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Advent Calendars 2025

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 For my birthday this year I was gifted two very special advent calendars. It's no surprise that I love advent calendars, I share them on my little blog every year. I love the tradition and the ritual of taking time every night to stop and spend some family together time. Counting down to Christmas helps us slow down and appreciate the little moments that make up the season, like opening our calendars all together in the evenings, with the fire burning or opening them on weekend mornings sipping on coffee. This year I have 2 new calendars to enjoy and add to my Christmas decor for years to come.  My hubby gifted me the brand new Gilmore Girls Light-up advent calendar. I've tried to avoid spoilers but one thing I did see was how to turn on the lights. If this is helpful at all for you, the battery tab that you have to pull to use the lights is behind box #7. I love the look and coziness of it, I can't wait to see what's in it!  This beautiful tree was gifted to me from m...
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Countdown 2025 days 11 -16

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Crafting and painting and beading oh my! We had some friends over this weekend and we crafted up a storm. It was wonderful and now I feel very creative, I was in a but of a creative slump and this weekend has me wanting to create some more!  Happy Holidays!
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Countdown 2025 Days 9 & 10

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I am a little late posting this because life has been lifeing lately. It's that busy time of year when work is finishing up for the and all the Christmas activities are starting. I started writing this post on the 10th and didn't get around to finishing it so here goes.  Day 9 I got two dragonfly napkin rings. They are so pretty and they feel very solid and good quality. Dragonflies are special to me, we used a dragonfly as one of the main characters in our Tidy Planet Adventures book series, his name is Doug and he is a lot of fun.  On day 10 I got this cute coffee cup. I like it a lot but it is very small, maybe it's an espresso cup but in this house it's going to be a doll cup, because Little Miss' dolls like Gilmore Girls too! I have 3 doors left to open, I am making it last by opening an advent calendar surprise everyone other day. Saty tuned and I will share more Gilmore Girls goodies along with some festive crafts we've been doing.  Happy Holidays!
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Countdown 2025 Day 8

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Time got away from us and we didn't open our advent calendars tonight. Instead, I thought that I would share some of Elf's antics this weekend.  Our Elf's name is Elfa and her pet (cat or squirrel, we're not sure which one) is called Sparky. So far they have wrapped Little Miss' door, used my door for bow climbing and taken a bubble bath. Little Miss is getting older and I don't think I'll have many years left playing tricks with the Elf but I will enjoy it while it lasts.  Happy Countdown!
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Countdown 2025 Day 7

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Today's Advent Calendar surprise was a Gilmore Girls pencil case. This fits in perfectly with the notebook I opened yesterday. I also bought some new gel pens and highlighters yesterday. It all looks so good together and makes me want to start my planners and journals right away! Happy Countdown!
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Countdown 2025 Day 6

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Day #5 of the Gilmore Girls advent calendar was a very nice 'Chilton' notebook. I am in the process of choosing the notebooks I want to use for 2026. So far my Happy Planner and Blog notebook are both Gilmore Girls themes, so this one fits in well.  At the beginning of 2026 I will share my planner set up for the year. In 2025, I couldn't decide on which planner I wanted to use. I tried a new one but it was too big and the paper was very flimsy, I found a coloring book planner, which was cool in theory but it didn't have enough writing room. I ended up using a few different ones throughout the year and now I have a pile of half finished planners. Finally, I am just going back to my classic Happy Planner and use notebooks for extra planning. This one will be perfect to bring on the go. My advent tree is starting to look more and more festive. Some of the ornaments that I have gotten over the past couple of days are different colors and sizes of Christmas balls and a cute ...
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Countdown 2025 Day 5

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  It's Day 5 of our countdown to Christmas 2024 and Day 4 my advent calendars. I was glad that I waited to opened this present for when I had time to appreciate it. Day 4 in the Gilmore Girls calendar was a Luke's Dinner sugar bowl. I am very impressed with the quality of the presents in this advent calendar.
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Countdown 2025 Day 4

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This has been a long day, I came home late from work and decided to wait for tomorrow to open my advent calendars.  I did come home to a little present though, the kids and hubby  bought me a cute Harry Potter squishmallow.   It was a nice surprise at the end of a busy day! Happy Countdown to Christmas!
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