We finally had a slow weekend at home and I was able to knock off a few overdue to-dos from my list – my curtains and bedroom art finally went up! As I was puttering around my room, organizing and straightening, I had a “duh!” moment: I have so much peace when the house isn’t cluttered. The rest of the household doesn’t seem to be as affected by “stuff” as I am, but I think it’s a discipline still worth exploring. And bonus, there’s a habit for that! So October’s habit is orderliness – picking up after ourselves, keeping our living areas clean and neat, and putting things back where they belong. I’m hopeful for a fruitful month.
INTENTIONS FOR THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER:
- Habit of the Month: Orderliness
- take out a few go-to fall dinner recipes to make for dinner
- try one new dinner recipe
- bake pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
- wrap D’s birthday presents
- get to the DMV to renew driver’s license
- 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
- schedule S & TJ well-check appointments (need to really get this one done!)
- learn a new card game (100LT #33)
- buy a mailing envelope and send hair off to Pantene Beautiful Lengths
- clean my makeup brushes (100LT #44)
PREVIOUS INTENTIONS:
- finish up letters/care package and mail (only 1/3 sent)
- close out Big White Farmhouse bank account
make a plan for #write31days and jot down some notes/ideas(I decided to postpone this for now – not enough hours in the day! Maybe someday…sticking with my “write as much as you currently can” plan for now)wrap Sophia’s birthday gifts(she got a ballet leotard from Thredup, these & this!)wrap baptism giftgo through P’s outgrown clothes to pass on- donate my clothes that are too big (still working on the pile)
- sell book on CM B/S/T Facebook page
- schedule S & TJ well check appointments
- send hair off to Pantene Beautiful Lengths
- clean my makeup brushes (100LT #44)
find my Garmin running watchshow up to every run – 4 weeks to go (!!) before my October 10K(feeling good)find Sophie’s princess cross-stitch(now to actually stitch something!)- price out bricks for front garden bed project
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What about you? What’s on your to-do list for the next few weeks?
Oooh, your room looks beautiful! I'm with you on the clutter – clean counters and floors do wonders for my sanity.
Toys all over the floor drive me CA-RAZY!