August 2012, Week One

So, the HGP (Holiday Grand Plan) starts today. I've tried in the past (and failed miserably) to blog my way through the Plan. So, I'm going to try again. I would probably be more encouraged if I thought anyone actually read this. I only have 2 followers, and rarely get comments.
So, right from the get-go: if you read this, please consider (1) following; and (2) commenting occasionally. I really need the encouragement! LOL!



This first week is for List making, and for the Porch. A couple of weeks ago some friends came over and cleaned my yard and porch for me. It was a wonderful surprise, and an enormously appreciated gesture of friendship. I do have a few things to do on the porch. The biggest thing is that each morning I have to dispose of 2 bags with a small amount of left over dextrose. I can't dump it out in the house, because I'm afraid of the sugar building up in the plumbing and causing problems. So I tend to toss the bags beside the porch ... and let them build up. The day my friends were here I got rid of a huge amount of them; but since then it's been rainy a lot, and they've piled up again. So before this week is out, I have to empty ALL bags and then get them into trash bags and to the dump. Anything else on my porch is just minor maintenance and keeping it clean.

Also for this first week is List making. I'm VERY good at making lists ... just not so good at accomplishing what's ON the lists! LOL! I have several notebooks I've started over the years (and just yesterday I discovered a box with 3 more of them!). So my biggest project for the week is to sort through ALL of the notebooks: I need to cull out everything that I realistically won't use (recipes, craft projects, etc.). Then I want to merge them all into 3 notebooks: One for lists for the plan, room by room; One for Christmas related exercises and prep; and One for year round household information (address lists, birthday lists, important phone numbers, etc.).

Hopefully next week I'll be able to report good progress.