Five Loaves

SNS: Mid-February

Prayer: Adoration, weekday Mass x 2, compline most nights

Person: run 10 miles, get to one group fitness class, keep plowing through the Kindle backlog, get a haircut

Parent: balaclava, pictures from April/May/January, story in bed with the 4yo most nights, progress on Fellowship of the Ring, more work on evening routine

Provider: finish all grading Monday morning, slides posted before school's out Monday, make tables of requested changes for manuscripts, email editor #2, keep inboxes empty, articles for lit review

SNS: Early February Edition

Prayer: Adoration, confession, one weekday Mass, compline most nights

Person: run 10mi [only 5ish this week], one strength workout, make a dent in a backlogged Kindle book, update Rav notebook

Parent: finish balaclava, April/May/Jan pix, work on evening routine with kids

Provider: gifts to nieces, clean house, grade swiftly, collect articles for lit review, contact guest speakers

 

SNS: Summer, week 3

1. Get to a 7am Mass in the next 3 days. Get to Adoration. Keep working on attentive prayer.

2. Exercise for 30 minutes a day. Eat all the CSA veggies. Don't eat sugar. Go to bed early even if the 3yo is up late. Find a sitter for some quiet time. Blog x 3.

4. Read daily with littles. Call camp director. Work on pix. Pick up uniforms for oldest.

5. Knock off another 5 items from the running to-do list. Aim for a submittable draft by June 30.

SNS: Summer, week 2

1. Get to a daily Mass, confession, and Adoration. Pray attentively. Only made it to Adoration.

2. Exercise 30 minutes a day. Finish Wolf Hall. Don't eat sugar. Finish the CSA veggies. Garden regularly. Almost a success. Should finish Wolf Hall tomorrow. Still have to eat the CSA turnip greens, the last of the green salad, and the last of the root veggies. Can do. Spotty on the sugar front, but working on it.

4. Read LOTR on at least 5 days. Work on the underwear thing with Stella. Work on space invaders socks. Check!

5. Deal with "action required" cubby. Knock 5 items off to-do list. Work on pictures every day. Clean up work odds and ends. Clean house. Oh, the PICTURES just never seem to get done. Took care of the other stuff, though.

SNS: Summer!

0. Write down a Summer Plan.

1. Pray attentively, not hurriedly. Add the St. Thomas Aquinas prayer for order. Get to Mass + Adoration.

2. Exercise for an average of 30 minutes/day. Don't eat sugar. Finish the CSA veggies. Garden regularly.

4. Finish dragon socks. Read LOTR on at least 5 days. Work on the underwear thing with Stella.

5. Submit grades! Clean house! Sort papers!

SNS: Last week of classes

It's all work goals this week:

1. Finish syllabus for summer class
2. Rough out slides for lectures 1-3
3. Post lecture slides by 5
4. Draft finals by Weds/Thurs, respectively
5. Finish assignment grading by Tuesday

SNS: Second week of Easter

All right, the octave of Easter is ending and I am taking a big step back from that fuzzy line between feasting and gluttony.

Prayer: Mass on Tuesday, confession this week

Person: green smoothies every morning! salad every day! couch to 5K x 3! and a meeting on Thursday too.

Parent/Provider: aim to post slides by 3pm to minimize work time after school hours. Begin drafting finals. Read a little each day in preparation for summer class. Write principals re: observation idea. Clean house. Keep reading Mysterious Benedict Society to Pete and letting the 3yo choose a stack of books daily. Finish dragon socks.

SNS: Back to work edition

This week I am kind of preoccupied with work -- a little worried about getting ahead for next week, when my kids have spring break. Work goals:

1. Get slides posted by 5:00 each day
2. Write a few exam questions each day
3. Work on manuscript for 15 minutes each day
4. Read for summer class for 15 minutes each day
5. Work a little bit each day on next week's lectures

Non-work goals:

1. Get to a daily Mass
2. Keep going with with the couch-to-5K plan

SNS: Spring Break Edition!

Goals for tomorrow:

1. Finish grading
2. Post grades
3. Clean house --tomorrow: hard floors and bathtubs
4. Exercise --only my grading hand and my vacuuming muscles got a workout today
5. Draft methods --excuse me while I laugh helplessly
6. Start Othello
7. Blog
8. Visit the Adoration chapel
9. Rough out next lecture --thought about it! tomorrow...

Daily goals for the rest of the week:

1. Get to Mass or spend time in the Adoration chapel -- yes!
2. Exercise -- uh, no
3. Work a bit on that article draft -- drafted!
4. Prep part of a lecture -- went well!
5. Read a chunk of Othello -- thinking too much about work
6. Avoid computer drift -- always a struggle
7. Blog -- failed internet connection got in the way
8. Spend some time organizing or beautifying the house -- lost steam toward the end of the week, but things are looking better around here
9. Knock an item off the standing to-do list -- pretty much done

By the end of the week:

1. Finish article draft
2. Have slides posted for Monday and Tuesday -- still working on Tuesday
3. Finish baby hat and red sock
4. Finish Othello -- nope
5. Empty inbox

 

SNS: Week three

1. Get to a daily Mass. Try to go to Confession. Try again with nightly compline. Make some progress on a book about St. Therese

2. Eat veggies; avoid sugar. Spend 20 minutes with the first of the picture envelopes. Aim to finish brown sock and garter cowl. Exercise twice. Post about. St. Francis de Sales.

3. Look for babysitting for 2/13.

4. Try planned snacks after school to cut down on pre-dinner pillaging.

5a. Give four lectures. Try to get slides finished during work hours. Draft exam. Attend writing class. Contact potential guest speakers. Draft assignment #2 and group project guidelines for undergrads. Write results; start methods.

5b. Order beef.