Tidings & Tips for Merry Multi-taskers brought to you by Maid Brigade

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As the song goes, ‘it’s the most wonderful time of the year’.  The holiday season is a joyous and exciting time filled with family, friends and traditions! There are parties to attend, gifts to wrap and plenty of time spent in the kitchen—baking and eating. But with all of these wonderful festivities added in to your schedule, the holiday season can also be the most stressful time of the year!   To help you keep the focus where it belongs and fully enjoy your holiday traditions, we’ve compiled a green guide to the holiday season—a month of tips for merry multi-taskers! It’s a bundle of daily tips on green shopping, cooking, entertaining, decorating and stress relief to lead you right up and through the holidays. Below are a few of our favorites, but be sure to visit the complete guide here.

• Make a budget and stick to it.  Overspending creates guilt, which creates stress.  It really is the thought that counts.  Promise.
• Simplify!  Holiday shortcuts are not a sin. There’s a lot to juggle right now.  Here are some great ideas that won’t leave you feeling guilty.
• Taste does NOT make waist!  Here are some healthy recipes for the holidays that seem indulgent but really aren’t.
• Green your greetings. The Family News Update print version is now frowned upon.  Bonus? The green version is so much less time-consuming to produce!  Use your e-choices, from social media to online albums to word docs, pdfs to blogs. No more folding, stuffing, addressing, stamping!
• Donate - it's the season of giving - instead of throwing away all of your old clothes and electronics this year, donate them instead.  Pack things up for now.  If you get to it this year – great.  But if not until January, the recipients will be no less grateful.
• No does not mean Bah Humbug! It’s easy to over-obligate during the holidays and that causes stress. Learn to say no. Friends and relatives will understand. 
• Eat well.  Certain foods are good immunity boosters.  Sesame seeds, shitake mushrooms, and other easy access foods help defend the body from infection.  Chow down on these.
• Take a breather.  It’s like food.  You have to have it.  15 minutes spent daily doing something specifically for yourself (not cardio-related) is important.  Could be a bubble bath, could be a brisk walk on a good stargazing night, could be a quiet moment with your i-Pod – you choose.  Just find a way.

Everyone wants to enjoy the season, and everyone wants YOU to have fun during the holidays.  Follow the tips on our green guide to the holidays and you’re sure to feel more relaxed! You’re working hard to do nice things for everyone around you.  Don’t forget to do something nice for yourself.  We wish you a merry month!  You deserve it.