Taking stock, January edition

It's already a whole month into the new year! I can't believe  time moves so fast...

From what I've learned, I'll have to start my seeds sometime in February or March. (I need to check on what our last frost date is supposed to be around here.) I guess that means I'll need to narrow down my options and order seeds soon! I'll have to ask Hubby what my budget is for those, though, it would be way too easy to go overboard.

My raised beds haven't made much progress, but it looks like I will be able to get three into the garden space with room to move around them. I think I might plant the corn (sweet or flour? sweet or flour?) out in the front yard, just to save space. I figure that the ears will be high enough off of the ground that any neighbor kitties'... gifts... won't be a problem.

In organizational news, I'm still doing a pretty good job of keeping to a schedule. My daily and weekly routines are going well, which means I planned them well. I fell behind a little due to kids' illnesses and a preschool field trip, but caught that up this weekend.

I decided that we have too much clutter. (Ok, I already knew that but I was ignoring it.) So my goal for February is going to be going room to room and getting rid of at least half of the stuff in there. The baby is just about ready to go into the next size up in clothes, too, so that means I can do some purging there too!

Two weeks in...

I'm an organization expert!

Ok, not really. But I did get our daily schedules into my new Household Notebook (and have been pretty much keeping to them). I also have the beginnings of a weekly cleaning schedule and both monthly and seasonal lists of things that need to be done. I'm working on my meal planning mojo, too... so far, I've done a weekly meal plan for two weeks straight and kept to it! I know that's not much, but it is making dinner decisions a little easier. Plus, it's in dry erase marker so I can change it quickly if something comes up.

In other news, I've been engrossed in the seed catalogs that have been showing up in my mail box. They're so pretty and chock full of fun things to grow. I'm going to have to be very careful not to over-plan or over-order! I'm trying to stick with the basics this year since it's my first real garden. I need it to be fairly successful so I don't get discouraged! Corn, peas, potatoes, beans, squash... pumpkins? Any suggestions out there?