Autumn Goals and Events

It's hard to believe that it's already a week into September. This year has flown, but at least this year I know exactly why!

Anyway, now that the weather is cooler and I can be upstairs and actually DO the things I want to in my office... I'm setting myself some personal goals for some "autumn organizing." Ideally, I'd like to do this by the end of October, but realistically, it's November... and more realistically, I have no hope of getting all of this done, but I'm going to at least try it because I'll be extremely happy if I can get it all done.


Important Dates to Remember
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- Sept. 9th, Dad's birthday
- Sept. 12th, World's Largest Dungeon game
- Sept. 16-18th, in Maine to see Erich's mom
- Sept. 24th, Erich's game, Frank's birthday
- Oct. 1st, Ivanna's wedding (in PA/NJ Sept. 30-Oct. 2)
- Oct. 10, World's Largest Dungeon game
- Sometime in October, King Richard's Faire
- Oct. 21-24, mourn not being at JournalCon, but drink anyway
- November 1st, NaNoWriMo again owns my soul (but not in an ML capacity this year)
- November 10, Erich's mom's birthday
- November 22, Marya's birthday
- November 23, Ivanna's birthday
- November 24, Thanksgiving (at home, if anyone needs a place to eat)
- November 25-27th, on Cape Cod for annual LANness


Things to do...

KITCHEN
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- Clean out and reorganize butler's pantry
- Unpack rest of boxes currently out on mudroom porch
- Figure out how/where all kitchen supplies go to reclaim counter space
- An honest hands and knees scrub of the kitchen floor (bleh)

BEDROOM
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- Reorganize dresser
- Put away heaping pile of clean clothes on dresser
- Stablize bedside table

CLOSET
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- Resort shoe rack
- Organize top shelves
- Set aside place for assessories (belts, scarves, etc)
- Get dry-cleaning done

OFFICE
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- Fix storage cart wheels
- Empty all boxes currently in the room ** IN PROGRESS **
- Organize things into storage carts & label carts
- Organize bookshelf
- Set up lamp
- Gather and sort all computer CD's by computer type

OUTSIDE
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- Buy some bags of topsoil
- Plant hydrangea in ground
- Plant day & asiatic lilies in ground
- Plant lemon basil in ground
- Help Erich with raking and trimming as needed

STITCHING
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- Gather all WIPs and UFOs, make sure they have all supplies
- Photograph all WIPs and UFOs
- Update website WIP pages
- Create list of all stash supplies- charts, threads, kits, etc.
- Finish Egyptian Sampler rotation
- Cats on a Staircase rotation
- Astrology sampler start/rotation
- The Castle rotation ** IN PROGRESS **
- Smoky Mountain Cats rotation
- Home is Where the Cat is rotation (finish?)
- Purchase fabric for Apache Wedding Blessing
- Apache Wedding Blessing rotation
- Purchase floss organizer boxes for each individual project in WIP list

SWAPPING
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- Update status report on lists by Sept. 8th
- Repost new swaps Sept. 8th
- Get all overdue swaps done and out by Sept. 9th * IN PROGRESS **
- Finish all current swaps ** IN PROGRESS **
- Bag and send all excess supply swaps by Sept. 12th ** IN PROGRESS **
- Bundle penpal letters for replies

SORORITY
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- Meet with Tricia to do website updates ** POSTPONED **
- Meet with Maureen regarding alumni help needs
- Attend meetings as often as possible (at least one per month)
- Host Stitch-n-Bitch during fall semester (with Michelle? Alumni event?)
- Attend at least one rush event that isn't the Tea
- Attend the Tea