This is a post I wrote last year on this very day.  The message is the same:  it is time to prepare for the New Year!

My husband likes to keep the Christmas decorations up through New Year’s and every year, I think I will try to make it until then. However, the decorations that looked so pretty just a few days ago look terribly cluttered the day after Christmas. None of it means the same to me the day after Christmas. And so, once again, I will not be able to hold myself back this year from taking it down and clearing it away. I took a nap on Christmas day, and when I woke up, it was as if some sort of organizing switch was turned on inside. I began to scurry around, picking up things, sorting through things, and writing a few immediate tasks down on my To Do List. Here are a few of those tasks.

• Put away Christmas decorations.
• Organize gift wrap station.
• Remove all items from kitchen counters and really clean (both counters and appliances).
• Sort through desk/table upstairs in my room (you know, the one where are all stray papers migrate to when you don’t know where else to put them).
• Go through children’s toys and books (again) and get rid of broken and unloved toys. Arrange new toys in an organized manner.
• Empty out my “junk” drawer and replace necessary items neatly.
• Organize storage room in the basement. Separate items for a yard sale in the spring. Make a run to Goodwill.
• File all important documents that have been laying on the filing cabinet awaiting filing.
• Begin to prepare documents for business and personal taxes.
• Create a list of Resolutions for 2010 and a plan to accomplish them.

What things are on your list of Things To Do post-Christmas?  What are your resolutions for 2010?