Lene, darling, next year start bugging her about the schedule in October. She'll thank you for it.
You can always come bug me instead. I could certainly use it.
Will we ever get a closer peek at said schedule? I'd make myself one if I could get my head around the basic structure of one (I'm not born organized, I can only "get it" if I can build on a structure already in place =P ).
Wow, every year she's managed to get everything done, all because of you and your amazing organizing skills. *applause*
Think I can order a schedule too?
Wow. Could you run my life, too? Please?
I'm getting such vicarious pleasure not knitting for anyone this year but reading about it instead. Mean, I know...
The question I have is -- how do we get on the "list" for said schedule?
You rock, Lene. Can we submit your name to the government, to help them straighten things out?
She is not worthy of your genius.
I imagine you could make a small fortune with your scheduling talents.
Life Coach. You could make millions.
You are a Goddess among friends, who does,indeed run the universe. There's this dude in Chicago who's planning on moving to DC in January. Don't be surprised if he calls you for one of your patented super duper lists!
In the meantime, I have two knitting projects to finish before Christmas, a moderately high maintenance Hubster, two unruly felines who have renewed hostilities and 40 store visits to complete by the 23rd. Come list me! Please!
Seriously, you could do organizey seminar things and make the world run much smoother.
Ok, you rock. You just totally are awesome. This line concerns me though... "Still, next year we're so starting this puppy on November 1." I mean... now who's being ambitious? 
Lene, I read your blog probably twice a month. I read it because it picks me up. Everytime, no matter what the topic. Of course, Steph's schedule is a howl (every year). I had chuckle when I read down the page an read that you had been nominated for best disability blog. At first, I stopped and stared for a sec. I don't think of you that way. You are a disability advocate, no doubt. But I think maybe a lot of us (and perhaps you) don't see it as a separate thing. To me you are "Lene" (The capital 'L' should be bigger, somehow. A lot bigger). Keep up the fanstastic job, of just being you. We love you, that's why we keep coming back! And clearly, everyone wants a schedule!!!!!!
What would you charge to make me a Schedule next year? I totally need one of those.
Hey daughter. How about making a living out of doing what you do so well. You helped me with a schedule when I moved (although it took me some time to see the smartness of it).
You totally rock. Think about it.
You. Are. Spooktacular.
Have you seen this blog? I'm thinking it may be right up your alley; or conversely, you may be right up theirs.
http://todolistblog.blogspot.com/
Maybe Christmas should be a moveable feast? It's Christmas when Lene SAYS it's Christmas, ie when the knitting is done. Or if that sounds like cheating how about a quick conversion to Russian Orthodoxy?
Can you make a list for the rest of us? I'd love a monthly one just for my life with some knitting thrown in during the evening hours.
I've GOT to find a friend with your talents.
Does "next year we're so starting this puppy on November 1" sound just the tiniest bit like "I have this licked"?
Lene...
You totally RULE!
And Thanks for teaching us ALL an organized way to pace ourselves and achieve our goals!
Again...You RULE!
How? oh how? Do I become a Lene disciple? This time of year I find myself re-reading all of Steph's Christmas panic posts over the years just to comfort myself that I am not alone in my Christmas knitting insanity. I still have 3/4 of one sock left, 1/2 of one glove in a pair of gloves, one fingerless mitt, one pair of fingerless mitts, a tam, a felted stocking, and a poncho (that still has a bit of yarn left to be spun....but it's only singles!)...oh yes! and a plain earflap hat......
I continue to wish I had one of these.
I continue to be flummoxed at what I presume to be near step one: identify how long it will take to knit any (much less each) of the objects on the list of things to knit.
How does one figure this out???
Do I have to sit down with a sock, for example, and time myself for ten rounds of knitting? Is it different for wee needles?
How do you KNOW that stuff??
Every crazed knitter needs a scheduler like you. Do you hire out? (And is it too late for this year?)
I love the 5 stages of Christmas! I stay wedged between shock and denial til its over (ah the problems of an atheist/pagan/buddhist - yes I know all that is totally contradictory - living in a santa worshipping world).
That's great! And the day of freedom (or is that insurance?) at the end is awesome.
Also, just had to mention that I did a double take when I saw your name. My great-grandmother's name was Lena Anderson.
Dude! I think it's awesome that you do a schedule for Stephanie every year. I only break down and make a list when I have so much stuff I want to get done that I can't organize my thoughts. It seems to help calm me down a little, most of the time.
I am surprised it doesn't take a whip and a chair to keep Steph in line on the knitting front. So many things to knit, so many friends and loved ones, yet so few days till the Christmas. She should just thank her lucky stars she is not Jewish.... that is seven presents per person!!! lol
what a good friend you are! I get "free" advice from my siter, but she has never made ma a schedule to get thru the holidays! I use the 12 days between Christmas and Epiphany as a spillover, and my lucky (ha ha) kids get their fun gifts on Three Kings Day (Jan 6). Well, I DO have to rustle up SOMETHING for the big two five,but they know more is coming when the wrapping paper is still out!
Betty in Texaas
Now, if only you could do that for my daily life...
My mother always says that the true miracle of Christmas is that it comes, no matter whether you're ready or not.
Still, I'd also like to see more about the scheduling, perhaps after The Day when project confidentiality is moot.
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