I'm doing the regular cleaning stuff--dishes, laundry, sweeping--but my focus over this final week of break is to clean out the other have-tos:
1. Finish my syllabi and print them off for my classes.
2. Set up my online class on Angel.
3. Complete all mending/sewing projects.
4. Prepare five canvases for next painting project.
5. Go through kids' clothing in prep for their start of term. Donate small clothing.
6. Get ahead with my Firehouse work so that January and February are more relaxed.
And I think that's it. Clearing out the junk makes my whole life easier, and hopefully I'll set myself up for active achievement in the writing, painting, musical, and sewing realms in the coming year. I won't tell you what my new year's resolution is yet. Perhaps you can guess?
What "housecleaning" are you doing right now? What are you preparing for?
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
A Snail's Pace Won't Boil Water
I have a few too many pots boiling at once.
1. I am costuming a musical--and I've so far managed to measure about HALF the cast.
COMPLETION: 5 %
2. I am revising a translation from Italian (yes, a language I am not actually fluent in). Thankfully, all I need to do is a quick final edit, and the project is finished.
COMPLETION: 90%
3. I'm trying every single day to make sure my kids stay on track with school, homework, chores. But I still have over a month of school remaining.
COMPLETION: 80%
4. Our house's addition is nearly complete, but then we have a lanai to put over the pool.
COMPLETION: 60%
5. I am helping to refinish a kitchen in an historic building downtown. Actually, I start helping today. And we have two weeks to get it done. We've planned it out, at least.
COMPLETION: 10%
6. Miscellaneous house projects still await, like some refinished floors, lacquered TV trays, a laundry room paint, etc. But I've done most of the house, at least.
COMPLETION: 90%
Thankfully, once I put my time into these projects (especially 1 and 5), the percentages will change.
But you know what else it means? No writing. It means my mermaid novel will have to wait. It means that I'm not participating in Script Frenzy. It means that those summer dresses and shirts I'd like to make my kids probably won't happen.
Darn.
If anybody has figured out how to squeeze a couple more hours out of a day, please let me know!
1. I am costuming a musical--and I've so far managed to measure about HALF the cast.
COMPLETION: 5 %
2. I am revising a translation from Italian (yes, a language I am not actually fluent in). Thankfully, all I need to do is a quick final edit, and the project is finished.
COMPLETION: 90%
3. I'm trying every single day to make sure my kids stay on track with school, homework, chores. But I still have over a month of school remaining.
COMPLETION: 80%
4. Our house's addition is nearly complete, but then we have a lanai to put over the pool.
COMPLETION: 60%
5. I am helping to refinish a kitchen in an historic building downtown. Actually, I start helping today. And we have two weeks to get it done. We've planned it out, at least.
COMPLETION: 10%
6. Miscellaneous house projects still await, like some refinished floors, lacquered TV trays, a laundry room paint, etc. But I've done most of the house, at least.
COMPLETION: 90%
Thankfully, once I put my time into these projects (especially 1 and 5), the percentages will change.
But you know what else it means? No writing. It means my mermaid novel will have to wait. It means that I'm not participating in Script Frenzy. It means that those summer dresses and shirts I'd like to make my kids probably won't happen.
Darn.
If anybody has figured out how to squeeze a couple more hours out of a day, please let me know!
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