January, 2013
The 52 Week Money Challenge – you game?
I am officially participating in the 52 week money challenge. Anyone else in? I’m on week three now and still going strong. (Ha!) All you have to do is get a jar, print out this chart, and add the indicated amount of money to the jar each week.
Week one: one dollar, week 3: three dollars, and so on. At the end of the year you’ll have $1378 in your jar!!! That’s at least one trans-atlantic plane ticket!
And while you’re looking around the house for large empty jars, put one aside for this other fun idea: A Year of Fun & Good Times.
Every time something especially funny happens throughout the year, write it on a little piece of paper and stick it in the jar. You could write happy memories, funny stories, or other things you don’t want to forget. On New Year’s Eve, open the jar up and read about all the great things that happened to you this year.
Stockingless
Well, I’m guessing your stockings are no longer hung by the chimney with care since Christmas has been over for about a month now. I usually post about what I’d like to find in my stocking BEFORE Christmas, but this year I’m writing about my stocking wishes after the fact.
Actually, in Italy, we do the stocking thing on the night of January 5th, not December 24th. So I’m not all that late for the Italian holiday, which, fyi, is known as the Befana.
I made my stocking list on Pinterest this year and think that it’s a fabulous way to keep track of these kinds of presents. Why? A) You have a picture that gives you an immediate visual and 2) You have a link that (usually) takes you to a site where you can buy that item or at least find out more about it. If you’re playing Santa for someone and they have a list like this, it makes your “job” so much easier! Plus, Santa’s helpers can leave comments like, “I heard through the Elf grapevine that this stocking stuffer has already been accounted for.” (Disclaimer: I’m currently rather obsessed with Pinterest, so my opinion here may be slightly biased)