In the Merry Month of May

Heart:

• put a ruthless end to computer drift: set blackout times for internet goofing around and stick to them faithfully <-- ai yi yi, this is hard for me
• root out the #1 cause of uncharitable thoughts, words, and deeds: barring circumstances like a sick child, be in bed by 10:30 each weeknight (11 on Fri/Sat) -- I'd say I managed it 90% of the time, and this was a tough one for me. Calling it done.
• stick to morning routine, every day
• ditto for evening <-- see update post
• work on mid-morning and mid-afternoon routines: stick to them 75% of the time <-- progress, hurray!
• teach Psalm 100 to boys
• pray the Pentecost novena with the family -- it was actually mostly just me, with the older boys joining in three or four times
• read Finding and Maintaining Peace -- it disappeared for a week (thanks, Stella) and it's not a book I want to race through

Head:

• grant application
• surprise guest lecture
• write exam questions
• conference poster
• IRB application
• begin article draft
• graduate (!!!)
• read borrowed books: Swimming with Scapulars, Switch, The Ever Breath

Hands:

• finish green socks for me
• finish a pair of kid socks
• draw up sample design
• get a veggie/herb garden planted
• get some annuals in along the east side of the house
• and the south side too
• weed and mulch the west bed
• figure out those north beds before the dandelions grow fangs and start attacking the postman
• five months' worth of pictures in an album

Home:

• declutter music room
• >declutter living room
• declutter our room <-- progress!
• look through Confessions of an Organized Homemaker for useful ideas

Hips:

• run 20 miles (or do the equivalent in other exercise if weather/aging joints make it impossible to run)
• resurrect The Vegetable Project: 5 servings of veggies and a gallon of cold water daily; no sugar with an exception for graduation day <-- see update post
• 15 mins of T-Tapp at least 10 times <-- not 10 but 7
• lose 6 pounds

Half-pints:

• finish Return of the King with Joe & Marty
• read Horse and His Boy to Joe and Pete
• finish Webelo requirements with Marty
• finish Parvuli Dei award <-- this thing goes on FOREVER
• exercise with Alex (5 times, we'll say)
• make a curtain for Joe's clubhouse <-- this should only take me about 20 more minutes. I just need to buckle down. A June project.