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Spring forward, Fall back: Time Change Sunday is on the way!

On Sunday, November 1, we come to the end of Daylight Saving Time in most of the United States. With an extra hour in the day--and winter on the way--it's time for a seasonal safety check!

As you circle the house, resetting clocks to Standard Time, make time for this short safety checklist from sister site, Organized Home. It'll see you into the winter from a safe--and organized--home:

Fall Back: Home Preparedness Checklist for Time Change Sunday

It's over for another year--but wait! Before you pack away the lights and ornaments willy-nilly, try these strategies from RealSimple.com.

Whether it's recording the year's decor themes, storing ornaments safely, or dealing with too much stuff for the space available, you'll find answers to holiday put-away questions:

Storing Holiday Decorations

The Christmas season has come and gone ... and next year, you vow to do better. How to simplify your holidays? Choose an organization plan!

Here at Organized Christmas, we know that preparing for the holiday season is a very individual decision.

Some folks prepare for Christmas instinctively: throughout the year, they stock up on gift items, tuck away baked goods, and organize decor storage as a matter of course.

Then there are the rest of us, who are stuck watching these enviable organized ones from the sidelines. Yet we, too, want to cruise through the holiday season, relaxed, prepared and ready to celebrate.

The solution? A holiday organization plan.

So you haven't been planning menus, defrosting turkeys or pre-preparing side dishes for the last week? Do we have a Thanksgiving countdown checklist for you!

Here you go: a last-minute guide to getting the bird on the table anyway, from OutOfTheFryingPan.com. It's a bare-bones Wednesday night plan to get you from zero to sixty by next day:

Last Minute Thanksgiving Survival List

As our community members know, you either love her or um, well ... you don't, so take this post with a grain of salt: it's Martha's "Ultimate Holiday Planner".

A lovely printable with lots of recipes, Martha's free planner includes a cute snowman place card craft, a couple of not-so-bad planning checklists, wine glossary and a stain guide.

For those who like this sort of thing, here's the link. In .pdf format, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print:

Martha Stewart's Ultimate Holiday Planner