Lots of lists

Highlights of the week:

• 20-week ultrasound
• planning gender reveal party- making tissue paper flowers using this tutorial
• two tries and no go- modest, shy, sleeping baby would not reveal
• cancel party
• get ready for the last chicken processing weekend- getting excited about winter (and slower-paced days)

 To-do this week:

1. Send birthday cards to three friends and several relatives
2. Laundry from chicken processing weekend
3. General laundry- try to get it all done and put away
4. Buy spices to make sausage
5. Grocery shop/make menus
6. Make 6 weeks of school plans- I can hardly believe we are done with the first 6+ weeks!
7. Help label and freeze pig
8. Grind pork and make 60 lbs of sausage
9. Call Mom
10. Go through egg customer waiting list and contact potential buyers
11. order more capsules (more on that later)
12. write pregnancy posts
13. visit midwife
14. weed strawberry patch
15. return stuff to Target/JoAnns
16. Sunday ironing
17. vacuum house
18. start thinking about Christmas picture/cards
19. make gluten free brownies, using this recipe from the Spunky Coconut
20. watch nephews while sister-in-law has a baby
21. buy lightbulbs
22. record transactions in Mint.com
23. get next book club book from the library (How Green Was My Valley)
24. find some comfortable winter shoes I can wear with socks- any ideas? Thinking about these...

Things I would like to put on my to-do list:

• make curtains for my room
• sew duvet covers for boys room
• make jewelry with Adeline
• look for some maternity tops
• make food for myself- I'm always hungry these days!

Off to bed...life is good, and I am still figuring out how to adjust to homeschooling and part-time farming, and being a pregnant wife and mom. Lots to be thankful for! More pictures to come...