Bathroom HGP Cleaning Tasks are DONE! Whew!
Turning my focus to catching up on holiday related prep tasks the rest of this week...
Holiday Prep:
[ ] Make one batch of Holiday Goodies --- I'm thinking it is still a bit early for me to make any cookies, etc. for Christmas. I'll be minimizing my baked goods this year anyway in light of dietary changes we've made due to DH's health. However, tonight I am going to look up a cookie recipe I know I am going to make for co-workers this year and note any special ingredients I need to pick up to be ready to make the dough in a few weeks.
[ ] Make one extra meal for freezer again labeled HOLIDAY MEAL --- Once again, dietary needs have greatly limited my options for stocking the freezer with fully put together meals.
Instead, I am stocking with meal components. Cooked, shredded chicken. Browned lean ground beef and so on.
This week my feed the freezer task is to chop and freeze the several packages of green peppers I got on sale at the store this week. Some I'll do in slices, some I'll chop.
[X] Buy two canned food items from menus (get 2 of each item, one to use and one to donate to food drive)---DONE
[ ] Buy 1/8th of TO BUY gifts. Save all receipts, note return policy before buying. Ask for gift boxes---Not sure if I'll have the $ to do any real shopping this week. I may try to get 1-2 stocking stuffers instead, squeezing them in with the grocery bill.
[ ] Wrap and label packages. If needing to ship, get some shipping boxes now and store packages in them---I am planning to organize gift closet this week and get things in order so I can have unwrapped on one side and wrapped stacked up on the other.
[ ] Work at least 1 hour a day on homemade gifts - So far so good on this one! Probably doing closer to 2hrs a night...
[ ] Take toys and books that are outgrown, clean them up and prepare them for donation to toy drives - In progress
[ ] Make list of toys and books that children would enjoy and that would fit in their rooms and that would work with what they have. Keep it hand for telling family what they would like. ---On the list to do!
[ ] Inventory clothing and have another list of clothing items needed. Measure the children and put measurements on this list. - On the list!!!