I have lists...we make seasonal lists here and I'm still working on the FALL list! (And part of the spring/summer list
) Besides daily chores of feeding and tending to the animals and getting in firewood, we have things we regularly try to tend to in the winter months and then things we HOPE to get to in that season. That is the A list and the B list, sort of like a chore list with a wish list tacked on.
Wed. was clean out spots of clutter and catch all in the room in which I'm sitting now....of course, that kind of chore extends to where to put all the things you've placed in the "catch all" areas~(found a package of curtain rings)resulted in putting up that curtain rod on the canning shelf so I could finally hang that insulated curtain there, (found a bunch of mismatched screws) putting them away in the hardware box resulted in finding that set of tiny screwdrivers that I was looking for the other day that would allow me to replace the batteries in that one flashlight....which extended to replacing batteries in ALL the little flashlights we have tucked here and there~well...you get the idea. Pretty soon that little chore you wanted to get done has you running all over the house like a chicken sans head.
Today I'm hoping to put wood chips around the coop and outbuilding where the animals trample the soil the most, to keep down the mud factor...that will require that I hook the lawn tractor battery back up, hook on the garden cart and mobilize chips to these areas. That will lead to hauling buckets of water up to the coop so I can clean out waterers and refill, put hay in the third nesting box(egg laying picking up here), and tack up some plastic in the dog lounge area.
Then I'll cart the sewing machine back down here(that thing is HEAVY)...need to put velcro in Dad's shirts so it's easier to dress him, his arms grow more stiff as time goes along. Was supposed to have that done by this fall.
Then I hope to move on to cleaning up my bedroom....that requires removing the mattress,all the linens, washing down walls, cleaning out the closet, rehanging the curtain there that I took down weeks ago to wash and never got around to putting it back, washing that ceiling fan..ick, cleaning out dresser drawers, eliminating clothes.....well...I'll not get that done today, so I hope to hit some high spots before I have to move along to baking a pumpkin and baking some bread. Still have huge pumpkins and squash sitting under the carport right now that need canned up in some manner...again...a fall chore.
Company coming tomorrow, so no chance of knocking out the list then..... but needless to say we have a myriad of winter chores on the list and the list seems to grow rather than get shorter at times.
Add to that, I still have a biggy on the fall list I haven't completed...I started it but never got it finished~clean out and sorting of items in the pantry/mud room where all the canned goods, tools, small appliances, water, etc. are stored. Can't build the tater bin/bench for that room until I clear it out(also was on the fall list) and I can't really get that build done until I run electric into the shed(which was on the spring list, then the fall list and now...), which will lead to putting together that shelf that we bought some time back in order to organize the shed better.....
Winter chores? I've gottem.
Right after I get done with the spring/summer/fall chores.
Steve
