Beat The Timer

Yesterday I played 'Beat the Timer' all day. These are some of the things I can accomplish in 15 minutes:

• fold and put away a load of wash


• hang out a load of laundry


• iron 7 men's short sleeved shirts


• iron 5 logo tee shirts - without smearing the logo this time!


• piece the top of a doll quilt


• sort a stack of mail and papers


• tidy one closet


• tidy one shelf on the Dreamer's bookshelf


• make a new 'mattress and pillow' for doll cradle


• plant 6 perennials


• weed a small patch of juga


• stack and 'stitch in the ditch' one doll quilt


• decorative stitch said doll quilt


• bind and finish same doll quilt


• finish 1 patio chair cushion by handsewing the seat and back together - 6 more to go (at last!)


• iron 12 shirts and shorts for The Storyteller


• download pictures from camera


• clean off a small patch of countertop


• read a Bernstein Bear book to our boy
• race a remote control Hummer all over the driveway with our boy
• pluck my eyebrows - ouch!

I also prepared a turkey breast and stuck it in the oven for dinner - we don't usually have Tuesday night turkey, but The Storyteller put the frozen on sale turkey breast in the Grammy Flat fridge instead of the freezer - thankfully I discovered it and it didn't go to waste! It will make for some easy lunches and luscious leftovers!

I gave myself the fun breaks of sewing between the other jobs, but it was fun to see just how much I can get done playing Beat the Timer! My house still looks like a whirlwind went through, but I am making progress! I am thanking God for more energy this week than I had last week! He gives strength to the weary!