15 minute challenge? Weekend edition

I am in this weekend. Most likely will be spread over both Saturday and Sunday. Back to school, insurance, referrals, and appointments took up my time last week. So I have a bit to do.

Post sketch

Wash clothes

Wash dog blankets

Scrub kitchen counters

Dust Kitchenaid mixer cart

Train Ride

Gas in vehicle

Swim lessons

Organize fridge

Clean outside of the fridge

Meal prep

Scrub stove/backsplash/vent

Wash bras

Scrub entry way tile grout

Wash kitchen towels/decorative towels

Dust downstairs

Windex downstairs windows

Bake pumpkin muffins for freezer

Wash clothes

Take down America/4th of July decor & have dh put away

ETA: went to Home Depot and the grocery store.

I'm in. My husband has gone with his dad and another man for most of the day so I'm in project mode.

I've already made the bed, cooked him breakfast before he left, cleaned up from that, walked the dogs, left to buy muffins from a local bakery for a bereaved family in neighborhood and delivered them along with sympathy card, and shipped a few items from my Etsy shop.

This thread reminded me... break is over! Off to get more done.

Im in. DH is out for the day so it's just me. I've ran around all week away from home, so I am ready to stay home and get things done. So in no particular order:

Wash bedding - started
Order groceries - ordered and will be here at 2
Clean out fridge
Finish sorting give away pile of scrappy things
Run dishwasher - started
Mail cards
Find wall touch up paint & touch up wall
Hang art in bathroom
Empty dishwasher

I would love to join in. I really need some motivation.

DH and DS are both at work and I would love to spend all afternoon working on things I enjoy, but there is so very much that needs to be done.

So far today I have:

Made another batch of roasted tomatoes before they went bad. Our garden has been generous this year.

Ran a load of my workout clothes (needs to be hung to dry)

Cleaned out the pantry of containers of stale chips and cookies and straightened the shelves.

Emptied the dish drainer of clean, dry dishes and then washed all of the containers from the pantry.

Loaded the dishwasher with breakfast and lunch dishes and hand washed the things that don't go into the dishwasher.

Straightened den, put pillows back on sofa and blankets away.

Bagged the pile of coats we pulled out to donate

Seems like so much, but I still need to:
Run another load of my laundry
Wash the load of kitchen bleaches
Fill my medicine sorter for the week
Empty a doom basket in my bedroom

And the biggest task I need to accomplish that I have been procrastinating on is the final ten thank you notes feom my Dad's funeral. My brothers left the entire task to me and I have really struggled to get them done.

What is bad, is these are the ones that are important, that need to say more than the generic thank you wording that I was able to find on the internet.

(Any advice on what to say would be appreciated)

Break is over. I am going to start at the top and get a few more things done. Starting a timer, lol

Great job on all the productivity so far! Everyone is getting stuff done.

Here's what I've gotten done since my earlier post:
blew off the pinestraw/leaves around the pool in preparation for the pool man to make his visit
vacuumed and mopped
cleaned the windows that the dogs constantly leave nose prints on
made a plan for supper getting out the steaks and shrimp to defrost
set out butter & cream cheese to soften for some pean tarts I'll be making later
ran the dishwasher & emptied it
caught up on emails which meant taking care of a few little things to be able to delete them

Now I think I may start re-upholstering my dining room chairs. I bought a new (to me) dining table and chairs just before the holidays last year. The fabric was a classic cream with a tiny blue fleur-de-lis type design. I wanted something more in keeping with my MCM house and found a huge bolt of the perfect fabric at a thrift store. The new fabric is white with a black chain (?) type pattern.

Going easy today. Laundry. Hope to change the sheets on my bed, but the cat has possession at present.

The baking soda needs to be cleaned from the family room rug. Another cat related issue.
Both the dog’s food and cats’ food needs to be replenished in the kitchen cabinet and rotate the new under the old of the dog food storage.

I hurt myself Tuesday. Fighting a tendon injury in my leg. So, slow is the name of the game this weekend.

I managed to do everything on my list *except* the thank you notes.

I also finished everything in the ironing basket and hemmed a pair of shorts, altered a blouse and did another few items of mending.

I got so much accomplished with this challenge, maybe tomorrow I can work on some quilting. I need to fill my tank with something enjoyable.

I am calling it quits. Got everything done (almost)  plus some extra that wasn't on my list. All I need to do tomorrow is get DH to find the paint so I can touch up a wall.

Think about something you remember them saying or doing for your dad or how much joy they brought to your dad through friendship, etc.

I am going to dust my kitchen cart that has my Kitchenaid mixer, mixer attachments and a few other items on it then call it quits for the day. Feeling the burn out. Dh and the kids are putting gas in the vehicle.

Moving slower today but getting stuff done.