Happy Friday to you! I hope you had a great week. So, it’s Friday and I’m up for some more finishing and fun! Are you in this week?
Before I get to my list for the weekend, I thought I would do a quick check in on my October Project List.
1. Master bathroom makeover. We’ve made some good progress on this project…and have settled into our temporary bathrooms. This settling-in is a good thing and a bad thing. On the good side, we don’t miss the gutted bathroom too much which means we’re pretty comfortable in the temporary ones. On the bad side, we don’t miss the gutted bathroom too much which means…this project is less urgent. All in all that’s good…we can approach this project at a relaxed pace and fit it into weekends in the upcoming months. For me, it’s a pretty ideal way to approach a project.
2. Clean windows inside and out. Finished!
3. Wash light fixtures. Finished!
4. Paint nightstand. I decided to put this on the back-burner until after the holidays and bathroom project are done.
How did the rest of you do with your October to-do lists? I hope that if you didn’t get all of your list checked off, that you feel good about what you did accomplish. (I know I do.) I’m happy with the things we got done this past month—some big stuff that wasn’t planned for the month, as well as a bunch of other things that made sense to finish up this time of year. One of the great things about writing down your to-do list is that it gives you visual evidence of your accomplishments, even if what you accomplished was something different than what you originally planned.
So what’s on the horizon for this weekend? Here are my lists:
To Finish List:
1. Finish birthday party preparations. Party is Saturday and we’re not doing a camp out. Too cold.
2. Put away Halloween decorations.
3. Clean house.
4. Start + finish laundry.
5. Get myself organized for the holidays. This will involve asking my family what they want to do this year; calling my parents to see if anyone is up for coming to visit us; talking to Kailea about her birthday party; etc.
6. Buy + wrap a birthday gift.
Play List
1. Knit or read. (Or both!)
2. Enjoy birthday celebration.
Whew – busy weekend ahead! But it will be fun. Collin loves parties and it will be fun to make a little fuss over this boy who means the world to me.
So, what’s on your list this weekend? Thanks again for joining in—it’s very motivating to me to know that you all are finishing up and playing along, too. Have a great weekend!
To Finsih:
* sorting stuff in garage
* put away Halloween decorations
* Laundry (I won’t get completely caught up but I’d like to finish some loads)
* Buy tile for Bathroom
For Fun:
* Crafting Christmas presents
* Complete workshop lesson
This is going to be a busy weekend!
To Do:
– Finish 2009 photo album.. yes you heard correctly
-Start 2010 photo album. ( needs to be done by Dec 1 )
– Put away Halloween
-Finish Cleaning up yard
-Put Disney Collection on Craigs list.
Play:
– Crochet
– Start Spring Break 2010 Scrapbook.
– Make cookies
1. Put away Halloween decorations.
2. Catch up on laundry.
3. Tidy main living areas.
4. Write out my Christmas organising list.
Play list:
1. Bake cupcakes or brownies.
2. Take kids to concert at sculpture garden.
1. Help Husband tackle mail pile
2. Bring dog to vet
3. Hang wedding pictures (this project has been nothing but speedbumps and I want it done finally. It will be my main goal!)
4. The usual clean house, do laundry
5. Make memo board for entryway
Play:
1. Go fabric shopping. I plan on going to the craft store so it will probably turn into craft/home decor shopping too!
There’s actually a lot more on my To Do list but these are the nagging ones I really want done ASAP.
*Finish cupcake pops and cupcakes for baby shower
*Take my Monkey to OT
*Sold games on Kijiji, so meeting to get rid of them
*Finish outside Halloween cleanup
*laundry (inc. bedding)
PLAY
*my sister’s baby shower
*working on 365 (in prep for next weekends scrap getaway
*pulling pics and stories to tell for Christmas album project (in prep for next weekends scrap getaway
To-do:
1. Post intro for S101 Holiday class and catch up on forums.
2. Go through paperwork on table & in basket.
3. Financial paperwork.
4. Organize/store box of school records from last year.
5. Continue working on assignments for online scrapbooking class.
For fun:
1. Soccer game.
2. Start knitting project (baby socks).
3. Downtime with family (movie night).
To-Do:
1. Work on Slugger’s bedroom (drywall & framing).
2. Put away folded laundry & wash the remaining pile.
3. Make a dish for a potluck this Sunday.
4.Clean bathrooms.
Play List
1. Go on a date w/ my hubby!
2. Play with my son & nephews!
3. Start reading the book that I bought earlier this week…it’s been beckoning to me all week! 🙂
Have a couple of nagging ones this weekend, but since it is a long weekend for me (school fall break so I took two days extra off) I have already done a few of the regular weekend thingies.
1. Organize the home office. I have got a lot of other stuff done the last few weeks just to avoid this one….
2. Work on my holiday binder for my 101 online class (but that is really more fun than work…)
3. Clean out my bedside table.
4. Get birthday present and get it wrapped.
5. Plan for my son’s birthday party next weekend. I thought it was two weeks away and got a bit stressed when I realized it isn’t.
6. Buy winter horseriding trousers for Ebba.
And for fun:
1. Concert with my choir tomorrow.
2. Iceskating with Ebba on Sunday.
I plan to finish
-ironing
-scrapbook project photo print
and to do
-food shop
-plant spring bulbs
-financial review with OH
and to have fun at a big bonfire and firework display with my god children
Finish:
1 – finish shredding financial documents
2 – vacuum upstairs and downstairs
3 – dusting!
4 – make cards for my kids’ soccer coaches
5 – go through childrens books and pick ones to donate, keep out and ones to put away.
6 – work on Goodwill donation pile and hopefully drop off on Monday.
Fun:
1 – last soccer games of the season for my oldest two kids.
2 – attend soccer parties for their teams
3 – library
To do list:
1. Finish hemming the pants for my boyfriend’s Dad (he needs to be able to wear them next weekend, so that is getting urgent!)
2. Make wedding card (part work, part fun).
3. Wrap wedding gift.
4. Check over my outfit for the wedding next weekend in case anything needs altering or repairs.
5. Clean the inside of my car.
Play list:
1. Give myself a bit of at-home pampering.
2. Maybe go dress shopping with Mum.
Hanging over our heads was finishing the porch and the pool deck – as in staining/sealing. We accomplished this last weekend – yippee! This weekend is MIL’s bday and a baby shower 3 hours away. Needless to say, other than cards and laundry, that’s all that is on my list!
I’m actually laid up all weekend, so there will be a lot of computer time and TV watching in my future. I do have some paperwork that needs filing and could probably put my new label maker to good use.
This is not my ideal situation. I am a very type-a person, so having to sit still drives me bonkers. It makes me focus on all of the things around me that could benefit from some organizing and cleaning.
Shower (as in baby shower 😉 – done
Bday for MIL – done
laundry – done!!
cards – made two!!
All in all a good list accomplished.