Not so much progress on my list this week. Apparently this was my week to make excuses about why I couldn't get anything done. Ughhh! Now I need to accomplish even more this week.
Family:
Homemaking:
- Fall decorations on the porch. Nope. Went shopping for mums and was apalled at the prices. I will have another go at it this week.
Put away Abby's summery summer clothes. One giant tote of stuff is put away. Still need to get out the winter stuff and go through it. As cold as it has been I think I could put away the capris too.
- Make daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning check lists. I sort of made a handwritten copy, but I want to make a printable copy.
Catch up on cutting coupons. Done! I had two weeks worth. Now just to keep up with it. I am making this an item on my weekly to do list.
- Write three blog posts. Just one post. I have been having issues with my photo editor running on this slow old computer.
Christmas Prep:
Fancy up the Fall Bucket List. So cute! I will be posting a quick tutorial for it soon.
Figure out the afghan pattern I am going to use and at least get started. I did decide on a plan. I haven't actually started, but I am calling this a success.
Cross stitch for at least three hours. Barely worked for three hours. Still so far to go.
- Start a Christmas Gift List. Nope!
So much that didn't get done. We did have a great field trip on Friday to the Ohio Statehouse with the Homeschool Co-op with dinner out, thrift store shopping for zombie costumes, and frozen yougurt! There were several visits with my oldest son and an emergency waterfall creation for my niece's science class project so I thought I had some good excuses!
I have decided that anything that doesn't get finished from the week before gets added to the list along with goals for this week rather than just forwarding things forever. My list may be a hundred items long soon if I don't get on the ball.
Here goes!
Weekly Goals .... Week of September 24th
- Make copies of Bible Study Stuff.
- Write Gene a Love Note.
- Check four things off the Fall Bucket List.
- Check in with kids on school work every day.
Personal:
- Read The Five Love Languages of Teenagers.
- Exercise four times.
- Lose four pounds.
- Pedicure
- Fall decorations on the porch.
- Get out Abby's winter clothes.
- Make daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning check lists.
- Switch my clothes to winter.
- Make laundry soap.
- Track all spending for the week.
- Write six blog posts.
- Cross stitch for at least three hours.
- Start a Christmas Gift List.
- Crochet borders on nine squares.
- Christmas gift budget.
School:
- Post about interest in high school breakfast club.
- Co-op lesson.
Green items have been forwarded from last week's list. Blue items are ongoing until they are finished or become a habit.
Lots of work to do! No excuses this week!
Last week I managed to check off nearly everything on my list. Obviously putting it out there in cyberspace for someone to read had a motivating effect on me.
Here is what I accomplished last week:
Family:
Make a Fall Bucket List with the kids. I forced the kids to sit down with me and come up with 20 ideas. Some were strange and a lot revolved around food. You can see our Fall Bucket list here.
Write hubby a lovey dovey card or note. Done! Nuff said 'bout that!
- Organize the Bible Study stuff so that we can start over. I figured out where we need to start from but I didn't get the copies made.
Personal:
Read Destined to Reign by Joseph Prince. I did read quite a bit but I still need to finish.
Exercise 4 times.
- Lose back to my lowest weight. I lost a few pounds but not quite where I wanted to be. I blame it on Red Lobster.
Homemaking:
Wash all the glassware on the chicken shelf and dust all of the cubbies. Done! Epic!
Put out all the fall decorations. Did the inside. Still have to do outside.
Finish pinstriping the buggy. Finished, more on that soon.
Finances:
Send resume to the elementary and middle school principals. Sent and I got a positive response!
Write two blog posts.
Christmas Prep:
Finish baby afghan. All wrapped up and ready for the baby shower next month. Amazing my powers of preparing ahead, Huh?
Cross stitch for at least two hours. About four hours worth but still a long way to go.
Decide on Christmas card pattern. Still need to buy supplies.
Print January through August pictures for the calendar. In the mail!
Wow! I got a lot done.
On to next week's list.
Weekly Goals .... Week of September 17th
Family:
- Make copies of Bible Study Stuff.
- Write Gene a Love Note.
- Check two things off the Fall Bucket List.
Personal:
- Finish Destined to Reign by Joseph Prince.
- Exercise four times.
- Lose four pounds.
Homemaking:
- Fall decorations on the porch.Fancy up the Fall Bucket List
- Put away Abby's summery summer clothes.
- Make daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning check lists.
Finances:
- Catch up on cutting coupons.
- Write three blog posts.
Christmas Prep:
- Fancy up the Fall Bucket List.
- Figure out the afghan pattern I am going to use and at least get started.
- Cross stitch for at least three hours.
- Start a Christmas Gift List.
Hope I can do as well this week as I did last week. Christmas is only 99 days away. Maybe I should just have 15 Christmas prep things on my list!
Fall always means outdoor stuff at our house. The weather is cooler and we don't have to suffer all of that Ohio humidity. Camping always happens. We drag out some horses and I spend a couple days slaving over a hot fire cooking for a whole crew of ungrateful whelps.
Fun time, fun times.
The kids and I sat down and made a list of all the things we want to do and all the places we want to go this fall. Some strange things made it onto the list, but hey, it is all about making sure that we purposely make time do do the things that are important to everyone.
Fall Bucket List
- Go to the Buckeye Furnace Fall Fest and camp after we spend all day making and selling Hobo Pies to raise money for the Friends of Buckeye Furnace.
- Weber Farms Field Trip with the Homeschool Co-op.
- Spend the day at the Renaisance Festival (in costume of course). Have a smoked turkey leg for lunch.
- Drink hot spiced apple cider.
- Make jack-o-lanterns.
- Roast pumpkin seeds.
- Eat caramel apples.
- Make new costumes (for the Ren Fest).
- Make pumpkin bread.
- Decorate the porch for fall with mums and pumpkins.
- Scary Movie Night ( at our house that means an old 1950's black and white thriller).
- Canal Boat ride in Coshocton
- Farmer's Market for fall flowers and pumpkins.
- Make new safety swords.
- Make a new fall wreath.
- Deep fry a turkey.
- Make or buy pumpkin spice lattes.
- Visit the Ohio History Center (maybe for a Halloween event)
- Celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day on September 26th.
- Have a weinie roast and make s'mores.
- Fall Photo Shoot with Hannah.
I see a lot of food on that list. Hmmm? Wonder who put all that stuff on there?
Looks like we will have a busy fall!
I am hoping that just the act of typing out this list and posting it here will make some sort of magic happen that will allow me to accomplish my goals for this week. Seems a bit unlikely, but at this point I am looking for all the help I can get!
Family:
- Make a Fall Bucket List with the kids.
- Write hubby a lovey dovey card or note.
- Organize the Bible Study stuff so that we can start over.
Personal:
- Read Destined to Reign by Joseph Prince.
- Exercise 4 times.
- Lose back to my lowest weight.
Homemaking:
- Wash all the glassware on the chicken shelf and dust all of the cubbies.
- Put out all the fall decorations.
- Finish pinstriping the buggy.
Finances:
- Send resume to the elementary and middle school principals
- Write two blog posts.
Christmas Prep:
- Finish baby afghan
- Cross stitch for at least two hours.
- Decide on Christmas card pattern.
- Print January through August pictures for the calendar.
Sounds like a lot of stuff to accomplish in one week, but I like to set lofty goals. That way if I only get half of it done then I at least accomplished something.
Okay.
Here goes!
Abracadabra!
Hope the bloggy magic works!
I have been Missing In Action for the whole summer. It has been rather traumatic and I'd rather not talk about it. No really, you can't make me. No, No! I am not gonna gossip about it. I swear! Okay, maybe just a little. Call me later.
I'm a slacker. It's true!
But, I am going to make an honest attempt to be a better blogger. Maybe not a better housewife, but a better blogger!
In one of my previous careers, I was a Nail Tech. I really just wanted to do nail art. I love painting anything and teeny tiny art on nails was a fun challenge. But that was 11 years ago, before Abby was born. Now my nails are horrible looking. I don't bother even polishing them, much less painting anything cute on them.
But..... I saw the cutest Easter Bunny nails over at Eighteen25 and of course I had to talk the girls into a bunny manicure.
That wasn't too hard to do.
Just a few minutes later, we had the cutest nails ever!
How cute is that?
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Click here to read her post and enter!
But don't enter too many times 'cause I want to win!
