Decorate after Thanksgiving (about half-decorated currently) and then leave them up until mid-January! If anything I need the cheer more as winter continues than when winter is new and fresh. I have the Aldi tea calendar too! (plus another tea calendar and the Sam's Club cheese calendar)
So happy to have the first vlog! We always decorate during Thanksgiving week. I wanted to also share that I saw an idea for your books in the basket. Wrap them to make them an advent calendar when you have 24 of them. You can use the same books every year. Wish I knew this many years ago 🎄
I think this was your best Vlogmas video yet! I've been watching since the beginning of you doing them I think! I so enjoyed it and can't wait to see the rest!🎄
I’m in the decor whenever you want camp. Mine go up really soon after Halloween! Just makes sense to pull them out while I put Halloween away into the same space. I like everything up for my birthday, which is November 20th, but the anniversary of my dad’s death is the 14th and I’m pretty useless that week. Therefore, first week of November it is and no one can tell me otherwise!
My tree is still tucked up in the closet but will drag it down tonight! I do have a Nightmare Before Christmas puzzle advent calendar for this year and will just drag out my own wine and cheese haha. I am STUCK on the third book in the ACOTAR series so I switched over to House of Leaves for now...as if that was any easier! 🎄
Lyla is the highlight of this vlog 🥰. Did Lyla get an advent calendar? In the UK we have ones that have Christmas books everyday, which would also solve your Christmas basket problem as well xx
You forgot the emoji you wanted us to post at the end so I decided on a Christmas tree 🎄 as that was mentioned multiple times. While watching I had a few suggestions… Is it an option to put the podcast stuff in the basement? Is it an option of also having your office down there if there’s a window of course as it’s not nice to constantly work in artificial lights. Would you be comfortable telling more of your plans in that direction? If not then that’s okay… I know this must be really nosey so I apologise if it comes across that way. It might be a good idea to take note of what you might want to decorate for Christmas at your new house (decorations, guirlandes, lights…) and try to find it as they go on sale after the holidays.
Thanks for picking an emoji!! I will share more about plans for different parts of the house once I can actually show the inside! We have a plan that I think will work well, but we could always change it up if we need to. And keeping an eye out for decor on sale is a GREAT idea!
I got the candle advent this year. Since this is my first year, I can't say it's better or worse than last year. I will say I got it for $7 since it was marked at the wrong price, and they gave it to me at that price. It would not be worth the $30 it was supposed to be, but for $7, I won't complain. I also got the Keurig one for $7 and it is awful! The coffee is so watered down, and you can't tell the flavors apart so that one I would not recommend to anyone!
When do you typically put up your holiday decorations??? 🎄
Beginning of November.
Beginning of November.
Typically the weekend after Thanksgiving
Omg Lyla is so adorable 🥰 ! She’s the perfect blend of you and Sam!
Decorate after Thanksgiving (about half-decorated currently) and then leave them up until mid-January! If anything I need the cheer more as winter continues than when winter is new and fresh. I have the Aldi tea calendar too! (plus another tea calendar and the Sam's Club cheese calendar)
That tree is gorgeous!! And I love vlogmas so much!!!
Your daughter…she is the cutest!!!it’s so nice that you share video snips of her; I love watching along as she grows 😊
Thank you!!
So happy to have the first vlog! We always decorate during Thanksgiving week. I wanted to also share that I saw an idea for your books in the basket. Wrap them to make them an advent calendar when you have 24 of them. You can use the same books every year. Wish I knew this many years ago 🎄
That's such a fun idea!!!
I think this was your best Vlogmas video yet! I've been watching since the beginning of you doing them I think! I so enjoyed it and can't wait to see the rest!🎄
Thank you so much! That means a lot!
Lyla is so cute!!! Excited for your vlogmas!!
Thank you!!
🏠🎄🫶🏻 Lyla is the star of the show!! and why are baby teeth the freakin’ cutest, seriously your mini me!!
Aww thank you!!!
Your daughter is soooo cute!!! And, I'm going to have to get those Wine and Cheese calendars next year -- yum
So I have bad news for you - you can't get them where you live because of stupid laws. It was the worst when I lived there!
I’m in the decor whenever you want camp. Mine go up really soon after Halloween! Just makes sense to pull them out while I put Halloween away into the same space. I like everything up for my birthday, which is November 20th, but the anniversary of my dad’s death is the 14th and I’m pretty useless that week. Therefore, first week of November it is and no one can tell me otherwise!
I felt the same about swapping it with Halloween while I was digging through decor! Your logic makes so much sense!
We put our tree up on the 15th. I love having it up early! My mom got the Aldi wine advent this year and she's loving it so far.
Yay! Team early tree!
My tree is still tucked up in the closet but will drag it down tonight! I do have a Nightmare Before Christmas puzzle advent calendar for this year and will just drag out my own wine and cheese haha. I am STUCK on the third book in the ACOTAR series so I switched over to House of Leaves for now...as if that was any easier! 🎄
Oooooh I love the NBC! My first email ever was oogieboogie hahaha
And I feel you!! They are long books and can be slow at times!!
Oh my gosh she’s so cute! And the mouse hahahah mine loved the mouse at that age too 🤣
Obsessed!!
Lyla is the highlight of this vlog 🥰. Did Lyla get an advent calendar? In the UK we have ones that have Christmas books everyday, which would also solve your Christmas basket problem as well xx
She does, but it is rubber duckys! Haha so she gets them in the bath and therefore it will not be part of vlogmas!
@ aww how cute xx
You forgot the emoji you wanted us to post at the end so I decided on a Christmas tree 🎄 as that was mentioned multiple times. While watching I had a few suggestions… Is it an option to put the podcast stuff in the basement? Is it an option of also having your office down there if there’s a window of course as it’s not nice to constantly work in artificial lights. Would you be comfortable telling more of your plans in that direction? If not then that’s okay… I know this must be really nosey so I apologise if it comes across that way. It might be a good idea to take note of what you might want to decorate for Christmas at your new house (decorations, guirlandes, lights…) and try to find it as they go on sale after the holidays.
Thanks for picking an emoji!! I will share more about plans for different parts of the house once I can actually show the inside! We have a plan that I think will work well, but we could always change it up if we need to.
And keeping an eye out for decor on sale is a GREAT idea!
Our decorations don’t go up till after Thanksgiving. And this is the first year in about 25 years that we are not getting a real tree.
I got the candle advent this year. Since this is my first year, I can't say it's better or worse than last year. I will say I got it for $7 since it was marked at the wrong price, and they gave it to me at that price. It would not be worth the $30 it was supposed to be, but for $7, I won't complain. I also got the Keurig one for $7 and it is awful! The coffee is so watered down, and you can't tell the flavors apart so that one I would not recommend to anyone!
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the Keurig one!!
You could call it an artificial tree.