WAIWO this weekend - 05-18 & 05-19

HOUSE

• Sat Morning Routine
• Evening Routine
• Zone 3 - sewing room/bathroom/laundry room
• Sat throw away 27 things, 
• Sat put away 27 things for other rooms, 
• Sat give away 27 things, 
• Sat put away 27 things (in THIS room)
• Zone 1 - DR/LR
• Sa walls and windows
• Sa ceiling fixtures
• Sa window sills
• Zone 2 - Kitchen
• Sa Kitchen trash cans
• Sa Scour countertops
• Sa Sink faucets
• Sa Big appliances - all the outsides
• Gadgets and small appliances - clean them up
• Sa Plastics cabinet - clean, straighten, pitch clutter
• Sa Cabinets - clean up outsides and polish
• Sa Clean refrigerator
• Clean open shelves
• Top 3 (prepared foods, 2 shelves veggies)
• Bottom 3 (2 shelves fruits, 1 grains)
• Sa Move small shelves to laundry room and set up
• Clean up Kitchen tables (move all food preservation stuff to laundry room) - set up place for dehydrating foods)
• Clean pantry shelves (will get moved to open shelves) (will become appliances - freq. used)
• Clean flour/baking item shelves
• Sweep floor really well, and SCRUB THAT FLOOR!!!!
• Zone 5 - Study
• Detailed vacuuming session
• Sa Hot Spot Drill
• Sa Sofa diving
• Dust decorative items/ pack away extras
• Walls and windows
• Detailed dusting session

GARDEN

• Sat Buy all veggie plants, herb plants needed
• Sat Stakes - finish hammering in tomato stakes and fencing
• Squash - plant
• Trellis framework for vines
• Landscape cloth
• Melons - plant (landscape cloth - on garden side)
• Trim off ALL "hedgerow" items
• Plant 
• Sat Sweet potatoe plants 
• Tomato seed
• SatTomato plants
• Pepper plants
• Sat HOT pepper plants
• Pepper seed
• Eggplant plants
• Eggplant seed
• Cucumber seed (stakes and fence)
• Beans

STUDIES

• Religion - 1.5 hours 
• Sa Finish lapbook - 1 hour
• Sa Finish outline next unit study goals
• Sa Flowchart for next unit studies
• Begin readings
• TIMG - p. 71-75
• Mini books
• Prepare Mini-books for next studies
• Math - 1/2 hour
• Sa Lesson 37
• Sa Lesson 38
• Lesson 39
• Lesson 40
• Botany - 1 hour
• Sa Activity 1 (activ 1 will continue for about 1 more week)
• Sa Activity 3 
• Evol -
• Sa p. 40-41
• Sa p. 42-43
• p. 44-48
• Botany CB 
• Sa 2
• 3
• Sa Lapbook - update through Activ 1
• Social Studies - 1 hour
• Sa Lapbook - complete A.
• Creation Story Unit studies
• Sa find Main book (hopefully) plus teaching book
• Sa Write out main goals for unit
• Sa Write out Flow chart for unit
• Begin readings
• Prepare Mini books for NEW folder
• Russian
• Lesson 7 (AGAIN!!!!!)
• Creative Writing 
• Sat Lesson 8-1
• Sat Lesson 8-2
• Lesson 8-3
• Lesson 8-4

QUILT

• Sa 1 audio disc Hexie Flowers
• Sa 1 audio disc Binding Fancy Flowers
• Sa Peggy's Picnic Tablecloth - machine embroidery
• Sa Sunny Side Up - Inst 1

MAIN READING BOOKS FOR TODAY

Audio - Snow and Ashes

Real Books - My Side of the Mountain

                       Squire by Tamora Pierce

MENU

Sat B: Egg Biscuit, hot caramel mocha

Sat L: Chicken wrap, sweet tea

D: Stew - chicken/potato, carrots

B: Omelet with cheese, jalapenos, salsa, 

L: leftovers

D:Deviled (Fake) crab meat, chopped greens (cabbage type), Buttered homemade pasta, Gingerbread

WAIWO Friday!

HOUSE

• DONE Morning Routine
• DONE Evening Routine
• Zone 2 -
• SHELVES - Declutter
• Zone 3 - 
• DONE Bath - cosmetics
• Zone 2 - Check out all interior shelves, straighten,  
• CLEAN pantry shelves (will get moved to open shelves)
• CLEAN flour shelves 

STUDIES

• Religion - 1.5 hour
• 1 hour - finish lapbook 
• Finish outline next unit study goals
• Flow chart for next unit studies
• Math - 1/2 hour
• partially DONE lesson 37
• Botany - 1 hour
• Activities 1 and 3.  Complete unit
• DONE Bot
• partially DONE Evol - p. 40-41
• DONE Lapbook
• Social Studies - 1 hour
• 1 hour lapbook
• Write out all goals for Creation unit studies
• Russian - 1/4
• DONE lesson 7
• Creative Writing - 1/4
• lesson 8-1, also look for writing on first story of class.  Needs re-write - BADLY!

GARDEN

• Herbs - finish working on this
• Squash/melons - plant in flats
• Tomato stakes - finish hammer in ground
• Tomato seed
• Tomatillo
• Peppers - seed
• Eggplants
• Landscape cloth
  • • . 

QUILT

• 1 audio disc Hexie flowers
• 1 audio disc Binding - Fancy Flowers - finish 'er up - hopefully!
• Peggy's Picnic Tablecloth - machine embroidery
• Begin Sunny Side Up - Inst 1

MAIN READING BOOKS FOR TODAY
Audio Snow and Ashes
Real books Finish My Side of the Mountain

MENU
DONE B: French toast? or pancakes
DONE L: leftover casserole???
D: Homemade pasta, cheese sauce, veggies with it - carrots plus?????

WAIWO - yay - it's WEDNESDAY!!!

HOUSE

• DONE Morning Routine
• DONE Evening Routine
• Zone 1 -
• DONE Dining Room 
• DONE Side Porch - Finish decluttering and clean
• Zone 3 - 
• DONE Bath - check supplies
• DONE Craft Room AND laundry room - put away stuff that doesn't belong there!

STUDIES

• Religion - 1 hour
• 3/4 hour - Lapbook 
• 1/4 hour - next unit study goals - finish and flow chart
• Math - 1/2 hour
• lesson 37
• Botany - 3/4 hour
• 15 min - Activity 1
• Activity 3
• DONE 1/4 - Evol. 1st trees - 38-39
• Lapbook
• Social Studies - 1 hour
• 1/2 hour Lapbook 
• 1/4 hour Re-write Arch unit study
• Check for all goals to make sure they are met.
• DONE 1/4 hour - Write out goals for all Unit Study Creation Stories
• Russian - 1/4
• DONE lesson 7
• Creative Writing - 1/4
• lesson 8, also look for writing on first story of class.  Needs re-write - BADLY!

GARDEN

• Tomato stakes - finish hammer in ground
• Tomato seed?????
• Tomatillo
• Peppers
• Eggplants
• Landscape cloth

QUILT

• 1 audio disc Hexie flowers
• 1 audio disc Binding - Fancy Flowers
• Peggy's Picnic tablecloth - 
• Practice machine embroidery. 
• Make decision - re how to do pattern. 

MAIN READING BOOKS FOR TODAY
Audio Snow and Ashes
Real books Finish My Side of the Mountain

MENU
DONE B: cinnamon toast (for just because!!!!)
DONE L: soup!
DONE D: turkey burger and salad

WAIWO Tuesday?

I substituted at a Middle school on Tuesday!!!  Was exhausted - came home and slept for 5 hours!!!!!!
Will do this tomorrow.

HOUSE

• DONE Morning Routine
• DONE Evening Routine
• Zone 1 -
• Dining Room 
• Side Porch - Finish decluttering and clean
• Zone 3 - 
• Bath - check supplies
• Craft Room AND laundry room - put away stuff that doesn't belong there!

STUDIES

• Religion - 1 hour
• 3/4 hour - Lapbook 
• 1/4 hour - next unit study goals - finish and flow chart
• Math - 1/2 hour
• lesson 37
• Botany - 3/4 hour
• 15 min - Activity 1
• Activity 3
• 1/4 - Evol. 1st trees - 38-39
• Lapbook
• Social Studies - 1 hour
• 1/2 hour Lapbook 
• 1/4 hour Re-write Arch unit study
• Check for all goals to make sure they are met.
• 1/4 hour - Write out goals for all Unit Study Creation Stories
• Russian - 1/4
• lesson 7
• Creative Writing - 1/4
• lesson 8, also look for writing on first story of class.  Needs re-write - BADLY!

GARDEN

• Tomato stakes - finish hammer in ground
• Tomato seed?????
• Tomatillo
• Peppers
• Eggplants
• Landscape cloth

QUILT

• 1 audio disc Hexie flowers
• 1 audio disc Binding - Fancy Flowers
• Peggy's Picnic tablecloth - 
• Practice machine embroidery. 
• Make decision - re how to do pattern. 

MAIN READING BOOKS FOR TODAY
Audio Snow and Ashes
Real books Finish My Side of the Mountain

MENU
B: Bagels - toasted
L: lo casserole (Hungarian Goulash), garlic bread
D: Welsh Rarebit, salad

WAIWO today, Monday?????

Hexie flowers

HOUSE

• DONE Morning Routine
• DONE Fix supper
• DONE Evening Routine
• Zone 3 - 
• DONE Bath - hot spots
• DONE Sewing Room - 27 fling boogie!
• Zone 1 - 
• DONE Front Porch
• DONE Entrance
• not DONE- some decluttering - more to do! Side Porch - declutter for 15
• DONE Back Stairs

STUDIES

• Religion - 1 hour
• 1/2 hour - Lapbook 
• DONE 1/4 hour - Plan next unit study goals
• DONE Math - 30 min
• DONE lesson 36
• DONE Botany - 3/4 hour max
• 15 min - Activity 1
• DONE Begin assembling lap book
• DONE 15 -30 min - Evol. 33-38
• DONE If poss - then  Activ 2, 
• IP - Act 3
• started on this IP - Evol. 1st trees - 38-39

• Social Studies - 3/4 hour max
• 1/2 hour Lapbook 
• 1/4 hour Re-write Arch unit study
• DONE Russian - 15 min -
• DONE lesson 7
• DONE Creative Writing - 15 min
• DONE finish lesson 7
• DONE Library - and xerox

GARDEN

• DONE or tried to - need son to finish hammering in Tomato stakes
• DONE Weed the rest of the strawberries
• DONE Butterpeas
• DONE Limas - speckled butter type - (rest planted later)
• Landscape cloth??????

QUILT

• 1 disc binding - Fancy Flowers
• 1 disc Hexie Flowers
• Peggy's Picnic tablecloth - 
• Practice machine embroidery. 
• Make decision - re how to do pattern.  

MAIN READING BOOKS FOR TODAY
Audio Snow and Ashes by D.Gabaldon - at least 4-5 discs worth!!! (see above!)
Real books My side of the Mountain finish

MENU
DONE B: Scrambled egg burrito with salsa - x  2, Hot caramel mocha (5 million calories!!!!)
DONE L: Chicken Soup with the rest of the dumplings and a few sauteed potatoes.  Yum!
DONE - Delicious!!!! D: Hungarian Goulash!

DONE BUY - need cheese, pasta, canned tomatoes

Design Wall for 05-13-13 - It's MONDAY again!

Re-doing the Binding - this time by hand
- looks SOOOOOOOO much better!!!
BUT I am soooooooo slow at sewing by hand!!!
But then - I'm doing one audio disc worth a day!

Machine Embroidery "tie-ing" -
this is an experiment to see how it will work!!!!
Am debating - embroidery ONLY at the "ties?"
Or in the center of the very plain blocks????

Hexie Flowers - hand piecing - which I am VERY slow at doing!
One audio disc worth a day!!!!  That's the goal anyway!

Sunny Side Up - Judy Laquidara's (Patchwork Times)
pattern and quilt-a-long!  I am about 9-10 days late in starting!
And I'm doing some things "differently" -
ie using different "go-with" colors  in place of one of the colors
which I don't have (actually don't have enough of ANY golds and
yellows to do this - and I've GOT to use up some of my stash!)

Stash report for Week 19 - 05-12-13

Oops!   I forgot to post this yesterday!  I have maybe 8 yards or more figured out for Sunny Side up - BUT it's not done yet!  Neither is Back to Square one, nor.... nor.... or.....  You get the idea!  HOWEVER the garden is coming up - AND I've been teaching, and taking naps when I get home and.... and.... Gee - wonder if I have any OTHER excuses!

05-12-13 - Week 19 - Nothing new.....Used This Week: 0 yard/Used This Month: 0 yard for May/Used Year to Date: 12.88  yds.

Added This Week: 0 yards/Added This Month: 5.0 (or thereabouts - "scraps" from another person) for May/Added Year to Date: 35.59 yards

Net Used for 2013: - 22.71 yards

Tuesday's Schedule

OUT AND ABOUT

1. DONE Dr's Office
2. DONE Post Office

GARDEN

1. 1/3 DONE Weed Strawberries
2. DONE - coles and salad watered Water starting with Cabbage and greens
3. no - will do tomorrow Possibly plant Sweet corn - first planting

HOUSE

1. Zone 1 - Side Porch - get 'er cleaned up!
2. Zone 5 - Declutter
3. Zone 2 - Kelly's list - Monday and Tuesday
4. Freecycle list - OFFER.  

KITCHEN DOIN'S

1. Turn old Bread into Croutons for salads.
2. Increase starter for tomorrow's bread
3. Clean out refrig, make do first list
4. Menu for rest of week
5. Freecycle list - WANT (Jelly jars)

QUILT 

1. Hexie Flowers for one audio disc
2. Binding - for one audio disc
3. SSU - choose fabrics.  
4. B2S1 - April Block

Yeehaw - It's Tuesday!

So - why am I cheering????

1. It is a GLORIOUS day outside - complete with Colorado morning briskness and lots of sunshine!
2. I saw my Dr. this morning and am in great health.  
3. Thanks be to Stashbusters - I have re-set my quilting goals to something hopefully more liveable!  Maybe!  and while I gave myself a personal deadline for those - it is better - a LOT better! We'll see how it goes from here!

These are the quilting goals - I'd be interested in what you all think!

And yes - according to my calendar - I may have a beastly REST of my schedule - maybe - so may need to adjust that as well!

1. Finish up Binding on a project for my dd (I THOUGHT I had it done - No - had to take it all out again!  :(  Now I'm hand-sewing it. - MUCH slower but looks a LOT better!)

2. Sunny Side Up - this is a quilt along!

3. Peggy's Picnic Tablecloth - machine embroidery "tie" this one - THIS WEEK!

4.  Hexies - Work on Hexie flowers for the space of one audio disc!

Design Wall for Week 18 - beginning 05-06-13

OK - I'm going to try doing this a little differently - maybe - sorta.... and then see how I do.  As per usual I have a LOT of projects of my calendar (needs updating) and May promises to be a busy month - however because I have NO idea as to how many days I can work outside, and more importantly - how many days I will be teaching (school doesn't let out until mid June here and then there's summer school!) - I'm only listing a FEW REALLY TRULY WANT TO GET DONE items.  The rest - well, we'll see!!!!!


MACHINE QUILTING - FMQ

Free Motion Quilting Sampler
 a Stitch a Day - maybe

MACHINE QUILTING - EMBROIDERY "TIEING"

Peggy's Picnic Quilt - needs embroidery "tie-ing"

MACHINE QUILTING - WALKING FOOT

Walking foot Sampler - a piece a day.... maybe

PIECING - LEADER ENDER

For LE - Bowdacious - red scraps

Strings - I also have pink and yellow strings - no picture tho

PIECING

Hexie flowers - need 3 for this week

Sunny Side Up quilt (will eventually take and put pix here!)  This is a quilt along!

Stash Report - 05-05-13 - Week 18

No - not my garden - it's Amelia Gardens - a public park near here
Wish MINE looked like this!

Used This Week: 0 yard
Used This Month: 4.2 yard for April, 0 yard for May
Used Year to Date: 12.88  yds.

Added This Week: 0 yards
Added This Month: 0 yards for April, 5.0 (or thereabouts - "scraps" from another person) for May
Added Year to Date: 35.59 yards

Net Used for 2013: - 22.71 yards

WOW! That was fast! It's Saturday and the weekend already!!!!!

Man!  This past week has just zipped by - like on rollerskates!  (Speaking of which - I would LOVE to do this again - but family says NO - broken bones are expensive!  Hmmmm!)

The picture concern - apparently I need to empty my cache - and lose all my bookmarks in the process!  Let's see.....   pictures.. bookmarks!   pictures.. bookmarks!   You know - this is a TOUGH choice!  Sure wish the cache was just on here!!! and would have NO effect on my bookmarks!  OR that I could save all my bookmarks (honest - I've save LOTS more in the past- on a notebook too!) and still had pictures!  Have to think on this - plus my brilliant son who does a lot of things with computers may visit today!  hopefully!

As to what happened on my To Do list - I went inside, sat down - and that was that until after it was dark -at which time I got up, ate, and went back to bed!  I also answered a phone call (explained in next paragraph below)

Friday - I had recieved a request to substitute for high school physics - which I did - but didn't enjoy as much as I have the middle school.  I have SOOOOOO many rants about our public school system and non-ability to allow the students to accept responsibility for their actions!  I did manage to have them complete the work that was SUPPOSED to be turned in first thing in the morning (only 3 kids out of ALL 5 classes of 24 kids per class had actually done it!!!!!)  I gave them 20 minutes - and told them, when they started chitter chattering that the ONLY person allowed to talk in there was ME!  When the kids answered the lab sheets (answers on the same lab sheet page as the questions - all they had to do was FIND the answer and write it down!  Geesh!  Rocket science???  Not on MY rocket, thank you!) they were told to pick up the next handout papers and work on that one and that there were questions at the end that would have to be handed in.  (True - but they actually had until next TUESDAY!  I just didn't say when.  And NO ONE thought to ask until right before the bell - most kids done anyway - again answers in the handout - just copy them down!)

And my son and daughter and any of the other kids who came and stayed awhile would all agree - DON'T get Mom started on the public school system!

GARDEN

•  DONE IF possible - move some of herbs (I'm thinking mint here! - chocolate mint in particular) into round "bins" without bottoms or tops - to somewhat contain these little things!  Re-design herb garden.
• DONE Consider possible herb garden between some of the trees.  Maybe.  Also - MAYBE - flower garden there too.  Need landscaping fabric BADLY!
• DONE Make list of what still needed (posts - and how many.  Additional fencing - or heavy duty wire like for grapes, blackberries) 

HOUSE

• Side Porch 
• DONE Declutter.
• DONE Figure out WHERE gardening items will go - and put them there.  Designated places.  Potting table???
• DONE Make out list of what is needed
• Laundry Room 
• DONE Wash floor
• DONE Move shelves back
• DONE Put stuff away properly.
• DONE Make list of what is needed
• Kitchen
• DONE Ceiling, walls, windows
• Upper sink cabinets - clean, de-clutter, polish
• DONE Sink counter - clear COMPLETELY!
• DONE Sink cabinet (lower) clean, straighten)
• Upper stove/refrig wall cabinets - clean, de-clutter, polish, 
• Figure out WHERE appliances will go - only food processor allowed out
• Counter clean and CLEARED
• Lower stove/refrig cabinets
• DONE Stove top scoured (and wall behind stove from fried grease!)
• Write list of "needs" (don't forget to include those circle thingies which I have KILLED!)
• IF POSSIBLE - clear table and the floor - figure out WHERE it all goes (NOT in the kitchen, for sure!) and move it there!

KITCHEN FOODS

• DONE - FIRST BATCH ANYWAY Sort and clean (3 rinse waters) dandelion greens.  Blanch, chop, bag and label
• working on it now Sort and clean any remaining "greens" from old garden.  Blanch, chop, bag and label
• DONE Rearrange freezer
• DONE ALL soups from refrig, re-portioned, labeled and frozen
• Check labels from freezer - esp for soup!  Egg yolks are NOT on the menu for luncheon soups!  UGH!
• Clean refrig.  Only thing to be left in there should be current day's foods and stuff that can remain in refrig indefinintely (soy sauce, butter, etc.)
• Menues for coming week.

GO AND DO

• DONE Bank - deposit teacher's check
• DONE - 2 trips, drat it! Bank - deposit N's check
• DONE Library - return books
• DONE Library - find 2 missing books there
• DONE Big Y - Kitty litter and kitty food
• DONE - wrong size though Wally world - refrig light bulb
• DONE air freshener for hall
• DONE air freshener for bath
• DONE freshener for kitty area
• gas
• DONE - WOW - fantastic!  Thks Annie! Post office - had pckge 

QUILTING

• Mark on "To Do" list at least 2 "sailboat" baby quilts
• Mark on "To Do" list at least 1 (or more) bags - one chicken-y one and one flowers?
• Design quilt (as in DRAW IT OUT) on my garden - should be humorous, applique center with places to show different activities, etc.  Borders - pieced "garden-y" blocks.  Sketch out overall FMQ quilting too!
• Hexies 
• Peggy's Picnic Tablecloth quilt - figure out design and go for it!
• Baby Blanket #2
• Pink Sampler
• FMQ sampler
• Improvisational placemats
• Applique motifs onto blocks 
• Overall quilting
• Binding
• Prepare Wendy's pkge for mailing
• Doublecheck Judy's pkge - get ready for mailing