So I’ve achieved three things in the last couple of hours:
- I managed to get Natasha’s washing on the line in between finishing my blog entry and needing to pick her up. Tomorrow morning I will take them off the line, fold them and put them away. It doesn’t seem like they are all there though so it’s likely once I sort out the laundry and tidy her bedroom tomorrow I will need to do another load of her clothes.
- I went through Nicolas’ drawers and the basket of his clothes and packed away things that don’t fit. It’s a little sad to see some of his cute clothes packed into a box waiting for the next child in the family to wear them. It won’t be a Mini Rocco and Sarah which I point out with mixed emotions. But at least a mini John and Sandy will have Batman shirts and sweater vests to wear. {Note to self: Alert John and Stix to the fact none of Nicolas’ Batman shirts fit anymore.}
- I managed to get some of Nicolas’ clothes in his drawers. As per usual as I was in the middle of it he started crying for attention. Natasha kept him entertained a little while but she can only do so much. I think I will plan to finish it off when she’s in the bath in an hour.
With Rocco away I’m left to cook. Natasha wants pasta and tomato sauce so while I’m feeding Nicolas the water is boiling and I’m blogging. One of my tasks next month is to get both my children eating more variety but that will be a blog entry for another day. I’m going to cook some sizzle steak to have with my spaghetti. Cooking is something I’d like to do more of but every time I plan to it seems Nicolas has a bad day. I really need to make better use of my time because I’m sure I should be able to get more done.
While driving and sorting washing I came up with a plan of attack for chores and what to do every day.
- Monday: Wash Natasha’s clothes. Tidy up kids bedrooms after weekend.
- Tuesday: Sort Natasha’s clothes and wash my clothes. Tidy lounge room.
- Wednesday: Sort my clothes
- Thursday: Wash Nicolas’ clothes. Project day. Tidy toy room
- Friday: Sort Nicolas’ clothes. Project day.
- Weekend: Wash towels and sheets and let Rocco do his washing
I’ve left Wednesday as a half day (with just one task) as I take Nicolas to Rhyme Time at our local library that day.
As you can see Thursday and Friday are Project days. There are a number of tasks I’ve been putting off that I need to do before I go back to full time work next year. So here are the projects (in the order I think of them)
- Collect data and evidence for my RPL
- Tidy toy room
- Reverse linen press
- Set up my study so Natasha has a “desk” too
I might even take before and after pictures for 2 and 4.