flowerbug
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i take a lot of deep breaths...
2025 Resolutions
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i take a lot of deep breaths...
Mini Horses
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Reduce herd numbers, beyond kid sales.
Milk more. (Really slacked off 2024
)
Finish getting these last rolls of fence installed.
Expand raised animal feed efforts.
Pretty general -- I don't have anything specific to do.
Milk more. (Really slacked off 2024
)Finish getting these last rolls of fence installed.
Expand raised animal feed efforts.
Pretty general -- I don't have anything specific to do.
flowerbug
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and now i'm failing this already and the year hasn't started yet, but i need to get this roof crap dealt with...
frustratedearthmother
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Adding:
Dry January. No particular reason, but it'll help with the next one which is
Healthier eating of course, lol.
Strength training. (in addition to all the 50lb feed bags that I move on a regular basis)
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So, this morning's personal coffee time, I took a few minutes and visualized what a "finished" home interior would be in my head. I completely zoned out yesterday with no motivation. Felt very guilty about that this morning. The dark snowy days are not helping.
The past month has been super busy. Work has been good, having to put my thinking cap on tight to find creative ways to mitigate issues on multiple projects. However, after the work day is complete, the extrovert juices and creative abilities are completely drained.
The wife is doing great, have her on a rigid med and food schedule. That means I have to be on a schedule, too, LOL. I am happy she wants my chicken salad at least one per day. (Drop of sweetener, dried cranberries, and toasted pecans). I am glad I canned up some more chicken before all of this started.
So, my great epiphany is to focus on the tasks that must be completed-wife and cat care (food, laundry, med maintenance, etc), then focus on things causing me the most mental stress. Today's task, get the outdated stuff tossed from the refrigerator.
Menards is having a 15% off everything you can fit in a paper sack sale right now, I am thinking about running there and loading up on the specific laundry products we use....
The past month has been super busy. Work has been good, having to put my thinking cap on tight to find creative ways to mitigate issues on multiple projects. However, after the work day is complete, the extrovert juices and creative abilities are completely drained.
The wife is doing great, have her on a rigid med and food schedule. That means I have to be on a schedule, too, LOL. I am happy she wants my chicken salad at least one per day. (Drop of sweetener, dried cranberries, and toasted pecans). I am glad I canned up some more chicken before all of this started.
So, my great epiphany is to focus on the tasks that must be completed-wife and cat care (food, laundry, med maintenance, etc), then focus on things causing me the most mental stress. Today's task, get the outdated stuff tossed from the refrigerator.
Menards is having a 15% off everything you can fit in a paper sack sale right now, I am thinking about running there and loading up on the specific laundry products we use....
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murphysranch
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One step at a time. Some of your steps may be small and some may be huge! Cleaning out the refrig is therapeutic, esp when you wipe down the shelves and wash out the drawers.
I'm decluttering. One room at a time, but then I get distracted and move to another room.
I sold a heart shaped Wedgewood Jasperware Heart shaped trinket holder, that I'd had on FB marketplace and on ebay, for $10 yesterday. I've had it since the 70's. I was about to give it away. The point is its no longer taking up room in my memories. My kitchen table is filled with "things" to go to Goodwill. Since they are open today, I'm rushing them over to get rid of the burden of those "things".
I'm decluttering. One room at a time, but then I get distracted and move to another room.
I sold a heart shaped Wedgewood Jasperware Heart shaped trinket holder, that I'd had on FB marketplace and on ebay, for $10 yesterday. I've had it since the 70's. I was about to give it away. The point is its no longer taking up room in my memories. My kitchen table is filled with "things" to go to Goodwill. Since they are open today, I'm rushing them over to get rid of the burden of those "things".
baymule
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I still haven’t sat down to make my list. But I’ll get to it.
Finnie
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Ok before I posted a several year list of long term goals. I finally made a 2025 list.
1. Set up a “bulk” feeding and watering system for the chickens to streamline my daily chores and to make it possible to leave them for 3-4 days at a time for weekend trips. This would also allow longer trips where we wouldn’t have to pay for quite as many visits by the chicken sitter. (Have already begun work on this one.)
2. Finish cleaning the basement. Spend at least one hour down there every weekend. (So far this year I’ve done 1 hour. I need to catch up last weekend’s hour plus do this weekend’s.)
3. Tame (and downsize) the landscaping. I didn’t weed at all last year
A few beds are full of enough perennials that it didn’t really matter for those, but the rest are a disaster. And DH says I have too many, so I really need to turn some of them into just mulch that we can spray and weed whack without worrying about killing my “precious” flowers.
4. Check off some of my chicken breeding goals. Then eliminate those breeds that I don’t plan to keep long term.
5. Everyone’s perennial goal: lose weight!
(I’m actually down 19 pounds from what I was two years ago. This years goal is to add another 11 to that. Baby steps)
6. Make a plan for getting a Dalmatian. I fell in love with this breed in 1989 when my sister got one. My husband did not like that dog. (She was a bad dog mama- eventually her wonderful dog breeder helped her rehome it to a good dog mama.
) It’s a long story, but so far for one reason or another we have always chosen different breeds of dogs. I am determined that I will have a Dalmatian before I am too old to manage a high energy dog. With my dachshund Liesl dying this year, there will be a new puppy some time in the relatively near future. I’m way too busy right now, so I have to plan how and when to cut back on my commitments to make the time. 2025 may not be the year, but my goal is to put a plan in place.
So that’s it. 6 items on the list. Ought to be able to accomplish 6 things in 12 months.
1. Set up a “bulk” feeding and watering system for the chickens to streamline my daily chores and to make it possible to leave them for 3-4 days at a time for weekend trips. This would also allow longer trips where we wouldn’t have to pay for quite as many visits by the chicken sitter. (Have already begun work on this one.)
2. Finish cleaning the basement. Spend at least one hour down there every weekend. (So far this year I’ve done 1 hour. I need to catch up last weekend’s hour plus do this weekend’s.)
3. Tame (and downsize) the landscaping. I didn’t weed at all last year
A few beds are full of enough perennials that it didn’t really matter for those, but the rest are a disaster. And DH says I have too many, so I really need to turn some of them into just mulch that we can spray and weed whack without worrying about killing my “precious” flowers.4. Check off some of my chicken breeding goals. Then eliminate those breeds that I don’t plan to keep long term.
5. Everyone’s perennial goal: lose weight!
(I’m actually down 19 pounds from what I was two years ago. This years goal is to add another 11 to that. Baby steps)6. Make a plan for getting a Dalmatian. I fell in love with this breed in 1989 when my sister got one. My husband did not like that dog. (She was a bad dog mama- eventually her wonderful dog breeder helped her rehome it to a good dog mama.
) It’s a long story, but so far for one reason or another we have always chosen different breeds of dogs. I am determined that I will have a Dalmatian before I am too old to manage a high energy dog. With my dachshund Liesl dying this year, there will be a new puppy some time in the relatively near future. I’m way too busy right now, so I have to plan how and when to cut back on my commitments to make the time. 2025 may not be the year, but my goal is to put a plan in place. So that’s it. 6 items on the list. Ought to be able to accomplish 6 things in 12 months.
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Since decluttering is one of my annual goals, I will post here.
With the wife recovering from surgery, the house has been basically mine to run alone. I have been slowly working through the pantry and freezers to whittle down the overabundance of supplies. I have one pantry shelf back to "normal", meaning nothing stacked multiple units high. The refrigerator freezer door no longer needs stuff positioned "just right" to be able to be closed.
Trying to grocery shop exclusively from a defined list, permitting myself one "impulse" buy per grocery run.
Small steps
With the wife recovering from surgery, the house has been basically mine to run alone. I have been slowly working through the pantry and freezers to whittle down the overabundance of supplies. I have one pantry shelf back to "normal", meaning nothing stacked multiple units high. The refrigerator freezer door no longer needs stuff positioned "just right" to be able to be closed.
Trying to grocery shop exclusively from a defined list, permitting myself one "impulse" buy per grocery run.
Small steps
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This approach will help you both in the short term and the long run!!
