Things that need attention.

There are so many things I want to get done, that I generally just get overwhelmed, and then don't start. So I thought maybe if I started a list of the projects that I want to work on and complete, I could start hacking away at it.

 

This is my craft-tastrophy.  I like to make bows and dresses for my girls and the like. It's very extremely frustrating though, for obvious reasons.                                                                                       

   This is my storage. Uhm... so... yeah...                                                                                           

      My children are between rooms, so that should probably be worked on.

At the moment, those are probably the most pressing issues that need attention in my world. Well, and then there's menu planning, kids schedules, budgeting.. there are just too many, my brain is getting foggy. I must. stay. focused.  Wouldn't it be the greatest if there were like a book that you could write down things you need to do and stay organized and on top of things?.. If only there were some kind of thing like that, a note book used to plan...

I found list of things you can do in a monthly basis to get your food storage up and running. I don't remember where I found it or I would link it. I've tweaked it to fit what our family actually uses. August is 100 qts of fruits or vegetables per person and 24 pints of jams or jellies, and school and pet supplies. So this weekend I'm planning to can peaches. I'm not even sure how many I'll make. I want to do at least 40 but that won't even put a dent in the 600 number. I am thinking I'll do Apple sauce and pie filling, does that count? Sure it does!
I want to do tomatoes too. The garden was kind of a bust this year. I'm not sure what I did wrong, the tomatoes never showed up. So if I do them, I'll have to buy them. What other vegetables could I preserve? Any suggestions of things that work well?



                                                                       

Wonderment and inspiration.

 Hello, peasant.

 Yes, Hello.

 I have this stick!

 I can fold my tongue.

 Get out of here!

 That is simply wonderful!

 I can sing with my eyes shut.

 You are a wonder!

The tenatious sunflower.

Hey Kim! Wuzzup? I changed the name cause it seemed like a good thing to do. I want to always be righteous, so I followed my heart.
This is Oliver's sunflower. Can you say, "oh my WORD?" He planted it from a seed in his kindergarten class in, I'm gonna say, May? Anyways, he brought it home and it sat on our windowsill for a month and then we put it out by the back of the house for Moony to enjoy. It wilted. It died. For real. It was gone. Then out of no where, I noticed this large glorious weed. I almost pulled it, but didn't because I take a lot of pride in the weeds around my house. It is Oliver's sunflower come back from the dead! Resurrected! It is, not kidding, only a few inched short of our roof now. I'll post another picture when we have a beautiful flower on it. Oh yeah, and that is a sprig of some kind of tree that I didn't plant  over there on the left. Ah, nature!