After eight straight weeks of school, I declared to the kids that today was a Teacher In-service Day, or more accurately, “Mama needs a little break to get her life in order”. Our days have felt SO full lately, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I know myself. If I don’t take some intentional time to slow down and catch up on laundry, bills, lesson plans, and a few much over-due projects (or even just half of that list!), I’ll start spiraling into anxiety. And ain’t nobody got time for that, hah.
INTENTIONS FOR THE END OF OCTOBER:
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- Habit of the Month: Orderliness
- buy stamps
- buy or borrow a weed-wacker (ours broke last weekend)
- pick pumpkins
- start jotting down ideas for Term Two
- bake a new quick bread (100LT #6)
- make a list of Christmas picture books to look for
- make a homemade muffin or brownie mix for J to bake independently
- finish Dorothy Day’s The Long Loneliness (100LT #82)
- order new foundation and blush
- clean my makeup brushes (100LT #44)
- learn a new card game (100LT #33)
send hair off to Pantene Beautiful Lengths- start training plan for November 10K and “complete what you came to do” (my running motto)
- start four weeks of No Sugar (my habit’s gotten a little out of control and it’s time to make some changes)
PREVIOUS INTENTIONS:
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If you’re reading on your phone or in a reader, click through to see what I crossed off the list!
take out a few go-to fall dinner recipes to make for dinnertry one new dinner recipebake pumpkin chocolate chip cookies(using our favorite recipe)wrap D’s birthday presents(he got a bike and this)get to the DMV to renew driver’s license(I even took Sophie with me and we came out relatively unscathed!)- start jotting down ideas for an upcoming WWI history unit for M
- finish Dorothy Day’s The Long Loneliness (100LT #82)
- organize my closet
try a new tea flavor (100LT #94)- order new foundation and blush
- bring unneeded clothes to donation (almost ready to go…I keep adding more things)
schedule S & TJ well-check appointments- learn a new card game (100LT #33)
buy a mailing envelopeand send hair off to Pantene Beautiful Lengths- clean my makeup brushes (100LT #44)
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What about you? What’s on your to-do list for the next few weeks?
The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Patricia M. Scarry is my favorite from my childhood. The boys favorite is Tacky's Chirstmas by Helen Lester. Happy Reading!!!