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There were tons of memorable items, but mostly it was all stuff that at one time I didn’t know what to do with or had shoved into the closet or attic to deal with later…whenever later was going to be. If something can’t find a home, it needs to go to another home via donation. The dishes won’t clean themselves, and it won’t be any easier when food is dried on them. It won’t be any more fun to fold and put away five loads at once, and no one wants to sit next to a pile of laundry.

Are you ready to jump into 2019 with energy? Tackle it to the ground and own it like a boss? Or maybe you would settle for a little bit of sanity. I get it

There are tons of ideas for fun, but why not pair an experience with some good old-fashioned life skills, like kids cooking? The video course we took started out with basics, like measuring flour, and proceeded to cooking eggs, quiche, burgers, and even roasting a chicken. The video course that we took all those years ago is sadly retired, but Katie at Kitchen Stewardship has produced an outstanding video series for kids. Let’s look at the pros for kids cooking: * imparting real life skills they will use the rest of their lives (a future spouse will think you’re the best mother-in-law ever! ).

In other words, I use a regular sugar cookie recipe for the cookie part and a store-bought raspberry jam for the filling. Using your favorite sugar cookie recipe, use a round cookie cutter for the top and bottom. In the top cookie, use a small Christmas tree cookie-cutter in the middle. We pop popcorn, make ourselves comfy on the couches and the floor, and enjoy a good comedy, like The Apple Dumpling Gang, or a Christmas favorite, like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, or a chic flick, like The Sound of Music.