OFG said: its a new year starting today. Whats on your to do list?

[murphysranch]

Mine is:
1. have more patience with my Mother. Aauuugghhh. She's 80 and leaving today after a nice visit. So get over it, Barbara.
2. get yer rear in gear and get going. Walk, stroll our property on the incline part (when its not raining and I'm not working on the ark)
3. switch to tomato juice with a splash of tabasco for my cocktail at nite
4. get off the d*** computer and do some crafts
5. take a shower every day and wash your hair - it makes you feel tons better. Like the advice to new moms - get out of the bathrobe and get dressed and make your self up - you'll face the day with a better attitude
6. read one of the 6 books your sis loaned you
7. go to Costco and get some Rx glasses with bifocals. The reading glasses aren't doing the job anymore. And severe squinting is causing wrinkles
8. anything else?

 

[FarmerJamie]

1. Get a plan together for the next that is realistic and attainable
2. Congratulate myself on putting together such a fine list
3. Read the list once per day, reminding myself what a great list of goals it is.
4. Muse on the fact that this is basically the same list from last year
5. Have a cookie, a cup of coffee, and a good book.
6.....What was the question again?

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

oh hey i LOVE this! great start, Murph!

so i have a buncha inside things

1. i have to change my dear old cat's room into a real office
2. finish the kitchen trim/cupboards
3. get dressed down to my shoes every stinkin' day (cant commit to a shower every day)
4. get seeds ordered NOW so i get the freebies they are offering
5. get the garden much more organized that it has been
6. work on the hen/goat house so they are in tip top shape
7. find a way to build the "loafing" area on the side of the goat house i've been planning since we got here
8. improve our fencing
9. work in vigor to get pasture established so i can get me a cow
10. sell, give, or donate all this junk that i dont need anymore

 

[FarmerDenise]

I got one posted to the computer, it says:
Get flea stuff for the dog
Breed goats
Finalize and mail baby shower invitations
Prepare/shovel out the house for said baby shower
Make doctor's appointment (so I can get more sanity pills )

There is more, but this is the urgent stuff for now.

 

[Henrietta23]

Get Golden Retriever neutered
Get Daisy the goat bred
Make more diverse cheeses
declutter and organize (hmmm, that does sound familiar)
find a way to garden successfully here
Paint kitchen cabinets
Paint LR
reclaim computer room
replace computer

 

[tortoise]

Now: Get Christmas stuff cleaned up and out of my sight! So sick of it already. Sort out my son's Christmas toys so they all have places to go and he can clean his room my himself. Thank you cards!

January: Buy nothing new. Stock freezer with bread dough, pizza. Butcher that 1 last rabbit.

February: Buy only made in USA (excluding second-hand items).

March: Seed sharing and garden planning, build rabbit nestboxes, harvest angora (should get almost a pound of wool!) 4-year-old Kindegarten testing.

April: Fix rabbit watering system. Build rabbit tractors if my fiance will let me!

May: Try to sell a whole lot of baby rabbits. Time to start teaching my son French!

June: Family stay-cation

July: Vacation to Canada! harvest angora (should get almost a pound of wool!)

August: Garden harvest, learn how to can! 4-year-old kindegarten starts. (What am I going to do with all my free time?!!)

September: Getting married? Maybe? We haven't set a date yet... Continue canning...

November: Deer hunting and processing, render venison fat

Decmeber: Christmas stuff, harvest angora (should get almost a pound of wool!)

... not sure after that! I have a lot of dog training to do, constantly trying to improve my rabbit herd. Teaching my son to read better (he is 3!). I want to get more hard fat to render into tallow for soap and candles. I'll be working on spinning - my dream is to knit a sweater after one of my favorites.

 

[chipmunk]

1) Get started raising rabbits - at least build some hutches

2) Continue to get rid of stuff via Freecycle - would like to free up at least 1/3 of the attic space

3) Expand the garden. Maybe grow some garlic and onions or shallots. Maybe get the garden we do have to produce enough to can some tomatoes...

4) Apply to nursing school, see how much of my 30 year old college degree will apply so I don't have to take prerequisite classes.

5) Get in my 10,000 steps a day.

6) Plant some more fruits: raspberries (hoping the one cane that survived this year will sprout a bunch more), grapes, maybe some apples I can espalier along the back fence. Probably ought to figure out how to prune the 4 trees I have out front so I can reach the apples we get (they're about 25 feet in the air now...).

We'll see how much of this actually gets done. I had a goal in 2006 to get more knobs to replace the ones that had broken on the stove; I just got those as a Christmas present this year!

 

[Wannabefree]

1. Quit smoking.
2. Get a life.
3. Figure out how to make an old age ray and shoot DD13 with it so she can get out.
4. Win the lottery...by finding the winning ticket on the ground outside the gas station because I don't play lotto!!!
5. FINALLY have a honeymoon
6. Run for president
7. Win!
8. Execute the whiners via issuance of a gun with one bullet while playing Justin Beiber over the intercom system at full volume until they shoot themselves.
9. Start mandatory SS in all public school systems requiring 3 credits to graduate.
10. Set more realistic goals next year.

 

[SKR8PN]

1) Figure out what I wanna do when I grow up.

2) Make the garden even more efficient than it already is.

3) Make the greenhouse pay for itself in plants. It already has paid for itself in a lack of a heat bill!

4) Get Wheelers car OUT of my shop! (long story)

5) Build a new, more secure, chicken tractor.

6) Get more hens to replace the ones we just lost.

7) Trap me a weasel or two.........

 

[abifae]

My new year started Nov 1. So I've been saying 2011 for two months and now I think Jan is 2012. I do this EVERY year. You'd think I'd learn.

1. Get my four dances DOWN so my teacher will teach me more new ones

2. Learn to sew bras

3. Have nieces out for summer and further corrupt them to my ways

4. Visit dad enough to get good at pool

That's about it. Otherwise just keep plugging along. I keep learning more every day and figuring out how to navigate this OutSector.