Mid January 2021

[sweetpumkinpye]

Didn't take too long to get back into a routine. I am keeping very busy tweaking things around the house and looking at how we can do better and make our home more usable for just the two of us. The weather continues to be friendly so making it much easier to get things done. lists, lists, lists at the moment, I am in my happy place.
Looking forward to following you all as we head into another week.

Daily:
Moisturise morning,
Water throughout day,
Shower/bath at night,
Moisturise,
Brush teeth,
Lip balm,
Hand cream,
Clean kitchen and DW on before bed.
Read and sleep at reasonable time,

Weekly:
*make work lunches for Monday (X) Tuesday (X) Will do this Sundays
*washing (X)(X)
*fold washing (X)
*vacuum floors ( )
*mop floors ( )
*clean bathrooms ( )( )
*meal plan dinners plus work lunches ( )
*clean fridge ( )
*tidy pantry ( )
*tidy freezer ( )
*shopping list (fortnightly) ( ) grocery shopping (fortnightly) ( )

Fun/ Christmas prep:
*start/continue/finish one craft project (X) Must try and be more diligent with this in 2021 Will start teddy bear
*start/continue/finish one book (X) Goal for the year is to read 10, I have read 3. I also have magazines to read.
*update planner (X)
*tidy gift closet (X)
*continue looking for stocking fillers and gifts (X)
*DrillDance training (X)

Extras:* (back to 5 small chores a week)
*Lunch with former coworkers Thursday (X)
*Craft day with Mum Friday (X) will do some more planning for 2021
*Day trip to farm Saturday (X)

1) Clean baking cupboard (X)
2) Tidy/cull drink bottle cupboard (X)
3) Declutter and dust hutch (X)
4) Clean stove top, hood and top of fridge (X)
5) Cull and soak microfibre cleaning cloths (X)

Word of the Year:
Improve

 

[jampss]

I took the reflection list and made for me ...

1. What worked and didn't work for me last week? Why?
2. How can I help someone else this coming week?
3. What am I looking forward to during the upcoming week?
4. What am I most grateful for?

It worked to keep a list and mark stuff off for sure! Nothing much didn't work so yay for last week's effort. This coming week I will sit with friend's mom to help, I made crochet mitts for a friend for her cold hands at work, and I will check in with my Whole 30 partner! I am looking forward to ... finishing granny squares for DD28's blanket and starting the edging. I am grateful for DH's job.

1-18-21 To Do List
[X] Do laundry, Visit Paris, Run Dishwasher
[X] Whole 30 food prep

1-19-21 To Do List
[X] Wake DS for 9 am class
[X] Pick up school food

1-20-21 To Do List
[X] Helped friend bathe her mom

1-21-21 To Do List
[X] Pick up school food
[X] Sit with friend's mom
[X] Pay bills later with DH

1-15-21 To Do List
[X] Grocery Shop
[X] Whole 30 food prep
[X] DH work shirt laundry
[X] Sweep and Mop floors

Daily
[X,X,X] Bible Devotional
[X,X,X] MHH
[X,X,X] Exercise
[X,X] Crochet
[X,X,X,X] Keep working on DD's Study Blanket
[X] Work in my new 2021 Planner
[X,X] Work on this week's homeschool newsletter

Extra's To Do ....
[ ] Crochet Newsboy hat for DSIL
[ ] Sort and sell old homeschool books on shelf
[X]Make an appointment for DL renewal

 

[Holiday_Mom]

Katrina, how are you doing with the changes? Does having a project/activity that you and your dh can work on together help? We are seeing the needs of our children shift as they enter high school, college and soon to be post college. Dh and I are adapting to that change where we get to spend more time with one another.

Jampss, that is so nice that you crochet the mitts. I have tried doing handiwork of various sorts over time and have accepted that it is not my gift. I can do a small craft project with a hot glue gun if it can be done in a two or three hour time span. Otherwise, I lose interest and it becomes an unfinished project haunting me.

Here's my short list of questions and answers:

1. What worked? Planning for the next week.
2. What didn't work? Putting too many items on the list to do vs. a list to do if I have time.
3. What did I learn? Wording is important to me. It can change my perspective. Example: See above. Also I have to do vs. I get to do this.
4. Biggest time sink? Scrolling through coup attempt news feed. Will try to be aware this week and use it for reading ebooks instead.
5. What am I looking forward to this week? Time to update journal; Time to finish up writing about one ancestor

Weekly

• Clean Bathrooms.
• Pay bills
• Laundry
• Appts: Tues. - legal; Fri. - Move in day
• Menu Planning
  • Check that ingredients for planned meals are in the house.
  • Make a grocery list.
  • Buy groceries.
  • Food Prep: Cut up onions, peppers and carrots for upcoming meals.
• Sort through genealogy papers 5 days this week.
• FlyLady: Master Bedroom
  • Dust.
  • Vacuum.
  • Clean Windows.
  • Declutter room.
  • Shred papers.
• Do weekly reflection. (Staple reflection papers to the planner page.)
• Decorating
  • Take lights off of Christmas Tree
  • Take tree down and clean up the room.
  • Decorate for winter and Valentine's Day in the room.
• Defrost Deep Freezer.

To Do If Time Permits

• Gather photos for school. Due on 29 Jan 2021.
• Prepare monthly reflection questions.
• Sort through the office supply section.
• Sort through the general boxes and bins.

Personal

• Spiritual: Bible & Journaling: Update Coronavirus journal XXXXX
• Reading - Austen; Library Book XXXX
• Genealogy: DNA Monday, Research Tuesday, Webinar Wednesday, File Thursday, Publish Friday
• Walking XXXXX
• Weights XXX
• Water XXX

 

[sweetpumkinpye]

Katrina, how are you doing with the changes? Does having a project/activity that you and your dh can work on together help? We are seeing the needs of our children shift as they enter high school, college and soon to be post college. Dh and I are adapting to that change where we get to spend more time with one another.

Thank you, I am doing ok. I have set myself so many to do items that I find it is keeping me busy. I am checking off a lot of things on my lists and adding more every day. DH is being very useful, and I think is on board with what I would like to do around the house. Having said all that I miss DS a lot.

 

[MrsSoup]

Mary- It's not me that crocheted anything.

I don't have much on tap this week. DD's school has gone back to virtual learning since our case counts keep going up. Eli said his teacher said that they might as well. I wouldn't be upset if they did. So for now, I only have one kiddo to shuttle back and forth to school again two days a week.

[X] Virtual job interview with Stover (Tue)
[X] Virtual job interview with Montgomery Count (Fri)
[X] Virtual job interview with Columbia (Sat)

[X] Lunch with HT (Fri)

[X] Finish Fulton application
[X] Check for new openings

[-] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] Walk/stretch
[X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] Read/color

[-] Baseboards and walls
[X] Email CS regarding requesting LOR
[X] Apply for teaching license (hopefully)
[X] Submit substitute application

[X] Meal Plan
[X] Grocery shop

[X] Wash bedding
[X] Dust downstairs
[X] Mail mom's birthday card

 

[sweetpumkinpye]

The week is going by so quickly. Lots of things the I am keen to get to, on a bit of a roll.
Really enjoying the milder weather although it will heat up next week. The perfect weather to get things done
Looks like you are all getting a lot of things crossed off your lists too.

 

[Holiday_Mom]

I decided that watching the Presidential Inauguration while sorting through the papers sitting in my family for two weeks was a good way to be productive. I was right. I got through the whole thing today and it never felt like a chore. And I didn't feel guilty for watching television all day.

 

[sweetpumkinpye]

Sadly I missed the Inauguration as it was during the night for us. I will admit to shedding a little tear as I saw President Biden take the oath.