My November Goals

The oak tree in my neighbour's back yard is my favourite tree in Autumn

Homemade turkey vegetable soup

Yesterday I busied myself with making cards. I decided that I should keep going making birthday and thank you cards for sets to gift at Christmas. The first thing I had to do was tidy up my crafting table which was covered with the wrappings from the Advent calendars. I had done lots of housework the day before on Domestic Monday, so I was not feeling like continuing along that line again. So crafting cards was an easy choice. I spent most of the day doing that.

I had simmered what was left of the turkey in the crock pot overnight. At eleven o'clock I added some diced onion and celery, some frozen veggies that I brought home last week from Special meals, a container of black beans from the freezer, a few cherry tomatoes and a couple of big handfuls of small shell pasta. I enjoyed a couple of bowls of that for my lunch. Last night's dinner was easy. We had leftovers of turkey and gravy from the night before. I boiled some more potatoes and some burgundy beans from the freezer. I also made an apple crisp for dessert.

After dinner I called my mother. This was the first time I have called since she was moved to the long-term convalescent care home in Fergus. I interrupted a game of cards, so I told her I would call back after 8 o'clock, which I did. She was  very good, and we had a lovely visit. I told her I would be calling her more often, which leads me to my monthly goals.

I have decided that I should make a more concerted effort to keep in touch with family. Today I was in the Craft Room making cards, so I made a "Hello...thinking of you" card for my mom. I keyed a short note on the  computer and printed it out in a large font (my mom is losing her eyesight, so I am hoping she will be able to read this) I told her I enjoyed our conversation. I  talked a bit about what I am doing around the house (some of that is a repeat of what we talked about last night), and what I am making for supper. I mailed it out today, so hopefully she will get it by Friday.

• I need to do a deep clean of my kitchen before I settle down to do Christmas baking in December.

• I need to finish all of my homemade gifts this month.

• I would like to make Christmas cards for the kids; and if I have time, do all my Christmas cards again this year. 

• Since I was unable to do my deep-cleaning in October, I will attempt to clean and straighten each room downstairs before I hang decorations. 

• I would still like to do a deep-clean of my bedroom and bath. 

• I would like to put up some outdoor decorations this month.

• I will try harder to write a goals update each Friday of the month to summarize my monthly goals, money spent, maintenance and preparedness, special projects, crafting and organization. 

There you have it....my goals for November. I am already behind by one week. But at least I have some direction to take.