Category: Make a List Monday

2024? Already? Well… Here we go!

In the kitchen:
* Can up all the bags of pet food that I have cluttering up the deep freezers to make space in there.

On the homestead:
* Finish making the bed around the fig tree and mulch it in good
* See if I can use the lawnmower to pull out the privet bushes around the pecan tree outside the kitchen – hmmmm, I wonder if I can get the Suburban over to that area in case the lawnmower doesn’t have enough power…

Around the house:
* Start decluttering Nikki’s room
* Put away Christmas decorations
* Do a 50% water change in the goldfish tank
* Do a 50% water change in the platy tank
* Set up the new Betta tank

Girl Scouts:
* Finish paperwork to start pre-sales of Girl Scout cookies
* We have our Girl Scout Cookie Rally on Saturday up in Lizella (3 hour round trip drive + the time there means it’s a whole day event for us and not much else will get done on Saturday)

We have our usual Friday Homeschool group meet up which typically means that nothing else gets done on Fridays. Plus this week there’s a homeschool event at a bakery in Warner Robins that Nikki is signed up for on Thursday. They’re going to learn about snowflakes, make a snowflake craft, and make a snow themed treat to then eat. This will be our first time going to one of their events, fingers crossed that she enjoys it.

It is highly doubtful that I’ll finish half of what’s on this weeks list, but having the list helps me to see what needs to be done when I have a moment or are feeling overwhelmed and don’t know which way to turn.

So that’s my to-do for this week. How’s your week looking?

Oye… Where to even begin? The summer veggies are puttering still in the garden yet it’s time to plant fall seeds and starts. Oodles of home grown foods to can yet so much can be purchased at good prices right now at the local farmer’s market. Toss in homeschooling, wanting to decorate for fall and Halloween, and still attempting to get the house “in order” since we moved in! OYE!!! Anyhow. Let’s see if we can break this down into things that absolutely need to be done and things that I’d like to get done. *fingers crossed* Here we go!

In the kitchen:
* Can up the last of the pears from our old pear tree
* Do something with the 8 apples purchased from the farmer’s market for $2
* Can up the case of sweet potatoes purchased from the farmer’s market for $20
* Can up the 50 lb bag of white onions purchased from the farmer’s market for $25
* Can up salsa using home grown tomatoes (that I still have to pick), bell peppers, banana peppers, tomato paste that’s in the freezer made from our home grown tomatoes, plus Vidalia onions purchased from produce stand and red bell peppers purchased from the farmer’s market for 2/$1
* Dehydrate 20 lbs of potatoes
* The Chocolate Mint Extract is ready to decant and store but the flavor will only get stronger the longer it’s left so this is a low priority kitchen item.

In the garden:
* Till up rows in big garden for fall veggies
* Plant ginger that I grew from fresh bits from the grocery store
* Plant the 2 rosemary plants I picked up on clearance from Walmart
* Plant the 2 pawpaw trees hubby bought me
* Plant the 5 thorn-less blackberry plants hubby bought me
* Plant aloe hubby bought me

Seeds to plant for the fall garden:
direct sow in the garden:
* peas
* swiss chard
* beets
* rutabagas
* green beams
start in seed trays:
* spinach
* celery
* cauliflower
* kale
* brussels sprouts

On the homestead:
Not too sure I’ll really get to any projects with the amount of kitchen and garden work that needs doing this week, but IF I end up with a bit of time I really need to work on the permanent chicken coop.

Around the house:
* Decorate for fall & Halloween (read: stand around waiting to hang things where Nikki wants since she’s the queen of decorating LOL)
* Hang curtain rods in living room
* Sew curtains for living room
* Divide spider plant in living room into 2 large black pots to hang from ends of large curtain rod brackets
* Work on cleaning up corner of living room that used to be Nikki’s homeschool & arty-cart corner
* Move bookshelf that I emptied from in the hallway to the craft / homeschool room in the space behind the door to hold items listed on eBay
* Move TV from front living room wall to wall opposite couch (it’s not too easy moving a wall mounted TV by yourself which is why I keep putting this off)

It is highly doubtful that I’ll finish half of what’s on this weeks list, but having the list helps me to see what needs to be done when I have a moment or are feeling overwhelmed and don’t know which way to turn.

So that’s my to-do for this week. How’s your week looking?