Task it Tuesday - Aug 21

Originally created by The Geeky Blogger, Task It Tuesday is a weekly meme to help you--and me--get things done. The challenge is to post a task or list of tasks you want to complete before next Tuesday. These tasks can help you with your blogging life, reading life, personal or professional life.

Finally feeling like the sale is in the home stretch. Smoke certificate is done. City is coming to do the water reading. I finished going through the basement and the clean out guy started working there yesterday. The only thing from last week's to-do list that remains undone is cleaning out my office. I think it's just going to have to wait until I have everything here. Then I can move all the home files into the basement and only have active files upstairs.

So what's on this week's to-do list:

1. Meet the water department tomorrow. 
2. Take my mother-in-law for her haircut.
3. Make room in the basement for items coming here from the in-laws' house.
4. Touch base with two clients and see if we can't get their homes listed soon.
5. Do final back to school shopping. Haven't done much. The Lil' Princess starts next Monday and the Lil' Diva goes back next Thursday. 
6. Blogging at Christian Children's Authors.
7. Write two book reviews.

That list is definitely enough to keep me busy. What's on your list for this week?

Mailbox Monday - Aug 20

Mailbox Monday is a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. It now has a permanent home at the Mailbox Monday blog.

Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles, and humongous wish lists.

We are back to Monday again. Things have been hectic here. Lots of real estate appointments and getting the bulk of the clean out done at the in-laws' place. Thankfully the house closes on August 27.

The family is thinking of taking an overnight trip to NYC soon as a present for the Lil' Diva's birthday. She loves the city. I'll take the Outer Banks.

Nothing in my mailbox last week, but just as well because I'm not getting a lot of reading done.

Hope you have a blessed week.

Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts - August 15

Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts is hosted by Bookishly Boisterous. This is a chance for book bloggers to dabble in areas besides books (but those are welcome too). Share your plans for the weekend, a rant on people not using their turn signals in parking lots, or your love of Sunday morning mimosas.

Please join me in saying a prayer for one of the Lil' Princess' friends. She was born with a condition called NF2. She has developed benign tumors throughout her body requiring dozens of surgeries. She is scheduled for another major surgery today. May God's hands guide the doctors as they operate on this sweet girl.

God has certainly blessed us with plenty of vegetables from the garden this year. The carrots didn't make it, but everything else is coming along nicely and the potatoes should be ready by the end of the month.

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Task it Tuesday - August 14

Originally created by The Geeky Blogger, Task It Tuesday is a weekly meme to help you--and me--get things done. The challenge is to post a task or list of tasks you want to complete before next Tuesday. These tasks can help you with your blogging life, reading life, personal or professional life.

Another week has passed and I feel like I spend a lot of time behind the eight ball. There's a lot going on, but working to stay focused. With God's grace it will all get done. Here's what's on my to-do list:

• Smoke certificate for the in-laws' place - To be done today.
• Go through the in-laws' basement - Planned for Friday
• Lunch with a friend - Planned for Friday late morning
• Meet clean out person at in-laws' place - Scheduled for Saturday morning
• Find my office - Maybe Sunday if I am not showing houses

What's on your to-do list? 

Mailbox Monday - Aug 13

Mailbox Monday is a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. It now has a permanent home at the Mailbox Monday blog.

Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles, and humongous wish lists.

The Outer Banks has been very much on my mind this week, so the beach mailbox is back. We're already planning next year's vacation. I would actually love to go down in December if we could do it cheaply enough. Since the Lil' Princess will have several weeks off around Christmas, it would be a perfect time for us to get away. Guess we will have to wait and see what the Lil' Diva's work schedule looks like.

Speaking of the Lil' Diva--she turned 17 this weekend. There are days I wish I could turn back time and make her 5 again. She's already looking forward to college next year.

Here is what my mail carrier dropped off to me this week.

I've read the other books in the series and loved them. This will be a new author to me, so I hope I'll enjoy this installment of The Daughters of the Mayflower as well.

This is a poetry collection that I'll be reviewing at The Book Connection next week. 

This is another poetry collection with beautiful artwork. I think I'm reviewing this one in September. 

I'll be in Devens for a strategic planning event today, so I might be late visiting your blogs. I hope you'll share your mailbox with us. Have a blessed week.

Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts - Aug 8

Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts is hosted by Bookishly Boisterous. This is a chance for book bloggers to dabble in areas besides books (but those are welcome too). Share your plans for the weekend, a rant on people not using their turn signals in parking lots, or your love of Sunday morning mimosas.

1. Building relationships is so important in life. Whether they are personal relationships or business relationships, so much is gained when you nurture them. 
2. Integrity matters. 
3. What would be nice to see in this world is a bit more self-control and a little less talk about people's rights. 
4. Rich Little is still alive and still acting. Wow! This is totally random, I realize, but I was thinking about Don Rickles, Bob Hope and other comedians from my childhood and thought maybe Rich Little had passed away, so I looked him up on the IMDB. Amazing. 

Task it Tuesday - Aug 7

Originally created by The Geeky Blogger, Task It Tuesday is a weekly meme to help you--and me--get things done. The challenge is to post a task or list of tasks you want to complete before next Tuesday. These tasks can help you with your blogging life, reading life, personal or professional life.

Here were the things from my last list:

• Schedule my blogs posts. I want to schedule them on Wednesday for the rest of the month. We will see how it goes. Didn't happen yet, but at least I am not behind right now. 
• Pack up items to donate when Hartsprings comes on August 2. I have three boxes so far. DONE
• Clean my office. I've been moving my in-laws' paperwork and filing cabinet into my tiny office and now I have too much stuff in here. Time to declutter. Partially done. Shredded things, put more things away, and I can see more of the floor now. Still need to get all the rest of their files into my filing cabinet and throw the old metal one away. It's in bad shape.

As for this week, the cleaning out at the in-laws' place must continue. It's due to close at the end of the month. This weekend some of the furniture is going. Today, I brought a few more things here and went through them. On Friday, assuming I can take a day off, I'll dig into the basement more. That's where most of the stuff is. 

What's on your to-do list this week?