Neverending lists

I have a million things on my mind that I need to do. This list won't necessarily get done this week, but hopefully it will at least keep me on-task:

- Put away clean laundry
- Take out trash
- Clean bathroom - Josh did this
- Dust house - Josh did this
- Clean floors - I cleaned the wood floors. Josh vacuumed.
- Change sheets
- Weed garden
- Harvest peas
- Harvest carrots?
- Mow
- Make dessert for small group
- Make pumpkin pie for BIL's birthday
- Figure out what it is I should plant in the carrots' place.
- Get Casey's nails cut (tonight)
- Pick up prints & get gas at Costco (tonight)
- Burn long-overdue picture CDs for various newlyweds

And I'm sure there's more.


The last couple (3?) weeks, I've been a tad overwhelmed. Work has been the busiest ever, which means I've been at the office until 5:30 every night- not horribly late, but two hours later than I'm used to, which throws off my schedule. I've gotten way less done- Josh has picked up some of the slack because he's wonderful, but I've still found myself out in the garden until the sun goes down, then doing dishes at 9:30 the last two nights when I'd rather be getting to bed. Hopefully "normal" returns to the office soon.

To-do's in Gmail!

OK, just wanted to share... Gmail (in the Labs section) now has a to-do list that can pop up like a chat window, where tasks can be added & checked off. Emails can be attached to the tasks, too. I just started using this today, so we'll see how it goes. So far, I like it.

To Do: 8/16/08

Is it the weekend? I hadn't noticed...

• Fold laundry (three two loads!)
  
• Fix elastic in diapers (three four five seven down, countless to go)
  
• Wash dishes
  
• Put away winter clothes
• Organize kids' bookshelf (ATROCIOUS).
• Eat breakfast.
  
• Scrub rust out of bathroom. (The toilet bowl still retains a rather peach-like color, but at least it's not REDDISH BROWN anymore.)
  
• Clean out freezer so I can USE it.
• Fix network so laptop can print.
• Make crock pot chicken
• Make more granola.
• Wash diapers
• Hang diapers
• Clean up kids' breakfast mess
  

To-Dos this week

- Take trash out
- Put away clean clothes
- Figure out a menu plan for this week (Tree & Dan are coming Saturday!)
- Clean room where they'll be staying (It's already pretty clean, just a bit dusty.)
- Sweep up the mountains of Casey-hair all over the house Done, but I'll have to do it again soon.
- Unload dishwasher with clean dishes
- Load dishwasher with dishes from sink
- Pick more peas. And perhaps lettuce. Again, done, but not for good
- Upload the rest of the pictures.
- Pick flowers for Caroline to welcome them home?

to-dos

• PRINT SENIOR PICTURES FOR MITCH Now I have to print wallets.
  
• write sign review post
• write book review post
• write daybed post
  
• write dog obedience update post (can you tell I haven't had time to sit down & write anything lately?)
• finish reading book # 2
• fold laundry
• grocery shopping
• look into planting stuff outside

Need to buy:

• gift for nephew - May 16th
• gift for sister - June 6/7
• card (gift?) for dad - May 31
  
• twin sheets - at least 3 sets (before June 5) We have 2 now!
  
• twin comforter (before June 5)
• pillows for daybed (before June 5) - these are $5 new at Goodwill
• mattresses for daybed (today?) - picking them up tomorrow
  

Hi. My Name Is Beth. I Used To Post Here.

:-) I need some extra motivation today. Because for the first time EVA, B and O are sleeping in the SAME ROOM at the SAME TIME.

(I'm THRILLED.)

And I have all kinds of extra time and my hearts in a whir and I don't quite know what to do with myself.

1. Balance checkbook
2. Fold clothes from yesterday.
3. Take pictures of diapers to sell. (half done...)
   
4. Unload dishwasher (not enough dishes to run! Yay!)
   
5. Load dishwasher.
6. Cut coupons.
7. Prepare pork chops to be grilled.
8. Take down dipes and stuff them.
9. Play a rousing game of peek-a-boo with a rosy cheeked giggly toddler/baby
   

That's enough for now. We'll see how much I can get done with this new-found freedom...

more to-dos

I've been really tired lately. I'm out of a routine- I come home & end up spending all my time outside in the garden or with my dog, and don't get anything else done. That said, I do enjoy being in the garden & with my dog... it's just ALL I'm doing, and I'm starting to get stressed about the other things that are left undone

• Dog obedience tonight
• Plant potatoes - Planned for Wednesday (tonight)
• Make food for party Saturday
• Get stuff from Lebanon we left there - Josh will do this Thursday We'll do this Sunday
• Do dishes
• Do laundry
• Clean up bedroom
• Do obedience "homework"
• Make cinnamon rolls
• Take senior pictures of BIL - Planned for Sunday (what I've got so far)
• Read The Omnivore's Dilemma - 75% done
• Read that other book I got in the mail... I forget the title...
• Upload pictures from sis' bridal shower
  

Joanna's outside to-dos.

- Clean out flower garden beds
- Plant peas in garden
- Move herbs to new spot
- Try to turn over the compost pile & see what we've got
- Plan out where everything's going to go in the garden

Theoretically the last thing on this list ought to go first, but it may or may not happen that way.

Other to-do's:
- Tonight: Small group. Read Jonah. Make dessert?
- Tomorrow: First day of obedience class, 7:00.
- Vacuum
- Read Omnivore's Dilemma
- Fix my blog layout. Someone's complaining about an IE bug.

Joanna's projects for today through this weekend

Little projects:

• Put away clean dishes
• Put away clean clothes
• Take out trash (kitchen & bathrooms)
  
• Call about obedience classes - we have a "consultation" Tuesday, with classes starting the following Tues.
• Take picture of/blog about yoga DVD
  

Bigger projects:

• Make laundry detergent
• Start seeds
  

Joanna's To-do's

- Put away clean dishes
- Straighten TV room
- Straighten living room
- Monday- dinner w/ the small group
- Tuesday - meeting at church
- Wednesday - straighten library at church
- Saturday - church/Josh helping on tech team
- Sunday - friends over for dinner (need to plan meal)

Weekend Goals

• Blog about mustard
  
• Laundry - put away clean Coloreds
• Dishes, Empty Dishwasher
• Grocery shopping
  
• Plan garden based on seeds I have or have been offered to me, plus vegetables we really want to grow. Mostly done.
• Order seeds?!
• Stay inside as much as possible to avoid the High-of-ten,-Low-of-negative-five weather
• Start knitting Swiffer cover
  

Joanna's holiday to-do's

I need to write this all down before I forget.

Today:

• make dinner
• Bake Macaroni Grill bread for sister's party tomorrow
• Knit

Tomorrow:

• Birthday party
• Get couches

Things that need to be done before Sunday:

• finish knitting scarf (or 2?)
• finish Christmas shopping.
• get everything needed for dinner the 23rd & 25th.
• Wrap presents - mostly done
• make cookies, fill tins, & figure out where they are going. Mail them or give away.
• Make treats for work?
• get cards for upcoming birthdays/Christmas cards to put gift cards in
• make-ahead as much as possible for dinners
• figure out what I'm bringing to Christmas Eve get-together
• Clean house for guests

Joanna's goals & menu plan

Yes, I'm putting them in one post.
And, I need some ideas to use up a plethora of broccoli & cauliflower I have ended up with. What can I say? It was free at Target, so I grabbed 3 broccoli & 2 cauliflower bunches.

Goals:
- put away clean dishes
- make dinner
- straighten up before people get here
- make sugar cookies
- make pudding cake
- shop for Sunday Suppers
- straighten church library
- Clean apartment & turn in keys

Menu plan:
M: Chicken & broccoli bake
T: Quesadillas (and broccoli?! is that allowed?)
W: Italian Sausage Soup (and broccoli?!)
Th: Spaghetti & meatballs, because I've been wanting to make meatballs lately (and broccoli?)
F: Pizza (and broccoli?)

And, because Jes asked: my new kitchen

Joanna's goals this week

- Unpack & childproof back bedroom, so the bible study can meet at our house.
- Finish raking (and figure out what to do with the leaves...)
- Do dishes
- Do more dishes (after cooking the pies)
- Put away clean dishes
- Organize church library (Wednesday)
- Make pie for Thursday
- Make pie for work Wednesday?
- Make green bean casserole for Thursday (probably will be done Thursday morning)
- Repaint apartment (Friday)

Joanna's to-dos

- Post pictures for cousin
- Pack coat closet - this is sort of done. I found a bunch of stuff to throw out.
- Put away clean laundry
- Put away clean dishes
- Look for plasticware for friends' 'moving party'

This is ambitious, considering I'm planning on working late.

Joanna's weekend to-do's

I'll play along. Here's my apartment kitchen:


Though, in a short week-and-a-half, I'll have a HOUSE kitchen. I won't have much more counter space or cabinet space, but it's more of an L-shape like Ashley's, so it will feel more open. And will probably look somewhat like Ashley's, with the boxes stacked everywhere.

Anyway, weekend goals:

- Make candy-corn cookies for party Saturday
- Give in and research how to shop at CVS/Walgreens
- Pack some kitchen stuff?
- Pack coat closet
- Do laundry
- Figure out dinners (I'm going to try to eat through freezer/pantry stuff so we have to move less)
- Print photos for family (aunts & uncles) & friends (wedding pictures) (This is a very optimistic goal)

Ashley's Goals for 10/25

I am being SO lazy lately.

Here is my kitchen, that I need to clean:

Now you see why I feel overwhelmed?

So here is to hoping I actually DO something today!!

1. Take trash to the dumpster.
2. Move catbox to the porch; move other catbox to our bedroom. Clean both.
3. Put cleaning supplies, etc. in the laundry closet to get them out of the kitchen.
4. Go to Walmart and look at fabric.
5. Spend at least 30 minutes cleaning the kitchen. It would be really good if I can do two 30 minute sessions.
6. Make dinner.

Joanna's to-do's

- Pack. Goal this week: Linens & toys
- Get a hold of mortgage guy
- Figure out what happened to the water test
- Dishes

Jes's accomplishments

Well, the other day when I posted my blog I never crossed anything off. I really did do stuff. I think i did everything but vacuum, and I cleaned the bathroom.
So far today (despite the fact that I took night time sore throat medicine on accident) I have managed to complete the following tasks.

1. dishes
2. fold clothes
3. wash clothes
4. fold clothes again
5. put them away
6. take out garbage and replace bags
7. bathed the baby
8. wrote a blog
9. read a whole bunch of blogs
10. put away CVS and Walgreen's stuff
11. balanced check book
12. called doctor's office
    

Other things I plan to do today are

1. put away dishes
2. dust
3. vacuum
4. finish recording receipts
   

And right now I am off to take a nap due to the stupid night time medicine.

Joanna's Goals for the next few days

Friends are coming over tonight, so my to-do list won't get done tonight

Things that need to be done before 5:30:
- Put away clean dishes
- Cook dinner
- Make sure living room is toddling-baby-proof.
- Write blog containing the phrase "cbu mailboxes"

Other to-dos:
- Dishes
- Continue to pack (this keeps appearing on my list because I haven't done it at all.) I packed THREE boxes last night!!
- Find out if broker has faxed mortgage guy
- Find out what happened to our water test
- Finish project at work (I might be working late this week. Luckily, the Home list isn't very long.)