Happy Monday evening! Usually I post these on Monday morning or even Sunday, but today was filled with other responsibilities and goals so it got pushed down the to do list a bit. We’re still adjusting to the new coronavirus normal around here. I think we’ve just about settled in now that we’re in the third week. But we are allowing ourselves days to be pokey, be unproductive, and even to mourn the upheaval to everyday life.
I feel like the days just whip by now. I know many people are probably feeling like the days drag on and on, but for me it is just the opposite. David said the same thing. I think it’s because we aren’t transitioning in and out of the house for activities. I’ve written before that transitions require me to adjust and that it’s not a quick process for me. Even if I’m not the one coming and going, the changing pace of the house takes me a bit to adjust to and so, for example, it can take me 30 minutes to really settle into work when I sit down. (It’s not something I would wish on someone else. It’s frustrating.) Since no one is coming and going from the house right now, everything is on an even keel from my perspective. It means time just races by in a day. It’s really different.
To be honest, I haven’t been focusing much on extra homemaking things. I’ve been working a lot and spending time with my family. I think I’m simply in a productive work zone right now and so extra homemaking things are a lower priority. It will eventually swing the other way and I’ll spend more time on homemaking tasks and less time at my desk. That’s the ebb and flow of my life.
So possible goals for this week for me will include the following.
Goal 1 – Keep working on cleaning up and organizing the basement. This goal will end eventually and I continue to make progress.
Goal 2 – Clean out my homeschool materials drawer. I have a large file drawer in my desk and it is full of homeschooling stuff from the past year. A lot of it we are done with or won’t use again and I need to clean out the drawer.
What do you have on your to do list this week? It can be anything big or small. If you need ideas, you will find lots of inspiration and ideas in my shop under All Products for Women.
Artwork: “Two Women Fishing” by Daniel Ridgway Knight
Granola Bars with Rice Krispies Recipe
I am working on staying on top of things in the kitchen, and on getting the rest of the house back under a reasonable level of control, room by room as I have the energy.
I really do not like transitions. High cognitive and physical workload to start with, along with a certainty that many things will go sub-optimally and drive the workloads even higher.
I’m going back and forth on being very productive and not in the least bit.
Sigh, this is such a weird time.
My goals for this week:
1. Rearrange my library and turn it into a cozy reading area for Wendy and I.
2. Continue the slow forward progress on the school room.
3. Make some masks. There’s a group picking up masks for health care workers, and I have lots of cotton fabric.
Thanks for the new post Sallie.
Goals
-each day in His word.
-wipe shelve/door each day.
-general quick tidy each day.
-cooking from the “pantry/fridge” (Lemon Garlic Chicken, bread, bean casserole, legume soup, baking treat of some kind).
-index my cookbook/magazine collection to keep track of what ones I want to try a new recipe from. I started a recipe index scribbler years ago and it’s become a treasure for me. It reminds me of all the good food I made for my loved ones.
-see if I can find affordable supplies for a teddy bear that I want to sew.
-continue Hebrew/music history classes.
p.s. My mind…. races from bit to bit, I lose my train of thought and it’s frustrating. Home learning, cooking/organizing/reading helps me stay focused and on one topic.
Thank You for the update Sallie. We are doing fine. We are going to change the bedroom sheets and pillow cases and clean the rooms. Decorated the house for Easter to bring some cheeriness to the rooms. Stay well and safe.
Marilyn
Goal 1: Sanitize the kitchen
Goal 2: Go to bed nightly with it clean – dishes done and put away, countertops clean, and floor swept.
Goal 3: Sewing! I haven’t in a long time.