MOAR LIST

[ailbhe]

Done so far:

Made bed
Tidied bedroom
Put out recycling from the front hall
Cooked breakfast
Dressed two of three children
Cleared kitchen floor
Cleared dining room floor (this was a big big job)
Emptied and refilled dishwasher, and for the first time in a billion years it's NOT instantly totally full
Had coffee
Took pills
Checked email
Got Astrid down for a nap
Put out bag of landfill waste
Emailed Rob re: freecycle stuff

3pm
Cook lunch
Choose some of the new "educational" books to release to the children
Check finances

4:20pm
Helped Linnea hang posters in her room
Put sausages on to cook
Started chopping a butternut squash (any tips for how to peel one?) for Emer to make into roast-sized chunks

To do:
Clear front room floor
Clear kitchen surfaces
Clear kids' bedroom floor
Do yoga with Linnea and Emer
Start pantry inventory, as we have no idea what we have
Cook dinner
Sort and put away clean dry laundry
Hang wet laundry
Wash dirty laundry

Comments

[snorkel-maiden.livejournal.com]

You are far, far more productive than I am!

[ailbhe]

Sloggitty slog slog slog! Worth it if we get there.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

I peel a butternut squash by chopping (ends off, in half horizontally, halves into quarters vertically, unless recipe demands otherwise) and scooping first, which gives you bits to peel that are a bit easier to handle. Then I peel with a swivelly vegetable peeler, then do it again for the bits which weren't quite deep enough.

The second pass with the peeler is usually trickier because the squash tends to get a bit slippery, but my injury rate so far is still lower than with slightly bendy parsnips. There may well be better methods, though.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I peel butternuts with a sharp paring knife. REALLY sharp. Cut it up the way Sam specifies above, then take the skin off with the paring knife. I tend to dislike the swivelly vegetable peelers for everything except carrots.