It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote up a beginning of the week homemaking post! The amount of time that is needed to make ballgowns is surprising, even to me. With that being said, home management fell by the wayside in order to free up time to sew, so I’ll be swinging the scales back towards cleanliness and order for the next couple of weeks, and then it will be time to start prepping for Renaissance’s high school graduation festivities!
Cooking
This week’s meal plan:
- Monday: Tacos
- Tuesday: CP Picadillo Tostadas, Lemony Quinoa Salad with Radishes, Avocado & Basil, Veggie Slaw
- Wednesday: Rhubarb-glazed Pork, Crushed Red Potatoes, Spring Beans, Peas & Zucchini Ribbons, Rice Pilaf
- Thursday: IP BBQ Shredded Chicken Burgers, Broccoli Slaw, Lemon-roasted potatoes with oregano
- Friday: Spaghetti, Normandy Vegetables, Caesar Salad, French Bread
- Saturday: Barbecue
- Sunday: Thai Spicy Chicken Enchiladas, Peas, Green Bean Salad with Mustard Seeds, Herbs & Baby Chard
Clothing
- Laundry will be a priority this week, along with folding and putting away everything (It’s pretty bad in here)
- Wardrobe rotation from cold weather clothes to warm weather clothes
- Wash Rachel’s choir dress
- Nathaniel needs new clothes, especially for church
Cleaning
*silent screaming* There’s so much to do that I can’t even pick a place to start. I might just work on whatever the Tody app tells me is the most overdue and work forward from there. Oh! I do want to spend some time cleaning up the prom dress sewing leftovers, just for the sake of closure. Feels like that’d be a nice thing to do.
Caring
- Get Nathaniel signed up for summer school so he can free up space in his regular school year schedule
- Driving practice with Emily & Rachel
- Help the girls start looking for summer jobs
- Replace batteries in smoke detectors
- Make checkup appointments for everyone
- Create FHE schedule
- The girls need haircuts
- Decide if Nathaniel is going to YM camp
Creativity
I will be taking a break for at least a week, if not two. The craft room definitely needs a good cleaning and decluttering, but that might have to wait until after graduation festivities.
Gardening
- Direct sow 4th Week of April seeds:
- Cosmos
- Sunflower: Autumn Beauty
- Impatiens
- Zinnia
- Cucumber
- Summer Squash
- Viola
- Direct sow 1st Week of May seeds:
- Alyssum
- Marigolds
- Sunflower: Jua Maya
- Cabbage
- Green Beans (Bush)
- Lettuce
- Direct sow 2nd Week of May seeds:
- Zucchini
- Sunflower: Sunshine
- Melons
- Carrots
- Plant petunias
- Assemble hanging baskets
- Research lawn feeding and weed killing and make a plan
- WEEDING
- Ramp up slug killing endeavors because the little demons are eating everything
Celebrating
- Breathe a sigh of relief that prom season is over, clean up the mess, and engage in some well-deserved recovery activities
- Clean up the errant Christmas items that I’ve noticed but told myself to ignore while working on the prom dresses
- Do a wrapping paper/gift bag bin purge
- Renaissance’s Graduation Party:
- Address & mail out invitations
- Check that everyone has appropriate clothing
- Decide decorations
- Decide menu
- Decide activities
- Decide party favors
- Purchase serving items
Community
- Church:
- Check in with this week’s upcoming special musical number
- Check sacrament meeting topics for June and pick hymns
- Enter hymns into Gospel Library app
- Set up/confirm special musical numbers for June
- Check in with newly-assigned ministering companions
- Reach out to newly-assigned ministering sisters
- Taskify ministering reminders
- Band Parent Committee:
- Prepare agenda for meeting, print
- Print mailing list signup flyers
- Parade logistics
Top priorities this week:
- Summer School Registration
- Garden
- Laundry
- Cleaning
- Graduation party planning
Hopefully I’ll get the blog posts written for each of the prom dresses, too. The weather is going to be really great this week, so I’m looking forward to spending time outdoors after so many weeks toiling away in the craft room. Happy homemaking to you all!