Holiday Houseworks: Me & Mine Week

By the skin of my teeth (ie everything was done on Sunday) I finished my task list for the Me & Mine week!  Most of the work centered around getting the MBR (master bedroom) in order.  Once again, the adult sanctuary is in tiptop shape.  I was stunned at how much non-bedroom stuff was crammed inside our tiny oasis.  Nevertheless, the stacks of books and piles of clothes have been removed. 


One goal was to decorate the room.  In this case, decorating meant hanging the print I purchased LAST YEAR for our room.  Isn't it lovely?

Eiffel Tower Through Gates Poster

Of course, I need to get a frame first.  The days of using tape to hang posters to my bedroom wall all long over.

One item on the list for this week was ordering/buying Christmas cards.  I'm afraid I just couldn't bring myself to do it yet.  My list is fairly small, so that is being bumped to do at a later date.

My tear-file for holiday ideas culled from magazines has been started (BTW thanks for the great idea Diane!) and I purchased ANOTHER holiday magazine. 

Next is the Close to Home week -looks like Turtle's room is next on the chopping block :-P

Happy Holiday Planning!



 
Boot, c.1955 Premium Giclee Print

PS  Thanks for your patience while I get a new card reader so I can get the pictures OFF my camera.  I've actually got things other than my clothes, marathon training & holiday plans to share with you -honestly!

Holiday Houseworks: Calendar & Creativity Work Recap

Live Simply, Love Snow, Laugh Often Art Print

The first 2 weeks of the Holiday Houseworks plan has been easy for me coz I've been able to do most of it on my computer  :-D  I have lists & more lists that I haven't lost yet thanks to Google Tasks.  I can open the task list so it is side-by-side with my handy-dandy Google Calendar (which conveniently displays all my appointments, school work & marathon training workouts in one place). 

There was no travel to plan as DH works in retail.  If you also work retail then you know that you DON'T TAKE TIME OFF between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.  At least you don't if you are on the managment side of things.

The only thing to schedule is DD's annual photo session.  I'm never able to go as I work during the photographer's available times, so that task has been delegated to DH -as usual.  We don't have enough carpeting in the house to warrant a professional coming in.  I may borrow my sister's carpet cleaning machine to hit DD's room (with vinegar & water, naturellement).

I bought a lot of supplies for craft projects last season, but I didn't start them.  To me that means they aren't REALLY unfinished projects and the materials can stay in the general collection to be used as I see fit.  Taking that into consideration, I only have three "unfinished" projects in my stash to take care of. 

This leaves me with the only task left undone:  starting a tear file.  I love my holiday mags.  I'm not sure that I can bring myself to actually TEAR PAGES out for the ideas that I like.  I may just use a magazine rack to hold my magazines and books and mark the pages with sticky flags. The undone task was (easily) moved to the next week's list:  Me and Mine week.  Glancing at this to do list again I see I'm in for a lot of physical prep work.  *Sigh*  Oh well, my bedroom is ready for a spring  fall cleaning!

How are your holiday preparations coming along?



 
Peace and Plenty Art Print


PS  I finally purchased my first holiday mag of the season!  Also added to my reading collection this week is Houseworks.  Now I can read the assigned pages for each week  :D