Chores

These are the major chores I tackled since the end of May 2011 - it feels good to have done so much this year!

1. May
1. Clothes – went through all the closets and drawers
2. Kitchen drawers, cabinets, counters - got rid of broken things, sorted items, got new spices
3. Put in vegetable garden
4. Put furniture outside
2. June -
1. Cleaned pantry
2. Cleaned out fridges and freezers
3. Mudroom
4. Did flower gardens – killed the bishops weed
3. July –
1. Cleaned office drawers, closet, cabinets - threw out old files
2. Organized art supplies and drawings/paper
3. Gardens – kept battling the bishops weed, watering, feeding, deadheading, planting new roses
4. Aug -
1. Organized more computer files, paper files
2. Cleaned out the linen closet
3. Cleaned out the basement
4. Cleaned up area near driveway - weeding, cutting back weedy trees, pruning lilacs
5. Made pickles, jams, froze corn, peppers, etc.
5. Sept -
1. Den – cabinets, drawers, family photos
2. Dining room – cleaned out cabinets
3. Living room – debulked
4. Roasted red peppers and stored in fridge
6. Oct - 
1. Oct 2 - Tried new cooking things -made soufflé, flan, crème brulee, and a whole wheat bread with 12 grains
2. Canned 21 quarts of applesauce – and jam
3. Organized getting bull
4. Polished all the brass and silver in the house
5. Got the chimneys swept, got the roof fixed/estimates, got the chimney repair estimates and booked dates
7. Nov -  
1. Cleaned out all bathroom cabinets 
2. Work travels and visiting family
3. Farm – organized cow going to processor, bull going back to Someday
4. Helped Bob split, stack and store 3 cords of wood
5. Cleaned out the chicken coop
8. Dec -
1. Cleaned barn and  took stuff to dump       
2. Did outdoor decorations – wreaths, garland, lights
3. Planted bulbs
4. Fixing broken things - Japanese lamps, rush chairs, cuckoo clock, electric train