First Order of Business

Now that schools back in and I'm getting more into a better routine, I have plans.... serious plans!

Plans to get my couponing back under control.  My binder is a mess. There are tons of expired coupons in there and then I have stacks of coupon booklets that need to be sorted and filed.  Sadly, I have to work on my meal plan and grocery list today and I'm stressing out on where to start because of this!

Plans to get my basement in order.  Oh My Goodness!  That place is a mess!!  It flooded several times over the past few years and every time we've just unpacked the boxes that got we and either let it dry out of threw things away.  Well, now I have several piles of 'aired out' items and still some boxes to go through.  Plus my son's bedroom that we're building for him needs to be finished.  I did get one item knocked off my list for the basement this weekend!  I cleaned out and around the soak sink in the laundry area.  This is going to be a long process because I have walls to knock down, walls to build, doors and windows to replace, a floor to refinish, bathroom to repair, and all those boxes of 'stuff' to go through and purge.

Plans to repaint the house.  In fact, we were going to do this last fall.  Bought all the paint and its just sat in my living room closet since then. It's probably not any good by now.  I'll probably have to buy new paint.  But all the rooms in my house need a new coat of paint, the deck, the kids playground.  You name it, its needs a new coat of paint.

Plans to buy a 'new' to us car.  The truck I have likes to just cut off on my while I'm driving, even on the interstate and always when I have to be somewhere important!  There are a few other minor issues, but it has over 215,000 miles on it. Not sure how long its really going to last. I'm hoping to save up enough that I don't have to trade or sell it though. It would be useful for my soon to be driver. I've got less than 2 yrs for that.

That's just the bottom layer of the cake!  I have a huge list of things I need to get completed around here. So, the 'PLAN' is, now that I'm better scheduled and organized with the kids, to get to work on my giant list.  Wonder how many things I can knock out this month??  What about you all?  Do you have massive 'To Do' lists as well?  What the one thing on your list that's been eating at you the longest?