Ten Projects in Ten Days...Halfway Point Progress Report

You know, I've been so busy with the grandbabies that I haven't had much time to work on my list! Yipes!!

It's always that way with me... I make a list of 10 things I'm going to do and then I do 10 other things that really needed to be done just as much..instead! Do you ever have that problem?

I don't mind as long as I'm not PROCRASTINATING! That's the kink. It's easy to ignore the list of 'should do's" and do the "want to's" instead. :o)

  

Six Things I worked on  that were ON the list!

 

• Arrange a whole week off to sew couch cushion covers while ALL children are gone. Date: July 4-10 (well..it IS progress!)
• Got budget done and bills paid.
• Lost 2.5 pounds!! Stuck to diet over weekend of travel to Dallas. :o)
• Downloaded some material from the internet for son to study for driver's test next week.
• Borrowed Mom's sewing machine so I can sew ruffles and cushions. (Got it from Denton.)
• Pulled box out of storage so I can ship Dad's mementos to family.

Like all my projects, I have to work on them in bits and pieces, especially when our week is as busy as last week was.  This week, I will have lots more time to do my list.  I won't get the cushions done since I've made arrangements to do them on the 4th through the 10th. But at least now I have a good opportunity to work on them. 

Ten Things I Did This Week that were NOT on the list:

•  Attended graduation party near Dallas and visited Fort Worth Stockyards with the kids' friends (per their request).

• Pulled Photos together and emailed to Jeff Yeager for his  interview on the Today show--We're going to be on TV!! ( via the photos..not in person:o) They will be showing pictures of the families who were featured in his new book, The Cheapskate Next Door. Our copy is in the mail, he said. :o
•  Made colored glycerin soaps in molds of turtles and bugs with the grandkids
• Took Amanda, daughter-in-law to Antique Shops (each child had a 'guardian') :o)

• Cleaned the house and arranged beautifully. Posted photos for friend who will be giving me an interior decorating consultation tomorrow!! Yippee!!

• Danced at our Just for Fun dance (with our teenage club in Tomball, the Grand Squares) to help kick off our new summer lessons. So fun!!
• Got website updated and revised per Brent Rigg's advice after having a blog critique.
•  Took Grandkids to feed the ducks, hear a band, watch a puppet show, and buy a 'safe' slushie at Sonic.

• Started a batch of Combucha Mushroom tea.Bought new clothes from the thrift store..since old ones were too big. Hurrah!
• Helped get 15 yr. old on healthy diet to try to alleviate his seasonal allergies. I'm so proud that he is sticking with it!

So how about you? Are you working on some long overdue projects this summer? What would you most like to get done this next week, that you've been putting off?



Happy Homemaking!