Achievements For The Past Week, and Plans For This Week

Joining today with Porch Swing Quilts for Make-A-List Colour Monday.

It is the first day of winter here and we woke up to ice all over everything. Whirlwind, in his usual crazy rush, slipped in the ice heading out the door to school and landed flat on his backside.

Yesterday, a lovely time was spent at Crafternoon. I worked on Miss Ballerina's quilt. The boys raced off with all the other children there, and had a great time. On the way home, Whirlwind said it was the best day of his life. Oh to be six years old and so happy and easy to please!

I have been working on the garden. I want to get it all weeded and mulched, ready for some planting. Hubby mowed down all the thistles and nettles in the paddock again. We will do it a few times over their growing season, before they flower, so all the nutrients return to the soil and hopefully, no seed sets.

So this week's list is:

Garden and homestead

• Veggie garden - continue weeding and mulching, plant out areas as completed.

• Clean out deep litter from chicken pen to the compost and lay new straw.

• Weed daffodil bed. (three quarters of the way!)

• Plant new plants.

• Sprout wheat grain for chickens.

Knitting, sewing, crafting

• Three hours of hand quilting on Miss Ballerina's quilt. 

• Finish back of Shoulder Rolls jumper from November 1933 Stitchcraft. 

• Make item from February 1934 Stitchcraft. 

• Graph Minecraft quilt for Whirlwind's birthday, using this one as a guide.

Looks like the garden stole all my crafting time this week! Low achievement in this area.

Household

• Inventory pantry items and determine use by dates. Meal plan accordingly, then keep pantry inventory up to date.

• Write letters to my sponsor children.

• Clean up clutter corner in our bedroom.

• Make lemon butter as our lemon tree is bursting with lemons.

This was the first preserving/pantry book I ever bought, published in 1993. It has great recipes, including recipes for every type of curry paste you can imagine.

Also stole time from here! But the garden is starting to come along nicely. I really need it to be ready for a big spring planting.

Daisy bushes planted to fill in the fence line

Just look at the lovely mulched part in the front - ignore the spreading green in the background!

Pea trellis ready to go

Ir is shoots are poking their heads up

Lemon tree with so many lemons ready to ripen

This week's list (with way too many carry forwards - again!)

Garden and homestead

• Veggie garden - continue weeding and mulching, plant out areas as completed.

• Lay new paths in veggie garden and garden bed under apple tree.

• Source native grasses for the bed near the back porch.

• Start seeds and plant pea seeds.

• Sprout wheat grain for chickens.

Knitting, sewing, crafting

• Three hours of hand quilting on Miss Ballerina's quilt. 

• Finish back of Shoulder Rolls jumper from November 1933 Stitchcraft. 

• Make item from February 1934 Stitchcraft. 

• Graph Minecraft quilt for Whirlwind's birthday, using this one as a guide.

Wow, this stays pretty much the same!

Household

• Inventory pantry items and determine use by dates. Meal plan accordingly, then keep pantry inventory up to date.

• Write letters to my sponsor children.

• Clean up clutter corner in our bedroom.

• Make lime pickle and lime marmalade.

Now, onto Colour Monday! This week's theme is summer sipping; what do you like to sip on in summer? For me, of course, it is more like hot chocolate in front of the fire at the moment. But it is good to reflect on other seasons than the one you are currently in.

This would what I would regularly sip in summer - homemade lemon cordial (all those lemons again!)

But had to include this one as well; even though you are not likely to see me sipping cocktails on a beach in Hawaii any time soon!