Goals for the Week

So, rather than make a daily "to-do" list (of which I'm prone to only ever do half of and have added silly things to it just so I accomplish the important things), I've decided to start making a list of my goals for the week.  I mean, sometimes my daily plans don't turn out like I hoped. (E.g. the water is out for most of the warm hours of the day; so washing my hair can't happen until 7 pm and by then it's so cold out that I think I'll probably catch a cold.)  Thus I have decided that a weekly goal list is probably a more appropriate option for me.

On my list for this week is the following:

• Reclaim Guest Room: with Lent coming up, there is undoubtedly family and friends that will want to come and enjoy the processions.  This might get left until next week as there's a lot of other things on the list to get done before this happens but our cleaning lady only comes on Thursdays.
• Wash Hair: ideally, this will happen 2-3 times during the week, but I'll take my victories however they come
• Cut and Replant Oregano: this should be done before I try to reclaim the guest room as the oregano plant has decided to grow in front of the door to the guest room which will make it difficult to remove stuff stored in there
• Make Pickles: this should happen all the time
• Finish Packing Suitcase of Books: this is so close to being done and has been like that for a month.  Let's just get it done already...and maybe start on another one.
• Clean Off Table and Window Ledge: I've made a lot of progress on this one over the last two weeks, but there's still some to go.
• Finish Sewing Body Pillow: I'm struggling to find a comfortable position to sleep in which has really affected my ability to get a good night's sleep which in turn affects my daytime productivity.  I'm hoping that the pillow might help.

So, I made that list last night (except for the last item which I added right now), and so far today I have [drumroll] done laundry (okay, needed to be done too but doesn't make it on lists because it's normal routine), washed dishes (see previous), cleaned litter boxes (again, previous), took out the trash (it's a Wednesday thing), made a baby registry on Amazon, and repurposed this blog.  I'm doing splendidly at my list.  *sigh*