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March 4, 2023


first weekend in march planning
posted by soe 12:22 am

This weekend, I’m hoping to get a few things done:

  • Get to the library, where a book I’m really looking forward to has come off hold
  • Go to the farmers market
  • Play volleyball
  • Vacuum
  • Bake gingersnaps
  • Phone a friend
  • Find two more quarters and do laundry
  • Start knitting a new sock
  • Finish cleaning the bathroom
  • Spend time outside
  • Visit the bookstore that’s having its quarterly member sale

How about you? What are you hoping to do this weekend?

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February 18, 2023


presidents’ day weekend to-do list
posted by soe 1:33 am

Things I’m hoping to get to this long mid-February weekend:

  • Get to the library
  • Buy a King Cake
  • Play volleyball with friends
  • Start my Sock Madness sock
  • Take pictures of the socks I finally finished today
  • Do laundry
  • Put away the Christmas decorations (I know, I know!)
  • Buy molasses
  • Mop the kitchen and bathroom floors
  • Write a best-of 2022 post (again, I know!)
  • Finish reading a book
  • Maybe plant some peas?

How about you? What are you hoping to fill your weekend with?

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January 28, 2023


end of january weekend planning
posted by soe 1:41 am

During this final weekend of January, I’m hoping my time includes:

  • Hanging out with a pup (I’m dogsitting this coming week)
  • Talking on the phone with my BFF
  • Playing pickup volleyball with friends
  • Shopping at the farmers market
  • Getting some writing done
  • Putting the Christmas ornaments away
  • Reading
  • Hanging fairy lights
  • Knitting
  • Baking something (unless Neal has left me the rest of the cookies I left with him last week)

What are you hoping to get up to before we turn the calendar page next week?

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December 31, 2022


ten things to do before midnight
posted by soe 1:14 am

Here are ten last things I’m hoping to cross off my to-do list before the calendar turns over, in no particular order:

  1. Paint my nails something sparkly.
  2. Finish reading and return my last overdue book to the library. (They’re closed and won’t know, but I will.)
  3. Vacuum.
  4. Make some year-end donations. (Done!)
  5. Eat ice cream with Sarah.
  6. Check in with my BFF.
  7. Get a negative COVID result. (I was on a plane yesterday with a horde of unmasked travellers, after all.)
  8. Take out the trash and the compost.
  9. Put away the groceries.
  10. Listen to new music.
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November 28, 2022


this week’s to-do list
posted by soe 1:44 am

I’m not going to lie: this is going to be a busy week for those of who dwell in the Burrow. What am I hoping to get done, all before my annual tree-trimming party next Sunday, you ask?

  • Head back to D.C. from Connecticut
  • Learn how to use the 3D printer at the library’s maker lab
  • Play volleyball
  • Complete a couple of handmade gifts
  • Finish cleaning the Burrow
  • Kick off the Virtual Advent Tour
  • Tackle a couple cooking projects
  • Buy a Christmas tree
  • Have friends over for dinner and a game night (potentially)
  • Attend a seminar with tips for improving your job search
  • Grocery shop
  • Do laundry
  • Make a couple library runs

There are probably some other things that I’m forgetting, but that’s baker’s dozen list as I have it right now.

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November 27, 2022


more mellow music: ‘won’t you come and sing for me?’
posted by soe 1:30 am

Norah Jones and Chris Thiles cover Hazel Dickens’ “Won’t You Come and Sing for Me?”

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