This Week's Hopefuls

Preserving:

can beans
can peach preserves
can zucchini relish
can B&B pickles
freeze squash
freeze peach wedges- we ate them all fresh before I got to it!
freeze swiss chard
freeze collards
can pickled beets
dry basil
make peppermint extract
make stevia extract
dry lemon balm
infuse oil with calendula
harvest potatoes (?)
harvest onions

Cooking:

make sun-dried tomato and garlic queso blanco cheese  (also garlic dill)
make Tzaziki sauce 
make mozzerella cheese  x2
make yogurt (x2- plain and vanilla)
make ice cream (I think this week will be mint. yumo.)
make fresh salsa  x2
make butter x5
Use up the (several quarts of) buttermilk in fridge.

Computer:
work on calendars
do some homeschool prep- (it is coming! ack!)
order books (see above)
send in Staples Rebates
Review for review crew
Research possible Corynn birthday gift (Elizabeth!  Send me that link please!)

Cleaning:
clean/switch mattresses in boys room.  Add mattress protectors.
change sheets on all beds -did the boys only
clean my bedroom
laundry.  (lots of laundry after a week and a half of rain plus sheet change-overs!)
begin organizing/cleaning the school room- yet again. ugh.  It gets messy even when we aren't 'doing school'.

Crafty:

Begin baby gift for Holly
Finish colored blessing day bonnet.
Block bridal shawl.

Etc.:

In my free time (which is about 10 minutes before going unconscious every evening), I'll be reading...

How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare  (Been enjoying this and learning a lot about Shakespeare myself!)
Trim Healthy Mama (I am now in the recipes section-so this is a pretty quick flip at this point)
On Secular Education (in an effort to try to rally myself for what is to come in the next few weeks.)

Two days of pleasure, now it is time to roll up the proverbial sleeves and get back to work.

What are you up to this week?

  Happy Monday!