1. Read or am reading the following:
- Anne's House of Dreams; Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
2. Crafts:
- n/a
3. Writing:
- Finished a "shitty" first draft (SFD) of a short 10 chapter book! Submitted it to my writing partner for review.
- Re-read one of my old stories from college. Big deal for me because I always feel like what I wrote then was so sub-par, but I think it's important to see the differences.
4. Still managing lots of "to do" projects like getting the front storm door replaced, setting up our lawn service, etc.
5. Gardening:
- Weeded the 4 X 6 garden.
- Weeded half of the 2 X 6 garden.
- Came up with the plan for both gardens and containers for this summer.
Lots else going on, but that's the big stuff.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
April 6 - 12
1. Read or am reading the following books:
- Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, and Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery
2. Tons of school volunteer time at a different school getting prepared for an art exhibit. Hung lots of artwork and spent a decent amount of time running up and down ladders. Also participated in the classrooms with kiddos and their various activities. This amounted to approximately 10-12 hours.
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Edited a friend's SFD novella. This amounted to approximately 8 hours.
5. Prepared plans for the group I will co-host once a week this summer with a city worker and my co-host.
6. Kept things running smoothly while my husband was out of town for the week.
Laundry, dishes, cleaning dog paws, bills, etc. Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
And I love that Spring is on its way!
- Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, and Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery
2. Tons of school volunteer time at a different school getting prepared for an art exhibit. Hung lots of artwork and spent a decent amount of time running up and down ladders. Also participated in the classrooms with kiddos and their various activities. This amounted to approximately 10-12 hours.
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Edited a friend's SFD novella. This amounted to approximately 8 hours.
5. Prepared plans for the group I will co-host once a week this summer with a city worker and my co-host.
6. Kept things running smoothly while my husband was out of town for the week.
Laundry, dishes, cleaning dog paws, bills, etc. Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
And I love that Spring is on its way!
April 13-19
1. Read or am reading the following books:
- Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
2. Crafts:
- Wove in loose ends for 5 blocks for the Warm Up America afghan
- Crocheted a few rows of the 2nd half of my sweater
Thank goodness for Knit Night!
Still having a fair amount of soreness in my right arm, so trying to baby it.
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Managing lots of little "to do" items around the house like getting the kitchen sink fixed, etc.
Laundry, dishes, bills, etc.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
- Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
2. Crafts:
- Wove in loose ends for 5 blocks for the Warm Up America afghan
- Crocheted a few rows of the 2nd half of my sweater
Thank goodness for Knit Night!
Still having a fair amount of soreness in my right arm, so trying to baby it.
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Managing lots of little "to do" items around the house like getting the kitchen sink fixed, etc.
Laundry, dishes, bills, etc.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
March 30 - April 5
1. Read or am reading the following books:
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Giaman
2. Crafts:
- Meandering Rib Scarf - over 65% complete
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Lots of school volunteer time - elementary school book fair for almost 8 hours, plus PTA stuff.
5. Dealing with a sick kiddo for 2 days.
6. Keeping things running smoothly while my husband was out of town for the weekend.
Laundry, dishes, cleaning dog paws, bills, etc.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Giaman
2. Crafts:
- Meandering Rib Scarf - over 65% complete
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Lots of school volunteer time - elementary school book fair for almost 8 hours, plus PTA stuff.
5. Dealing with a sick kiddo for 2 days.
6. Keeping things running smoothly while my husband was out of town for the weekend.
Laundry, dishes, cleaning dog paws, bills, etc.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
Sunday, March 30, 2014
March 23 - 29
1. Read or am reading the following books:
- Flora and Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo
- As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins
- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Giaman
2. Crafts:
- Meandering Rib Scarf - over 65% complete
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Organized staff appreciation luncheon donations for the preschool, plus other school-oriented volunteer activities.
5. Submitted tax stuff to Tax Advisors.
Laundry, dishes, cleaning dog paws, bills, etc.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
- Flora and Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo
- As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins
- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Giaman
2. Crafts:
- Meandering Rib Scarf - over 65% complete
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Organized staff appreciation luncheon donations for the preschool, plus other school-oriented volunteer activities.
5. Submitted tax stuff to Tax Advisors.
Laundry, dishes, cleaning dog paws, bills, etc.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
Sunday, March 23, 2014
March 16 - 22
1. Read or am reading the following books:
- Insurgent by Veronica Roth
- Allegiance by Veronica Roth
- Flora and Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo
2. Crafts:
- Meandering Rib Scarf - over 60% complete
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Spring Break! Kept the kids fairly busy, but also let them have fun time. Some cartoons, Minecraft, etc.
5. Continued to help my piano player prep for his first family recital (and make his first program to share with those who attend our little recital), and continue to prep for the big recital next month. Also made goodies for the family recital, trying out gluten free flour, Cup 4 Cup, for the first time.
6. Dealt with sick-ish kiddos, one of whom ended up with a serious double ear infection in the middle of the night (natch) on Friday.
Laundry, dishes, cleaning dog paws, bills, still more tax prep, etc.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
- Insurgent by Veronica Roth
- Allegiance by Veronica Roth
- Flora and Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo
2. Crafts:
- Meandering Rib Scarf - over 60% complete
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Spring Break! Kept the kids fairly busy, but also let them have fun time. Some cartoons, Minecraft, etc.
5. Continued to help my piano player prep for his first family recital (and make his first program to share with those who attend our little recital), and continue to prep for the big recital next month. Also made goodies for the family recital, trying out gluten free flour, Cup 4 Cup, for the first time.
6. Dealt with sick-ish kiddos, one of whom ended up with a serious double ear infection in the middle of the night (natch) on Friday.
Laundry, dishes, cleaning dog paws, bills, still more tax prep, etc.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
March 9 - 15
1. Read or am reading the following books:
- Divergent
2. Crafts:
- Meandering Rib Scarf - over 50% complete
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Prepped for Spring Break (started Friday), prepped for summer break, kept kids busy while husband was busy prepping for ultra geekdom conference this weekend.
5. Helped my piano player prep for his first family recital, and continue to prep for the big recital next month.
6. Attended DAR meeting, wrote up meeting minutes.
7. Got bikes serviced, and purchased a Schwinn Hitchhiker so that both kids can ride along. Even got a ride in one day. Man! Used muscles that haven't been used in a while.
8. Cleaned part of the garage to prepare for having Hitchhiker installed on my bike.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
- Divergent
2. Crafts:
- Meandering Rib Scarf - over 50% complete
3. Wrote
- Almost every day this week!
4. Prepped for Spring Break (started Friday), prepped for summer break, kept kids busy while husband was busy prepping for ultra geekdom conference this weekend.
5. Helped my piano player prep for his first family recital, and continue to prep for the big recital next month.
6. Attended DAR meeting, wrote up meeting minutes.
7. Got bikes serviced, and purchased a Schwinn Hitchhiker so that both kids can ride along. Even got a ride in one day. Man! Used muscles that haven't been used in a while.
8. Cleaned part of the garage to prepare for having Hitchhiker installed on my bike.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
I am NOT Peg Bundy! :)
Sunday, March 9, 2014
March 2-8
1. Read:
- Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2. Craft projects - on hold due to flair up of tennis elbow. Grrr.
3. Discussions and plans for summer camp options for both kiddos.
4. Preschool club.
5. More prep for park play pals including recruiting another mom to co-host and possibly keep it going in the future.
6. Writing almost every day!
7. Plans for Spring Break.
The normal: bills, dishes, cleaning up the dog's dirty paw prints now that it's getting muddy out, laundry, etc.
- Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2. Craft projects - on hold due to flair up of tennis elbow. Grrr.
3. Discussions and plans for summer camp options for both kiddos.
4. Preschool club.
5. More prep for park play pals including recruiting another mom to co-host and possibly keep it going in the future.
6. Writing almost every day!
7. Plans for Spring Break.
The normal: bills, dishes, cleaning up the dog's dirty paw prints now that it's getting muddy out, laundry, etc.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
February 23 - March 1
1. Read or am reading the following books:
- Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger
- Trust your Gut
2. Knitted/crocheted
- Finished the first half of the crocheted sweater, and started on the 2nd half.
- Picked up an unfinished scarf I started years ago.
- Wrote up 80% of a slouch cap pattern to go with the scarf just mentioned.
- Finished another afghan rectangle. Up to 5 rectangles now.
3. Co-chaired our Preschool Club at the elementary school.
4. Pulled together most of the tax documents I could. Now just waiting on hubby for the rest.
5. Coordinated a group of preschool parents to check out a local gluten free bakery. It was ok.
6. Met with a city worker to plan some volunteer opportunities for the summer.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
- Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger
- Trust your Gut
2. Knitted/crocheted
- Finished the first half of the crocheted sweater, and started on the 2nd half.
- Picked up an unfinished scarf I started years ago.
- Wrote up 80% of a slouch cap pattern to go with the scarf just mentioned.
- Finished another afghan rectangle. Up to 5 rectangles now.
3. Co-chaired our Preschool Club at the elementary school.
4. Pulled together most of the tax documents I could. Now just waiting on hubby for the rest.
5. Coordinated a group of preschool parents to check out a local gluten free bakery. It was ok.
6. Met with a city worker to plan some volunteer opportunities for the summer.
Lots more, but that's some of the big stuff.
Monday, February 24, 2014
February 16-22
Sickness prevailed this week. But, I still got some stuff done:
1. A TON of laundry due to puking people.
2. Read 1.5 books.
3. Continued working on my crocheted sweater and latest rectangle for the Warm Up America afghan. And finished my entrelac training project.
4. Researched options for felting said entrelac project.
5. Wrote or journaled or outlined 3 weekdays.
6. Volunteered at the Carnival at my child's school.
7. Recruited other parents to participate in a city focus group in a few weeks.
8. Started teaching one child the basics of chess (while also teaching myself).
9. Cleared out pantry area of unwanted appliances and other stuff that was just taking up space.
My hubby gets lots of extra props for being super helpful with me and the kids while we were sick this week.
1. A TON of laundry due to puking people.
2. Read 1.5 books.
3. Continued working on my crocheted sweater and latest rectangle for the Warm Up America afghan. And finished my entrelac training project.
4. Researched options for felting said entrelac project.
5. Wrote or journaled or outlined 3 weekdays.
6. Volunteered at the Carnival at my child's school.
7. Recruited other parents to participate in a city focus group in a few weeks.
8. Started teaching one child the basics of chess (while also teaching myself).
9. Cleared out pantry area of unwanted appliances and other stuff that was just taking up space.
My hubby gets lots of extra props for being super helpful with me and the kids while we were sick this week.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
February 9th - 15th
Ways I am keeping busy this week and therefore NOT like Peg Bundy:
1. Learned Entrelac Knitting and am half-way through making a cute little bag to keep my knitting tools in. I used these resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcLxMt9GehM
http://verypink.com/2011/12/22/learn-to-knit-entrelac/
http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2009/01/30/entrelac-tips-and-a-free-entrelac-scarf-pattern.aspx
2. Read Malcolm Gladwell's "David and Goliath" and Tessa Gratton's "The Lost Sun".
3. Started a reading challenge on GoodReads to read 52 books this year. So far, I've read five.
4. Journaled and/or wrote each weekday this week.
5. Participated in each of my children's Valentine's Day parties at school, including spearheading the crafts for each class.
6. Cleaned up puke twice (so far). Not loving the continued issues with stomach bugs. Ugh!
7. Attended meetings for PTA and DAR.
And, don't forget the weekly typical chores like: laundry, dishes, bills, trips to the library, managing kiddo screen time, managing kiddo homework, feeding the family, etc.
Definitely NOT sitting around and eating bon bons. :)
1. Learned Entrelac Knitting and am half-way through making a cute little bag to keep my knitting tools in. I used these resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcLxMt9GehM
http://verypink.com/2011/12/22/learn-to-knit-entrelac/
http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2009/01/30/entrelac-tips-and-a-free-entrelac-scarf-pattern.aspx
2. Read Malcolm Gladwell's "David and Goliath" and Tessa Gratton's "The Lost Sun".
3. Started a reading challenge on GoodReads to read 52 books this year. So far, I've read five.
4. Journaled and/or wrote each weekday this week.
5. Participated in each of my children's Valentine's Day parties at school, including spearheading the crafts for each class.
6. Cleaned up puke twice (so far). Not loving the continued issues with stomach bugs. Ugh!
7. Attended meetings for PTA and DAR.
And, don't forget the weekly typical chores like: laundry, dishes, bills, trips to the library, managing kiddo screen time, managing kiddo homework, feeding the family, etc.
Definitely NOT sitting around and eating bon bons. :)
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