Ten On Tuesday - 10 Things You Need to Plan For

In a life that often seems like it's spinning out of control, planning is the thing that keeps it all in check. I almost always have a plan so this Ten on Tuesday topic works for me. Here is my list of 10 Things I Need to Plan For:

1. Vacations - I am the head vacation planner for our family. Gathering maps, making reservations, scouting restuarants etc... it's all me. I kind of like it too.
2. Meetings and training at work
3. Holidays - we host many holidays so the question really is who do we invite and what will we serve
4. Birthday's - gifts, parties and surprises
5. Dinner - I kind of hate this one. It's such a chore. I was so happy when i opened the new issue of Real Simple and saw that they have and article with 3 weeks of easy, healthy, dinners all planned out including the shopping list. Sweeeeet!
6. Grocery shopping - I really don't do this enough. It's so much easier when I go with a list.
7. Our family schedule - every week I need to sit down and plan for who needs to be where and when. There is just way too much going on.
8. Knitting - I'm getting better at this. I used to buy with no plan but these days I go with a list and buy for a project. Sadly I often forget to write down what yarn is for what project. I guess this one is a bit of a work in progress.
9. Stinkerbelle's Bat Mitzvah - It's still a few years off but we already have the date and you can bet that I'll start way in advance and whip myself into a frenzy as it gets closer.
10. Girl Scouts - I'm the troop leader again this year and this takes so much planning and paperwork. Ugh!

That was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be and I didn't even list retirement, or home improvements or.... any number of other things.



I'm not sure if it will be ready on time but this is a baby pumpkin growing in our yard. Right now it's slightly larger than a grapefruit. Perhaps I ought to start planning how we'll carve it for Halloween.