So. New week. I decided to structure this challenge around the fact that the grass needs mowing, the garden hasn’t been cared for in forever and I have an article to write by Friday. I’ve had some success scheduling my time rather than my tasks in the past, so I’m gonna try that. Anyone who wants to join me by copying my system, the combox is waiting!
Every day this week I will spend:
- 30 minutes working on my article
- 30 minutes in the garden (mowing, planting, weeding, cleaning the chickens, removing weeds from chinks in the pavement etc)
- 30 minutes cleaning
- 10 minutes teaching the baby to do tricks (her ‘Where’s Mummy’s chin?’ skills are slipping, and her ‘Hands on head’ is atrocious; kid’ll probably end up working at McDonald’s)
I will also, during the week, spend:
- 30 minutes working on my Bible study homework (or longer, if that’s what it takes, Malachi’s a doozy)
- Two 30-minute sessions on sewing (I need to finish my couch cushion and make a winter hat for the baby)
- 30 minutes doing unpleasant things. Deliberately, that is; breaking an elbow, for example, doesn’t count. On second thoughts, what the heck - if I break an elbow, it counts. But I’m thinking more along the lines of cleaning out the fridge and emptying the foodie bin.
That sounds pretty doable, doesn’t it! I have a few interruptions this week: on Wednesday my friend and her two kidlings are coming over for morning tea, Thursday morning is Bible study, on Thursday night some friends are coming over to watch Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, and at some point during the week I need to venture into town to return my library books and buy cushion-covering items.
Our feeding plan for the week involves flatbreads - Bnonn’s idea. Anything involving flatbreads. I’m thinking burritos one night, pita chips-and-veggies-and-dip another night, and curry with naan or chapattis for Bnonn and Smokey Night (our date night, which these days means a slightly fancier than usual dinner and hoping the baby will be more or less sedate, which she never is). I’m hoping some other ideas will come to me.
Other random things I gotta do:
- Query Taste and Recipes+ magazine
- Ring the tax man
- Henna my hair
- Clean the microwave
- Make Tuesday Muffin and its fellows for Helpdesk Man’s brekker
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