan other appointments because you can check and cross-reference dates.\u00a0 Or easily add an event right to the calendar via your phone.\u00a0 I also have my phone set up to send me alerts when something in my calendar is coming up.\u00a0 You can configure Google Calendar to send you email reminders about upcoming events as well.<\/p>\n

Handy!<\/p>\n

I am a calendar fanatic.\u00a0 I must have a calendar within a glance at all times.\u00a0 I like month views, not daily views.\u00a0 Month views give me a better sense and grasp on how to plan and how my schedule is going.<\/p>\n

This really isn’t a advert for Google Calendar, but I do urge you to try it out!\u00a0 ;)\u00a0 Really I’m here to tell you that — don’t fight it — the holidays are here and to make things run a bit smoother start planning and organizing now.\u00a0 It will save you stress and headaches later!\u00a0 This way you can enjoy the eggnog and punch because it’s tasty, not as a tool to help you cope with the stress of just now realizing you have three parties to attend that night!\u00a0 With four more the following week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi gang!\u00a0 I apologize in advance for the picture on the left, I thought it would have turned out a lot better than it did!\u00a0 You can click on it though and see a larger image. I realize that you probably are going to think I’ve dipped into the eggnog a bit on the early […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2jc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}