November 16, 2009

I Actually Accomplished Some Things This Weekend!

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I have felt like I am falling so far behind in so many things lately. The past month has just been one thing after another, and it has really left me overwhelmed. Finally, however, I feel like I have had a pretty productive weekend, and I’m pretty psyched about that!

Oh sure, I still have to work on Christmas stuff for the first time we’ll celebrate Christmas with extended family (which is coming up pretty soon). I need to work on baby shower invitations for a shower I am hosting for Eric’s sister. I have to work on a large correspondence training project for the therapy that I do part time.

Sigh.

Okay, happy thoughts. Let me tell you what I actually did accomplish though.

1. Got caught up on quite a few emails that I had been putting off, as well as a variety of other computer related tasks.

2. Watched half of season two of The Big Bang Theory with Eric. (And, in what truly shows my ADHD tendencies, I stopped writing this post to go send him Big Bang Theory flair on Facebook and forgot I was writing this. But, maybe it was on my to do list, right?)

3. Cooked three pounds of ground beef and made it into Sloppy Joes. I froze it into two meals, in order to allow that everyone gets to have as much as they want and Eric will still have leftovers for work.

4. Separated a three pound log of ground beef (yeah, I had another one) into four portions to use for meals. Then I froze each of those portions for later use. It would have been easy to freeze it into three portions, but I like that with four portions (3/4 of a pound), we’ll eat a little less meat and then it brings down the per meal cost of the package of ground beef.

5. Cooked a whole chicken (purchased on sale) in the crock pot, and then picked all of the meat off to freeze (after Eric had dinner). I also picked all the meat off of a store prepared rotisserie chicken (it was on sale too).

6. Had a crafting evening with my Mom where I started working on a handmade Christmas gift for Molly. I’ll show you some of what I worked on soon.

7. Learned to do a blanket stitch to work on #6.

In addition to the listed things, I worked on laundry, went to Mass, and a variety of other things. Sure, I still have a lot to do, but it’s nice to look at a list of things I have completed.

What do you really need to do this week? What are you proud of having completed lately?