Getting stuck into the house

It's been filthy hot this week, I've had a migraine most of the week, and we've been had a few days where we've had to leave early and got home late-ish. So the house is a mess!

It's cooler today, so time to get stuck into things. I have probably 3 loads of washing to do, clean the kitchen & hallway from all the things that have been dumped there. Plus I have a bit of paid work to try and get to.

Let's do it!

To do list - Tue 14th

I have so much to do that I'm paralyzed and can't do any of it. I'm feeling very overwhelmed atm - I feel like there are hands surrounding me and they're all grabbing pieces of me until there is none left. House looks disgusting, work piling up, can't even think about the garden, child constantly arguing with everything I say, and I can't make myself do anything.

Thought I'd try some public accountability.

Before we go out this afternoon I need to:

• get books together for library
• get B to tidy his stuff in the loungeroom
  
• clean kitchen
• tidy hallway
• have lunch
  

Tonight:

• ring nephew for his b'day
• put garbages out
  
• change reports for NBS and send back to them

Bugger - just realised it's the 14th & I should be doing A Day in my life..

ETA - I got everything done except for tidying the hallway. Am feeling a lot better tonight.

To-do list 2-3 Aug

Thanks to the kind comments yesterday, but sorry to hear I'm not the only one struggling atm :(

Linda - I played a bit of footy with my son in the afternoon - hopefully that counts as exercise :)

Update on yesterday:

* Get meat out to thaw for tea - done
* Breakfast - done
* Shower - done
* Make beds - done
* Cook something for morning tea - done, sort of. Don't try to cook Anzac biscuits while busy doing something else - they taste quite disgusting when you leave the sugar out!!
* Give house a quick tidy - kitchen, loungeroom, hallway - Got it mostly done - visitors arrived early so wasn't all done, but oh well!
* Friends over for a play - done
* Lunch - done
* Answer emails - done
* Put tea in slow cooker - done
* Address B's party invitations - he hasn't finished cutting them out yet
* Post office - see above
* Make list of what I have to do and prioritise - made list, prioritised and also put an estimated time against each which looks like it will be really useful
* Have tea - done
* B's bedtime routine - done
* Start on priority 1 stuff - got a couple of things crossed out
* Go to bed by 10pm - got there by 10:15 - close :)
* Hopefully sleep! - sort of, it blew a gale last night so it was a disturbed sleep, Billy woke up at 6am so it was an early morning as well - I'm incapable of sleeping once he's awake

Now bear with me while I do another one since the accountability made me do more than I wanted to.

This weekend's to-do list (in no particular order):

* make chinese jacket?
* cook steamed buns
* find & fix Chinese dragon
* lock myself away and do some paid work - I'm up against a deadline and need to spend a good chunk of time on it without interruptions (Got a couple of hours done on Sat afternoon, so I think I have the back of it broken now)
* I think Pete wants to go and look at cars - now the van is sold, we want to sell the ute (affectionately known as the 'monster truck'!) and get something smaller. Not quite ready to do the 1-car family thing yet. (Done Sat morn)
* Usual washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning etc etc etc

I'm sure I'll add to it as the weekend progresses..

To-do list

I'm back in that horrible cycle again...

I've overcommitted myself in several areas, I'm not sleeping properly because I'm thinking about all I have to do, but I'm tending to procrastinate on it all because it's all so overwhelming.. I'm tired and have no energy because I'm not sleeping properly, so I tend to just read or
surf the net, rather than doing what I should do..

So my to-do list for today (broken down to very basics so I don't have to think) is:

* Get meat out to thaw for tea
* Breakfast
* Shower
* Make beds
* Cook something for morning tea
* Give house a quick tidy - kitchen, loungeroom, hallway
* Friends over for a play
* Lunch
* Answer emails
* Put tea in slow cooker
* Address B's party invitations
* Post office
* Make list of what I have to do and prioritise
* Have tea
* B's bedtime routine
* Start on priority 1 stuff
* Go to bed by 10pm
* Hopefully sleep!

Wish me luck :)

To do list - trying to get organised!

Well, the microwave is clean, but I'm still scraping hardened jam off the pyrex jug :) It's slowly coming off with the soak & scrape method!

I really need to get organised - 14 days til Xmas!! So I'm going to post my to-do list on here - feel free to ignore :)

Currently Reading:
The Grass Memorial by Sarah Harrison - getting into it more now.
Jane Eyre via Daily Lit

To do:
Work
* continue working on K's website
* create install disk for H
* put 1st TL order in

Home
* storytime at the library
* write Xmas letter, start on Xmas cards
* write on other cards that I've been putting off