Well, three out of six ain't bad.
Today? I need to enter my receipts, clean the bathroom, and put away all the laundry I washed yesterday. I should also deliver newsletters.
Fun, fun, everyone! Maybe if I'm feeling adventurous I'll go to Costco. OooOOooooh.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
To-Do Lists
Well, this week went to pot. My weekly schedule was thrown off by a winter snow storm, and then a husband who forgot to let me know that he'd be with his study group, in a room where they get no cell phone receptions, for four hours. Yeah.
So errands? Not so much. I went to one store tonight, and he came with me, and tried to get all of my shopping done there. So it means not free-range eggs, but they are omega-3. Not raw milk, but still organic. Not 100% organic produce, but 30%. So it's okay.
As for tomorrow, there are a lot of things to do on the homefront. I'm still dying to go check out RealFoods Market, where they sell raw milk, etc. But I'll likely choose to stay home to complete the following tasks:
Bake one loaf sandwich bread (new recipe!)
2 loads laundry
Call neighbors re: lock
Call hospital to pay bill
Enter my receipts into GnuCash
Cook nice meals so we're not tempted to eat out (like we did tonight)
Hopefully tomorrow will go better than today did. We had a bit of a tiff. It always starts with something, and then snowballs into huge emotional drama in this house. But we're over it, we worked it through, we've made up, life is good.
Wish me luck tomorrow. Hopefully Guy will sleep well tonight and do better than he did today. He really was needy. Which is okay, but hard when the hubs and I are having a rough go of it.
So errands? Not so much. I went to one store tonight, and he came with me, and tried to get all of my shopping done there. So it means not free-range eggs, but they are omega-3. Not raw milk, but still organic. Not 100% organic produce, but 30%. So it's okay.
As for tomorrow, there are a lot of things to do on the homefront. I'm still dying to go check out RealFoods Market, where they sell raw milk, etc. But I'll likely choose to stay home to complete the following tasks:
Bake one loaf sandwich bread (new recipe!)
2 loads laundry
Call neighbors re: lock
Call hospital to pay bill
Enter my receipts into GnuCash
Cook nice meals so we're not tempted to eat out (like we did tonight)
Hopefully tomorrow will go better than today did. We had a bit of a tiff. It always starts with something, and then snowballs into huge emotional drama in this house. But we're over it, we worked it through, we've made up, life is good.
Wish me luck tomorrow. Hopefully Guy will sleep well tonight and do better than he did today. He really was needy. Which is okay, but hard when the hubs and I are having a rough go of it.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
New Year
I'm thinking this blog would be a good way to keep track of goals for the New Year. Just a little bit of personal accountability.
So I'll break it down, in a broad generalization kind of way:
Spend less
Read more
Eat better
Move more
Get organized
So how am I doing so far? Pretty good. But I'm kind of out of it today. I had this whole weekly routine set up and going great, until Josh tried to tweak it for me, and I really didn't want him to. And then it snowed today, so my errand day was shot to pot (something like 6 or 7 inches).
The house, as always, is on the move towards more organized, less chaotic. I took a load to DI this week. And bought a shelf unit for the
pantry. I shoveled snow this morning for exercise, but I ate cookies for lunch.
I've read my scriptures every day in an effort to finish the Bible.
I am trying to spend less, but that's not terribly easy either, as we're trying to eat more healthy. So we buy whole grain pasta instead of white, and we're switching to raw milk from the $2.39/gallon stuff from the Creamery. More fruits and veggies is great, but the majority of them simply taste better when they're organic. Hmm. It's going to be tricky, but I'm sure we'll manage it.
So I'll break it down, in a broad generalization kind of way:
Spend less
Read more
Eat better
Move more
Get organized
So how am I doing so far? Pretty good. But I'm kind of out of it today. I had this whole weekly routine set up and going great, until Josh tried to tweak it for me, and I really didn't want him to. And then it snowed today, so my errand day was shot to pot (something like 6 or 7 inches).
The house, as always, is on the move towards more organized, less chaotic. I took a load to DI this week. And bought a shelf unit for the
pantry. I shoveled snow this morning for exercise, but I ate cookies for lunch.
I've read my scriptures every day in an effort to finish the Bible.
I am trying to spend less, but that's not terribly easy either, as we're trying to eat more healthy. So we buy whole grain pasta instead of white, and we're switching to raw milk from the $2.39/gallon stuff from the Creamery. More fruits and veggies is great, but the majority of them simply taste better when they're organic. Hmm. It's going to be tricky, but I'm sure we'll manage it.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Getting Ready for Christmas
The baby and I fly out the 19th, a Wednesday, to visit my in-laws. The hubby won't be following until the 24th, thanks to school demands, so it's high time I make a list of things that need to be finished!
GIFTS:
Renew subscription
Send card
Finish photo calendars
Purse 1
Purse 2
Milk bath
BAGS! (This is what will take the longest, I think)
Iron-ons for bags
Really, that's the big stuff. I need to wrap everything, of course, and make a packing list for clothing and needs for myself and for the baby. I think I'll buy diapers when I get there, so that I don't need to worry about bringing two weeks' worth. I'll also need enough food for the plane, and then I can buy whatever else the little one needs when we get there.
GIFTS:
Renew subscription
Send card
Finish photo calendars
Purse 1
Purse 2
Milk bath
BAGS! (This is what will take the longest, I think)
Iron-ons for bags
Really, that's the big stuff. I need to wrap everything, of course, and make a packing list for clothing and needs for myself and for the baby. I think I'll buy diapers when I get there, so that I don't need to worry about bringing two weeks' worth. I'll also need enough food for the plane, and then I can buy whatever else the little one needs when we get there.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thanksgiving Preparations!
We're almost ready to head out tomorrow. The laundry is done, most of the dishes are clean, the car's had a tune-up, and I'm so excited!
I'd still like to bake muffins tomorrow to take with us, and get all the dishes clean and the fridge cleaned out. We need to pack, making sure we don't forget anything (ha! I'm sure we will). Josh has class, but no work, so he'll be around to help me. Or to nap. Either way.
So, tomorrow:
Bake muffins
Wash dishes
Clean out fridge
Pack baby necessities for the car
Pack clothes (me and Guy)
Pack toiletries
Pack things for me to do in the car
This means I need to not forget tylenol, diaper cream, a couple of toys, a few baby quilts, and the baby monitor for Guy. I need to remember to bring vitamins, my crocheting (print off those patterns!), Diana's marbles, the books on CD, Sense and Sensibility (to read), and my laptop.
Oh! And I wanted to see if I could take some of the Car Talk archives and burn them to CD. Hmm. . . maybe I'll just download them to J's computer. And I'm off!
I'd still like to bake muffins tomorrow to take with us, and get all the dishes clean and the fridge cleaned out. We need to pack, making sure we don't forget anything (ha! I'm sure we will). Josh has class, but no work, so he'll be around to help me. Or to nap. Either way.
So, tomorrow:
Bake muffins
Wash dishes
Clean out fridge
Pack baby necessities for the car
Pack clothes (me and Guy)
Pack toiletries
Pack things for me to do in the car
This means I need to not forget tylenol, diaper cream, a couple of toys, a few baby quilts, and the baby monitor for Guy. I need to remember to bring vitamins, my crocheting (print off those patterns!), Diana's marbles, the books on CD, Sense and Sensibility (to read), and my laptop.
Oh! And I wanted to see if I could take some of the Car Talk archives and burn them to CD. Hmm. . . maybe I'll just download them to J's computer. And I'm off!
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Great Cheap Resource
I'd like to share a wonderful resource that I found via Wisebread!
The USDA has created a website with resources for users of food stamps. On said website, one can search for inexpensive recipes, complete with cost breakdown and nutritional information! I'm already really excited to try some of these.
As I'm trying to cut down on my food budget, I'm finding the absolute best way to do so is to COOK! Many times, I just don't feel like it, and if I don't have a plan I'm sunk. However, if I have a menu set up, even a very flexible one, it gives me that little push to go ahead and make something with what I have on hand.
Maybe I'll even join Organizing Junkie with her Menu Plan Monday when I get back from vacation!
The USDA has created a website with resources for users of food stamps. On said website, one can search for inexpensive recipes, complete with cost breakdown and nutritional information! I'm already really excited to try some of these.
As I'm trying to cut down on my food budget, I'm finding the absolute best way to do so is to COOK! Many times, I just don't feel like it, and if I don't have a plan I'm sunk. However, if I have a menu set up, even a very flexible one, it gives me that little push to go ahead and make something with what I have on hand.
Maybe I'll even join Organizing Junkie with her Menu Plan Monday when I get back from vacation!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
A Month
I'm sure interesting things happened this month, but I'm not here to talk about interesting things! I'm here to discuss my dishes.
THEY'RE CLEAN! For the second day in a row, no less. Now I just need to keep them clean for another twelve days before I can go shopping. Since I'm going out of town next week, I'm not sure how I'll count, but I do know there's a new thrift store I want to go check out. So, we'll see how I do this time.
I'm also trying to not lounge in pajamas as much. Of course, I'm in a robe right now, but I'm planning on showering and getting dressed. I have a meeting at three, so I'll at least be presentable by then.
I've got a lot of things to discuss here for my own personal enrichment, since nobody reads here. Fascinating topics, such as:
Books I've been reading
Rearranging the house
Planning vacations (Thanksgiving and Christmas)
Christmas gifts that I'm working on
Ideally, every day I would like to get dressed by 10 a.m. I want to read the Bible every day, and by the end of the day have the house looking nice and the dishes all clean.
I guess I'd better get cracking!
THEY'RE CLEAN! For the second day in a row, no less. Now I just need to keep them clean for another twelve days before I can go shopping. Since I'm going out of town next week, I'm not sure how I'll count, but I do know there's a new thrift store I want to go check out. So, we'll see how I do this time.
I'm also trying to not lounge in pajamas as much. Of course, I'm in a robe right now, but I'm planning on showering and getting dressed. I have a meeting at three, so I'll at least be presentable by then.
I've got a lot of things to discuss here for my own personal enrichment, since nobody reads here. Fascinating topics, such as:
Books I've been reading
Rearranging the house
Planning vacations (Thanksgiving and Christmas)
Christmas gifts that I'm working on
Ideally, every day I would like to get dressed by 10 a.m. I want to read the Bible every day, and by the end of the day have the house looking nice and the dishes all clean.
I guess I'd better get cracking!
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